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Training / Community Learning Centre

Many of our clients have chaotic lifestyles and find it difficult to establish and sustain positive and productive foundations, personally and within the community. Often needing support emotionally they risk falling into persistent and enduring problems: poor mental health, long term unemployment and offending behaviour.

Our training department provide activities that promote:

• independence
• emotional wellbeing
• cognitive skills
• motivation
• trust

Previous projects have shown clients benefit from activities that develop relationships with others and build confidence. Those of our clients who suffer from anxiety/depression have been more successful in an environment they have come to trust so we prefer to deliver courses such as Maths and English at our centre, helping them build their confidence before referring them to external organisations.

Clients are encouraged to utilise new knowledge and skills to benefit: themselves, their family, social groups, colleagues, community.

To provide these far reaching benefits our training department is reliant on funding for its staff and provision of activities. We are continually looking for funding to ensure that we always have learning opportunities available for our young people. If you can help look at our How You Can Help section.

Courses, Workshops, past or present

• literacy and numeracy (Poole Adult Learning & volunteers tutors)
• IT skills - ukonline myguide user journey
• Web design, digital photography and video editing using industry standard programmes such as Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Quark, InDesign and Edius Pro editing software
• Art and design.
• Sports: Football, kickboxing, yoga, tai chi
• Quay Foyer magazine, made possible with a donation from Barclays Poole Community Programmes People. Editors, designers and reporters are quay foyer residents and ex-residents who gain experience in researching, interviewing and writing articles.
• Lifeskills: cooking, diet and nutrition and budgeting.
  
  
  

• The Princes Trust
• Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme
• Millenium Volunteers
• Turquoise Personal Development.

Tel: 01202 463603

e-mail: quayfoyer@raglan.org.uk

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