Tenants Training Courses

We offer a range of free training courses to tenants across a wide range of topics.  The full list of courses available is:

• Learn More About Wolverhampton Homes (Tenants Induction)
• Running A Group/Attracting New Members
• Grants & Funding Workshop
• Newsletters/Publicity
• Nutrition & Health
• Gardening Skills
• DIY/Decorating Skills
• Emergency Aid
• Personal Finance
• Residential Courses
• Visits to other ALMO's/Housing Associations

If you would be interested in attending any of the above courses please download and complete the attached form.

Some of the courses are explained in a little more detail below.

Tenants Induction

(Dates: 6/3/2008; 2/4/2008; 7/5/2008; 15/6/2008)

 

View the course outline and programme of the day

 

Grants & Funding Workshop

(Dates: Various throughout 2008)

 

Here we will show you the ingredients for successful applications

• Selecting the right funders
• Preparing the paperwork to support your application
• Clear Aims and Objectives
• Describing your project clearly
• Costing projects
• Obtaining support to develop your project

Find out what grants are available in Wolverhampton?

How to Involve New Members

(Dates: Various throughout 2008)

 

Here you will learn to think differently about the role of tenants groups through the application of business models to appreciate how new perspectives might provide insights into encouraging greater tenant involvement.

The session will be delivered through exercises and activities to stimulate discussion on involving more tenants and making more people aware of the role of your group.

Publicity & Producing Newsletters

(Dates: To Be Arranged Throughout 2008)

 

This course will cover:

• Choosing the right medium - Newsletter, leaflet, poster? Which is right for your task?
• Newsletters - Writing headlines that command attention
• How to bring your stories to life so people stay interested – and are motivated
• How to engage and involve your readers
• Type styles and layouts
• How the right pictures and captions work for you
• How and why contests and prize draws work
• Leaflets - Design consideration – size, shape, amount of text, typefaces
• How to encourage people to respond
• Posters - The ideal poster – a checklist for success
• Visibility – how to make your poster stand out on a crowded notice board
• Different types of poster sites and how that affects your design

Being Involved in Running A Group

(Dates: Various throughout 2008)

 

This course will help you look at:

• Why not regularly sit back and think about how well your group is running.
• What are we trying to achieve?
• What are we doing to get there?
• What have we done in the last six months?
• When did we last send out a newsletter?
• Do people come to our meetings?
• Do members enjoy meetings?
• Do people say anything when they come to our meetings?
• Are as many people involved now as they were a year ago?

Only by asking questions like this at least helps you identify what your problems and successes are - then you can start to improve.

This course will assist you in getting the most from your meetings