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FATIMA COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT PROJECT
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Established in 1999 the Fatima Community Participation Programme gives our participants the opportunity to engage in formal/informal educational training. There are annually 15 places for local people and the programme focuses on the needs of the participants including educational/personal development, etc.
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Mission Statement
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The aim of the CE project is to provide quality training for local people enabling them to reach their full potential by developing participants confidence, self esteem and skills base.
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Objectives
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To provide a range of services to the community of Fatima Mansions, which fulfil the aims and objectives of the sponsor group – Fatima Groups United. To provide quality training for participants, which will enable them achieve their full potential. To provide ‘real’ work experience for participants, within Fatima Mansions and Rialto which will lead to future employment in the wider community.
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Background
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In 1998 FGU became the sponsors of the Community Employment Project. In that time the CE project has played a vital role in providing back-up and supports to services operating within the community. The project has two supervisors and thirty-three participants, who avail of a wide range of training including, IT/computers, community youth work, junior/leaving certificate, administration skills, safepass/manual handling training, etc.
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ACTIVITIES:
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Placement Training Programme
The number of professionally run services operating in Fatima offers tremendous potential for local people on CE to access quality training and gain frontline experience. Placing CE participants within services also plays a significant part in increasing the capacity of services to fully operate to their full potential.
The services that provide placements include the following:
- Creche
- Homework Club
- Youth Services
- Health Initiative
- Arts & Culture
- Community Education Programme
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The course content includes:
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JuniorLeavingCertificate Literacy
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- Computers/IT
- Health and Wellbeing
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- History project
- Video documentary work
- Social analysis
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- Personal Development Training
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