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Poverty and Benefits Awareness – Income Maximisation, Fuel, Families and Children
Created: 22/01/2025, Updated: 29/01/2025Please note: in order to receive a confirmed booking for this event, participants must also register on the Health Promotions Training website.
Please make your booking at the Health Promotions Training website here.
Your booking will be confirmed when you have registered at both the Fife Voluntary Action events system (this booking page) and the Health Promotions Training website.
Fife Council, Fife Voluntary Action, Citizens Advice and Rights Fife, Fife Health and Social Care Partnership, and Cosy Kingdom have partnered to deliver a day of training about poverty awareness for Fife's third sector workers. The training will include three sessions.
Session 1: Benefits Awareness and OurFife Benefits Checker Awareness
This training provides insight into Fife's Benefits Checker and an overview of the OurFife toolkit.
Both parts of the training will aid you in discussions with Fife service users, empowering you to help people achieve their maximum possible entitlements to welfare benefits. The system is specifically designed for people living in Fife.
Session 2: Energy Efficiency and Fuel Poverty Skills Awareness Session Child Poverty Awareness
Cosy Kingdom offers free training for frontline staff and volunteers to help people to stay warm and well. The training is delivered by Robert Keddie, a qualified energy advisor who has worked in the UK domestic energy sector for over 35 years.
Course content includes -
Session 3: Poverty Awareness Information - Children & Young People
The aim of this session is to provide an overview of how poverty can impact children and young peoples’ health, education, and developmental milestones and how to equip participants with the knowledge to provide practical help and support.
Training Goals
You will leave the training with:
Lunch will be provided.
For a copy of the agenda for the day, please e-mail Sandy Mackenzie on [email protected]