Quality Education And Training Policy Statement
Windsor Women’s Centre is a community resource for women and their families.
One of the main activities of the Centre has been to provide educational, personal development, and training courses for adult women.
Main aims
- To offer women the chance to return to study for whom the school or adult education structure have been inadequate to meet their needs.
- To develop confidence, self-esteem and a sense of achievement.
- To provide opportunities for a social life which promotes the greater well-being of women in the community.
- To gain and build upon the skills which benefit women in terms of personal life, employment opportunities and career development.
- To introduce women to educational training opportunities which for a range of reasons are currently unavailable.
- To promote social change through an educational programme which empowers the individual women and encourages them to challenge, question and evaluate.
- To bring education to the community where possible.
Objectives
- To provide a range of courses which meet the needs of beginners and more established learners.
- To liaise with educational providers (agencies/colleges and individual tutors) in order to provide the most appropriate courses for women.
- To develop educational and training courses that meet an identified needs or gap in current provision and offer accreditation.
- To provide a structure of educational guidance and support which will allow women to make choices about their own progression.
- To provide a learning environment which is safe and supportive to the individual women and where women can learn from each other.
- To inform women in the community through all possible means about educational and training opportunities within the Centre.
- To facilitate and encourage women’s participation in planning, delivery and development of the Centre’s programmes.
- To ensure that the education and training facilities offer, at all times equality of opportunity for all women.
Presentation of Certificates at our Annual AGM to our Therapy Students
