The Social and Health Education Project

The Social and Health Education Project is a registered charity and a not-for-profit company which is limited by guarantee.
The overall aim of the Project is:
To ensure that all people in our work area are able to develop personal effectiveness, understood as the capacity to discern and adopt health-enhancing and socially just behaviours which optimise human wellbeing at both the individual and collective levels, whilst promoting the integrity of the natural environment.

What is the Project's understanding of its work?
The key problem addressed by The Social and Health Education Project is our tendency as human beings to act (or react) on the basis of thoughts and feelings that have not been subjected to critical examination. This tendency frequently leads us to adopt patterns of behaviour which undermine our own wellbeing, the wellbeing of those around us and the wellbeing of the Earth. The Social and Health Education Project believes that, by learning to understand the origins and effects of our thoughts and feelings, we become better able to discern what is truly of value as a guide for our actions. The Project considers that the complex challenges which confront our generation require of us that we develop an enhanced capacity to responsibly manage our lives at both the individual and collective levels. It believes that the emergence of people with enhanced capacity in processes of household, community, national and trans-national governance will create the possibility of our limiting the impact of oppressive socio-economic forces which currently appear to be beyond our control. Although keenly aware of the destructive potential of unreflective humanity, The Social and Health Education Project recognises the potential of every person to make a contribution towards the achievement of a world marked by physical and mental health, social justice and environmental integrity. It is on account of this potential that the Project considers that we can all move forward with hope.

What strategies does the Project adopt?
Through The Project's Core Training Programme we offer a Foundation Programme which comprises the following courses:
- Foundation Part 1 Course in Personal Development (one year long)
- Foundation Part 2 Course in Social Awareness

Through The Project's Group Facilitation Training Programme we offer courses through which selected trainees are prepared to act as personal development tutors or facilitators of community and organisational development. This comprises the following courses:
- Generic Facilitation Skills Course
- Tutor Training Courses (Integrated or Modular)
- Organisational Development Training Course

The Project through the Community Training Programme makes available a range of short courses on social and personal health education to community and voluntary groups throughout the Project's work area.
- Introduction to Personal Development
- Assertive Communication for Better Relationships
- Managing Stress in Our Daily Lives
- Family Communication
- Women's Wellbeing
- Men's Wellbeing
- Health, Wellbeing and Empowerment for Older People
- Bullying Awareness
- Coping with Grief, Loss and Change In Life
- Inter-Cultural Awareness

The Project's Support work has three key elements: the Coisc+