Parent Group Leader training opportunity

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Empowering Parents Empowering Communities (EPEC) is a parenting programme delivered by parents who live in your community. 

Parent Group Leader training equips parents to facilitate Being a Parent groups and courses your communities, with continued support from specialist EPEC Supervisors. 

Being a Parent helps you to learn practical skills for everyday life and bring up confident, happy and co-operative children. The programme supports the development of positive parenting strategies, effective communication skills and supports understand of your children’s behaviour and development. 

Parent Group Leader training is voluntary and is delivered 1 day per week over 10 weeks, from the 30 October at Earcroft Centre in Darwen.

Once trained parent group leaders will deliver the programme for 2 hours a week in an 8 week block, this will be delivered alongside another parent group leader. The programme does not run during school holidays.

Contact Laura Mckelvey for an informal chat and to find out some more information.

Email laura.mckelvey@blackburn.gov.uk  

Call 01254 666536