The Rural Community Council of Essex launched its biggest winter training programme last week to help community groups and local people.
The programme is being run by the Essex Rural Development Centre, the training and research arm of the council, and includes basic first aid, risk assessment in halls and on play equipment, and affordable access improvements.
All the workshops are being led by professional organisations, such as RoSPA, and are being held at a number of venues across the county.
Nick Shuttleworth, RCC Director, said: "It is the biggest programme of training events we have ever run and by and large we are using village halls to make sure that courses are available to rural people."
He added: "By spreading them over the county, there should be something, somewhere that anyone who is interested can get to."
The workshops run between now and next March and cost from £5 to £20 depending on the course. Course fees are reduced for members of the Rural Community Council. Membership costs £10 for individuals or £25 for a group, annually.
A full programme of courses, dates, times and locations is available from the Essex Rural Development Centre at Mackmurdo House, 79 Springfield Road, Chelmsford, CM2 6JG or contact 01245 352046.
Published Tuesday October 29, 2002
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