Short presentation on the services of Community Needs Direct

1. Community Needs Direct Bringing Communities Together

2. Community Needs Direct We make Community the focus of Everything We Do

3. Services Research & Run: Group Development Planning For Life: Personal Development Team Family: Social Development

4. Research & Run: Group Development Realexperience and research tells us many community groups often fail to reach their full potential because they misunderstand the community they set up to serve!!

5. Research & Run Under this scheme Community Needs Direct: Provide Community Group MOT’s Facilitate Market Research and Analysis Provide Analytical Reports Produce Action Plans For Improvements Instigate Planned Improvements

6. Research & Run Benefits to Community Groups Makes Funding Applications More Desirable The Right Activities Can be Provided Greater Take Up of Activities Attract More Volunteers Increases Chances of Sustainability

7. Planning For Life: Personal Development Introduces Ground Breaking Techniques to Break Down Personal Barriers Achieve Goals Achieve Success “What the mind can conceive & Believe the mind can achieve” – Napoleon Hill

8. Planning For Life Benefits include Improved Mental Wellbeing Improved Problem Solving Skills Improved Positive Mental Attitude Improved Self Motivation

9. Team Family : Social Development Under this Scheme Community Needs Direct: Encourage the Family Unit to Take on Challenges Encourage the Family Unit to Work in Unison Encourage the Family Unit to Become Empowered

10. Team Family Benefits Include: Fun! Empowerment Opportunities to Escape Benefit Dependency Certificate upon Completion of Scheme

11. Community Needs Direct Ltd Run by Real People with Backgrounds in: Social Housing Youth Work Community Development Project Management

12. Our Values To treat everyone in the community as equals Recognise everyone in society has potential Recognise the potential of empowerment for everyone To be honest open and transparent in everything we do Recognise everyone in society has a contribution to make

13. Our Mission To provide meaningful and robust training and capacity building programmes and advice co ordination and consultation services to customers and stakeholders that will empower them and give them voice in their everyday activities.

14. Our Objectives To empower people by providing knowledge and training that will give them skills to pursue self development. To motivate people by engaging with them and promoting a can do attitude To reduce worklessness for all by providing training in job search skills, CV writing and job interview skills

15. Our Objectives To promote community cohesion and community spirit by providing knowledge to people who wish to form community groups To reduce prejudice and promote understanding between different strands of the community by providing opportunities for them to work together To promote good service provision in the community by working closely with providers to co-ordinate service provision

16. Our Website http://www.communityneedsdirect.co.uk

17. Our People Peter Forde: Head of Operations and Development

18. Our Contact Details Peters Mobile Number 07593629149

19. Our Thanks Thank You For Viewing Our Presentation!