Confidence Building Courses

We are coming to the end of the 4 week Confidence Building Courses being run by Building Healthy Communities (Machars) in partnership with Community Learning and Development and Employability & Skills.

This has been a successful set of courses at Whithorn, Newton Stewart and Stranraer with some 16 people taking part. The 4 week format is described below and there is an opportunity for the groups to have an additional “Catch up” in a few months time.

Building Your Confidence – Week 1

Activity	Description	Resources	Time
Introductions:	Make sure we all know names	Name game	5 - 10
Group guidelines	get group to set out guidelines	Flip chart + Dave’s guidelines	10
Course content	Outline each week	Course Outline sheet	5
What is confidence?	Describe. Good and not so good. Read out chart. DVD	DVD player DVD Confidence Chart	15 - 20
Feeling Good and what I want from the course	Complete worksheets and discuss	worksheets x2	15
Achievements, Strengths and Things you admire	This is about positive thinking. make lists	worksheet achievements	15
Roles in Life	list and feedback	worksheet, Flip chart and pen	10 – 15
Introduce home activity	bring in things which say something about you or mean a lot to you	none	5
recap and close

Building Your Confidence – Week 2

Activity	Description	Resources	Time
welcome back feedback from session 1			5 - 10
“Shoebox” carrier Bag	invite all to share their things about them	bring own bag.	15
Things that you can do	read through the positive statements. discuss.	POWERPOINT AND worksheet	60
Strengths, Achievements	Home activity	Worksheet

Building Your Confidence – Week 3

Recap strengths achievements things you value	All feedback		15
Goal setting: long term medium term short term	discuss why we start at long term and break down to bitesize pieces	powerpoint	30
Continue with goal setting: SMART goals: discuss	worksheet based setting own goals	worksheet “goal setting”	30 - 40
Recap and close		Homework: set and achieve 1 short term goal.	15

Building Your Confidence – Week 4

Recap goal setting 1 goal	All feedback		15
Confidence quiz	Website	Access to computers	15
Introduce Luke. Talk on how confidence and volunteering has affected life	Luke		15
Q and A	The group		15
Recap of course	powerpoint		15
Evaluation and close	Evaluation sheet		15