Promote positive health and wellbeing. This course is based around animals, cooking, nature, gardening, woodworking and creative rural crafts with lots of practical learning activities and ways to promote independence.
Who is the course aimed at?
The course is aimed at Staffordshire residents aged 19+ who live in a Staffordshire not Stoke-on-Trent postcode. The course is for individuals experiencing or recovering from mental ill health or people who have a learning difficulty/disability or unemployed and want to support their wellbeing and independence.
Entry Requirements
No prior knowledge or experience is required but an interest in self wellbeing and healthy lifestyles will be an advantage. Potential learners must be willing to commit to all course sessions and be willing to work towards learning aims and complete a learner journal. Learning support is available throughout your course if required.
Course Content
Look at the choices available to maintaining beneficial changes to enjoying a healthy lifestyle – learn about what is a healthy diet, maintaining good hydration, keeping physical active, the importance of good personal hygiene, ensuring you get enough sleep to improving your health. The course offers practical activities to supporting these lifestyle changes involving cooking, walking, gardening, animals and much more.
Learning Methods
Face to face learning in a classroom or outdoor learning environment, using a variety of user-friendly learning styles and activities.
Learner Support
Learning support is offered throughout the course to meet learners’ needs, whether it be a scribe, a reading pen, an Ipad or 1:1 classroom support to build confidence and guide learners in the right direction.
Course assessment
Learners will be assessed at the start of the course to find their starting point and working level, throughout the course learners will be assessed formatively with tutor/learner reviews. At the end of the course learners can reflect on their progress and how they have achieved, tutors will assess learners summatively. Learners will be given the opportunity each week to review their learning and identify where they may need extra support to enable their full enjoyment and progress.
Course Materials
Come suitably dressed for activities both in and outdoors, i.e., warm clothes and a coat for winter/early spring weather. All materials for the course will be provided. You will be required to complete a learner journal. If you need glasses for reading or any learning aids please bring these along too.
What can learners do next/progress onto?
Learners can progress onto further wellbeing courses with different learning aims
Dates and times
17/02/2025 – 24/03/2025, 10am-3pm, Mondays
Where?
Upper Moreton Farm, Bishton Lane, Wolseley Bridge, Stafford, ST18 0XD
Are there any fees?
There are no course fees.
Who delivers this course?
Upper Moreton Rural Activities
How to enrol on this course and find out more?
Open to all, potential learners will be invited to a taster session to assess suitability to the programme.
Please contact: Carol Carney
Telephone 07814 237211
