Understanding Poverty

Targeted at Any member
Duration 2 days

This course is part of UNISON’s Continuing Professional Development Programme

This is a two day course which explores poverty under the headings of poverty and its causes; poverty and policy; poverty and gender; poverty and children.

What you and your Union can gain from the course:

An opportunity to discuss in an interactive way

• what poverty is
• breaking the cycle of poverty
• how policy impacts on poverty
• gender dimension to poverty
• the impact of income inequality in households
• myths about and causes of child poverty
• young people from particular groups who are at greater risk of experiencing poverty

Tutor: Frances Dowds, NI Anti Poverty Network

Date Tuesday 26th February 2008 (Part 1) & Tuesday 4th March 2008 (Part 2)

Location UNISON Belfast Office

For information on the course, Fidelma Carolan f.carolan@unison.co.uk 028 90270150

To register your interest download an application form here or apply online here