Community Impact Programme (CIP)

CIP students showcasing their products and services at a Community Impact Marketplace

Programme Overview

The Community Development Department since its inception has been responsible for the training and developing of a wide range of skills within communities across Barbados. These skill training programmes were revised in 2009 and named The Community Impact Programme (CIP). The CIP offers a range of training and income generating activities as well as some children’s clubs and recreational activities.

These activities, hosted at community and resource centres across the island, continue to be demand driven and are consequently oversubscribed with significant unmet demand in many communities.

Courses Offered in this Programme Include:

Bag Making

Balloon Artistry

Barbering

Basketry

Cake & Pastry Making

Cake Icing

Care of the Elderly

Dressmaking

Electrical Installation Assistant

Floral Arranging

Garment Making

Hair Braiding

Jewelry Making

Make-up Artistry

Manicures & Pedicures

Mixology

Nail Technology

Photovoltaic Installation

Soap Making

Subsistence Farming

Upholstery & Soft Furnishing

Wig Making

Days

Courses are allocated two sessions per weeks.

Times

Courses can be run in the morning, afternoon or evening for 2 to 3 hours.

10:00AM

12:30PM

3:00PM

5:00PM

Eligibility

16 Years of Age and Higher

Impacting Communities

Offered at Community Level

Delivered in a practical format

Offered on a per-centre basis

Registration

Check the Community Centres or Resource Centres near you to see what Community impoact courses are on offer.

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