Taff Housing Association

Supporting adult education staff working with vulnerable people

Taff Housing Association is a community-based Housing Association in Cardiff with over 1300 homes and specialist supported housing projects for young women in the west of the city.

Staff at the organisation provide training courses and a broad range of support services to residents and members of the wider community. This ranges from helping tenants to boost their employability skills to building confidence and helping isolated elderly people to socialise.

The Key Action 1 adult education mobility project 'Taff on the Move' has provided training for staff at the organisation who work with vulnerable members of the diverse communities in inner city Cardiff.

Dedicated training

Staff from the organisation’s community investment and housing teams went to the Dorea Institute in Cyprus for dedicated training on themes such as personality styles and psychology which would benefit the staff to help improve the quality of their own training being delivered at Taff. Staff members were able to acquire new skills and explore new models of delivering learning which they would be able to implement in their own organisation. 

Clare Parry, Community Investment Officer, said the Erasmus+ project had provided the opportunity for her to train outside of her usual workplace, learn more about managing staff and as a result has helped her to deliver high quality training at Taff.

It makes people feel valued and gives them a positive opportunity to develop… it reinvigorates them about their own work - Mark Sheridan, Director of Support Services

You can watch the video case study and hear how the participants have been able to use their experiences back in Cardiff.

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