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British Council Licenses More Trainers For Springboard Programme In Middle East

 

Bahrain, July 2010 : More women in Bahrain will soon be able to develop the skills and confidence they need to achieve more in their lives following the licensing of new British Council Springboard Trainers for the country.

A group of 25 women from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Yemen and Oman qualified as licensed Springboard trainers at a Train the Trainer Conference (3-9 July) held in Bahrain and led by Jenny Daisley, Chief Executive of the UK’s award-winning Springboard Consultancy.

This second British Council Train the Trainer Conference builds on the success of the first Conference last July in Lebanon and takes the overall number of Springboard trainers in the Middle East to 75 women across the region.

Springboard is the only holistic women’s self-development programme of its kind in the region and has been tailored by the British Council to meet the specific needs of women in the Arab world. In the Middle East the Programme is delivered through local partner organisations and participants at this Conference from Bahrain Women Union.

During the week-long licensing conference participants learned more about the Springboard women’s self-development programme and its aims, focused on the key skills for trainers to deliver the course effectively and heard from the experience of existing Springboard trainers. Practical exercises gave delegates the opportunity to learn from each other and perfect their training techniques, to ensure that they meet The Springboard Consultancy’s high standards for training.

Mariam Daher, Regional Programme Manager for Springboard said:

‘More than 1,500 women in the Middle East have now completed the Springboard women’s self-development programme and many describe it as being a turning-point in their lives.

‘Our network of licensed trainers is key to guiding participants on the programme, to help the women to identify their own individual goals and to give them the confidence to work towards them. Many of the participants at this Train The Trainer Conference have themselves already completed the Springboard self-development Programme and are now inspired to share its lessons with other women like them."
Jinny also commented on this conference saying;” I am so happy to see these exceptional women all over the Middle East are going to help women in their countries to make the change that they want to make in their own lives. The British Council have had the insight to generously sponsor this huge project over several years.
These new trainers will now be running self-development programmes inside the Bahrain women Union 2010/11. For further information about upcoming Springboard courses in Bahrain in the British Council Springboard workshops from mid of July. To register please contact the British Council or visit www.britishcouncil.org/me-social-development-springboard