Self Help Groups
Getting Started, Keeping Going
2nd Edition
Published on 10. February 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
172 pages
978-1-874259-00-8 (ISBN)
Description
This text provides coverage of everything the reader needs to know in order to start a self-help group and run it. It is aimed at those who want to share their knowledge and experience with others, and learn from others in the same situation. Topics include how to attract and keep members; how to decide what your group should be doing; and how to decide whether you are doing a good job. It also contains many direct accounts of members' own experiences, and to a large extent it is a book by them rather than about them.
More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
92 black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-874259-00-8 (9781874259008)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
What is a self-help group?; starting a group; membership, purpose and participation; communication - how groups work; activities - what groups do; extending member skills and knowledge; publicity; money; transport and getting together; computers and printing; relationships with national organizations; relationships with local professional workers; drawing on local sources of help; changes in groups; raising awareness and campaigning for change; ending a group with dignity; evaluating your work.