Community Recreation for Development Principles Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply the principles of community recreation to identify and address community development needs.
• Design a community recreation programme that promotes social inclusion and participation.
• Implement recreation activities using participatory approaches that empower community members.
• Evaluate the impact of recreation programmes on community well-being and development.
• Demonstrate effective communication and facilitation skills in diverse community settings.
• Analyze the role of recreation in fostering social cohesion and sustainable development.

Target Audience

Community development workers, recreation officers, social workers, and NGO staff involved in planning or delivering community-based recreation programmes. Also suitable for local government officials and volunteers seeking to apply recreation as a tool for development.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment.

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Practical sessions allow learners to apply theoretical knowledge in real-world community settings. Learners conduct needs assessments, design and facilitate recreation activities, and evaluate programme outcomes under supervision.

Practical Activities

• Community Needs Assessment Practical — Learners visit a local community to conduct a needs assessment using surveys and interviews, then analyse findings. (6h)
• Programme Design and Activity Facilitation — In groups, learners design a recreation activity for a specific target group and facilitate it with real participants. (8h)
• Monitoring and Evaluation Practical — Learners collect data during a recreation event, analyse it, and produce a brief evaluation report. (6h)
• Action Plan Presentation — Learners present their comprehensive community recreation action plan to peers and receive constructive feedback. (4h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.