Training – Developing income from individual donors Date: Monday 2 November Time: 9:30am – 4pm Who is it for? Organisations that are new to the idea of individual donors and want to learn more about how to develop such an income source. What’s it about? Income from individual donors can be a very flexible income [...]
Taking action on domestic violence: using the law to protect women and children London (Kings Cross) Monday 26 October 2009 10.00 – 4.30 Update yourself on developments in the law on domestic violence injunctions and child contact. This course will give you an understanding of recent changes to the law including choosing a civil or [...]
Single Parent Action Network is very pleased to host a major event on 19th November in Westminster: No Going Back: Empowering Single Parents Out of Poverty The conference will highlight present and future strategies at a national and local level to reduce one parent poverty, combat discrimination, and support single parents in their demanding role. [...]
Future childcare investment – Who cares who pays? Invitation to attend Daycare Trust’s annual conference Tuesday 17 November 2009 One Great George Street, London, SW1 Daycare Trust’s Annual Conference is the highlight in the childcare calendar and brings together childcare professionals, local authority representatives, academics, trade unionists, employers and government to debate the future of [...]
Do you know a woman (or female organisation etc.) who has made a valuable contribution to publishing this year? Would you like to honour her outstanding achievement in raising the profile of women in publishing? Then nominate her for the 2009 Women in Publishing Awards! We have two award categories: Pandora Award for a significant [...]
Refuge has come a long way since we opened the world’s first refuge in West London in 1971. What started off as a single house has grown into the country’s largest single provider of emergency accommodation and support to women and children escaping domestic violence. On any one day we support over 1,000 women and [...]
Patrick Stewart, the Chancellor of the University of Huddersfield, is a Patron of Refuge, the national charity supporting women and children who are victims of domestic violence and this scholarship is the result of a unique partnership between the two organisations. The Patrick Stewart/Refuge Research Scholarship will provide funding for a 3 year full-time doctoral [...]
The latest GLDVP Newsletter is now available online Click here to access a copy of our October 2009 newsletter in pdf format at http://www.gldvp.org.uk/module_images/Newsletter%20Oct%202009.pdf (PDF, 140KB) All the best The GLDVP team
New training dates from the Ashiana Network: Forced Marriage and Honour Based Violence (1 Day) 1 Dec 2009 or 14 Dec 2009 The session is aimed at developing an understanding of forced marriage. The session will cover: • Definitions of forced and arranged marriage • Knowledge of the cultural roots surrounding forced marriage • Information [...]
The Vera Douie Fellowship is a visiting fellowship for original research in The Women’s Library Collections. The fellow also contributes to The Women’s Library public programme as an outcome of their research, for example in the form of a lecture, display, seminar or workshop. The fellowship is for £4,500 for a minimum of two months [...]
