New and updated courses – ROW – London and Cardiff – June and July
FREE UPDATED COURSE! No recourse? EEA national? The permanent solution
Meeting the needs of women from outside of the UK who are experiencing domestic violence is incredibly challenging, you have to be up-to-date in one of the most frequently changing areas of law, understand the duties of local authorities and the rights that the woman herself has to pursue justice in the criminal, family or immigration systems.
This updated, one-day course will give you the skills and knowledge you need to confidently support a woman who has ‘no recourse to public funds’ or who is the national of the European Economic Area country with remaining in the UK and accessing financial support.
Each participant will receive course materials and a copy of our new legal guide Domestic violence, immigration law and “no recourse to public funds”
Women only course
8 June – London
14 July – Cardiff
NEW COURSE! Getting the basics: an introduction to family law
With the government’s proposal to limit access to legal aid and to remove public funding for divorce and private law children matters, this one day course, which provides the basics of family law, is vital in order to give you the knowledge to help women to understand their rights and to assist them to access these through the law.
The morning session aims to clarify the law on divorce and financial relief including the legal process, the range of orders the court can make and the legal principals applied when deciding how property and money is to be divided. As well as explaining the legal position for women who are not married or in a civil partnership, further to relationship breakdown, including their rights to property.
The afternoon session will look at financial provision for children, followed by an overview of the Children Act 1989 and the law on child contact and residence. Finally, the course will examine how women experiencing domestic violence can get protection through the law including non-molestation, occupation orders, forced marriage protection orders and restraining orders.
Each participant will receive a copy of Rights of Women’s Child Contact Handbook and legal guides on Divorce, Financial Relief on Marital Breakdown, Living Together and the Law, Child Support and Domestic Violence.
Women only course
15 June – London
(see booking form for costs)
UPDATED COURSE! Supporting survivors of sexual violence
Understand the provisions of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and how it applies to victims of rape and sexual assault with this fully interactive and well-established course. The course aims to make often complicated law accessible and furthermore examines the criminal justice process in detail along with crucial support available for survivors of sexual violence who choose to report to the police.
This course has been extended and updated to include the law and support for victims of historical sexual abuse – often a difficult area of law, and also makes use of new materials to give participants the relevant knowledge and skills to support a victim applying for criminal injuries compensation.
All participants will receive course materials and a copy of From Report to Court, a widely acclaimed handbook of the law and legal process in relation to sexual violence, as well as an information sheet highlighting the law in relation to child sexual abuse.
Women only course
29 June – London
(see booking form for costs)
~ Lunch and refreshments provided ~
For more info contact the training officer: 0207 251 6575 training@row.org.uk
Booking form: http://www.rightsofwomen.org.uk/training.php
