Domestic Violence Awareness Workshop

Participants will be able to:
* explore and challenge commonly held beliefs, attitudes and assumptions about women and violence
* state what domestic violence is
* identify appropriate services for women experiencing domestic violence
* recognize the impact of domestic violence on children

Thursday 9th February 2012
12.30 – 2.45

To secure your place please contact:
Enfield Women’s Centre, Vicki Scarlett House, 31A Derby Road, Ponders End, EN3 4AJ
020 8443 1902
info@enfieldwomen.org.uk

Having worked with female offenders and ex-offenders for 28 years, WIP are able to provide expert training on how to support this complex and hard-to-reach client group. Our program offers a unique balance of theory, research, policy and frontline experience.

Further information about the training is available here http://www.womeninprison.org.uk/training.php.

To book a place, please email training@womeninprison.org.uk.

CAWN will explore the links between trafficking and labour exploitation and issues of security, poverty and gender discrimination and learn how to challenge these.

* Influence policies and practice that impact women’s lives
* Practice your strategy and planning skills to campaign effectively in UK abroad
* Lunch and advocacy toolkit provided

Saturday 11 February 10am-4pm

Email campaigns@cawn.org by Friday 3 February to request a place

Hillcroft would like to invite your organisation to an ESOL workshop to help signpost opportunities for your client group, and show how our special blend of residential learning can help improve your client’s basic skills.

At Hillcroft we have something to offer everyone. Our short courses include ESOL, Literacy and Numeracy. Our short courses are aimed at women who want to improve their life skills, get a qualification, help children with school-work, or want to get back into studying.

Agenda for the Day
10.30/10.45am Arrival and Coffee
10.45/11.00am Hillcroft College – An Introduction
11.00/11.15am English for Speakers of other Languages (ESOL) at Hillcroft College – An Overview
11.15/11.45am Student Experience
11.45/12.00pm College Tour
12.00/12.30pm Refreshments, Questions and Networking

To Confirm Your Place in this Workshop please
Call: 020 8399 2688 or
Email: sjain@hillcroft.ac.uk
Web: www.hillcroft.ac.uk

Hillcroft College, South Bank, Surbiton KT6 6DF
Registered Charity 312825

Supported by the Learning Skills Council
Exemption for tuition and accommodation fees for eligible students
Childcare Available
Limited Parking available on the site

Are you an organisation, group, project or network offering services or support to women in Brent? Would you like to learn more about how you can make your organisation more financially sustainable?

This seminar will look at ways that you can diversify your funding. It is tailored to address your needs as an organisation working with women and will include:

Advice from local commissioners: Learn how the commissioning process works in your borough and how you can get involved

Presentations by experts: How you can make different funding ideas work for your organisation

Question time: Raise your questions and concerns face to face with local experts and commissioners

Influencing locally: Top tips and tools to get your voice heard and hold public bodies to account

Networking: Meet other women’s organisations working in your area.

Full programmes will be sent out one week before the event.

This event is FREE and open to all networks, projects and organisations that work with women in Brent. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

There are limited spaces at this event. To secure your place, email Harri on development@wrc.org.uk for a booking form, or call her on 020 7324 3031 to book over the phone.

This event is hosted by the Women’s Resource Centre, CVS Brent and Brent BASIS

Do you want to grow your own herbs, salads, fruits and vegetables?
Come and learn how to grow fresh, healthy produce on your balcony, windowsill or in community gardens!

When?
The four-day training course will take place on the following dates, between 9.30am–3.00pm:

Monday 23 January 2012
Tuesday 24 January 2012
Wednesday 25 January 2012
Thursday 26 January 2012

We ask that participants attend all four sessions to make the most of the course.

Where?
St Hilda’s East Community Centre, 18 Club Row, London, E2 7EY
Nearest tube stations: Shoreditch High Street Station, Liverpool Street Station

What will I gain from the programme?
• Four days free training in organic food growing skills, including an induction to Women’s Environmental Network, and visits to local gardening projects
• A free food growing starter kit, including hand trowel and fork, seeds, gardening gloves, potting compost and a window box
• An opportunity to meet and train with like-minded women
• A certificate of achievement, and a reference for future employers or training schemes once you have completed the programme
• An opportunity to volunteer at local community gardens
• Free lunch at the training sessions, and travel expenses for attendance of the training sessions/placements
• Access to further training opportunities

What is expected of me if I join?
• An interest in food and food-growing
• Regular attendance at the weekly training sessions.
• A willingness to share your knowledge with other women
• An interest in volunteering at local food-growing projects and gardens

If you would like to join the training please download the booking form from http://www.wen.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Spice-it-Up-one-page-general-flyer-St-Hildas.doc, fill in your details and return it to:

Local Food Team, Women’s Environmental Network, Ground Floor, 20 Club Row, London, E2 7EY.
or
spiceitup@wen.org.uk

PLACES STILL AVAILABLE for Sexual Violence: causes, consequences and interventions Short Course
Starting in February, we still have a few places left on this short course.

This course will focus on forms of sexual violence in child and adulthood including;
• sexual abuse in childhood
• rape and sexual assault of adults
• sexual exploitation including pornography
• prostitution
• trafficking and other aspects of the sex industry
• sexual harassment

The course will be delivered over 6 days and the areas covered will be: definitions and prevalence; impacts and meanings; legislative frameworks and the criminal justice response; sexual cultures; perpetrators and approaches to prevention

Teaching dates for the next course in the spring semester are:
Thursday 16th February, Friday 17th February, Thursday 1st March, Friday 2nd March, Thursday 29th March and Friday 30th March 2012

To book a place, please contact : Marcy O’Reilly on Tel: 020 7133 5107 or marcy.oreilly@londonmet.ac.uk

Awake Coaching provides a personal and professional telephone coaching service for women who have recognised the need to change a situation from what it is to what they want it to be.

We utilise a number of techniques and procedures to help you define where you want to be and assist you in reaching your destination.

Contact: Funke Oham
Email: funkeoham@gmail.com
Phone: 07985 282251

Clays Lane Ladies Club

This project is targeting women aged 18-20 who live in Tower Hamlets and want to find work but don’t know what they want to do.

The project will be a hands on programme over 6 months to build skills and confidence.

Participants will draw up their own plan for skills development and work with a private sector mentor to help them stay on course to reach their own goals.

Come to find out more on Tuesday 10th January 2012 at 1 pm

Includes lunch so booking a place is critical

To book a space email ashaa@account3.org.uk with your contact details. Asha will confirm back and send you the directions

Dates and Locations

Leeds: 16th and 26th January and 14th and 29th February
London: 23rd and 31st January, 23rd and 24th February and 22nd and 23rd March
Cardiff: 9th February and 8th March
Newcastle: 19th January and 13th March
Birmingham: 22nd February and 20th March

Who should attend?

Anyone in the statutory, voluntary or community sectors that may be coming into contact with female victims of trafficking, including women’s organisations, housing and support services, asylum seeker support services, social services and community safety groups. It is also of interest to those focusing on trafficking as part of their studies.

For more information and to request a booking form please contact Sally Montier on 020 7840 7149 or sally.montier@eaveshousing.co.uk