women's networks
a women in london project
funded by the maypole trust
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North Northumberland Women's Network
- Purpose:
- Sets out to address women's needs and interests in a holistic way and create new connections between social, economic, health, education and cultural / leisure opportunities.
- It gives women a greater say in issues that affect them locally; and offers very practical developmental support for women's entrepreneurial activity, social or economic.
- Activities:
- Networking events
- Seminars of policy issues
- Programme of activities including crafts, outdoor pursuits etc
- Personal development training
- Mentoring scheme
- Exchange and trading scheme - skills, services and products using a virtual currency
- Coastal mile environmental project
- Transnational project looking at role of rural women's networks
- Women's Workshop - building our own wood frame building to learn building skills and support women into alternative careers
- Training
- HERitage social enterprise offering women tourists mini-breaks in Northumberland run by local women in the network
- Region or specific community:
- North Northumberland (Berwick and Alnwick Districts), also work in partnership with other women's projects elsewhere in Northumberland
- Membership Criteria if any:
- Open
- Membership Fee if any:
- None
- Contact Name:
- Julia Lyford
- Contact Address:
- Fallodon Mill
Chathill
Northumberland
NE67 5ED - Contact Phone:
- 01665 589429
- Contact Mobile:
- 07775 817544
- Contact Email:
- Julia@nnwn.org
- Contact Web:
- http://www.nnwn.org
- Funders if any:
- LSC, Northern Rock, DEFRA, Leader+,
- Other Information:
- Would you like to play a part in our transnational project? Do you have othere rural women's networks?
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