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Welcome to North Northumberland Women's Network website. Latest news is listed below, with the Women's Winter School coming up at the end of January 2010, and you can also find information about our projects listed on the left, and the Noticeboard for a range of events that Network members have asked us to advertise.

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Women’s Winter School

29th Jan - 4th Feb 2010

This year NNWN’s winter activity week is at a new venue which is just off the A1 at Warenford and is more accessible. The week offers varied activities with a general theme of challenging gender stereotypes. It is being run through the local NET scheme and using some of our network contacts for trainers. There will be information about the NET scheme available on the day, along with membership forms and cheque books! Please feel free to bring along anything to trade and we are always grateful for offers of food throughout the week.

For more infomation about the NETS scheme, have alook at the NETS page on this website.

The week includes opportunities to take part in the Women's Workshop in Amble ( childcare and transport can be provided)a writing workshop, a confidence workshop, beach crafts, making bird tables and withy structures and more.......

The venue is the Mill House, Warenford - opposite the White Swan pub. Follow this link for a map that you can zoom in on and recognise the house - Mill House Warenford

For information on activities in the Winter School follow these links:

Winter School 2010 at a glance>>

Winter School 2010 full programme page 1 >>

Winter School 2010 full programme page 2 >>

Winter School 2010 booking form >>

We hope to be able to offer summer school activities in 2010 with a focus on non-traditional trades for women in heritage activities i.e. dry stone walling, green woodworking; lime rendering.

Fourth Action is now a nextstep and a Careers Advice+ provider!

What's that??

We can now offer support to any adult who is considering looking at new directions incluidng looking at qualifications or advice about work. We can offer a one-off session looking at where you want to go next, and ideas for making progress towards your goals. And if you're currently out of the workforce and looking for work, we can offer you extra sessions to support you finding work and keeping it!

contact Hala - hala@nnwn.org or 01668 219879 mobile 07708064656

Confidence building / preparation sessions are planned for March - July 2010 in Seahouses, Berwick and Hadston.

Join the LINk - Local Involvement Network

There is an opportunity to get involved in a new network, which exists to enable ordinary eople and groups to have a say about health and social are issues. The LIINk has legal powers to investigate services where improvements could be made so it has real teeth as long as people get involved and use them. The LINk will meet regularly in three areas of the county, and in North Northumberland, there will be workshops and information displays in each market town during December and January. More information about the LINk is on the website www.northumberlandlink.org.uk and you can download a membership form from there or here>>>

If you have any health or social care issues you would like to raise please feel free to ring Julia on 07775 827544 for an initial conversation.

Moving On Up programme - feedback survey

NNWN has been running the Moving On Up programme for the last 18 months, encouraging women who are facng change or other challenges to set some goals for themselves and take steps towards achieving them. The programme has offered mentoring, support and learning opportunities to over 100 women. As the programme draws to an end, we are evaluating Moving On Up to help NNWN to review how best to continue the mentoring and befriending work and to continue to offer opportunities to learn and progress.

If you have been involved in the programme, either as a participant or a partner, trainer, referral organisation or funder, we would like to hear from you! Please follow this link to our brief online survey which should take no more than five minutes to complete.

Here to take survey

Fourth Action AGM

The Annual General Meeting of Fourth Action took place on 15th July, at the Bailiffgate Museum, Alnwick.

It is three years since Fourth Action became a company limited by guarantee in order to expand its scope to work with a ramge of people in the community, and to 'promote equality with communities.'

The evening was a chance to recognise the many achievements of everyone who has taken part in new learning this year, to hear about some people's personal journeys, and to help plan new directions and projects for the coming year. Fourth Action also recruited some new directors, Annie Bromwich Alexandra, and Pummi Mattu. After their first Baord meeting next week we will share some more information about them and other Baord members, and some photos of all our amazing 'graduates.'

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Women's Workshop in 2010!

We are continuing to run self build activities in 2010. Please contact Hala if you are interested in getting involved - hala@nnwn.org or phone 07708064656

For information on the lastest programme of activities follow this link:

W/W March-July 2010>>

A Woman's Place

Visit the new section on the website from the link at the top, to find out more about our international project, which is about exploring women's role in rural development, using networking and training to learn from each other.

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