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Two events on the same day....Friday 27th June 2008
Women's Workshop Open Day
10am – 12.30pm
Coquet Enterprise Park, Amble
• Hear about the self-build process
• Visit the women’s workshop – Q&A
• Meet women who have taken part
• Taster activity
• Help explore ideas for next steps
Lunch 12.30 to 1 at Fourways 2, Amble NE65 0PE
You are welcome to stay on from 1-4pm for the afternoon seminar ‘A Woman’s Place’ about our international exchange project. Please fill in the form below and let us know if you need support with caring responsibilities or with transport.
A Woman's Place Final Seminar
Fourways 2 conference suite, 6 Dilston Terrace Amble NE65 0DT
This is the Final Seminar of the LEADER+ transnational exchange between the North Northumberland Women’s Network and rural women’s groups in Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Cumbria, Ireland and Poland. A chance to meet the women involved and to find out how
learning from the project can influence future plans and strategies
Main themes:
Rural women in tourism and cultural enterprise
Welcoming women from new communities into rural areas
Women in traditional and non-traditional skills in rural areas
Booking Form for both events
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
Come along to the Annual General Meeting from 6-8pm on Tuesday 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 is 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 is also looking for new directors, so if you would be interested give Julia a call on 07775 817544.
If you would like to attend please email julia@nnwn.org and let us know if you have any sppecial requirements to enable you to attend.
Join the
Women's Workshop in 2008!
Next weekend of activity is on 28th and 29th June - contact hala for more details...
Fourth Action is now a next step provider!
What's that??
We can now offer support to anyone over 20 who would like their skills recognised through gaining new qualifications at Level 2 or above (roughly equivalent to GCSE level). We can a one-off session looking at where you want to go next, and ideas for making progress towards your goals.
For more information visit the Nextstep Northumberland website or contact Julia on 07775 817544.
A Woman's Place
Visit the new section on the website from the link at the top, to find out more about our exciting new international project, which is about exploring women's role in rural development, using networking and training to learn from eac other. On 6th-8th October a group of 15 women and children travelled to Wirksworth in Derbyshire to take part in heritage skills activities and to find out more about the College of the Peak. Then on 27th and 28th October the women from Derbyshire came up to help with the Women's Workshop - find out more by following this link.
On 16th November we were invited to Co Wicklow, Ireland by the local Leader+ scheme to a seminar for women's groups and networks on how we can use networking to help develop our projects and keep women's issues high on the rural agenda. To read about the seminar follow this link
Action on Domestic Abuse
Over the next few weeks and months there will be a number of press releases about what is happening from a multi agency perspective in North Northumberland to tackle Domestic Abuse.
More information about domestic violence and support services in North Northumberland here.
The leaflet is also available to download in Polish, Portuguese and Russian
If you would like further information or printed leaflets to display please contact
Gerald Connor
Community Safety Officer & Anti Social Behaviour Co-ordinator
gc@berwick-upon-tweed.gov.uk
01289 301766
07738883291
or
Steph Argo, Cease 24, 01668 283221
cease24@tiscali.co.uk
Confidence Building and Personal Development - Short Course Opportunities
A Woman's Place
Visit the new section on the website from the link at the top, to find out more about our exciting new international project, which is about exploring women's role in rural development, using networking and training to learn from eac other. On 6th-8th October a group of 15 women and children travelled to Wirksworth in Derbyshire to take part in heritage skills activities and to find out more about the College of the Peak. Then on 27th and 28th October the women from Derbyshire came up to help with the Women's Workshop - find out more by following this link.
On 16th November we were invited to Co Wicklow, Ireland by the local Leader+ scheme to a seminar for women's groups and networks on how we can use networking to help develop our projects and keep women's issues high on the rural agenda. To read about the seminar follow this link
Action on Domestic Abuse
Over the next few weeks and months there will be a number of press releases about what is happening from a multi agency perspective in North Northumberland to tackle Domestic Abuse.
More information about domestic violence and support services in North Northumberland here.
The leaflet is also available to download in Polish, Portuguese and Russian
If you would like further information or printed leaflets to display please contact
Gerald Connor
Community Safety Officer & Anti Social Behaviour Co-ordinator
gc@berwick-upon-tweed.gov.uk
01289 301766
07738883291
or
Steph Argo, Cease 24, 01668 283221
cease24@tiscali.co.uk
Confidence Building and Personal Development - Short Course Opportunities
Action on Domestic Abuse
Over the next few weeks and months there will be a number of press releases about what is happening from a multi agency perspective in North Northumberland to tackle Domestic Abuse.
More information about domestic violence and support services in North Northumberland here.
The leaflet is also available to download in Polish, Portuguese and Russian
If you would like further information or printed leaflets to display please contact
Gerald Connor
Community Safety Officer & Anti Social Behaviour Co-ordinator
gc@berwick-upon-tweed.gov.uk
01289 301766
07738883291
or
Steph Argo, Cease 24, 01668 283221
cease24@tiscali.co.uk
Confidence Building and Personal Development - Short Course Opportunities
NNWN is very interested in supporting the many women who have asked for help to build up their confidence in a range of situations. We are also aware that there are many different kinds of confidence-building training available, and sometimes it's difficult to know what is going to meet our needs or suit us best. As a result we have decided to invite a range of trainers to run taster sessions and short courses over the next few months, and to ask everyone who takes part to give us feedback on the experience, so that we can improve the quality of our training programme. The sessions will all be safe, fun and easy to take part in. It's OK to take part in just one or two sessions or the whole series. The programme includes:
Speaking and listening skills
Improving assertiveness and decision making
Understanding our response to our body image
Understanding stress and stress management techniques
Making choices in pursuit of personal goals
Developing interpersonal skills
These short courses are part of the 'Moving On Up' accredited learning programme run by the North NorthumberlandWomen's Network, where you can get your skills recognised and have fun and support on the way. More info at the sessions.... The courses are free and child, transport and other care costs can be met. Please let us know if you would like to attend and if you need transport ring 01665 589429.
Register your interest in the Personal Development Programme for Women here>>
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Promoting gender equality and other diversity awareness days
If you are interested in equality and would like an update on recent developments, plus a chance to meet like-minded people and have a say on your issues, there are various opportunities to take part in seminars, events for particular groups - let us know if you are interested.
There are also general opportunities for equality and diversity training in the next few months. For more details contact Julia on 07775 817544
Women Writers' Group
Register your interest in joining the group, which meets regulalry to offer support to anyone intersted in developing their creative writing. Contact romijones@globalnet.co.uk
