Women and Electrics

12 Mar 2019 - 11:00

Women's Workshop, Coquet Enterprise Park, Amble NE65 0PE

Five Years Stronger - Let's Celebrate Volunteering

28 Feb 2019 - 11:30

WHiST, Salus House, 33 Mile End Rd, South Shields NE33 1TA

IWD Let's Get Together

9 Mar 2019 - 10:30

WHiST, Salus House, 33 Mile End Rd, South Shields NE33 1TA

Middlesborough Council consultation

Middlesborough Council have launched a consultation on the approach to commissioning services for people with needs around homelessness, domestic abuse, and sexual violence. Take part here.

FGM Direct Work Toolkit

The National FGM Centre has developed a toolkit to help social workers carry out direct work with families and girls at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM), or who have undergone FGM. The toolkit provides plans for sessions aimed at children aged seven and older with separate activities for parents, carers and young people. An infographic showing the potential health consequences of FGM has also been published. Source: NSPCC Caspart Alert.

IWD 2019 with Gender and Society Research Hub Northumbria University

International Women’s Day is one of our busiest times of the year, with all sorts of events organised across the region. Lucky us!

As part of IWD, we are organising another Festival of Feminist Ideas and Actions in Newcastle, with:

Chi Onwuruh MP for Newcastle Central hosts #letstalk event with young women aged 16-30

8 Mar 2019 - 15:00

Bewick Room, Newcastle Central Library NE1 8AX

MAY - A play based on the true story of 'the Cripple Suffragette'

8 Mar 2019 - 19:30

Wallsend Memorial Hall and People's Centre NE28 6RN

Young Women, Politics and Voice

5 Mar 2019 - 17:30

Newcastle City Library - Bewick Hall

Report Launch: Funding for the Women’s Sector – Women’s Budget Group

8 Mar 2019 - 10:00

Lord Mayor’s Hospitality Suite, Coventry City Council, Earl Street, Coventry CV1 5RR

North East Women's Network

Women and health