From Beginning to End – Thursday 3rd December 2009 – Manchester
Posted on November 19, 2009
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Greater Manchester 16 Days Of Action Event
for 16 days of action which calls globally for an End of Violence to Women
25th November – 10th December 2009
We all have a role…
From the beginning – when a women first experiences abuse or violence to the point when there is an end to a
situation of abuse.
Key aims of the event:
* To encourage and support greater interaction between the existing local domestic abuse strategies across Greater Manchester, promoting the reduction and ultimate elimination of violence towards women
* To share good practice and innovations in domestic abuse services, particularly in relation to new presenting needs in Greater Manchester in 2009, and for women with complex needs
* To highlight projects, campaigns and plans for work throughout the region around domestic abuse in 2010
Venue: St Thomas Centre (GMCVO), Ardwick Green
Duration: 12.30pm – 7.30pm
* 12.30pm lunch
* 1.30 – 4.45pm ‘From beginning to end event’
* 5pm – Annual Review launch and domestic abuse networking event from 5 – 7.30pm (including a domestic abuse services governance meeting from 6 – 7pm)
The event includes:
* Greater Manchester Police will be speaking on their new Domestic Abuse, Homicide Prevention strategy
* Presentation of the new Home Office Government strategy on Violence to Women and Girls
* Rights of Women – Address by Emma Scott, Director of Rights of Women
* 16 Days of Action talk by Kate Cook, Manchester Metropolitan University and co-author of ‘Rape Crisis; Responding to Sexual Violence’
* ‘Leaving’ – a film on domestic abuse
* Stalls by organisations and strategic forums across Greater Manchester
* Wide range of workshops
Event Organised by Independent Choices
Independent Choices run the Greater Manchester Women’s Domestic Abuse Helpline and the Women’s Safety Service.
The Women’s Domestic Abuse Helpline deal with over 7,000 calls a year, this has increased by about 500 per year for the last 3 years.
For more information contact:
Independent Choices on 0161 636 7535.
For booking form, email to: admin@independentchoices.org.uk
Deadline for bookings: Monday 23rd November 2009.
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