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Information Day
Information Days enables the vital
exchange of information between statutory and voluntary agencies and local
communities. Held on a monthly basis in venues across Belfast and Northern
Ireland the information days enable women from different religious and cultural
backgrounds to meet each other in a relaxed and informal way.
The experience of involvement in the
Information Days has shown the importance for women to challenge the
traditional methods of committees and organisations. Women need to have
confidence to demand new structures which will allow them to express their own
individuality. We organised
a very good crèche which enabled the women to participate more fully.
The numbers attending every month keep
growing, and each group is sent a monthly Newsletter to inform them of the next
Information Day topic/venue as well as relevant news for their group and
themselves. If they wish to attend transport can be arranged, with different
groups attending according to interest in the topic - thus keeping the numbers
to a manageable 150 a month.
Topics covered
so far this year at our
Information Days include -
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Future Benefits.
Held in the newly renovated Shaftesbury Recreation Centre, LORAG we had speakers
from the Inland Revenue and Department of Employment and Learning
advising women on pathways to work, benefits and
information on Child and Pension Tax Credits. In
addition to giving general information to everyone on the subject,
representatives were able to give one to one personal
advice on the day.
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A Celebration of Women's
International Day. Held in the Ulster Hall, we had speakers from various
cultures and backgrounds including Indian, Chinese and Eastern European
backgrounds reflecting on what living in Northern Ireland has meant for them.
To further celebrate the diversity of our culture, WIG provided a sample of
foods from other countries.
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You, sex and
all round protection.
Held in the Donegall Pass Community Centre, we had various stalls covering
information on contraception, family planning and sexual transmitted diseases
amongst others. The speakers included representatives from the Family
Planning Association, Brook Clinic and the PSNI Rape Unit.
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New Year New
You. Held in Knockbracken
Hall this Information Day was a timely opportunity to get advice, your blood
pressure checked and up-to-date information on Child healthcare, screening and
Swine Flu. Advisors from Belfast Health and Social Care Trust were on hand
at various stands to give one-to-one advice.
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Housing,
Employment, Improvement?
Held in Woodvale Community Centre in partnership with the NI Anti Poverty
Network's Voices Project we show cased a short film about the history of
Belfast's mills and shipyard industry and the changing face of Belfast. We
explored the issues of poverty and health inequalities (presentation given by
Goretti Horgan lecturer at University of Ulster) and the current housing crisis
(presentation given by Nicola McCrudden from the Housing Rights Association).
There was also financial advice from Advice NI.
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Parental
Challenges.
This month WIG
wanted to explore the topic of How do parents know what they can do, how do you
spot signs that your children need help and who do you go to? We had 3
speakers on the day Helena Stuart from WAVE talked about abuse, neglect and
trauma. Carole Browne from Social Services talked about family support and
child protection. Lastly Joy Poots from Inner City South Belfast Sure
Start discussed a new workshop regarding 'Our kids - keeping the safe'.
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Chinese Resource Centre.
We visited the new premises of
the CRC to learn about Chinese culture and tradition as well as the services and
activities the centre provides to the local community. This was a morning
to learn, enjoy, and gather information about another culture and try their
food!
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