nwc course booklet jan 2015

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Recognise and Improve your Skills

Do you want to update your skills?

Nottingham Women’s Centre advisors provide free one to one Information, Advice and Guidance sessions to help you with:

Identifying and enrolling in learning and training opportunities

Learning support

Job search guidance

CV writing, application forms and interview skills

And much more...

Contact Details

For further information about courses or to book a one to one session please contact reception and ask to speak to one of our

advisors.

Tel: 0115 941 1475

Email: [email protected]

If you would like to be added to our e-mailing list to receive future course booklets and information about future events please contact us (details above).

Want to enrol on a course?

Attend our course information day

Tuesday 6th January 2015

10am-1pm

Our next course information days will be on

Wednesday 1st April 2015

Wednesday 2nd September 2015

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Functional English

For women who want to improve their reading, writing, spelling and

grammar in a friendly and supportive atmosphere! No previous experience is needed; however, overseas students must have a

minimum E3 ESOL qualification in order to get the most out of this

course. Free childcare may be available, this needs booking in advance. It

may be possible to claim travel expenses at the end of the course

(bus tickets need to be saved).

Start Date Time & Course Duration

Tuesday 13th January 2015 10.00 – 12.00, 12 sessions

Maths for Life

This course will help you improve your every day number skills; you

can work towards a Level 2 qualification (GCSE equivalent).

Free childcare may be available, this needs booking in advance. It may be possible to claim travel expenses at the end of the course




Women and IT

This course will help you to

Acquire new skills Develop your own computer needs at home or at work

Overcome initial fears and help to boost confidence and explore the versatility of the computer


(bus tickets need to be saved)



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Women and Confidence Building

If you’d like to build your confidence to help you to deal with

everyday situations and improve your communication skills, join us to explore how to develop a positive sense of self and to understand

and overcome barriers to interacting effectively as women in our

society. Free childcare may be available, this needs booking in advance. It

may be possible to claim travel expenses at the end of the course




Women and Psychology

When people talk about psychology it’s often confusing and negative

about women and our place in society. To make sense of ideas that

challenge women’s lives, join us for informal discussions with a tutor who’ll explain everything!

Free childcare may be available, this needs booking in advance. It

may be possible to claim travel expenses at the end of the course (bus tickets need to be saved).



Women and Social Media

This course will enable students to create and develop their own

WordPress blog, with a focus on the online promotion of women’s

activities. It will also introduce students to Facebook and Twitter and demonstrate how these sites can be used to aid women’s

networking.




Friday 16th January 2015 10.00 – 12.15, 10 sessions

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Women and Social Media

See previous details.



ESOL Beginners

The ESOL lessons aim to increase users’ confidence in speaking English and improve their communication with English speaking

people in their daily life. Indirectly, users will be more comfortable

to go out meeting new people and will find it easier to engage with other members of their community.


Wednesday 7th January 2015 10.00 – 12.00, ongoing

ESOL

See details above.


Wednesday 7th January 2015 1.00 – 3.00, ongoing

Job Club

If you would like help finding jobs, producing a CV, sending online

application forms or maybe a bit of everything then come along to

our Job Club. We also operate on a drop in basis so please feel free to drop in at 10am on any Tuesday.


Tuesdays 10.00 – 12.00 ongoing

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Life (Memoir) Writing Workshop

Every woman has a story to tell, and just as every woman is unique,

so is her story. If you have ever used the Centre we want to hear your story. No writing experience necessary!

The group will be guided by a writer and editor who will help you

with the basics of memoir/story writing. At the end of the project your stories will be professionally edited and then they’ll go into an

actual printed book!


Wednesday 14th January 2015 7.30 – 9.30pm, 6 sessions

Life (Memoir) Writing Workshop

See details above.


Thursday 15th January 2015 1.00 – 3.00, 6 sessions

Notebook and Pen

All women welcome and absolutely no experience necessary. Come along to write, chat and explore!


Wednesdays 7.30 – 9.30pm

Radical Readers

Join our group to chat about feminist literature: fact, fiction, poetry

and children’s books. The group will also discuss and plan small, local actions that we can take to address the issues affecting women

in society.

Dates: Last Thursday of every month Times: 5.30pm – 7.00pm

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Freedom Programme

This course is for women who have been affected by domestic

violence or abuse.

It is designed to explore what makes a relationship healthy or

abusive; help women to gain a better understanding of the beliefs

held by abusers and spot the early signs; illustrate the effects of domestic violence on children and improve confidence and self-

esteem all in a supportive environment.


Various – contact us for more information

Planning to Change

Learn how to accept yourself and discover new ways to build self esteem and how to put them into practice.


Friday 6th March 2015 10.00 – 12.00, 4 sessions

Recovery in Nottingham

Are you worried about your drug use and want more information?

These drop in sessions offer support and advice.

Recovery in Nottingham offers peer support, discussion sessions, guided learning covering topics such as self esteem, what drugs and

alcohol do to you and problem solving.

For more information call Recovery in Nottingham on 0115 9418964 or 0300 033220


Wednesdays 11.00 – 2.00, ongoing

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Arts and Crafts

This course will enable you to improve personal health and well-

being by learning and practising mindfulness and healthy choices using creative arts. Produce pieces of art to take home. Enjoy the

process of creative art and meet new people.


Monday 19th January 2015 1.00 – 3.00, 6 sessions

Fun and Confidence Through Drama

Ever thought about drama but didn’t know where to start? This is the place, come along and give it a try; you’ve got nothing to lose!


Thursday 15th January 2015 12.30 – 2.30, ongoing

Make and Do

This course will give you the opportunity to try a variety of things like: knitting, crocheting, sewing, make jewellery etc. You can even

do some artistic ironing! Intrigued? Come along and join in!



Women’s Empowerment Group

This relaxed and supportive group seeks to help women to build

confidence and self-esteem, through building a sense of group

identity and empowering women to make a bridge out into their own world.


Various – contact us for more information

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Get Fit , Have Fun

An exciting, fun and friendly way to have fun and get fit for people

of every age, background and ability The perfect opportunity for you to get fit, have fun and make new friends.

Experienced, qualified instructors offer tailored workouts with a bit

of friendly rivalry if you want it!

Whether you are looking for a fresh way to get some exercise or

you’re pulling on your trainers for the first time in years, come along

and give it a go!



Journey into Happiness

This course will enable you to learn ways of overcoming stress,

anxiety and depression. Meet new people and participate in group

exercises to deal with emotions. In this small, safe, supportive group we will learn and practice ways to relax, reduce negative and

repetitive thoughts, cope with cravings, and find our own achievable

goals. We will find ways that work for each individual woman including Emotional Freedom Technique, NLP and many others.


Monday 19th January 2015 10.30 – 12.30, 6 sessions

Singing

Singing helps to control our breathing, enabling us to relax. It is

highly recommended for lifting our mood, making us feel better and

helping us to gain confidence. Come along and have fun – no auditions – just sing, relax and enjoy. Become a Renew woman and

join us on our journey to launch our Renew choir!



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Box Smart

A fun, enjoyable boxing based fitness class, with plenty of laughs

along the way!

Cost: £3


Wednesday 7th January 2015 6.15 – 7.15pm

Yoga

Promotes good health and well being. Aimed at all levels. Beginners

always welcome!

Cost: Suggested donation of £1.50 - £3


Tuesdays 1.15 – 2.45 term time only

Hatha Yoga

Suitable for all beginners. Please wear loose fitting clothes and bring

a yoga mat if you have one.

Cost: £3 - £4


Mondays 5.00 – 6.30pm

Pamper Sessions

Treatments available are: Reflexology, Aromatherapy Massage or

Chakra Balance. Booking in advance is essential so please contact

reception if you are interested. When you book you will be asked which treatment you would like.

Cost: £5 donation

Start Date Time & Duration

Wednesdays 10.00 – 2.00

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RENEW

Nottingham Women’s Centre has received funding from the Big

Lottery Fund for its innovative project to help around 650 women improve their mental health and well-being through a counselling

and empowerment scheme. The project is called RENEW which

stands for “Re-energised, Empowered and Networked Women” is the first of its kind in Nottingham which combines the therapeutic

benefits of empowerment with one to one counselling in a women-

only space.

RENEW provides the opportunity to access one to one support and

attend empowerment sessions. A trained psychotherapist will

introduce women to non-medical therapeutic techniques in a group setting and encourage the women to build empowering relationships

to increase confidence, self-esteem and psychological wellbeing.

Creative therapy sessions will be offered including singing, drawing, creative writing and healthy cooking.

If the RENEW project is something you would be interested in please come along to our course information day and speak to Emma or

Linda.

Renew Club (Coffee Morning)

The Renew Club has developed as a result of the successful coffee

mornings and feedback from Renew members. You can still come along and find out about the Renew Project, have a chat and a

coffee and to meet new friends. In addition, we will have angel

cards and a selection of board games. A member of staff has kindly donated a Nintendo Wii for us which will be up and running as soon

as we get a tv screen installed. We welcome new suggestions from

members to help develop this club further.


Thursdays 10.00 – 12.00 ongoing

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Pop Up Cafe

Delicious food and drinks available to eat in or takeaway


Tuesdays 11.00 – 2.00

Lesbian/bi women’s Café evening

This will usually be on the 2nd Monday of the month, in the

Welcome Space. A relaxed space to socialise and find out about

other groups and activities. Donations asked for food. 5.30-7.00pm

Contact: [email protected] / 0115 9411475

Volunteering

We have a number of volunteer opportunities here at Nottingham

Women’s Centre including working in the café, helping out in the garden, data entry, working on reception, assisting in the Training

and Education Department, helping us with fundraising, and

supporting the childcare workers in Daycare.

If you’d like to apply please see our website or email

[email protected]

We also welcome groups who would like to undertake a project at the centre voluntarily, or would be interested in providing a service

to the women who access the centre. We currently offer pamper

sessions to women, which are undertaken by volunteer therapists

and provided at a low cost to women.

Please note that we recruit volunteers twice a year, in April and

October. Enquiries or applications outside of this time may not get an immediate response

mailto:[email protected]

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LIB-erate Feminist Library

Our magical feminist and LBT library is now open!

Women’s libraries are now in scarce supply across the country and the new Nottingham Women’s Centre library is the only one of its

kind in the East Midlands. The library still holds most of the original

– and often rare – books donated in the 1970s/80s when the library was first set up, as well as more contemporary works. The space

has been refurbished with support from Awards for All, the Co-

operative Membership (Central and Eastern Region), the East

Midlands Airport Development Fund, Nottingham Girls High School,

Experian and the time and hard work of many committed women.

Books are available for borrowing to all members; see the page in this brochure for further benefits of Nottingham Women’s Centre

membership.

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Legal Clinic

Students from Nottingham Law School will be offering free advice on

employment, housing, consumer and benefit issues.


Friday 23rd January 2015 10.00 – 1.00 ongoing

Focus Groups

Focus groups are for women to share their thoughts, feelings,

attitudes and ideas on our projects.

Project Date and Time

Training Monday 2nd February 2015 1.00 – 2.30pm

Changes Wednesday 4th February 2015 1.00 – 2.30pm

Renew Thursday 5th February 2015 1.00 – 2.30pm

Support Friday 6th February 2015 1.00 – 2.30pm

Daycare

We offer affordable daycare for 6 month – 5 year olds in a fun,

enjoyable and safe environment which is OFSTED registered.

The daycare is open Monday to Friday 9:00am – 5:00pm

Prices start from £9 per session.

Contact: Tara or Liz Tel: 0115 9411475 ext. 202 or 07900 945859

Email: [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

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Nottingham Women’s Centre is home to a number of women’s organisations

Nottingham Rape Crisis Centre

Nottingham Rape Crisis Centre supports women over the age of 16

who have suffered any form of sexual violence – recent or historical. They offer face to face counselling sessions and a helpline where

survivors can speak to trained counsellors

Tel: 0115 941 0440

www.nottinghamrapecrisis.org.uk

Women’s Aid Integrated Services (WAIS)

WAIS is run by women, for women and their children experiencing

or escaping domestic abuse. They offer a range of services including a 24 hour emergency helpline, drop in service, domestic violence

awareness training, floating support and outreach support.

Tel: 0808 800 0340

www.wais.org.uk

http://www.nottinghamrapecrisis.org.uk/

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Nottingham Women’s Centre Membership

Being a member of Nottingham Women’s Centre means you will get

our quarterly newsletter and also the following benefits:

A special quarterly email to keep you abreast of events/how

your money is being spent.

Free attendance to our annual supporters’ celebration event Discounts on room hire bookings at Nottingham Women’s

Centre

Invitations to community events to represent Nottingham

Women’s Centre

Free advertisement of your event at Nottingham Women’s

Centre on our new LCD display in the welcome space (scheduled for installation)

Free advertisement of your event or business in our quarterly

newsletter Attendance at our AGM and consultation events

Opportunity to write directly to our Board of Trustees to share your ideas on how we could improve service delivery

Negotiated discounts/offers with local business partners

(henceforth, please note that negotiated discounts and offers, offered to members will be as the opportunity arises, so it is

not a guaranteed benefit)

Membership costs from £2. If you are interested please contact reception or email [email protected]

2015 - Year of Campaigning

With the general elections coming up, we will be looking at two

main strands of activity:

Outreach to encourage and support women to vote and talk to their elected representatives (and maybe even become a

representative themselves!)

Running campaigns around keys issues for women in the city and supporting women to do their own campaigning

Get in touch with us for more information or look out for updates on our website.

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Did you know?

This October over 30 women took part in our fabulous firewalk to raise money for Nottingham Women’s Centre.

In addition to helping us raise much needed funds to support the

work of the Centre the firewalkers also really enjoyed meeting other

women, challenging themselves and doing something amazing.

Their feedback showed us how much this activity helped them with

their confidence.

One woman said “I did it because I’ve always wanted to – I thought

it would give me a sense of power and achievement and it has. I

think as a woman it is important to do this and encourage other women who use the Centre to say ‘look what we can do – together

we can do anything'” Well done to all who took part!

It doesn’t have to end here....

Nottingham Women’s Centre is YOUR centre. Tell us what groups,

events or activities you’d like to see at the Centre or get in touch if

you’d like to bring your own women’s meetings/activities to our venue.

nwc course booklet jan 2015

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