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 Voice of Solidarity
Newcastle city centre location to be confirmed
2 x
full days (It is ideal if participants attend both sessions)
Thursday
25th February 2010
Thursday
4th March 2010
Course
is free.
Refreshments
and lunch will be provided.
Travel
and care costs will be reimbursed.*
Participants
Women
from BME organisations throughout Newcastle and wider region
Aim
To
strengthen the BME women’s voice in the North through a set of sessions
designed to help women from BME women’s agencies to enhance their skills,
experience and knowledge enabling them to become more effective in their roles,
engage with decision makers and develop a strengthened policy voice.
What
will it do for you?
At
the end of the sessions participants will have:
- Enhanced
knowledge of the barriers and challenges within the sector.
- Knowledge
of power/influence models and techniques for engaging in change and reaching
decision makers.
- Development
of the skills and competencies within the group and how these are more
effectively utilised on a personal, organisational and collective level.
- Develop
a shared action plan both at individual and organisational level.
Course
Objectives
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Forming
as a group based on shared experiences and challenges
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Through
our shared experiences of discrimination, developing a common basis for working
together for change.
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Analysis
of fragmentation within the sector.
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Awareness
of the different types of power and introducing a model of power.
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How
and which decision makers we can influence and what is our role as individuals
and as representatives from organisations.
- Practical
steps to identify which policies affect us/our organsiations and what do we
want to change/influence.
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Introduce
methodologies for creating change at a personal, organisational and policy
level.
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Identifying
which skills and competencies we need in order to work collectively to create
change
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Prioritisation
of the key areas the group wants to work on to develop realistic action plan
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Awareness
of “change in action” by looking at successful women’s campaigns
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Introduction
to the BME regional policy forum.
- Development
of a strategic action plan for groups to take forward
- Practical
steps and action planning for the future
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