Job Vacancy : Projects Administrator
31 December 2019
Please visit our vacancies page for details of this exciting new opportunity.
Session for Professionals
31 December 2019
"For the final Session for Professionals of the year, The Magdalene Group welcomed representatives from Early Help, Momentum, OPEN, Norfolk Library Service, Norfolk & Waveney Mind, Norfolk Citizens Advice and a Social Work student on placement with the Norwich LAC team. After providing an overview of the range of work that our Doorway and Transition Services, Rose Project, EnRoute and Jigsaw carry out, we opened the field for questions. This led to thought-provoking discussion around how services can better support our client groups. Notwithstanding the challenges, there was a clear desire in the room for multi-agency working and supporting client-led service plans. This was a rewarding opportunity for networking across several local authority and voluntary sector services and we hope that the participants left with a greater understanding of the work of The Magdalene Group." Morwenna Chaffe, CSE Practitioner
Keeping children safe online over the holidays
30 December 2019
Advice from the CEOP (Child Exploitation & Online Protection Centre) Education Team : "As we wrap up 2019, here's some information and advice you may find useful to share over the festive holiday, as well upcoming highlights for 2020........
Happy Christmas
23 December 2019
We would like to take the opportunity to thank everyone who has supported us this year. We are so grateful for your monetary donations, for smaller gifts of clothing & toiletries, & to those of you - volunteers & trustees - who give the gift of time. All of these contributions make such a huge difference to the work of The Magdalene Group. A sincere thank you to you all, and a very happy Christmas!
Christmas lunch
18 December 2019
The Doorway team was so pleased to invite some of our lovely service-users to join us for Christmas lunch today!
International Day to End Violence against Sex Workers : 17th December
17 December 2019
International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers is observed annually on December 17 by sex workers, their advocates, friends, families and allies. The Magdalene Group and Doorway Women's Service supports the international day to end violence against sex workers.
Love Norwich : Christmas Hampers
17 December 2019
Once again, Love Norwich has provided Christmas dinner - in a box - with love - for a number of our service-users; Thank you so much!
Fierce Babe Christmas Market
16 December 2019
"One of our lovely volunteers, Amber, is one half of the Fierce Babe Norwich Team. They’re primarily a female network but they also run amazing markets with all female makers. This year Amber chose us as her charity of choice and we had a stall set up to raise awareness about Doorway Women’s Service and The Magdalene Group as a whole; we spoke to so many lovely people and had so much interest in volunteering – if you’re interested take a look : https://magdalenegroup.org/volunteer/ We also set up a donation station and loads of people came to donate winter clothing, underwear and tights, hair dye and lots of other goodies – thanks so much! Thanks for having us Amber!” Abbie Haines, Outreach Worker
International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers : 17th December.
16 December 2019
International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers is observed annually on December 17 by sex workers, their advocates, friends, families and allies. The Magdalene Group and Doorway Women's Service supports the international day to end violence against sex workers.
UEA Presentation
10 December 2019
On 21st November, Morwenna Chaffe and Donna Elson were welcomed to UEA to deliver a seminar to second year students on the BA Education degree. The students were enrolled on the Childhood, Youth and Transitions module and this seminar gave them an overview of the picture of Child Sexual Exploitation, with particular focus on signs that indicate a young person may be being exploited and the ways in which this can happen. The students were also given a real case study to analyse in groups and were challenged to come up with an action plan for working with the young person. There were some great suggestions and signposting from the students who had an excellent sense of the long-term interventions needed. One student found the seminar so insightful that that she has since contacted us to enquire about volunteering opportunities to help her gain experience in supporting young people across Norfolk. We wish the students all the best in their degree and hope that they can confidently enter their future careers with a sensitivity to the vulnerabilities that some youth face today.