Conflict Management training
18 January 2023
A full day's conflict management training today with tutor, James McCullough. of Broadland District Council; the objectives of the course : enabling an understanding of the causes of conflict; exploration of communication techniques to prevent conflict escalating; identification of our own styles of conflict management (this topic probably raised most lively discussion!) & finally an understanding of what makes people aggressive & how we can respond to this. Feedback from my colleagues follows.
Domestic Abuse Provider Event
17 January 2023
Beth & Natalie, two of our Doorway Women's Service practitioners, attended; here's some interesting feedback : * NCLS; Norfolk Community Law Service have a new initiative called Family and Domestic abuse service - support with protective injunctions, child arrangements, home office applications, form filling for court and a free help line service. * Mapping of domestic abuse services across England and Wales found victims generally wanted counselling, therapeutic services and mental health support. * East of England were found to have the highest percentage of services that could not meet the demand for domestic abuse, with a percentage of -21%.
Courtesy of Terrence Higgins Trust…..
09 January 2023
Emma from Terrence Higgins Trust kindly put together some iCaSH gold card kits for our Doorway Women's Service. Thank you!
Craft & Wellbeing Workshop
05 January 2023
Do come and join us ladies........
Fire Safety training
04 January 2023
A morning's fire warden training with my colleagues Lauren & Natalie; we joined with The King's Centre team for a session run by Phillip Leeder of Anglia Fire Assessments; 'prevention, prevention, prevention' being key. Sobering fire-related facts & figures; thought-provoking videos; alongside physical fire-extinguisher handling & fire-fighting out in the car park; all resulted in a worthwhile morning.
ENOUGH
03 January 2023
No-one should live in fear of abuse. Let's all be part of the change. Everyone can do something to challenge the abuse of women and girls. https://enough.campaign.gov.uk/?utm_campaign=Enough&utm_medium=Search&utm_source=Bing&utm_content=Brand-EM
Current Vacancy for Business & Operations Manager
30 December 2022
Please visit our vacancies page for more information about this exciting opportunity : https://magdalenegroup.org/home/vacancies/
Thank you too to Future Projects
21 December 2022
Please see Twitter Post from Future Projects donating Christmas Hampers : https://twitter.com/FuturePCharity/status/1605546955500724225?t=8TxVy74ba8LC15LKBbLz5w&s=19
Happy Christmas
19 December 2022
We would like to take the opportunity to thank everyone who has supported us through the past twelve months. 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, & a very happy Christmas!
International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers : 17th December, 2022
16 December 2022
This day was created to call attention to hate crimes committed against sex workers all over the world. Inaugurated by Dr. Annie Sprinkle and started by the Sex Workers Outreach Project USA, the first annual day was in 2003 and was held as a memorial and vigil for the victims of the Green River Killer in Seattle, Washington. International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers has empowered workers from cities around the world to come together and organise against discrimination and remember victims of violence. Read more at : https://www.nswp.org/event/international-day-end-violence-against-sex-workers-6