National Council of Women of Great Britain

        

 

 

          
          National and regional events: 
            7-year diary and reports
 

2001

October 2001
 1-3  Annual Conference at Bournemouth         [RESOLUTIONS]


2002

February 2002
12    Affiliates lunch: speaker from NSPCC on the Consultation
            Document  'Someone to turn to'

23    Seminar on disability Independent living: sight and sound
           at Leicester                                             [MORE]

March 2002
13   Individual members' meeting on the safety of children and
           young people in Internet chat rooms

14   Health Committee Seminar on sexually abused children  [MORE]

April 2002
27   Study Day on the future development of the countryside
           at Birmingham

29   Joint Seminar with the National Board of Catholic Women 
           on Poverty: Speaker: Frank Field MP; at the House of
           Commons                                                 [MORE]

May 2002
 1   Conference on 'Building Communities in the 21st Century' 
          at Darlington                                              [MORE]        

June 2002
15   Study Day on 'Independent Living: Mobility & Adaptability' 
           at Leicester                                                [MORE]

September 2002
25    Seminar on Global Agriculture ‘Our Food, Our Health, Our
        Environment  under Threat’

October 2002
11-13 Annual Conference at Birmingham           [RESOLUTIONS]

November 2002
11   Conference on the provision of services for Gypsies and
            Travellers;  at Darlington                             [MORE]

28    ICWGB Committee event  'Women, Violence & the Media: 
            International Aspects'                                                  


2003

March 2003
18   Arts Committee Seminar Museums – Conservation or
           Entertainment ?                                           [MORE]

June 2003
 5    Foreign Affairs meeting Women in Nigeria              [MORE]

July 2003
 5   East Midland Region Seminar 'Food for thought and 
          thoughts about food'; at Nottingham                [MORE]

October 2003
 3   Foreign Affairs meeting 'Women, war and peace'      [MORE]

17–19  Annual Conference  Gateshead        


November 2003
 3   Science & Technology Meeting:  Dr Rosemary Waring
         Autism  - the unanswered questions                            


2004

February 2004
26  Affiliates' lunchtime meeting on consumer debt
          
April 2004
  8  The Future of Food – Northern Region conference  in  Darlington                                                                  

 24  Shall we all wear purple? –  looking forward to our later years
           South West Midland Region Study Day at Cheltenham         [MORE]

May 2004
 5   Seminar: Alcohol and Women – Use and Abuse at the House 
          of Commons                                                                 [MORE]           

19  HIV Trafficked around the World
         Foreign Affairs Seminar on  at the Rwandan Embassy            [MORE] 

June  2004
  1  Arts special interest group AGM and  Sue Cross, Head of Adult
          Learning, University College London on
          'Learning through museums and galleries'

  3  Foreign Affairs special interest group Ann Dawson – Head of the 
          UK office of the UN High Commission for Refugees

14  Science & Technology special interest group 
          Speaker: Steve Dean Chief Executive,  Veterinary Medicines
           Directorate

15  Education special interest group
        Ann Murphy 'Experiences of an Exchange Lecturer
        in Washington

28  (to 1 July) Arts special interest group visit to Hull

July 2004
10   East Midland Region meeting at Thurnby, Leics       
         'Preparing for retirement and beyond'                               [MORE]
 
15   Affiliates' Lunchtime Meeting on 'Obesity in Children'             [MORE]

October  2004
  7    Foreign Affairs special interest group on 
            'The Women of Chile'

11–13  Annual Conference at Blackpool                                     [MORE

November 2004 
  6  East Midland seminar: 'They call it childhood'                        [MORE]


2005


February 2005
 26  Health seminar on innovations in hysterectomy and
              incontinence, at City Hospital, Birmingham    

April 2005
   6  Arts  seminar on saving our art treasures in places of worship  
           Sarah Brown (English Heritage), 
           Charles Tucker (Archivist to the Chief Rabbi), 
           Stephen Bowler (Council for the Care of Churches), 
           James Blott (Historic Buildings Preservation Trust)
                                                                                   [MORE]  
June 2005
 28      Gillian Van Der Meer, President of the Women’s Food 
               and Farming Union addressed the Consumer 
               Special Interest Group                              

October 2005
21-23   Annual Conference at Nottingham                           [MORE]
 

November 2005             
  2     Arts Special Interest Group -- Stephanie White, a volunteer
                worker for Book Aid International, a charity which
                started life as the Ranfurly Library 


2006 

February 2006
 6     Science and Technology Special Interest Group meeting
              The British Retail Consortium
               Speaker: Andrew Opie                          [MORE]

10     Education group visit to the Coram Foundation [MORE]

March 2006
29     Foreign Affairs  Seminar on Trade Justice, Fair Trade and
            the Millennium Development Goals.             [MORE]

May 2006
11    Northern Region Conference at Darlington
           Punished by Poverty?                               [MORE]
       
17    London & South Central Region Mini Study Day
          Five Famous Women. Speaker: Dr Daphne Glick
                                                                      [MORE]

22   Housing Special Interest Group meeting
          Waterways.  Speaker: Richard Thomas         [MORE]

June 2006
19   Science and Technology special interest group meeting 
          Water Issues: an overview
          Speaker:  Professor Michael Hamlin CBE, FRAEng  [MORE]

20    Education Special Interest Group
          Behaviour in schools  Speaker: David Moore  [MORE]
        
24   Health special interest group -- Study day
          Our children's health -- whose responsibility?
          At City Hospital, Birmingham                       [MORE]
         
29   International Council of Women Great Britain
         Christine Beddoe, ECPAT on Trafficking in Children

July 2006
13   House of Commons Seminar
         Land use and food security               pdf file [MORE]

September 2006
23    "Water, water everywhere - nor any drop to drink"         
            Seminar  at Maidenhead opened by Theresa May, MP
            Speakers from Thames Water, the Environment
            Agency,  South East Water, and International WaterAid   
            

25    Housing Special Interest Group, 
             Speaker: the Director of Central & Cecil, Housing Care Support 

25    Affiliates meeting  Speaker: Christine Beddoe on 
            Trafficking children into the United Kingdom

October 2006
7-9   NCW Annual Conference at the Three Counties 
            Hotel Hereford.          
            Theme  -- the changing roles of men and women 
            in public and private life                                     [MORE]
  
19    Foreign Affairs Special Interest Group 
             at 27 Rutland Gate SW7

21    Seminar - Debt and its effect on women and families
         at Sherwood Methodist Church, Nottingham               [MORE]

November 2006
  2     Health Special Interest Group (Birmingham)

  6     Science and Technology Special Interest Group 

  7     Arts and Consumer Special Interest Groups

  8     Media Special Interest Group

20     Housing Special Interest Group. 
            Speaker:   Carole Gee 
            A safe House -- the military perspective 

21     Education Special Interest Group 
            Speaker: Stephanie Leigh
            School Home Support                                        [MORE]
                  


For 2007 & 2008 see current diary

 

 

 

 

 

         


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