Women At Work - Badenoch & Strathspey


Welcome About W@W About WEA Join the Network Network Members W@W Comment form Jobs News Diary Local Groups Argyll Badenoch & Strathspey Inverness Lochaber Moray Ross-shire Skye & Lochalsh Get Informed W@W training W@W Topic of the Month W@W Check it Out Equality Issues Personal Development Funding Opportunities International Women Reviews Being Heard Current Consulations in Government Local Community Workplace Actions Document Library W@W E-bulletins Contact Us Links
Badenoch & Strathspey Co-ordinator: Karen Derrick There are now 130 women listed in the W@W Badenoch and Strathspey area. Our meetings are held monthly from September till June, normally on the last Wednesday of each month. Our two meeting places are The Shelter Stone, Aviemore from 7-9 in the evening and The Garth Hotel in Grantown on Spey from 12-2 over lunchtime. We also occasionally host sessions across the region, in particular when we have the opportunity to explore some of the outdoor activities available here. We currently alternate the meeting place and time each month to try and cover everyone's time and travel constraints. The sessions are informal and lively, and focus on a wide range of issues (see below), which get us thinking and talking together and hopefully allow us to bring away some ideas and tools for changing/improving situations in our lives, or introducing us to new skills. We are aware that there are still a number of members who cannot make the monthly meetings for a variety of reasons. If that is you, please feel free to contact me to see if we can help to get you along to a session as we would really like you to join us. Sessions for 2008 (see diary for details): 30 Jan: Finding the Words, with Kate Williams MacKenzie 10 April: Presentation Skills, with Shirley Murchison 30 April: Personality Types, with Runa Wolf 25 June: Managing yourself through Change, with Lynda Benham Previous sessions in 2007: 24 January: Stressed about 2007? Relief is here, with Paulene Warnoch 28 February: Body Awareness, with Kate Williams MacKenzie 25 April: Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway, with Di MacDowall 30 May: Exploring Equalities, with Gillian Shaw 27 June: Motivation, with Kate Harper 26 Sept: Mind mapping, with Kate Boyd 31 Oct: Dealing with conflict, with Lynda Benham Previous sessions held in 2006: 25 January: An Introduction to Personality Types, with Runa Wolf 22 February: Memory Improvement Techniques, with Kate Boyd 29 March: What is work and why do we do it?, with Runa Wolf 26 April: Motivation, with Kate Harper 28 June: Self Esteem and Confidence Building, with Kate Harper 27 September: Work/Life Balance, with Runa Wolf 4 November: Assessing Healing & Relaxation at Home at Work, with Kimberley Haines Earlier sessions included: Body language Try something new Introduction to art therapy Negotiation skills Into the limelight – communication skills	Latest News Women@Work project gets 3 years' funding! Topic of the Month W@W Topic of the Month for July: Women and Pensions Check it out ACTSA Dignity! Period. campaign. Action for South Africa (ACTSA) for several years has campaigned to provide women in Zimbabwe with sanitary products. Pads or tampons cost more than 50% of the average monthly wage in Zimbabwe. Yet without safe sanitary pads or tampons women and girls cannot work or go to school, or risk infections. Find out more and how you can help from their website. Check out our archive of previous Check it out ... topics.