Northern Ireland Community Relations Council - Services - Community Relations Groups

Contact: Michele Baird (Managing Director)

86 Lisburn Road

Tel: 028 9038 2022

E-Mail: adele@womensinformationgroup.com

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We provide the opportunity for women to meet, to learn together, and to enjoy each others company and to access information.

Our aims are

To play a role in meeting the needs of women who attend the Information Days.
To contribute to the self-worth and well-being of the women who receive this information and use it as a support to their influence at a local level.
To broaden the horizons of the women so that they can understand themselves within the context of the whole community and also benefit in a political sense from contact with Protestant and Catholic women and visits to other neighbourhoods.
To encourage self-dependence and confidence in their ability to access information so that the women have a sense of ownership over their lives, the lives of their families and the neighbourhoods.

10 seminars per year which are arranged in local areas both Protestant and Catholic with the costs of venue, crèche, transport, speakers and lunch paid by Women's Information Group
Annual weekend residential arranged for women from all areas with workshops and activities to suit requirements.
Personal development courses with crèche facilities run throughout the year
Parenting courses organised throughout the year
Citizenship courses, negotiation skills etc. arranged as requested.
Community Health Information Workers projects organised in Upper Springfield, Shankill, East Belfast, North Belfast and South Belfast giving quality information on health and social issues to each group to be used in their area.

Community Relations Council