Women's Health and History - Residential Weekend

Targeted at: Any woman member
Duration: 2 days (Saturday to Sunday)

This is a weekend residential workshop organised for women around Northern Ireland where we invite women in UNISON to remember their history and make some plans for the future.

What You and Your Union Can Gain From The Course?
* Knowledge of how issues affecting women's health have changed over the past 100 years, most for the better,some not
* Realising that we need to continue to campaign for improvement
* Remembering your grandmother talking about the local handy woman
* What happened when your family could not afford the doctor?
* Is life turning full circle as the NHS is changed and rationalised?

Key Areas For You As A Participant
* Knowing what has gone wrong and what needs putting right for women
* How to get involved in UNISON supported local campaigns
* How to raise awareness of these issues with your work, colleagues, friends and family

Tutor: Therese Moriarty, Irish Labour Historian

Date: Sat. 5 & Sun 6 June 2010
Location: Causeway Coast Hotel

Date: Sat. 27 & Sun. 28 Nov. 2010
Location: Armagh

To register your interest contact Norma Neal, n.neal@unison.co.uk 028 90270190 or download an application form here or

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Contact:
Cath Friel    contact c.friel@unison.co.uk

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COURSE CATEGORIES

Development Education

First Steps to Winning

Law at Work

Lifelong Learning

Making a Difference

Membership Development for Women

Organising Through Health and Safety

Weekend Residential Courses

Winning the Organised Workplace

UPCOMING COURSES

ASIST Suicide Intervention

Aug Wed 25 & Thu 26

Belfast


Dealing with Bullying at Work

Sep Tue 7

Belfast


Dealing with Sickness Absence

Sep Thu 9 & Fri 10

Belfast


Mentoring & Support

Sep Mon 13

Belfast


Organising Steward 2

Sep Wed 15 & Thu 16

Belfast


Organising with RMS

Sep Thu 16

Derry


Women Seen & Heard

Sep Sat 18

Downpatrick


Building Confidence for Women

Sep Tue 21

Belfast


Confidence Skills for Activists

Sep Thu 23

Belfast


Law at Work

Sep Fri 24

Belfast


RMS Module 1

Sep Tue 28

Derry


Dealing with Stress at Work

Sep Tue 28

Ballymena


Slips, Trips & Broken Hips

Sep Wed 29

Belfast