Girls Work- under threat or a new dawn?
A one day conference for women working with girls and young women
Tuesday 8th September 2009
Hinsley Hall, Leeds
UK Youth - Celebrating 100 years of working with girls and young women
Youth work with young women has a long history, but an uncertain future. Due to targets, current funding mechanisms and a focus on troublesome male youth. This one day conference of presentations, workshops, and groupwork will seek to draw lessons from past and present practice. It will consider how we can find ways in which girls work can develop and expand in the future.
Workshops
Delegates will have the opportunity to attend 2 workshops. The workshops will consider work with young women and girls through issues such as pornography and the electronic age, research on the age of consent, accreditation and young women, setting up feminist website and many more...
These workshops will delivered by practitioners experienced in working with young women in an informal way. Delegates will sign up for workshops on the day.
Speakers and workshop leaders include:-
- Alyssa Cowell; (Streetwise Young People's Project, Newcastle)
- Tania de St Croix (Elevate)
- Amelia Lee (Feminist Webs)
- Jean Spence (University of Durham)
The delegate fee costs £95 + VAT per person (total £109.25) including lunch, tea/coffee.
Arrival and Registration is at 9.30am. The conference ends at 5.00pm.
Please feel free to circulate this information to relevant colleagues within your organisation.
In the meantime, should you/your colleagues wish to attend, please download the booking form from the following link http://www.ukyouth.org/whatwedo/conferences.htm or request a booking form by sending an email to charmaine@ukyouth.org
