WIRE Women's Information http://www.wire.org.au Free information, support and referrals for women Wed, 16 May 2012 02:18:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Workshops: Get control of your money after family violence (June) http://www.wire.org.au/financial-abuse-in-family-violence_workshops/ http://www.wire.org.au/financial-abuse-in-family-violence_workshops/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 02:09:36 +0000 mifon http://www.wire.org.au/?p=816 WIRE is running two series of Victoria-wide workshops in June 2012 on financial control and abuse in family violence:

  • Workshops for women who have experienced financial control in family violence, and
  • Workshops for workers who work with and support women dealing with family violence.

Workshops for Women: Getting control of your money after family violence

2 sessions in June (a week apart) | 9.45am–2.45pm | See Dates & Venues in Victoria | Book online or call 1300 134 130

Did you need your partner’s permission to go shopping?
Did he say you are useless with money?
What happened when the credit card bill came in?
Who controlled the money in your relationship?

WIRE Women’s Information is offering free workshops to all women who have experienced financial control in a family violence situation. (Please note these workshops are unsuitable for women currently in crisis situations.) In 2 sessions (a week apart), you will increase your understanding of tactics of financial control, and learn ways to take control of your own money.

All workshops are free and held during school hours from 9.45am to 2.45pm. Booking is essential because places are limited. If you have questions or would like more details, please contact WIRE on 1300 134 130 or finlit@wire.org.au.

Download flyer: Getting control of your money after family violence_WIRE Workshops for Women_Flyer

Professional Development Workshops for workers: Help women take control of their money after family violence

One-day workshop | June 2012 | 9.30am–4.30pm | See Dates & Venues in Victoria | Book online

WIRE’s free one-day workshops for workers will help you to:

  • Better understand how to manage money
  • Identify tactics of financial abuse in family violence
  • Gain practical tools and skills to support your clients on how to manage money after family violence

All workshops are free, however booking is essential because places are limited. If you have questions or would like more information, please contact Sally Marsden, WIRE Financial Literacy Project Worker (not Fridays) on (03) 9921 0884 or finlit@wire.org.au

Download Flyer: Financial Abuse_PD_Workshops for Workers 2012

Project kindly funded by Consumer Affairs Victoria.

 

]]> http://www.wire.org.au/financial-abuse-in-family-violence_workshops/feed/ 0 Workshops: Get control of your money after family violence (June) http://www.wire.org.au/event/financial_abuse-in-family-violence_workshops/ http://www.wire.org.au/event/financial_abuse-in-family-violence_workshops/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 01:56:12 +0000 mifon http://www.wire.org.au/?post_type=wire_events&p=809 WIRE is running two series of Victoria-wide workshops in June 2012 on financial control and abuse in family violence:

  • Workshops for women who have experienced financial control in family violence, and
  • Workshops for workers who work with and support women dealing with family violence.

Workshops for Women: Getting control of your money after family violence

2 sessions in June (a week apart) | 9.45am–2.45pm | See Dates & Venues in Victoria | Book online or call 1300 134 130

Did you need your partner’s permission to go shopping?
Did he say you are useless with money?
What happened when the credit card bill came in?
Who controlled the money in your relationship?

WIRE Women’s Information is offering free workshops to all women who have experienced financial control in a family violence situation. (Please note these workshops are unsuitable for women currently in crisis situations.) In 2 sessions (a week apart), you will increase your understanding of tactics of financial control, and learn ways to take control of your own money.

All workshops are free and held during school hours from 9.45am to 2.45pm. Booking is essential because places are limited. If you have questions or would like more details, please contact WIRE on 1300 134 130 or finlit@wire.org.au.

Download flyer: Getting control of your money after family violence_WIRE Workshops for Women_Flyer

Professional Development Workshops for workers: Help women take control of their money after family violence 

One-day workshop | June 2012 | 9.30am–4.30pm | See Dates & Venues in Victoria | Book online

WIRE’s free one-day workshops for workers will help you to:

  • Better understand how to manage money
  • Identify tactics of financial abuse in family violence
  • Gain practical tools and skills to support your clients on how to manage money after family violence

All workshops are free, however booking is essential because places are limited. If you have questions or would like more information, please contact Sally Marsden, WIRE Financial Literacy Project Worker (not Fridays) on (03) 9921 0884 or finlit@wire.org.au

Download Flyer: Financial Abuse_PD_Workshops for Workers 2012

]]> http://www.wire.org.au/event/financial_abuse-in-family-violence_workshops/feed/ 0 Career Coaching Club – NEW! http://www.wire.org.au/career-coaching-club/ http://www.wire.org.au/career-coaching-club/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 02:47:33 +0000 mifon http://www.wire.org.au/?p=810 WIRE’s Women’s Information Centre is offering a new initiative for women looking for work; the group targets women who have professional qualifications and who are facing barriers to employment, such as lack of local experience, or long periods out of the workforce owing to family violence or mothering. 

The group aims to connect women with their relevant professional network, to support them in the development of a career pathway, and to assist them in obtaining current work experience. 

Please call Gemma, Jay or Shannon on 991 0878 to make a booking for the June session (date and time to be confirmed).

]]> http://www.wire.org.au/career-coaching-club/feed/ 0 WIRE E-bulletin #95 (14/5/12) http://www.wire.org.au/wire-e-bulletin-95/ http://www.wire.org.au/wire-e-bulletin-95/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 22:20:29 +0000 mifon http://www.wire.org.au/?p=782 Check out WIRE’s E-bulletin issue #95 for latest news, events, opportunities and jobs for women in Victoria and those who work with them.

]]> http://www.wire.org.au/wire-e-bulletin-95/feed/ 0 Free Workshop: Mind Body Stress Relief (31/5/12) http://www.wire.org.au/event/seminar_mindbodystressrelief-workshop-for-women-2/ http://www.wire.org.au/event/seminar_mindbodystressrelief-workshop-for-women-2/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 04:05:34 +0000 mifon http://www.wire.org.au/?post_type=wire_events&p=797
  • Do you want to manage stress better? Relax more easily?
  • Boost your levels of energy, concentration and clarity?
  • Respond rather than react in highly charged situations?

    •  For WIRE’s May’s information seminar, holistic counsellor Dr Alexandra Bloch-Atefi will run a free Mind Body Stress Relief Workshop for Women. Dr Alexandra Bloch-Atefi, (Psych) is a qualified counsellor specialising in stress management for women as well as a trained psychotherapist. In this workshop she will share some practical and interactive ways to learn simple but effective techniques for stress reduction that can be used in day-to-day life, allowing for greater sense of empowerment.

    Stress is perceived in the mind, experienced via emotions, expressed in behavior, and “held” in the body. This workshop will address the nature of stress as well as provide training and practical expereinces at the mind, body and behavioural level. Women in general will benefit if they believe that stress has a negative impact on their life and would like to learn relaxation techniques. Some aspects would be visualization, mindfulness, progressive muscle relaxation and tapping.

    Free places limited to 12 women.

    Date: Thursday 31st May 2012
    Time: 1pm to 2.30pm
    Venue: Women’s Space, Queen Victoria Women’s Centre – Level 1, 210 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
    Book online: http://www.trybooking.com/BLMN

    WIRE Info Seminar Flyer 31 May 2012

    To book your free place, please call Jay, Gemma or Shannon on 9921 0878 or email inforequests@wire.org.au

    WIRE’s 2012 info seminar series are kindly sponsored by Nicholes Family Lawyers.

    *Please note change in May event details: Associate Professor Brigid Jordan will present WIRE’s free seminar on infant mental health in October 2012 (and not on 22nd May) due to the speaker’s changed circumstances. Apologies for any inconveniences caused.

     

    ]]>     http://www.wire.org.au/event/seminar_mindbodystressrelief-workshop-for-women-2/feed/ 0     Free Women’s Workshop: Mind Body Stress Relief (31/5/12) http://www.wire.org.au/seminar_mindbodystressrelief-workshop-for-women/ http://www.wire.org.au/seminar_mindbodystressrelief-workshop-for-women/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 02:07:02 +0000 mifon http://www.wire.org.au/?p=799
  • Do you want to manage stress better? Relax more easily?
  • Boost your levels of energy, concentration and clarity?
  • Respond rather than react in highly charged situations?

    • For WIRE’s May’s information seminar, holistic counsellor Dr Alexandra Bloch-Atefi will run a free Mind Body Stress Relief Workshop for Women. Dr Alexandra Bloch-Atefi, (Psych) is a qualified counsellor specialising in stress management for women as well as a trained psychotherapist. In this workshop she will share some practical and interactive ways to learn simple but effective techniques for stress reduction that can be used in day-to-day life, allowing for greater sense of empowerment.

    Stress is perceived in the mind, experienced via emotions, expressed in behavior, and “held” in the body. This workshop will address the nature of stress as well as provide training and practical expereinces at the mind, body and behavioural level. Women in general will benefit if they believe that stress has a negative impact on their life and would like to learn relaxation techniques. Some aspects would be visualization, mindfulness, progressive muscle relaxation and tapping.

    Free places limited to 12 women.

    Date: Thursday 31st May 2012
    Time: 1pm to 2.30pm
    Venue: Women’s Space, Queen Victoria Women’s Centre – Level 1, 210 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
    Book online: http://www.trybooking.com/BLMN

    WIRE Info Seminar Flyer 31 May 2012

    To book your free place, please call Jay, Gemma or Shannon on 9921 0878 or email inforequests@wire.org.au

    WIRE’s 2012 info seminar series are kindly sponsored by Nicholes Family Lawyers.

    *Please note change in May event details: Associate Professor Brigid Jordan will present WIRE’s free seminar on infant mental health in October 2012 (and not on 22nd May) due to the speaker’s changed circumstances. Apologies for any inconveniences caused.

     

    ]]>     http://www.wire.org.au/seminar_mindbodystressrelief-workshop-for-women/feed/ 0     Phone Worker Training Orientations September 2012 http://www.wire.org.au/event/telephone-support-worker-training-2011/ http://www.wire.org.au/event/telephone-support-worker-training-2011/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 23:36:01 +0000 jason http://www.wire.org.au/?post_type=wire_events&p=390
  • Are you at least 21 years old?
  • Do you have good English communication skills?
  • Are you open to diversity and other peoples’ values?
  • Are you willing to be challenged and to learn?
  • Are you willing and able to commit to volunteering with WIRE for at least 12 months?

    • If you’ve answered YES to all the above, then call 1300 134 130 to register your interest and to have an information pack mailed out to you. All interested trainees must attend an orientation session as well as a group interview.

    Our next orientation sessions are in September 2012  with the WIRE’s next Telephone Support Worker Training Program commencing in October 2012.

    Read more about WIRE’s Telephone Support Worker Training Program.

    ]]>     http://www.wire.org.au/event/telephone-support-worker-training-2011/feed/ 0     Free Computer Classes http://www.wire.org.au/free-computer-classes/ http://www.wire.org.au/free-computer-classes/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 01:34:58 +0000 mifon http://www.wire.org.au/?p=786 Tuesdays or Thursdays 11am to 1pm (Weekly)

    Our volunteer instructors run free courses (four women per class) on basic computer skills and general internet use, and intructors follow your own pace and interests.

    Each course runs for three weeks with a two-hour class each week. No homework or exams!

    Call (03) 9921 0878 or email inforequests@wire.org.au to book your free place.

    ]]>     http://www.wire.org.au/free-computer-classes/feed/ 0     Seminar Slides: Stalking & Cyberbullying http://www.wire.org.au/seminar_slides/ http://www.wire.org.au/seminar_slides/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 01:28:51 +0000 mifon http://www.wire.org.au/?p=774 WIRE Stalking Seminar February 2012_Slides 

    Kindly provided with permission from Associate Professor Rosemary Purcell, Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne.

    WIRE Cyberbullying Seminar March 2012_Slides 

    Kindly provided with permission from Snr Sergeant Jill Dyson, Victoria Police Academy.

     To attend WIRE’s next free information seminar, please visit Events.

    ]]>     http://www.wire.org.au/seminar_slides/feed/ 0     Women’s Housing Guide Appeal 2012 http://www.wire.org.au/event/womens-housing-guide-appeal-2012/ http://www.wire.org.au/event/womens-housing-guide-appeal-2012/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:50:37 +0000 mifon http://www.wire.org.au/?post_type=wire_events&p=761 This year we are running a WIRE Appeal 2012 for A Housing Guide for Women in Victoria. As you probably know, many single older women (and their children) in Victoria face homeless or are at risk of homeless due to various changes in family and financial circumstances often beyond their control. We hear over and over again stories firsthand from women in housing crisis who struggle to navigate the complex housing system in Victoria.

    Read more about how your kind donation can go towards helping us develop, publish, print and distribute accessible and easy-to-read housing guide for women in Victoria.

    WIRE Appeal 2012 Donation Form (130 KB)

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