25 November 2012 17:00 ~ Candlelit Vigil – Manchester

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25 November 2012 17:00 ~ Candlelit Vigil – Manchester

 

WE ALL HAVE A RIGHT TO LIVE FREE FROM ABUSE

 

Join Trafford Rape Crisis and many other organisations at;
'The Candlelit Vigil in Manchester City Centre to remember the two women a week murdered as a result of domestic abuse.
The Vigil marks the first day of the United Nations’ 16 days of Activism Against Gender Violence
Event supported by Manchester City Council, Independent Choices, the End the Fear campaign and the 10 Greater Manchester local authorities
At 5pm in the area outside the Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street, M2 3WS, Manchester City Centre
Cllr Suzanne Richards, lead member for women’s issues at Manchester City Council, will commence the vigil
Some tealights will be available but please bring your own, with a holder, if possible!'

We hope to see you there

Best wishes from all at TRC

TRC supports the North West Recovery Walk Today

  
TRC is supporting this wonderful event, many of the women we support are on their own personal 'recovery journey'. This is the day to CELEBRATE and promote RECOVERY!
Please join us today!

Trafford Recovery Forum supported by Trafford Council have organised the North West Substance Recovery Walk and Celebration, this event will take place TODAY Saturday, 15 September 2012 at Longford Park and Longford Park Athletics Club, Stretford M21 9TA (3pm-7pm)

The athletics track will be the focus for the day's main event, the celebration walk. With around 1500 people either in recovery from substance misuse, currently recovering or supporting someone expected to walk the track, it promises to be an extremely emotional and symbolic celebration for everyone involved.

There will be entertainment for all the family. Afternoon highlights include the official launch of Trafford Recovery Forum, a live satellite link to Hartford, Connecticut, USA to join their 12th Recovery Walk, live bands such as Tom Hingley and The Lovers, Raucous Caucus Recovery Choir, Steel Bands will be there and many more.There will be food, information stalls, Holistic Therapies, Yoga, Artwork and a Recovery Wall. For the children there will be face painting, circus skills, penalty shoot-out, bouncy castle and goodie bags in fact something for everyone.

TRC will have a stall near the car park end of  Longford Park selling organic soaps and handmade cards made by women at our drop in. Children can stop by and make a FREE gift card for someone.

We hope to see you down there.  Please follow the link below for further information.

 http://www.nta.nhs.uk/uploads/recoverywalkleaflet120712.pdf


Best wishes from all at TRC
 

TRC Events and Outreach: Trafford Rape Crisis Stakeholder Event...a lovely ...

TRC Events and Outreach: Trafford Rape Crisis Stakeholder Event...a lovely ...: Nazir Afzal- Chief Crown Prosecutor for the North West  agreed to show his support to Trafford Rape Crisis and the work we do by speaking...

Trafford Rape Crisis Stakeholder Event...a lovely day within our Community

Nazir Afzal- Chief Crown Prosecutor for the North West  agreed to show his support to Trafford Rape Crisis and the work we do by speaking at our Stakeholder Event.

A stall of the wonderful art produced by TRC resident artist Donna, some of it in conjunction with TALKSHOP (http://www.talkshoptrafford.co.uk/) . Donna is available to do Outreach work with groups/ agencies please contact us by email or phone  for more information.

Some of our fabulous volunteers at Trafford Rape Crisis

The WAST (Women Asylum Seekers Together) Nightingales performed some of their delightful songs at the event. For more information please visit;  http://www.wast.org.uk/ .

TRC delights on sale! Helen and Barbara who facilitate the womens Drop-in's were there along with some of the women who attend these sessions,to sell some of the handmade goods made.

TRC enjoys working with other agencies, and were supported on the day by The British Heart Foundation, Greater Manchester Fire Service, Victims Support, 42nd Street- supporting young people under stress, News from Nowhere Bookshop.

Ice and Fire who explores Human Rights Stories through performance Asylum Monologue was performed by Sue Buchan on behalf of ice and fires outreach project, Actors for human rights, a network of more than 500 professional actors dedicated to drawing attention to contemporary human rights concerns. At the Stakeholders event Sue performed the moving account of  'Marjories Testimony',  an amazing woman from Uganda who after surviving torture and rape in an army prison, escapes to UK to face further challenges and the emotional torture of 'waiting for the Home Office' to decide her fate.

Remember the muslin squares everyone decorated personally at the TRC Conference back in March? Well it has now been made into a quilt, which was unveiled at the stakeholder event...

... and here it is!!! A beautiful piece of art created by over 100 people  which captures the moment of the Black Asian and Minority Ethnic Conference which TRC organised back in March 2012.We are now planning for the quilt to travel and it has already begun it's journey having been exhibited in Windsor  at the British Psychology Society's Psychology of Women's Annual Conference. Please contact us if you have an event where you would like the quilt to be displayed.

Pamper Yourself Sessions

Helen will be running the pamper yourself sessions throughout the Summer.

Please come and join her at The Womens and Childrens Centre - No 33 Cross Street, Sale.

11.30 until 1.30pm

You can  enjoy learning new skills such as lip balms, face creams, bath bombs all made with organic products. The bonus is that you get to take home something which you have created just for you to pamper yourself.

Go on...you deserve it!!

 

Love from all at TRC
(N.B. Images provided by Google)

Arts Drop-in All Women and Children Welocme

Women and Childrens Drop- In Sessions 

held at The Women and Childrens Centre No 33 Cross Street, Sale.    

                    

Every Friday   11 30am to 1 30pm

Come and learn a new skill, we are very informal and welcoming group.

Friday 17^th Aug    Card making, make a card for someone special or start your    Christmas cards.

Friday Aug24^th        Hearts, make a decretive heart to hang around the home or for someone special

Friday Aug 31^st        Buttons and Beads play around with these to make jewellery

Friday Sep 14^th   Stitch Sampler, learn some new embroidery stitches

Friday Sep 21^st    Make a needle case or pin cushion

Friday Sep 28^th     Knit one Purl one, learn to knit

Saturday Pamper Day on 30th June 2012

Dear Friends,

Unfortunately the Pamper Drop-in will not be running this Saturday (30th June 2012).

Sorry for any inconvenience.

See you all next week, on the 7th July.

Best wishes
Helen

TRC will be at Trafford Carers 'Annual Carers Event' on Saturday 23rd June 2012

 Trafford Carers  'Annual Carers Event' on Saturday 23rd June 2012

The event will be held at Manchester United football stadium, from 12pm until 4pm. 

Trafford Rape Crisis will be there to support this amazing event where there will be lots going on. Including refreshments, light entertainment, information stands, pamper sessions, face painting, balloon modelling and lots more!

To book your place phone the Trafford Carers Helpline on 0161- 848 -2400.

We hope to see you there!

TRAFFORD RAPE CRISIS STAKEHOLDER EVENT JUNE 21st 2012

A Community Gathering....

On Thursday 21st June 9.30a.m. to 2pm at Waterside Arts Centre, Sale, M33 7ZF

Trafford Rape Crisis warmly welcomes members of the community and stakeholders to hear about our work.This event will provide an opportunity for you to have a voice in shaping our service development. The day will provide space for stakeholders and those within local communities to network and to find ways of working against violence against women.

To book please send the following details to development.worker@traffordrapecrisis.com

• Name
• Organisation (if applicable)
• Postal Address
• Email
• Land line number
• Mobile 

N.B. There is no charge for this event and there will be a light lunch provided, please let us know of any specific dietary requirements. The Waterside has full disabled access, please let us know of any other requirements you have.

 We hope to see you there!!

 

                                  

Trafford Rape Crisis will be supporting the Women Up North Event this Saturday 9th June from 10.30- 18.30.
We hope to see you there!

Natural Health and Well-Being Festival - Old Trafford Community Centre, Old Trafford, Manchester - Saturday 21st April 2pm till 7 pm

TRC is supporting the Natural Health and Wellbeing Festival (part of Trafford's Summer of Well-being) THIS SATURDAY 21st April at Old Trafford Community Centre, Old Trafford, Manchester 2pm till 7 pm - Tel 07842 795122 - we'll be there to give further details of the workshops and drop-ins we run at 33 The Women and Children's Centre in Sale (and a big thank you to 33 for letting us use their premises) and will also be selling our hand-made soaps - if you fancy learning how to make pampering products like these soaps for yourself, come along to our Pamper Yourself drop-in sessions, for women and children only , which run on Saturdays, 11.30-1.30pm at The Women and Children's Centre, Cross Street, Sale.

Hope to see you on Saturday!

More info about Old Trafford Community Centre (this includes a map)
Read more about Trafford's Summer of Well-being

Drop in Craft Sessions for Women and children on Fridays 11 30 – 1 30

Women and Children Drop in Craft Sessions Fridays 11 30 – 1 30

Held at 33 Cross Street Sale (behind Sainsburys)

Come and join our friendly group, enjoy taking part in a variety of different artistic techniques with Barbara our resident artist and our resident student artist's Donna and Robyn and enjoy a light lunch in a safe environment- No Charge

13 April 2012  Grannies Squares - Learn to crochet

20th April 2012  Oil painting- Student workshops

27th  2012 April  Part of a 'bigger picture'- decoration of Muslin Squares (part of a large quilt)- Student workshop

May 4th  2012 Mixed Media Still Life – use collage, paint and fabric to make a picture

11th May 2012 Grid Painting with Pencil and Paint- Student workshops

18th May 2012  Silk painting for cards

25th May   2012 Fruity Pin Cushions

1st June  2012  Buttons and Bows – make a fashionable brooch

 We look forward to meeting you!

TRC Arts stall to celebrate International Women's Day

As part of Trafford Rape Crisis (TRC) outreach in the community work on March 8th 2012 we celebrated International Womens Week by joining Trafford Council and Stretford Leisure Centre in their commitment to embracing 2012 as the year of The London Olympic Games. Women were invited to try out new fun sports, keep fit activities and learn how to make delicious healthy food. Trafford Rape Crisis held an Arts stall with Barbara our artist in residence and we invited everybody to join us and make a handmade card for a woman in your life. Lots of people took the opportunity to make mothers cards, children made their own wonderful artistic creations too. We also invited people to sign a huge banner created by TRC; asking people to write anything about being a woman and or International Womens Day...the result was a wonderful piece of art with some amazing comments which were able to showcase at the launch of our Black Asian and Minority Ethnic Women's services at the Declaring the Activism of Black Feminist Theory Convention the next day.

Thank you to all who made this event very special.  Here are some pictures from the event.

     

FREE Easter Egg Hunt - Easter Sunday 8th April, Alexandra Park: Register 11.30 am, starts prompt 12 noon

As part of Trafford Rape Crisis's  Black Minority and Ethnic Outreach Service, we are supporting a wonderful Community Event organised by Hands On Hair Salon.  0161-232-8870.

Hands on Hair Proudly presents their 10th Annual Easter Egg Hunt hosted on Easter Sunday 8th April 2012 in conjunction with The nXt Generation CIC.

All those attending will meet & register at Alexandra Park, Demesne Road Entrance no later than 11:30 on the day.

The Easter Egg Hunt will begin @ 12pm PROMPT & will finish at 2pm.
Followed by our Annual Fun Day… With games for all ages.

The children will receive snacks, sandwiches, drinks and will be able to leave the event with not only their goody bags, but an Easter Egg of their choice.
All event volunteers are CRB checked & are long standing, respectable members of the local community.

This is a not-for-profit community event which we hope, gets bigger & bigger every year. To get involved, please sign up & show your support by registering online now. This way you will definitely have your place secured.

This event is free and staff and volunteers from TRC will be there handing out leaflets to members of the community, please come down and join the fun!

Mary Adenugba's Asylum Campaign

TRC is proud to be supporting Mary Adenugba's campaign for asylum in the UK.  Mary was trafficked into the UK from Nigeria in 2004 and has suffered years of abuse, exploitation and forced prostitution.  The UK has refused Mary's claim for asylum.
Read more about Mary's story and campaign launch. 


Members of TRC spoke at the launch of her asylum campaign, organised by RAPAR on Friday 30 March 2012, saying "Mary’s story is indeed one of unspeakable suffering, and infinite courage…and it reflects exactly the types of issues that we at Trafford Rape Crisis wish to support women and girls through via our newly established Black and Minority Ethnic women’s services.... The ways in which women are physically, emotionally and sexually violated and survive these experiences need to be understood in relation to racism and those other weights of oppression that press us down. In other words, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic women survivors of this racist patriarchy have specific issues and needs which require specific strategies, specific knowledge and specific forms of action...

We hereby declare our full and unconditional support of this campaign, and we will continually strive to do everything we can to help keep Mary safe in the UK."

We are  looking forward to working with RAPAR to develop a support network for women who have been trafficked. 

Please help us support Mary:

Please join TRC in supporting Mary's campaign to stay in the UK. There is an online petition to Keep Mary Safe which you can sign, or contact RAPAR for further information.