Events

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Regional gatherings
We'd love to see Sophia members around the country hosting gatherings of women in leadership to facilitate learning, networking and support. We can provide advice and encouragement and we're looking for women who can facilitate the rest! If you'd like to find out more about hosting a regional gathering, please email Ruth Hassall: ruthhassall@btinternet.com.  

Sheffield
Sharon Prior and Nel Shallow are running a regular Sophia Network gathering in Sheffield. They aim to meet every two to three months and the meetings are from 10am-12 noon at Broomhill Methodist Church, Fulwood Road, Sheffield S10 3BD. The next two meetings are 22 March and 24 May 2012

Contact Sharon Prior at  sharonprior1@btinternet.com or Nel Shallow at nelshallow@googlemail.com for details of the next meeting. All women in youth and children's work or other types of leadership are welcome.

Bourne, Lincolnshire
Sophia Network East Midland Regional Day - new group starting!
When: March 24th 10.00 coffee, 10.30 Start - 13.30 Finish
Where: Jeans Youth Cafe,  (Upstairs at The Butterfield Centre,) Bourne Lincolnshire PE10 9AP
Including Free Lunch!
Please contact Jennie Fytche at jennie.fytche@btinternet.com for further details.
Please book in for the day ahead by March 17th so we can cater for a yummy lunch!!
 
This event is open to all childrens and youth workers including CYM Students.
Lifts from Peterborough Railway Station to Bourne are possible. We would love to see you there

London
Jenny Baker and Lydia Corbett are organising a trip to the All Work and Low Pay exhibition at The Women's Library in London. Come and find out about the story of women in work and discuss it afterwards over a drink.
When: Thursday 1 March, 6:20pm for the tour that starts at 6:30pm
Where: The Women's Library, London Metropolitan University, 25 Old Castle Street, London E1 7NT - meet in the foyer
Please email Jenny Baker to book a place jenbaker@btopenworld.com. Tour is free; you'll need to buy your own drink afterwards!

More details of the exhibition can be found here: http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/whats-on/exhibitions/all-work-and-low-pay-the-story-of-women-and-work.cfm  All Work and Low Pay puts paid to the myth that the majority of women did not work until the second half of the twentieth century brought social change, the Women’s Liberation movement and equality legislation. In fact, most women have always worked, in paid jobs or in the home, but their work has consistently been unrecognised and undervalued. This exhibition shows the extraordinary range of jobs done by women over the past 150 years, from forging iron chains to assembling fine electrical components.

Oxford
The Female Youthworkers Initiative is a networking and peer support meeting for women in youth work/ ministry in Oxfordshire and welcomes Sophia members (although the group is not open to youth work students to enable those who tutor them to have a safe space to meet.)  They meet a few times each term and the coordinator is Hannah Woods: HannahWoods@oxfordyouthworks.co.uk. The next meeting is in February - please email Hannah for details of date, time and venue

Any other groups like this meeting? Let us know and we'll circulate details.