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Welcome to the WOW! Women's Centre's first newsletter!

February issue

4/5 St James' Street
Newport
Isle of Wight
PO30 5HE

Telephone: 01983 300423

Email: laura.franklin-WOW@btconnect.com


Welcome!

Hello & welcome to our very first newsletter! For those of you who don’t know WOW! Women’s Centre is a big lottery funded project. At WOW we support and empower each other and offer a safe space for women, girls and young children. We are a project run by the charity Wight DASH (formerly the Island Women's Refuge). We offer drop in sessions where we can offer support (if wanted) with a variety of tasks such as form filling, making telephone calls, writing CVs and letters among other things.  

We have computers and telephones that can be used for free.

Various taster sessions of different activities have started at WOW including NLP, bread & pizza making and arts and crafts.



Drop In Sessions!


We are open for you to drop in on Mondays and Wednesdays – no appointment needed!
We can offer support with tasks such as filling out forms and accessing the internet. Access to the internet and telephone is free!

Perhaps you would just like to look round, see what else is on offer or share your ideas about how the future should look at WOW! Women's Centre over a cup of tea or coffee? 

 
Mondays : 10am – 12:30pm & 1.30pm – 4pm
Wednesdays: 10am – 12:30pm & 1.30pm – 8pm

 

Keep In Touch!
 

There are various ways of keeping in touch with us. As well as popping in or giving us a ring our social media accounts are up and running! 
 
Facebook: WOW - Isle of Wight Women;s Centre

Twitter: IOW Women's Centre @WOW_IOW

Instagram: WOWIW_WOMENSCENTRE


Start a conversation with us!
Dates for your Diary!

As well as our drop in sessions we are running other activities for free that are open to all women and girls.
There is no need to book for our drop in sessions, but if you would like to attend one of the below free sessions please let us know you are coming so we have enough tea, coffee and refreshments! Please book a place by messaging us on facebook, emailing laura.franklin-wow@btconnect.com or calling 01983 300423.

Film making on your mobile!
Friday 17th February  2pm – 4pm
Do you have a smartphone and would like to know how to make short films on it? This two hour session is for you! Come along and bring your smartphone (any make, iphone, samsung, windows etc.) and learn how to make films for any purpose. Your friends, pets, or family could be the stars of your next masterpiece! Perhaps you would like to share your work or volunteer activities on social media to promote them? Or maybe you would just like to learn a new skill.

Career Coaching for girls aged 16 – 19 years
Wednesday 22nd February
10am or 2pm
Are you between 16 and 19 years old? Maybe you are not quite sure what you would like to do as a career yet, or maybe you have a good idea but would welcome some direction. This short session will enable you to think about your personality type and which careers you are best suited to. 

Empowering Women Session!
Tuesday 28th February
Ever wondered what Government does for you and how you can have a say in the world around you? How does voting affect tax credits or disability living allowance? This session will be a chance to explore these questions and more in a politically neutral environment.

Denim Doodles
Monday 6th March 10am - 12pm
Come and embroider denim patches to form part of the Denim Doodle picnic blanket for the Flying Lunch kite festival in Sandown Bay on 6th May 2017! These sessions will be on every Monday from the 6th March for four weeks. More info at 
https://www.facebook.com/DenimDoodles/

Wednesday 8th March – International Women’s Day!
There will be a variety of activities on at WOW! to celebrate International Women's Day including
Bread and Pizza Making - 10am - 1pm
Make some bread and pizza from scratch - all ingredient s provided. The last session was really successful and pizza was much enjoyed by all our members!

NLP - Relaxation and Confidence Building Workshops
Wednesday 15th March 10am - 12pm
Weekly sessions of NLP resume on 15th March - hooray!  NLP (Neurol Linguistic Programming) is a gentle technique that helps people understand how to organise thinking, feeling, language and behaviour to achieve success. Come along and have a go! 

Get ahead in Parliament
Tuesday 28th March 10am - 12pm
Following on from 'Empowering Women' this short session advises on how you can raise your voice and make it heard with impact. Ever wondered how to put a petition together and how many signatures you need to collect to have it debated in Parliament? Find out this and bring along your questions about the issues that matter to you!

Much more in the pipeline - watch this space!
Toy and Book Appeal

We are seeking donations of toys and books that are in good condition for our members who may bring children with them to WOW! Women's Centre.  Please let us know if you can help. Thank you!
We are Looking for Art!

We have kindly been loaned and donated various works of art by very talented Island women (Linzi Mathews and Jacqueline Cook). Do you have some art that you would like to share? Get in touch!

Email us


Our mailing address is: laura.franklin-WOW@btconnect.com

 


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