The opening ceremony of White Ribbon House was well attended including the Mayor of Todmorden Coun Cheryl Stovin and the ribbon being cut by the Mayor of Hebden Royd Coun John Beacroft-Mitchell.
Many thanks for all who could attend and also those where due to pressure of work had to miss out on such a special occasion!
Just a few notes from White Ribbon Scotland:
500th Pledge Submitted on the Website!
White Ribbon Scotland is delighted to welcome Don Ledingham’s support to the campaign as the 500th Scot to take the White Ribbon pledge not to commit, condone or remain silent about violence against women.
The White Ribbon March in Stirling has become a regular fixture in our calendar and last December’s march was another great success.
More news from Scotland by following the link on the bottom right.
Advance warning that on 17th July we will be holding a
‘Battle of the Bands’ Competion
at the Piece Hall in Halifax.
Keep your eye out here for further information nearer to the time.
We have now confirmed the date of the Grand Opening of the new offices for Friday 5th March between 3:30 and 7:00pm.
A number of our supporters will be attending but give us a call or email if you need any further information, please give us a call on our new phone number, 01422 886545. (Our website is in the process of being updated with the new details)
As usual, there will be an International Tuesday blog at
www.whiteribbonlondon.blogspot.com
which you can also reach using the link on the right
We have recently had confirmed that we have been allocated space for a stand at the NUT Conference in Liverpool so we will be there between 2nd and the 4th of April (easter Weekend) as well as the NASUWT Conference in Birmingham on the same dates.
Look forward to seeing you there!
As you all know, the issue of violence against women is not only a UK problem, but a global one. So, every Tuesday on the WRC London blog will be International Tuesday - a day where we post an article related to violence against women in another country (with the aim of having the author be from that particular country), to show our solidarity with the women and girls of the world.
A very warm welcome to Selene Trevelli who has come over from Italy to work with us for a few months.
We are sure that together we can swap ideas on taking the White Ribbon Campaign forward and discuss the ideas behind White Ribbon Towns etc.
We’ve been lucky enough recently to have visits both from Kaitlin Bardswich of the London branch of the White Ribbon Campaign (www.whiteribbonlondon.blogspot.com) and also Callum Hendry of White Ribbon Scotland (www.whiteribbonscotland.org.uk).
We feel that both were impressed with our new, larger premises and the number of new volunteers that we now have promoting awareness of male violence towards women and girls.
Check out their areas and if you can’t obtain the information that you want, do not hesitate to contact us at our main office.
Firstly, we hope that you all had a good Christmas and New Year celebrations.
Well we’re finally in our new home in Mytholmroyd and despite still trying to find things still in boxes, we’re settling in well.
We will keep you up to date with the exciting new events planned for the year so watch this space.