Northampton Gender Equality Forum

09/10/2012

Please take our short online survey www.northampton.gov.uk/autumn2012 to tell us how you feel about the services you receive from Northampton Borough Council. Closing date: 31 October 2012
To view previous results, please click here. Many thanks for taking part!

07/10/2012

On Friday 5th October, a new service for the growing number of communities wanting to raise finance for co-operative and community-owned enterprises was launched: TheCommunity Shares Unit, hosted by Co-operatives UK working in partnership with Locality is now open for business.

07/10/2012

A set of free online education resources to help deliver careers and equality-related learning to Key Stage 2 students in England, developed with the help of careers experts and teachers and tested in primary schools.

03/10/2012

Free cavity and loft insulation available in Northampton - Free cavity and loft insulation available in Northampton

01/10/2012

More than seven in every 10 public sector employees in Northamptonshire are women and they will be the worst hit if the Government presses ahead with controversial plans to introduce regional pay, a union study claimed today.

30/09/2012

Wear it pink - 26 Oct - to help fight breast cancer

wear it pink day is Breast Cancer Campaign's biggest fundraising event. Join us this October for the tenth wear it pink day! Get together with your colleagues, friends and family, pull on something pink and raise money for breast cancer research.

29/09/2012

New mums are being encouraged to feed their babies in public in Northampton with the launch of a sticker which reassures them that breastfeeding is welcome.

28/09/2012

Launch of the Aya capacity building projectTheis a partnership between Imkaan and Women’s Aid offering training and support to build the resilience of the specialist women’s, and BMER women’s, sector that works to respond to violence against women and girls (VAWG), at a time of serious threats to se...

28/09/2012

"We want to work with people within and outside of government to develop a “matrix” of digital engagement tools. Our aim is to help anyone looking to engage or consult to identify the platforms or tools that can help them do this more effectively. This opening phase of the discussion is a first step to getting there."

Across government, there’s an understanding that engagement with stakeholders is a good thing. It helps in the successful creation and implementation of policy, especially when it’s done at an early stage. However, this awareness hasn’t yet translated into consistently well-designed online engagemen...

27/09/2012

Northamptonshire County Council’s draft Health and Wellbeing Strategy is out for consultation.

21/09/2012

Did you know today is 'Peace Day'? To commemorate this a list of high profile women who have experienced domestic violence - and spoken out against - this horrible crime. ANYONE can suffer abuse. http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/09/20/peace-one-day-2012-women-domestic-violence-rula-lenska-rihanna-jamelia_n_1899936.html?utm_hp_ref=uk =1536594

When Dennis Waterman claimed he'd "lashed out" at ex-wife Rula Lenska because she was clever and could "argue well", one thing was clear. Domestic violence could happen to anyone - whoever they are.

21/09/2012

Want to quit smoking? Find out more about Stoptober here: bit.ly/QEavCO

During October, NHS Nene Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is encouraging smokers in the county to take part in the first ever mass quit attempt l