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Orange Walsall - 16 Days of Action
Orange Walsall - 2023
What is 16 Days of Action?
The global theme of this year’s 'Orange the World' 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence, which runs from 25 November to 10 December 2023, is “UNITE! Invest to prevent violence against women and girls”. SaferWalsall Partnership have planned a schedule of events called 'Orange Walsall' that span from 25 November to 10 December in order to incorporate three major events: the United Nations Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (25 November), World Aids Day (1 December), Human Rights Day (10 December) in their 16 Days of Action Against Domestic Abuse.
Last updated: 21/11/2023
Date | Time | Event | Organiser | Location | Book | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tuesday 5 Dec | 12pm-1.30pm | Lunch & Learn - Sex Work and the Cost of Living Crisis | CWC / Changing Lives | Online | Booking Required - Contact Nicola Salt Nicola.Salt@changing-lives.org.uk for the link and passcode | |
Tuesday 5 Dec | 10am-12pm | HBA & FM Workshop | Roshni | TBC | Online - Booking Required - Contact Sharon Martin Sharon.martin1@walsall.gov.uk | |
Tuesday 5 Dec | 10am-11am | Coercive Control Awareness | DAWS | Online | Book via link | https://awareness-coercive-control.eventbrite.co.uk |
Wednesday 6 Dec | 12pm-1.30pm | Training Awareness Event - The Criminalisation of Domestic Abuse Victims | Changing Lives | Online | Booking Required - Contact or Nicola Salt Nicola.Salt@changing-lives.org.uk | |
Wednesday 6 Dec | 10am-12pm | Question Time You have the opportunity to ask questions regarding domestic abuse or any violence against women and girls to our panel. Panel Members: Tom McNeil (Asst Police & Crime Commissioner); Cllr Gary Perry (Walsall MBC); Ch Supt Phil Dolby (West Midlands Police); Sara Ward (CEO, BCWA); Surwat Sohail (CEO, Roshni); Jenny Cockcroft (Head of Service Practice Quality and Improvement); Sahdaish Pall BEM, (CEO Sikh Women's Aid); A'isha Khan (CEO Aaina Hub) Natalie Queiroz MBE (Director of i2QB CIC & Domestic Abuse Survivor Symposium Ambassador) - Host | SWP | Walsall Town Hall, entrance via the main doors in Leicester Street, not the main doors in Lichfield Street. | Contact Sharon Martin Sharon.martin1@walsall.gov.uk for booking. | |
Thursday 7 Dec | 12pm-2pm | Training Awareness Event - Domestic Abuse and the Deaf Community | Zebra Access | Brownhills Community Association, Pelsall Rd, Brownhills, Walsall WS8 7JS | Contact Sharon Martin Sharon.martin1@walsall.gov.uk for booking | |
Thursday 7 Dec | 9.30am-1.00pm | Training Awareness Event ? Men who abuse in relationships | Wolverhampton Haven | Online | Contact Sharon Martin Sharon.martin1@walsall.gov.uk for booking | |
Thursday 7 Dec | 12.30pm-1.30pm | Lunch & Learn - Sexual Assault and Violence Awareness | Black Country Women's Aid | Online on the day | Join meeting via link | https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/ap/t-59584e83/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fteams.microsoft.com%2Fl%2Fmeetup-join%2F19%253ameeting_NmY5NWFiOGEtNmU0Ny00YjUzLWE4YjAtNjkwNThjM2I0ZjEz%2540thread.v2%2F0%3Fcontext%3D%257b%2522Tid%2522%253a%25222e3d9564-8632-4d51-b72c-f66c398faccd%2522%252c%2522Oid%2522%253a%25228777d093-2d39-4a4d-bf77-be42a35b5030%2522%257d&data=05%7C01%7CSharon.Martin1%40walsall.gov.uk%7Cf9a2da0db66a41ad688908dbc0cd07be%7C5ddc79c77e69428fba3084b24a1ad994%7C0%7C0%7C638315759073044139%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ia2ArzHeFtbLU1tMi3cD3JAeqiPlMAKcgxmy0p9qnTA%3D&reserved=0 |
Friday 8 Dec | 9.30am-11.30am | Ending Male Violence Against Women and Girls (EMVAWG) Webinar | Ellie Chew, VRP | Online booking via Eventbrite | Book via link | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ending-male-violence-against-women-and-girls-emvawg-webinar-tickets-681510856317?aff=oddtdtcreator |
Friday 8 Dec | 10am-12pm | Mothers Without Hands - Stitching Workshop | Mothers Without Hands | Nash Dom, Sun St, Walsall WS1 4AL | Book via link | https://Walsall-16DaysOfAction.eventbrite.co.uk |
Friday 8 Dec | 1pm-1.45pm | Lunch & Learn - Female Genital Mutilation | DORCAS | Online | Contact Sharon Martin Sharon.martin1@walsall.gov.uk for booking | |
Friday 8 Dec | 2pm-4pm | Event to raise awareness of all forms of violence against women and girls | Vera Group, Housing IDVA, Roshni, Aaina Hub, Black Sisters Collective, BCWA & DAWS | Mayoral Suite, Council House, Lichfield Street, Walsall | By invitation only |
Get in touch
For further information and bookings contact Sharon Martin: Sharon.martin1@walsall.gov.uk or Nicola Salt: Nicola.Salt@changing-lives.org.uk
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