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York International Women's Week

celebrating
and
empowering
women

LOCAL COMMUNITY RESOURCES

Please send useful local links to Ann Kaloski at post@yorkwomen.org.uk

ORGANISATIONS and RESOURCES

York Feminist Network
We aim to act as a hub to enable women and men who support feminism in York and the surrounding area to meet (in real life or online), discuss, share ideas and take action.
 
We currently meet twice monthly:
2nd and 4th Sunday of every month, 11.00am onwards
Kafenion Cafe (upstairs), 39 Goodramgate, York, YO1 9QR

We have decided to keep all meetings women-only, in order to provide a safe space where members feel able to share openly. We would absolutely welcome & encourage interest from men who would like to help support our group. Please do get in touch.

Email: yorkfeministnetwork@hotmail.co.uk
Website: http://yorkfeministnetwork.wordpress.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/yorkfeministnetwork

York Council for Voluntary Services (YCVS)

Since it was founded in 1939, York CVS has been at the heart of community activity in the City of York playing a significant part in the development of the many voluntary services throughout the City. York CVS is a registered charity and company limited by guarantee, whose main aim is to offer advice, training, information and support to local voluntary organisations and community groups in order to help them work more effectively.

A: The Priory Street Centre, 15 Priory Street, York, YO1 6ET
T: 01904 624669
F: 01904 630361
E: karen.wood@yorkcvs.org.uk or barry.coburn@yorkcvs.org.uk
W: www.yorkcvs.org.uk

Rape Crisis

York Rape Crisis centre closed in 2007. If you need help or advice, contact another local Northern group via details on the web site of the national Rape Crisis group: www.rapecrisis.org.uk/alpha.html   This national organisation was formed in 2006 and provides co-ordination for the rape crisis movement in England and Wales. This website aims to provide the basic information that survivors of sexual violence, friends and family need to access the services they need. As well as listing local groups, the site provides other useful information including a list of frequently asked questions.

E: info@rapecrisis.org.uk (note that women seeking immediate support are asked to contact their local group; see the list on www.rapecrisis.org.uk/alpha.html)
W: www.rapecrisis.org.uk

York Asembly for Older People

A group for the over-50s.
Our aim is to raise awareness of policy issues affecting our lives, to be well represented on the boards of the Council, Hospital Trust and Primary Care Trust through our Champions, to sit on policy-making committees, and to speak out in the press and media on local and national issues of concern to older people.
We debate issues at public meetings, communicate through our quarterly newsletter, organise information fairs, and co-ordinate the York 50+ Festival in which over 7,000 people participate annually.

Suite H, Holgate Villa
22 Holgate Rd
York
YO24 4AB
T: 01904 634661
E: yorkassembly@virgin.net
W: www.yorkassembly.org.uk

St Bede's Pastoral Centre

St Bede’s Pastoral Centre extends a warm welcome to people of all faiths and none.
The Centre is situated five minute walk away from York rail and bus station, and aims to provide a place of quiet refreshment, spiritual replenishment and support.
The main work of the centre is to run regular programmes of spirituality. The aim of this is twofold: firstly, to provide talks, workshops and quiet days run by a wide variety of speakers from different denominations and faiths; secondly to foster Ignatian spirituality through occasional retreats, spiritual direction and courses for all who are interested.
Alongside this we provide rooms for local and national groups to meet to run their own training courses or workshops. There are also smaller rooms for individual use by counsellors and spiritual directors.

A: St Bede's Pastoral Centre, 21 Blossom Street, York YO24 1AQ
T: 01904 464900
F: 01904 464967
E: admin@stbedes.org.uk
W: www.stbedes.org.uk

Centre for Women’s Studies

The Centre for Women’s Studies at York was founded in 1984 and is among Britain's most well-established bases for feminist and gender-oriented postgraduate teaching and research. We adopt a women-centred and interdisciplinary approach to the changing nature of both women's experiences and gender relations, and offer a Postgraduate Diploma in Women's Studies as well as taught and research MA and PhD degrees with humanities, social research or interdicsiplinary perspectives. We also organise open seminars on a variety of topics, and interested people are very welcome to these informal sessions.
Details of the open seminars and admission procedures are available on our website, and please feel free to contact our Adminitrator, Harriet Badger, with any queries. Informal enquiries always welcome.

A: Centre for Women's Studies, University of York, YORK, YO10 5DD
T: 01904 433671
F: 01904 4337670
E: Harriet Badger (Administrator) hb14@york.ac.uk
W: www.york.ac.uk/inst/cws