The Refugee Art Competition is nearing the closing date. The competition is open to any refugee and asylum seeker with a £50 prize for the winner. The closing date is 29th August! However, because this wasn't circulated as well as intended, some entries may be accepted after this date if you contact me to discuss. See this link to the Refugee Art Competition flyer for further information:

http://www.refugeeaccess.info/uploads/y&h/RIM_art_comp_july08.pdf

Alice Tligui Training

Workshop – Gender, Violence and Honour - NEW

This workshop is a follow-up to the Women from Abroad course. The workshop will explore different cultural gender experiences and perspectives on violence i.e. Gender and Persecution, Gender and Sex/Marriage and Gender and Violence and how participants can adapt their professional practice to better respond to these phenomena.

N.B. This workshop is ONLY open to participants who have attended the Women from Abroad and Domestic Violence course.

For further information and booking forms please email Val Kay Course Co-ordinator: val_virgo1@yahoo.co.uk or go to website: www.alicetliguitraining.co.uk

Alice Tligui Training

Extending Cultural Awareness

What is cultural awareness and how do we acquire it?

This one day course:
· Helps participants to appreciate the process of cultural identification
· Demonstrates how to read and understand cultural rules
· Explores different cultural rules about such topics as food, marriage, hospitality…..
· Looks at the phenomena of culture shock and how this affects behaviour

For further information and booking forms please email Val Kay Course Co-ordinator: val_virgo1@yahoo.co.uk or go to website: www.alicetliguitraining.co.uk

Alice Tligui Training

Getting to Grips with Community Cohesion - NEW COURSE

This course will consider what policy makers mean by cohesion and integration and look at how workers can practically encourage cohesive communities.

This one day course will:
· Help participants to understand the concepts of community cohesion, integration and poly-culturalism
· Identify factors that encourage and discourage community cohesion
· Consider different perspectives
· Look at different initiatives that encourage community cohesion
· Develop a list of ‘positive features’ to help practitioners plan pro-cohesion initiatives

For further information and booking forms please email Val Kay Course Co-ordinator: val_virgo1@yahoo.co.uk or go to website: www.alicetliguitraining.co.uk

Alice Tligui Training

Getting to Grips with Community Cohesion - NEW COURSE

This course will consider what policy makers mean by cohesion and integration and look at how workers can practically encourage cohesive communities.

This one day course will:
· Help participants to understand the concepts of community cohesion, integration and poly-culturalism
· Identify factors that encourage and discourage community cohesion
· Consider different perspectives
· Look at different initiatives that encourage community cohesion
· Develop a list of ‘positive features’ to help practitioners plan pro-cohesion initiatives