NWC Annual School 13th – 14th april 2007
Wortley Hall
This Years Theme was Enthusing Educating Empowering
There were 56 FBU Women and 6 Women from Australia and 35 children .
Our International Speaker was Lucia Matibengo from Zimbabwe
Our other speakers were:
Megan Dobney Regional Secretary SERTUC
Terry Marsland National Assembly Women
Matt Wrack FBU General Secretary
Our TUC Tutors were: Theresa Bennett Lorene Fabian and Julie Weeks from
Dunstable College .
Workshops were:
Workplace Bullying- Identify and challenge it: Helen Harrison Emma Carr
Women in the Fire Service : Lorene Fabian Dona Feltham Julie Small
Finding Your Voice; Theresa Bennett Vicky Knight
Pensions- Local Government and Firefighters Pension Scheme Ivan Walker
Sam Rye.
Know your rights-Family Friendly Legislation: Jo White Jenny Impie Sam Rye
Campaigning. Terry Marsland Sally Harper Sue Ofland
FBU Women’s Charter: Julie Weekes Theresea Bennett and NWC
Moving Forward together: Lorene Fabian Theresea Bennett and NWC
Sisters I would like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to the National Women’s Committee for all their input before during and after the school. As you can see from the comments on the feed back forms everyone had an Enthusing Educating and Empowering weekend.
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