Issues and Challenges facing BME
Women in Sheffield

The Black & Minority Ethnic Women’s Strategy Group invites you to our first event - come and join in the debate:

Thursday 26th February 2004
10am - 4pm
Reception Rooms A & B
The Town Hall, Sheffield

• Be inspired by our Guest Speakers
• Listen to the stories of local BME women in leadership positions
• Get involved in workshops
• Meet other women to share ideas and experience
• Discuss setting up a support forum for BME women

Come join in the fun! Have a great time! Free food!
Free childcare! (NB. childcare will be at the Workstation)
For further information please contact: Shazia Rehman at OFFER on 275 0462

Our Mission Statement:
The BME Women’s Strategy Group exists to network and develop a forum which empowers the voice of BME women to challenge strategic decisions.
The forum will encourage and support the involvement of BME women in decision-making for the city.

PROGRAMME FOR THE DAY
9.30 – 10.00 Registration & refreshments – choose your workshops
10.00 – 10.10 Introduction: Carmen Franklin & Bernadette Grocock

10.10 – 10.40 Guest Speaker 1 - Dorothy Smith Dorothy Smith was the first black woman to become a head teacher in Kirklees and currently is the Strategic Manager for school improvement services of Education Leeds

10.45 - 11.45 Workshops [choose from]
Challenges and issues BME women face Freda Cotterell [Black CARD]
Work Life Balance Jennifer Jones Rigby [VAS]

11.45 – 12.30 LUNCH & A CHANCE TO NETWORK

12.30 – 1.00 Guest speaker 2

1.00 – 2.00 Panel of local BME women & discussion
Practical real life experiences of BME women in leadership,
how they got there - a chance to be inspired by them

2.00 – 3.00 Workshops [choose from]
Training needs of BME women Daljit Kaur, I&DeA & BCF
Gender & Race Equality Shruti Bhargava

3.00 – 3.15 BREAK

3.15 – 3.55 Feedback from workshops
Strategies to deal with some of these issues & our way forward

3.55 – 4.00 Thank you; register your interest in a Forum/ network for BME women