Weekly Drop-in at the Pankhurst Women's Centre

The Pankurst Centre runs a weekly Drop In session on Thursdays 11-2:30. Please contact The Pankhurst Women's Centre, 60-62 Nelson Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester M13-9WP, Tel: 0161-273-5673, for further information.

Winning Partnerships: Launch of Web Site for North West Charity

Paws for Kids, a unique charity in the UK which fosters the pet animals of women and children escaping domestic violence has just launched its new web site as a result of a collaboration with the Women's Electronic Village Hall (Women's EVH).

Paws for Kids wanted a re-design of their existing site, to support them the Women's EVH provided a volunteer to work closely with the organisation to develop the design and structure of the site. The finished site is the first web site produced through the Women's EVH Community Outreach Project WICOP (Women's Information and Community Outreach Project).

Mandy Knott from Paws for Kids says, 'We desperately wanted to use the new technology of the internet to publicise our work. Working with WICOP has been an absolute god send to us. We are a very busy project providing a direct service for families in crisis - so we just don't have the time to give to developing an in depth web-site by ourselves. The WICOP volunteer was extremely experienced and has done a fantastic job.'

Visit the Paws for Kids web site. Go to the WICOP site to find out more about its work.

Free Publication on using ICTs in the Voluntary Sector

ITSUVO the Information Technology Support Unit for Voluntary Organisations has produced a publication on how to effectively use ICT's in Voluntary organisations organisation to develop the design and structure of the site. Download their very good free booklet (.pdf) from http://www.fhit.org/publications.htm