http://www.hopetraining.org Specialising in BME Domestic Violence Training Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:22:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The young people that worked with H.O.P.E on the Forced Marriages and Honour Based Violence DVD has been nominated for an award. These awards will be held at Odeon in Leicester Square on the 1st March 2010 please click http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Award-hope-conference-trio/article-1853973-detail/article.html for further details. http://www.hopetraining.org/news/hope-young-people-police-nominated-for-award/ H.O.P.E Training & Consultancy ran a Forced Marriages Conference on the 25th November at Leicestershire Constabulary. This conference looked at the Forced Marriages Act (1 Year on) and how this has made a difference. This conference also showed a play on Forced Marriages and Honour Based Violence- This play was ... http://www.hopetraining.org/news/forced-marriages-conference-nov-09-a-huge-success/ H.O.P.E Tranining & Consultancy won a Prince's Trust Community Impact award today 17.11.09 at Nottingham Play House. This award was for recognising the work H.O.P.E has done on a Forced Marriage DVD and National conference in 2008 on FM & HBV attended by over 200 guests. For Further details please see ... http://www.hopetraining.org/news/hope-young-people-holyk-films-police-win-award/ H.O.P.E has trained over 600 professionals from January 2009 to November 2009 on forced marriages and honour based violence!   This training has raised more awareness on these issues and allowed professionals to see the signs and know where to refer victims of domestic abuse. http://www.hopetraining.org/news/hope-hits-300/ The Forced Marriage Unit has published a revised set of multi-agency practice guidelines for frontline professionals (such as teachers, police officers, social and health care professionals, housing officers) to help them to work more closely together and to better identify and protect children and adults at risk of forced marriage. ... http://www.hopetraining.org/news/new-forced-marriages-guidelines-launched-30709/ Forced Marriages Website Launch  H.O.P.E attended a website launch at the House of Lords on the 30th April 2009. This website was developed by the Ethnic Mincoirty Foundation whom are based in London. This Launch was chaired by Lord Bhatia (OBE & Chair of EMF) . The key note speakers ... http://www.hopetraining.org/news/hope-attends-new-forced-marriage-website-launch-300409/ Meena Kumari from H.O.P.E attended the Million Women Rise is a coalition of individual women and representatives from the Women’s Voluntary and Community Sector. The first Million Women Rise demonstration in March 2008 saw 5000 women and children take to the streets of London to celebrate International Women’s Day ... http://www.hopetraining.org/news/hope-attends-million-women-rise-march/ “An Insight into Forced Marriages & Honour Based Violence DVD”  This DVD launch took place on the 31st March 2009 at Leicestershire Police Headquarters.   Below are some comments we received back from those who attended.  East midlands News also covered this launch to see a clip please click here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7974890.stm   ... http://www.hopetraining.org/news/dvd-launch-on-forced-marriages-honour-based-violence-310309/ LeicestHERday Trust and The Colleges-University of Leicester Network (CULN) are inviting students aged 14-21 to attend a FREE Mind Your Own Business Event. This event will take place on Wednesday 19th November 2008 from 10-3pm at Leicester College, Freemans Campus, Aylestone Road, Leicester. It is designed to unleash entrepreneurial spirit ... http://www.hopetraining.org/news/lord-mayor-backs-domestic-violence-campaign/ Honour Crimes, Cultural Killings or just Murder? Come join the debate Conference....... 25.11.08 This conference was a huge success with over 200 guests attending and showing their support. This conference focussed on key not speakers as well as hearing from survivors. Minister Bridget Prentice launched the Forced Marriage ... http://www.hopetraining.org/news/honour-crimes-cultural-killings-or-just-plain-murder-conference-bookings-now-being-taken/