| Past Events
National Convention for Safer Communities 13th - 15th June 2006, Portsmouth
Women's Design Service, DOCA and Central St Martins are presenting a mini-conference, "Designing Out Crime" on day two of this event
Hosted by the National Community Safety Network and supported by the Home Office, the convention will look at the relationship between public sector community safety agencies and local groups and voluntary organisations- are they making the links and learning and working together?
London Women and Planning Forum event:
Women, Planning and Design: International Perspectives, Weds 21st June 2006, London
One-day seminar convened by the LWPF as the culmination of its ESRC-funded series on Capital Designs: Women and Planning in Contemporary London. Speakers include Women's Design Service Director Wendy Davis.
Tuesday 24th January 2006: Jennette Arnold, GSA Assembly Member, speaking on gender issues in relation to the Olympics 2012.
Discussion from 6.0 -7.30pm at Tindlemanor, 52-54 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8RT.
National Conference - Women's Safety in Our Cities
Friday 18th November 2005 at DSC Charity Centre, 24 Stephenson Way, London NW1
Making Safer Places was a three year pilot project run by the Women's Design Service which involved carrying out Women's Safety Audit Training with groups of local women to explore how the built environment impacts upon women's perceptions of safety. The project was delivered in the cities of Manchester, Bristol and London by involving local women in auditing their area and developing recommendations for improving their locality in relation to safety.
Planning Safer Places, run in partnership between WDS and Planning Aid for London, involved women in the design of new areas and buildings.
The Making Safer Places national conference, Women's Safety in Our Cities, took place on 18th November 2005, with almost 100 participants. The conference marked the end of the 3 year pilot project and sought to disseminate the project and place it in the wider context of women's safety.
A report from the conference, and presentations where available, can be downloaded here:
Download MSP Conference Report
Download Elizabeth Johnston's Presentation
Download Sumita Sinha's Presentation
Download Making Safer Places Presentation
Download Planning Safer Places Presentation
Download Gender Equality Duty Workshop Presentation
Women's Safety in Parks
Do you live or work in Southwark or Greenwich?
Get involved in shaping the future of London’s public parks and green spaces, and help us make them safer for women.
We will be holding two focus groups, one in Southwark and one in Greenwich, to look at policing in our parks, and what effect different systems have on women's feelings of safety.
Greenwich have recently stopped using Rangers in their parks and have replaced them with Community Wardens. If you live in Southwark, and use the parks, have you noticed any differences? Do you have any views about women's safety in parks you would like to put forward?
Greenwich have recently stopped the Parks Constabulary in Greenwich Park and they have been replaced by the Met Police. Do you use Greenwich Park? Have you noticed any differences? Do you have any views about women's safety in parks that you would like to put forward?
If you would like to participate in either of these focus goups, please contact:
Wendy Davis
Women’s Design Service
52-54, Featherstone Street
London EC1Y 8RT
tel: 020 7490 5210
email: [email protected]
In partnership with Anne Thorne Architects
Commissioned by the Greater London Authority
Annual General Meeting of Women's Design Service - 15th
September 2005
The guest speaker was Virginia Newman from 'Women in Architecture'
giving a talk on 'The Lifecycle of an Architect'. Click here to
download a copy of our Annual Review 2004-2005.
Women and Regeneration Event
The Women's Library
24th January 2005
This event brought women’s organisations and local women together
to look at:
Examples of how women can practically get involved in regeneration
How regeneration infrastructure fits together
Agreeing key issues for women in regeneration
Putting forward action to make sure women have a stronger voice
During the day we ran three workshops:
Women and Funding
Community Safety
Mapping Regeneration Bodies
Download
Event Report - Full version (pdf 328kb)
Download
Event Report - Edited version (pdf 122kb)
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