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Dept of Health

Answer

Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 12 March 1999, Official Report, columns 415-18, if he will list the women's organisations which have been invited to send representatives to the Listening to Women roadshows at (a) Newcastle, (b) Reading, (c) Leeds and (d) Nottingham. [80898] Ms Jowell: In addition to organisations, we are publicising the event to individual women not involved in public life. To this end we have invited women who had previously contacted the Women's Unit; published articles in the local press, with an open invitation for local women to attend; publicised the event on local radio; asked local job centres to issue invitations to female jobseekers in the area; and been in liaison with the Commission for Racial Equality for them to suggest interested women. To date the following organisations have been invited to send representatives to the Listening to Women meeting in Newcastle on 19 April 1999: 1. Fair Play North East Ltd. 2. Northern Region Youth and Community Unit 3. Young Women's Group 4. Rosehill Young Women's Project 5. South Tyneside Multi Cultural Project 6. Muslim Women's Association 7. Breast Care and Mastectomy Group 8. Sahali 9. Roshni Women's Centre 10. Age Concern 11. Apnar Ghar 12. Working for Women 13. Women of the North 14. South Bank Women's Centre 15. Newcastle Literacy Collaborative 16. Them Wifies 17. Tyneside Women's Health Project 18. Newcastle upon Tyne Guide Association 19. The Star Centre Ltd. 20. Newcastle Youth Women's Project 21. East End Women's Activity Group 22. West Newcastle Women 23. Scotswood Community Project. Women's Group 24. Elswick Girls Project 25. TWAFA 26. Pre-School Play Group Association 27. East End Parent and Toddler Forum 28. WAG 29. Chopwell Community Centre 30. Felling Community Centre 31. Gateshead Young Women's Outreach Project 32. Interface Project 33. Leam Lane Community Centre 34. Lobley Hill Youth and Community Centre 35. Streets Ahead 36. Community Education Officer 37. Local Initiatives Team 38. Alnwick Voluntary Action 39. Chester-le-Street Volunteer Bureau 40. Newcastle Council for Voluntary Service 41. Sunderland Council for Voluntary Service 42. Tynedale Voluntary Action 43. Acomb Crescent 44. Northumbria Ambulance Service NHS Trust 45. Northumbria Probation Service 46. Ringtons Ltd. 47. Regency Care Homes Ltd. 48. South Tyneside College 49. TSL Group (Staff Pension Scheme) 50. Tynedale District Council. To date the following organisations have been invited to send representatives to the Listening to Women meeting in Reading on Friday 21 May 1999: 1. Reading Women's Information Centre 2. In Touch Helpline 3. Women's Open House 4. JSJS Black Women's Group 5. East Reading Adventure Playground "Strictly Girls" 6. Reading Muslim Women's Association 7. Electrical Association for Women 8. Girls Friendly Society 9. Reading Women's Education Project 10. Reading Women's Gas Federation 11. Sonning Common Women's Group 12. West Indian Women's Circle 13. Black Women's Group 14. Disabled Housing Trust 15. MIND Drop in Centre 16. Earley Women's Institute 17. Soroptimist International 18. British Federation of University Women 19. Berkshire Women's Aid 20. Abbey Women's Clinic 21. Domestic Violence Forum 22. Bulmershe College Women's Group 23. Kennet Valley Free Church Women's Council 24. National Register of Women 25. Reading Cav. Heights Townswomen's Guild 26. Berkshire Federation of Women's Institutes 27. Reading University Women's group 28. Life Pregnancy Care Centre 29. Churches in Reading Women's Centre 30. Padworth W.I. 31. Caversham W.I. 32. Maiden Erlegh W.I. 33. National Register of Women 34. Sahara Asian Women's Project 35. Racal-Mobilcal Ltd. 36. Honeywell Control Systems Ltd. 37. Yellow Pages 38. Prudential Assurance Co. Ltd. 39. De La Rue Plc 40. Reading College and School of Art and Design 41. University of Reading 42. Gyosei International College. The invitations to the Leeds and Nottingham meetings will be issued shortly.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

329 c378-80W; 80898

Session

1998-99

Subjects

Women Leeds Publicity Newcastle upon Tyne Nottingham Reading (Berkshire) Voluntary organisations Women's Unit