Tampon Tax Fund
08 April 2019
"Thanks ever so much for sending in your final quarterly report. It is amazing as always to read of all the women you have supported, and will continue to support now the grant has ended. It has been such a pleasure to work with The Magdalene Group and an honour to support the incredible work you do." Kind words from the Tampon Tax Fund, whose three-year grant has supported our Doorway Women's Services.
Anchor Project Launch
03 April 2019
"On Tuesday 2nd April, the Doorway team attended the launch of a new multi-agency domestic abuse project called the Anchor Project. Headed by Leeway, the partnership includes Orwell Housing, Change Grow Live and The Matthew Project. The aim is to support victims of domestic abuse in the best way possible, particularly the most complex cases where there might be multiple needs. It was great to hear about local partnership working and to speak to so many other services at the event. Thanks for having us!" Abbie Haines, Outreach Worker
The Listening Fund : supporting youth-focused organisations to better listen to young people
01 April 2019
Morwenna Chaffe & Jacqueline Kovacevic from The Magdalene Group’s Rose Partnership are attending The Listening Fund Convening 2019 in London. The day includes various workshops as group forums which address the challenges facing organisations in ensuring we continue to listen and empower young people .
Welcome to new team members
01 April 2019
Welcome to two new team members who join us today - Olga Filatova & Tabitha Rodwell, CSE Practitioner & Therapeutic Practitioner respectively. We look forward to working with you both!
NWG Conference
28 March 2019
"Staff from The Magdalene Group's Rose Partnership attended the NWG 6th Annual Conference & Unsung Hero Awards on Tuesday 26th & Wednesday 27th March 2019. Over the two days we heard presentations from keynote speakers on the topics of CCE, CSE & County Lines and the impact of exploitation on young people and their families. Alongside this, we were able to attend a number of special interest groups, from services across the country, providing specialist support and sharing their best-practice professional approach when working with anyone affected by exploitation. A truly amazing and inspirational conference - we look forward to attending again next year." Lesley McNay, Manager EnRoute supported accommodation
NWG Conference : Working in Partnership
27 March 2019
Four team members are currently attending the two-day NWG 6th Annual Conference 2019, taking place this year at East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham. Representing The Magdalene Group & Barnardo's, & presenting "Working in Partnership - with a difference," are Lesley McNay, Sylwia Sakowicz-Scott, Morwenna Chaffe & Jess Rolfe.
Havenbridge House
26 March 2019
“Today a couple of our workers from across our projects attended Havenbridge House in Great Yarmouth, where Norfolk County Council had put on an event to show-case services available across Norfolk for children, young people and adults. Great to see so many familiar faces there and to get to speak to so many others about our services & the services they provide. Thanks for having us!” Abbie, Outreach Worker.
New team members
25 March 2019
Welcome to two new team members : Natalie Leach & Simone Otieno, who join us at our EnRoute supported accommodation project, as CSE Support Worker & CSE Practitioner respectively. We look forward to working with you both.
Comic Relief funding
20 March 2019
"We will be providing a Trauma-Informed Practitioner to support our engagement of women and girls affected by sexual exploitation and coercion. We will be using a trauma model to understand the psychological impact of sexual exploitation and enabling women and young people to embark on a path of recovery from trauma and away from those who seek to exploit them. The Trauma-Informed Practitioner will understand how attachment issues impact an individual’s emotional and psychological needs and tailor a programme to address these. Trauma refers to events or circumstances that have lasting impacts on mental, physical, emotional and/or social well-being, it can be a single event or multiple events compounded over time. Recognising the impact of past and present trauma on an individual and understanding their experience is essential in helping them to recover." Sara Plastow, Head of Quality & Compliance
CSE Awareness Day
19 March 2019
“Monday 18th March; National Child Sexual Exploitation Awareness Day 2019 #CSEDay19 Monday was one of the most important days of the year for our ROSE team – for the last 5 years the National Working Group on CSE has been running a day dedicated to raising awareness about CSE, dispensing information and resources, to raise the profile of CSE as a whole and key organisations and crucially, to share key messages around CSE. This year we partook in a variety of ways. Firstly we have launched our new and updated information booklet which you can find via the website – the Police and Crime Commissioner even shared this via their twitter! We also ran an extensive social media campaign where we engaged with key organisations, spread key messages and got involved in the #HelpingHands campaign.” Abbie Haines, Outreach Worker