Training Events

The Neighbours, Friends and Families initiative is hosting a series of Regional Training Workshops for NFF Community Coordinators and Community-based NFF Champions involved in different regions. This Training involves a program of 3 full days of interesting workshops on our NFF workplace strategy. Please circulate the registration information to individuals and organizations that are working on the NFF campaign in your area.

• Learn how to deliver the new Neighbours, Friends and Families Level 2 training to workplaces
• Learn how to build the capacity of key workplace stakeholders to recognize the signs of abuse and respond appropriately
• Learn how to use the “Missed Opportunities” DVD & Facilitators Guide
• Learn how to develop a local workplace outreach strategy
• Provide participants with training for working with the media and evaluation tools
• Orientation to the Family Law Education for Women campaign
• Share experiences and ideas with other NFF Community Coordinators and Champions

There is no cost for attending the training. Breakfast, lunch and refreshments will be provided for all training days. As this is a local training, neither travel expenses nor accommodation will be covered for participants. We hope you can join us.

Neighbours, Friends and Families Regional Training
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Oakville @ Bronte
Majestic Room
2525 Wyecroft Road, Oakville, Ontario, L6L 6P8
February 17, 18 & 19, 2010
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Please fill out the registration form HERE and return it to alfredo@neighboursfriendsandfamilies.ca no later than February 10, 2010.

Neighbours, Friends and Families Regional Training
London Convention Centre
300 York Street London, Ontario, Salon D
February 23, 24 & 25, 2010
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Please fill out the registration form HERE and return it to alfredo@neighboursfriendsandfamilies.ca no later than February 12, 2010.

East Region Spring 2010 TBA

North Region Spring 2010 TBA

For more information please contact
Alfredo Marroquín,
Provincial Community Coordinator, Neighbours, Friends and Families Campaign
Telephone: (519) 661-2111 Extension: 87486
E-mail: alfredo@neighboursfriendsandfamilies.ca

We have developed a standard professional, training presentation for presentations to the general public. It includes a PowerPoint template and interactive exercises on the warning signs of woman abuse. The standardized presentation is a tool that you, as an NFF coordinator or champion can use to roll out the campaign in your community and support the general public in understanding the warning signs.

Check out the PowerPoint training presentation (8.4 mb) and the accompanying handouts (1.0 mb) to consider how you might use this package to raise awareness of the warning signs of woman abuse and how Neighbours, Friends and Families can help.

If you have been working on the NFF campaign for some time and are very familiar with it, you might consider offering a training session for facilitators in your community.

The Neighbours Friends and Families – NFF Community Leaders Training Agenda with Facilitator Notes (110 kb) provides you with an outline of training activities and notes for the lead facilitator. The NFF Facilitator Tips (75 kb) handout provides additional useful information.

The comprehensive two day training package provides intensive education about the conceptual framework of NFF including warning signs, risk factors, how to talk to abusive men, how to respond to disclosures of abuse from women, from neighbours, friends or family members and/or from abusers and how to deal with them.

It is focused on preparing participants to teach others by improving and practicing facilitation skills using the primary messages of the campaign (i.e. warning signs, risk factors, talking to abusive men, vicarious trauma.) It is also intended to promote a common vision of NFF, link local campaigns to the provincial campaign, enhance co-ordination and linkages among NFF Coordinators and champions, and develop community specific strategies for engaging community members in NFF.