New training commissioned by Walsall Manor Hospital

Paper-lite
Women & Theatre have been commissioned by Walsall Manor Hospital to create a piece of training around paper-light office systems. The Manor are in the process of introducing an electronic document and records management system which will radically reduce the amount of paper records that they keep. Women & Theatre are delivering training to raise awareness of the changes and support the implementation of the new system.

Our theatre based training will use drama, humour, interaction and discussion to explore and demystify the complex issue of organisational change. As usual, we have started the process by talking to the people in question, the hospital staff who will be affected. Terina and Janice from W&T have interviewed everyone from Consultant Radiologists to Theatre Managers, Matrons and Secretaries. Their feelings and responses are all feeding into the writing and devising process, in some cases used as the basis for short sections of drama to spark discussions with training participants. Sessions will be delivered hospital-wide in December.

The training was commissioned after one of the Manor Hospital team attended a recent Equality & Diversity Training session run by Women & Theatre on behalf of Walsall tPCT. She thought our trademark straightforward, humorous and human approach was just the thing to help communicate system changes to staff. If you have training needs in your organisation that you’d like to discuss with us, we are very happy for you to get in touch. If you’d like to see our training process and methods in action, you can come and observe one of the sessions in December, please contact us if you would like to do this.

Feedback from other Women & Theatre training programmes:
“I found the style of presentation very good. It was inclusive to everyone (understanding and ability) and useful to reflect on in all workplaces”
“Enjoyed what I thought was going to be a boring topic. Very thoughtful.”
“Best course I have ever been on.”

Posted: November 13, 2009 in Announcements, news
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Upcoming sharings of Woman First on 16th November

It you get it right for disabled women
You’ll get it right for all women

We are holding two special sharings of Woman First, a collection of monologues which explore disabled women’s experiences of pregnancy and birth and take a wider look at disability rights. You might find Women First interesting if you are a professional in midwifery services, social care, disability support and advocacy, or if you yourself or someone you know are affected by the issues.

Monday 16th November 2009 at 12pm & 5pm
The Friends Institute, 220 Mosley Road, Birmingham, B12 0DG

If you join us for the lunchtime performance why not join us for a bite to eat and an informal discussion at the Matchbox Cafe – great food at reasonable prices!

Commissioned by the Royal College of Nursing Midwifery for the International Congress of Midwives in Glasgow 2008, the monologues were researched with a range of women and health professionals across the UK.

Woman First was recently performed at Birmingham REP during Birmingham’s Artsfest. The packed audience loved the piece – they were moved, amused and outraged by the stories we told. The strength of their reactions convinced us that the monologues need to have a wider audience and that they are of great value to the community at large as well as the professionals it was originally written for.

We would love to share the piece with you, to discuss your thoughts and reactions to it with the rest of our audience in a post-showing discussion and have your help in identifying possible future audiences so we can maximise the potential of this piece.

If you can’t make this date please let us know if you would like to be kept up to date with the progress of this wonderful project .

Please RSVP to Pippa Frith – pippafrith@womenandtheatre.co.uk or call 0121 440 4203

Posted: November 3, 2009 in Announcements, news
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