Manager's Report

Phinn Borg

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The past months at the Gender Centre have been a busy time with the A.G.M. coming up, reports needing to be completed and the daily running of the Centre. In the past months we have held self-defence classes run by "Fight Like A Girl". These classes are very popular and continue to be a hit with all who attend. We will endeavour to arrange for more classes to be run at the Centre in the coming months as well as our visiting psychiatrists here on Fridays, when needed, and the Inner City Legal Centre clinic on the fourth Friday of the month, and our First Aid classes that will be running over eight weeks, as well as the usual drop-ins and social events.

This month we had two visits from the students of Sterling College, twenty in total. The program at Sterling College combines theory with practice and aims to provide students with the skills, knowledge and values required to work in the community services industry.

A reminder to all our drop-in clients that drop-in starts at 6:00pm and it would be appreciated if you were to arrive at that time. If you do arrive before 6:00pm please do not loiter outside the building.

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