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Maternity Voices Partnership
As the Community Development Worker for the Perinatal Equity Project at SMEF, I am excited to share with you the work we are doing to support pregnant women and new mothers in the local communities of Knaphill and Stanwell. It is important to note that ethnic...
Baby Steps
BABY STEPS. I learned the real essence of the name we have chosen for our project, Baby Steps, at my first session for women who are from ethnic minority backgrounds, at Stanwell Family Centre in Spelthorne. My name is Jaime, and I have recently joined SMEF as a...
Dream Catchers
Surrey Heath Women’s groups enjoyed an art day during the school holidays. In Many Hands we believe in those special moments when we connect with ourselves and others, to empower the women. Krisz Koch, helped the ladies create a lovely dreamer catcher, using sticks,...
Vaisakhi/Baisakhi
Vaisakhi/Baisakhi is a festival that is celebrated on the 13th or 14th of April and is culturally significant as a festival of harvest. Vaisakhi observes major events in the history of Sikhism and the Indian subcontinent that happened in the Punjab region. For some...
International Womens Day – a view from Our Chair
Our Chair, Neelam Devesher DL has written the piece below to mark International Women's Day in her role as a Deputy Lieutenant for Surrey. International Women’s Day – 8 March (IWD) is an important event in the annual calendar that helps to put raise awareness of...
Coffee, Cake And Chat!
Woking People of Faith organised an interfaith coffee for women, supported by our Many Hands’ group in Woking. 15 women from different faiths including Baha’i, Christian, Jewish and Muslim, gathered for a social, and enjoyed some delicious cake and coffee at the...
Watts Gallery Trip
The ladies in the Surrey Heath Womens Group were really looking forward to the trip to Watts Gallery and they were not disappointed - everyone really enjoyed themselves on this trip. The two Womens Groups in Surrey Heath went together, so in total there were 16 of...
Mental Health Awareness Events
SMEF has organised two community events and delivered two-day, one day and half day training sessions on Mental Health First Aid recently. The Mental Health First Aid courses are MHFA England certified and have been very popular; participants have expressed interest...
Church Visit
Women from different ethnic backgrounds (including ladies from the SMEF Many Hands Project in Woking) visited St Paul’s Church on Wednesday 12th October; for many of them, it was their first time stepping inside a church! Rev. Nick Hutchinson welcomed the group; he...