Launch of CLAN Website & Training Needs Analysis Survey

Clare Local Area Network (CLAN) is delighted to host an event during the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence to launch

• CLAN's new website which will provide information and resources for practitioners and promote awareness of services.
• CLAN's Training Needs Analysis Survey which investigated the needs of frontline practitioners in Clare in terms of training in the area of domestic, sexual and gender-based abuse. The results will be presented on the day.

Keynote address will be delivered by Marcella Leonard MBE.

Marcella has 30 years’ experience in child and public protection and psychosexual therapy. Her expertise is recognised nationally and internationally and her opinion sought both at strategic and operational levels in many organisations and countries. She has recently held the Chair of the Northern Ireland Association of Social Workers and is a Director of the British Association of Social Workers. Marcella is a highly-regarded trainer in assessing and managing sexual and violent risk to children.

Clare Local Area Network (CLAN) is an interagency group comprising of representatives from 16 local community, statutory and voluntary agencies supporting women, children and young people affected by domestic abuse. CLAN works to raise awareness, primary prevention and interagency collaboration. The Network was originally established in response to a report from the National Task Force on Violence Against Women report in 1997.

The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign that starts on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December, Human Rights Day.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

V95 RR72, Buttermarket Building, Ennis, Ireland