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Celebrating our new Steering Group

By Lisa Davis | April 19, 2021 | Comments Off on Celebrating our new Steering Group

Last week we shared the news of our 2 fab new Board members. This week we are celebrating our new Steering Group members. We also want to take a moment…

Director’s Blog takeover! – from intern Primrose Baxter

By Lisa Davis | April 6, 2021 | Comments Off on Director’s Blog takeover! – from intern Primrose Baxter

I began my internship with Changing Relations in November 2020 as a student at Durham University via the Education Department. I had an artistic background from school and higher education,…

The challenge of changing gender norms

By Lisa Davis | June 22, 2020 | Comments Off on The challenge of changing gender norms

Here at Changing Relations, we’ve spent a lot of the past 3 months of the Covid19 pandemic talking about domestic abuse. It was clear from the get-go that the lockdown…

Director’s Blog: Protect & Provide – is mental health gendered?

By Lisa Davis | February 12, 2019 | Comments Off on Director’s Blog: Protect & Provide – is mental health gendered?

If you’ve been wondering what gender norms are, why they matter, and why we’re linking them to mental health, then this is the post for you! When we talk about…

Why do men's voices need to be heard?

By Lisa Davis | February 11, 2019 | Comments Off on Why do men's voices need to be heard?

Some people may be wondering why men’s voices need to be heard when there’s still such a long way to go in terms of equality between men and women. Unfortunately,…

Recruiting freelance trainers!

By Lisa Davis | October 25, 2018 | Comments Off on Recruiting freelance trainers!

Arts education & training company Changing Relations C.I.C. is growing! We are building a team of freelance trainers who can deliver our bespoke professional training, initially focusing on domestic abuse, but in…

Director's Blog: Changing how we talk about Domestic Violence

By Lisa Davis | October 8, 2018 | Comments Off on Director's Blog: Changing how we talk about Domestic Violence

We’re so pleased to see The Pool supporting the fantastically important We Level Up campaign calling for responsible, respectful reporting of Domestic Homicide. We’ve long been infuriated by the implications of…

Take a seat on Management Board of growing arts education company!

By Lisa Davis | January 14, 2018 | Comments Off on Take a seat on Management Board of growing arts education company!

Changing Relations C.I.C. is an arts-based education & training company that provokes thinking around gender norms, gender equality & healthy relationships, using the arts & creative methods as the foundation…

New Year: 1st Management Board meeting!

By Lisa Davis | January 22, 2017 | Comments Off on New Year: 1st Management Board meeting!

Delighted to say that our first Management Board meeting took place yesterday, in the shape of an Away Day facilitated by Durham Community Action’s Carl Marshall, kindly hosted by Gentoo,…

Contributing to PGCE Diversity Conference

By Lisa Davis | January 9, 2017 | Comments Off on Contributing to PGCE Diversity Conference

Great to be back up in Newcastle University in the School Education, Communication and Language Sciences where Managing Director, Lisa, trained to be a teacher many moons ago. Today and…