President:
Mrs Douglas Montagu-Douglas-Scott
Chairman: Joan Lady Kings Norton of Wotton Underwood
THE SCHOLARSHIP AND TRAINING PROGRAMME
The Programme supports the training of women working with disabled children and their families through courses in COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATION. These courses aim to prepare participants to be management personnel, able to run, plan and train others to run community disability services.
The Mumbai Course 2005/06
Students on the Mumbai Course with their tutor
Visit to NRCI, Colaba School
A former student from India who is now on a year's scholarship to Europe and currently studying at the International Centre for Child Health spoke enthusiastically about the course she had attended and emphasised how much the support of The Women's Council was appreciated by everyone on her course.
- WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Selected teachers, doctors, social workers and health workers who are proposed by their voluntary or staturory organisations. They must have an appropriate qualification, some experience in working with people with disabilities and a strong commitment to working in the community.
- WHAT DOES IT COST? As an example, a scholarship place on the 2007 three month course in Mumbai cost £800 plus travel.
- HOW ARE THEY FUNDED? The Women's Council organises fund raising events supported by Patrons from the Embassies and High Commissions of 25 countries accredited to the Court of St James.
- WHO PLANS THE COURSES? Training programmes are developed in partnership with the Centre of International Child Health and Development (which is linked with London University and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children).
- WHERE ARE THEY HELD? Currently they are being held under the auspices of the Spastics Society of India and, in the Middle East, under the auspices of the SETI Organisation.
- WHERE DO THE STUDENTS COME FROM? Any of the Council's member countries. In 2005/2006 students came from Mongolia, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Tonga, Vietnam, China and Indonesia. In previous years they have also come from Syria, Hong Kong, Singapore, Nepal, Afganistan, Bahrain, Butan, Brunei, Iran, Jornan, Korea, The Lebanon, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Phillippines Sri Lanka and Tahiland and attended courses in either India or The Middle East, where the courses are in Arabic.
- HOW CAN YOU HELP? Find out here
For news about current courses see the About the Council page.