Facilities

The GL Cottages

Nestled in a beautiful garden, the Cottages offers the perfect space for residential workshops of up to 30 people. Each room is quiet, private and uniquely designed. The Cottages is ideal for training workshops, conceptual and think tank meetings, strategic planning, board meetings, team building and wellness. The facility offers on site parking. a large swimming pool, private walking and reflection spaces, one large conference room that can take up to 50; a board room that can take up to 12 people and a small conference room that can take up to 20 people, internet, wireless internet and business facilities. Read more.

GL also offers two Conferencing Facilities next to each other, situated at 9 Derrick Avenue and 28 Marcia Street, Cyrildene in Johannesburg.

Both Conferencing Facilities accommodate from twenty five up to a maximum of thirty participants. The Conference package includes meeting room (with wireless internet connectivity), morning and afternoon teas, cordials and lunch. Data projector and stationery is also available at a nominal fee.

Why
The idea to offer our Conferencing Facilities to external stakeholders was motivated by the number of queries received from partners, and other Non Governmental Organisations, to provided workshop/conferencing facilities.

How
Booking are processed through a booking system maintained by the Communications and Marketing Coordinator. We encourage that bookings are made at least two weeks in advance. A conference booking form will then be sent out for completion.

For bookings, please email: glservices@genderlinks.org.za

Events

Gender Links prides itself with the expertise and ability to organise and coordinate events on behalf of external stakeholders. These include donor organisation, partners, non governmental organisations and other civil society organisations. Level of coordination and support includes travel, accommodation, conferencing and other related logistics; as well as facilitation services; bringing together participants from national, regional and international organisations, in the nine countries (Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe) that GL has presence.

Support offered includes conceptualising the meeting, drawing up invitation letters, disseminating and following up on the invitations, booking flight and accommodation, formulating workshop programme, compiling workshop documents and other materials as necessary, financial management services, facilitation support, and the production of a comprehensive workshop report.

Why
Capitalising of Gender Links expertise in the areas of Gender and the Media, Gender Justice, Gender and Governance, and through an expert’s database Gender Links is able to facilitate workshops/seminars on these and other gender related topics. Responding to a need by donor organisations like DANIDA and HIVOS, for an organisation to organise, coordinate and facilitate their events, Gender Links has thus successfully showcased it’s ability in that respect.

How

  • A support team comprising of a project manager, facilitators and an administrator is drawn and commissioned to engage with the organisation seeking the service to establish their needs.
  • An action plan (with time frames) and budget are drawn following the brief.
  • A role out schedule is finalised in liaison with the host organisation, and implementation thus begins.
  • At the end of the workshop/seminar a comprehensive workshop report is submitted by Gender Links to the host for review before disseminating to all workshop participants.
  • A review meeting is held at the end of the process, to evaluate logistics, facilitation and feedback received from participants.

Contact
Mukayi Makaya, GL Services Manager, glservices@genderlinks.org.za
Phone: 27 (0) 11 487 2329 or Fax: 27 (0) 11 622 4732.