FWN are delighted to announce that we raised £1,940.00 in aid of our affiliated charity, The Eve Appeal at our Autumn Ball
Thank you to all who attended and made the night such a success
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Stella Walsh Award - Excellence in the fight against fraud |
Nominations are now being taken for 2009 |
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The Eve Appeal
The Fraud Women’s Network is delighted to be supporting – and be supported by – The Eve Appeal, the charity for gynaecological cancers.
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Fraud costs the UK economy £14 billion every year: almost £27,000 per minute, or nearly £450 per second day in, day out. That's a cost of £650 per household per year, and these are considered to be underestimated figures.
The culture of British business, however, has a tendency to inhibit proper fraud prevention. There is therefore a need to promote fraud awareness and successful fraud prevention strategies across both public and private sectors by creating a culture of transparency, with better flows of information and open discussion, resulting in a more widespread understanding and better sharing of ideas.
Fraud occurs in both the public and private sectors and will increase unless we combine forces to do something about it.
Any woman who works in the anti-fraud arena will know that it can sometimes be a rather male environment, in which there are few senior female executives. The Fraud Women’s Network (“FWN”) has therefore been set up to bring together women involved in all aspects of fraud prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution, to network and to share best practice, information and experience in order to help tackle the threat from fraud and organised crime head on.
We aim to provide women in the anti-fraud business with:
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networking opportunities. Our regular networking events provide an invaluable way of establishing and cementing contacts across the whole anti-fraud arena, with whom to share information and ideas (we also enjoy the social aspect!); |
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access to a wide-ranging education programme about the latest trends and developments in fraud and organised crime, and the newest tools to help prevent, detect and investigate fraud; |
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mentoring opportunities. Many of the members of the Fraud Women’s Network are senior within their organisations and have a great deal of knowledge, experience and advice that they can impart, as well as encouraging junior women to progress in their careers; |
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access to the members and activities of the regional Fraud Forums, all part of the National Federation of Fraud Forums; click here for more information. |
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