History
11/3/96 |
Women’s Voices: Public Voices run by Engender and WEA |
| May 96 |
From this, group invited to initiate a Women’s Forum of WEA Workshops on Committee Skills/Roles and Responsibilities of Office bearers |
| 10/5/97 |
Launch day and AGM |
| 31/10/97 |
Hallowe’en Ceilidh |
| Nov 97 |
1 day confidence building with Aromatherapy and Stress Busting |
June 98 |
Newbattle Abbey – w/s re team building, future planning and personal development. Sub groups – Publicity/promotion, finance/fundraising, adult educational guidance |
June 98 |
Visit to Glasgow Forum ‘THENEW’ |
Sept 98 |
CEC Environment Festival – crafts w/s and exhibition in Meadows |
28/11/98 |
Christmas gifts w/s with recycled materials, followed by informal event with ALFIE |
Nov 98 |
Visit to WEA Glasgow re Mentoring w/s |
6/3/99 |
Int. Women’s day event - Confidence and Assertiveness thro’ drama and art forms |
| 1999 | Proposal for mentoring project |
13//3/99 |
One World Week/ Int Women’s Day event in CEC – Rainbow City. Talk/workshop/stall |
March 99 |
Participated in 2 w/s run by EVOC – Getting your voice heard in the Scottish parliament and Campaigning for policy change; Women in Scotland |
22/5/99 |
2nd AGM and ceilidh in Adult Learners’ week |
9&10/99 |
Consultative forum; MSP Question Time and get Right Intae It (Scottish parliament) |
Sept 99 |
Celebrating Learning Project with THENEW and Roberta Downes |
6/10/99 |
Computer/IT training event re. 1st newsletter and Surf the net |
Nov 99 |
Compiled briefing pack on Parliament to distribute to members – followed by Having Confidence in our parliament (guest speaker Malcolm Chisholm) |
27/11/99 |
Women and Children Xmas Fayre |
Nov 99 |
Newbattle – Study residential re. history, values and work of WEA ‘Passion for Learning and’Where are we now? |
28/1/00 |
ISO alternative |
spring 00 |
Newbattle – Celebrating learning (New women, new world) |
spring 00 |
1st Newsletter and Sitting on Thistles involvement (2 nd Chance to Learn and WEA) Set up under Scottish Parliament Project |
4/8/00 |
Women of the Royal Mile Walk (Tiana compiled booklet later) |
march 01 |
Women’s walking history tour |
23/6/01 |
Active citizenship/Scottish Parliament w/s at Newbattle |
Aug 01 |
Newbattle – Res w/e - Cultivating a Passion for Learning, multicultural events and dev plan for 2002 |
27/10/01 |
Edin. One World Festival mural at Rainbow City – ‘Hands’ |
10/11/01 |
Popular Education Forum at Newbattle – postponed? |
22/11/01 |
Participated in 16 days Violence against Women campaign |
4/12/01 |
Women’s Equality w/s in City Chambers |
Jan 02 |
Second newsletter |
8/2/02 |
A taste of Africa |
7/3/02 |
Int Women’s Day with ENACT- cultural understanding w/s |
16/3/02 |
Dance your frocks off – ALP women’s gathering |
May 02 |
Third newsletter |
7/5/02 |
Meeting with Nicaraguan women on study visit re Women’s education |
19/6/02 |
AGM |
16-17/11/02 |
Residential w/e at Newbattle – profiling,publicity and promotion |
12/1/03 |
Work on Forum’s cross stitch sampler for Centenary celebrations |
15/1, 29/1 & 12/2/03 |
W/s with Tim Green re developing our web page |
May 03 |
CEC civic reception for WEA – cross stitch displayed |
27/6/03 |
Multicultural ceilidh |
summer 03 |
Designing and compiling our website |
March 04 |
Int. Women’s Day – playground songs and games. Postponed to March 05 |
8/6/04 |
AGM |
Nov 04 |
Taster sessions on Dance, Fair Trade, Photography, Scottish writers, Indian cookery |
12/3/05 |
Playground songs and games w/s |
apr/may 05 |
Computer skills and digital camera w/s |
8/6/05 |
AGM |
27/7/05 |
Water of Leith walk – power point by Tiana |
27/8/05 |
Evaluation and planning day |
29/10/05 |
Water of Leith visitor centre |
23/11/05 |
ALP women’s event |
8/5/06 |
AGM |
10/6/06 |
One Scotland:many cultures – celebration of women’s voices at Tollcross CC |
5/8/06 |
Evaluation and planning day |
Jan-May 07 |
Planning 5 Women and Slavery sessions |
2/5/07 |
Has Slavery ended? Sessions commenced |
27/6/07 |
AGM |
Oct 07 |
Has Slavery ended? 2nd set of Sessions commenced |
10/9/08 |
AGM |
9/10/08 |
Scottish suffragists sessions commenced |
27/4/09 |
Suffragette jewellery course |
Summer 09 |
Costume design and bannermaking for suffragette play and march |
10/10/09 |
re-enactment of 1909 Suffragette March in Edinburgh |
26/10/09 |
AGM |
April 2010 |
Dead Interesting Women! course starts |
08/05/10 |
National Gathering on Women’s Suffrage |
07/09/10 |
AGM |
Jan 2011 |
Stitching Times class starts |
Jan 2011 |
Excuse my Dust class starts |
5/3/11 |
International Women's Day events at Darroch school |
20/8/11 |
AGM and launch of Dead Interesting Women Booklet |
Sept 2011 |
Get Your Boots on Walks |
15/10/11 |
Producing an Edinburgh Women's Trail: Trip to Dundee |
20/9/12 |
AGM and launch of WEA Women's Forum Calendar |
6/4/13 |
Women in Portraiture Study day |
27/8/13 |
AGM |
Jan 2014 |
Launch of Breaking the Mould Project |
16/9/14 |
AGM |
1/10/14 |
Start of Breaking the Mould evening class |
March 2015 |
Start of the BtM publication sessions |
16/9/15 |
AGM and launch of the Breaking the Mould:Edinburgh booklet |
1/10/15 |
Breaking the Mould Parliament event |
31/3/16 |
BtM event in Perth Concert Hall |
May/June 2016 |
BtM2016 (for younger women) |
29/8/16 |
AGM |
27/4/17 |
20th Anniversary Celebration |
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