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Gayle · 03-03-2007, 12:39

Once again, Hyndburn Women’s Forum have a busy week planned to celebrate and recognise International Women’s Week, next week. Trying to include something for everyone.

We launch the week on Sunday 4th March with a cheerleading spectacular at New Era. The Mayor and Mayoress will be in attendance as teams from throughout the Hyndburn area (primary and secondary) schools compete for the cheerleading crown.

On Monday 5th the activities move to the Women’s Centre 110 Abbey St, Accrington where there will be an open day. There will be free food ( Halal, Polish and Greek) and drinks and tutors on hand to talk about our courses and offer free demonstrations and pamper sessions. Translators for Urdu, Greek and hopefully Polish will be available. For information about this open day contact the Women’s Centre direct 01254 871771

On Tuesday 6th things move on to Haworth Art Gallery for workshops in conjunction with the exhibition ‘Handasah’ which means geometry in Arabic and describes the foundation and inspiration in Zarah Hussain’s work shown in this exhibition. Join Zarah’s sister, Sarah, in a painting workshop to re-create these beautiful images for yourself. 10.30am to 3pm, includes lunch. Limited places so please telephone and book your place by contacting Yvonne Robins, Haworth Art Gallery, 01254 233782.:

Then on Wednesday 7th it’s the main event. A conference is being held at The Hope Centre in Oswaldtwistle. Five speakers will be speaking on different subject from issues surrounding forced marriages to safety for women to confidence and motivation. This event is completely free, lunch is provided and is open to anyone and everyone. There are still some places so if anyone wants to attend please contact Gayle Knight on 01254 387851 to book a place.

Friday 9th sees an event at Accrington Town Hall n association with AAWAZ Celebrating Womens achievements. From 5.30 - 8pm, the event is open to anyone but we do need to know the numbers as there will be light refreshments

And the week finishes on Saturday 10th with a second workshop at Haworth Art Gallery, details as before except you will need to bring a packed lunch as it is not provided for this event.

All of these events are free and are open to anyone – for details about the events contact the organising venue or Gayle Knight on 01254 387851. They are funded by The Big Lottery and Awards For All.

It’s a rather packed programme!

03-03-2007, 12:39	#1
Gayle God Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Relaxville Posts: 6,866 Blog Entries: 69 Liked: 13 times Rep Power: 2867	International Women's Week 2007 Once again, Hyndburn Women’s Forum have a busy week planned to celebrate and recognise International Women’s Week, next week. Trying to include something for everyone. We launch the week on Sunday 4th March with a cheerleading spectacular at New Era. The Mayor and Mayoress will be in attendance as teams from throughout the Hyndburn area (primary and secondary) schools compete for the cheerleading crown. On Monday 5th the activities move to the Women’s Centre 110 Abbey St, Accrington where there will be an open day. There will be free food ( Halal, Polish and Greek) and drinks and tutors on hand to talk about our courses and offer free demonstrations and pamper sessions. Translators for Urdu, Greek and hopefully Polish will be available. For information about this open day contact the Women’s Centre direct 01254 871771 On Tuesday 6th things move on to Haworth Art Gallery for workshops in conjunction with the exhibition ‘Handasah’ which means geometry in Arabic and describes the foundation and inspiration in Zarah Hussain’s work shown in this exhibition. Join Zarah’s sister, Sarah, in a painting workshop to re-create these beautiful images for yourself. 10.30am to 3pm, includes lunch. Limited places so please telephone and book your place by contacting Yvonne Robins, Haworth Art Gallery, 01254 233782.: Then on Wednesday 7th it’s the main event. A conference is being held at The Hope Centre in Oswaldtwistle. Five speakers will be speaking on different subject from issues surrounding forced marriages to safety for women to confidence and motivation. This event is completely free, lunch is provided and is open to anyone and everyone. There are still some places so if anyone wants to attend please contact Gayle Knight on 01254 387851 to book a place. Friday 9th sees an event at Accrington Town Hall n association with AAWAZ Celebrating Womens achievements. From 5.30 - 8pm, the event is open to anyone but we do need to know the numbers as there will be light refreshments And the week finishes on Saturday 10th with a second workshop at Haworth Art Gallery, details as before except you will need to bring a packed lunch as it is not provided for this event. All of these events are free and are open to anyone – for details about the events contact the organising venue or Gayle Knight on 01254 387851. They are funded by The Big Lottery and Awards For All. It’s a rather packed programme! __________________ The views expressed within this post are mine and mine alone.