| EVENT: |
ADVICE AND GUIDANCE WEEK FOR
WOMEN |
| DATE: |
10am – 5pm |
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Women will be able to call
into the College’s Student Service Centre to ask about courses on offer for their
individual needs, and to look around the College’s facilities. Children welcome. If
dates and times are not convenient then call into the college or telephone anytime. |
| VENUE: |
Student Service Centre, Tile Hill College,
Tile HIll Lane, Coventry |
| TICKETS: |
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| DETAILS: |
Jane Hunt, 0500 200143 |
| EVENT: |
BETTER FOR YOUR BABY |
| DATE: |
12.30am
– 4.30pm |
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A conference on ante-natal
screening for HIV in pregnancy. This is an opportunity to listen to local and national
speakers and take part in discussion groups. Booking and registration required. The
registration fee includes admission to the conference, buffet lunch, afternoon
refreshments and conference report. |
| VENUE: |
Museum of British Road Transport |
| TICKETS: |
£35.00 (statutory sector), £20.00 (voluntary
sector) |
| DETAILS: |
Tina Prashar, 01203 229292 |
| EVENT: |
WOMEN IN MIND - OPEN DAY |
| DATE: |
10am
– 4pm |
|
Open day with crafts and
refreshments. An opportunity to drop in and meet people to learn about our group, have a
chat, enjoy some refreshments, and see how the group has developed. Open to all women and
children. |
| VENUE: |
Coopers Lodge, 61 St. Nicholas Street,
Radford, Coventry |
| TICKETS: |
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| DETAILS: |
Teresa Slomczynski, 01203 613793 |
| EVENT: |
JUST FOR ME - AWARENEESS
RAISING FOR WOMEN |
| DATE: |
10am
– 1pm |
|
Interactive exhibitions and
awareness raising sessions for Women organised through the Spon End and Radford Area
Co-Ordination team. A buffet will be providied. Childcare can be arranged if advance
notification given. |
| VENUE: |
Coopers Lodge, 61 St. Nicholas Street,
Radford, Coventry |
| TICKETS: |
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| DETAILS: |
Beverly Lennox, 01203 632123 |
| EVENT: |
TITANIC TOWN (15) |
| DATE: |
|
|
Dir: Roger Mitchell,
UK/Republic of Ireland 1998, 101 mins
Cast: Julie Walters, Ciaran Hinds, Nuala O’Niell.
An arresting and timely drama about a Catholic family living in Northern Ireland in 1972,
as the British armed forces and IRA gunmen fight it out across the front lawns. Part of an
Irish Season of Films at Warwick Arts Centre. Book a ticket and receive a free Sinead
Lohan cassette single. Limited to the first 50 bookers. |
| VENUE: |
Film Theatre, Warwick Arts Centre, |
| TICKETS: |
£4.20 (£2.95) Booking required. |
| DETAILS: |
Box Office, 01203 524524 |
| EVENT: |
WOMEN'S FAIR |
| DATE: |
12noon
– 3pm |
|
A variety of activities to
include a piece of Drama based on Women’s isolation, vulnerability and mental health.
Information stalls from different health groups. Giddha-Punjabi and Garba-Geetanjali
Women’s groups. For Women only. Booking required. |
| VENUE: |
Ramgarhia Family Centre, 1061-1063 Foleshill
Road, Foleshill, Coventry |
| TICKETS: |
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| DETAILS: |
Jaspreet Singh, 01203 685988 |
| EVENT: |
MOSAIC WORKSHOPS |
| DATE: |
10.30am
– 12.30pm or 2.30 – 4.30pm |
|
Mosaic making workshops for
women only, booking necessary as maximum of six per workshop. All materials provided, but
bring or wear overalls or old clothes. |
| VENUE: |
Artspace, 16 Lower Holyhead Road, Coventry |
| TICKETS: |
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| DETAILS: |
Lizzy Murphy, 01203 553533 |
| EVENT: |
IN CONVERSATION |
| DATE: |
7pm |
|
The writer Buchi Emecheta
will be reading from her work, and will be in conversation with the writer and journalist
Kadija Judge. |
| VENUE: |
Main meeting room, Central Library, Smithford
Way, Coventry |
| TICKETS: |
Open to all. |
| DETAILS: |
Roi Korbina, 01203 832328 |
| EVENT: |
WRITING WORKSHOPS |
| DATE: |
1pm |
|
The writer and journalist
Kadija Judge will be hosting workshops in writing for students. |
| VENUE: |
Main meeting room, Central Library, Smithford
Way, Coventry |
| TICKETS: |
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| DETAILS: |
Roy Corbina, 01203 832328 |
| EVENT: |
CENTRE AT7 |
| DATE: |
10am
- 6.30pm |
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Activities all day including
Bums, Legs and Tums |
| VENUE: |
Centre AT7, Bell Green Road, Coventry |
| TICKETS: |
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| DETAILS: |
Centre AT7, 01203 688696 |
| EVENT: |
RETURN TO NETBALL |
| DATE: |
1pm
- 4.30pm |
|
Rediscover those hidden
skills on the netball court; practice skills, update on the rules, get back into playing.
(1 - 3pm mature ladies, 3 - 4.30pm teens.) |
| VENUE: |
St Anne's RC School, Chace Avenue |
| TICKETS: |
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| DETAILS: |
Clyde McIntosh, 01203 832481 |
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