Category: National Lifelong Learning Blog

Women Poets Wanted!

We’re really excited about the Harpies, Fechters and Quines All Woman Poetry Slam at the Forest Cafe, Laurieston Place, Edinburgh,on Wednesday 24th June, and we’re looking for budding performance poets to strut their stuff on the night for our 3 judges and lucky audience.

Rachael Kerr talks about her placement with the national lifelong learning project.

From planning events and workshops to creating rosettes and banners, there hasn’t been a dull moment whilst being on placement at the Glasgow Women’s Library, and there certainly hasn’t been […]

Join our National Lifelong Learning Team

Due to the continued expansion of our National Lifelong Learning programme and the development of a Sharing Heritage lottery funded project in West Dunbartonshire, we are now recruiting for part-time sessional staff to join our dynamic team and help us deliver our unique learning programme in different locations across Scotland.

21 Revolutions, an Orkney poet and a road trip – Harpies Fechters and Quines 2014

Women in the arts was the theme for this years Harpies Fechters and Quines festival in Edinburgh which ran from 9-21st June. Within that theme we had a wide range of activities, talks and workshops, from zine making and creative writing to fabulous exhibitions and fascinating talks.

Dundee Women’s Festival 2014: ‘Sisters in Crime’

On Wednesday 5th March, I joined Morag Smith (National Lifelong Learning Development Worker at Glasgow Women’s Library) at the ‘Sisters in Crime’ session at Menzieshill Community Centre, Dundee. Part of […]

Illuminated Letters Workshop – West Scotland College, Greenock

On Wednesday 19th February, I joined Morag Smith (National Lifelong Learning Development Worker at Glasgow Women’s Library) at an Illuminated Letters workshop at the West College Scotland campus in Greenock. […]