Fully Booked! #GWLneedsyou – GWL asks ‘What can we offer women across Scotland?

This event is for women from all over Scotland to stake their claim in GWL now and into the future. Wherever you are based outside Glasgow and whether you have participated in previous library events or not, this is a chance for you to join us at our newly refurbished building and archive in Bridgeton and let us know what you want us to deliver for you and your network. This uplifting gathering will include a keynote speech from the writer Zoe Strachan, a screening of our inspiring film March produced in partnership with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, discussion,
workshops and poetry slam performances. Numbers are limited so make sure you book your place early!

Friday 12th February
10.30-4.30pm,

Glasgow Women’s Library, 23 Landressy Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow
All Ages
This event is free of charge
Women Only Event

Day schedule

10.30am-11 – Registration and tea/coffee

Morning Session( 11-12.30):
• Welcome and keynote address from writer Zoe Strachan,
• What we want to do for women around Scotland, (Morag Smith GWL National Lifelong Learning Development Worker),
• Learners and volunteers from West Dunbartonshire Women’s History Group talk about “Our GWL”
• Film showing – March

12.30-1.30pm networking lunch and guided tours of GWL’s newly refurbished space

Afternoon Session (1.30-4.30pm)
• Global Café – a chance to get creative, meet other women from around Scotland, find out what GWL can offer you and tell us what else you want and need,
• Performances from the Harpies, Fechters and Quines 2014 Poetry Slam finalists,
• Feedback and ideas from the global café
• Closing remarks from Adele Patrick, GWL Lifelong Learning and Creative Development Manager.

(The afternoon session will include a break for tea/coffee)

Booking:

#GWLneedsyou is currently fully booked! We are now operating a waiting list for this event. If you would like to go on the waiting list, please e-mail eleftheria.lazaridou@womenslibrary.org.uk or phone 0141 550 2267. You will be contacted before Friday 5th February if a place is available

This event is free to attend. You can book below (you will be taken through the shopping cart but no charge will be made). If the event is Sold Out please email eleftheria.lazaridou@womenslibrary.org.uk with your full name, phone number and preferred email contact and we will add you to the waiting list. For more information call Morag on 0141 550 2267. If you book a place but can no longer attend please let us know so we can make the place available for someone else.

PLACES AT THIS EVENT ARE LIMITED. PLEASE NOTE THERE IS NOW A BOOKING LIMIT OF 2 SPACES PER PERSON.