Women's Help Centre Ltd

HANDSWORTH INSPIRED!!

womenshelpcentre — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 16:47:13 +0000

Welcome to our new Creative Writing Group called Handsworth Inspired.

This is a writing group for women and is being supported by the writer, Myra Connell. The first group meeting will be taking place on Monday 10th January 2011 from 10am to 12pm and we hope to get your creative juices flowing. We are meeting at Women’s Help Centre, 321 Rookery Road, B21 9PR, so come in from the cold and have a cup of tea or coffee.

Sessions will be taking place every Monday until the end of March 2011 and will be fun and informative. This is not a training course but can hopefully give you practical ideas to direct your inner monologue into a strong voice to share with us all.

We want to hold a mirror up to reflect the amazing diversity of Handsworth. Therefore we are planning to publish our writing in a booklet which can include stories and poems in English written by the group. We value the importance of hearing the voices from Handsworth that get hidden therefore we will also be encouraging women from all races, religions, nationalities and ethnic origins to take part. We will be including the stories written by the women in their ‘mother tongue’ and translated into English. Stories and poems included can be submitted anonymously.

If you are not available during the group session which has been scheduled for Mondays 10am to 12pm, please contact us on 0121 551 2370 or email womenshelpcentre@yahoo.co.uk and we can try to make arrangements if we can.

We’re not expecting Shakespeare to come and join us. You and your ideas, personal experience, family history, short stories, poems, song lyrics, oral history, however big or small are all welcome. So if your New Year’s resolution has been to try something new, come and join us. Who knows it might be the start of something big…..

Handsworth Inspired is part of Handsworth Empowering Women’s Project which is based at Women’s Help Centre, 321 Rookery Road. This project is funded by Be Birmingham, Successful Neighbourhoods Fund.

Handsworth Inspired

Come along to the Christmas Markets with us!!

womenshelpcentre — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:23:06 +0000

On Monday 20th December 2010 we are going with a group of women and children to the Christmas Markets in Birmingham City Centre. Do you know any families in Handsworth who are struggling to find something to do these school holidays or anyone who hasn’t seen the Christmas Markets yet?

Enjoy the festive fun, food and take some Christmas inspiration for the coming week.

We will be setting off at 12 noon and will be returning from the City Centre between 3.30 and 4pm depending on the weather. There will be free bus travel!! We will be travelling by bus together with the travel costs being paid via the Handsworth Empowering Women’s Project. This project is funded by Be Birmingham, Successful Neighbourhoods Fund for the Handsworth PN10 area.

Call us on 0121 551 2370 to let us know if you would like to join us on Monday 20th December.

Come along, all women and children welcome to join our group!!

Welcome to our new blog.

womenshelpcentre — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:54:11 +0000

Located at 321 Rookery Road in Handsworth, Birmingham next door to Trinity Methodist Church adjacent to Farnham Road and Greenhill Road

Have a look to find out about our upcoming events for the next few weeks.