She/her-- Volunteer Co-ordinator at Glasgow Women's Library -- Championing feminist leadership -- All views are my own
Glasgow, Scotland
Joined July 2011
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I've just come across our volunteer Becky's latest blog for @womenslibrary . As usual with her blogs I've ended up fascinated by something I thought I had no interest in (in this case, cricket).
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Once a month a few @womenslibrary volunteers and staff gather over lunch to chat about what they've been reading. Our volunteer Aileen then pulls together some recommendations. You can find November's here: womenslibrary.org.uk/2024/11…
Here is a little summary of what the @womenslibrary team has been reading recently: memoirs, non-fiction, poetry, historical fiction, nature writing, and an artist's exhibition book. Find out more:
womenslibrary.org.uk/2024/08…
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Thank you for supporting the
@womenslibrary
Volunteering Programme, enabling us to involve dozens of volunteers in our work, enriching the organisation, and creating a strong and vibrant community.
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Have you been on a @womenslibrary Women's Heritage Walk? Which one is your favourite? What totally surprised you?
(Haven't been? Well here's your chance! womenslibrary.org.uk/events/… )
We have tickets left for the next @womenslibrary Women's Heritage Walk in the Necropolis, Saturday 8th June, 2-4pm
Come and hear about stories of both the notorious and the forgotten women who are buried in this Victorian cemetery overlooking the city.
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A couple of last minute spaces on a 1 hour East End Women's Heritage Walk for #GlasgowCityCouncil Walking and Wheeling Festival, starting from Glasgow Green this afternoon. Led by the kickass @womenslibrary volunteer tour guides!
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This month's Book Picnic recommendations from @womenslibrary volunteers and staff:
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Gabrielle Macbeth retweeted
Our #BookPicnic recommendations for April are now live! Including titles by @sarasheridan @BadsvilleBroad @flint_writes @LizziePook and @reo_lowe
📚 ⬇️
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Looking for advice please 🙏 Has anyone hosted students from the EU on placement since Brexit? @womenslibrary has a long history of providing student placements (supported by their academic institution) and want to continue to do so, but wondering what's involved post-Brexit?
Who's still to read Fingersmith by Sarah Waters?
This historical crime novel set in Victorian-era Britain with a lesbian romance is such a classic!
Here is a review by our volunteer Helen which I hope whets your appetite: womenslibrary.org.uk/2024/04…
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Gabrielle Macbeth retweeted
Join us at @womenslibrary next Thursday for an exciting discussion on women's countercultural creativity.
Engage with the library's rich collections with @beccamale & @DrAdelePatrick to explore women's pioneering and often unrecognised work in the arts.
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More excellent and varied reading recommendations from @womenslibrary volunteers and staff, including travel writing, memoir and fiction from around the world: womenslibrary.org.uk/2024/03…
Big thanks to our volunteer Jenna who compiled this month's list. 🌟
Do you organise volunteers within Scotland's heritage sector? Check out this @VolOrganisers session about diversifying heritage organisation boards.
Free, online, Thursday 28th March, 2pm-3pm.
#MakeYourMark
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What have the @womenslibrary team been reading recently?
womenslibrary.org.uk/2024/02…
Thanks to our fab volunteer Aileen for pulling all the recommendations together this month.
Here's a cracking selection of recommendations from @womenslibrary volunteers and staff this month: fiction from Japan, travel writing, and non-fiction on topics including witches and the "autism industrial complex".
womenslibrary.org.uk/2024/01…
Gabrielle Macbeth retweeted
Volunteering can exclude people with support needs, with many roles requiring mobility, autonomy and public speaking.
Join our next free event on 25 January to hear from @rzss about how they enable everyone to participate in natural heritage volunteering: bit.ly/InclusiveNatVol
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What amazing news! Big congratulations Giovanna 🙌🎉
Poems are so different off the page.
I always (unless I'm on the bus) try to read poetry aloud.
👂🏽 Hear me reading my Silenced by My Mother's Tongue - included in the @ByLeavesWeLive's Best Poems Antholgy - here. Click and scroll to the bottom to listen scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk…
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I've just signed up for this. Can't wait!
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📢 Conference programme now live!
Our conference on 29 February will cover a range of topics, including:
✅ Involving disabled volunteers
✅ Recruiting multilingual volunteers
✅ Funding inclusive volunteering
View the full programme & book now: bit.ly/MYMconf24
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Volunteer Coordinators/managers:
Next Wednesday a few of our volunteers will be talking about the ways they've supported @womenslibrary with digital roles (both remotely and in person): blogging, podcast making, listing collections, data entry etc
Free hybrid event free. Link ⬇️
