COMMUNITY NEWS

In This Issue:

Children’s Gallery

IWD 2015

Youth Week

Thank You!

BALBY, CENTRAL & INTAKE SPRING 2015

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DROP-INS

You can now drop-in to see us

every Tuesday at the DCLC

on Bennetthorpe between

11.30 AM and 3.30 PM. So if

you want to meet new people,

lead a community project or

help make positive change in

your community, feel free to

come along and talk to us.

Tea & coffee will be available!

CONTACT US

DoncasterCOs, DCLC,

37 Bennetthorpe, Don-

caster DN2 6AA

Doncastercommuni-

tyorganisers@outlook.

com

@Doncaster_COs

DoncasterCommuni-

tyOrganisers

doncastercorganis-

ers.wordpress.com

CHILDREN’S GALLERY!

Doncaster Community Organisers have been visiting schools

and children centres within the areas of Balby, Central, Intake

and Wheatley to empower local children to share their views

about their ideal community. Children aged between 5-11 years

were encouraged to draw and use other forms of art to express

their ‘loves’ and ‘concerns’ for their area.

On Thursday 2nd April between 4 PM and 6 PM, there will be a

one off event at the Quaker Meeting House to present the

drawings to the community, along with raising funds for poten-

tial projects following the drawings. There will also be activities

for children run by local artists and volunteers during the event.

If you would like more information, please contact Bianca on

bianca.vartic@corganisers.org.uk or 07929336821.

My Network:

Women In

Business

Do you run your own

business? Or planning to

but don’t know where to

start? My Network:

Women In Business has

been set up by local en-

trepreneurs who want to

share knowledge and

ideas about the funda-

mental skills of business.

If you’re interested in

finding out more about

the group, please con-

tact the group on

07568540998 or via

email mynetworkfor-

women@gmail.com.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY!

Buggalugs!

There will be another

baby & toddler nearly

new table top sale in

Tickhill, Methodist

Chapel Schoolroom,

Northgate on Satur-

day 25th April be-

tween 11 AM - 2 PM.

To book a stall or

any enquires, please

visit the website bug-

galugs.com, email

bugga-

lugs10@gmail.com

or phone Jude on

07881612098.

On Friday 6th March local women from across Doncaster and South

Yorkshire participated in Doncaster Community Organisers International

Women’s Day event at the Quaker Meeting House on St. James’ Street.

There were a number of speakers at the event discussing issues affect-

ing women nationally and internationally including, the sexualisation of

women in the media, the underrepresentation of women in public roles,

the need to increase women in business and the difficulties facing ethnic

women in modern Britain.

Campaign groups, such as Amnesty International Sheffield, 50:50 Parlia-

ment and No More Page Three York, along with the Mayor of Doncaster,

Ros Jones, who opened the event and the MP for Doncaster Central,

Rosie Winterton, who participated in the closing Q & A session, empow-

ered local women to ensure their voices are heard in issues (local or

global) affecting women. There were also workshops throughout the day

on community arts, building women in business and promoting communi-

ty cohesion. For more pictures of IWD event, please visit our website.

ENGAGING YOUTH

Along with the Children’s Gallery, Doncaster Community Organisers have

been visiting schools, youth clubs and youth organisations to engage chil-

dren and young people with the community through the use of artwork

and activities. Children and young people are often left out of the decision

-process and therefore as a result, funding for the young are often cut by

local authorities to save money or to use for other local services. Our work

with children and young people hopes to build better communication links

between youth and local authorities.

The artwork and photos from the activities with youth will appear at the

Children’s Gallery on Thursday 2nd April between 4 PM and 6 PM at the

Quaker Meeting House on St James’ Street. For more information, please

refer to the front page of the newsletter.

Want to learn a new

language? Make new

friends? Or experience

different cultures?

Join our weekly workshops

at the Doncaster Central

Learning Centre (DCLC) on

Bennetthorpe every Tues-

day from 30th March

(except 7th April) between

11 AM and 2 PM, where

volunteers from a variety of

nationalities will share their

cultural heritage with the

community! For more infor-

mation, please contact Ma-

yan on 07718618779.

Interested in

Film-making?

Keen local actors,

media and film enthu-

siasts, and film-

makers are still need-

ed to help Alfred pro-

duce a full-length fea-

ture film on the lives

of young people living

in Doncaster.

If you would like to

find out more about

the project or show

interest, please con-

tact Alfred Tanan on

07448165597 or by

email at alfredtan-

an@gmail.com.

DATES FOR YOUR

SPRING DIARY:

30th March - Ongoing:

Multi-cultural work-

shops.

2nd April: Children’s

Gallery and End of

Year Celebration . Bian-

ca and Maggie’s Last

Day!

3rd - 7th April: Easter

Break!

7th April - 23rd May: On

going door-knocking in

the St James’ area.

25th April : Buggalugs

Nearly New Sale.

7th May: Election Day!

23rd May: Gemma’s

last day.

Amendments

From the Winter

Newsletter:

The date and

venue of the

Childrens’ Gal-

lery has been

moved from 26th

March at Masion

House to 2nd

April at Quaker

Meeting House.

The pre-planned

dates for the

community litter-

pick with Stirling

Primary were

cancelled due to

the mistiming of

funding.

Central Ward

door-knocking

moved from

Apley Road to

Stirling Street in

February.

Photos

Please note all of the

photos used for this

newsletter received

full permission from

the authority in ques-

tion.

A big thanks to Chui-

Wan Kong and Eden

Zekarias for the use

of their pictures of

the International

Women’s Day

Event . Printed by: printing.com –Doncaster, 70 Silver Street, Doncaster DN1 1HT

Promoted by: Doncaster Community Organisers, 37 Bennetthorpe, Doncaster DN2 6AA

THANK YOU!

From Friday 3rd April, Bianca Vartic

(centre of picture) and ‘Maggie’ Niknam

(pictured right) will have finished their

training year and therefore will no longer

be working in the Doncaster communities

of Balby and Intake/Wheatley.

Both Community Organisers thank every-

one who has supported their work in the

community and offer their support to volunteers who will be carrying on

the community organising work in their communities. Both organisers

will be distributing their own newsletter to highlight their work over the

past year.

Gemma (pictured left) will be continuing her training until 23rd May with

the Central Ward area of Doncaster. If you would like to find out about

volunteering in your community, please contact Gemma on

07812745666 or by email at gemma.cobby@corganisers.org.uk.

Good Luck Bianca & Maggie! Here are photos at some of

the events from the past year...

Buggalugs! Voices and Faces!

Multicultural Workshops! Project Planning Meetings!