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Women: Breaking the Mould at Royston Wardieburn

BREAKING THE MOULD

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Breaking the Mould is a new project which aims to record and celebrate inspirational women from North Edinburgh who have made a difference to the lives of others locally, nationally, internationally. The North Edinburgh project is looking to find women from the community who have ‘broken the mould’, and who will be featured in an Edinburgh wide publication.

We are trying to find out and learn more about local women of North Edinburgh, who did/ are doing amazing and remarkable things for their community and who we feel can inspire women and girls today and in the future. To do this we are discussing women from the North Edinburgh area who are or were engaged in a range of social and political campaigns, including women’s involvement in the recent Scottish Independence Referendum. Other areas of women’s activism that will be looked at are throughout the 20th century looking at the 1960s and 70s, the war years and the women’s suffrage movement.

At the moment we are chatting about what we mean by a women having ‘broken the mould’.

The group of women meet every Wednesday from 11 – 1pm in Royston Wardieburn Community Centre. A free crèche is provided for participants’ children. Free Tea, coffee and biscuits are provided.

If you would like more information or to join the group please call Lynn McCabe at Royston/Wardieburn Community Centre on 552 5700 or Janette Bond, from the Workers’ Education Association on 225 2580.

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Women: Breaking the mould

Breaking the Mould is a new project which aims to record and celebrate inspirational women from North Edinburgh who have made a difference to the lives of others locally, nationally, internationally.  The project is particularly interested in identifying and publicising those women from our community who have ‘broken the mould’.

The achievements of many Edinburgh women are well known to us.  Names such as Elsie Inglis and Helen Crummy have been celebrated with honours and memorials.   There are many other women out there, however, who may have been forgotten about who really deserve to be remembered.

The group who are undertaking this research live locally and will be supported by  a local Community Learning and Development worker  and a tutor from the  Workers Education Association.  The group will be meeting every Wednesday from 10 – 12 in Royston Wardieburn Community Centre – first session is next Wednesday (1 October).    A free crèche is provided for participants’ children.

Our short list of women who ‘Broke the Mould’ will be  included in a new Edinburgh-wide booklet which will be launched at a special event at  the Scottish Parliament next year.  We  also hope to create an exhibition displaying the images of all our inspirational local  women.  The exhibition will be launched at a community event in North Edinburgh Arts Centre next summer.

If you are interested in joining the group or would like more information about how you can get involved  call Lynn McCabe  at Royston/Wardieburn Community Centre on 552 5700  or  Isobel Hart,  from the  Workers Education Association on 225 2580.

Alternatively, check out the North Edinburgh Breaking the Mould  Facebook page.   For more  information about the project in other areas of the  country contact: https://www.facebook.comWEABreakingthemould

Lynn McCabe