KSP Writers’ Centre Summer Season at the KSP Get set for Katharine’s Birthday on Sunday 1 December from 11am-2pm, our end of year free community event. The day includes a guided heritage tour, award ceremonies, poetry and prose performances, sausage sizzle, café cakes, and general merriment. All welcome. With the school holidays coming up, it’s time to start thinking of activities to keep those young-uns’ busy! KSP will be running a Holiday Hub writing workshop for ages 12 and up on Thursday 16 January 2020 from 9.30am-11.30am, which will uncover the ins and outs and what it takes to write a book from two Aussie authors who’ve done it (insider secrets included!). The workshop is hosted by special guest award-winning Young Adult authors, Eleni Hale and Hayley Lawrence, who are visiting the Centre all the way from the East Coast of Australia and are ready to inspire Perth’s next generation of young writers. Tickets from $20. Don’t worry, adult writers, we’ve got something for you as well! On Sunday 12 January from 1-4pm, we have a workshop on writing memoir from another special guest author from Victoria,
Lee Kofman. You will learn some of the basics of this popular writing genre: how to find the right theme to focus on, how to structure your life story so that it makes for an engaging reading, how to turn yourself and the people in your life into compelling characters and how to seduce your readers by describing your experiences vividly. We will also discuss the role of emotional honesty in writing about ourselves. Tickets from $35. Advance bookings essential, as a minimum number of bookings are required one week prior to workshop, in order to commence. And some news for all the local history buffs: The KSP Board of Management are currently focussing on heritage conservation of this beautiful Greenmount property and its collections. We are sharing historic discoveries and progress through our newsletter and blog; if you’re interested, you can sign up to our mailing list for free via the KSP website. To book or for more details on any of these activities please visit the KSP website www.kspwriterscentre.com or phone the office on 08 9294 1872.
Soroptimist International of Helena We will be continuing to take part in the Green Batch programme and sending plastic bottle tops, bread tags and other recyclable plastics to Clayton View Primary School. The November meeting produced a Strategic Plan for 2020 with some exciting ideas to make our fundraising more fun. We will be continuing with the traditional Quiz Night, the Fashion Parade, the Bunnings sizzle and some new innovative plans. Being the end of the year, our club is finalising reports and entering all activities, donations, advocacy activities and projects in the Programme database. This information is collated for the UN Representatives who will be attending New York March 2020 Our annual bursary grants will be made early next year for the student progressing to High School from Clayton View Primary School and for the SVSHS Drama/Arts scholarship students of Year 11 and 12. A donation will be made to the annual Presidents Appeal, “Women Water and Leadership. This appeal has achieved over 400.000 pounds with some of the money being directed to the Indonesian recovery from earthquake and tsunami appeal. Plans are in hand to distribute the books, Bella’s Challenge to schools with whom we have had an association, Bella Burgemeister is a young author who has rewritten the 17 UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development in a language that children can understand.
Members have been preparing bags for the Share the Dignity programme “Its in the Bag” to assist homeless women and girls over Xmas. The 16 days of Activism, starting 25th November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, leading up to Int. Human Rights Day, 10th December, is acknowledged by our club when we took part in the March that Matters in Midland on 21st November. We have prepared some white ribbons to be offered to participants of the March. Christmas celebrations are underway and we wish all Darlington Review readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. May you have a safe festive season and return in 2020. Remember: The club welcomes new members and hopes that any ladies who wish to make a difference to the lives of women and girls, please check on our website: www siswp.org/HelenaInc or follow us on Facebook at Soroptimist International of Helena Rosalie Gordon 92996230
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