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New Section: ARTS Events as RISC Latest: Exile in Ink and Fact in fiction |
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up and coming International Festival events at RISC
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Reading
Greenpeace at the Pirate Pahaaaarrrty!
Friday 26th October |
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October
12th 6.30 pm |
Reading
International Festival
Events, meetings, film, music and more exploring Reading's links with wider world |
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| Click on image right for a larger version Alternative pottery nights at the Global cafe... Get creative... See some pictures and feedback from the first session As well as re-using old stuff we were finding new meanings and find beauty in the discarded andthe ugly. We question our own way of seeing and handling material, giving them an identity, concocted from elements of its past and its re birth into the present. If you would like to join us for our monthly alternative pottery night and have ideas/interest Then
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By Steve Hart, from 20th March Ordinary people tell their storuis more than 12 years after the tribal conflict that turned to genocide. This mid-African country suffers many of the problems associated with the developing world' How do these people cope on a day to day basis with issues of malnourishment, poverty and AIDS. How do we relate to a coutry 4.000 miles away, what would you find if you went there? This stunning exhibition provides the opportunity to revisit a people and country that many only associate with the genocide, to find a life that is worth living.
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Alternative
pottery night If you are curious ask the bar staff for more details or call
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Starting in April: Maternity cover for our Centre Facilities Manager Plus several volunteer pportunites, get involved at RISC, be part of it! |
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Reading International Solidarity Centre Town Centre Office Space To Let Due to
re-location of One World Week's office within the Centre we now have
available a suite of ground floor offices (up to 653 sq.ft@£15/sq.ft)
including services. Many resources are available within the centre
including shared kitchen, photocopiers, conference and meeting rooms,
educational roof garden, café bar, fair trade shop, development education
resources and much more. For details and viewing please contact either martin@risc.org.uk Tel:0118 9586692 |
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On Sale Now! In RISC’s World Shop - Only £14.95 - Early Years Global Education Handbook A handbook packed with over 70 activities! 12 sections; family, garden, food, senses, music & games, story tent, Ghana, South Africa, India, China, Mexico, Trinidad & Tobago, resource cd with weblinks, and an extensive recommended book list. A must for anyone working with the under 5’s. “I am proud that people in my town, Reading, have produced this extensive resource to add to existing resources, focusing on a world view, fair trade and the environment, to enable all young children and those who work with them to counter inequalities and injustice” Jane Lane, advocate worker for racial equality in the early years. |
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Chosen by member of RISC's Bookclub (& 10% off in the World Shop Bookshop) The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy This International number one bestseller won the 1997 Booker Prize, and has been hailed a classic ever since. It is a complex and beautiful story of an Indian family who cross social boundaries of class, wealth and behaviour. The first of many compelling novels by an author who has become a strong political and environmental activist on an International and local level. "A masterpiece, utterly exceptional" Harpers and Queen"It is rare to find a book that so effectively cuts through the clothes of nationality, caste and religion to reveal the bare bones of humanity. A sensational novel" Daily telegraph. |
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discuss this and other international classic and new fiction, why
not join the bookclub, contact liz at risc.org.uk for details.
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Growing Up Global, blook lauch and conference
For all Early Years Workers, the Growing Up Global handbook will be
available later this month! It
challenges stereotypes, giving children a fair and balanced view of
our world. The handbook includes over 70 activities...a resource cd...colour photos...weblinks...book recommendations 2006. This handbook demonstrates how global education can be a thread running through teaching and learning right from the start. To support the launch of the Book RISC is holding conference at RISC on 29th January for all early years workers. The £15 conference fee includes a free copy of the book, worth £15.00! |
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| Global Cafe's ever popular quiz night celebrates Reading international festival with a global quiz
Wednesday's 8.30pm Global cafe 35 London St, Reading £1/person to play Join us for 5 rounds of 10 questions, winning team can donate winnings to a local charity of their choice. Maximum of 6 people to a team or just join in with others.
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| Please donate any unwanted foreign currency We can accept both NOTES and COINS to Risc, particularly all the old European currencies. We can then change through a scheme operated by Travelex for charities. What to do
next. If you have any unwanted currencies you can spare then either
drop into the collecting box in the World Shop or alternatively post
directly to Risc 35/39 London Street RG1 4PS. Thank you for your support |
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RISC has joined forces with The Phone Co-op, the UK's leading ethical provider of telephone and broadband services, offering phone calls, line rental and broadband. When you use their service 6% of what you spend on phone calls and broadband goes to RISC. The Phone Co-op was the UK's fastest growing co-operative in 2004, and now has over 13,000 customers, why not become one of them and support This is because they give their customers what they want: a low cost service, backed up by ethical, green values. Your values. They offset all CO2 emissions resulting from the connecting of their customers' phone calls. They also pay a proportion of their profits each year into a co-op development loan fund to help new and expanding co-operatives. The Phone Co-op belongs to its customer-members so its profits don't go to outside shareholders. This means they can offer excellent value. For instance, the Home User tariff is 15% cheaper than BT's Option 1, with 2mb Broadband from £18.99 per month. They have many other tariffs to suit every type of phone & internet user, supported by friendly and efficient customer services. In their recent customer survey, 90% of customers said that they offered good value for money, and 82% rated their customer services as "good" or "excellent". If you wish to benefit from their service, while helping RISC to raise funds, please call them on 0845 458 9000, quoting "RISC 331/AF0259" or Visit the RISC Phone page for more information. JUST DOWNLOAD THIS FORM, choose your option and send it with a copy of a recent phill bill to the Phone Co-op, they will do the rest. |
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