Glow Meet: using small, everyday actions to change perceptions of refugees

Simple Acts – Spirit Project, Wednesday 9 May, 11 am, http://glo.li/Iuk9ba
http://ltsblogs.org.uk/glowscotland/2012/04/30/simple-acts-share-a-story/

Simple Acts is about inspiring individuals to use small, everyday actions to change perceptions of refugees. Through Glow TV you can join weekly events that highlight individual acts such as learning about a refugee experience, cooking a dish from another country and finding out about the new Spirit Project. The series is on every Wednesday morning at 11 am.

World of Work Wednesdays – Working in Science

Wednesday 9 May, 2 pm, http://glo.li/KX4GAQ
http://ltsblogs.org.uk/glowscotland/2012/04/30/world-of-work-wednesdays-working-in-science/

Science is part of our everyday life and Life Sciences are particularly important, with stories on the news nearly every week telling us about new medical technologies and treatments for diseases. Science requires individuals with many skills and interests – and not all scientists work in a laboratory. The panel for this session al have different jobs and their qualifications, training and experiences are varied.

Children’s photography exhibition a resounding success

The winning photographs in the Art in the Windows project were unveiled to the public in Cupar on Friday (27 April), and over 200 people came to see them.
Pupils from the four primary and secondary schools in Cupar worked with a professional photographer on the ‘Art in the Windows’ project for two months, photographing themselves getting active around the town to inspire Cupar residents to get moving.


http://www.fife.gov.uk/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.display&objectid=0E4A728A-D82C-59DD-6084E747C83A8EF5

The Nation//Live: Work – free National Galleries/Visible Fictions event in West Dunbartonshire

Monday 7 May, 7.30pm, Free Event (30 min)

Bruce Street, Clydebank (Beside Clydebank Town Hall)


A National Galleries of Scotland Education Outreach project

in partnership with Visible Fictions and West Dunbartonshire Council Libraries and Museums

For more info visit nationalgalleries.org/nationlive <http://www.nationalgalleries.org/nationlive>

or find Jimmy Who? on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jimmy-Who/298820470173088>


The Nation//Live: Work has been written by Martin O’Connor

in collaboration with the people of Clydebank


This performance celebrates the life and legacy of Jimmy Reid, the trade unionist and one

of the leaders of the 1971-2 Work-in at the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders. Created by

Glasgow-based theatre company Visible Fictions, it is part of a project coinciding

with the 40th anniversary of the Work-in. The project addresses the meaning of work

in contemporary Scotland, specifically in relation to Clydeside.