From the “ Mother Ship ” UK " get yourself along to an NWR meeting and life will become more interesting "
From the “ Mother Ship ” UK " get yourself along to an NWR meeting and life will become more interesting "
Natalie Punter NATIONAL ORGANISER
Samantha Bushell NWR OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR
Kate Dobson FINANCE MANAGER
Angela Norman NWR OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR
Llana Levine WEBSITE & PUBLICITY COORDINATOR
Greetings from the outgoing UK National Organiser
I am so sorry for not being in touch sooner as I intended . I have officially stepped down - yesterday - and , clearing my inbox , I came across your email .
The past couple of years have been particularly busy involving staff shortages and a lengthy process of new website development . A new Finance Manager , Kate Dobson , was employed in January 2014 . The Website and Publicity Coordinator , Alyson Watts , left the post in February 2015 and a replacement , Kath Latham , was not appointed until October 2015 . Of course I am aware that Mary Dodkins used to keep in touch with you and , in fact , had agreed to continue to do so with news of NWR activities here . However , I believe her ongoing health problems have prevented her from doing so .
The website is now looking good and is currently managed by Ilana Levine as Kath Latham is on Maternity Leave . Natalie Punter is working more hours than me and has the new title of National Organiser . Both Natalie and Ilana are full of enthusiasm and fresh ideas for the future of NWR . Please feel free to get in touch with them : ilana @ nwr . org . uk ; natalie @ nwr . org . uk .
All the very best to your members , Kathryn Buckman
Street Address : National Women ' s Register ( Registered Head Office ) 23 Vulcan House , Vulcan Road North Norwich NR6 6AQ
Website : https :// nwr . org . uk Email Address : office @ nwr . org . uk
Response to Kathryn Buckman and Bev Shaw from Natalie Punter
Kathryn , Thank you for this introduction … and Bev ,
I look forward to further contact with you once I have a firmer handle on my role .
Regards , Natalie
UK NWR National Conference 2015 – GLASGOW
The NWR National Conference & AGM 2015 took place in Glasgow on Saturday 20 June in the beautiful and historic Grand Central Hotel . The trustees , staff and conference committee were delighted to welcome 260 members . Many made a weekend of it and enjoyed wraparound events including a guided tour of Glasgow ’ s historical sites .
We had an impressive line-up of high calibre speakers talking on the theme of ‘ Diverse Connections ’.
The conference kicked off with award-winning writer and journalist Alistair Moffat who captivated the audience on the subject of DNA and how much it can inform us about our ancestry . In addition to Alistair was BBC broadcaster and writer Sally Magnusson who talked movingly about her mother ’ s dementia , which led her to write Where Memories Go and starting up the charity Playlist for Life . Finally we got to hear from English language teacher and co-author of the children ’ s novel Food Wars , Mairi Nasr . Mairi lived in Lebanon for several years and gave us food for thought about accommodating different cultures .
NWR Short Story Competition 2015 : “ FREEDOM ”
The competition was held in June this year . Four of our Australian members sent through their stories to the UK Office to show what our Aussie members can put down in words their insight into “ Freedom ”, in no more than 2000 words . !!!!!!!
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