This week’s Wednesday Freebies section consists of topics on- a) Oxford to celebrate women’s rights and former Mayor; b) This year’s Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity arrives next month; c) Get your free pack of Princes Tuna Fillers. Also, check out for more freebies in our blog section everyday.
Oxford to celebrate women’s rights and former Mayor
Olive Gibbs, formerly the Lord Mayor of Oxford, will be commemorated on the centenary of her birth at a public event on 6th February,at the Assembly Room of the city. The Labour politician was born on 17th February, 1918, the year women won the right to vote.
Olive Gibbs had chaired the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and was also Deputy Lieutenant of Oxfordshire. She was awarded by Oxford Brookes University with their first honorary degree. She was Lord Mayor twice, once in 1974 and then in 1981,of Oxford.
As part of the 100th anniversary of women’s vote in the UK and of Oxford International Women’s Festival, the free event will be held on 6 February with suffragette colours of flags, in green, white and purple will be flown across the council.
Deputy leader of Oxford City Council and Labour councillor, Susan Brown said the commemoration gives a chance to thank women from Oxford and the rest of the country for fighting for rights to fully participate in society. She wanted to hear their amazing stories and learn more about local women and help to celebrate them this year.
This year’s Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity arrives next month
Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity will take place in Nottingham this year, from 14th to 21st February, in various venues across the city. The free event happens thanks to Ignite and STEMCity. Megan Shore, producer of the festival talked about what instore for the 2018 event.
The festival is coming in for the fourth year running. From a ad-hoc event put together in weeks, they have become more organised, with a team of partners working to get it happening. The festival is run in 3 phases. For school activities, for public city-centre activities and community venues for half term activities.
The festival brings the STEM out of the lab, into the hands of the public, giving them opportunities to express their curiosity. They are keen in bringing something for everyone, with a diverse line up in the programme this year. The producer said they have got some really special engineering and maths activities to be interactive. Matt Young, the co-producer, has been brilliant using his expertise to develop the science event for adults, the Curios Lates programme
Science is not a ‘geeky subject’ but a creative one. Imagination and creativity is needed to find solutions, for even many of the challenges in daily life. The festival is also running activities on dinosaurs, about the sleep patterns, diet and daily lives. There are special activities on Sundays for families with disabilities and special educational needs.
Nottingham’s science history and legacy of scientific culture is represented in Green’s Mill & Science Centre. There will be also a free workshop on poetry, inspired by Ada Lovelace. Visitors can interact with the two universities of Nottingham, on their world-class research. Visitors should look forward to some activities during the free event, like in the city centre on 17 February (Saturday) at Broadway, the Central Library and NVA, intu Broadmarsh. Little ones can be entertained in Sneinton, Bulwell and Bilborough libraries. For those liking comedy, the NVA is hosting the award-winning ‘All-Star Science Riot.
Get your free pack of Princes Tuna Fillers
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