Women in Construction, Nottingham City Homes' Rebecca Hart and some of the tradeswomen who are working in construction for them joined us for our Women into Film session this week. Along with watching the iconic "The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter" film which tells the story of women who learned and worked in traditional trades building aircraft, ships, jeeps and other war related necessities, during the second world war in the United States. We heard from Rebecca and he

Our Women into Film course group were treated to a real gem this week. Karen Livesey joined us, director of The Ladies' Bridge, a wonderful documentary telling the story of the women who rebuilt Waterloo Bridge in London during the second world war. As with much of womens' history, their endeavours were hidden from most of us. The riverboatmen of the River Thames have however kept telling this tale to those London visitors who take a tour down the river. The true story of wom

We're working with some brilliant new volunteers, tutors and support workers on our new programme. Take a look at our What's On page to find out how you can join us. We kicked off the new term with a very inspiring induction session at Cobden Chambers co-working space in with some fantastic food supplied by Eshe from Yemoja Foods