This community newsletter provides information on upcoming local events and opportunities for community involvement in Doncaster, England. It announces that children's artwork exploring their visions for the community will be displayed at an upcoming event. It also promotes International Women's Day events, multicultural workshops, and opportunities to get involved in a youth film project and women's business group. At the end, it thanks two community organizers for their work over the past year.

1. COMMUNITY NEWS
In This Issue:
 Children’s Gallery
 IWD 2015
 Youth Week
 Thank You!
BALBY, CENTRAL & INTAKE SPRING 2015
.
DROP-INS
You can now drop-in to see us
every Tuesday at the DCLC
on Bennetthorpe between
11.30 AM and 3.30 PM. So if
you want to meet new people,
lead a community project or
help make positive change in
your community, feel free to
come along and talk to us.
Tea & coffee will be available!
CONTACT US
DoncasterCOs, DCLC,
37 Bennetthorpe, Don-
caster DN2 6AA
Doncastercommuni-
tyorganisers@outlook.
com
@Doncaster_COs
DoncasterCommuni-
tyOrganisers
doncastercorganis-
ers.wordpress.com
CHILDREN’S GALLERY!
Doncaster Community Organisers have been visiting schools
and children centres within the areas of Balby, Central, Intake
and Wheatley to empower local children to share their views
about their ideal community. Children aged between 5-11 years
were encouraged to draw and use other forms of art to express
their ‘loves’ and ‘concerns’ for their area.
On Thursday 2nd April between 4 PM and 6 PM, there will be a
one off event at the Quaker Meeting House to present the
drawings to the community, along with raising funds for poten-
tial projects following the drawings. There will also be activities
for children run by local artists and volunteers during the event.
If you would like more information, please contact Bianca on
bianca.vartic@corganisers.org.uk or 07929336821.

2. My Network:
Women In
Business
Do you run your own
business? Or planning to
but don’t know where to
start? My Network:
Women In Business has
been set up by local en-
trepreneurs who want to
share knowledge and
ideas about the funda-
mental skills of business.
If you’re interested in
finding out more about
the group, please con-
tact the group on
07568540998 or via
email mynetworkfor-
women@gmail.com.
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY! Buggalugs!
There will be another
baby & toddler nearly
new table top sale in
Tickhill, Methodist
Chapel Schoolroom,
Northgate on Satur-
day 25th April be-
tween 11 AM - 2 PM.
To book a stall or
any enquires, please
visit the website bug-
galugs.com, email
bugga-
lugs10@gmail.com
or phone Jude on
07881612098.
On Friday 6th March local women from across Doncaster and South
Yorkshire participated in Doncaster Community Organisers International
Women’s Day event at the Quaker Meeting House on St. James’ Street.
There were a number of speakers at the event discussing issues affect-
ing women nationally and internationally including, the sexualisation of
women in the media, the underrepresentation of women in public roles,
the need to increase women in business and the difficulties facing ethnic
women in modern Britain.
Campaign groups, such as Amnesty International Sheffield, 50:50 Parlia-
ment and No More Page Three York, along with the Mayor of Doncaster,
Ros Jones, who opened the event and the MP for Doncaster Central,
Rosie Winterton, who participated in the closing Q & A session, empow-
ered local women to ensure their voices are heard in issues (local or
global) affecting women. There were also workshops throughout the day
on community arts, building women in business and promoting communi-
ty cohesion. For more pictures of IWD event, please visit our website.

3. ENGAGING YOUTH
Along with the Children’s Gallery, Doncaster Community Organisers have
been visiting schools, youth clubs and youth organisations to engage chil-
dren and young people with the community through the use of artwork
and activities. Children and young people are often left out of the decision
-process and therefore as a result, funding for the young are often cut by
local authorities to save money or to use for other local services. Our work
with children and young people hopes to build better communication links
between youth and local authorities.
The artwork and photos from the activities with youth will appear at the
Children’s Gallery on Thursday 2nd April between 4 PM and 6 PM at the
Quaker Meeting House on St James’ Street. For more information, please
refer to the front page of the newsletter.
Want to learn a new
language? Make new
friends? Or experience
different cultures?
Join our weekly workshops
at the Doncaster Central
Learning Centre (DCLC) on
Bennetthorpe every Tues-
day from 30th March
(except 7th April) between
11 AM and 2 PM, where
volunteers from a variety of
nationalities will share their
cultural heritage with the
community! For more infor-
mation, please contact Ma-
yan on 07718618779.
Interested in
Film-making?
Keen local actors,
media and film enthu-
siasts, and film-
makers are still need-
ed to help Alfred pro-
duce a full-length fea-
ture film on the lives
of young people living
in Doncaster.
If you would like to
find out more about
the project or show
interest, please con-
tact Alfred Tanan on
07448165597 or by
email at alfredtan-
an@gmail.com.
DATES FOR YOUR
SPRING DIARY:
30th March - Ongoing:
Multi-cultural work-
shops.
2nd April: Children’s
Gallery and End of
Year Celebration . Bian-
ca and Maggie’s Last
Day!
3rd - 7th April: Easter
Break!
7th April - 23rd May: On
going door-knocking in
the St James’ area.
25th April : Buggalugs
Nearly New Sale.
7th May: Election Day!
23rd May: Gemma’s
last day.

4. Amendments
From the Winter
Newsletter:
 The date and
venue of the
Childrens’ Gal-
lery has been
moved from 26th
March at Masion
House to 2nd
April at Quaker
Meeting House.
 The pre-planned
dates for the
community litter-
pick with Stirling
Primary were
cancelled due to
the mistiming of
funding.
 Central Ward
door-knocking
moved from
Apley Road to
Stirling Street in
February.
Photos
Please note all of the
photos used for this
newsletter received
full permission from
the authority in ques-
tion.
A big thanks to Chui-
Wan Kong and Eden
Zekarias for the use
of their pictures of
the International
Women’s Day
Event .Printed by: printing.com –Doncaster, 70 Silver Street, Doncaster DN1 1HT
Promoted by: Doncaster Community Organisers, 37 Bennetthorpe, Doncaster DN2 6AA
THANK YOU!
From Friday 3rd April, Bianca Vartic
(centre of picture) and ‘Maggie’ Niknam
(pictured right) will have finished their
training year and therefore will no longer
be working in the Doncaster communities
of Balby and Intake/Wheatley.
Both Community Organisers thank every-
one who has supported their work in the
community and offer their support to volunteers who will be carrying on
the community organising work in their communities. Both organisers
will be distributing their own newsletter to highlight their work over the
past year.
Gemma (pictured left) will be continuing her training until 23rd May with
the Central Ward area of Doncaster. If you would like to find out about
volunteering in your community, please contact Gemma on
07812745666 or by email at gemma.cobby@corganisers.org.uk.
Good Luck Bianca & Maggie! Here are photos at some of
the events from the past year...
Buggalugs! Voices and Faces!
Multicultural Workshops! Project Planning Meetings!