Blayney District VIEW club is now enjoying it’s winter recess period. Rather than break over Christmas/New Year, Blayney club has a two month recess during the winter months, when going out of an evening is not always the most enjoyable thing to do!
The first six months of the year have seen many wonderful guest speakers as well as a considerable growth of members.
We must be doing something right!
In January Mary Rodwell spoke to us about her work in East Timor. March saw us celebrating St Patricks Day in style with local Irishman Gerry Faulkner entertaining us with all things Irish – songs, poetry and a little Gaelic speaking.
Other interesting speakers were Maxine Chapman, a local artist who spoke about creative arts and retirement, Lyndall Harrison and Sally Ryan who spoke about their recent trip to Nepal and Matthew Hibberson who is the local Learning for Life family partnership coordinator.
It’s always interesting to hear more about Learning For Life.
VIEW has been going since 1960 and has consistently supported the Smith Family, whose main focus now, is educational support for disadvantaged students through Learning For Life.
Blayney proudly supports four students at the moment.
Currently there are over 70,000 Learning For Life students Australia wide, around 18,000 of whom are in NSW.
VIEW ( Voice, Interests and Education of Women) began in 1960 when it was recognised that societal roles for women were shifting and many wives & mothers were feeling socially isolated. At the same time the Smith Family was needing support and funds to continue it’s welfare support for families.
The collaboration between the two has been highly successful!
Blayney is very proud to be celebrating it’s 27th birthday when dinner meetings resume in September and over the years has supported a huge number of students as well as contributing to other programmes the Smith Family runs such as the Digital Learning programme and the book and Christmas appeals.
The club’s Programme Officers have been hard at work and have a long list of guest speakers in hand – a list which will well see the club into next year.
