Refresh Events
Events and Lunchtime Seminars
Lunchtime Seminars - see below for details of confirmed topics and
speakers.
Seminar Programme for 2007/2008
Venue: The Rock
Centre, 1st Floor, 61/63 Murray Place, Stirling
Time: 1.00 for
snacks and tea / coffee. 1.10 talk, followed by Q&A. Finish by 1.50
To book: places are limited and numbers are required for catering, so
please ring 01786 462647 or email refresh@rockcommunityproject.org.uk
Cost: £2 for
refreshments.
CHILD PROTECTION, Thursday, 04 Oct
2007
Are you doing it right?
Bill Eadie, Head of Children's Service Support & Development,
Stirling Council asks:
- Is your Child Protection fit for purpose?
- Does it comply with current best practice?
- Are there other things you could be doing to keep children safe?
A MUST for anyone working with children, young people
or vulnerable adults.
INSIGHTS INTO DEMENTIA, Thursday, 01 Nov
2007
Who Gets It? How to recognise it, how to avoid it and
what to do if it's you or someone you care about.
Prof. June Andrews, Director of Stirling University's Dementia Services Development
Centre.
BEING IN LOVE - STAYING IN LOVE, Thursday, 06 Dec
2007
Looking at your love styles. Unpacking intimacy. How
to help Love survive Christmas.
Prof. Alex Gardner, writer, broadcaster and Professor of Psychology.
MIND MATTERS, Thursday, 07 Feb
2008
More about how to stay healthy in mind and body. Dr.
Jane Gallacher continues this popular series.
MORE THAN ANIMALS, Thursday, 06 Mar
2008
There's some evidence that a person who abuses an
animal is significantly more likely to go on to abuse a fellow-human. It's also known that a person's
emotional and physical health can benefit from living with an animal. So, what
is this strange chemistry between people and their pets, and can it teach us anything about being human? Vet Ian
Paterson explains.
THE ASBO GENERATION, Thursday, 01 May
2008
Why does anti-social behaviour seem to be a young people thing when the fact is that most of it is done by adults? What do today’s young people think about their place in society, and what do they think of adults? Rock Community Project Youth Workers tell it as they find it.
Various contributors.
DECISIONS DECISIONS!, Thursday, 05 Jun
2008
Many decision situations involve conflict over the
right course of action. Anne Pingenot,
researcher in applied cognitive psychology, provides useful tools for making
decisions in these situations and suggests some strategies for handling
conflict when it arises.
REFRESH Seminars are a voluntary service offered by The Rock
Community Project for anyone working in Stirling. The programme aims to be a mix of
interesting, intriguing, socially relevant and helpful to people’s
personal and professional lives. Speakers are generally eminent in their
field, but with a Stirling connection which gives the seminars a local
relevance. They give their services free of charge. The charge for the
seminar is to cover the cost of food only.
It is wise to book in so that we know to cater for
you, but if you are interested, you are welcome anyway.
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NOTHING CONTROVERSIAL, Thursday, 04 Sep 2008
In over 30 years of public service as MP and latterlyMSP, the name Dennis Canavan has been synonymous with standing up for
little people against the powerful. In his private life, few people have had to
shoulder a burden of grief like his. All this means that what he has to say
will always be worth hearing. 'Nothing controversial'? That would be a first.
LASTING IMPRESSIONS, Thursday, 02 Oct
2008
In crime, truth can be stranger than fiction. Get yourteeth into the astonishing world of forensic dentistry with expert witness Howard Moody.
UPDATE ON CLIMATE CHANGE, Thursday, 06 Nov
2008
- What does the Science say now?
- Is the ground shifting beneath our feet on global warming?
- Are renewables all they are cracked up to be?
- What does it all mean for Forth Valley?
John Ferguson of SEPA
CHILDREN'S RIGHTS, Thursday, 04 Dec
2008
What are they? What
should they be? What about adults’ rights? What about responsibilities –
adults’ and children’s? Anne Salter, Children’s Rights Officer with
Stirling Council, will look at the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child
and what it means in practice for children living in Scotland.
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