Area of interest: Hobbies & Leisure
Event type:
Friday, 19 February 2010
Fairtrade Week Skills Dating
7:00pm to 11:00pm
RISC Conference Hall, 35 - 39 London Street, READING, RG1 4PS
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Skills dating!
Friday 19th February, 7pm - late
RISC, conference hall
Cost: £3
Heard of speed dating? Well, this is very similar, although you won’t be swapping numbers for romantic reasons, but in order to swap skills with a new friend! You might find yourself writing a poem in exchange for a delicious cake- or fixing a boiler in exchange for a French lesson. Sound good? Then start thinking of what skills you have to offer and come along (with an item representing your skill) for a fun-filled evening of new faces and entertainment.
Exhibition:The evening will be documented by local photographer Candida Lucca and exhibited in Reading High Street during Fairtrade Fortnight.
The event will also include invited guest speaker, Tom Allen from Trading Vision and live music from local Afrobeats group Limpopo and Beth Jollice.
This event has been organized to welcome in Fair trade Fortnight: aiming to encourage direct and equitable trade between people in our local and global communities.
Some skills ideas!
Everyone has something to share, and you might find yourself wanting a skill that you never thought you needed (or never heard of!). Here is a little list we put together:
- Car share/lifts
- removals
- plumbing
- teaching
- dog walking
- computer repairs/lessons
- Bike repair/lesson
- Portrait painter
- Sandcastle builder
- Hair cut
- Legal advice
- DIY maintenance
- Website design/class
- Cookery lesson
- Logo design
- Cake baking
- Singing / instrument lessons
- Gardening/advise
- Yoga
- Language classes
- Life model (nude or portrait)
- Music lesson
- Band/singer (that will come and play for you)
- Photoshop/design skills
- Knitting
- Crochet
- Origami dinosaur making
- Massage
- Kissing lessons
- Reflexology
- Swimming lesson
- Photography
- Financial advice
- Tennis lesson
- Family tree researcher
- Translator
- Proof reading
- Read to me
- Video production
- Ironing
- Counselling
- Houswork
- Carpentry
- poet
- Brick laying
- Willow structures
- Painting or decorating
- Art class
- Meditation
- Music advisor
- fashion advisor
- writer
- book keeping
- food taster
- a blind cleaner
- cleaner (window, car, house)
- broken heart fixer
- have a go on a WI before you buy
- personal trainer
- Tea/ tarot reader
This event is supported by Reading LETS Group
www.readinglets.ik.com and the co-operative group and has been organised by Anna Chapman(MA Art & PoliticsGoldsmiths College) 
Telephone: 0118 9586692
Fax: 0118 9594357
Email: risc@risc.org.uk
Web site: www.risc.org.uk
