Address: Abbots Morton Village Hall, Abbots Morton
near Inkberrow
Worcestershire
WR7 4NA
For directions here’s a link to the location of the village hall on google maps
Turning off Alcester Rd into Abbots Morton, travel along Village Rd (opposite Morton Wood Lane); carry on up the lane for about 1/2 a mile and you will see a sign to the Village Hall on the left. Any problems finding the hall please call: 0121 444 0437.
Westall Park is one of the UK’s finest natural burial grounds and aims to create a place which those who wish to remember their loved ones will want to visit, not out of a sense of duty, but from the pleasure and peace of mind it can evoke. Westall Park has created an eco-friendly cemetery as a place for quiet reflection in an informal setting amongst trees, wild flowers and wildlife. Eventually it will become a woodland glade, full of nature where all wildlife is encouraged to thrive.
Address: Holberrow Green, Nr Redditch, Worcestershire, B96 6JY
A map can be found by clicking this link.
The service will start at 3.30pm followed by food and music at 5pm
You are welcome to bring a bottle with you to enjoy with the food afterwards.
Address: The Unitarian Church, 31 Ryland Street, Five Ways, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B16 8BL
A map can be found by clicking this link.
Parking
Please do not to park in the church parking lot before 6pm as you may receive a ticket.
The closest car park is:
Broadway, 25 Ruston Street, B16 8BB
From Five Ways island roundabout, exit on Broad Street and turn left onto Ryland Street. Turn left again onto Grosvenor St W and before the road bends, the Unitarian New Meeting Church is on your right. However, please continue to follow the road around the bend to access Broadway Pay and Display multi-storey parking at Ruston Street, on your left.
Or
From Five Ways island roundabout, exit on Ladywood Middleway and turn right at the first traffic lights on to Friston Ave. Next turn right onto Ruston Street and on your right is the entrance to a multi-storey car park. After parking, follow the road around onto Grosvenor St W and the church is on your left.
Broadway Plaza, 220 Ladywood Middleway, B16 8LP
From Five Ways Island Roundabout, exit onto Ladywood Middleway, staying in the left lane and as you pass the traffic light, enter the entrance for Broadway Plaza. Once parked, return to the Ladywood Middleway and cross over at the traffic lights. Stay to your left as if you are going down Ladywood Middleway and turn right onto Friston Ave. At the end of Friston Ave turn right onto Ruston Street. Follow the road around the bend onto Grosvenor St W, and the church is on your left.
135 Tennant Street Multi-storey, B15 1DA or Park at Euro Car park, 60 Bishopgate Street, B15 1DB
Take Bishopgate Street to Broad Street. Cross over and walk up toward the Five Ways Roundabout. Turn right on to Ryland Street and left onto Grosvenor St W. See the church on your right.
Family flowers only please.
If you would like to send a gift the family have chosen to support The Unitarian Church’s Youth Program – which Joanna and Konya had been involved with.
You can make donations by adding to the collection box available on the day or you can send a cheque to the General Assembly of Unitarians.
If sending a cheque please write “Jo Skelt funeral donation” on the back, and make it payable to: “General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches”
Cheques should be posted to:
General Assembly of Unitarians
1-6 Essex Street
London
WC2R 3HY
If you’d like further details of the program please visit The Unitarian Youth Programme
Westall Park is a field which can get muddy, so suitable footwear is advisable.
The dress code for the morning is black.
Please come in whatever makes you feel comfortable later in the day; in fact Jo’s wish was that everyone would wear colourful clothes for the afternoon.
at Abbots Morton Village Hall and Westall Park Natural Burial Ground.
Really Sad. May her soul RIP.
Please see below my communication with her in 2016 to publish her thesis in SLWS.
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*From: Joanna Skelt* (School of History and Cultures)
Sent: Thursday, *3 November 2016 12:55*
To: SLWS Publisher
Subject: RE: Manuscript on Sierra Leonean Literature to Publish
Dear Mallam,
That is great. I am very pleased to be associated with the rejuvenation of literature in Sierra Leone and to contribute to this ambition. I will complete the book proposal form in the next 2 weeks and would then appreciate a firm commitment to publish and then I will not contact other publishers.
My thesis only had a few minor corrections after the viva which were updated before I was awarded my PhD. However, I would like it to be edited, fully, before publication and I would like to write a new brief introduction but there is not much work to be done.
With regards,
Joanna
Dr Joanna Skelt
Research Associate in Community and Participatory Arts
Institute of Applied Health Research
University of Birmingham
Teaching Fellow in African Studies and Anthropology
School of Histories and Cultures
University of Birmingham
From: SLWS Publisher [publisher@sl-writers-series.org]
Sent: 02 November 2016 19:53
To: Joanna Skelt (School of History and Cultures)
Subject: Re: Manuscript on Sierra Leonean Literature to Publish
Dear Joanna,
So great to hear from you. I remember hearing from you while you were on your research. Congratulations on completing your thesis.
Yes, Prof Pede Hollist is right; your work is an asset! We would be thrilled to publish this under our Research titles.
You would have to complete the attached book proposal so that we can do a quick review. I don’t see any issues with a PhD thesis which has gone through professional review. If corrections were recommended, I hope that’s all being fixed.
Please visit our website for our publication policies.
Thank you so much for your special support.
Best wishes
Mallam O.
Prof Osman Sankoh (Mallam O.)
SLWS Publisher
http://www.sl-writers-series.org
Warima / Freetown / Accra
From: Joanna Skelt (School of History and Cultures)
Sent: Wednesday, 2 November 2016 14:02
To: writersseries.sl@gmail.com
Subject: Manuscript on Sierra Leonean Literature to Publish
To the publisher,
I am currently looking for a publisher for my PhD thesis on: The social function of writing in post-war Sierra Leone: poetry as a discourse for peace.
Dr Onipede Hollist recently read my thesis and described it as a seminal work on Sierra Leonean literature.
I have included a brief synopsis below. I have not approached other publishers as am keen to work with you and help develop your enterprise and literary representation in Sierra Leone.
With regards,
Joanna
Here is the synopsis:
*This thesis considers how creative writing contributes to social recovery and conflict transformation in Sierra Leone. In order to do this, existing theory in relation to the role of the writer and conflict in Africa is examined and a detailed social and literary context outlined.*
*The civil war of 1991-2002 prompted a poetic outpouring amongst new and existing creative writers despite a chronic lack of readership. Interviews with poets based in the capital, Freetown, reveal strong social motivations to write combined with heightened feelings of agency experienced as writers. An examination of texts provides insights into the process of recovery amongst Sierra Leone’s writer-intellectuals.*
*These combined investigations suggest that writing offers an important location for peaceful counter debate and for re-imagining and recreating the nation in the aftermath of war. Poetry texts and discussions amongst writers come to represent a significant discourse for peace. The very practice of writing in a severely impoverished environment offers a radical form of social engagement while writing in English serves as a unifying force.*
Dr Joanna Skelt
Research Associate in Community and Participatory Arts
Institute of Applied Health Research
University of Birmingham
Teaching Fellow in African Studies and Anthropology
School of Histories and Cultures
University of Birmingham