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Salisbury & Wiltshire

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Salisbury & Wiltshire is a thriving Branch with some 200 members. We support a number of educational activities that include working with primary schools and with fifteen local state secondary schools to encourage improved standards in both written and spoken English. We also support the UK Public Speaking Competition by organising local heats (both on Zoom and in-person), the winners of which progress to the regional and then, if they are successful, to the national finals.  We are very proud that a team from South Wilts Grammar School in Salisbury has won the national competition 3 times in recent years. We promote and organise locally, Public Speaking Workshops where specialist members of staff from Dartmouth House come down to spend a day teaching public speaking skills in local schools, and we also have a team dedicated to promoting the ESU’s Oracy in Action programme.

On the social side, we run a monthly programme of speakers and lunches for members and guests from September to May each year.  If you think that you might be interested in helping us, either on the educational side or on the social side, or you would simply like to become a member and attend our monthly talks and lunches please do get in touch with our membership secretary Peter Garbutt (details above).

We would love to hear from you.

Michael Tulloch

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Upcoming events in Salisbury & Wiltshire

Millet: 'Life on the Land' with Jenny Newman

Salisbury & Wiltshire

The sower, the woodcutter, a shepherd girl. These are the subjects that made French artist Jean-Francois Millet famous. Jenny will look at his life and some of his best loved paintings and drawings and the context in which he worked in the village of Barbizon in the Fontainebleau Forest in…

The Battle of Britain over Salisbury with John Smith

Salisbury & Wiltshire

John will describe why the Battle of Britain (10th July – 31st October 1940) was seen over the Salisbury skies and how unprepared the country was. Various model British and German aircraft used will be on display and explained, as well as where aircraft production took place in Wiltshire, and…

The History and the Ongoing work of the Commonwealth and War Graves Commission with Stew Kilby

Salisbury & Wiltshire

Stew will talk to us on the history and formation of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, what they do, why they do it and what the future holds for the organisation charged with commemorating and remembering the lost lives of 1.7 million men and women from both World Wars. The…

Past Forward: Salisbury Museum for Future Generations with Adrian Green

Salisbury & Wiltshire

Salisbury Museum has undergone a £5.1 million redevelopment called Past Forward, mainly funded with grants from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. It created exciting new galleries dedicated to local history, ceramics and natural history. The medieval King’s House, home of the museum, has undergone significant conservation and our café and…

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