THE recovery support group, GriefShare, meets at Glenwood Presbyterian Church on Saturday mornings at 10.30am.
This is an international, non-denominational support course. Each session is stand-alone, and one may join at any stage of the 13-week course.
Contact Heather Main on 031 205 4555 or 083 789 4555. Visit: www.griefshare.org
THERE will be a Hirsch’s Springfield Park Business Networking meeting on 28 May at 10am.
Contact Bianca on 031 242 2600 or bianca@hirschs.co.za
UMBILO Congregational Church, 498 Bartle Road, Umbilo, will host a braai night this Friday 29 May at 5.30pm and a fleamarket on Saturday 30 May from 7am to noon.
Contact Wally van Rooyen on 031 465 4985 should you wish to book a table.
KZN Quilters Guild will host an open day on Saturday 30 May at Durban Girls’ High School, Lena Ahrens (Manning) Road, from 9am to noon.
Enjoy a quilt show, shops, demonstrations and teas.
Cost is R40 for visitors. Contact Pauline on 082 806 9149.
GREEN Camp, 246 Umbilo Road, will host a garage sale on 30 and 31 May from 9am to noon. Clothes, plants, coffee and food will be on offer. Contact Xolani on 071 907 9996.
LAMBERT Road Baptist Church, 114 Lambert Road, Morningside, is hosting a craft market on Saturday 30 May from 8am to noon. There will be lots of stalls, as well as a tea garden and boerewors rolls. If you would like to book a table at R30, contact Eileen on 031 208 8580.
THE film, Cowspiracy: The sustainability secret, will be viewed on Saturday, 30 May at 4pm at the Cane Growers Hall, ML Sultan Campus, DUT, ML Sultan Road, Durban.
The film will be followed by a Q&A session facilitated by Brett Thompson and dinner. Free admission and parking.
For catering purposes, RSVP to community.connectdurban@gmail.com
LIFELONG Learning together with the School of Law at UKZN invite the public to hear Prof George Devenish on Monday evening 1 June at 6pm at Howard College Theatre, UKZN.
Devenish is Professor Emeritus of Public Law and a past Head of the Department of Law at the University of Natal. He assisted other scholars in drafting the Interim Constitution on which the final Constitution is based.
Cost is R50, which includes light snacks. All welcome.
Book online and pay in advance at www.LLLkzn.net or call Rochelle on 073 725 7381.
THE CANSA support group meets on Tuesday 2 June at CANSA Durban, 619 Umbilo Road, at 6pm.
The meeting will be facilitated by dietician, Natalie Bowden. She helps unpick the web of nutritional ideas for cancer. This practical, user friendly session will help to identify realistic dietary goals to help sufferers cope through cancer treatment or assist in prevention of recurrence.
Contact Linda Cipolla on 031 205 9525.
TAFTA on Ridge will host a fete at 51 East Street, Overport, on Saturday 6 June from 8am onwards.
Browse the many different tables and pick up bargains such as handwork, cosmetics, shoes, new and second-hand clothing, woollen items, books, white elephant items, and more. There will be a tea garden and boerewors rolls will be on sale.
Should you wish to drop off donations, contact 031 208 4175.
PRAYER, healing and forgiveness – explore the connections with Michelle Nanouche, an international speaker from France and a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship. Her free talk Angry no more will be at Bellhaven Memorial Hall, 217 First Avenue, Greyville, at 2.30pm on Saturday, 6 June.
All welcome. Contact dgcanning@gmail.com or 083 782 0035.
All KZN private adoption workers will host a workshop on Saturday 6 June for prospective adoptive parents in the upper room at Westville Methodist Church, 38 Jan Hofmeyr Road, Westville.
Registration will be from 8am and the workshop will close at 12.30pm. All those who wish to learn more about adoption are welcome to attend.
Presentations will be given by adoption social workers, adopters and adoptees will share their stories and people will be able to ask questions and network with others. Light refreshments will be served.
Cost is R50. Contact Heather on 083 460 5872 or Silvi on 072 318 2566 to book your place.
THE KwaZulu-Natal Branch of the South African Military History Society will meet on Thursday 11 June at the Murray Lecture Theatre, Department of Civil Engineering, UKZN, at 7pm.
The speakers will be Major General Chris le Roux on Operation Vimbezela and Mr Robin Smith on The Escape of the Goeben and Breslau.
Contact Roy Bowman on 084 951 2921 or Ken Gillings on 031 702 4828. More details about the Society may be found on its website: https://samilitaryhistory.org
TRANSFORM conflict at weekly meditation classes in Morningside on Thursday evenings from 7pm to 8.15pm at Positive Health, 5 Claribel Road and on Tuesday mornings from 7.45am to 8.30am at 323 Innes Road.
Everyone is welcome. Cost is R40. Contact 031 266 0148 or info@meditateindurban.org
THE Morning Trade has moved from 8 Morrison Street to much larger warehouse premises at the Station Drive Precinct, 15 Station Drive.
Join The Morning Traders every Sunday between 8am and 1pm to shop for your farm fresh ingredients, delectable homemade specialties, fresh cut flowers, top quality meats and wholesome, locally produced food – or just to meet friends over delicious artisan food and drink.
NAZARETH House Charity Shop, 82 South Ridge Road, Berea is open daily Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 2.30pm. The charity shop raises much-needed funds for the home and needs the support of the public.
Any donations of clothing, bric-a-brac etc are welcome. Nazarerth House will collect. Contact 031 261 2207.
TAFTA will host a support group for friends, family members and care givers of Alzheimers patients at TAFTA Lodge, 42 South Beach Avenue, Durban. Contact Nivashnee on 031 332 3721 for more information.
SASFA, South African Senior Fitness Association, will hold exercise classes for the over 50s every Thursday morning from 9am to 10am at the Masonic Lodge, 25 Hunt Road. To join and for more information, contact Gill on 031 702 6522.
CHESHIRE Home Sparks Estate, 145 Mary Road, Sydenham, invites the public to support its charity shop every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9am to 11.30am. All welcome.
