Centurion resident receives Woman of Stature in Community award

EL Gosling has won the Woman in Community award in the Women of Stature annual awards, recognising her dedication to her community.

The awards aim to honour women who achieve success in their industry and inspire other women to transcend traditional boundaries and make a lasting impact on those around them.

Gosling received the award for her EL Foundation, which advocates for education, skills and leadership development.

She has a passion for empowering women and children and restoring the values, dignity and dreams of women and children now and in their future.

Gosling has deep ties to her community. In fact, she is related to Dorothy Lorentz, who owned a portion of the farm Zwartkop that became Eldoraigne in 1949.

“As a child we played in the veld. There was nothing,” she told Rekord.

Gosling has seen the region grow from its beginnings to what it is today.

“Development was necessary, I remember we had to travel quite far to a shopping centre.”

She was one of the first students at Hoerskool Eldoraigne, and has been part of many of the area’s landmark moments.

“I remember when I first went to the school, we didn’t even have a uniform. We all had different uniforms from other schools.”

She said in her time, the school was just one building.

“Today it has grown into something to be so proud of.

“There is culture and respect. I think the learners that come from there are so well groomed.”

Gosling said she sees that the learners go through their time in the school, and then, once they have finished, come back and continue the community.

“It’s like a fountain, it will just go on and on, growing the community.

I believe this is just an example of what we can see for Centurion.”

Her community was always important to her, and she felt she had a responsibility to make sure she was a part of it.

She sought out ways to get involved, whether small or big, she put in her all to make a difference.

“I couldn’t help but learn from the community, but also serve the community.

There must be fair exchange.”

The award is just the next step in her aspiration to continue making a difference.

“With this national award, I feel like I can look at the bigger picture.”

She aims to help the smaller organisations, where the causes can be funnelled into a more organised process and where she can use her experience to help others make an impact to those around them.

“In the past I was trying to do things, looking for how I could help. Now I feel that I am attracting things.”

Gosling said she always kept the end in mind when she tackled a new project and worked her way towards that goal.

“Once you have the end in mind, the pathway will just unfold in front of you.

I have met people with such serious problems, and I feel blessed that I was able to work and give them some hope.

Now it is time for me to teach and educate,” she said.

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