The 11th UCD Fashion Show "A Night with the Stars" will be held on Wednesday and Thursday in the Library, RDS, Dublin, at 8 p.m. All proceeds from the shows will go to the Simon Community to help Dublin's homeless. Students will model clothes by student designers from the NCAD and the Grafton Academy. Tickets at £10 are available in the Arts Block, UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4, and by credit card on (01) 2877506.
To celebrate the 10th birthday of Childline, there will be a fund-raising casino evening with spot prizes, live music, full bar and food in Renards nightclub, South Frederick Street, Dublin, on Wednesday February 25th from 8 p.m. Funds are urgently needed to extend the hours of Childline and to train more volunteers. Tickets are £25, with group discounts (for more than 10 people) available. Phone Aoibhinn in the ISPCC on (01) 6794944.
The Asperger Syndrome Association of Ireland (ASPIRE) is holding a meeting next Saturday for parents of children and adults with special needs at Taney Parish Hall, Dundrum, Co Dublin, from 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Speakers will include Dr David Carey, a psychologist and lecturer in education, Froebel College of Education, Blackrock, and Geraldine Graydon, a parent and PRO for the Attention Deficit/ Hyperactive Disorder Association (AD/HD).
Dr Carey will talk about training programmes to provide information for parents with children of special needs, and to advise on coping skills and legal rights, and Geraldine Graydon will focus on guide- lines for the practical ways in which parents can help. The cost, including lunch, is £20 (concessions available). Further details from (01) 287 1122/295 1389.
Kate Kelly will give a two-hour introductory workshop on the Alexander Technique in the Galway Arts Centre, Nuns Island, next Saturday at 2.30 p.m. This technique can help people by preventing the build-up of unnecessary tension that causes backache and uneasiness, as well as improve vocal and breathing difficulties. Details on (091) 565886
The Centre for Women's Studies, Trinity College, Dublin, hosts the second of four public seminars at lunchtime tomorrow. Ann Broekhoven, chief executive of the Well Woman Centre, will give a talk entitled "The Well Woman Centre: 20 Years On" in Conference Room 2026 in the Arts Block. All are welcome to attend the talk from 1 p.m. to 2.30 p.m.
Do you suffer from icy hands that are painful and change colour whatever the weather? If so, you may be suffering from a condition called Raynaud's and can find out more about it and the Irish Raynaud's and Scleroderma Society by sending an SAE to the society at P.O. Box 2958, Foxrock, Dublin 18. Tel (01) 2350900.