sports - information and booking

'Breaking the Chains', a ground breaking exhibition about Britain and the slave trade, opens Monday 23 April 2007 in Bristol's Empire and Commonwealth Museum. Planned to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade, the 1 million Heritage Lottery funded exhibition will act as the centrepiece of the former major slave trading port's commemoration programme. Breaking the Chains will be a major exhibition at the museum and has been developed in partnership with Bristol City Council's Museums, Galleries and Archives service. It will pay tribute to the resilience and courage of those who were enslaved and the tireless abolition campaigners. The exhibition will run for two years. For more information visit www.empiremuseum.co.uk or call 0117 925 4980.

Walk the fascinating Sugar Trail around Bristol's Georgian House, identifying the goods and commodities that reveal evidence of transatlantic slavery and how they shaped the goods that were produced and consumed in 18th century Britain. An interpretation leaflet for the Georgian House connected with Abolition 200 entitled 'The Sugar Trail' will be launched on Wednesday 1 August 2007.

This year long exhibition in the Central Library tells the fascinating story of how Bristolians lived in 1807 ranging through trade, education, holidays, entertainment and crime. Designed to complement and build on the Abolition 200 year, it uses historical sources to capture a snapshot of Bristol as experienced by local people.

This unique exhibition, open every day except August Bank Holiday Monday, complements the new display at Bristol Museum of the most complete dinosaur fossil ever found in Britain. Taking its title from a humorous poem of the 1920s, the library exhibition (devised, written and mounted by Art Librarian Anthony Beeson) also features toy dinosaur collectibles such as those found in breakfast cereal boxes.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the twinning agreement between Bristol and Tbilisi, Georgia, enjoy this special exhibition exploring the history and culture of the capital city, through documents, artefacts and archives. Look out for additional Tbilisi events through Bristol Libraries and Bristol International Twinnings Association (BITA).

Booking: Call the Reference Library on 0117 903 7202 or e-mail refandinfo@bristol.gov.uk

Further details: The exhibition will run until October, along with other featured Tbilisi events.

This two-day course will teach delegates how to motivate and develop their teams. It combines current theory and practice with practical exercises to help delegates gain confidence in their management style. The course forms stage one of a three-stage programme of blended learning.