Enjoy two live theatre performances at the Attic Theatre in Royston at the end of February. Bouncers & Shakers, both directed by award-winning director Peter Heppelthwaite, tell stories of London nightclubs in the infamous 1980s. With all the music and references to match, Bouncers follows 4 door men and Shakers follows 4 waitresses as they […]
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The last few months have seen some exciting changes at Royston Museum. In December we welcomed Emma, our new Museum Manager. Emma has worked for a range of different museums and heritage sites, primarily in learning and engagement. She loves nothing more than chatting to visitors and creating fun activities and events for everyone to
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The Royston Repair Café is ten years old and there’s much to celebrate. In the past decade at 33 Repair Cafes sessions, 32 different volunteer repairers attempted 1100 repairs and were successful with over 600 of them. Compared with The Repair Shop on TV, the stars of the show are less the owners and their
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Dave Lowe is the Group Managing Director of The Caro Group, a company that has been located in Royston for over 20 years manufacturing Rainwater Drainage Outlets, Flood Defence Products and Paving and Decking supports. The group also includes its own foundry that makes most of its products. Where do you live and how long
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In 2017 Dave Rance and the Rockin’ Chair Band started playing jazz on Monday lunchtimes in Royston on a monthly basis. The band play Traditional, New Orleans and Dixieland-style jazz along with providing great humour. At the time, some people queried lunchtime on this day of the week but it became a great success. Unfortunately,
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Home-Start Royston & South Cambridgeshire has been supporting families since 1983 in North Herts, South Cambs and Buntingford. Home-Start is a registered charity that supports local families with children aged 9 and under who are struggling with post-natal depression, isolation, physical and mental health problems, relationship problems, multiple-aged children, bereavement and many other issues. Parents
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Members of the new Royston community choir Somewhere 2 Sing have had quite the first term, as their members feel the buzz from their recent public performances. Somewhere 2 Sing was founded by choir director, Duncan Rutherford, in 2016, and since starting with only a handful of attendees, the family of choir groups in the
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If you are struggling to afford your energy bills, you might be able to get support from the government or your energy supplier. The first step is always to contact your supplier to find out what they can offer. You may be eligible for benefits including the Warm Home Discount, Cold Weather Payments or the
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Do the words, ‘Performance Review’ fill you or your staff with fear? That usually means you have been on the end of poorly delivered feedback in the past. Giving (and receiving) feedback is a skill that you should learn and practise, and encourage your team to do the same. Imagine talking to a stroppy teenager
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The concept for the Honest Fig was born on a cold and wet Sunday evening as true Strictly Come Dancing fans, Linda and Chris, along with their neighbours, sat down to watch the dance off with some cheese and meats and of course a glass of wine. Linda realised that grazing boards with good quality
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At New Year we think about making resolutions to change our lives in ways to enhance our health and wellbeing or even bigger changes that may be long overdue. Big challenges like joining a gym or starting a small business require support from family, friends and outside sources and sometimes major events in our lives
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I used to say: ‘I will start eating better after my holiday/in the new year’, or ‘there’s no point exercising today, I have so much going on the next few weeks’ or make some other excuses for not taking control. But why wait? As you’re reading this, right this moment, you have the ability to
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