Home-Start is a local community network of trained volunteers and expert support helping families with young children through their challenging times. We are there for parents when they need us the most because childhood can’t wait. Home-Start works with families in communities right across the UK. Starting in the home, our approach is as individual […]
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 If you read my article in last month’s edition, then you’ll know I’ve been nervously waiting for the outcome of some funding applications. Well, I am thrilled to share that those applications have been successful. Thanks to generous funding from the North Herts Prosperity Fund and the Brian Leslie Racher Trust we’re going
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Royston Library are excited to announce the Winter Reads Challenge, which runs until Saturday 31st January. This initiative aims to encourage adults and children to engage with reading during the winter months through a series of fun and flexible challenges. Winter Reads is a series of exciting reading challenges and events for all ages, taking
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Local drama group CADS is delighted to announce that they will be presenting their usual pantomime in January! The show for 2025 is a brand new version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, written by local author Warren McWilliams, who was also responsible for the last two record-breaking pantomimes, Sleeping Beauty in 2023 and The
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If you’re over pension age and struggling to make ends meet then you might be eligible for Pension Credit. Many people think they are not entitled to claim, but you can get Pension Credit even if you have other income, savings or own your own home. It’s Worth Checking It’s worth checking as it
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There’s no escaping it, but it’s THAT time of year again! Time to dig out the decorations, sort out the Secret Santa and dial down the consumerism. Here’s an idea to make it fun and sustainable… STRINSEL! Who needs tacky, metallic plastic tinsel when you can create Strinsel? Originally utilising string, this version uses
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Hello everyone Elfie here. Santa has asked me to tell you about his plans for this Christmas with his friends in the Round Table. Because Royston and the local villages have grown so much over the past few years and we want to see as many of you as possible before your bedtime, we are
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Royston Market looks forward to welcoming some fantastic traders to the market on Saturday 14th December. They include: The Honest Fig – who will be serving jacket potatoes with a selection of melted cheeses using their raclette grill Cambridge Wine – who better to recommend wine pairings for the cheese, meat and dessert options that
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For December’s issue, we spoke to Emma Bird, a nurse and a yoga teacher who lives in Royston with her husband and their 4 year old daughter. Tell us about The Pelvic Floor Clinic There’s always been an insufficiency in postnatal care in the UK; an idea that once you’ve had a baby it’s
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Christmas might be a time of celebration and spending time with family and friends, but it can also be the time of year when loneliness and social isolation can feel all the more acute. The Chatty Cafe scheme aims to combat this, simply by encouraging people to chat more. Often people will venture into a
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Charity Panto Comes to Orwell Village Hall to raise money for the Garden House Hospice Funeral Director Andy Mcfadyen and some of his colleagues will be producing and starring in a panto to raise money for the hospice in memory of Marilyn Ames who passed away on 21st September 2023. Snow White and the Seven
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