Royston Photographic Society Royston Photographic Society’s new season is well underway, with a variety of competitions, new members and external speakers having been on the agenda already. Our first two competitions were an open competition, won by Linda Besin’s excellent oil on water image, and a mono competition, where the champion picture, of the Citizen […]
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Staff and Residents at Melbourn Springs Care Home of Hyacinth Drive, Melbourn are absolutely thrilled to have passed their very first unannounced Care Quality Commission inspection on the 13th October 2021 – with an overall ‘Good’ rating across the board after being praised for operating a safe, caring, responsive, effective and well-led service. The extensive
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Royston people can be amazing! Royston Rotary Club volunteers were on duty again at Tesco last weekend, collecting for Children in Need. It’s something we’ve been doing for many years, and every year we are amazed by Royston’s willingness to dig deep to help a really good cause such as this. Pudsey Bear came along
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Royston Heath Conservation How do you tell poisonous mushrooms apart from the edible ones? You give them to someone else to eat first! (Warning: do not eat the fungi or mushrooms you find please!) Fungi on Therfield Heath This time of year we are saying goodbye to the majority of the wild flowers on the
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Be Sustainable: Zero Waste Christmas Christmas can be a magical time of year, but it is also, unfortunately, a time of excess waste: packaging, gift wrap, food, and more. However, Christmas doesn’t need to be so wasteful, and it can be just as much fun without. Here are some tips to get you started with
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Spotlight On… Khandel Light We are a small charity, based in Hertfordshire villages, run by volunteers, committed to the empowerment of women and girls, and reducing forced migration from 26 very poor villages in the Indian desert state of Rajasthan. Our team of trustees, many of whom have been with us since the start, have
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Out and About… Santa Sleigh Routes 2021 Santa is back with Royston and District Round Table this year supporting local causes and charities. We will be continuing with social distancing and not knocking on doors this year, however we will be able to collect with our socially distanced buckets! You can also donate directly
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Local charity, Garden House Hospice Care are inviting their community to join them for this year’s annual festival of remembrance. Garden House Hospice Care provides a wide range of services for patients, their carers, and families facing a life limiting illness. Free specialist palliative care is provided to over 900 adults a year living with
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Caroline Baker Photography Our stunning poppy cover images were taken last summer in Litlington by Melbourn-based web designer Caroline Baker, and are a fitting tribute to the heroes across the world who we commemorate this month on Remembrance Sunday. We are looking forward to our traditional Remembrance Sunday event returning to Royston this November, both
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Melbourn FC raise £4500 for CPSL Mind Last season, Melbourn FC challenged themselves to run or walk a combined 6,000km – the distance between their home ground to the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul and back – to raise money for local mental health charity, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and South Lincolnshire (CPSL) Mind. Now, the club
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Young Photographers Competition Aspiring young photographers aged between seven and 17 are being asked to submit a photo on the theme “Colours of Nature”, set by the Rotary Club of Royston. Readers may recall that this year’s winners were Olivia Frost, aged 11, from Royston with a picture titled “Blackbird”, and Jack Kirby, from Foxton,
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Art in Town Royston Arts Society’s display of paintings in Royston Library is back! The Society is delighted to announce that it has reinstated this popular feature, in a valued collaboration with the Library, after a long gap caused by Covid-related restrictions. Members of RAS exhibit their paintings – all of which are for sale
