We are excited to announce that the Wild World Heroes Summer Reading Challenge 2021 is launching in Hertfordshire Libraries on Saturday 10th July. Our doors are open, and we are welcoming back and encouraging our existing and new young readers to join and take part for Free. This year The Reading Agency has teamed up […]
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Aspirations week at Roman Way Academy Children at Roman Way Academy recently took part in Aspirations Week. The children spent the week learning about different jobs and thinking about what they aspire to do in the future. Each day, the children had live video calls with different parents, covering a variety of roles including a
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July Front Covers This month’s front cover photos were taken by Keith Truman, and you may recognise the location, by the Biogen site just off the A505. We feel that they perfectly capture the stormy skies we enjoyed in late May and early June. Keith Truman retired about 10 years ago and is an amateur
Update on Royston Church Since our last update, work within the church has been continuing at a pace although work on the rebuilding of the main arch was delayed due to the problems with sourcing the replacement stone. We are pleased to report that this has been resolved and work is now expected to be
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There are few businesses that haven’t been forced to change their sense of direction over the last year, and the Melbourn Community Hub is just one organisation that has found life particularly challenging. With the short notice intermittent lock downs, and the frequently changing laws governing hygiene and social distancing it has meant an unprecedented
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Survivors Against Domestic Abuse Domestic Abuse is defined as any incident of controlling, coercive or threatening behaviour, violence or abuse between those aged 16 or over who are or have been intimate partners or family members, regardless of their gender or sexuality. This is how Domestic Abuse is defined, but it does not in any
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Friends of Therfield Heath Nearly half way through the year and at the time of writing this, and we are all looking forward to more freedom from lockdown. However, Therfield Heath has continued for many of us to be a place of enjoyment, and recharging our “batteries”. The committee of The Friends were delighted to
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Essential Support Services The Listing’s handy guide of essential support numbers and websites. Business support: Business support mentoring scheme 1-2-1 mentoring sessions for micro, small or medium sized business in Hertfordshire www.herts.ac.uk/enterprise-zone/grow-your-business/business-support/support-in-hertfordshire/business-support-volunteers Domestic Abuse Support: Cambridge Women’s Aid www.cambridgewa.org.uk Call 01223 361214 Cambs Domestic Abuse Service www.cambsdasv.org.uk Herts Domestic Abuse Helpline A free
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Watford FC are helping men ‘Shape Up’ in Royston The Shape Up Herts campaign has a 6 year history of helping men aged 18 to 65 to improve their fitness & nutrition habits and lose weight and for the first time, it is available to Men in Royston. The programme was originally set up in
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Royston & District Motorcycle Club Royston & District Motor Cycle Club ride outs got off to a bright start with the easing of the Covid restrictions with visits to Ringsway Water, Frinton on Sea and Wormley Canal. Whilst on the three occasions the temperature was low, the sun was out casting the appearance of a
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Up to £500 in community grants Ken Frankland is the first recipient of a generous community fund just announced by The Accountancy Practice. When the local family-run business read about the fire which devastated the lives of a local couple, they wanted to help. Discovering that Ken and his wife Julia were unable to access
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Spotlight On… Melbourn Timebank Melbourn Timebank was set up in 2018 for the people of Melbourn and surrounding villages, acknowledging and building on the strong sense of community already existing, with many brilliant examples of volunteers helping neighbours, contributing to clubs and organisations thereby supporting and enriching the lives of residents. The Timebank’s focus is
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