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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WomenSing is a local choir that meets every Wednesday from 7.30-9.30pm at Coombes Community Centre in Royston. This coming March, WomenSing will be joining with other choirs and performing at a concert to raise funds for local charity HomeStart. They are looking for former members and anyone who would be interested in singing, to join
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2024 is a very special year for the Orwell Pannier Market – it’s our 20th Anniversary! This makes us the oldest monthly village market in South Cambridgeshire (see SCDC’s website – visitsouthcambs.co.uk). It all started back in 2004 when three local residents, on holiday in Devon, saw villagers selling surplus produce from pannier baskets. What
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Royston Allotments are once again opening their gates to the public and heating up the BBQ! The allotment holders would love you to come and visit their beautiful site, at Coombes Hole (at the junction of Green Street and Melbourn Road), Royston, on Sunday 11th August, 11am – 2pm. It’s an opportunity to come and
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The Outdoors Project is excited to announce a refreshing approach to keeping children active and entertained during the holidays in Royston this summer. With a focus on outdoor activities, building confidence, learning new skills, physical activity, and fostering friendships, The Outdoors Project presents an incredible line-up of activities that promise to captivate young minds. From
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Royston & District Community Transport Celebrate their 30th anniversary. It was back in 1992 that the Secretarial team at Royston Health Centre recruited a team of volunteer drivers, using their own cars, to transport patients to their hospital appointments, who could not get there by other means. In 1994 having grown in size, they moved
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The Healthy Hub North Herts is a district wide wellbeing service which is funded by Hertfordshire County Council and North Herts Council. The service offers virtual health and wellbeing support over the phone and online to residents, helping them access support for their mental health, financial advice, and assistance, becoming more active, weight management food
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Steeple Chasers Running and Cycling Club was established in 2020 and is now well known in the Mordens and surrounding villages. With regular runs three times a week plus a weekly cycle ride, we welcome anyone with an interest in running or cycling to get involved with this informal and friendly group of people. Many
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Royston District Scouts provides Challenge and Adventure for over 500 young people supported by over 80 adult volunteers, from our groups in Royston, Steeple Morden, Barley, Melbourn, Harston and Barrington.  Scouting is youth lead, young people given a say in their activities. As they get older, they develop leadership skills and begin to run
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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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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Girlguiding has been a part of Royston for over 100 years and it is still going strong. Â A lot has changed over the years, but the core of what we do is the same: through fun, friendship and adventure we empower our members to discover they can do anything! We have lots of fun
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