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Spotlight On: Local Marathon Runners!

Marathon season is here, and we celebrate all of you who are facing this ultimate challenge! If you’re inspired to start running, these local groups can help to get you started: Royston Runners always welcome new runners and regularly host on 0-5k beginners sessions, our local Park Run takes place at Wimpole every Saturday morning, […]

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Spotlight On – Musical Me! WomenSing by Linda Bance

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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Spotlight On… Orwell Pannier Market

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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Spotlight On… A Fresh Approach to Childcare. The Outdoors Project – Cambridge & Royston

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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Spotlight On… 30 Years of Royston and District Community Transport

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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Spotlight On… The Healthy Hub North Herts, Royston

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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Spotlight On… Steeple Chasers Running and Cycling Club

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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Spotlight On… Royston Repair Cafe – Repairing Royston

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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Spotlight On… New Choir Lights Up Royston

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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