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Melbourn Dynamos FC Founded in 2003 Melbourn Dynamos FC is a thriving community based football club which aspires to offer boys and girls the opportunity to play regular football regardless of their experience or ability from the age of three. MDFC was awarded Charter Standard status in 2009 and all of our coaches are DBS […]

This year, the Royston Arts Society (RAS) is celebrating its 40th anniversary by nurturing the next generation of artists! The Young Artists Awards were held for the first time this year, offering artists from 16-26 ye ars old in SG8 a chance to win one of six fabulous prizes. The quality of art submitted was

Sport Royston In July 1972 representatives of sporting clubs based in Royston met to form Royston And District Sports Council. Now in 2018 the voice of sport for Royston is known as Sport Royston. Every sports club is invited to register with Sport Royston at no cost and participate in its activities. Over the years

Royston Rockets BMX Club is growing! With over 30 years of Club history Royston Rockets BMX Club is going from strength to strength with many riders progressing to Regional and National Level and to the British Championships. The current committee has steadily built the club and the dedicated coaching team have been improving the riding

Mercy Ships is a charity that runs an enormous hospital ship, crewed by volunteers, that provides free surgery and medical care to some of the poorest people in the world. Here is a story about how Mercy Ships transformed one family’s life in Africa. “When I gave birth to Dorkas, she was a healthy baby,”

Essex & Herts Air Ambulance invite supporters to share their 20 year milestone with A Year of Celebrations! Are you celebrating a special birthday, anniversary, wedding or a personal milestone before June 30th 2018? If so, then why not ask your guests to make a donation to your local life-saving Charity? This year Essex &

Royston Day Centre is open to all elderly people of Royston and the surrounding area. Everyone will receive a warm welcome and is treated as an individual at the beautiful setting at The Old Barn in Upper King Street. Elderly people are welcomed three times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and given the

Nuthampstead was commissioned by the USAAF in 1942, to the standard bomber field specification, with a completion date of 1st April 1943. The airfield itself was built on Scales Park, which was land owned by Baron Dimsdale, with the majority of the camp situated to the west, in and around Nuthampstead village. Local people remember

Going on from strength to strength! The U3A is one of the very few organisations that is run by third agers for third agers; The University of the Third Age (U3A) movement is a unique and exciting organisation that provides, through its local U3As, life-enhancing opportunities. Retired and semi-retired people aged 50 plus come together

UNCLE is a registered charity based in Royston which principally supports two orphanages in Nepal. The name UNCLE stands for Uplifting Nepal’s Children with Love and Education. We send £5,000 each quarter to pay for the rent, food, clothing, bedding, heating, cooking and medical costs, indeed everything the children and their carers need to survive.

This building on the High Street in Bassingbourn will be known to many as the Old School Building. A school board was formed in 1874, and a new schoolhouse, with a schoolroom and 2 classrooms and a master’s house attached, was opened on the north side of the high street in 1877. Many of the