It’s that time of year when Garden House Hospice Care’s Charlie Chicks campaign spreads joy across North Hertfordshire and surrounding villages. These cheerful chicks are knitted and crocheted by many keen volunteers, before being stuffed with Creme Eggs and sold in schools, shops and beyond, to raise vital funds for the Hospice. Throughout the years, […]
8 Things to know when booking a holiday! 1. Check your holiday entitlements at work – You’re entitled to paid holidays if you’re an employee, worker or an agency worker. Take a note of when your ‘leave year’ starts and ends, it might not be the same as the calendar year, and remember to give
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Home-Start Royston & South Cambridgeshire has been supporting families since 1983 in North Herts, South Cambs and Buntingford. Home-Start is a registered charity that supports local families with children aged 9 and under who are struggling with post-natal depression, isolation, physical and mental health problems, relationship problems, multiple-aged children, bereavement and many other issues. Parents
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A variety of cordless equipment is now being used on the Heath by the conservators and volunteers to keep the scrub in check. The whole nature of the Heath would change without this necessary management. Over time the scrub would dominate the Heath, there would not be any grassland to walk across, fewer flowers would
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Luna Animal Rescue was founded in October 2013. The main aim was to help rehome dogs who found themselves abandoned and without families, in local and national pounds. Since then Luna has successfully rehomed well over 300 dogs, who are happily living with their new families. Luna has evolved into a bigger family, and has
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The Mobile Warden Scheme helps the elderly and vulnerable people living in the Mordens, Litlington and Bassingbourn to be as self-sufficient as possible and continue to live happy and independent lives. Mobile Wardens telephone each person every weekday morning to confirm that they are safe and well. If they can’t get a reply, then there
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It’s been another busy month at the Museum. Sophie has been creating the first of two temporary exhibitions celebrating Royston Museum’s 40th Anniversary this year. This first exhibition explores the Royston Institute Museum, which opened 168 years before the current museum. Rhian has spent a day in London discovering how to create immersive experiences using
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By the time you read this, we will have had our annual elections, a big volunteer group from Capel Manor clear scrub on the Rifle Butts and a joint venture with Royston Golf Club. Volunteers assisted the Golf Club to clear Sycamore, Hawthorn and Bramble from Church Hill. With the winter months almost behind us
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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
Hands up who likes getting out into nature, observing, and taking photos? The Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs and Northants 2024 photography competition is now open for submissions – up to the closing date of 2nd May. The theme for this year’s competition is Nature All Around, and there are great prizes to be won: an
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The Chatty Cafe scheme aims to combat this, simply by encouraging people to chat more. Often people will venture into a coffee shop or cafe and sit alone, but as the Founder of the scheme wondered; what if one of those people approached someone and the two strangers enjoyed chatting over their coffee and then
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Are you involved with an organisation which is looking for interesting and informative talks? CPRE Hertfordshire is a campaigning charity whose mission is to protect, promote and enhance the Hertfordshire countryside, working across the county to stand up for our countryside and green spaces. Some of the things the charity works to do include: promoting
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