The coronavirus outbreak has changed all of our lives. During times of uncertainty, we can feel anxious and stressed. Feelings of isolation, boredom and loneliness are natural. It’s important we keep talking to each other. A website has been developed through a collaboration between Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group, Cambridgeshire County Council, Peterborough City […]
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EACH Update: Hold onto your charity donations! East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) is asking everyone with donations for its new Royston shop to hold on to them and says any left outside could result in the charity having to pay a disposal cost. EACH has acquired the High Street premises formerly occupied by Woolworths. The
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NCT Royston: Update. Due to the latest lockdown, NCT Royston is currently taking a break from our Walk and Talk events, however that does not mean we are taking a break from supporting new parents. We are fighting loneliness by helping new parents meet each other for 1:1 walks. Join our private WhatsApp group and
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Introducing Royston Reel, interviews courtesy of The Accountancy Practice in Royston which shine the spotlight on local community champions; people both in the public eye and those quietly working away behind the scenes. Find out what’s motivating our inspirational local people! The videos are intimate and relaxed, and show the ‘real’ person.  A
Shop Safe, Shop Local North Herts District Council and East Herts District Council have joined forces to help people to shop safe, shop local with the ‘Reopening the High Street Safely Campaign to the Public’, funded by the European Regional Development Fund and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. High Streets across the region
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Arthur Rank Hospice Charity is motivating you to start 2021 off on the right foot with their ‘Step a Million’ walking challenge. Encourage your friends, family and colleagues to get involved and keep each other going, as each of you pledge to walk 1 million steps in 100 days, starting on the 1st January. You
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Two sisters from Royston, are asking for your fundraising help! In 2021, Lucy and Caitlin Boughton have each signed themselves up to once in a lifetime opportunities. Lucy will be taking on volunteering work to help those facing poverty in Nepal; whilst Caitlin will be hiking Macchu Pichu to raise money for the Meningitis Research
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Although coronavirus continues to disrupt our lives, Royston U3A has found a way out of the doom and gloom. By holding regular online zoom meetings members can get together and keep in touch – and newcomers are welcomed along. “It’s easy to feel isolated in these difficult times so it’s more important than ever that
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Or fabulous wintery cover images are courtesy of Caroline Baker. Caroline is a web designer based in Melbourn who dabbled in photography at university but then didn’t pursue it as a hobby until a few years ago. Caroline enjoys sports photography, taking pictures for fun at Wimpole Estate parkrun as well as landscape photography which
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It is now two years since the fire that devastated Royston Parish Church After all this time we are beginning to see the re-emergence of the building which has been cocooned throughout the period. It is pleasing to report that, since our last update, work on both the tower and the nave roof has largely
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Tesco Royston Extra community superstars Tesco Royston asked our customers to nominate people in our local community that have gone over and above during lockdown. We are pleased to announce the winners who all received a hamper of goodies and a little something to treat themselves. 1. Tom Linnane Head of Year 5 at KJAR
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Out & About: What has Covid-19 done for our community spirit The UK’s response to Covid-19 has had an unexpected upside: it has demonstrated that we have an amazing capacity for generosity and community spirit at times of severe crisis. Feel-good stories about neighbours helping neighbours, clapping for the NHS and carers, and the heart-warming
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