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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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. 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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Spotlight On… Free Arts Project Coming to Town PERFORM TRANSFORM is a new arts project, taking place at Royston Museum, and everyone’s invited to take part! This unique project, combining dance, film and local heritage, will start on Saturday 30th September as part of Royston Arts Festival at 4.30pm, and continue through to the launch
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Spotlight On… Royston Arts Society Exhibition Royston Arts Society’s 2023 Autumn Exhibition will take place in Royston Town Hall at the end of September. The show is always one of the most popular events in the Royston Arts Festival and for many years has been a highlight in Royston’s cultural activities. As in previous years,
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Spotlight On… Royston and District Community Transport Royston and District Community Transport (RDCT) – “We will take you where you want to go” RDCT provides an essential service to people in Royston and the surrounding area who are unable to drive themselves or use public transport due to age, frailty, impaired mobility, or do not
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Spotlight On… Royston Runners: Run Together, Achieve More Royston Runners is a friendly local running club for runners of all levels from Royston and the surrounding villages. We welcome members of all abilities whether you’re an elite runner with competitive ambitions or a gentle jogger looking to meet like-minded individuals, or somewhere in-between. The club meets
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Spotlight On… Royston Round Table Royston Round Table is an organisation aimed at developing friendship amongst men between the ages of 18 and 45. We welcome members from any background and pride ourselves on being a very diverse organisation. We aim to meet a minimum once or twice a month to do something different. This
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Spotlight On… Celebrate the King’s Coronation On 8th September 2022, Queen Elizabeth passed away peacefully and King Charles III became the new monarch. Coronation plans have been laid out for many years, and the Coronation on 6th May of King Charles III and Camilla will be broadcast internationally from Westminster Abbey. Charles III will be
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Spotlight On… Youth activities to benefit young people Police in Royston have been working with local schools and organisations to create more activities for children outside of school. Sergeant Jon Vine and his team recognised that youth provision in Royston was severely lacking, and ever more so since Covid. This has a direct impact on
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Spotlight On… Luna Animal Rescue Luna Animal Rescue was established in October 2013, so is almost ready to celebrate a 10th birthday! Since then thousands of dogs, cats and small animals have moved from pounds and previous homes, through foster homes and rehabilitation and onto new lives with new families. Luna has taken animals from
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