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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Spotlight On… The Old Schoolhouse, Royston The Old Schoolhouse is a stunning 19th-century building in the heart of Royston, originally the town’s school. Trinity Life Church (TLC) bought the building in 2020 and has completed extensive renovation works throughout. The Williams Hall is a spacious, bright function room ideal for larger meetings, seminars, conferences, community
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Spotlight On… Royston Rockets BMX Racing Club The Royston Rockets BMX Racing Club was established in 1982, and this year is celebrating 40 years at the Burns Road site in Royston. Phil Townsend, the club’s longest standing member and the man who knows everything about BMX Racing, tells of how the club was created by
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Spotlight On… Make Lunch Royston Summer is always an exciting time for Make Lunch Royston! Royston’s Make Lunch club first opened in Royston in February 2015 and has supported over 100 local families in the town over the last seven years. The scale of holiday hunger is huge, with over 1.9 million children receiving Free
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Spotlight On… Khandel Light Khandel light is a Hertfordshire based charity, working in the Rajasthan area of India. The charity was set up in 2000 to help offset the effects of global warming, already felt in the desert area of Khandel, where drought and decreasing rainfall had already started to accelerate migration to large cities.
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Royston LIVE at… The Royston British Legion After seven happy years at The Old Bull Inn – Royston Folk Club has relocated to The Royal British Legion in Mill Road, under a new name … Royston LIVE … Here, in a bigger space, they can continue to offer around 100 people amazing LIVE music, but
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Spotlight On… 10th Royston Scout Group This May is an exciting time for the 10th Royston Scout Group. During the tough last years, the 62 children that make up our Beavers (5-7), Cubs (7-11) and Scouts (11-14) have continued to meet throughout – virtually, safely and outside. Through the imagination and dedication of our leaders,
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Spotlight On… 200 Issues of the Listing This issue marks 200 issues of The Listing – a feat that we are enormously proud of, and hope that you will share in our pride with us! The Listing started life in September 2005, a time before the internet was widely used, mobiles were solely for texting
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Spotlight On: Cricket in Barley Although cricket may have been played much earlier, the first recorded game of cricket played by the Barley Club was on the 13th of July 1846 when a team of gentlemen and Barley villagers defeated Barkway in a game probably played in the sheep meadow opposite The Chequers. A return
Spotlight On… Khandel Light We are a small charity, based in Hertfordshire villages, run by volunteers, committed to the empowerment of women and girls, and reducing forced migration from 26 very poor villages in the Indian desert state of Rajasthan. Our team of trustees, many of whom have been with us since the start, have
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Spotlight On… Guilden Morden Village Market Launched in April 2021, Guilden Morden Village Market is a monthly market based at The Three Tuns, a community-owned pub in Guilden Morden. Following periods of lockdown, the market was launched to provide a place where people could shop in the open air, meet their friends and neighbours and
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