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In Belford Erskine United Reformed Church (URC) will conduct a series of events in Belford this year too.  A candle festival will be held on 7 December (Saturday) from 4pm. The church will be candle lit and special carol will be sung by Candlelight Service at 6pm on 8 December (Sunday). One section of the carol service is linked to URC’s history. Apart from all these, Belford... Read More»

Same Sky, the community art charity of Brighton will conduct a free event, Burning the Clocks on 21 December 2013. During the event, the people of Brighton & Hove will make lanterns out of paper and willow, take it through the city and finally pass it on to the fire to burn on the beach celebrating the end of the year. There will be family lantern procession comprising of fireworks show... Read More»

Join the social cycling event in Bath Join the 'Turkey Twizzler' off-road biking event, the mountain biking ride being organised on 28th December, Saturday, led by Andy Stewart, an experienced ride leader with British Cycling. The ride starts from Odd Down cycling circuit, via Two Tunnels Greenway. It will cover about 25km and takes around three and a half hours to cover in all. The Read More»

At St Joseph’s Church, Gateshead Annual Christmas Carol service is scheduled to be held at St Joseph’s Church between 7pm – 8pm on December 11 (Wednesday) in Gateshead. Carol songs will be sung by students of St Augustine’s Primary School. They will also perform Felling Brass Band. Parking facilities will be provided at Regent Court, Civic Centre and Church Street. Refreshments will be given away in the church hall after the Read More»

Free Christmas activities will be held at the Ryedale Folk Museum during the weekend. The event is scheduled to be held on December 7th and 8th between 10am and 3:30pm in the museum near Helmsley in Hutton-le-Hole. Families attending the event get a chance to decorate biscuits, make a min rag rug flower, print Christmas cards and more. Visitors can meet a blacksmith at his workshop, a sweet seller and also... Read More»

A free Victorian Christmas event will be held on December 8 (Sunday) at a museum located in Southampton. It can be enjoyed at Tudor House in Bugle Street both by children and youngsters. Victorian Christmas is a joyous occasion where one gets a chance to share his gifts with others and also be a part of the family. Gifts that are hand-made, woven, embroidered ones and other types of useful... Read More»

The University of South Wales is hosting 'Entrepreneurs Wales 2013', on 4 December (Wednesday), in Newport. The free event for entrepreneurs under a theme, will be held at the university's Newport campus, and to begin at 5:30pm, being hosted by Sarah Dickins, Economic correspondent at BBC Wales. It is being organised by the LinkedIn group of Welsh Entrepreneurs and the Welsh government. The free event themed 'Making Wales a more... Read More»

St Marks’s Institute will host free Christmas party and fayre this Saturday (November 30). This group preserves the nature reserve of the city and has also inspired the TV naturalist Chris Packham. The institute which was initially called as the Victoria Hall is used to hold meetings, services and community events. There is a meeting hall, gymnasium and also a reading room under the hall. The Read More»

Harrow Borough Council will host a town centre party for families across the borough owing to the start of the festive season. The party will be held on November 30 (Saturday) in St Ann’s Road from 12pm to 6pm. There will be live music from the Dhol Drummers, Harrow Steel Pan Orchestra and also appearances from Bob the Builder and Peppa Pig. People looking forward to start shopping for this Christmas... Read More»

Advice on how to keep warm in winter A 'Keep Warm Keep Well' event will be hosted at the Citizen House Consett, this month on the 28th, between 11am and 12.30pm by Age UK County Durham for free. The warmth pack containing information on how to stay warm and keep well, will be provided along with a free fleece blanket. A qualified volunteer will also test small appliances and electric... Read More»

Memory Matters will be conducting free sessions for up to eight persons experiencing memory loss or Dementia. Funding is by Plymouth Community Healthcare and the series of sessions are called Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) sessions. The trainers on the Plymouth Community Healthcare funded sessions are trained nurses from Memory Matters – South West. Nurses Kate Smith and Laura Walker will conduct the programme that consists of 45 minute sessions. run twice... Read More»

The MP for Newcastle North, Catherine McKinnell, is urging all schools in her constituency to take part in the Clearspace competition. The contest is open to all schools of the United Kingdom. The contest is being conducted by Clearspace Buildings, a local company that designs high-quality classrooms, suitable to seat 30 pupils, that is worth 90,000 . The MP said that she was encouraging schools to enter the Clearspace... Read More»

Free Parking at Uttlesford To help boost trade and footfall in shopping centres, the Uttlesford District Council has announced to allow free parking at the Uttlesford council owned car parking areas. This will be offered up to Christmas and running up to the New Year. The offer is free of charge parking from Christmas eve, right up to 5 January, except Waitrose / Fairycroft. All day Read More»

Christmas shoppers to be offered free parking in Blackpool Shoppers coming to Blackpool will not be charged for parking in the run-up to Christmas. To boost local trade and shopping in Blackpool, the council has offered free parking in its 19 car-parks on Saturday on 7th December which is also part of the Small Business Saturday. The offer is to encourage people to spend locally and in conjunction... Read More»

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, a movie based on the struggle of Nelson Mandela for a united South Africa can be watched one month prior to its scheduled release. Two free tickets can be claimed by Sky Movies customers to watch the film with Sky Rewards. This movie is based on more than 50 years of Nelson Mandela’s life that revolves around his early life in his village, 27 years of... Read More»

Cottingham’s The Village Store and Cafe is inviting people to taste food out of local products on November 16 between 10am and 1pm. The shop is on the Corby Road. Stamford’s Cheese Cellar will take part in the event. Several food items such as Grasmere Farm pork products, Brockleby’s pies and Hambleton bread will be available to taste. This store will be opened in Middleton villages as well for all seven... Read More»

Free event for online health advice at Orton Library Later this month, on 21 November a free event will be held at Orton Library to help people get online and use the internet to obtain health advice. So visit the venue between 12am and noon to benefit. Visitors will be shown ways to check symptoms of illness online plus get tips on healthier living. Tips will be given... Read More»

Distinct Darlington Board has announced free parking in the North-East town of Darlington during the festive season after 3pm from 7 December up to 24 December. Free parking is operated by the council and will be available at car parks and also on street parking bays. The announcement was made to encourage shopping during this season. It would also stop shoppers from visiting other areas. Distinct Darlington Board will cover half... Read More»

'Love Food Hate Waste' is the cookery class being organised by Recycle for Greater Manchester. The free session is aiming to show how to convert simple ingredients into a memorable plate of good food. Not only will new recipes be shown for amateur chefs, but the aim is to highlight the importance of "cutting down on food waste". Tesco, the supermarket giant, has released figures on the problem of... Read More»

Free Christmas event at Cradley There will be free family Christmas event with lots of entertainers and artists in Cradley Heath on November 16 from 3 pm to 8 pm. The event will start with lights being switched on at 6pm by Rowley Regis town lead member Councillor and deputy mayor Barbara Price. Santa will also join the Christmas event to make it more entertaining and interesting. Some of the few attractions... Read More»