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A wide range of free activities will be held at the Active 50+ Festival, to be scheduled on 13th January (Wednesday), at the Southend Leisure and Tennis Centre, Garon Park, This Southend venue off Eastern Avenue in Essex, is open for anyone who is over 50 years in Southend to participate. The council is funding this free event that aims to give people who are above 50 years, the... Read More»

A free workshop on Horticultural Therapy will be held on 21st January (Thursday), at the Strathfoyle Library (Derry, Londonderry), from 2pm to 3pm. The workshop, led by Liz Hanvey, a horticultural therapist from Blossoms (Larne Lough), is one of the many being planned as a part of the 'Health in Mind', a Live and Learn programme funded by the Big Lottery. It offers a great opportunity to join with... Read More»

The big names of the photographic industry are ready for the 2016 Photo Trade Show. The 3-day show is being organised by The Societies, and it will be taking place at Hilton London Metropole Hotel, in London, starting on 22nd January (Friday) this year. More than 100 exhibitors from the photo industry will be showing their latest wares and services here. Some of the leading companies include Fujifilm, Olympus,... Read More»

War hero Ben Parkinson MBE, will be launching a free walking festival in Doncaster, on 16th January. The ex-serviceman, the country's most injured surviving soldier, who lost both legs in a bomb blast in 2006, was left fighting for life in Afghanistan. The former paratrooper, from Bessacarr, will lead the first walk to launch the 'Get Doncaster Walking Festival' on its 10th anniversary. The council-led free organised walks, has... Read More»

The Uttlesford District Council is offering a Nordic walking taster session to help people get in shape. The free session in the new year will be held on 11th January, Monday, in Thaxted, with instructor Paul Goddard to lead the session. Following the session, the council is offering its award-winning 'Learn To' Nordic walking course. Interested walkers will have to assemble at Margaret Street car-park and the session starts at... Read More»

The Creative Force is conducting a free taster event for all interested in choir singing for its International Voice Orchestra. The Eastbourne Arts and Events company is holding on 15th January, the free taster session at 5:45pm, in the Venton Centre, on Junction Road, the place the group meets on Fridays. The choir has completed its first year. International Voice Orchestra is for all with enthusiasm to sing and... Read More»

The tenth year of the Kent Big Weekend is to be held next year, 2016, with two-day tickets giveaway for thousands of people to visit the county. Dates were announced for the event, which is to be held on 12th March, Saturday and 13th March, Sunday. Kent Big Weekend is an opportunity tor thousands to visit tourist attractions and venues across Kent in the year 2016, which is the... Read More»

The Chester Youth Symphony Orchestra has plans to grow the orchestra year by year. So, the orchestra CYSO welcomes applications at any time of the year to interested players. Those interested are invited to attend a free taster rehearsal. The rehearsals are on Friday evenings in term time, held at the Queen's School, City Walls Road, Chester, in Cheshire. The weekly rehearsals are held from 6:45 to 9:00pm. Those... Read More»

To get a chance to sing in a charity concert, just join the free workshop that is to be held at the Stamford Arts Centre, by Handful of Harmonies. For the opportunity, come to the centre on 10th January, Sunday.  Andrew Clingo, the musical director, will lead the 2-hour workshop which will start promptly at 2:00pm. Participants will first warm-up and then lead into the singing workshop session to learn... Read More»

A free event is being planned on 13th January, 2016, at the Doncaster Racecourse, as a community roadshow event in line with the 2016 Tour de Yorkshire. This event will outline how the local communities of Doncaster will be able to get involved in the cycling event. Doncaster will be hosting the finishing leg of Tour de Yorkshire. The roadshow is being hosted by Welcome to Yorkshire, to outline... Read More»

Celebrate this Christmas with fun and free activities at a special performance at The Courtyard, Hereford, of Hansel and Gretel. Before the performance at 2:30pm, you can enjoy a free storytelling workshop being held from 1:45pm, which is on 21st December (Monday). Or on 22nd December (Tuesday) enjoy decorating a gingerbread man, taking place from 1:45pm, before the show. Free candy will be given by The Courtyard, for all... Read More»

Yeovil (south Somerset) will be hosting at the Reckleford Children's Centre, a series of learning sessions and events for young parents. These events present an opportunity for young parents with young children or babies to socialise with other parents and also learn important parenting skills. The first session at the centre will be held from 11am to 12.30pm, on 19th January, next year. They will have the chance to... Read More»

The new human rights festival 'Declaration' will be exploring health and human rights in Glasgow, in 2016. The free event will host a mixture of performances, provocations, conversations and film screenings, with participation of leading performers, writers, campaigners and thinkers, coming from Scotland and from places beyond. The festival is planned to be held from 3rd to 6th March and details will be released later. Declaration is being organised... Read More»

Free Wi-Fi has been deployed across the Norwich city centre. The roll-out has been pushed by the Norwich Business Improvement District (BID) with an investment worth £100,000 to transform part of Norwich's key shopping areas into hot-spot enabled places that can offer download speeds of up to 5Mbps. Benefiting form the wireless internet service are areas around Surrey Street, Chapelfield Gardens, Exchange Street, Norwich Market and Gentleman's Walk. The... Read More»

Newport Live is offering free unlimited use of its facilities for 5 days and there's only 10 days left to claim it. The offer ends on Christmas Eve. People are reminded that 5 gyms and 4 swimming pools operated by the registered charitable trust Newport Live, in the city that they took over in April from the council, are open to free unlimited use The trust runs Newport International... Read More»

The Southport-based consultancy specialising in emergency planning, STORM Consultancy, will be hosting on 18th December, Friday, the 'Public Venue Counter Terrorist Workshop'. It will be held, at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool, as a free workshop for venue and public-area managers from this region. Attendees will be given a comprehensive briefing on counter terrorist measures and security. Managing director of STORM, Jonathan Cunningham will chair the session. The worksop will cover... Read More»

Younger residents of Uttoxeter are being invited to celebrate the festive spirit by following Santa's Christmas Trail. The free event will be launched at Redfern's Cottage-Museum of Uttoexter Life, on Saturday (12 December), coinciding with the school holidays and Christmas, as part of the month-long festive series. The festive event runs up to 23rd December (Wednesday). Opening times from Tuesday to Friday, are from 10:00am to 1:00pm, with Saturday... Read More»

The 'Big Weekend' will give lots of people living in Herts, the opportunity to visit for free some of the best attractions in the county in the new year. The 'Big Weekend' is scheduled for 12th and 13th March of next year and anybody aged 18 years or above living in Hertfordshire, will be allowed to apply, from 26th January, for 2 tickets to visit any of the attractions... Read More»

The London Midland rail operator running Birmingham's trains on Cross City line, has assured to provide free Wi-Fi service for commuters. This is among a list of improvements wanted by the Department for Transport (DofT), by October of 2017. The deal made by DofT had several demands like CCTV installation on all Cross City services, new ticket machines in a few stations, tablet devices for station staff and extra... Read More»

Heston will be hosting a drama workshop for free on Alice in Wonderland, on Saturday (12 December), at a free Christmas party. This is one part in the celebrations called Big Local Christmas-Event. Brabazon Community Centre is the venue. The party, at the centre on Brabazon Road, will have party food from 5:00pm to 9:00pm. Christmas carollers will be spreading the festive cheer and goodwill. The free drama workshop... Read More»