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Free showcase event of Laughter of Lasses at Newcastle

March 6th, 2015 by Sandy

A showcase event of the 'Laughter of Lasses' will be taking place on 10th March, Tuesday at Cluny2, the music and comedy venue in Ousenbum Valley, of Newcastle. The event is in celebration of Women's Day, and it starts at 7:00PM, with entry being free. Sharon Race is a North East writer and comedian who has been commissioned by Launchpad, the mental health awareness group based in Newcastle, to... Read More»

Free event of Gangnam style flash mob for record bid in Liverpool

March 5th, 2015 by Sandy

At a free event in Clayton Square, Liverpool will attempt to get into the world record books. With the help of a Gangnam-style street-dance flash mob performance, the Liverpool-based Chinese dancer Fenfen Huang, wants to challenge for the record outside China, for the largest number of dancers on a flash mob dance routine. The Korean Gangnam dance-style has taken the world by storm 2 years ago and seen by... Read More»

Free WiFi to be offered to visitors to Dartmoor National Park

March 2nd, 2015 by Sandy

The vast protected area of natural beauty that is Dartmoor National Park, in south Devon, England, will be offering free Wi-Fi access to the visiting public. Thanks to a Box Wi-Fi solution, from The Cloud, the park will be able to provide mobile phone coverage at all three main visitor-centres. The Box kit allows small organisations to offer free Wi-Fi to customers. The park had done a 6-month trial... Read More»

Bikers offered free courses that can save life

March 1st, 2015 by Sandy

Free one-day courses are being provided to bike riders who ride motorbikes to commute to work or use them during their work and to those who ride for leisure. Thanks to Bath and North East Somerset Council, collaborating with the West England Partnership, the training course Commuter & Rural Motorcycle Rider-Awareness is being recommended. It will help riders be aware of the dangers on road and could save their life. The... Read More»

Free event Street Sundae during Hebden Bridge Arts Festival gets sponsor

February 26th, 2015 by Sandy

This year the free event Street Sundae gets a sponsor during the Hebden Bridge Arts Festival, which will be in July. The town's chartered accountants Cresswells, based on Market Street, have signed a deal to be a sponsor behind one of North's best street festivals. Talents and top performers of Europe will be showing their skills here, across 5 sites of the town, to thousands of spectators. The local accountants Cresswell... Read More»

Free workshop to promote hobbyists and sole traders at Wiltshire

February 24th, 2015 by Sandy

Wiltshire Online and the Wiltshire Business Support Service is joining hands to hold a free workshop aimed at promoting to next level the businesses of sole traders and work of hobbyists. They will be helped to promote their hobby or small business up to the next level of progress. They will learn how to make the best of their presence on the internet. Following the success of 5 workshops... Read More»

Norwich to host free sound tech for churches by Rock-Tech

February 23rd, 2015 by Sandy

A free event is being organised by Rock Tech, which is working to bring a professional edge to church sound systems. The free event is to be held by the technical services company on 14th March (Saturday), at the Soul Church, Mason Road, Norwich, which will be hosted between 10AM and 4.30PM. Many useful topics will be covered by the highly experienced team of qualified sound engineers. It will... Read More»

Free event of Shropshire recruitment fair to help job-seekers, businesses

February 22nd, 2015 by Sandy

A Shropshire recruitment fair is being organised as a free-to-attend event that will benefit thousands of job-seekers and also help many local employers and businesses. A similar event last year, the Partnership for Jobs, attracted more than 100 employers and about 4,000 job-seekers. This year this event has seen more than 50 businesses of Shropshire sign-up, including BAE Systems of Telford.it will be returning on 18th March, to the... Read More»

Rural Action Yorkshire event offers free training for emergencies

February 21st, 2015 by Sandy

The community organisation, Rural Action Yorkshire, is offering free training by experts, on dealing with emergencies and tackling extreme weather, at an event taking place on 26th February (Thursday), at the Victoria Hall, Settle, North Yorkshire, from 4:00PM to 6:00PM. The event is a meeting titled 'Keep Calm and focus on Community Resilience', that has representatives from the police, fire and ambulance services taking part, giving guidance on how... Read More»

Free hot-air balloon festival coming to Newbury

February 20th, 2015 by Sandy

Thames Valley's largest free hot-air balloon event will be held in July, at Newbury Showground. The Newbury Balloon Festival will fill the Thames Valley sky with colourful balloons on a free 3-day event to be held from 17th July (Friday) to 19th July (Sunday), at the Newbury Showground in Prior Court, Hermitage, Thatcham. The organisers promise this would be no ordinary ballooning festival and will be something much bigger.... Read More»

Grand Theatre, Blackpool, offers free events with jazz

February 17th, 2015 by Sandy

A Grand Theatre production, called 'A Mad World My Masters', will be staged featuring a live jazz band on stage, from 5th March (Thursday) to 7th March (Saturday), at the Church Street theatre. Before that, the Grand Theatre, with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and the English Touring Theatre (ETT) will be joining hands along with Starbucks in Victoria Street, to host jazz events on the Sundays of 22nd... Read More»

Families can enjoy many free fun sessions at Merry Hill

February 15th, 2015 by Sandy

Merry Hill shopping centre is gearing up for the half-term and some of the sessions and activities being organised for kids include workshops, face-painting, character appearances and craft sessions. From 16th February, Monday, right through to 21st February, Saturday, this Brierley Hill shopping centre in West Midlands, is all set to entertain little ones. To kick-off the free events, a cookie decorating workshop will be held on Monday, where... Read More»

Watsford hosting free performing arts workshop for young

February 14th, 2015 by Sandy

'Living the Dream' is conducting the Free Arts workshop for youngsters between 5 and 16 years of age, which is being offered this half-term in Watsford. The free performing arts workshop is being hosted by the charity Dream Foundations. The sessions are being offered to both boys and girls to help in learning musical theatre, contemporary dance and other performing arts as well, that are all run by respective... Read More»

Free events for rural community by Village SOS, in Bristol and Darlington

February 10th, 2015 by Sandy

Two free events will be kicked-off this month, one in Bristol and the other in Darlington, in the latest phase of Village SOS organised events. These free events are a Big Lottery funded campaign, worth £1.4 million, to inspire people to come together to make a real difference and to make the most out of where they reside. The free events are open to anyone from the rural community,... Read More»

Free workshop at Stornoway for creatives with technology

February 9th, 2015 by Sandy

A free creative workshop is taking place in Stornoway this month, where two speakers, amongst others, who will be participating are, one a pioneer of cross-media storytelling and the other an award-winning scriptwriter / novelist. XpoNorth is Scotland's biggest Creative Industries festival. It is coming to Stornoway soon this month and in collaboration with The Pixel Lab, to run the free workshop. The mini-conference XpoNorth Goes West will be held on... Read More»

Owlerton Greyhound Stadium offers free tickets to charities, organisations

February 7th, 2015 by Sandy

Owing to the 'FundRacer' initiative, the Owlerton Greyhound Stadium, will be offering free tickets to local sporting and charitable organisations. They will be able to re-sell these tickets to raise money and also enjoy a great night at the stands, watching greyhound racing. The interested organisation or charity can register for the free tickets. They can pick a date available for the race, for which they will be selling... Read More»

Free entry to launch party of Hebden Bridge Piano Festival

February 6th, 2015 by Sandy

As a prelude to the Hebden Bridge Piano Festival, a free event will be hosted. It is the launch party for the festival programme of live jazz, to be held in April. The event will feature the local piano legend and Festival Director, Dave Nelson, who's also providing jazz accompaniment to the launch event that will begin at 6:30 pm on 7th February (Saturday). This year's festival will feature... Read More»

Free bike training in Belfast to support city bike-sharing scheme

February 5th, 2015 by Sandy

What is known as Boris Bikes is a pubic scheme for bicycle-hire in London, run as Barclays Cycle Hire. The Transport for London to Serco Group has contracted the scheme, supported by the Mayor and first sponsored by Barclays Bank. A familiar sight in London and Dublin now, it is soon to be copied in Belfast too. The aim is to make Belfast more environment friendly. It being planned... Read More»

Free cycle race event, Tour de Yorkshire, announced

February 3rd, 2015 by Sandy

The first annual event of the Tour de Yorkshire, is the biggest cycle race in Britain and a legacy from Tour de France of last year. This is a free event to watch and so there's opportunity for everyone in the county to be involved in one way or another, as part of the Tour de Yorkshire, opined the Chief Executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, Gary Verity. The event... Read More»

Get Front Pages of History for free with the Tele, for a whole week

February 2nd, 2015 by Sandy

Dundee's unique newspaper the Tele has a 140 year old history and you can share that history by getting for free the front pages of the Tele sourced from its archives. Get with the Tele, a selection of the Evening Telegraph's most iconic and memorable front pages that made history. Each edition issued for every day, for whole of the week. The special 24-page magazine will be presented free with the... Read More»