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Free event to boost awareness on fibre optic broadband

January 15th, 2014 by Sandy

Cheshire East Council will conduct a free event on 22 January to create awareness and boost up knowledge about fibre optic broadband. You can visit Alderley Edge Festival Hall between 16:00 and 20:00 to hear experts speak on the uses of fibre optic broadband. Connecting Cheshire project has already rolled out super fast broadband to few businesses and homes in the area. Also, areas that are scheduled for the rollout can... Read More»

PGL Training to offer free course for Exeter jobless youngsters

January 11th, 2014 by Sandy

PGL Training will offer free two-week employment skills courses called the Your Call to help jobless young people in Exeter. This can be attended by anybody who is in the age group of 16 to 23 and who is currently without a job, education or training. Those completing the course satisfactorily will be given a guaranteed placement in Exeter. Also, if there is anyone who completes his training successfully then he... Read More»

Free training workshops for farmers and landowners in North Devon

January 10th, 2014 by Sandy

Free demonstration events and training workshops will be held for farmers and landowners from 9 January to 19 March. The event will take place for those who look after land in the river Torridge catchment in North Devon and will cover farming tasks such as soil management, woodland and hedge-laying. The NIA (Northern Devon Nature Improvement Area) project aims to improve local landscape for both nature and people by restoring and... Read More»

Worcestershire council bus to help online school admissions

January 9th, 2014 by Sandy

Worcestershire County Council will use its Library and Learning Services Comput@bus to help parents and carers for school admissions. They are invited to Woodrow First School, Longdon Close in Redditch. To help them is the Comput@bus, equipped with 8 computers, with disabled access and heating/air-conditioning, along with a qualified teacher to assist anyone through the admission process, for those who were not able to get online from home, in time. Residents... Read More»

Chance for musicians at Worcester Music Festival

January 9th, 2014 by Sandy

The Worcester Music Festival is an annual free event which will take place this year from 29 August, Friday to 31 August, Sunday. Organisers of the festival are encouraging musicians across UK to be a part of the free 3-day musical extravaganza. Ant Robbin, the Chairman, hopes more talented artists would bid for a slot at the Worcester Music Festival, as it was a chance to reach a new... Read More»

Free career fair at the Keepmoat Stadium

January 7th, 2014 by Sandy

Doncaster Council's Communities Area Teams along with Professional Footballers Association and Doncaster Rovers will conduct a free recruitment event on 16 January between 3pm and 6pm at the Keepmoat Stadium. Courses and apprenticeships will be offered so that both adults and youngsters can make decision to take up education, training and employment. Doncaster Council reports that its team has worked closely with Rovers to distribute invitation to all. Awareness of community... Read More»

Royal Borough libraries to hold free events in January

January 6th, 2014 by Sandy

At North Kensington Library, on 14 January, from 6.30 pm to 8 pm, as part of Royal Borough libraries offering of events, a free event to inform and inspire members will be held. Charlotte Read will talk about how she used her Facebook status to start self-publishing and how she now sells books, greeting cards and prints from gift-shops in UK, online and from her stall. The event is... Read More»

Free event for aspiring poets at After Hours Live

January 5th, 2014 by Sandy

Arts group After Hours Live will host a free event where aspiring poets of Fenland get a chance to expose their talent on 10 January at 7:30 pm at a poetry open-mic night. During the same night “Little Book of Poetry” also will be launched at Octavia’s Cafe, Wisbech. The books contain 21 poems and are being currently sold for £4. The book comprises of the works of poets who appeared... Read More»

Essex gets £24m support for school meals and childcare

January 4th, 2014 by Sandy

The Government has handed over an amount of £24million to the authorities of Essex to further provide free school meals and also free childcare. In a similar incident, the east of England was allotted more than £67million which helped to increase the number of children availing free childcare from 13,700 to 24,600. Essex councils were asked to invest the cash in childminders and nurseries so that the number of children availing... Read More»

Free seminar on improving export techniques

December 31st, 2013 by Sandy

Bradford Airedale Manufacturing Alliance will host a free event explaining about export techniques. It will help all those looking for ways to learn about entering in to overseas market. The event will be held at the Cedar Court hotel on January 24. Organisations such as Chamber International and UK Trade & Industry will help firms to increase export opportunities. Interested persons can call (01274) 354758 for more information on the Read More»

Enjoy Diageo sponsored free travel this New Year’s Eve

December 29th, 2013 by Sandy

New Year is coming closer and so are the celebrations. Keeping this in mind, Diageo will sponsor free travel for revellers enjoying New Year’s Eve. People can avail free travel between 23:45 (31 December) and 04:30 (1 January) on the buses, Tramlink, Tube, DLR and trains on London Overground. At the EDF Energy London Eye, there will be Mayor of London's New Year's fireworks display. And a huge crowd is expected... Read More»

Art Exhibition and Card Making workshop at Victoria Gardens Community Building

December 22nd, 2013 by Sandy

Art Exhibition Visitors of all ages and abilities are welcome to the art exhibition entitled 'Reflections' by Martin Davis. Starting on 22 February, 2014, at the Victoria Gardens Community Building, Orchard Street, Neath, the free art exhibition will be held all day until 27, February, 2014.   Card Making Workshop The same venue will be holding a Mother's Day Card Making Workshop on 22,... Read More»

Improve your skill with free 10 week course on Maths or English

December 20th, 2013 by Sandy

Have you ever felt the need to improve your skills in Maths or English? If yes, then here is a chance for you to go for a change. Acquiring the skill you will definitely be able to apply it in various fields such personal and business activities. NPTC Group tutors will deliver the learning session. The free course will be held at Neath Campus from 13 January 2014 to 24 March... Read More»

Free event on New Year’s Eve

December 19th, 2013 by Sandy

London NYE 2013 Fireworks is a free event that will be presented by the Mayor of London and Vodafone to welcome the New Year with all the spirit. Fireworks will be telecast live on BBC 1 and hence whoever unable to witness it on the ground can watch it live at home on the television. EDF Energy London Eye will display light and colour in the sky on the New Year’s... Read More»

Bournemouth Borough Council conducts free pantomime event

December 16th, 2013 by Sandy

Bournemouth Borough Council’s Early Years Service along with LV= conducted a free pantomime on 13 December (Friday) for children from the council. A performance of Aladdin was also held at the Pavilion Theatre. The council conducted the free event for the third successive year in a row. Tickets were issued to young carers, Linwood School, Julia’s House, Springbourne Family Centre, foster children and families requiring support from housing and homelessness charity... Read More»

Freephone numbers to become free from mobiles, Ofcom confirms

December 15th, 2013 by Sandy

Ofcom has announced freephone numbers to be used for free from mobiles. According to the watch dog, freephone will be free from June 2015 for numbers such as 0808, 0800 and 116. These numbers are free only when used on landline phones but costs between 14p and 40p per minute for mobile phone users. Ofcom has also promised to make points clear regarding the call cost made to organisations such as... Read More»

Apples’s Christmas giveaway, the annual 12 Days of Gifts app launched

December 14th, 2013 by Sandy

With Christmas fast approaching, Apple has launched its annual giveaway- 12 Days of Gifts. So iOS users in UK can again look forward for free content over the 12 day period from 26 December, 2013 to 6 January, 2014. In what is now an annual seasonal tradition, the app named this year- 12 Days of Gifts, has owners of iPhones, iPads and iPods expecting a surprise gift on each... Read More»

BBC launches five new subscription free HD channels

December 11th, 2013 by Sandy

BBC has announced launch of five new High Definition channels for 10 December and these channels will be free of subscription. The five channels such as BBC Four HD, BBC Three HD, CBBC HD, BBC News HD and CBeebies HD will be telecast on Freesat HD, Freeview HD, YouView, Virgin Media and Sky HD. According to BBC director-general, Tony Hall, the launch has been made exactly on time before Christmas and... Read More»

Free event to raise funds to find bone marrow donors

November 28th, 2013 by Sandy

A free fund raising cultural event will be held to find bone marrow donors for those suffering from diseases such as leukaemia (blood cancer). The event will be organized by KCWA Trust, Friends of Kerala supported by Sangeetha of UK. The event will be held from 4pm to 8pm on December 22 at the Archbishop Lanfranc School, Mitcham Road, CR9 3AS. It is also being held to help save life of... Read More»

Free event for single women looking for a right person

November 26th, 2013 by Sandy

Founded by James and Abigail Phillips in the year 2012, 'Getting Mr Right' has announced to conduct a free event this year too for those single women who find it hard to choose a right person for their life. The event will be held in Central London under the name 'Your Path to Mr Right'. Discussions on dealing with men and women and creating love life without any conflicts between... Read More»