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Christmas Selection Box at Stourbridge Library
A Few Quick Ones present a Christmas Selection Box at Stourbridge Library on Saturday 6 December at 1pm. The free festive entertainment includes four short plays, each with a Christmas heart. Live music will also be provided by a singer songwriter. “There will be...
Small Business Saturday in Camborne
Small Business Saturday on 6 December is being celebrated in Camborne with double stamps on loyalty cards for every purchase made in participating businesses. Cornwall Council has also funded free parking on the day in the town’s Rosewarne long and short stay car...
A welcoming warm space at St Austell Leisure Centre
St Austell Leisure Centre is taking part in the Warm Welcome Space campaign and offering a free hot cuppa to those wishing to get in from the cold on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 1-3pm. With millions of people in the UK living in poverty and many of them...
Test your knowledge with the stars in Fowey
Broadcaster Petroc Trelawny and musician and composer Richard Sisson will be hosting a special quiz night in Fowey Town Hall on Friday 5 December from 7.30-9pm. Music, brain teasers, quizzes and conversation are on the programme in what promises to be a highly...
Exercise for diabetics
Exercise really matters for diabetics and prediabetics. Why? Because physical activity helps the body use insulin more effectively, keeps blood sugar levels steady, reduces blood pressure, and supports healthy weight loss. In some cases, it can even help put type 2...
Hublets at Lye Library
Digital tablets, known as Hublets, have been installed at Lye Library. Easily operated, the Hublets are housed in docking stations and can be released and activated by customers who have a library card and PIN. They will not work outside the library but, unlike...
Dreaming of the Olympics
Fifteen-year-old Naomi Hawkins, from Truro, has just won four silver medals and a fourth place in the European Biathle-Triathle Laser Run Championships in Turkey. It’s the first year that Naomi has competed in the Under 17 category and she claimed the highest ranked...
Castle Hill exhibition on show at Dudley Library
Dudley Library is hosting the History of Castle Hill exhibition until the New Year, when it will be put on permanent display in Dudley Zoo. Funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and commissioned by the zoo, the exhibition showcases Dudley Castle’s rich heritage –...
Christmas in Camborne officially launched
Hundreds of people thronged Camborne’s town centre for this year’s annual Christmas lights switch on. Santa arrived in a vintage car, festive elves roamed around on stilts and merry and bright displays dazzled in shop windows. Hours of entertainment were provided...
Camborne man takes on triathlon world
Steve Farnell was just thirteen when he first entered a triathlon. After enjoying the cycling, struggling in the swim and dropping out on the run, he thought it would be his last. In 2019, more than thirty years later, Steve entered his second triathlon after joining...
Bin your bra at a Dudley library!
Dudley, Stourbridge and Halesowen libraries are taking part in an Against Breast Cancer campaign and appealing for unwanted bras. Bra banks have been installed in each of the three libraries and, for every tonne collected, £700 will be donated to breast cancer...
Talk Club Captains wanted!
Dudley and Halesowen Libraries are looking for volunteer Talk Club Captains to lead and support a talk club for men aged eighteen and over. Founded in 2019, Talk Club is a talking and listening community that makes it easier for men to look after their mental...
Lighting up for Christmas in Camborne
Camborne’s Christmas Lights Switch On is happening this Saturday 22 November. Camborne Brass Band will begin the stage entertainment in Commercial Square at 1pm, followed by performances from CD Kids, Keur Arwodha Kemeneth and Makasong, Holman’s Choir, TR14ers, The...
Crime and lifelong learning
Two free author talks at Stourbridge Library this month promise insights into two very different aspects of human behaviour. The first on Saturday 22 November from 11am to 1230pm, focuses on the positive impact of lifelong learning. Written by mumpreneur Lorraine...
Open weekend at Cornish leisure centres
Better leisure centres throughout Cornwall will be holding an open weekend on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 November. In keeping with this month’s ‘Social Enterprise Day’, the Open Weekend will run with the theme of ‘Thriving on Purpose’. The aim is to celebrate the...
Open weekend at Reading leisure centres
Better leisure centres in Reading will be holding an open weekend on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 November. In keeping with this month’s ‘Social Enterprise Day’, the Open Weekend will run with the theme of ‘Thriving on Purpose’ – the aim being to celebrate the positive...
Move more, feel better: staying active with diabetes
By Karen Edmond, GLL Community Sport Manager Exercise really matters for diabetics and prediabetics. Why? Because physical activity helps the body use insulin more effectively, keeps blood sugar levels steady, reduces blood pressure, and supports healthy weight loss....
Book launches at Dudley Library
It was finding the first chapter of an unfinished book by her late mother that inspired Kay Louise Bowen, from Sedgley, to write her first novel Secrets. Published by Austin Macauley and about to be showcased at book fairs in New York, Miami and Mexico, Kay’s...