Two Nottinghamshire charities are now accepting the first multi-retailer gift card that can be used exclusively in charity shops. Treetops Hospice provides respite and end of life care for adults in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, and Nottinghamshire Hospice needs to raise nearly £3million to meet … [Read more...]
Nottingham Castle launches search for train driver
Nottingham Castle has launched its search to fulfil two unique seasonal positions as the maiden voyage of its Land Train approaches this summer. The historic city attraction is searching for two new team members to share the role of driver and conductor on the eco-friendly land train that will take … [Read more...]
Local Celebrations for Armed Forces Day
The Mayor of the Borough of Broxtowe, Councillor David Grindell, raised a specially commissioned Armed Forces Day Flag in The Square, Beeston on Monday 20 June at 11.00am to mark a week of events being held across the country. Colonel Gavin Hatcher OBE from 170 (Infrastructure Support) Engineer … [Read more...]
Royal engagements at local care homes for 3-year-old Isla
Care home provider New Care enlisted the help of ‘The Queen’, Isla Bates aged 3, to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee with residents at The Grand Care Centre in West Bridgford and Ruddington Manor Care Centre in Wilford. The royal engagement comprised a red carpet arrival for Isla at The Grand, who … [Read more...]
Church sets itself a unique challenge with 24-hour music-a-thon
A Beeston church will be filled with the sound of music for 24 hours during a spectacular summer fundraising event. The sponsored music-a-thon at Beeston Methodist Church on Chilwell Road starts at 10.30am on Saturday, August 20, and ends at the beginning of the morning service on Sunday, August … [Read more...]
Rushcliffe Borough Council raises a flag in support of Armed Forces Week
Rushcliffe Borough Council has joined organisations across the country to raise a flag to commemorate Armed Forces Week. Councillors and local dignitaries gathered at Rushcliffe Arena yesterday (June 20) to watch the ceremonial flag raising which this year also commemorated the 40-year anniversary … [Read more...]
Whitegate Primary School goes beyond rainbows for Pride
Every year, since 1970, June is recognised by communities across the world as the month of Pride - a significant event that commemorates the LGBTQI+ community’s history, visibility and honouring the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan. Whitegate Primary School in Clifton, Nottingham shares how … [Read more...]
Resident at local care home has ‘trip down memory lane’
A resident at a local care home was given a “pleasant surprise” when she was given the chance to relive her younger days and go for a ride in a sidecar. Betty Collins, 96, who lives at MHA The Herons in Toton would often find herself in the sidecar of husband’s motorbike during her younger days and … [Read more...]
Toot Hill staff member honoured at The Queen’s Garden Party
From parties in the street, pageants and flypasts, as well as worldwide television coverage, there have been a lot of celebrations to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, but its also been a time to celebrate the hard-working, dedicated people of Britain. Jill Horton, a long-serving staff member at … [Read more...]
East Leake’s Friends of Meadow Park welcomed return to normality!
The work Party on Saturday 11th June was a welcome return to 'normal' as we were able to notify the whole membership and ask if they would like to join us on the day. Over the last two and a half years due to the pandemic we have been either not operating at all or with individuals/minimum numbers. … [Read more...]
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