Community, Parish Council & Village
We have three different charity events coming up that would benefit from locals digging deep into their pockets. First up:
No, this isn’t a take on Movember, but local student Caitlin Williams-Macklin who will be shaving her hair on Thursday 26th April at the 6th Form College. As she says: Continue reading “Prostate & Helen Rollason Charity Appeals”
Youth Group Organize Family Fun DayBergholt Youth Group – BYG – is holding a family fun day at the Orpen Hall and Lorkin Daniel field on Saturday 27th June, from 2-4pm. There is no entry fee to the event and all family members are welcome to come along and see what the Youth Club provides for children in the village.
As well as having most of the usual Youth Club equipment out for people to try, including the pool and table tennis tables and the various PlayStation, XBox and Wii games etc., BYG will also be running tennis sessions, a penalty shootout competition and some poor unsuspecting soul will be in the stocks ready for target practise with wet sponges! There will also be afternoon “tea and cake” on sale, in addition to the normal Club tuck shop.
BYG is run every other Friday evening from September through to July for children of school year 6 and above. It has been running for over 6 years, staffed by volunteers. BYG currently has around 90 members and the Club evenings are regularly attended by over 50 children. There will be a Club info table displaying further information and the Club volunteers – “Crew” – will be on hand to answer any questions people may have.
Sponsored this year by ‘Cinderella, A Traditional Panto at the Mercury Theatre’ (which runs from 5th December to 11th January), Heathlands PTA is pleased to announce that its renowned annual fireworks display returns this year on Saturday 8th November.
Advance purchase of programmes at just £3.50 offers great value and they are available from Heathlands Primary School, local businesses & other schools in Colchester from 22nd October 2014. Entry at the gate will cost £5.00.
The gates are opening at 5:30 pm and there will be plenty going on before the display including:
Pictures are from previous displays.
To find out more visit www.heathlandsblog.co.uk or email [antibot mailto=”[email protected]”]. Heathlands School PTA is a registered charity (10377284).
Join a sponsored Abseil down Colchester Town Hall on 13th July 2014This is just one of many events that East Anglian Children’s Hospices (EACH) are organizing to support their work supporting families and providing care for children and young people with life-threatening conditions across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk. They provide care and support wherever the family wishes – in families’ own homes, in the community or at one of their hospices in Ipswich, Milton and Quidenham. Their care teams help children and their families with the emotional and physical challenges they face, helping them to make the most of life.
EACH had already arranged an abseil at Colchester Town Hall in June and that has already sold out so they are now organizing this extra date to Abseil approx 100ft from the roof of Colchester Town Hall!
Entry fees £15 per person, plus minimum sponsorship of £85 for participants aged 17 yrs and over, and £30 for those aged 16 yrs and under (payable on the day or via an online fundraising page).
Minimum age 14 years.
For more information please contact the Essex fundraising team on 01206 848450 or email [antibot mailto=”[email protected]”] or, if you are already convinced, enter with their online entry form.
If abseiling is not for you then to find other events visit the EACH events pages.
Save £££ and win – visit Green Open Homes during MayOn Saturdays and Sundays / weekends from 3 – 15 May, 20 local householders will be opening their homes to the public as part of Colchester’s Green Open Homes. Find out how easy it is to cut hundreds of pounds from your energy bills by installing energy saving measures, from low cost to bigger investments. Plus win shopping vouchers just by visiting one of the Green Open Homes.
The event will be a great opportunity for visitors to see first-hand how various environmental and renewable technologies work, such as solar panels and air source heat pumps. See the technologies in use in real homes discuss with the householders the practicalities and benefits for them.
Visit www.colchester.greenopenhomes.net or contact the organizers, en-form, on 01206 367776 or [antibot mailto=”[email protected]”] for locations and opening details.