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Scottish Ceilidh Club Starting 15th April

SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING MADE SIMPLE WITH NO DRESSING UP!

SCOTTISH CEILIDH CLUB

The Bedford Scottish Dance Group is organising a Scottish Ceilidh Club to give an opportunity for those who haven’t experienced Scottish dancing to learn some of the more popular dances. The first meeting of the Club will be on Friday 15th April and we plan to have eight weekly meetings in the first instance, the last meeting being on the 3rd June. We will then meet again in the Autumn if there is sufficient interest. Each evening’s dancing will begin at 7.45 pm and finish at 9.45 pm. The cost for each evening will be £3. We have booked the Reading Room, 1, Barkers Lane, Bedford MK41 9SH for the eight week period. This is at the Goldington Road end of Barker’s Lane on the west side of the road. There is limited off-road parking but kerb-side parking in Barker’s Lane and King Edward Road is more than adequate.

You do not need a partner. You may find soft shoes [trainers/plimsolls] most comfortable. John Mullett will be the instructor for each evening’s dancing. He does Scottish Country Dancing and Highland Dancing. You may have met him at our New Year Ceilidhs. The plan he has for the group is to take 7 weeks to prepare for a party. The party will be the final session and you will be free to invite your friends to join us. However, before then, he plans to teach you the dances so that you can dance with confidence and to the best of your ability at the party.

I need a rough idea of how many people are likely to attend our first meeting so please let me know if you would like to come along.

My telephone number is 01234 3178947 and my email address is tim_hern@yahoo.co.uk.

Regards
Tim Hern

Easy Fundraising for Lavendon Village Hall

There is an Easy Way to Support Lavendon Village Hall at no cost to you!!

Did you know you could be collecting FREE donations for Lavendon Village Hall every time you shop online this Christmas? With easyfundraising you can raise on everything from turkeys to tinsel. There are thousands of High Street and other popular online retailers just waiting to make a donation on your behalf at absolutely no cost to you!

Why not sign up now? http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/lavendonvillagehall

Easy Fund-raising for Lavendon Village Hall

Easy Fund-raising for Lavendon Village Hall

Lavendon Village Hall – Grow Your Tenner!

Lavendon Village will benefit!

Lavendon Village will benefit!

Matched Funding Opportunity for Lavendon Village Hall Refurbishment Project

The refurbishment programme associated with Lavendon Village Hall has received enormous support over the past couple of years, during which time over £100,000 has been raised enabling Phase 1 of the programme to be almost completed. As a result, the Village Hall now has a brand new boiler/utilities room, new disabled and ladies & gentlemen’s toilets, new kitchen facilities and also an improved entrance corridor area. A new bar area and improvements to the building fascia and access arrangements are yet to be finalised to complete Phase 1. We then hope to move onwards to provide an additional parking area behind the Hall, as well as extra facilities within the Hall itself and energy saving features such as double glazing and wall insulation.

Fund-raising for the programme has been given much support from the MK Community Foundation and Local Giving charities. These two charities are once again running a matched funding opportunity so that the first £10 of any public donation to Lavendon Village Hall will be directly matched by them for a limited period of time, ie doubling the gift at no extra cost to the donor. This is a great opportunity for the Village Hall project which is not to be missed!

Here are the details:

Start date: Tuesday, 13th October 2015 at 10am (but not before!)
End date: When the fund runs out or Wednesday the 18th November at 5pm
Amount matched: Up to £10 for one-time donations and up to £10 per month for Direct Debit donations for 3 months (£30 max)
Match funding limit per donor for one-time donations: 5 donations

If you would like to make a donation then please go to the Lavendon Village Hall web page on Local Giving at http://www.localgiving.com/charity/lavendonvillagehall then click on one of the donate buttons which will bring up a simple donation payment form. Donations can also qualify for Gift Aid if you would like to additionally assist in that way.

Thank you in advance for your interest!

The Lavendon Village Hall is a registered Charity No. 300289

Hearing Health Roadshow, Pavilion Car Park

Hearing Health Roadshow – 14th August

Pavilion Car Park

Specsavers will have a mobile unit in the Pavilion Car park 9.30 am – 3 pm on Friday 14th August.

“As part of my visit I will be providing information on hearing health and the importance of regular hearing checks. Anyone who is interested in having their hearing checked will be offered a screening appointment on the day in our self contained mobile hearing centre.

For clients that have private hearing aids already from Specsavers they can also attend for any adjustments that they may require. If anyone would like more information prior to our visit they can call Specsavers Milton Keynes on 01908 662116.”

Why not take advantage of this service brought to your doorstep!