Events

Learn how a newsletter can transform your independent business and how to get started with your own designs with this half-day course. You will learn the benefits of having a newsletter, how to create your own newsletter strategy, design principles and content planning. There’ll also be the opportunity to design your own newsletter and receive feedback on your ideas. This course is for you whether you already have a newsletter you are looking to improve or are just starting out.What you will learn:How to set up your newsletter and build an audienceDesign principlesHow to plan content for your newsletterHow to write... Read More

Why not join Mabel’s as part of their Chatty Café Scheme to tackle loneliness together!Their ‘Chatty’ table is available from 11am to 12:30pm every Thursday with their lovely volunteer.Come along, have a chat and enjoy any hot drink for just £1!Mabel’s are one of many thousands of cafes and restaurants offering a Chatty table; to find out more about the Chatty Café scheme visit their Facebook Page! They were also features on Good Morning Britain this week talking about their future goals to support as many people as they can!

Join St George's Church Thursdays 12:30pm (November - March) for their Thursday Soup Lunch!This friendly community gathers week for their soup lunch (with a bit of cheese & crusty bread too!).Come along to be part of this relaxed group as they chat away in a warm ‘home-from-home’ space whilst enjoying some fabulous food too.

Join St George's Church on Thursdays 1.30pm (all year) for Knit & Natter!This group is open to all ages and stages!Do you like to knit? Perfect! Come and be part of it.Do you want to learn how to knit? Perfect! Come and be part of it.Is knitting really not your thing, but you’d like a hot drink and a place to natter?! Perfect! Come and be part of it!

Join @quirkyhickford at both Mabel’s Cafe & Tea Rooms and Oppio Lounge for their 2026 Crochet Courses!Each course is 4 sessions spread over 8 weeks, there are 2 different courses to choose from and in 2 different locations.They have their morning course at Mabel’s Café & Tea Rooms which is always on Wednesdays at 10:30am until 12:30.Then their evening course at Oppio Lounge which is always on Thursday at 6pm-8pm.The course options are beginner where they teach you the basics first and then they make something fun or intermediate where you already know how to do the basics and they... Read More