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The Ancient High House, on Greengate Street, Stafford, will be hosting on 1st October, Saturday, from 10:00am to 4:00pm, various crafts from the world of sewing, stitching, knitting and embroidery, plus a variety of other material crafts. The Borough Broderers will be in residence at the museum displaying and demonstrating a variety of arts and sometimes give the chance to try them out to the public viewing the event.... Read More»

The Kingston-based Brazilian martial arts school, the Marcus-Cabeca's School of Capoeira, is offering free classes in Acton. The Acton Reynolds Sports Centre, Gunnersbury Lane, will be running the classes right up to 26th October. The capoeira school celebrated its 10th anniversary this year. It has been given funding under the FreeSport initiative and is running the classes for those aged 12 years to 22 years at the venue located... Read More»

The Teignmouth Library will be hosting free computer classes to help beginners to start using the computer and internet. The free classes will start running from 1st October, at 10:00am, and will start once every 2 months, all through the year. The classes are run by Silver Surfers, a community interest company that helps people to dispel fears, that many older people have, of using a computer or tablet,... Read More»

Emily Midorikawa will be holding next month a one-off writing workshop on the theme of friendship. The author who earlier taught creative-writing here, is returning on 15th October, Saturday, to hold this free workshop which is open to both men and women, that will permit participants to explore the different ways of writing about friendship, plus offer them a chance to make new friends here. Emily used to teach... Read More»

The Broadwalk Centre will see four-wheeled movie stars driving in, as the Edgware shopping centre in London launches on 17th September, a free parking competition. The new Number Plate Lottery is a campaign to promote the centre's car park, by offering customers, parking in the car park, a chance to win a whole month of free parking. The pair of cars, both replicas, one the famous Batmobile from the 1989 movie... Read More»

A free yoga session to raise funds for the community project- 'You Can Bike Too', will be held on 11th September (Sunday), from 11am to 1pm. at the Milton country Park, north of Cambridge city. In exchange of participation in the outdoor yoga session, participants are requested to make a donation. Two qualified yoga teachers, Ying Chan and Erin Lawrence Earey, will run the sessions in Vinyasa yoga. Ying... Read More»

The Food Matters Live event will be hosted from 12nd to 14th November in the exhibition and convention centre ExCeL, in Newham, London. The festival of Food Matters Live is one of the biggest cross-sector event that focuses on the relationship between food, health and nutrition. The event is increasingly becoming a business and networking event that showcases the country's and international results seen in product developments and innovation... Read More»

Cheshire Oaks will be hosting special free events for summer, to delight and entertain the whole family. Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet is in Little Stanney, in Cheshire and is regarded as the country's largest outlet centre. Visitors coming will be enjoying the transformed fun destination of the Mc Arther Glen Designer Outlet. A grassed area with BBQ grill shack, a pop-up bar, children's games, festival-themed seating area and water... Read More»

Free activity sessions by Run England will be hosted for people with disabilities on every Thursday, at Queen 's Park in Loughborough (Leicestershire). The free sessions run from 11am to 12pm and will Will Goodbourne will help in running the sessions. The sessions developed to accommodate people with disabilities, are open to all those aged 12 years and above, and allow wheelchair users, but under-16s should be accompanied by... Read More»

UK is celebrating its own sports day, inspired by the wonderful performance at the Olympics. On 27th August (Saturday), thousands of clubs across the country will be opening their doors to people, encouraging them to come along and have a go at a sport or game. Under the initiative 'Join In- I Am Team GB', there are sports being offered to ordinary people and not just the sporting kind,... Read More»

A free Irish language course will be organised by Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, on 3rd September (Saturday) for those interested in the language. The free one-day course will be held at the Enniskillen Castle, in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, and will run from 10:00am to 4:00pm. The Irish language course will include classes, not just for adult learners, but for advanced learners of the language too and also for... Read More»

A festival on photography and printing will be taking place from 3 to 4 September this year, called FotoFest-2016, at Corsham in Wiltshire. The free festival presented by Fotospeed will be held at The Pound Art Centre. Events for photographers from any background and with any interests will be featured at the festival. There is free entry and this free event is presented by UK's premier photographic paper... Read More»

Countryside Live will be held this year in Harrogate at the Great Yorkshire Showground. The event for the whole family will be held on 22nd and 23rd October (over Saturday and Sunday), which is being organised by the Yorkshire Agricultural Society. The event is expected to attract thousands of visitors and has new attraction which include competitive classes for alpacas for the first time and Greg Wallace, famous through... Read More»

A free taster session in the art of Burlesque is being offered on 25th August, Thursday, from 8pm to 9pm, at the Riverside Ice and Leisure Centre in Chelmsford. The session is open for women interested and is hosted by woMEn TIME, of the Chelmsford City Council, in association with Burlesque Jems. The council's woMEn TIME is an initiative providing opportunities for women of 14 years and above, to... Read More»

Here is an opportunity that dog owners should not miss this summer, as there are 2 free sessions available in the market town of Sandy. Owners who wish to improve the behaviour of their pets, or just want to learn how to train their animal, can go for any of the 2 sessions available. The first on 14th August, Wednesday, from 7:00pm to 8:00pm, at Sunderland Road Recreation Ground and... Read More»

The University of Bath Sport Training Village will be hosting a fun event and celebrating the entry of Ben Fletcher in the men's under 100kg division at the Olympic Games Rio. People are being invited to cheer on the judoka as he competes in the event. On 11th August,Thursday, the Team Bath Dojo will, from 2pm to 4pm, be transformed into a Judo House. The action from the Games... Read More»

This August month will see Edinburgh's famous festival season get off with the launch of the city's 3 biggest events. The Edinburgh International Festival (EIF), along with the Royal Edinburgh Military Tatto, and also the Festival Fringe, all officially get underway on Friday. The EIF kicked-off on Friday with the opera Norma by Bellini. There will be flypasts by the Red Arrows too. On Sunday, the spectacular show Deep... Read More»

If you have run out of cash, but still love to have a festival experience, stewarding opportunities with Oxfam, the charity, can help you out. The charity in return for stewarding services, offer you free tickets to a number of festivals. Contribute typically for three 8-hours shifts, over the course of the weekend at a site, and also enjoy freely the music normally after duties for the rest of... Read More»

The Swim Safe programme for outdoor swimming and water safety sessions for children, returns to South Shields, running between 3rd and 20th August, at the Sandhaven beach, South Tyneside. The free swimming initiative is being delivered by a project made by a partnership between the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNIL) charity and the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA). Councillor Alan Smith, who is Mayor of Tyneside, said that it is... Read More»

TAPfit is a dance fitnesses craze from Australia and the Groove Academy in Stone Staffordshire is going to be one of the first to run the patented fitness classes in UK. Stone resident, Kate Beauchamp, the owner of Groove Academy is among the first handful of British dance teachers trained and licensed to run TAPfit classes. TAPfit is a high-intensity mix of fitness exercises and tap dancing that has... Read More»