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Clydebank will have fun-filled activities hotting up this weekend. The much awaited Winterfest will be returning to Clydebank on 26 November and promises to be bigger than ever. To kick-off the 3-week long celebrations from the Town Hall, Santa as the special guest, along with his trusted reindeer, will arrive for the grand opening from 11am to 3:30pm. Boys and girls listed will be able to meet Santa between... Read More»

The taxi-hailing app Mytaxi is offering free training to London cabbies to deal with health-related emergencies. The "Knowledge+" training course covers acid attacks, terrorist incidents, including first aid techniques and CPR, plus how to use a defibrillator. Cab drivers are given advice on basic psychology, like body language and de-escalating aggressive behaviour, or handling a crisis. The course is promoted as a progression of "The Knowledge", with backing from... Read More»

CINECITY Film Festival is back for its 15th year in Brighton. Running for 2 weeks, the latest iteration of the film festival includes exhibition, previews, live scores, special events and workshops, from 10th to 16th November. Inspired by the 70th Anniversary of Brighton Rock, an adaptation of Graham Green's novel will be screened, with the première of You Want Me To Say I Love You, a live commission and related... Read More»

An intimate storytelling event, True Story Lives, as part of Chester Literary Festival, will be coming to Storyhouse in Chester. Before the main True Stores Live event on 15th November (Wednesday), a fee workshop will be held on 14th November (Tuesday), for potential storytellers in Chester. The theme of the event is 'Lost and Found'. The event is the brainchild of Lucy Farrant, the producer. Storyhouse is a theatre,... Read More»

In partnership with North Yorkshire Soccer Academy the Thirsk Falcons FC is to launch free training sessions for girls only. The free sessions will start on 11th November (Saturday) at TAC playing fields from 10:30am onwards. The sessions open for girls from age 5 and up will be offered initially free. Richard Darcey, an ex-professional player and an experienced coach will offer traing. He will be assisted Scarlet Dukes... Read More»

The Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is on a ticket giveaway initiative, as part of the celebrations for Scotland's Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology. HES is offering thousands of free tickets to visitors, on the weekend of St. Andrews Day, falling on 25th and 26th November, on Saturday and Sunday, being released online. From 6th November (Monday), starting at 9am, members of the public can register online at www.ticketgiveawar.co.uk , right... Read More»

The rock band U2 will play a free concert for the MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) in London's Trafalgar Square. U2 are being awarded at this weekend's ceremony with a Global Icon award and the rock band will celebrate this with a free gig here on Saturday evening. The band will be handed the award at EMAs on Sunday (12 November), at the epic SSE Arena in Wembley. For... Read More»

Learn to tell your life story using photos at a digital workshop by Nailsea Town Council. The course called, 'Letter to My Grandchild in Photos', aims to help older people to tell their life story by creating a photo-book, for their families. The course which runs seven sessions, at this town in North Somerset, starts on 13th November, led by Elspeth Penny, the council's arts and health specialist. Elspeth... Read More»

The Canute Badminton club is arranging a free session for female players, called Back to Badminton, at the end of November. They are planning the session at the Ederton Youth Club, to encourage women to pick up a racket and have a go again. The session will be held in a relaxed and fun environment, on 22 November (Wednesday), at the club in Mereheathe Lane, Knutsford, Cheshire, from 8pm. Read More»

The killer clown craze is back, for a second year, meant to terrorise people in the country. However, for the 5 million Britons suffering from coulrophobia, or fear of clowns, this time there is help to overcome it. Specialists in phobia and anxiety workshops, Core Courage, are holding the first phobia workshop to address the issue of coulrophobia, ranging from mild anxiety to severe panic attacks. The workshop will... Read More»

A food waste road-show in Innerleithen will be holding a free event next week. The Food Waste Reduction workshop will run from 1pm to 3pm, on Wednesday, 1st November, at the Vale Leithen Social Club. The session at the Scottish town in Tweeddale area, is designed to show families how to save money, but at the same time reduce the amount of wasted going into the bin. It is... Read More»

The Winter Giant Lantern Parade is returning to Cardigan, following its inaugural success last year. This year the procession will be held on 8th December (Friday). The parade will go through the streets of Cardigan from 7pm, led by Small World Theatre, from Pendre Art to Cardigan Castle. The event will end at around 8:30pm with a fireworks display. Last year saw the event attracting giant lanterns created by... Read More»

The Science Museum will be celebrating 40 years of the gaming industry by launching an interactive video game pop up, Power Up, set up in partnership with the European Gaming League. The venue, in the South Kensington museum in East London, will be putting up 180 gaming consoles for visitors to try out hundreds of video games spanning decades. Whether a fan of classics or a millennial gamer, there's something for... Read More»

A free magical exhibition is running at Huddersfield Library and will be on until 23rd December. The exhibition- Harry Potter: A Story of Magic, will thrill all Harry Potter fans and includes manuscripts, books, drafts by author J. K. Rowling and drawings of Jim Kay, the illustrator. Also showcased will be Kirlees' connection to folklore and magic. Shown here will be images of items from the collections at West... Read More»

A free workshop will be held on 24th October in Irvine (Scotland), at Harbour Arts Centre, on shadow play and kaleidoscopic visuals made in the performance of 'Make A HOO'. This performance combines compelling physicality with Kaleidoscopic visuals and shadow play, created by Sita Pieraccini, the famous physical theatre maker, now on tour in Scotland this autumn. The free workshop open to young persons aged above 12 years, ia... Read More»

The Volk's Railway in Brighton had work going on to restore it and a delay meant it could not be opened at Easter at usual. However, it is open for the half term school holiday and the railway will run a service until 29th October. It will host over the weekend in November, the veteran car run. There are plans to run in November, a Santa Express service at... Read More»

Liverpool's world-renowned International Slaver Museum is marking its 10th anniversary and celebrating Black History Month with free seasonal events. Everyone is invited. A special anniversary exhibition Ink and Blood: Stories of Abolition is one of the highlights of the month of events. It explores the end of slavery and focuses on the plight of people affected in the 18th and 19th centuries and their freedom later. Empress-jai, the poetess,... Read More»

The Tate St Ives gallery will reopen after a major rework on 14th October with double its exhibition space now. The art gallery on its first weekend on 14th and 15th October (Saturday and Sunday) is offering free entry. There will also be free activities, events, talks and pop-up tours, with an evening of firework display too on Saturday. The gallery had partially reopened earlier this year, but this... Read More»

A free workshop, as part of World Voice 2017, will be held on 15th October (Sunday), at the Myle Cross Centre in Lincoln (Lincolnshire). The World Voice event is a project being run by the British Council and soundLINCS. The event offers a unique opportunity and invaluable experience to anybody involved in singing, by bringing a lively range of repertoire and techniques to share. World Voice will have its... Read More»

Apple, the giant American tech firm, has launched an initiative to teach the vital skill of computer coding to people of all ages in UK. The free events in the coming weeks will teach people how to write code, in hundreds of free sessions, at Apple stores, designed to help ordinary people, from 7th to 22nd October. The events will include topics on getting started with coding and how... Read More»