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Design Manchester returns, with more free events

October 11th, 2016 by Sandy Under Freebies

The Design Manchester festival returns for the fourth time and this year runs from 12th to 23rd October. The theme this year is 'Design City'. The festival was established in 2013, initiated by the Manchester School of Art. This year the festival has 37 events. It has grown over the years in popularity and scale, with the festival this year running over a 12-day period, promising to be bigger... Read More»

Guineas Ghoul School organises free event celebrating Halloween in Newmarket

October 10th, 2016 by Sandy Under News

The Guineas Ghoul School is organising a free event on 25th October (Tuesday). The Newmarket shopping centre (in Suffolk) will be hosting at the Mad Science Workshop spooktacular experiments, freakish face painting and the Victorian Ghostly Ghost Busting Society will present spooky comedy. The comedy capers and spooky spies can be found around the Guineas centre investigating what's going on and hunting out spirits and poltergeists. The Halloween workshop... Read More»

Ford UK’s Driving Skills for Life at Excel Exhibition can help students

October 9th, 2016 by Sandy Under Freebies

The Driving Skills For Life (DSFL) programme by Ford UK will be hosting free sessions at the Excel Exhibition Centre in London. A morning and afternoon session will be offered on 18, 19, 20 November 2016 here, to help young drivers under Ford UK's initiative. According to a new survey conducted by Ford Motor Company, students rank at the bottom of the class, when it comes to road safety.... Read More»

Royal College of Music to host first International Double Bass Festival

October 8th, 2016 by Sandy Under News

The inaugural International Double Bass Festival will be held on 16th October, hosted by the Royal College of Music (RCM). The festival will attract bassists from all over the world, to gather here for a day of seminars, performances, masterclasses and coaching sessions. A masterclass on 14th October that will precede the festival, will be led by Dan Styffe, co-principal bass of the Oslo Philharmonic, along with RCM string... Read More»

Free events to encourage recycling, repairing across South London

October 7th, 2016 by Sandy Under Freebies

The South London Waste Partnership along with Recycle London, will be hosting a series of free events throughout October and November to encourage and convince people to do more repairing and recycling, so as to send less rubbish to the landfills. A series of 'Restart Parties' events will be hosted at each borough and residents can bring in electronic products to be repaired and even learn how to repair... Read More»

Free workshops in Hereford to train people to go online

October 6th, 2016 by Sandy Under Freebies

Get Online Week, is an awareness week that aims to help people get started on computers and using the internet. Running from 17th to 28th October, it will be held in Herefordshire, with a series of free drop-in sessions and training workshops offered by Fastershire Broadband and Herefordshire Council, to be held across Ledbury, Leominster, Ross-on-Wye, Hereford and Kington libraries. Free training sessions are being offered by The Leaning... Read More»

Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2016 coming soon this month

October 5th, 2016 by Sandy Under News

The Festival of Ideas will be hosting in Cambridge, over 200 events that range from art and museum exhibitions to theatre and music events, plus lectures, debates and discussions. Most of the events at the Festival, running from 17th to 30th October, are free, but some need to be booked. The Festival of Ideas, now in its 9th year, is taking place around Cambridge in university buildings and lecture... Read More»

Free events at this year’s bigger Biggar Little Festival

October 4th, 2016 by Sandy Under Freebies

A spectacular programme of events await visitors to the Biggar Little Festival, starting this year on the 20th October (Thursday) and running up to 30th October (Sunday). This year's festival in Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, is bigger and better than ever, featuring more than 70 events that includes music, dance, drama, comedy, puppetry, fine art, ceramics, exhibitions, books and open workshops. The menu involves gin, beer and food too. Read More»

Free awareness event of disabled sport ‘RaceRunning’, by Newport para-cyclist group

October 3rd, 2016 by Sandy Under News

This week a para-cycling club from Newport will be hosting a free event in the city, at the Marrello Clinic, in Longstone Business Park, in their hometown. On Wednesday (5th October), the paracyclists group will be inviting physiotherapist Gabriella Todd to share with others her story about forming the first RaceRunning Club in Wales, plus how to involve in it. RaceRunning was invented in 1991 in Denmark. The sport... Read More»

Every teen in EU to get free rail ticket to travel across Europe

October 2nd, 2016 by Sandy Under News

MEPs of the EU have proposed a plan which will give every teenager in EU, on his or her 18th birthday, a free rail ticket travel across the continent. Under this scheme, a free one month Interrail pass will be given to youngsters on turning 18. The scheme gives them a chance to travel across 30 European countries on railway lines. The MEPs will, in the coming days, vote... Read More»

Free event The Big Draw, a festival coming to Birmingham

October 1st, 2016 by Sandy Under News

The picturesque Suffolk town of Birmingham will play host to a free event called The Big Draw. It will take place on 29th October, Saturday, from 9:30am to 3:00pm, at various locations around the town to promote drawing along with all its many pleasures and uses. With association of Framlingham-Area-Youth-Action-Partnership (FAYAP), Flipside will be organising the free event which will see professional artists encourage the public to try a... Read More»

Bill Wyman’s 80th birthday, Proud Chelsea to host his photo exhibition

September 30th, 2016 by Sandy Under News

Chelsea is celebrating Bill Wyman's 80th birthday with and exhibition of never-seen-before photographs taken by him of the Rolling Stones band. Proud Galleries, on King's Road, Chelsea, London, is celebrating Wyman's birthday by opening next month the 'Around the World in 80 Years' exhibition. The former Rolling Stone bassist's rare unpublished photographs of the band, from early years to international stardom will be displayed. The exhibition promises a behind-the-scenes... Read More»

Public display of court files on codebreaker Alan Turing

September 29th, 2016 by Sandy Under News

Historic court files, provided by the Cheshire County Archives, are on display for the first time revealing details of the conviction of Alan Turing, the World War II Enigma codebreaker, at Chester Town Hall, in Northgate Street, from 23rd September (Friday) and goes on till 9th October (Sunday). The official documents list the charges, pleas and sentences of the trial of Turing in Knutsford. The display is ahead of... Read More»

Chance to get free tickets to BBC sitcom Mrs. Brown’s Boys

September 28th, 2016 by Sandy Under News

Here is a chance to sit free in the audience to watch the BBC sitcom recording for Mrs. Brown's Boys Christmas Specials. Although you may get it free, you have to travel to Glasgow to watch the recording. The comedy sensation, which was voted as best sitcom of 21st century, became a phenomenon, and is now back in the form of 2 episodes for Christmas this year, where Brendan... Read More»

Hundreds of free fitness and sport sessions offered across Cumbria

September 27th, 2016 by Sandy Under Freebies

The Go Active Weekend will see hundreds of free sessions, taster days and vouchers being offered across Cumbria, on 1st and 2nd October. This weekend, anyone interested can try out canoeing or even martial arts. Or go with Go Ape just swinging, or go cycling across a lake. Or try winning a session at Furness Boxing Club. Or hire a kayak for a half-day session. As part of the... Read More»

New Bubbenhall nature reserve to be opened

September 26th, 2016 by Sandy Under News

Warwickshire Wildlife Trust has a new nature reserve to open on the outskirts of Coventry, thanks to more than £130,000 worth of legacy donations got. The donations were left by local people in their wills to be gifted to the charity. Communications officer at Warwickshire Wildlife Trust, Louise Barrack, said they were excited to open the new nature reserve. They had been for a number of years putting together... Read More»

Black History Month to be celebrated across Enfield

September 25th, 2016 by Sandy Under News

The celebrations for the Black History Month will betaking place all across Enfield, throughout October. The annual festival will host a series of events, all through the month, in recognition of contributions made to the borough and UK by black people. The event will be showcasing many workshops, live performances and music, honouring the history, culture and achievements of the black community. Free taster sessions will be offered in... Read More»

Free rides in heritage buses around Skipton

September 24th, 2016 by Sandy Under Freebies

Pennine buses belonging to the company that wound up in 2014, will be offering free rides to commuters in Craven (North Yorkshire) on 8th October, Saturday. The three buses are to spend a whole day, re-visiting some of the routes they ran earlier for the former bus service. On Saturday, hourly bus services will start form Skipton Bus Station and run to Embsay, Carleton and then around the Horse... Read More»

Launch of Arts by the Sea festival by free fiery event

September 23rd, 2016 by Sandy Under Freebies

A free explosive, fiery event will light up the launch of the Arts by the Sea Festival at Bournemouth town centre (on southern coast of England), on 8th October, Saturday, with fiery jets providing a fantastic backdrop, called the Inferno. The Mr. Wilsons Second Liners, the 90s rave-come-New Orleans brass band will perform with this backdrop. The free ticketed event launches the Arts by the Sea festival here. Outdoor... Read More»

Free tickets to fireworks display at Hull City Of Culture opening

September 22nd, 2016 by Sandy Under News

A free fireworks spectacle will light up the sky in Hull, above the Humber, on 1st January, 2017, for the opening of Hull City of Culture event. To get the best view one has to get a free ticket, of which tens of thousands will be made available. It will begin at sharp 8:17pm (or 20:17) on New Year's Day. On a date yet to be confirmed in October,... Read More»