LEASOWE COMMUNITY CENTRE – SOLICITOR SURGERIES
Martin Richards from BBH Solicitors provides free advice surgeries at the Leasowe
Community Centre on Tuesday mornings 9.30am – 12noon
Please note that his next surgery will be on Tuesday 19th August
BARDS OF NEW BRIGHTON
Feeling poetic?
Poetry group, the Bards of New Brighton
will meet monthly in the Magazines pub in New
Brighton on the second Monday
of the month at 8.30pm.
Next
meeting will be Monday, 11th August
ST. SAVIOURS CHURCH – WEEKLY ORGAN RECITALS
A season or weekly organ recitals will take place at
St. Saviours Church, Oxton
On Tuesday lunchtimes, between 11:45am – 12:15pm
Entrance is free with a voluntary retiring collection
August 12th Simon Russell (Organist,
Nantwich Parish Church)
August 19th Philip Arkwright (Sub-Organist,
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral)
August 26th Peter Foggitt (Director of Music,
St. John’s Church, London)
September 2nd
Philip Broadhouse (Organ Scholar,
St. Saviours Church, Oxton)
NEW
BRIGHTON CHILDREN’S CENTRE – EVENTS
The centre is based on Mount Pleasant Road, New
Brighton and all families
with children under 8 from the New
Brighton, Wallasey and Leasowe areas are
welcome to drop in.
Forthcoming free events are:
Wednesday 13th August, 10am – 12noon
"Summer Safety" morning covering sun safety, road
safety and safety in the home
Thursday 21st August, 11am – 1pm
"Party in the Park" at Vale Park, New Brighton
Families should bring a picnic with them.
There will be a teddy bear treasure hunt and
children's games and activities.
For more information please call Sarah Porter on 0151
630 2731
Wallasey YMCA Community Celebration Event
Friday
15th August, 1pm – 4pm
Official opening by the Mayor of Wirral – 2pm
The Wallasey YMCA has recently had some improvements
made to the grounds
which include a proper car park with marked
spaces, access for wheelchair users
to our sports hall, new railings
and gates which greatly improve the
appearance of our building.
We also have had our rear grounds which had become a
jungle of knotweed, hogweed
and dumped rubbish into a lovely open
space grassed area with a
small performance/events area.
We will have activities for children and young people as well as
entertainment.
There will be refreshments and entry is free,
children under 8 will need
to be accompanied by an adult.
WIRRAL CYCLING
CAMPAIGN
The Wirral
Cycling Campaign has something for you, whether you are cycling for
health and fitness or just cycling for leisure.
They organize rides,
which are suitable for 14 year olds to Grandparents and
most types
of cycle as they are over roads and cycle ways.
The route is usually
30 miles or more, and may be up to 60 miles, although they try to
vary
rides to suit those present and they make sure nobody is left
behind.
They return to the
start point at the end of the ride, usually between 5pm – 6pm
but
sometimes later on longer rides, or earlier if the weather is poor.
Next planned ride:
Sunday West
Kirby Concourse
August 17th
(Rear Car Park)
Meet at 10:45 am for
an 11:00am start
Please make sure
that your cycle is in roadworthy condition and during the winter
months
carry lights. Bring a puncture repair outfit, spare inner
tube and plenty to drink.
A packed lunch is also advisable, although
the routes are planned to take in a Café
lunch stop if possible.
For further information, have a
look at the website www.wirralcycling.org.uk or call
0151 678
7501 or 0151 342 7201
WIRRAL
FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SHOW
Sunday
17th August, 12 noon – 5pm
Free public viewing, at Birkenhead Park from 12 noon
Prizes being awarded at 3pm by The Mayor and Mayoress
of Wirral and also
Medwyn Williams MBE, FNVS
For further information call 0151 652 5197
Wallasey Churches Together Drop-in Centre
The Wallasey Churches Together Drop-in Centre would
like to hear from you if you can
spare a few hours to help in their
charity shop or donate items for sale.
The
shop will be based on Seaview Road and will be open from 18th - 22nd of August.
The Drop-in Centre is raising money so that it can
continue to run its friendly,
relaxed service which enables people
with mental health problems to meet and chat
with friends and to
take part in other activities.
Phil Wood, the Centre’s Chair said: “The Centre is
run by volunteers.
It provides a vital service for people
experiencing difficulties with mental health.
We arrange a wide
range of activities such as bingo, playing pool, arts and crafts
and
with the occasional day out to places such as Southport and Chester.
“The shop will help us raise much-needed funds to
keep the service going.
“Everyone is welcome – you don’t have to go to church
to get involved.
Any help people can offer us with the shop, whether
it’s volunteering a few hours
of their time or contributing goods we
can sell on, it would be much appreciated.”
Anyone wishing to find out more about getting
involved with the shop,
can phone Phil Wood, the Centre’s Chair on
639 2023.
WALLASEY FAMILY HISTORY GROUP
The Wallasey Family History Group will be holding
their next monthly meeting on
Tuesday
19th August at 7.30pm
at the YMCA, Manor Road, Wallasey.
The speaker is Mrs Diane Robinson and the subject is
"Memorial Inscriptions, shipwrecks and other hidden stories in
Wallasey Cemetery"
Everyone is welcome
M.S.
SOCIETY – WIRRAL BRANCH
The Wirral Branch of the Multiple Sclerosis Society
meet on the
3rd Wednesday of each month at the
Harvest Mouse in Heswall for lunch,
laughs and chat at 12.00.
The next meeting is on Wednesday 20th August
If you need to contact the MS Society, Wirral Branch
call
0151 606 1677 (24 hour answerphone) or
e-mail wirralms@tiscali.co.uk
Shakespeare's - A Winter's Tale
Birkenhead Park, 29th – 30th August
It's a real family affair this August when
Shakespeare's
A Winter's Tale comes to Birkenhead Park.
Neil Caple (Brookside, On the Ledge, Flint Street
Nativity) directs the story –
now set in the 1930's and 1950's in a
new twist on the traditional play.
The play takes place in the upper park, with the
entrance on Ashville Road.
Performances are -
Friday 29th August 7.45pm
Saturday 30th August 2pm and 7.45pm.
Tickets are FREE but need to be booked. They are
available from:
Get Into Reading Group at the Laurie's Centre or from
The Visitor's Centre in the park- Tel: 0151 652 5197
TALES AROUND THE FIRE
An evening
of story telling, singing and poetry around the fire,
down in the
old officer’s mess at The Fort Perch Rock in New Brighton.
Friday
29th August
(theme is)
From Deepest Cheshire
7.45pm for
an 8pm start
(be
prompt – main doors to Fort will be closed at 8pm)
Free entry,
contributions by donation in a basket
Bring a
tale, song or poem to share, or just sit back and enjoy.
The theme
evening is just a guide.
The
flickering firelight in the company of friends is our inspiration
For more
information, contact Tim Kingham on 07828 392788
NIGHT
WALK AT EASTHAM COUNTRY PARK
Friday
29th August, 8pm – 10pm
Discover the bats and other nocturnal life at Eastham
Woods.
This event is suitable for all the family to enjoy.
Please bring a torch and suitable clothing and
footwear.
Booking is essential - sorry, no dogs allowed
Telephone 0151 327 1007
ROCK
FERRY RESIDENTS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
Are holding a fun festival on
Saturday 30th August, 11am – 4pm
at Knowsley Road, Rock Ferry.
There will be face painting, graffiti art and lots of
arts and craft stalls with a “live”
stage on which local people
will be showing off their talents.
They are looking for people to help out, either on
the day, or the day before.
They are also in need of plain T-Shirts, craft
things, black bags,
raffle prizes or any donations – be it money or in
kind!
If you think you can help, contact
Mandy Yates on 0774 773 7238
VALE PARK – COMMUNITY EVENT
Saturday 6th
September, 12pm - 6pm
All proceeds in aid
of LUPUS UK
Line Dancing with
Chay's Stompers (dancing is optional !)
BBQ
Bric-a-brac
Tombola and stalls
Donations of
bric-a-brac appreciated, but NO clothing please.
Entry - £2 per
adult, £1 per child
For more
information, contact Chris Jones on
0151 639 2141
WEST
KIRBY “PHOENIX PLAYERS” PRESENT
Variety
Performance 2008 at the
Westbourne Community Centre,
Westbourne Road,
West
Kirby
Friday
5th and Saturday 6th September
Doors
open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start
This
will be a cabaret style show, featuring many talented acts
Guaranteed to get you in a party mood!
Book
tables or individual tickets now by contacting
Jenny
on 0151 678 9654
EASTHAM
HERITAGE WALK
Sunday
14th September, 12 noon – 4pm
Join the Rangers on this walk through Eastham Country
Park and
Eastham Village and discover more about the area’s natural
and man-made
history and heritage.
Please bring suitable clothing and footwear, and a
packed lunch is also recommended.
Booking is essential
Telephone – 0151 327 1007
WALLASEY SEA CADETS – BIRTHDAY REUNION
Saturday 4th October , 6.30pm – till late!
Attention all ex-cadets, staff or committee members
of
Wallasey Sea Cadets
Wallasey Sea Cadets is celebrating its 70th Birthday and
a special Anniversary Dinner has been organised at
The Regency Suite, Liscard, Wallasey
Tickets are £30, which includes wine
and are available from TS Astute (formerly the TS
Revenge)
or by phoning
0151 639 1743
BRAVE
GHOST HUNTERS WANTED
The Anthony Nolan Trust is looking for ghost-hunters
to spend the night in the
very haunted Wirral Museum in Birkenhead
Town Hall.
The event will take place on
Saturday 4th October from 7pm to 1am
It promises to be a real treat for anyone interested
in the paranormal.
There will be a guided tour of the museum
detailing real-life experiences and
historical information followed
by a ghost-hunting workshop with an experienced
team of paranormal
investigators, psychic experiments, medium ship and séances.
Wirral Museum, in the magnificent Birkenhead Town
Hall, appeared on
Most Haunted Live” back in December 2005 and is
said to be home to
many hauntings. Museum workers report seeing the
apparition of a man pass
through the main reception. In the
ballroom, which used to hold local celebrations,
the sounds of a
party, including clinking glasses and piano playing
can be heard
late at night.
Participants will be asked to raise sponsorship of at
least £125 to help take back lives from leukaemia.
Right now, the Charity is urging more young men to
join its bone marrow register.
Only 11% of its register currently
consists of young men aged between 18 and 35.
However, 75% of those
who go on to donate and save lives are men.
The Anthony Nolan Trust is an independent charity and
relies on financial support
from individuals and companies to fund
its work. It costs the Charity £125 to
tissue-type each new donor to
its register.
For an entry form
please text “FUN Wirral” and your name and address
to 60003,
download it from www.anthonynolan.org.uk or call 0151 428 3992.
The joys of outdoor reading
Woodchurch library is basking in the great outdoors
this summer by launching Wirral’s first reading garden.
The garden is one of a series of projects launched
during National Year of Reading designed to inspire and encourage
outdoor reading within local communities around the country.
The Woodchurch garden is situated at the front of the
library on Ganneys Meadow Road and was designed by local residents
together with library staff, LA21, Woodchurch Neighbourhood
Management and local business, Star Designs.
Fittingly entitled The Storytellers’ Garden, there
are ample places for people to sit and read in the fresh air
surrounded by plants, herbs and reading-related decorations. There
is also a special storyteller’s chair adjacent to the entrance to
the Ganney Meadows Early Years’ Centre which is designed for someone
to sit and read to groups of young people.
Librarian Gwen Wale said: “We decided to call it the
Storytellers’ Garden because it is open to everyone in the community
– and everyone is a storyteller.
“We’ve only been open a couple of weeks but it is
already proving very popular and is encouraging more people to read
– when the weather permits, anyway!”
Cllr. Bob Moon, Wirral Council Cabinet Member for
Culture, Tourism and Leisure, added: “Green or open spaces are
important to communities - they can transform individual people’s
lives. They can provide a welcome to respite from everyday life and
are known to promote health and well-being.
“Reading gardens like the one at Woodchurch publicly
celebrate the importance and pleasure of reading, and the joys of
reading outdoors and I hope it is just the first of many in Wirral.”
CRASS
ROUTES
Attention artists & interested residents in the West
Kirby area!
Local community group Crass Routes has opportunities
for involvement in
community projects linking environmental,
communal and spiritual elements,
including a lantern parade
in West Kirby this winter.
Call Marko Muller on 0151 625 9974 or contact crassroutes@hotmail.co.uk
LEASOWE
LEARNING & WELL BEING CENTRE (1)
FREE advice & guidance service at
Leasowe Learning & Well being Centre
Free impartial confidential advice
Non means & means tested enquiries
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit
Debt issues - money advice
Housing, Employment & personal issues
Our excellent advice & guidance worker is in the
Centre every Monday,
Tuesday & Wednesday
Pop in for an appointment or call
01516371812.
LEASOWE
LEARNING & WELL BEING CENTRE (2)
Leasowe Learning & Well Being Centre are providing
Summer Craft and cookery
classes for children, Mondays to Thursdays.
Times vary and cost £2.00 per session
In our gym, we also have 2 fully qualified Personal
Trainers on site who are
offering 45 minute sessions for £5.00 for
Men and Women
Lots of times and dates available.
Please call 0151 637 1812 for details or to book all
sessions
GREETINGS CARD MAKING CLASS
Every Wednesday at 7.30pm
at the Morton Arms, Pasture Road, Moreton (in the
back room)
there will be creative classes, showing you how to
make your own
greetings cards.
Cost is £7-50 for a session, which includes materials
and refreshements
Everyone is welcome. For more information, call Paul
or Dot on
0151 604 0195
WIRRAL
AQUARIUS SWIMMING CLUB
Do you want to improve your swimming skills whilst
having fun
and meeting new friends?
Then join the Wirral Aquarius Swimming Club at the
Leasowe Recreation Centre, Twickenham Drive, Leasowe
Established in 1977, Wrral Aquarius is one of the
most successful swimming clubs
in Merseyside. We have over 100
members and rising.
Our members with swimming abilities ranging from
6 years old beginners to
international class swimmers, and even a
world record holder!
For more information,
Contact Heather on 0151 606 9519 or check out the
website
www.wasconline.co.uk
WIRRAL VEGGIES
This is a local social group for Vegetarians and
Vegans who get together at least
once a month for walk & talk, bring
and share picnics, pub drink, and occasional dining out.
We try to make the outside events as family friendly
as possible.
If you would like to meet up with like-minded people
or for more information on the group,
Take
a look at the website
www.wirralveggies.org.uk
or contact Graham and Margaret through the e-mail
link on website
DROP IN
FOR A COFFEE
St. John the Baptist Church in Meols have “open
house”
for anyone to drop in to the Church Centre, School
Lane, Meols
for coffee and a chat on
Thursday Mornings – 10.30am – 12pm
It is proving to be a very pleasant way to spend an
hour or so.
Why not go along and take a friend or neighbour with
you.
You will be made very welcome
BE A
NEW GENERATION “TOWNSWOMAN”
Are you a forward thinking active woman?
Then join other like-minded women and make a
difference
to your life… to your community… to your region…
to the country… to the world – nothing is impossible!
“Townswomen” offers you the chance to meet new
people,
make new friends, face new challenges and try new
things.
Building on the foundations laid down 75 years ago by
forward thinking
women when “Townswomen” was started.
There are 3 ages of “Townswomen”:
Youth movement - up to 49 years of age
Young at Heart - 50 to 70 years of age
Ground Force - 70 years, and still
going strong!
The Moreton Afternoon Townswomen’s Guild meet at the
Sacred Heart Parish Centre, each Thursday
(except the 5th Thursday of any month)
between 2pm – 4pm
For more information please contact:
Dot Jones on 0151 677 4973
SCHOOL RE-UNION
Following a successful school re-union in 2003, a
second re-union
is planned for old girls who attended Wallasey
Technical High School for Girls
between 1964 – 1972
Anyone interested in joining them should contact
Valerie
on 0151 691 1795 for further details
WIRRAL
LIFELONG LEARNING
Wirral Lifelong & Family Learning courses at Leasowe
and other venues across the Wirral.
Please ring 630 3486 or 643 1215 for further
information.
ARROWE PARK
GOLF CLUB
For the
year of “Capital Of Culture 2008” the Arrowe Park Golf Club
committee has
waived the joining fee.
You can now join the golf club and pay only
subscription fees throughout 2008
For more information, enquire at the “Professional
Shop” at the golf club or
take a look at the website:
www.arroweparkgolfclub.com
WIRRAL
HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY
The society
meet on the first Wednesday of every month at the Liscard
Community
Centre (off Seaview Road) at 7.45pm
The first meeting is free, but the society has an
annual membership fee:
Family Membership £12
Adult Membership £9
Childs Membership £6
If you have
a love for reptiles or simply want more information, go along to a
meeting or you can contact:
John Burgess on 0151 638 2581
Or e-mail johnburgess8539@btinternet.com
LEASOWE COMMUNITY CENTRE
AUTUMN
CLUB LUNCHEONS
The Autumn
Club is held every Monday, Wednesday and Friday catering for
diners
over the age of 55.
A 2 course meal, cooked on the premises, is available
at a cost of £2
This is followed by an optional game of bingo.
Transport can be provided for those who experience
difficulty getting to and from
home at a cost of £1.50
VOLUNTEERS WANTED
The Autumn Club is in urgent need of people who have
some time to spare on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays to help with
preparing, serving and clearing away.
An hour or two between 9am –
2pm on any, or all of these days
would be really appreciated.
For more information contact Sue on 0151 691 1595
MEN’S HEALTH AND KEEP-FIT GROUP
Is
held at the Leasowe Community Centre, Twickenham Drive
Tuesdays
5pm – 6pm Circuit Training
6pm onwards Healthy cooking and meal ideas
Thursdays 1pm –
2pm Circuit Training
This is a men only group, formed to help each other with fitness and
health.
Its current membership consists of 50-70 year olds with
various complaints
(diabetes, heart, lungs and other disabilities)
that can be catered for.
Operating for the last 6 years under the umbrella of “Wirral
Healthy Communities”
(who visit on a regular basis to provide
guidance), we have been very successful.
Everyone is welcome. Please contact the Leasowe Community Centre
for more information on
0151 691 1595
NORTH WIRRAL
RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Meet on the
3rd Wednesday of every month at the RAFA Club in Alton
Road,
Birkenhead from 10:15am to midday.
Members can
chat with friends old and new, plus there are a number of
guest
speakers planned
If you are
interested in joining, or require more information,
Contact Dot
McCabe on 0151 625 0737
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