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16/09/2025

16/09/2025

Keeping active is important for your mental and physical health, especially if you live with . As the nights draw in it can make it harder to get outdoors, try to make time during the middle of the day to go for a walk - it can really help boost your energy.

Unsure about where to start try our Staying Active Guide https://ow.ly/FzBX50SonoH

16/09/2025

Did you used to love playing a musical instrument but now it is sitting unloved in the back of the wardrobe? Do you miss the fun of playing in an ensemble?

Then you are just the person we are looking forward to welcoming! Blow the cobwebs off your instrument and come along to Merryoaks Community Hall on Tuesday evenings (term time only) to join in with the Cobweb Orchestra!

The details you need are on the poster but you can turn up with your instrument and music stand on Tuesday 9th September for start at 7.15pm.

02/07/2025

Are you looking for a moment of calm and to relax before the start of a new week?

That's exactly what we want to bring with our Family Nature Journaling sessions 🌳 I'm running a pilot class next Sunday afternoon at Merryoaks Community Hall and would love for you to come along and see what it's all about.

We'll meet in the multi-purpose room to get settled before heading outdoors to the park and field to slow down, connect with nature and really notice what is around us through making observations and recording them in our nature journals.

It's a very relaxed session and all ages are welcome with no experience necessary, just an interest in the natural world around us.

You can book a space onto this pilot class on our booking page at www.bookthatin.com/book/the-curiosity-lab

02/06/2025

Today is also the start of with The Wildlife Trusts.

This week is all about ways we can help our local wildlife, so here's a few ideas you could try. Why not print it off and tick off any that you do?

🐦‍⬛Feed the birds- this could be topping up your bird feeders or making one. Why not try peanut butter spread into a toilet roll tube and rolled in bird seed?
🗑️Go on a litter pick- help keep your local area clean but don't forget gloves and litter pickers!
💧Put out fresh water- keep bird baths topped up and add dishes on the floor for hedgehogs and shallow dishes for insects too!
🐞Build a bug hotel- Add a mix of materials such as dried leaves, twigs, pine cones and stones into a container and leave somewhere where it won't be disturbed
🦔Create a hedgehog highway- Add a hole 13cm x 13cm in fences to allow hedgehogs to pass through
🌼Plant a wildflower patch- Plant seeds in a nature area or even a pot to attract pollinators

Tag someone who will enjoy doing these activities with their children below! 😊

19/05/2025

Keeping active is really important for your mental and physical health, especially if you live with . In this weather, keep hydrated but make the most of the longer days to get outside earlier or later in the day when it is cooler.

If you are unsure about where to start with exercising try our Staying Active Guidehttps://www.arthritisaction.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Staying-Active.pdf

02/04/2025

This Sunday, April 6th, at Merryoaks Community Hall, at 2pm, we are delighted to be hosting the talk ‘Beyond the Call of Duty - Heroes and Heroines’

The talk will be presented by local historian and artist Denis Harry Fox. Those of you who attended Denis’s talk last year on the Battle of Britain in NorthEast England will remember a most enjoyable and informative afternoon we are certainly looking forward to this one.

Denis’s talk will include local heroes and heroines such as the 1962 Seaham lifeboat disaster and the Aycliffe Angels.

You can get tickets for the talk priced £5 which includes refreshments by messenging the Hall, by cash at the Hall, or there will be some tickets for sale on the door.

All proceeds from ticket sales are being donated towards community activities.

30/03/2025

Local support for Neurodevelopmental needs in County Durham

17/03/2025

Arthritis action is a great organisation. Check them out!

Being a parent when you have arthritis is almost exactly the same as being a parent in any other circumstances. There will be many highs and occasional lows, it’s just that you will have these at the same time as having arthritis.