13 h. ago New Slimming World group to begin at recently refurbished Lanthorn Community Centre

The group, led by new Consultant Michelle McInnes, promises to offer support and motivation for those looking to make lasting changes to their health and lifestyle.

Politics

13 h. ago Wes Streeting backs Angela Rippon’s dance day to help ‘build healthy society’

The national dance day will see events at community centres, dance clubs, studios and hospitals, involving 55,000 dance teachers.

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65 h. ago Chilling unseen footage shows Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana walking up community centre stairs to launch stab rampage after fight with garage workers over unpaid taxi

The 18-year-old is seen in dashcam video from a taxi calmly walking through an open door into Southport's Hart Space building before slowly climbing the first few steps.

Economics

5 d. ago West Lothian community centres given more time to look at funding plans

In an update to councillors the head of Housing Customer and Building Services Julie Whitelaw said that the revised saving plans which were scheduled to come to the council Executive in early March would be pushed back to the April meeting.

Politics

7 d. ago The Café With No Name by Robert Seethaler review – lost souls in postwar Vienna

A slice-of-life portrait of a community suffering the after-effects of the second world warAustrian novelist Robert Seethaler is known for his restrained and sensitive novels that illuminate the struggles and joys of peripheral lives. His debut, A Whole Life, centres on a man who barely leaves his mountain home. The Tobacconist is a coming-of-age novel set against the rise of fascism in Vienna. The Field introduces a chorus of the dead who tell the story of their village.Like The Field, The Café With No Name uses a narrow lens to tell the story of a whole community. At the centre is 31-year-old Robert Simon, an itinerant worker who assists the stall holders of the Karmelitermarkt in Vienna. In the late summer of 1966, Simon notices that the cafe on the corner of the market has closed. He decides to take on the lease in order “to do something which would give his life a positive affirmation. To one day stand behind the bar of his own establishment.” Continue reading...

Events

7 d. ago New community garden to be created in old churchyard in centre of Swansea

Gravestones will be stacked into works of art to make room for the garden which will feature planting, seating and bird and bat boxes, among other things

Politics

9 d. ago The Centre, Livingston announces ‘Support in the Community’ charity partner

SMILE Counselling was founded 10 years ago by Declan Harrigan, to provide counselling for young people between the ages of 11-24 in West Lothian.

Politics

9 d. ago Newmains Community and Conference Centre hosting relaunch of North Lanarkshire brain injury charity

Headway North Lanarkshire is a volunteer led group run by and for brain injury survivors their families and carers.

Events

1 week ago Overnight warming centre hours activated at Boyle Memorial Community Centre

Overnight warming centre hours activated at Boyle Memorial Community Centre  CTV News

Events

1 week ago Naked drawing classes moved from London community centre after 30 years over child 'safeguarding' concerns

Naked drawing classes moved from London community centre after 30 years over child 'safeguarding' concerns - a  Daily Mail

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