Due to the rapidly growing size of the Out & About section we have split it in to sections. Please select a section from the links below by clicking on the title bar
Visit the Y-ZONE to see what youth activities and events are going on at Mid Beds District Council
Sports Clubs and sporting events in Mid Beds
Everything to do with the arts and music in your area
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Opening Times
Tea Rooms and Lunches:
Daily, 11am to 5pm
Grounds:
Daily, 11am to 5pm
House Tours:
Daily, 12 noon and 2.30pm
Moggerhanger Park
Park Rd, Moggerhanger
Beds. MK44 3RW
Tel: (01767) 641007
For more details, please contact: jenny@moggerhangerpark.com or visit their website by clicking here
Watch this space for further Clubs and Drop-Ins in Mid Beds. As soon
as we hear about them we'll let you know!
Biggleswade Youth Club Time:6:30 - 8:00pm every Monday Contact: Ken Lynch Tel:01767 681739 Ages:11 - 14yrs (see advert above)
Thingamabob Youth Club Sandy Baptist Church Time: 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Every Wednesday
Tempsford Youth Project
Manor Farm, Sandy Contact: Jo Norman Tel: 01767 683015
7:00pm-9:00pm Term time only
Sandy After School Drop-In Sandy Baptist Town Hall Contact: Jo Norman Tel: 01767 683015
4:00pm-5:30pm Term time only
Sandy Youth Club Time: Mondays 7:00pm - 9:15pm Contact: Steve Hartwell
01767 211 548
VOLUNTARY YOUTH CLUBS
Sandy Air Cadets ATC/ACF Cadet Centre, Alnwick Close, off Sunderland Road, Sandy, Beds. Time: Tuesday and Thursday evenings 7:30pm-9:30pm Contact:Margaret Bell at22Sqn@BedsCambsWgATC.org or visit: sandy-aircadets.org.uk
Biggleswade Baptist Church Time: Fridays 7:30pm - 9:30pm Contact: Kevin Wilks 01767 221 244
The Cyber Cafe Venue: Cranfield Baptist Church Time: Thursdays 7:00pm - 9:00pm, Contact: Steve Lloyd 01234 751 495
AIR Aragon Youth Panel is a group of 8 young people aged between 12 - 18 years.The aim of the panel is to encourage young people to AIR their views and engage them to get involved in housing and wider community issues. Some of the issues that AIR are aiming to look at include homelessness, Anti Social Behaviour, youth provision in their local area and funding opportunities. The panel is facilitated in partnership with Aragon Housing Association & Beds County Youth Service.
HULA - The Home for Unwanted
and Lost Animals
South Midlands Animal Sanctuary, Glebe Farm, Salford Road,
Aspley Guise
Contact: 01908 584000
web: www.hularescue.org
email: hularescue@tiscali.co.uk
Defence intelligence
and Security Centre
in Chicksands, Shefford.
Welcoming the public and
groups by appointment only.
Call: 01462 752896
PUSH THE BUTTON!
NOT YOUR LUCK! TEST YOUR SMOKE ALARM For advice on smoke alarms visit: www.fire.gov.uk
Chiltern Radio have brought together some of the hottest new music videos for you to enjoy. Click on the pic above to check them out!
If you call about any of these events or
activities, please mention that you saw
it advertised on FunkeeMunkee REMEMBER TO CHECK OUT THE 5 SECTIONS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE FOR WHAT'S GOING ON IN MID BEDS
The Skating School Club is a great facility for children between the ages of 5 and 12 to learn and practice Skateboarding and Inline Skating.
We supply Boards, Skates and protective equipment and also utilize experienced skaters as instructors.
Best of all, entrance to our skate parks and use of equipment is totally free!
Click the above logo to visit their excellent site.
UK Youth Parliament is currently trying to get 30,000 responses to two of its campaign surveys – one on votes at 16 and one on public transport. We already have several thousand responses, but need a bit of a push to reach 30,000.
If you are aged 11–18,
please complete the two surveys below (they only take a couple of minutes).
Then please forward this email to 5
of your friends and ask them to do the same.Thanks for your help!
Votes at 16 - clickhere
Public Transport - clickhere
Click the image to read Aysha Boshor's
book review of "The Last Taboo" by Bali Rai... If you've read a good book, heard a great album or played a fantastic game lately, don't keep it to yourself - tell us about it and we'll put it online!
Email it to: info@funkeemunkee.co.uk
If you are aged between 13-19 and live in Bedfordshire you are being invited to apply for money from funds being made available through Bedfordshire County Council. There will be a total of approx £440,000 available each year for the next three years. The fund in Bedfordshire is called Streetcred.
For more info contact Clare Hanley on 01234 228155 or email her by
clicking here.
There's plenty going on including learning how to print your very own newsletter, football, table tennis, netball,
snooker and pool.
There's even a new pc and printer which was donated by Beds County Council Youth Services!
For more details,
please contact the Youth Club Chairman,
Ken Lynch on 01767 681739
UNIQUE dance group is made up of 4 young women aged 14 and is facilitated by 17 year old Millienium Volunteer Esme. The dance sessions are held at Shefford Fire station on Thursday evenings each week. Esme has been working with the group to put together a full dance routine by introducing new dance steps, supporting and encouraging the group with timings and working as a team. The young women came up with the UNIQUE name and have just secured funding for £420, which will pay of their mirrors and new dance outfits.
For more details on both UNIQUE and AIR, please contact Nicola King on: 01525 844513
THE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU ADVICE NUMBER HAS CHANGED TO: 08444 77 1600
To make an appointment
to see an advisor please
call Amphtill on:
01525 402742 or
Biggleswade on:
01767 601368
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about any of the information on FunkeeMunkee, please email us at info@funkeemunkee.co.uk
or call us on: 01582 506305
... a keen footballer!!!
We are urgently looking for a young person
aged 16-18 who would be interested in teaching football to under 13's at
Biggleswade Youth Club
on a Thursday night.
The training would take place on the all weather pitch for an hour between 6.40pm and 7.40pm
and if you live in Mid Beds, free transport can be arranged via the Transport Tokens scheme. The successful applicant will
need to be CRB checked
For more details please contact: Ken Lynch on 01767 681739
SNAP Dance is looking for helpers
at their events, you need to be trustworthy, responsible and reliable.
You will also need to be aged 16 or above.
Maybe you are getting too old to attend SNAP dances but would still like to be involved? Or maybe you
have a parent or other relative who could help?
For more details of how to become involved email
your details including your name, age and any experience you may have (not essential) to: organiser@snapdance.org.uk Note: All SNAP volunteer helpers are required to undergo a disclosure (CRB) check.
HAVE YOU HEARD A BRILLIANT ALBUM OR READ AN EXCELLENT BOOK LATELY?
If so, why not write a short review to go on FunkeeMunkee?
We will publish your review online and you could win a
£10 token of your choice!
email your review to:
GOING OUT FOR THE NIGHT THIS WEEKEND?
THEN TAKE A LOOK AT THIS SITE BEFORE YOU GO....HERE
BBC Breathing Places
is encouraging everyone to
'Do One Thing' for wildlife because easy-to-do things can make a big difference. And you can start by doing one thing for wildlife in your garden.
For some simple ideas, go to Wild About Gardens or click on the logo to visit 'Do One Thing'
Young People
of the Year
Revealing, Respecting and Rewarding Positive Role Models Click on the logo to
find out more...
NEW TIMES FOR THE PUKE MUSIC WORKSHOP
13 - 18yr olds welcome to
the Music Workshop between 6 - 8pm every Wednesday.
For more details please call: 01234 344133
THE FLYING DUCHESS PAVILLION Woburn Abbey, Woburn
Tel: 01525 290666
THE OLD COFFEE SHOP 9 Church Street, Ampthill
Tel: 01525 840899
Check out Issue 14 of Click the logo to view
HAVE YOU GOT ICE IN YOUR MOBILE?
FOR MORE DETAILS CLICK HERE The innovative idea from the
East Anglian Ambulance Service
If you live near the Rufus Centre, why not go and see what happens on a Tuesday night?
From 7.30 - 9pm, Gentle Touch Healing hold a Healing Centre.
You are welcome to come along with your parent/guardian if you are under 16 and receive healing.
No appointment necessary.
Donations accepted.
If you have any queries, please contact:
tel: 01582 663900
email: enq@gentletouch.co.uk
website: www.gentletouch.co.uk
Do want tips on how to be a TV presenter,
a hairdresser or
a football player?
Then click here for top tips on your dream job
IT’S OPEN!!!
After 5 years of hard graft, the Biggleswade Skate Park is now ready and waiting for you. £250,000 was the price tag for the park - £65,000 of which was raised by the local youth.
The launch was on Saturday 10th April included the Biggleswade and District 3 Style Association with professional skate teams. On Easter Sunday, nearly 300 of you came along to show off your moves in either Skate Boarding, In-Line skating
or BMX.
For any information, please call: Ken Lynch on 01767 681739
- come along if you're a parent or expecting (that means you too Dad!)
