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Visit the Y-ZONE to see what youth activities and events are going on at Mid Beds District Council
...says what it does on the tin! For everything local going on in Mid Beds
Sports Clubs and sporting events in Mid Beds
Everything to do with the arts and music in your area
Check out the library opening times and the Virtual Homework Centre
Pulse is a dance company
that believes that dance should be fun, energetic, creative - never boring!
Pulse Street Dance for Kids offers kids across Bedfordshire a fresh and funky dance session (not a dance lesson!) where you can learn great new moves and make up your own!!! Dance doesn’t have to be structured, it can be anything you want it to be with Pulse Sessions are held in Steppingley,
near Ampthill.Details of all the weekly sessions can be found online at www.pulse-dance.org.uk
Pulse is also running a series of Dance & Drama Academies –
“Urban Stars” throughout Bedfordshire
in the summer holidays For more details, email by
clicking here
Teenage parents drop-in - come along if you're a parent or expecting (that means you too Dad!) Mondays 1:00 - 2:30pm at
The Baulk, Biggleswade
Come along and speak to
Ginny or Anita for advice or info.
HAVE YOU GOT ICE IN YOUR MOBILE?
FOR MORE DETAILS CLICK HERE The innovative idea from the
East Anglian Ambulance Service
NEW TIMES FOR THE MUSIC WORKSHOP
13 - 18yr olds welcome to the Music Workshop between 6 - 8pm every Wednesday
Do you want to gain skills in:
Drums
Vinyl DJ mixing
Guitar
Bass Guitar
Keyboards
Music Production
Recording
PUKE Music Workshop uses…
1210 Technics decks
5 new electric guitars and amps
3 new bass guitars
2 new keyboards
2 new drum kits
and…a karaoke machine!
...for FREE!
You can learn with qualified, professional, friendly music tutors.So, to use our equipment and jam with others, learn to play, or just relax and hangout and use our other facilities, make your way to the PUKE Music Workshop at: 32 St John's Street
Bedford
MK42 0DH
During the Workshop, PUKE workers are around for you to chat to if you need any info on alcohol and drug issues. One-to-one support can be arranged if you want to talk or receive support regarding a parent/guardian, family member or friends that use alcohol.
For further information, please contact PUKE on 01234 344133
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It’s fun, fun, fun!
For a great family day out,
visit Woburn Safari Park
On the Safari Drive see lions, tigers, elephants, our baby giraffe and more. Then go on foot safari and get really close to our animals, from penguins to lemurs, sea lions to squirrel monkeys. There’s feeding times, talks and special displays too.
WHY NOT DOWNLOAD A KEECH COTTAGE LOGO TO YOUR MOBILE OR DESKTOP FOR £1.50?
Text: KCH671319 to 83332
SEE HOW YOU CAN HELP THE KEECH COTTAGE CHILDREN'S HOSPICE BY CLICKING HERE
Gamlingay BMX track now open! Offers dual slalom track with table tops, banks and other obstacles.
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
CLICK THE PICTURE TO CHECK OUT THE VIDEO OF THE GUYS AT BEDFORD VOLUNTEER CENTRE
SET YOUR SPEAKERS TO LOUD!
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 utilise 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.
PEOPLE CLEARING LITTER is a website where you’ll see how a small amount of your time picking up litter in your locality, combined with similar actions by thousands of others around the country, can start to make a visible difference to our environment.
Together, we have immense power. And it needn’t take much extra time at all. We all know several spots we pass regularly, on foot or in a car, where five or ten minutes’ work filling a bag every now and then would make a big difference.
So, click here to register your support, report back on what you’re doing, and become part of the litter solution.
THE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU ADVICE NUMBER HAS CHANGED TO: 08444 77 1600
To make an appointment
to see an advisor please
call Ampthill on: 01525 402742 or
Biggleswade on: 01767 601368
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.
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 about either UNIQUE and AIR, please contact Nicola King on: 01525 844513
STEP OUT WITH CONNEXIONS!
We are offering Information Advice and Guidance
and support to help you look for:
Work
Training
College Courses
and Apprenticeships
We can also provide help with Housing, Benefits, Health and other issues you may be facing.
The Service is open to anyone aged between
13 and 19. To find out more or to book an appointment with one of our Personal Advisors.
Please contact Faye Gadsby on: 07980 018914.
Watch out for CONNEXIONS offering
Services on WHEELS!
The RAVE bus may be coming your way soon...
watch this space!
Friends of the Earth says:
Climate change is the most serious threat facing humanity. The Government must face up to the urgency and scale of the problem.
The Government has set long-term targets for cutting climate change emissions, but our emissions have risen since 1997.
Friends of the Earth wants annual targets to concentrate minds in Government - targets for the year 2050 are just too far off for Ministers to make action a priority.
SOME OF TV's LEADING LIFETYLE EXPERTS SHOW US SOME SIMPLE STEPS THAT YOU CAN TAKE TO SAVE THE PLANET. EVERY SO OFTEN WE'LL GIVE YOU 2 EASY WAYS THAT YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE...
TEXTILES One million tons of textiles go to landfill each year whilst we're filling our wardrobes at an increasing pace, thanks to the notion of "disposable fashion". The environmental impact of clothes shopping is huge: cotton isn't the world's largest crop, but uses 25 percent of the world's agrochemicals; man-made fabrics release chemicals such as dioxins; and azo dyes poison aquatic systems. So reduce your turnover and buy quality clothes instead, and make them last.
KETTLES Only boil as many cups of water as you're actually going to use. Measure out what you need, or invest in an eco kettle (www.kettle.com) that lets you see choose how many cups to boil each time, even when it's full.
Take a look here for top tips on low-impact living: www.lowimpact.org/topics.htm and here for previous tips on how to save the planet
Have you experienced Domestic Violence or know someone who has?
Advice and support IS available. call Trisha or Gaby on
01234 353592 Manor Farm, 76 London Road, Sandy.
is a unique songwriting and enterprise scheme for 14 to 19 year olds aimed at encouraging and uncovering fresh creative talent. As well as receiving £1000's worth of musical equipment, this years winners will be offered recording sessions and a showcase gig at Liverpool Institute of the Performing Arts. Judges include Coldplay's Chris Martin and DJ Mark Radcliffe.
Click on the the Make It Break It logo to visit their website or email mibi@lipa.ac.uk
BIGGLESWADE YOUTH CLUB There's gonna be 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
SNAP Dance is looking for helpers at their events, you will need to be trustworthy, responsible and reliable. You will also need to be aged 16
or older.
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.
Interested in Motocross? Then please click here for what's going on in Biggleswade
GOING OUT FOR THE NIGHT THIS WEEKEND?
THEN TAKE A LOOK AT THIS SITE BEFORE YOU GO....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: Ginny Redbond Time: Thursdays 7:00pm - 9:00pm Tel: 01767 683015 Term time only
Sandy After School Drop-In Sandy Youth Club Contact: Ginny Redbond Time: Tuesday 4:00pm - 5:30pm 6:00pm - 7:15pm - Yrs 5, 6 & 7
7:15pm - 9:00pm - Yrs 8 & 9 Tel: 01767 683015 Term time only
Sandy Youth Club Time: Monday 7:00pm - 9:15pm Contact: Steve Hartwell Tel: 01767 211 548
VOLUNTARY YOUTH CLUBS
Sandy Air Cadets Venue: ATC/ACF Cadet Centre, Alnwick Close, off Sunderland Road, Sandy, Beds. Time: Tuesday and Thursday evenings 7:30pm - 9:30pm For more information, contact: Margaret Bell at: 22Sqn@BedsCambsWgATC.org or visit: sandy-aircadets.org.uk
Biggleswade Baptist Church Time: Friday 7:30pm - 9:30pm Contact: Kevin Wilks Tel: 01767 221 244
The Cyber Cafe Venue: Cranfield Baptist Church Time: Thursday 7:00pm - 9:00pm, Contact: Steve Lloyd Tel: 01234 751 495
ANNIE'S CAFE & TEA ROOM LTD 4b High Street, Flitwick
Tel: 01525 714545
BAR SELENTO 12a High Street, Biggleswade
Tel: 01767 600411
THE FLYING DUCHESS PAVILLION Woburn Abbey, Woburn
Tel: 01525 290666
THE OLD COFFEE SHOP 9 Church Street, Ampthill
Tel: 01525 840899
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
R U worried about
going back to school because of bullies? There are lots of organisations
that offer help and advice.
Click on the links to find out more:
www.need2know.co.uk
www.bullying.co.uk
www.dfes.gov.uk/bullying And remember: bullying thrives on silence, telling someone could
help you.
