Villagers of all ages are invited to take part in a free walking and cycling event at Rushcliffe Country Park on Wednesday 14th August. Organisers Rushcliffe Borough Council (RBC) say this Ruddington event for 2024 will feature a range of fun and insightful activities from 10am to 2pm and include a wellbeing walk led by ‘Rushcliffe Move and Mingle’ at 10.30am. Between 11am and 1pm there is also an opportunity for you to grab your map and get involved in orienteering with Nottinghamshire Orienteering Club. The event will offer residents the…
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Come along to the Green Memory Café at Rushcliffe Country Park. The Café is a free social event for people living with memory loss and their carers. It was a new initiative in Ruddington that started last year and you can read more about this story >>HERE<<. Drop-in to the Meeting Room between 1.30pm and 3.30pm at the Visitor Centre on Wednesday 19th June. Rushcliffe Dementia Project aim is for people to experience nature based activities, short walks or just to relax, socialise and enjoy the beautiful surroundings. Indoor & outdoor activities and refreshments are…
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FREE weekly wellbeing walks are at our Country Park. Rushcliffe ‘Move And Mingle’ health walks take place every Wednesday at 10.30am (unless otherwise advised). Just turn up and meet at Rushcliffe Country Park lakeside. Organisers say the Rushcliffe ‘Move & Mingle’ event “offer free, safe and sociable walks with trained leaders to improve your health and wellbeing. Walks start at 30minutes and are a steady pace to suit everyone. Whether you’re used to enjoy walking but have lost your fitness or want to get started to improve your wellness, we’re all in it…
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Another special milestone in our village history will be reached during 2024 – when Ruddington Bowls Club celebrates a hundred years. When it was founded in 1924, it was originally called ‘Ruddington (Paget) Bowls Club’, as the land it occupied had been donated by the Paget family. However, just ten years’ later, the club moved to the Green at Elms Park, on grounds owned by Ruddington Parish Council, where it remains to this very day. Outrageous as it seems now, women were not allowed to play bowls there until 1960,…
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You’re invited to the Bloomin’ Dementia Easter Event. It’s at The Cottage Hotel from 12-noon to 2pm. You can expect a raffle, along with FREE tea and coffee. Also sandwiches will be available. You’ll need to book your place! Please either pop into the Bloomin’ Dementia Hub at 4 Easthorpe Street in Ruddington or email jennie@bloomindementia.org. “Formed in 2017, Bloomin’ Dementia is a charity focused and committed to the relief of those living with dementia and related disorders. We aim to offer support to the individual (and their close family) with…
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It’s hard to believe that Ruddington’s free, weekly park run for children aged 4 to 14 and their families is now a decade old! When Rushcliffe Junior Parkrun was launched in Rushcliffe Country Park, at 9am on Sunday 2nd February 2014, it was only the eighth junior event to be set up in the world – and yet it managed to attract 118 participants and 20 volunteers for the very first one. This 2k ‘fun run’ was set up to encourage kids, families and friends to enjoy exercising in open spaces,…
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This is a charity concert by Grand Central Chorus and St Peter’s Church in aid of The Ruddington Pantry. “Come and enjoy a mix of songs from the shows, pop favourites and classic a cappella that will have you tapping your feet” say the organisers. The Spring Showcase is on Saturday 24th February inside the church at 7pm – doors are open at 6.30pm. You can expect singing from the Grand Central Chorus and quartets with medal-winning barbershop harmony. Also some of St Peter’s own musicians are performing as a support act under…
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The monthly community clinic provides hearing aid maintenance and support for people with NHS hearing aids. ‘Hear2Help‘ offers “trouble-shooting maintenance for your hearing aids, including batteries, re-tubing and cleaning.” The clinic can also provide advice and support about managing hearing loss for you or someone else. The clinics are free. But they’re run by a small charity ‘Hear2Help’ along with the registered charity ‘Hear Together’ and rely on donations, so please make a voluntary contribution if you can – £5 is suggested. Walk-in sessions are held at St Peter’s Rooms between 10am and 11am, usually on the…
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As our village population continues to grow, so does the need for potentially life-saving yellow and green boxes in close proximity which are available to our community 24 hours a day. In the past few years, as well as inside various Ruddington premises and on standby for public events, several publicly accessible automated external defibrillators (AEDs) have been installed at locations around our village. Now there’s another one – on the wall of the Old Chapel belonging to The Framework Knitters’ Museum down Chapel Street. It’s just been unveiled by electrician David Selby…
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Do you enjoy running and socialising? If so, a new, free-to-join group of like-minded Ruddingtonians would love to see you. Ruddington Running Club was started by 29-year-old villager Jack Simkins in 2023 but has only been active since the start of this year. Members currently run together twice a week; with one session in the morning and the other in the evening. Jack, who moved to Ruddington just eighteen months’ ago, reveals: “In 2022, while solo training for a half-marathon, I had this idea – why not turn the pavement…
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