‘Music in Mind’ by The Joyful Jukebox

This time it’ll be a Spring/Easter singalong! “Join us as we sing and dance!” says Bloomin’ Dementia. At each session there’ll be a different selection of songs – from the forties to the seventies as well as from stage and screen. Also the social sing-along are songs based on theme (like the weather, films, etc). ‘Music in Mind’ is by The Joyful Jukebox from 10.30am to 12-noon at Ruddington Village Hall. It’s FREE, every fortnight on a Wednesday. There’s no charge thanks to sponsors the Morrisons Foundation, Nottinghamshire Masons and the DWF Foundation. Helen,…

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‘Music in Mind’ by The Joyful Jukebox

This time, it’ll be all songs that will have a link to the year 1958.  “Join us as we sing and dance at our twice monthly singalong!” says Bloomin’ Dementia. At each session there’ll be a different selection of songs – from the forties to the seventies as well as from stage and screen. Also songs are usually based around a theme, for example colours, the weather, films, etc. ‘Music in Mind’ is by The Joyful Jukebox from 10.30am to 12-noon at Ruddington Village Hall. It’s FREE, every fortnight on a Wednesday. There’s no charge…

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U3A Monthly Meeting: A Seasonal Social

This will be an informal, seasonal meet run by our local University of the Third Age (U3A). The plan on Monday afternoon is to socialise! There’ll be a Christmas themed quiz and mince pies to go with a choice of tea or coffee. Christine from Ruddington and District U3A said: “Every member attending will receive a ticket for a FREE raffle. There will be a good ratio of prizes to attendees, so it is estimated that at least one in five people will be lucky! Please note: There’ll be no talk on…

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Ruddington Makers’ Night 2022

This year’s Makers’ Night is taking place on Friday 24th June from 4pm until 9pm and expands on last September’s event by adding even more village locations to the line-up. It’s organised by the Ruddington Village Market team from Ruddington Village Community Partnership (RVCP) with help from the The Framework Knitters’ Museum and the Debbie Bryan Gallery. Makers’ Night 2022 will be showcasing over 70 high quality regional crafters and makers across multiple indoor locations around our village centre, bringing everything from fine art to exquisite jewellery. The main venues this time –…

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Makers and Street Food Heading to Ruddington!

In additional to its usual, popular, monthly markets on The Green, Ruddington Village Community Partnership (RVCP) has announced it’s helping to stage two further events in our village centre this summer. The first is another ‘Makers’ Night’ in June whilst the second is a brand new ‘Street Food Summer Social’* at the end of August. After being disrupted by the pandemic, Ruddington’s annual Makers’ Night is returning to its original summer spot in the calendar. Organised by RVCP’s Market team in partnership with the Framework Knitters’ Museum and the Debbie Bryan Gallery, Makers’…

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Wednesday Morning Coffee Club

The Wednesday Morning Club welcomes over 55s into St Peter’s Rooms. Between 10am and 12noon on any Wednesday you can come along for a chat over coffee or other refreshments. If you would like to find out more call Gwen 07815 996128. Otherwise just walk-in and pay £1 at The Wednesday Morning Club. Disclaimer: RUDDINGTON.info publish all diary events in good faith and can’t be held responsible for any changes or cancellations of the activity. We run our calendar as a community service and details were correct at the time we promoted…

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Rushcliffe’s 5k Parkrun Returns

Ruddington welcomed the return of its weekly 5k Parkrun for adults this morning (Saturday 24th July) after an unprecedented sixteen month gap. It was suspended back in March 2020, because of the COVID-19 pandemic so participants today were clearly keen to get their running shoes and high-vis back on! Whilst Rushcliffe Junior Parkrun had already resumed on Sunday mornings, for 4 to 10 year-olds, in April, Parkrun UK decided to wait for a further lifting of Coronavirus restrictions before restarting the timed run for the grown-ups on Saturday mornings. Both events remain FREE to…

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Ruddington’s Parkrun Returns

Excitement is mounting amongst younger children from our village (and beyond) that Rushcliffe Junior Parkrun will be back from Sunday April 11th at 9.00am! The usually weekly event in Ruddington’s Country Park has been cancelled for just over a year due to the Coronavirus pandemic – which, of course, led to Government restrictions on large gatherings. However, the green light has just been given to restart Parkrun for four to ten year-olds. With exactly one week to go, volunteer organisers have been checking the kit, putting up information posters and…

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