Spend time with other creatives and bring your own craft supplies to make a handmade item. The Crafty Allotmenteers meet every Wednesday between 1pm and 3pm at Ruddington Parish Council -inside St Peter’s Rooms on Church Street in the village. Take time out, of your day, for a couple of hours and have a cuppa & biscuits as you get crafty to make something special! This event is part of Rushcliffe Winter Wellbeing Challenge. Disclaimer: RUDDINGTON.info publishes all diary events in good faith and can’t be held responsible for any changes or cancellations of…
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This is an event for you to find out about Qi Gong – the traditional Chinese technique of gentle movement, breathing and meditation that practitioners believe supports mental and physical health. “Qi Gong is suitable for all ages and abilities. Whilst usually done in a standing position, it can also be done seated. Qi Gong is a holistic system of self-healing exercises which include gentle flowing movements, breathing techniques, healing postures and visualisation” explains certified Qi Gong teacher Caroline Challender. She will lead the wellbeing session that is hosted by Ruddington Women’s…
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The three beneficiaries of the 2022-2023 ‘Local Community Fund’, courtesy of shoppers at the Ruddington Co-op, have now received their money. They were Ruddington & District U3A, The Ruddington Pantry and 1st Clifton Scout Group. The cash is generated by Co-op members each time they buy groceries, insurance, financial and funeral services – and altogether totalled £10.4m to nearly 4,000 good causes during the past 12 months. Locally, Ruddington and District U3A (pictured top) received £2710.81. Barbara Breakwell from the U3A says: “We are delighted to have been chosen as a Local Community…
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It’s been a great year for our village at the ‘Celebrating Rushcliffe Awards’ – with two winners from Ruddington and a total of four shortlisted . Organised by Rushcliffe Borough Council (RBC), each year these awards celebrate the area’s most dedicated volunteers, businesses, organisations and environmentalists. as well as the best of its health and wellbeing, sport and food and drink sectors. The gongs were handed out in ten categories during the annual, showcase celebration event at Rushcliffe Arena in West Bridgford (30th November 2023). Ruddington’s first winner was Mark Pinks for ‘Volunteer…
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Rushcliffe Borough Council (RBC) has revealed volunteers from Ruddington are up for gongs in two different categories during next month’s ‘Celebrating Rushcliffe Awards’ alongside a singer and keyboard player who runs frequent health and wellbeing music sessions here and a young, Ruddington sportswoman. The annual ceremony celebrates the best of the Borough’s health & wellbeing and food & drink sectors, volunteers, environmentalists, clubs and organisations alongside other local businesses and enterprises. Over 30 groups and individuals have been shortlisted for this year’s awards. Those on the shortlist include Mark Pinks for ‘Volunteer of the…
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The hunt is now on for unsung community, sporting, business and health heroes in Ruddington for this year’s Celebrating Rushcliffe Awards. Residents and groups across the whole Borough are being invited to acknowledge volunteers, businesses, clubs, organisations, environmentalists, sports clubs and athletes and the best of its health and wellbeing and food and drink sectors. Organised by Rushcliffe Borough Council it’s an annual opportunity to reflect on so many groups and individuals who play essential roles in our community, bringing out the best in people and enterprise. Previous Rushcliffe Award…
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A group that runs a Ruddington allotment has secured more vital cash to support its gardening space which aids residents’ health and mental wellbeing. The Rushcliffe Social Prescribing Group co-ordinates a plot at the ‘Paradise Gardens’ allotments, off Wilford Road, and has received the grant from Rushcliffe Borough Council’s ‘Reach Rushcliffe Fund’. It builds on the group first getting funding in 2021 with the money helping to purchase essentials and making the site accessible. It’s provided an additional pathway for patients of social prescribing to access this space, leading to excellent attendance over the…
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It’s a lovely time of the year for a walk around Wilwell Farm Cutting Nature Reserve, Wilford Road NG11 7DD, at 10am with Reserve Warden Gordon Dyne. He says it’s a chance “looking at the reserves woodland and human history as the seasons wind down into winter.” The Nature Reserve has 8 hectares to discover what Autumn has to see along its walking trails from wildflowers to tree species. Walkers please meet at the Wilwell Farm Cutting Nature Reserve Car Park – it’s on the left when you are coming out…
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All welcome for a walk around Wilwell Farm Cutting Nature Reserve, Wilford Road NG11 7DD, at 10am with Reserve Warden Gordon Dyne. He says “stroll round the reserve to look at the sites natural history.” The Nature Reserve has 8 hectares to discover what late Summer has to see along its walking trails from wildflowers to tree species. Walkers please meet at the Wilwell Farm Cutting Nature Reserve Car Park – it’s on the left when you are coming out of Ruddington on Wilford Road, the B680, and just before…
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All welcome for an afternoon walk around Wilwell Farm Cutting Nature Reserve, Wilford Road NG11 7DD, at 2pm with Reserve Warden Gordon Dyne. He says you’ll find a “wide range of wildflowers in bloom at this time of year including Southern Marsh Orchids, as well as birds and butterflies on site.” Walkers please meet at the Wilwell Farm Cutting Nature Reserve Car Park – it’s on the left when you are coming out of Ruddington on Wilford Road, the B680, and just before the ring road bridge (between Ruddington and…
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