Museums and venues across Bath and North East Somerset will host a bumper programme of events and activities over October half-term for Museums Week (Saturday 21 October to Sunday 29 October 2023). Organised by Bath & North East Somerset Council, Museums Week celebrates the unique collections and activities in our local museums. Admission is free for...
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Free open day swimming for children at Puddle Ducks new pool
Local Swim school Puddle Ducks is hosting an open day, offering the chance to participate in a free 30 minute ‘taster’ lesson for primary school children, between the age of four to ten years old. The open day will be held on Saturday 7 October from 9am at its new pool in Evercreech, Shepton Mallet,...
Black History Month celebratory event at Clarks Village
Preparations are underway for the second annual Black History Month celebration at Clarks Village in Street, Somerset, in collaboration with the Somerset Multicultural Association, and this year promises to be bigger and better. The aim of the event is to bring BME people who live in rural Somerset together and to share vibrant black history and culture with the local community. This event...
King Edward’s working towards being the greenest school in Bath
Working hard to be the Greenest school in Bath, King Edward’s School has unveiled an enhanced sustainable food procurement and waste policy. Coinciding with an £115,000 investment in a new deli bar in the Willett Dining Hall, from September, food sourcing across the school will be based on a set of principles, some of which...
Drop in events and support for school in Wiltshire for World Mental Health Day
World Mental Health Day is an international day for global mental health education. This year it is on 10 October and the theme is ‘mental health is a universal human right’. People wanting to find out about support available to help with mental health can drop into County Hall in Trowbridge on 10 October and...
Top children’s shows coming to the Komedia Bath
Komedia Bath has a great range of family-focused events coming up, from science to magic and dinosaurs! Spontaneous Potter Kidz Saturday 21 October at 1:00pmAdults: £14.00 // Children: £11.00 Grab your wands, don your house robes, and apparate yourselves to the box office – a very magical improv show awaits! The smash hit Spontaneous Potter is an entirely...
Awdry Law introduces new one couple, one lawyer approach to divorce
Awdry Law, who rebranded from Awdry Bailey & Douglas in June 2023, has taken the lead in Wiltshire and is offering a one couple, one lawyer approach to divorce, meaning that those going through separation can work with one lawyer to come to a resolution together. The innovative new model, known as Resolution Together, developed...
Families and students among 500 walkers to complete Circuit of Bath fundraiser
26 families and students from Oldfield School, Beechen Cliff and Newbridge Primary School were among the 500 walkers who recently completed the 22 mile Circuit of Bath Walk, raising vital funds for local charity Julian House. Julian House supporter and author Paul Hudson brought his whole family, including his daughter celebrating her 10th birthday on the...
The Meadows School wins best garden Bitton in Bloom award
The gardening club at The Meadows Primary School in Bitton is celebrating after winning the best school garden award at the Bitton in Bloom awards. The gardening club started in the Spring with four pupils from Year 4, Daisy Stone, Cara Waller, Lettie Thomas and Eliza Steer, working together to plant vegetables, strawberries and flowers in their...
Awdry Law hosts a lunchtime careers event at Sheldon School in Chippenham
Awdry Law, which rebranded from Awdry Bailey & Douglas in June 2023, hosted a lunchtime careers pop-up at Sheldon School in Chippenham. This was an opportunity to talk to students about the different routes and careers in law, allowing those who may be interested in a legal career to ask questions to experts in their...
St Andrew’s School receives OPAL Platinum Award for quality of outdoor play
St Andrew’s Church School in Bath has been awarded the OPAL Platinum Award in recognition of the quality of its outdoor playtimes. The OPAL – Outdoor Play And Learning – award recognises the school’s outdoor play provision as some of the best in the country, with the school prioritising play to the benefit of all...
New mural reassures young Royal United Hospital surgery patients
Children recovering from surgery at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust now have a bright and cheerful mural on display in the recovery room to help make the experience less daunting for them. The new colourful and vibrant jungle scene aims to distract young patients and improve the experience for them and their...
New scares in store at Mary Shelley’s House of Frankenstein
Mary Shelley’s House of Frankenstein in Bath is running two spine chilling events for the strong willed to enjoy over Halloween and beyond. The Shallows, the new basement Escape Room is now open! The Shallows is the second, and even more extreme, immersive Escape Room experience that follows the ongoing success of Victor’s Lair attic Escape Room, both...
Wells Cathedral School partners with Bath Rugby
Wells Cathedral School has partnered with Premiership Rugby Union side Bath Rugby as part of its Schools Partnership Programme. Lasting for the 2023/24 rugby season, the partnership opens up huge potential opportunities for the school, its pupils and wider community. The school’s rugby teams will benefit hugely, receiving top flight coaching from the Bath Rugby...
Bullfrog Yoga Kids is offering free yoga sessions to Bath schools
Bullfrog Yoga Kids is offering free yoga classes to schools across the Bath & North East Somerset region. Jon Brown, the owner of Bath-based Bullfrog Yoga Kids, explained that the initiative is being launched to make yoga accessible to all children, while also helping to improve their mental health and wellbeing “It’s so important to...
A family weekend away at The Old Chapel near Marlborough
Ian Waller and his family enjoy a great break away that’s just an hour from Bath Sometimes you just need a break, a family trip somewhere different, away from the painting that needs doing in the bathroom and the never changing view out of the window, and a chance just to recharge your batteries. And...
Santa and Elf Run for Dorothy House is back for 2023
Dorothy House’s ever-popular Santa and Elf Run is back for 2023. Taking place on Sunday 3 December, the event will see Santas and Elves complete the 2.5 or 5km route at around the Hospice in Winsley as a walk or run, all to raise funds for vital end of life care in Bath, North Somerset...
Extraordinary Earth Day at Bath Abbey brings climate issues into focus
Bath Abbey is hosting Extraordinary Earth Day on 30th September, an event focusing on making a positive impact on climate change. Bath Abbey and partners, Transition Bath, BANES, CaféBANES and Bath and West Community Energy (BWCE), are running the open day to inspire visitors and families to make a difference and take action to live more sustainably....
Bath mental health charity Boys In Mind nominated for National Award
Bath mental health charity Boys in Mind has celebrated being shortlisted at the National Diversity Awards (NDA), hailed as ‘The Golden Globes of the diversity world’. The National Diversity Awards were hosted by renowned broadcaster, author, presenter, and journalist Clare Balding CBE, with Boys in Mind shortlisted for the ‘Community Organisation Award for Gender’ “We...
Advice for parents at drop in event for Dyslexia Awareness Week
People wanting to know more about dyslexia support and advice available can come along to a drop in event at County Hall in Trowbridge on 5 October from 11am-6pm. The event is being held during national Dyslexia Awareness Week, which runs from 2 – 8 October, and aims to raise awareness of dyslexia and challenge...
Charity to hold Wiltshire Danceathon to raise funds for people affected by abuse
Southwest charity FearFree, is holding a Danceathon to raise funds to help people affected by domestic abuse, sexual violence and stalking. The Danceathon will take place at Cumberwell Park Golf Club, Bradford on Avon, over the last weekend in September, from 6pm to 11:30pm on Friday 29 September and again 9:45am ending at 2pm on...