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Do you ever feel lacking in enthusiasm to get outside when the skies are so grey and the wind begins to bite? As we head towards the darker, colder months of the year, sometimes you have to dig a bit deeper to find your motivation to get outside. It’s usually worth the effort and the extra layers of clothes. To begin …
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As the funeral of our late Queen, Elizabeth II, was being held on the date of our monthly meeting in September it was decided, as a mark of respect, to cancel the meeting. We received many messages of support for this decision from our members. We are looking forward to holding our October meeting and hearing from Avon …
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Temporary exhibitions update Our current visiting exhibition, celebrating the lives of South Gloucestershire residents of Indian Heritage, continues until the end of November (and the accompanying computerised continuous display is now working properly). Annual close-down Please note that the Museum will be closed …
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Your local ladies’ community choir, The Frenchay Foxes, is giving a Concert in Frenchay Village Hall at 7.30pm on Sunday 6th November, and they would love you to be there! Come and enjoy a relaxed evening being entertained and uplifted by feel-good songs, including retro-pop, country and gospel numbers. There …
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The Women’s Rugby World Cup is set to be staged in New Zealand in October, having been postponed from 2021 due to Covid restrictions. The opening ‘pool stage’ matches, including England v. Fiji, will take place on Saturday 8th October, and will eventually lead to the Final, which is to be played at Eden park, Auckland …
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Ever since the end of February when Russia invaded Ukraine, millions of people from across Ukraine, mostly women and children, began to move west away from the fighting. They crossed over into Hungary, Poland, Moldova and Romania where they were met by an amazing army of volunteers from across the world, eager to host …
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If you are a regular reader of our Just Run articles, you’ll know we are a local ladies running community. We bring women of all ages, backgrounds, and fitness levels together in a social, fun environment and help them reap the benefits of increasing physical activity through jogging, walking, and running. For more …
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Frenchay WI are pleased to have had several new members join us recently. In June we welcomed Simon Barnes whose talk was entitled “Mindfulness as a tool for better mental health”. Simon helped us to find ways to clear our thoughts in order to stop worrying about those things over which we have no control …
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As this is written, the Club as a whole looks in good shape. The Seniors are in good form, the Youth has waiting lists at most age groups, and that with already having one of the largest youth systems around, ranging from 5 years up to 18s. For ‘Saturdays’, the 1st Xl have its destiny is in our own hands, the 2nds and …
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Run leader Julie shares her running story and talks about how her participation in the sport has inspired 3 generations of her family to take part. “I started running when our local ladies running club started up as a bit of a joke, really not expecting to continue for long but things changed, and I realised that …
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