Tring based business, Pieces of Art, clubbed together with hundreds of other Small Business Sunday winners and gifted the best birthday present ever in a secret initiative! Enter the Dragon … As Theo Paphitis, King of the high street, self-described shopkeeper and Dragons Den star celebrates his 60th birthday, a group of over 160 winners […]
Close to a 100 people turned up on Sunday 22 September and took to the streets of Hemel Hempstead to run their town to support what matters locally. The ‘Your Town’ initiative led by Dacorum Borough Council in partnership with Your Town aims to encourage people to live healthy lives, get more engaged in their […]
Pupils and staff at Lockers Park School swapped their usual clothes for their favourite jeans as they joined in a national initiative organised by the Jeans for Genes charity on Friday 20 September. They were asked for a donation of £1 each to wear their jeans on the day. Jeans for Genes is a wonderful […]
Don’t forget that Our Bookshop in Tring is opening its doors for the first time this evening! The independent shop is the first bookshop in Tring since the last one closed in 2012 and the local residents are delighted, with pre-orders already pouring in. Owned and run by Ben Moorhouse, who is behind the success […]
Dacorum Borough Council has introduced new crisp packet recycling facilities to mark Recycling Week 2019 which runs from Monday 23 to Sunday 29 September. The Council has partnered up with Terracycle who have a crisp packet recycling scheme in place. Residents are encouraged to save and store their crisp packets and bring them along to […]
Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity are putting out a call for Santas of all ages to take to the streets of Haddenham and Wendover this December. After the success of last year’s event in Wendover which saw over 320 Santas run, walk and scoot 2km through the town raising over £2,000 for local hospice care, the […]
A Bookshop returns to Tring! Much missed and much loved, our town once again is getting its own independent bookshop. Come along for a celebration with Book Festival organiser and proprieter of ‘Our Bookshop’ Ben Moorhouse on Wednesday 25 September from 6.45pm at the High Street Baptist Church. He will be joined by Author and […]
The Dacorum Health Walks is part of a countywide programme of free, volunteer-led walks, which aims to help people get outdoors, get more active and reap the benefits. The walks are all sociable and you don’t need any special equipment to join in, just comfortable shoes. To register to walk either sign up online or […]
We’re over the halfway point of Heritage Open Days 2019, and what a festival it’s been so far! Buildings across the country have been flinging open their doors, revealing their secrets and welcoming in visitors in record-breaking numbers. The 25th year has been blessed with blistering blue skies, and the good weather is set to […]
Tring-based FundStar, which offers schools a strategic and co-ordinated approach to their fundraising activity, has launched a new rewards club enabling parents and other users to personally benefit from using their FundStar prepaid debit card. ‘Star Rewards’ gives customers the opportunity to earn cashback when they make a purchase with their FundStar card at outlets […]
Dacorum Borough Council is hosting three Sustainable Clothes Swaps between 10-12 October at The Forum so that people can exchange their unwanted items for something different – it’s like shopping, but free! Clothes swapping is a great, easy way to update your wardrobe. It’s guilt-free shopping with no cost to you or the environment. Just […]
The wonderful classic BBC TV comedy series of the Home Guard of Walmington-on-Sea who battle daily against the Germans and local ARP Warden Hodges, is coming to the Boxmoor Playhouse stage from 11 to 14 March 2020. Did you catch the Dad’s Army lost episodes on UKTV Gold recently? It was fascinating to watch the […]