by Inner Wheel Club of Retford | Sep 15, 2021 | Community Focus, Inner Wheel, Local Charity, Local Experiences, Retford, Retford Life, Social Group, Support Group
August has brought a feeling of relaxation and closer steps to normality as we used to know it. The Inner Wheel Club of Retford is about to hold its first meeting face-to-face since March 2020. Like many other clubs, they have found that the circumstances of the last...
by DASH | Sep 14, 2021 | Community Focus, Health, Local Charity, Local Experiences, Retford, Retford Life
DASH (or Depression and Anxiety Self Help) is, as its name suggests, a self help group for anyone struggling with a mental health problem. Meetings are currently being held in the Denman Library, Retford, on Tuesday afternoons.Members share their experiences and...
by Community Focus | Sep 14, 2021 | Community Event, Community Focus, Environment, Local Experiences, Retford, Retford Life
Did you see the beautiful water lilies in bloom in the river in Retford’s Kings Park in July? Reader Veronica Shaw sent us some pictures that she managed to snap before they were cleaned out.
by Life Publications | Sep 13, 2021 | Community Event, Community Focus, Group meeting, Local Experiences, Retford, Retford Life
Started in 2003, when a few novice gardeners in North Wheatley decided they wanted to find out more about gardening, 18 years later the Clays Horticultural Society are still going strong with a very healthy membership of gardeners and non-gardeners alike.Sadly, due to...
by East Markham WI | Sep 13, 2021 | Community Event, Community Focus, Group meeting, Local Experiences, Retford, Retford Life, Social Group, WI
The July meeting of East Markham WI saw members return to the Village Hall. Precautions were taken to assure safety, tables for four were cleaned and spaced out, hand sanitiser was available and members were free to wear face coverings if they wished to do so. As an...
by Community Focus | Sep 12, 2021 | Community Event, Community Focus, Group meeting, Local Charity, Local Experiences, Retford, Retford Life, Social Group
Villagers in Eaton are delighted to have secured three more grants to move them closer to achieving their goal of creating a community hub. With no village hall, pub or other indoor social space, the community has been fundraising for the past six years to add an...
