‘Kingsway Community’ Category
Kingsway community activities, local clubs and community groups in Kingsway and the surrounding area.
Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 by Clive
Once again the KRA will be handing out treats to young children who dress up for Halloween at the annual Trick or Treat event outside Tesco Express in the village centre on October 31st from 6:30 to 8pm, so please come along and see us.
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Wednesday, August 2nd, 2017 by Clive
On July 11th I went to a meeting of the Kingsway Wildlife and Sustainability Group at the Barn Owl. Chaired by Sarah Ottaway, Municipal Recycling Manager for SUEZ (and a local resident), the meeting was well attended and included Nicola Simpson, the Urban Wildlife Team Leader for the Gloucestershire Wildlife [Continue Reading]
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Monday, May 15th, 2017 by Clive
According to a recent press release from local MP Richard Graham entitled “MP says all of Quedgeley to benefit from new Kingsway GP surgery”, on April 25th 2017, planning permission was granted for the new GP Surgery in Kingsway, which “will take around 12 months to complete”. Located off Rudloe [Continue Reading]
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Tuesday, May 2nd, 2017 by Gerry1
The above organisation is a support group for women born between 1951 and 1959 who had their state pension age raised from 60 to 66 without -or with very little notice. In my case, 58 years old with too little time to plan for retirement. WASPI agree with the equalisation of [Continue Reading]
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Wednesday, March 15th, 2017 by leah hopton
ActiveDADs is a project that uses sport and play to bring dads together creating a peer support network. Being a parent can be hard and for some dads; finding support, a place to chat and meet other dads going through the same challenges is difficult. ActiveDADS is works on engaging all [Continue Reading]
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Sunday, October 23rd, 2016 by Rebecca Snel
Kingsway Family Connect Being fairly new to Kingsway and as a mum of two small boys, I wanted a way to connect with other mums around. It was summer holidays when we moved in, and most playgroups were on a break. I turned to Facebook to ask what there was [Continue Reading]
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Wednesday, September 14th, 2016 by Michelle
We have a few more spaces available for parents, grandparents or people with parenting experience to join us on our (free) Volunteer Training Course. The course starts on Thursday 22 September [10AM to 2:30PM] at Quedgeley Village Hall (free parking available to rear) and runs for 10 sessions – from [Continue Reading]
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Monday, August 15th, 2016 by Clive
I would like to introduce Home-Start, a national charity based in Stonehouse, who support families with young children aged 0–5 years and expecting mothers. We do this with the help of our outstanding volunteers who are parents themselves and have completed our training course. We have been awarded some funding [Continue Reading]
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Tuesday, July 26th, 2016 by Roger Hare
A Kingsway resident who cares for someone with dementia, would like to start up a regular ‘creative’ get-together for others in the same circumstances… Painting, drawing, writing, poetry, etc. If you’d like to know more please contact Roger at ‘Carers Gloucestershire’ in the first instance – he’s helping to get [Continue Reading]
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Monday, July 18th, 2016 by Michelle
Home-Start are the UK’s leading family support charity and recruit and train volunteers to support parents, in their own homes, with at least one child under the age of five. There are 18,500 volunteers working in 280 Home-Starts right across the UK. We also support in British Forces bases in Germany [Continue Reading]
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