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New Year Start

Happy New Year to you all! Starting off this year we will be bringing you more upcoming events and activities for you and the family to enjoy for a great start to your year. On Thursday 5th January at Mountsorrel library from 2-3:30pm children will be able to make their very own kites ready for [...]

Christmas Eve Saturday Market

Loughborough’s market place will be filled with its usual stalls for all those that have yet to finish their Christmas shopping. With 125 traders there, there will be loads of stuff for last minute buys. With the stalls full of food for over Christmas there will be a wide selection of fruit, veg, and cheeses, [...]

Arts & Crafts: The Santa Workshop

Come to Charnwood Museum on Friday the 23rd and make great Christmas cards and presents for all your friends and family, for ages 3-12 years this workshop is a fun way to make handmade presents and enjoy the exciting days before Christmas. The workshop is £2.50 each and booking and payment need to be made [...]

Mother Goose Review

On Friday night at 7:30pm Mother Goose was packed full of fun, songs and dancing to join in with. As Mother Goose came flying onto the stage on her Goose Brian the audience were amazed at the entrance and fantastic costumes. Kids were enthralled with the panto and joined in with all the classic scenes [...]

Victorian Christmas at Snibston

On the 18th December from 3pm Snibston Century Theatre will be bringing you their Victorian Christmas, with a fully costumed show filled with carols, songs, stories and tunes, and also a traditional mummer’s play (the forerunner of pantomime). Song sheets are available, so you and the family can join in the sing-along. Booking is recommended [...]

Artzone: Tree People Workshop

On Saturday 17th December, Loughborough Charnwood museum will be holding another Artzone workshop. Children can make great decorations for their tree this Christmas, using a variety of different techniques and artforms kids will have a great time creating festive art. With experienced local artists in for the workshop children will receive help throughout to develop [...]

Breakfast with Santa at Twinlakes!

Join Santa and his Elves for a breakfast feast at Twinlakes Winter Wonderland this December, to add that extra special magic to your child’s Christmas. This special breakfast is filled with yummy food and heaps of fun, and if you’ve been good all year a special gift to take home! PLUS you get exclusive entry to [...]

Christmas colouring in competition winners!

We are pleased to announce the winners of our Christmas colouring competition. Also thank you to everyone that entered, your pictures were brilliant. There were 20 winners to choose and here are their names: Daniel Simmons – Merton Primary                                  Anjaili Tia Patel – Highcliffe [...]

Colouring in competition update

To all that entered this competition we’d like to say thank you, however unfortunately we will be announcing our winners on Monday instead so keep updated to see if you have won. We will be posting the winners on both our facebook page and the site.

Keep Active over the winter

Winter is here and the only thing you want to do is curl up and hibernate in the warm, but this year we have come up with a plan for you and the family to keep active. There are many different fun sports and leisure type activities to be doing this winter such as swimming [...]