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Description:For more activities in your local area please click on the relevant Council Link.

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National Citizen Service -First Information Day takes place on 24th March so get your form in early.

Description:Are you up for an adventure after your GCSEs?
Fancy a summer like no other? Then this is for you.

A FREE four week experience for 15 and 16 year olds after their GCSEs.

Dates available are:
9th July - 3rd August
16th July - 10th August
23rd July - 17th August

myNCS is part of the new National Citizen Service
initiative and is FREE to all participants. This is a summer
adventure packed with fun and an opportunity to give
something back to your community.

Find out all about it by clicking on the attached information poster.

In Gloucestershire there are only 120 places for all the year 11’s in the county, so make sure you get your form in early (no obligation to book). If you are interested and would like more information, then complete the attached return form. On receipt of your form we will send you and your parents/carers an invitiation to one of our information events over the next 4 months. The first is on Saturday 24th March.

If you have any questions please contact myNCS.

Academic year 2011 - 2012

Community based adult education courses

Description:GL Communities provides adult education in local learning centres in Matson, Podsmead and Tredworth. Courses vary in subject and length and GL Communities tries to be as flexible as possible to suit the needs of learners i.e. school times, holidays, caring responsibilities etc.

Running Until June 2012

Jubilee rag rug

Description:Gloucester Waterways Museum is urging county families to get involved in a colourful community craft project to help commemorate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
Members of the Museum’s Boat Crafters’ Group are co-ordinating a project to produce a red, white and blue rag rug as part of the county’s Jubilee celebrations.
And they are hoping that Museum visitors will make their mark on the rug by bringing along their old clean red, white and blue T-shirts and use them to create strips of fabric for the rug.
Waterways’ families often lived hand to mouth and were very resourceful, recycling old clothes and materials to make rag rugs for children to sleep on and under.
Members of the Museum team will be on hand each weekend in the run up to the Diamond Jubilee to show people how they can take part in the community rag rug project.
The rag rug will be on the ground floor of the Museum between now and June for visitors to fill the hessian backed rug with strips of rag. Once completed, the rug will be displayed on one of the narrowboats moored at the museum.
Everyone who adds a strip of fabric to the rug will be asked to record their name in a special book which will be on display next to the rag rug itself.
Housed in a warehouse at the heart of Gloucester’s fine Victorian docks, Gloucester Waterways Museum tells the story of our wonderful canals and rivers. You can climb aboard historic boats, enjoy hands-on fun, watch archive films and browse galleries rich in canal heritage and stories.

Date for show to be arranged depending on interest

Gloucestershire's Got Talent?

Description:Glo-active and Guideposts Trust are looking for young children and adults with disabilities who have a talent!
If you are aged between 8 and 35 years old, and are interested in taking part in our Gloucestershire's Got Talent show then Hayley Huntley is waiting to hear from you.

Contact Hayley by email stating your Name, Interest and age.

Monday 30th April - Tuesday 5th June 2012

FREE Jubilee Exhibition at the Corinium Museum

Description:Jubilee is an exciting exhibition celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee. It will feature an eclectic mix of local photographs and items from Cotswold coronation events, royal memorabilia and focus on the Queen’s last sixty years as Britain’s monarch. The exhibition pays particular interest in the Queen’s role on stamps, and the variety of artwork which has been used since 1953. The exhibition will show works commissioned for Royal Mail stamps from artists including Tony Meeuwissen, Martin Parr, Jake Sutton and Terence Millington. The exhibition will also showcase postcard designs from the Best of Britain stamp competition, which has attracted submissions from artists worldwide.

For more information please visit the website and the Events page for details.

Wednesday 2nd, 9th, 16th, and 23rd May 2012

Free Wheeling - Bike Repair Workshops

Description:Would you like to learn how to repair and maintain your bike?
Gloucestershire Bike Project is running FREE workshops "Free Wheeling" throughout the year where you can learn how to carry out your own repairs and safety checks.

For more information on dates/times please see the attached poster.

Tuesdays 8th May, 15th May, 22nd May & 29th May 2012

Jubliee Crafts - A Fun 4 week interactive course

Description:With only weeks to go until the Jubilee weekend, why not join this course to bring out your creativity to give you the skills to make your Jubilee bunting ready for your celebrations.

Classes run for 4 weeks starting from Tuesday 8th May at Tewkesbury library.

** To qualify for a free course learners must be over 19 and have less than a level 2 qualification (eg fewer than 5 GCSEs at grades A-C). Only one free GC AdEd funded, course may be attended in the academic year 11/12.
Please note there will be a small weekly charge of £1 per person to cover material costs.

For more information see the poster attached.