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If you're a trader or an entertainers, organisers of Thornbury's Fun Day would love to hear from you!
The event will be held in the High Street on September 5th and there'll be plenty for all the family to enjoy.
Click below to find out more, or pop in to The Swan, The Malthouse or the White Lion to pick up an application form.
Severn Area Rescue Association’s lifeboat station needs urgent repairs, which are essential to keep the lifesaving boats and kit in good condition. To help raise the money for the repairs, Tim Barker, a crewmember from SARA’s Tewkesbury station, and his fiancée Natalie Murphy, are on the last leg of a mammoth walk along the River Severn. Click below to read more and support Tim and Natalie's fundraising efforts...
Thornbury Tandoori are delighted to announce that we have re-opened for dine-in. We recommend to book your table in advance.
Thornbury Volunteer Centre feel there should be a permanent record of how volunteer action has helped the local community throughout this crisis.
We are gathering the experiences of individuals and organisations in their own words and publishing them on our website and in our Annual Report.
If you have either played a part in helping your local community or represent an organisation which has been vital to helping, please tell us by email below what you have done and are still doing and what impact this has made on you, your organisation or both.
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2021 is our Golden Anniversary and we are very proud to think that we have been entertaining the people of Thornbury for 50 years! We are really hoping that we can start the year with our Pantomime, Aladdin, but if not we will definitely be back in June with our play, entertaining the people of Thornbury and celebrating 50 years of comedy, drama, song and dance. Click below to read more...
Tockington Manor School and Nursery are open for enquiries. Our Headmaster is on site and is conducting regular socially-distanced private tours and video calls with prospective parents to discuss their requirements and a video tour of the site. If anyone is looking for their reception class in September, unsure about senior school and could join us in Year 7/8 or just considering a new school then please get in touch.
Papilio coffee is now open Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-4.30pm. (Papilio home will still be open 9-5.30 on those days).
We are opening with an offering of just Drinks & Cakes (don't worry this includes plenty of scones!). This gives us time to adapt to this new way of working.
You will find a fabulous pagoda covering most of the decking, so that you can take advantage of the outside spaces even when the weather is a bit British.
Clare Stephens is the first potter and ceramicist to sell her work in The Art Barn since Chris Zair... carrying on a great tradition!
Clare works with earthenware, stoneware and porcelain - click below for a peek, or come and have a tea or coffee and see her beautiful work.
Two months after Brain Tumour Support launched our major appeal for survival our amazing, dedicated supporters have raised more than £50,000 towards our target. A wonderful response in that short time, so on behalf of everyone who we support, thank you to every single one of you who has donated or fundraised for us.
Elite Fitness and Leisure have re-opened to members and new joiners, with limited capacity to keep you safe. If you would like to book a gym session please follow the link below to their online booking system or give us call or email us to book your slot.
The Active Lifestyle Centre has launched a new app to help you get the most out of your training both indoors and outdoors!
Whether you are a member or visit on a pay as you go basis, the quickest and easiest way to book is through our new App.
The Active Lifestyles App is available on both the Apple iTunes store and Google Play store.
Berkeley Castle have produced a video showing how they are keeping the Castle safe to visitors. Please click the link below to see it.
You can now take part in a public consultation on changes to Thornbury High Street.
The six-month consultation gives residents, businesses and groups the opportunity to have their say on the trial pedestrianisation of the High Street introduced on 6 June.
The pedestrianisation of Thornbury High Street will continue throughout the six months.
The Council want to what you would like Thornbury High Street to be like in the future. Click below to take part.
We are hoping to re-open the Over 60s Tea Rooms at Thornbury Town Hall on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings from September.
We look forward to seeing all our regular customers again, and any new ones who would like a cuppa and a chat. Click below to find out more...
Acupuncture is now available again at Thornbury Chiropractic Clinic, as well as Chiropractic.
Dave Sanders will be available to treat you on Tuesday and Friday mornings from 10am to 2pm.
This is in line with guidance from our professional and governing bodies. Click below for more details.
Our July/August issue marks the return to letterbox delivery of printed copies and, providing all goes well, monthly letterbox deliveries will continue with our September issue. As usual the online version can be found via the link below.
Until the Covid-19 situation recedes, printed copies will not be delivered to care homes, sheltered accommodation, shops, offices, commercial premises and public buildings.
The Magazine will not be delivered to any property displaying a notice declining junk mail.
We are all working from home and our Thornbury office will remain closed to the public until further notice. We are continuing to run some of our services so if you need benefits advice please call us. We are also making sure that our day centre clients are contacted weekly and are working hard to get the centres open once with safety measures in place. Our befriending service continues to run and volunteers are beginning to do socially distanced face to face meetings. Nail cutting remains closed and we will update you on any services opening as soon as we feel it is safe to do so. We are still here to support older people in South Gloucestershire so please do stay in touch.
The Armstrong Arts Group (AAG) is pressing the Armstrong Hall trustees to find a solution to the current difficulties and to make the hall safe and usable again for community groups.
The group is continuing to raise money for the improvement of the complex, and has organised a Christmas Concert to banish the lockdown blues.
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