Singing, schools and more in Bishop's Waltham, Wickham and Meon Valley

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ONE last reminder that the next Bishop's Waltham Give and Take event will be held on Saturday, September 27. Held in St George's Square from 10.30am to 2.30pm, this month's event will be focusing on arts and crafts items. Bring your donated items between 10.30am to 12noon, or come along and browse the stall between 10.30am and 2.30pm and take the items you would like.

HEALTHIER You, the NHS diabetes prevention programme, will be holding a free course on diabetes prevention at Jubilee Hall, Little Shore Lane, on Friday, October 24. The programme will be supporting those who are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes. More information can be found on preventing-diabetes.co.uk/welcome/groups/ or by emailing info@preventing-diabetes.co.uk.

THE next session of Singing For Fun will be on Friday, October 17, at The Stables, Free Street, Bishop's Waltham. Running from 2pm to 3.30pm, the group sings well known folk songs. No talent is required, and people of all ages are welcomed. Attendance costs £2. For further information, contact Sue on 07710 810552, or feel free to turn up.

PARENTS are being invited to take a look at life inside Droxford Junior School during an open morning next month. The event will take place on Thursday, October 9, at 10am. Families will have the opportunity to meet staff, see the school in action and find out more about what it offers. More information can be found by emailing adminoffice@droxford.hants.sch.uk.

THE next Wickham Flick at Wickham Community Centre is The Penguin Lessons, which will be screened on Thursday, October 16. Disillusioned teacher Tom Michell (Steve Coogan) gets a job teaching English and Rugby in a school for rich kids in Buenos Aires. It's 1976 and Argentina is controlled by a military dictatorship, but Tom is more interested in spending time on the beach than in either his pupils or the political situation. During a weekend trip to Uruguay he rescues an orphaned penguin and smuggles it back into the school, little suspecting that this is the beginning of a personal and political awakening. Tickets cost £5, and there is no need to pre-book. Doors open at 7pm, with the film starting at 7.30pm.

A CLEAN Up Bishop's Waltham event will take place on Saturday, October 11, from 10am to 12noon. Open to all volunteers, this event will help clean up the approaches to bishop's Waltham and keep the town looking lovely. Volunteers are asked to meet at the Jubilee Hall, Shore Lane, at 10am for a couple of hours to help clean up. Bring gloves, a mobile phone and friends. Everything else is provided.

BISHOP'S Waltham Photographic Society will be holding its annual exhibition of members work from Thursday, October 9 to Saturday, October 11, at the United Free Church, Basingwell Street, Bishop's Waltham. Come along to support the members. There will be prints, a digital slideshow, a camera phone montage and panels of work on display along with the winners of the junior photo competition.

WINCHESTER Youth Counselling's Parent Support Group is coming to Bishop's Waltham. Aimed at parents/carers of 11 to 25 year olds, the group meets on the last Wednesday of each month in the Ruby Room, Jubilee Hall, Bishop's Waltham. The group runs from 10am to 11am and is free to attend. It will be a safe, peaceful space to come and share experiences and support other parents/carers. Resources will be provided on challenges which may be facing young people and their families. Topics may include adolescence, anxiety, disordered eating, divorce/separation, loss, neurodivergence, school avoidance and self-harm.