Advice from the Hub

  • 21 June 2022
  • By: Ceri Brown

Summer Newsletter

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  • 23 February 2022
  • By: Ceri Brown

Spring Newsletter

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  • 21 January 2022
  • By: Ceri Brown

Hub services

Our Tuesday cafes are full of services you can access by dropping in. These are some of the services available.

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  • 03 November 2021
  • By: Ceri Brown

Autumn Winter Newsletter

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  • 18 August 2021
  • By: Ceri Brown

Knighton & District Directory

Please see below all contacts for local groups, churches and services in the area. If there is anything that needs to be updated or added please emai

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  • 03 June 2021
  • By: Ceri Brown

Public Health Wales Survey

It is currently national volunteers week, and Public Health Wales have launched a national survey to find out more about the behaviour, motivations a

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  • 16 May 2021
  • By: Ceri Brown

May 16th, 2021

Learn more about the May 16th, 2021

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  • 07 April 2021
  • By: Ceri Brown

NHS Hearing aidmaintenance and repair

​Free NHS Hearing aid maintenance and repair Knighton clinic at The Comm Bowling Green Ln, Knighton LD7 1DR 3 rd Tuesday of the month 10am-1pm NEXT C

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  • 26 March 2021
  • By: Ceri Brown

Library reopening

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  • 10 March 2021
  • By: Ceri Brown

Newsletter March 2021

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  • 03 December 2020
  • By: Ceri Brown

Newsletter December 2020

WINTER 2020-21 VOL 1 : Nº 1 A Community Newsletter Published by Knighton and District Community Centre

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  • 05 August 2020
  • By: Ceri Brown

Newsletter 3 August 2020

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  • 09 July 2020
  • By: Ceri Brown

Update on shops / services / takeaway

AJ Pugh – ButchersCall 01547 520786or have a look at their Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/AJ-Pugh-Butchers-294032087402629/.If you would li

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  • 08 July 2020
  • By: Ceri Brown

Click and Collect – How to order

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  • 25 June 2020
  • By: Ceri Brown

NEWS FROM THE LIBRARY

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  • 05 June 2020
  • By: Ceri Brown

Leaflets and information updated

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  • 30 April 2020
  • By: Ceri Brown

April 30th, 2020

Update on shops &amp services - 27 April - please let us know if there are any alterations.Martin Harris is no longer delivering fruit &amp veg

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  • 30 April 2020
  • By: Ceri Brown

Soup from the Hub

Soup from the Hub’ is launched Please complete a referral form if you would like to access this service &amp please mention it to family, friend

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  • 21 April 2020
  • By: Ceri Brown

Befriending!

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  • 21 April 2020
  • By: Ceri Brown

April 21st, 2020

​Knighton Library wants as many people as possible to know about World Book Night on 23rd April 2020The Reading Agency is offering FREE audio books a

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  • 09 April 2020
  • By: Ceri Brown

Here to help – Referral form

Are you looking for some support or social contact during the ongoing Covid 19 Pandemic? If so please complete this form to help us identify someone

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  • 01 April 2020
  • By: Ceri Brown

April 01st, 2020

Update from Hannah at the LibraryDear Knighton Library CustomersHow are you all? I hope you are all managing to cope and stay healthy in these strang

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  • 31 March 2020
  • By: Ceri Brown

Bracken Trust

Bracken Trust are still offering a nurse and counsellor telephone support service for anyone affected by cancer, caring for someone who has cancer or

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  • 31 March 2020
  • By: Ceri Brown

INFORMATIONAL POSTERS

We have been busy putting together a one stop leaflet with information on who to contact for various needs. If you can print one off for an elderly o

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  • 27 March 2020
  • By: Ceri Brown

Library information

Dear Knighton Library Customers,During this unusual time there is no need to worry about any library books that you have at home.You donotneed to ret

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  • 24 March 2020
  • By: Ceri Brown

Library is now closed

Due to the new directives the Library will now beclosed for the foreseeable future.Thank you to all the volunteers and staff that helped during this

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  • 20 March 2020
  • By: Ceri Brown

March 20th, 2020

TheLibrary is endeavouring to stay open as much as possible however due to staffing shortages the Library will be closed on Friday 20th of March and

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  • 17 March 2020
  • By: Ceri Brown

Cancelled / postponed classes

Knighton LibraryMarch/April 2020Lego club, Games, Bounce and Rhyme and Easter activities have been postponed.As of today 19th March 2020 the followin

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  • 27 February 2020
  • By: Ceri Brown

Doesn’t time fly!

March is almost here, the crocus plants are in bloom and there is snow in the hills...a normal end to February!To get us out and about we have some g

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  • 31 January 2020
  • By: Ceri Brown

February is near!

As January SLOWLY.. comes to an end we have some new films and events lined up for February.Flicks in the sticks will bring us 4 films this month! -

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  • 14 January 2020
  • By: Ceri Brown

Line Dancing Returns to the Comm

Tuesday 21st January we have line dancing returning to the centre.

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  • 02 January 2020
  • By: Ceri Brown

What’s on at the Comm January

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  • 02 January 2020
  • By: Ceri Brown

Shakespeare’s Pericles – Saturday 18th January 2020 5pm

“Could I rage and roar as the sea, yet the end must be as it is”Good intentions, bad luck, fickle fortunes and just deserts abound in this magical, m

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  • 11 December 2019
  • By: Ceri Brown

ABBA tribute night – Angel Eyes – Saturday 14th December 2019

Knighton Show and Carnival Committee present a night of music and dance. Tickets available from The Little Black Sheep café.

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  • 21 November 2019
  • By: Ceri Brown

Afternoon Tea with Santa

Do you have young child(ren) or are you a grandparent? This may interest you.Knighton Community Centre and Friends of the School are bringing back th

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  • 21 November 2019
  • By: Ceri Brown

Hoodwinked! A Teme Spirits production

Remember, remember, Teme Spirits Pantomime happening in November!Friday 29th at 7.30pm and Saturday 30th at 2.30 and 7.30pmTickets on sale from Tower

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  • 21 November 2019
  • By: Ceri Brown

Friday 22nd November – Flicks in the Sticks – Capernaum

Capernaüm ("Chaos") tells the story of Zain (Zain al-Rafeea), a Lebanese boywho sues his parents for the "crime" of giving him life. The film follows

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  • 21 November 2019
  • By: Ceri Brown

Teme Spirits – Hoodwinked – Friday 29th & Saturday 30th November

Remember, remember, Teme Spirits Pantomime happening in November!Friday 29th at 7.30pm and Saturday 30th at 2.30 and 7.30pmTickets on sale from Tower

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  • 15 November 2019
  • By: Ceri Brown

Cymanfa Ganu / Community Concert

Escape the cold and the rain, and experience some Welsh culture, and come to our Cymanfa Ganu (Community Concert) on Sunday 17th November at 4pm. We

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  • 07 November 2019
  • By: Ceri Brown

Flicks in the sticks film – 8th November – The Keeper

The Keeper tells the extraordinary love story between a young English woman and a German Prisoner of War, who together overcome prejudice, public hos

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  • 04 November 2019
  • By: Ceri Brown

Whats on at the Comm

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  • 30 October 2019
  • By: Ceri Brown

Literary Festival this week!

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  • 22 October 2019
  • By: Ceri Brown

Red Joan at The Comm 25th October 2019

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  • 11 September 2019
  • By: Ceri Brown

Credu at the Comm

A new service with the Hub arrivesCredu (Carer’s Support Powys) is offering one to one sessions for carers for three sessions from 24thSeptember and

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  • 11 September 2019
  • By: Ceri Brown

What’s on at the Comm – September

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  • 16 August 2019
  • By: Ceri Brown

Country & Western night at the Comm

Saturday 17th August sees Richie Jones and Andy Morris perform at the Community CentreTickets £10 - Come along and have a great night out.

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  • 02 August 2019
  • By: Ceri Brown

What’s on at the comm August 2019

Our Whats on at the comm poster is out and ready to view.Have a look through and make a note of the special dates you will be attending!(function(jQu

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  • 24 July 2019
  • By: Ceri Brown

Lady DJ comes to the Comm

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  • 24 July 2019
  • By: Ceri Brown

July – What’s on

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  • 06 June 2019
  • By: Ceri Brown

What’s on @ the Comm JUNE

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  • 06 June 2019
  • By: Ceri Brown

The Knighton Twinning Association presents a screening of Amelie

The evening will include a showing of Amelie and there will be servings of French Onion Soup available.​Bursting with imagination and having seen her

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  • 20 May 2019
  • By: Ceri Brown

The Carnival Band

Friday 21st June sees The Carnival Band performing at the Community Centre. Tickets are £12 in advance and £15 on the door. Childrens tickets are £5.

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  • 14 May 2019
  • By: Ceri Brown

What’s on at the Comm May

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  • 02 May 2019
  • By: Ceri Brown

Tuesday Cafe Talks

We have been lucky to have had Sheila come into the cafe and demonstrate the ways to pot up and on and so our next talk will be7th May. Mick from Rho

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  • 06 April 2019
  • By: Ceri Brown

Easter egg hunt at the Library

Hannah at Knighton Library is holding an Easter egg hunt on Tuesday 18th April from 3:30 - 4:30pmfor ages 4-11 and its completely free! If you know o

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  • 06 April 2019
  • By: Ceri Brown

Arts Alive / Flicks in the Sticks

The next film to grace the Community centre will be WIDOWS -A police shootout leaves four thieves dead during an explosive armed robbery attempt in C

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  • 23 March 2019
  • By: Ceri Brown

Knighton Army Cadets

Are you at least 12 years old and in year 8 , looking for fun, friendship and adventure then come along and see us at the rear of the community centr

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  • 22 February 2019
  • By: Ceri Brown

DON’T FORGET THE ST DAVID’S DAY CELEBRATION 2nd March

BRING THE FAMILY AND JOIN IN THE FUNFREE ADMISSIONDoors open 2.30pm

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  • 15 February 2019
  • By: Ceri Brown

February already

Im a little late to post in February but we have been very busy last month!This month we have the Developing a Voice in Writing class at the communit

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  • 10 January 2019
  • By: Ceri Brown

What’s on in January

Well 2019 is here and we are back with our ever growing list of classes and activities.Flicks in the Sticks Continue with the Spring Timetable - Grea

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  • 15 December 2018
  • By: Ceri Brown

Flicks in the Sticks presents Early man

Early Man is a 2018 British stop-motion animated historical sports comedy film directed by Nick Park, written by Mark Burton and James Higginson, and

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  • 07 December 2018
  • By: Ceri Brown

Community Christmas Fete – Sunday 9th December

Knighton Under 5s and The Friends of the School have come together to put on a fun filled, festive afternoon.Doors will open at 2pm and the fete incl

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  • 07 December 2018
  • By: Ceri Brown

Knighton Community Market – Saturday 8th December

The Community Market is back this weekend with the first of two Christmas markets. There are an amazing 31 stalls booked in! Here is just a small sel

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  • 31 October 2018
  • By: Ceri Brown

Little Rumba live on stage in November

If youre unfamiliar with the Little Rumba sound, the following,taken from Little Rumbas fine website (littlerumba.com) should help paint the picture."

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  • 06 October 2018
  • By: Ceri Brown

Your Comm is getting seriously busy – and there really is something for everyone.

Just take a look at whats on the week ahead!Theres so much going on its getting hard to fit it all in and get rooms ready fast enough.Mon, October 8t

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  • 27 September 2018
  • By: Ceri Brown

Upcoming live music at The Comm

Therere two fast approaching live music events we think youll want to know about.First up, on Saturday, October 13th, we have top Scottish accordion

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  • 21 September 2018
  • By: Ceri Brown

Poster-board update

Theres so much going on at The Comm these days, its hard for us to keep up.Here is a selection of the latest posters to be squeezed onto the noticebo

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  • 18 September 2018
  • By: Ceri Brown

Karen Plant’s 9th and final Chairperson’s report!

Reproduced below is the complete text of the Chairpersons report delivered to Mondays AGM by Karen Plant, her 9th and final report after steering the

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  • 31 August 2018
  • By: Ceri Brown

Updating our poster board…

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  • 31 August 2018
  • By: Ceri Brown

Support from the Midcounties Co-operative

Thanks so much to our local fundraising partner, The Midcounties Co-operative, for supporting us with a generous donation from their plastic shopping

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  • 20 August 2018
  • By: Ceri Brown

+New in September!

Totally new in September we have the yoga classesdetails of which are below.And returning to The Comm for another year we have the Welsh classes know

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  • 02 August 2018
  • By: Ceri Brown

August noticeboard

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  • 04 June 2018
  • By: Ceri Brown

June 4th noticeboard

What’s on in the week aheadMon, June 4th: Library closedTues, June 5th : Library open 10am - 12.30pm, 3pm - 6pm• Welsh class in Dressing room. 9.30 –

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  • 12 May 2018
  • By: Ceri Brown

Another Saturday, another community market

Todays market....A pretty typical one, which means lots to interest, tempt, lots of socialising, lots to enjoy.If you havent paid us a visit, put May

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  • 10 May 2018
  • By: Ceri Brown

Comm poster board

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  • 08 May 2018
  • By: Ceri Brown

New drop in at the library

News about a new drop-in at the library.....PRIME Cymru is one of the Prince of Wales Charities and is currently working on the Workways+ Project, wh

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  • 07 May 2018
  • By: Ceri Brown

The week ahead

What’s on in the week ahead:Monday May 7th : Library closed .Tuesday May 8th : Library open 10am - 12.30pm, 3pm - 6pm• Welsh class in Dressing room.

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  • 02 May 2018
  • By: Ceri Brown

We’re looking for a Centre Administrator!

As part of our ongoing efforts to improve the community centre and make it fit for this century - and to provide support for the overstretched volunt

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  • 27 April 2018
  • By: Ceri Brown

Your Community Centre needs you and your skills!

Its been said before but your Community Centre really does need you! We need to fill various roles at the Community Centre if we are to continue to d

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  • 24 April 2018
  • By: Ceri Brown

Knighton Community Market Gardening Special on May 12th.

On May 12th the twice monthly Community Market is celebrating the arrival of spring by focusing attention on everything to do with gardening.As well a

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  • 24 February 2018
  • By: Ceri Brown

February 24th, 2018

Before last nights Borderlines Film Festival screening of In Between, we took a few minutes out to say a huge public thank you to Dave and Tom of Kni

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  • 06 February 2018
  • By: Ceri Brown

Meet Afghanistan’s most prolific movie director!

Heres news of an exciting film coming up next week. On Saturday 17th Feb (Note that its not our normal Friday film night) we have a funny and also to

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  • 23 January 2018
  • By: Ceri Brown

Borderlines comes to Knighton!

At last, 16 years after it started, the countrys most er.... borderline town has been invited to take part in the Borderlines Film Festival, described

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  • 03 January 2018
  • By: Ceri Brown

January Noticeboard!

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  • 20 December 2017
  • By: Ceri Brown

Calling all carers

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  • 18 December 2017
  • By: Ceri Brown

Snow stops activities for a few days!

Children playing in the snow behind the Community CentreThe snow is all but gone at time of writing but for a few days last week activities had to be

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  • 17 October 2017
  • By: Ceri Brown

Last three days of voting!

Dear Knighton Community Centre M&ampS Energy Fund bid supporters,You have been magnificant in your support - for a small population of 3500 we hav

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  • 07 October 2017
  • By: Ceri Brown

Moishe’s Bagel tomorrow at the centre

This Sunday October 8th, Knighton Community Centre welcomes five highly regarded Scottish musicians collectively known as Moishes Bagel. Performing an

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  • 04 September 2017
  • By: Ceri Brown

Help us win funding for PV panels on our roof!

The Community Centre recently submitted to the M&ampS Energy Fund a bid for funding to pay for PV panels to go on our huge SE facing roof. We hear

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  • 30 August 2017
  • By: Ceri Brown

Another AGM but a very different sort of year

Last night at the Community Centre AGM Chairperson Karen Plant presented the following annual report, summing up perhaps the centres most momentous ye

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  • 24 August 2017
  • By: Ceri Brown

Poetry Marathon in aid of refugee support group

Coming on September 9th and put together by the Knighton Refugee Support Group, the "Poetry Marathon" looks like something genuinely different and we

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  • 19 August 2017
  • By: Ceri Brown

Sign of the times?

Attention Knightonians! The overstretched band of volunteers who run the Community Centre and were so pleased when they received much needed funding

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  • 15 May 2017
  • By: Ceri Brown

Gardening Day programme of activities

Knighton Community Centre, reopened this week as its 6 month refurbishment approaches its end, invites the public to check out its new facilities at

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  • 28 April 2017
  • By: Ceri Brown

Knighton Rock Nite – Take 1

A group of local rock fans have been meeting together over recent weeks with the aim of launching a regular live rock night in the newly refurbished

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  • 13 April 2017
  • By: Ceri Brown

Americana returns to the Comm bar.

May 20th is the day when the Community Centre really can be said to be back in action. As well as the Gardening Day, with a host of activities runnin

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  • 13 April 2017
  • By: Ceri Brown

Dog training

Diana Lavers (Quabbs Canine Capers) recently reported back that the The Drill Hall was a first class venue for the recent dog training sessions.Four

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  • 06 April 2017
  • By: Ceri Brown

April dog training cancelled

Due to illness the April series of dog training sessions has had to be cancelled and Diane will now be returning with more opportunities to tame that

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  • 17 March 2017
  • By: Ceri Brown

Dog Training courses return in April

All dogs of whatever age will enjoy and benefit from training with quabbs canine capers training: it increases their confidence, improves their behav

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  • 27 January 2017
  • By: Ceri Brown

Dog Training at the Drill Hall

All dogs of whatever age enjoy and benefit from undergoing some training: it increases their confidence, improves their behaviour, and gives them ‘a j

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  • 10 January 2017
  • By: Ceri Brown

Dance class this Saturday!

This Saturday in the Drill Hall, learn to dance with professional tuition byNicolas School of Dancing.£12 per person for a whole evenings tuition.Fir

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  • 14 December 2016
  • By: Ceri Brown

Last market of the year!

Theres just one more market before Christmas, this Saturday, December 17th, and you can expect 30 stalls of unique hand-crafted gifts and locally prod

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  • 10 December 2016
  • By: Ceri Brown

The move to the Drill Hall goes off without a hitch!

It was hard work moving all our furnishings and essential equipment out of the Community Centre before the builders moved in.Now the builders have th

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  • 21 November 2016
  • By: Ceri Brown

Last weekend of events before move

Barring last minute hitches, the coming weekends Flicks in the Sticks screening looks like being the last one in the centre for a while, as we have ou

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  • 13 November 2016
  • By: Ceri Brown

Appeal for volunteers!

A quick update...More than two weeks after committee members met with Welsh Assembly funding body reps and convinced them to support our hastily put

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  • 13 November 2016
  • By: Ceri Brown

Mellstock Band on Dec 4th

For your seasonal entertainment on Sunday, December 4th, Knighton Community Centre brings you acclaimed traditional folk ensemble The Mellstock Band

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  • 04 November 2016
  • By: Ceri Brown

Leisure Centre public meeting and beyond…

Todays County Times storyThe disappointment of the failed bid to obtain Big Lottery funding for the Community Centre is now behind us. The tiny group

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  • 31 October 2016
  • By: Ceri Brown

Not beat yet…

The news that our bid for Big Lottery funding to refurbish and redesign the centre had been unsuccessful initially left us stunned and lost for a way

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  • 12 October 2016
  • By: Ceri Brown

Big Lottery

10th October 2016It is with great regret that Knighton and District Community Centre Committee, a registered charity, has to announce that it has bee

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  • 19 September 2016
  • By: Ceri Brown

Another quiet weekend coming up…

Crazily busy weekend coming up at the Community Centre. On Friday night theres a Charity dance with music by Curtis Magee and Andy Morris- all procee

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  • 12 September 2016
  • By: Ceri Brown

Flicks-in-the-Sticks returns!

Hardly has one Flicks season finished at the Community Centre than another one is with us.Last Friday a full house in the Reynolds Room enjoyed "Bla

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  • 12 September 2016
  • By: Ceri Brown

Community Centre committee welcomes Police Commissioner

On Tuesday September 6th members of the management committee of Knighton Community Centre welcomed Dyfed-Powys Police and Crime Commissioner Dafydd L

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  • 22 July 2016
  • By: Ceri Brown

Knighton’s samurai Red Dragon Karate Club

Above is a story in this weeks County Times.If training to become a black belt in karate sounds like something worth doing, then why arent you going t

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  • 05 July 2016
  • By: Ceri Brown

Chairperson’s Report 2016

Yesterday night the management committee held its AGM at which the Chairperson Karen Plant presented the following annual report.Its a long read but

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  • 04 July 2016
  • By: Ceri Brown

Show night Under 18s Dance

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  • 21 April 2016
  • By: Ceri Brown

Weekend of films

April 29th to May 1st we have a weekend of interesting films in the Reynolds Room.First of all, on Friday there will be a special showing for Knighton

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  • 17 April 2016
  • By: Ceri Brown

May 7th is Kasai Masai night!

Nowhere else in Mid Wales is there a dance floor like ours and nowhere else in Mid Wales will there be more irresistible dance music on May 7ththan at

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  • 07 March 2016
  • By: Ceri Brown

Live music in the bar.

The bar at the Community Centre is the venue for two contrasting but equally interesting nights of live acoustic music in coming weeks.First of all, o

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  • 14 February 2016
  • By: Ceri Brown

The Comm bar hosts more good music

Thanks to The Stoned Cherries for a night of lively and entertaining folk music, which had much of the audience up dancing at several points. Thanks

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  • 03 February 2016
  • By: Ceri Brown

Live music coming up in the bar…

On Saturday Feb 13th the Comm bar is the venue for what promises to be a lively night of "original and traditional songs and tunes, with wit, humour

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  • 09 December 2015
  • By: Ceri Brown

Live music in the bar and at the market

The Community Centre bars final musical offering before Christmas - on Sunday 20th December -promises to be a lively, fun evening, featuring Carnival

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  • 07 November 2015
  • By: Ceri Brown

Community Markets get all excited about Christmas!

Fact: there are just four markets left to Christmas!And thats including one squeezed in on December 19th, the 3rd Saturday of the month.They all prom

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  • 02 November 2015
  • By: Ceri Brown

Valuation Day this month

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  • 30 October 2015
  • By: Ceri Brown

Great live music coming up in the bar 

Theres great live music heading your way in the Community Centre bar in the coming weeks.First up, on Sunday November 15th we have a real treat for an

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  • 27 September 2015
  • By: Ceri Brown

Whalebone this Friday live in the bar!

Next Friday live in the bar, its "Instrumental music from every genre that will touch every part of your soul" (according to one Alberta, Canada, rad

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  • 22 September 2015
  • By: Ceri Brown

Learn Welsh Tuesday evenings

The Community Centre now has Beginners Welsh classes on a Tuesday evening from 6pm to 8pm.In the area you can also learn "Welsh for the family" at th

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  • 14 September 2015
  • By: Ceri Brown

Busy times at the centre

There are lots of events coming up in the weeks ahead, of which the following is just a selection.Check out the Knighton Community Centre Facebook pa

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  • 19 August 2015
  • By: Ceri Brown

Electro Swing returns to Knighton

Tickets are now on sale for a great night’s entertainment on October 10th at Knighton Community Centre going under the title Electro Swing ViBe.Elect

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  • 05 August 2015
  • By: Ceri Brown

Dart Knights 2015 comes to Knighton!

Exciting news for darts enthusiasts across the area:the Community Centre will be hosting a brilliant darts event on September 24th whenWorld Champion

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  • 23 July 2015
  • By: Ceri Brown

Chairperson’s Report 2015

Reproduced below is the Knighton Community Centre Management Committee Chairpersons Report for 2015, delivered at the committees AGM on Tuesday this

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  • 16 July 2015
  • By: Ceri Brown

The return of Electro Swing

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  • 26 June 2015
  • By: Ceri Brown

2015 AGM announced

Knighton Community Centre Management Committee hasannounced that its Annual General Meeting will take place on Tuesday,July 21st in the Centres bar.Th

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  • 20 March 2015
  • By: Ceri Brown

The songs of Leonard Cohen as they were meant to be heard.

Tickets are now on sale at Tower House Gallery, Knighton for what promises to be a great gig in the centres bar by the highly acclaimed singer Keith J

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  • 09 March 2015
  • By: Ceri Brown

Busy busy busy…

After a weekend with two big parties, a YFC pantomime and two karatesessions, finally got rubbish cleared and tables and chairs back inplace literall

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  • 06 March 2015
  • By: Ceri Brown

Another quiet weekend…

Heard the one about how its a shame that the Community Centreisntused more?Well, this weekend we have a party for 400+ on tonight (Friday), then a ve

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  • 20 February 2015
  • By: Ceri Brown

KNIGHTON COMMUNITY CENTRE IS AWARDED BIG LOTTERY GRANT

We are absolutely delighted to be able to announce that Knighton and District Community Centre is one of 11 projects across Wales to receive a grant

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  • 03 February 2015
  • By: Ceri Brown

“Dirty Oil”

TEME VALLEY ENVIRONMENT GROUPpresents"DIRTY OIL"A film about the Canadian Tar Sandsby Leslie IwerksWednesday February 11th 7.30pmat the Community Cent

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  • 02 February 2015
  • By: Ceri Brown

Canadian roots duo live in the bar at the Comm on Feb 20th

Coming to the intimate setting of Knighton Community Centres bar on Feb 20th we have a treat for fans of folk/roots/Americana in the form of Canadian

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  • 24 November 2014
  • By: Ceri Brown

Jasmine Thai pops up again on December 7th.

Presteignes popular Jasmine Thai restaurant pops over the hill to Knighton once more on December 7th, offering two delicious courses for £12.95.The s

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  • 16 November 2014
  • By: Ceri Brown

Back by popular demand! The Little Big Band

Their Valentines Night show at the community centre was such a great success that we just had to get them back and December 6th is the date when The

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  • 05 November 2014
  • By: Ceri Brown

Singing is good for you!

Its obvious isnt it?Singing makes you feel good!It raises your spirit!It energises you!Agreed?Its great news, then, that next Thursday, Nov 13th, at

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  • 25 October 2014
  • By: Ceri Brown

Knighton Community Market goes mad for Hallowe’en

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  • 23 October 2014
  • By: Ceri Brown

Indoor Paintball anyone?

If youre aged 9 to 14 and you like throwing yourself around and going wild, then next Thursday the Community centre has a treat for you!Combat Rats pr

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  • 15 October 2014
  • By: Ceri Brown

Top quality American roots music in the Comm bar on October 26

If you saw Beverly Smith and John Grimm in the Comm bar recently youre probably itching for more authentic American roots music, so youll want to put

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  • 11 October 2014
  • By: Ceri Brown

A very special Community Market anniversary!

KnightonCommunity Market celebrated a rather special anniversary last week.Inaddition to the usual variety of stalls, shoppers were treated toextraord

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  • 02 October 2014
  • By: Ceri Brown

Romance! Operetta!  West End stage classics! All at the market on Oct 11.

At the next Knighton Community Market on October 11th shoppers can expect something really quite different in the way of entertainment in the cafe ar

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  • 20 September 2014
  • By: Ceri Brown

Zumba back in its Monday slot from Oct 6th

Following a successful one-off zumba session to test the Knighton waters as it were, Katy Liscombe, a fully trained zumba teacher from Newtown, has de

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  • 11 September 2014
  • By: Ceri Brown

Zumba lives again – briefly!

All those of you who have been suffering zumba withdrawals have the chance of a one-off fix next Tuesday, September 16th.Katy Liscombe, who is qualif

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  • 03 September 2014
  • By: Ceri Brown

Jody calls it a day for zumba in Knighton

Sad news for Knightons zumba fans:Jody Price has decided to call a halt to the Monday evening zumba sessions, in spite of their obvious popularity.Sh

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  • 02 September 2014
  • By: Ceri Brown

End-of-Summer Family Fun Market  

Folk singing group Rapsquillion.Make a note in your diary to come along to the Community Market on september 13th, when well be having a bit of a spe

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  • 10 August 2014
  • By: Ceri Brown

Out of the Blue

Saturday August 23rds market will feature a performance by Out of the Blue,a five-piece band with a folk and blues sound, occasionally including a jaz

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  • 15 July 2014
  • By: Ceri Brown

Community Centre Chairperson’s Report 2014

Reproduced below in its entirety is the report given by Management Committee Chairperson Karen Plant at the AGM onJune 23rd.Its a long read, for sure

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  • 13 July 2014
  • By: Ceri Brown

July 13th, 2014

ANNOUNCING A NIGHT OFGREAT THAI FOOD!COME ALONG TO THEREYNOLDS ROOM ON29TH JULY, 6pm – 9pm.TWO COURSES PLUS ACCOMPANIMENTS £12.95STARTERS:CHICKEN WING

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  • 08 July 2014
  • By: Ceri Brown

EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT DEATH BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK!

Dont be put off by the title of this event at the Community centre.It promises to be an informative &amp light hearted discussion on death and is

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  • 06 April 2014
  • By: Ceri Brown

April 12th Easter Community Market

Folk group RapsquillionThis Saturday, April 12th, Knighton Community Market celebrates Easter with a host of special attractions to appeal to the whol

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  • 31 March 2014
  • By: Ceri Brown

Committee business

With the AGM of Knighton Community Centre Management Committee coming up in June, its time some of the minutes of recent meetings were out there for

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  • 10 March 2014
  • By: Ceri Brown

Events in coming weeks

Upcoming events.........First of all there will be an introduction to Kundalini Yoga &amp Meditation in aid of Camden Abu Dis Friendship Associati

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  • 24 February 2014
  • By: Ceri Brown

New yoga courses.

The regular yoga classes in the Reynolds Room on Thursday afternoons and evenings continue to go from strength to strength.Give Diane a call and sign

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  • 16 February 2014
  • By: Ceri Brown

Rain did not stop play

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  • 06 February 2014
  • By: Ceri Brown

A what workshop??  Are you havin’ a laugh?

Lets be honest:after weeks of rain, grey skies and mud, its been hard to raise a smile recently.So an event next Tuesday at the Community Centre may

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  • 16 January 2014
  • By: Ceri Brown

Big Band sound for Valentine’s Night

On Friday, February 14th Knighton Community Centre is hosting a rather unusual show featuring live renditions of hits from the Swing and Big band Era,

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  • 10 December 2013
  • By: Ceri Brown

Do you, do you, do you, do you wanna dance?

The following is going out on the Community Centre Facebook page as well as here.Callingdance enthusiasts of all ages!Please get in touch through thi

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  • 30 November 2013
  • By: Ceri Brown

Cancellation of Kundalini Yoga event this Sunday

Please note that the intro to Kundalini Yoga, scheduled for this Sunday, December 1st, has had to be cancelled due to the health of the events leader

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  • 05 November 2013
  • By: Ceri Brown

Brilliant fun at Hallowe’en Market

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  • 20 October 2013
  • By: Ceri Brown

A great show but where were the crowds?

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  • 10 October 2013
  • By: Ceri Brown

That warm community feeling

Sometimes, running the Community Centre, you feel everyone wants it to be there when they want to use it but no one expects to do anything to keep it

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  • 09 October 2013
  • By: Ceri Brown

Wrestling is back at the Comm!

After a more than twenty year break, professional wrestling makes a welcome return to Knighton Community Centre on Saturday October 19th.Promoter Rai

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  • 20 September 2013
  • By: Ceri Brown

Electro Swing rescheduled for Oct 12th

Gypsy jazz specialists Chocolat in rehearsal.A great night of dancing, live music and more is set for Saturday October 12th, at Knighton Community Cen

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  • 17 September 2013
  • By: Ceri Brown

What’s going on outside the Comm?

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  • 06 September 2013
  • By: Ceri Brown

Committee meeting minutes

If your TV breaks down tonight and youve no good books to read, you might like to follow what the management committee has been dealing with in recen

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  • 04 September 2013
  • By: Ceri Brown

Community kitchens

Weve been meeting in recent months with the good people behind the "Llani Kitchens" project, which aims to put in touch with each other venues which

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  • 31 August 2013
  • By: Ceri Brown

Re-scheduled Electro Swing night

The Electro Swing night postponed from earlier this month has now been re-scheduled for October 12th.The buffet originally planned has now been droppe

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  • 21 August 2013
  • By: Ceri Brown

A night of music with the Palestinian youth group ends their visit to Knighton

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  • 18 August 2013
  • By: Ceri Brown

Palestinian group’s visit in pictures

Saturdays music workshop at the Community CentreLots of pictures of the groups time in Knighton now on the Common Ground 2013 photo blog.Click on the

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  • 17 August 2013
  • By: Ceri Brown

Visit by young Palestinians under way!

After spending hours of their first day stuck in the tailback from an accident on the M25, Knightons young Palestinian visitors finally arrived at th

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  • 13 August 2013
  • By: Ceri Brown

Knighton and the Community Centre welcome young Palestinians next weekend

Next week, Knighton will play host to a group of young people from Palestine. Fourteenmen and women, whose ages range from 13 to 24 and who live in t

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  • 13 August 2013
  • By: Ceri Brown

New yoga courses in September.

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  • 24 July 2013
  • By: Ceri Brown

Electro Swing Buffet coming soon!

On Saturday August 3rd,Stack4 Sounds will be presenting at Knighton Community Centre a night that should definitely appeal to the area’s dance enthusi

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  • 08 July 2013
  • By: Ceri Brown

Community centre Management Committee AGM

Well, the good news is no one was injured in the stampede of local people to join the committee at tonights AGM.On the downside only 3 people turned

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  • 01 July 2013
  • By: Ceri Brown

July 19th gig by Noumoucounda Cissoko cancelled

The planned show at Knighton Community Centre on July 19th by highly acclaimed and talented Senegalese kora player Noumoucounda Cissokohas had to be c

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  • 27 May 2013
  • By: Ceri Brown

May 25th Art Workshop

The Community Centre chose the special May 25th Community Market as the ideal time to hold a long-planned art workshop, in the hope of increasing inv

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  • 27 May 2013
  • By: Ceri Brown

The May 25th Spring into Summer market

The May 25th "Spring into Summer" Market was a great success, thanks to loads of enthusiastic input by many of our regular stallholders, contributions

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  • 09 May 2013
  • By: Ceri Brown

Community Centre table sale last Saturday in support of “Edible Knighton” project.  

The Saturday May 4thtable sale at Knighton Community Centre raised a total of £327, partly to help with the centre’s running costs, while £130 is bein

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  • 30 April 2013
  • By: Ceri Brown

May 25th “Spring into Summer” Market

Plans are afoot to make the May 25th market a bit special.Weve dubbed it the "Spring into Summer" market, in recognition that the year is finally sta

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  • 20 April 2013
  • By: Ceri Brown

Management Committee Meetings 2013

Its been a while since management committee meeting minutes were last published online so by way of catch-up, the following links will take you to th

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  • 04 January 2013
  • By: Ceri Brown

A Christmas of carols and vandalism

The Community Centres final pre-Christmas event was of course the Food and Craft Market on December 22nd.With mulled wine on offer to raise funds for

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  • 26 November 2012
  • By: Ceri Brown

Jiveoholics gig a brilliant night that more should have experienced

It was, weatherwise, the most appalling night of the winter so far so I can imagine many people deciding to opt for a Saturday night in front of the t

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  • 16 November 2012
  • By: Ceri Brown

Jive tuition and competition at Nov 24th Jiveoholics show.

If youve been hesitant about buying tickets to the Jiveoholics gig on November 24th because of concern that your jiving skills may not be up to public

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  • 10 November 2012
  • By: Ceri Brown

Christmas gift shopping local-style

With just three more Knighton Saturday markets to Christmas, its time to give thought to the environment, your nerves and where to buy interesting, i

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  • 01 November 2012
  • By: Ceri Brown

Brush up on your cool moves on Nov 24th

The November 24th gig with the Jiveoholics can now be promoted as an educational experience as well as a great fun night.The very nice people atCool

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  • 18 October 2012
  • By: Ceri Brown

Live Jive and Swing on Nov 24th

If jump jive and swing are your thing then November 24th is definitely a date for your diary as Knighton Community Centre is hosting a night with Wels

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  • 16 October 2012
  • By: Ceri Brown

Minutes of Management Committee’s September meeting

Just a hint of how incredibly busy the committee is now and always keeping the Community Centre open for business.Clickhereto view the minutes of the

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  • 26 August 2012
  • By: Ceri Brown

Kirsty Williams gives her approval to the Community Centre regeneration plan

On Thursday this week, local Welsh Assembly Member and Leader of the Welsh Lib Dems Kirsty Williams came to Knighton especially to talk with Karen Pla

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  • 17 August 2012
  • By: Ceri Brown

Community Centre bids to fund major makeover

Knighton Community Centre this month cleared a major hurdle in its bid to establish sustainability into the future and to fund the improvements neces

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  • 09 July 2012
  • By: Ceri Brown

A great night of African music

It was non-stop dancing from the moment Harare hit the stage on Friday last.Leader Kuda Matimba also won the hearts of the audience with his between-s

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  • 20 June 2012
  • By: Ceri Brown

AGM and Chairperson’s Annual report

The Centres Management Committee, having promoted its AGM with stories in the local press about the threats to the venues future and the importance o

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  • 17 May 2012
  • By: Ceri Brown

Official opening of our new small functions room – and live African sounds coming soon.

To coincide with the next market on May 26th, everyone interested is invited to come along to the official opening of the Centres newest room-for-hir

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  • 14 March 2012
  • By: Ceri Brown

Management Committee monthly meetings

It was recently decided that minutes of the monthly meetings of the management committee should be made available on the website.The January minutes

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  • 03 March 2012
  • By: Ceri Brown

New room for hire soon

Thanks to a £2000 grant and a lot of effort on the part of the centres management committee, a new room hire option will soon be available for smalle

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  • 22 February 2012
  • By: Ceri Brown

Energy saving Day

One particularly interesting event coming up at the Centre in the coming month is the Energy Saving Day being staged by the Household Energy Service

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  • 11 February 2012
  • By: Ceri Brown

Feb 11th Market refuses to be beaten by a little ice

By Friday night six stallholders had phoned or texted to say they couldnt make todays market, most but not all put off by the weatherforecast predict

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  • 25 January 2012
  • By: Ceri Brown

Knighton Food and Craft Market

The twice monthly Food and Craft Markets regular customers and supporters will probably hardly notice any changes over the coming markets but change

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  • 19 December 2011
  • By: Ceri Brown

This time it’s personal

Last Saturday there was a very special gig at the Centre with stunning live African music and non stop dancing.It was in fact a 60th birthday party f

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  • 04 December 2011
  • By: Ceri Brown

Brilliant night at Knighton Comm with Jamie Smith’s Mabon

The selection of homemade soups was varied and tasty, the hall looked great with the temporary stage bringing the live acts down close to the audience

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  • 13 October 2011
  • By: Ceri Brown

Jamie Smith’s Mabon tickets now on sale

Mojo magazine has raved about how "the rootsy vibrancy explodes around Jamie Smiths accordion".Froots magazine has called them "powerful, authentic a

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  • 07 October 2011
  • By: Ceri Brown

Jamie Smith’s Mabon at The Comm

Fancy a bit of high-energy Celtic folk played by a band that is putting Welsh roots music on the World stage?Then mark December 3rd in your diary as

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  • 01 September 2011
  • By: Ceri Brown

Fancy a bit of communal painting?

The Community Centre recently benefitted from a visit by a group of volunteers from Premier Medical Group, a company based in Ludlow.The group spent

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  • 12 June 2011
  • By: Ceri Brown

Late change to Comedy and Curry Night line-up…. But it’s a good one!

The following is the text of a press release re a change of headliner for our comedy night.Organisers of the Comedy and Curry night at Knighton Commu

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  • 02 June 2011
  • By: Ceri Brown

AGM of the management committee

I reproduce below the Chairpersons appeal that is being sent out prior to the Centres management committee holding its AGM on June 20th.Your Communit

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  • 17 May 2011
  • By: Ceri Brown

Comedy and Curry night now June 25th

Knighton Community Centre’s Comedy and Curry Night, recently postponed when it was found to clash with the town’s May Fair, has been rescheduled and

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  • 30 April 2011
  • By: Ceri Brown

Change of date for Comedy Night

Last week the appearance of posters everywhere around town advertising the May Fair sent the committee into a mild panic:the fairs big final night co

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  • 31 March 2011
  • By: Ceri Brown

Laughs and Curry Night coming soon

First of all thanks to the small band of potential Community Centre helpers and committee members who turned out for our recent get together.Its qual

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  • 09 March 2011
  • By: Ceri Brown

Friends of the Community Centre social

Following our recent "Awareness Raising" session at the Food and Craft Market and the distribution of our questionnaire, the Community Centres "Frien

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  • 18 February 2011
  • By: Ceri Brown

Feedback on last Saturday, plus next Committee Meeting

Last Saturdays "Meet the Committee" event could I think be judged a success as we finished the morning with a large pile of completed questionnaires

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  • 11 February 2011
  • By: Ceri Brown

First Post!

Welcome one and all to our first news post.Its purpose is to announce that the Committee or members thereof will be skulking around in the lobby at t

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