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Community Support
Penrith Rotary and Lions Joint Quiz Night 2024
The Penrith Lions Club and Penrith Rotary Club are holding a social evening to promote good causes.
Date and time: Monday 29 April 2024 at 7:00pm - 11:00pm
Penrith Repair Cafe aims to fix your broken items and save them from landfill. At the same time, you'll learn new skills from the brilliant volunteer repairers who can fix electricals, garden tools, ornaments and also tackle clothing and textile repairs! This is all carried out free of charge, but donations are appreciated.
There is also a cafe with delicious home made cake and drinks, which is also free!
The Repair Cafe runs on the second Saturday of each month - so 9 March - from 10am - 1pm at the Old Fire Station on Bridge Lane.
Talkin’ Tables Penrith is an initiative to try and tackle loneliness in the community.
If you are looking for a friendly welcoming place to go for someone to chat to and to make new friends, pop along to either the Booths cafe or the brand new session at Cafe4EDEN!
Talkin' Tables (Booths Cafe): Every Monday, 10:30am - 11:30am.
Talkin' Tables (Newton House): Every Wednesday, 10:30am - 11:30am.
Talkin' Tables (Cafe4EDEN): Every Thursday, 10:30am - 11:30am.
Local wildlife photography with Simon Whalley of the Wilder Clay gallery
Simon Whalley of the Wilder Clay Gallery will share some of his beautiful images of local wildlife, and share a few tips for successful wildlife photography and getting closer to nature.
Join us for a fantastic day at Seedy Saturday 2024. Get ready to dive into a world of seeds, plants, and gardening tips. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out this event is perfect for you.
Date and time: Saturday 16 March 2024, 10:00am - 3:00pm.
Venue: Penrith Methodist Church, Wordsworth St, Penrith CA11 7QY, UK
Come help the conservation of a wonderful upland nature reserve where newly created and restored habitats are showing through. Involves a variety of practical tasks.
10:00 - 15:00
Cost: Free
Where: Eycott Hill Nature Reserve, Berrier, Penrith, CA11 0XD
Attend the preview evening on Thursday 4 April 2024, 6:30pm - 8:00pm. Live music. All welcome!
Spotlight Alternative: Vindication Swim
The inspirational story of Mercedes Gleitze, the first British woman to swim the English Channel and her battle against both the cold waters of the Channel and the oppressive society of 1920s England.
Find out about more from the Three Dads Walking about their new book built around personal diary entries grown from a place of great grief and loss but also about the power of speaking out, of friendship, hope and blisters!
Find out more about their trek across the UK to raise awareness of suicide as well as their message of hope.
Plug & Play presents Serious Sam Barrett plus open mic
Serious Sam Barrett is a hard touring, folk and country singer from Yorkshire. Playing honest, heartfelt self penned and traditional songs on 12 string guitar and banjo
Play games, climb trees, make cool things and make dens!
Stomping Ground will be running sessions every Tuesday from now until December for children and young people (8-12) in the Pategill Community.
Come along and check it out!
Sporting Activities
Penrith Park Run
Penrith Park Run is a free, fun, and friendly weekly 5k community event at Frenchfield! Walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate – it's up to you!
It's completely free to join, just register before you first come along. You only ever need to register with parkrun once. Don't forget to bring a printed copy of your barcode. If you forget it, you won't get a time.
If you would like to bake and bring along a cake please bring a list of ingredients for allergy information. There will be the usual teas, coffees and hot chocolate as well.
