We are excited to hold another film evening on March 5th at 7.30 at St James Church Hall in Alnwick to show a new film called "In Transition". This film is an inspiring and welcome departure from the usual doom and gloom that can be conected with the environmental movement. It shows what ordinary people all over the world are doing through the Transition Movement to make changes both big and small in their communities for a more sustainable and satisfying future.
Caring bikers are riding to the rescue of a popular North East charity event which nearly reached the end of the road after almost two decades.
Every year since 1991, scores of leather-clad motorcyclists have taken part in the annual Easter Egg run organised by the Northumberland Bikers' club.
They collected thousands of chocolate eggs donated by customers at various pubs and clubs and then set off in a huge motorbike convoy to deliver them to children and elderly people in hospitals and homes across Northumberland and Tyneside.
The Fishing For Everyone Ladies Fishing Club is looking for new members for the 2010 season.
The club, based in the North East, is calling women of all ages to take part in events held each month all over the country and covering all types of angling disciplines including trout, grayling, salmon, pike, carp and sea fishing. No previous experience is required.
Club founder and chairman Lucy Bowden said: "The club currently has more than 100 members, but we would like to encourage even more ladies to join us in 2010.
"The club is open to ladies of all ages and abilities and our membership fee for the year is only £10 for adults and only £5 for under-16s."
Go to www.fishingforeveryone.com or lucy@fishingforeveryone.com for more details.
Businesses in Alnwick once again have a chamber of trade to fight their corner.
Alnwick's businesses had been without a voice since the Chamber of Trade folded roughly a decade ago and decided to act amid growing concerns at the number of empty shops in the town.
At least 190 people turned up and around 50 have already signed up as members. They appointed Carlo Biagioni, owner of Carlo's fish and chip shop and a member of the original chamber of trade, as chairman.
A warning about what is described as a looming crisis caused by dwindling oil supplies will be delivered by an expert in Northumberland tomorrow.
Dr Roger Bentley, who has studied the issue of "peak oil" for many years, will be talking at a public event run by Alnwick Friends of the Earth.
It's due to take place at 7.30pm in St James Church Centre at Pottergate, Alnwick. Entry costs £2.
Is your New Year's Resolution to read more good books?
A brand new reading group is to start in Alnwick next month.
The group will be based at the town's Bailiffgate Museum.
It's one of a number of new reading groups being set up around the region, organised by New Writing North and funded by Women Into the Network.
Voluntary and community groups in Northumberland have been warned they are facing a reduction in funding for their work - because of the recession and tough budget savings required by the county council.
However, County Hall bosses have reassured the sector that a funding package of £1.3m will still be available next year. Budget proposals recommend more money for charities directly supporting those people worst affected by the recession.
These will include services such as credit unions and the Citizens' Advice Bureau.
A Northumberland organisation holds its annual general meeting tomorrow.
Community Action Northumberland (CAN) meets in the community centre in Westfield Park, Park Road, Longhoughton, at 2pm.
The meeting will be hosted by CAN's president, the Duke of Northumberland.
Alnwick Music Society opens its new season on Thursday at 7.30pm with a piano recital by Gordon Fergus-Thompson in the Guest Hall of Alnwick Castle.
Fergus-Thompson is a professor of piano at the Royal College of Music in London and has been a recitalist and concerto player since 1976.
He has played with many leading orchestras, including the Philharmonia, the Hallé and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and has given over 200 recitals on BBC Radio 3.
In Alnwick, he will play pieces by Chopin, Schumann and Brahms.
Tickets are available from Alnwick Playhouse or on the door.
Lady anglers at Chatton Lakes picked up some expert fishing tips when a master angler paid a visit recently.
Lee Cummings, one of the leading fly fishing coaches in the country, demonstrated and explained a range of techniques and equipment to the group in a full day's tuition from 9am to 7.30pm.
Lee was also on hand to share some competition knowledge with the two ladies' teams from Chatton who are entering the Macmillan Big Fish competition, to be held at the Derwent Reservoir this Sunday (11th October).
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