Give or Take Event, Sunday 19 November

Sunday 19 November 2023, 9.30 am to 12.30 pm, Slingsby Village Hall

Slingsby Parish Environmental Group presents its second Give or Take Event.

Items can be dropped off on Saturday 18th Nov, 3-6pm, or from 9am on Sunday 19th Nov.

Refreshments will be available on Sunday.

The event cannot accept medium/large furniture and mains-powered electricals.

Yorkshire Bake Off Star Freya Cox at Castle Howard 31 October

[Photo Credit: Carole Poirot]

Castle Howard visitors can meet Freya Cox at a book signing in the Castle Howard Farm Shop on Tuesday 31st October.

Freya has collaborated with Castle Howard’s Head Chef, Nathan Richardson-Kelly, on three tasty treats across the year. The final cake in the 2023 series is a Double Chocolate Muffin with Toasted White Chocolate Marshmallows.

To celebrate the partnership, Freya will be visiting the Castle Howard Farm Shop on Tuesday 31st October from 1pm to 3pm, to sign copies of her recipe book Simply Vegan Baking and meet and greet Castle Howard visitors. Visitors can try a free Double Chocolate Muffin with Toasted White Chocolate Marshmallows with every Simply Vegan Baking purchase.

Fitness Challenge in aid of Music Therapy Centre and Fitness Classes in Slingsby

Ollie Varey is a fitness enthusiast (Varey Fit Personal Training and a Duty Manager at Derwent Swim and Fitness Centre) and has been raising money for the North Yorkshire Music Therapy Centre (NYMTC) by undertaking a month-long exercise challenge during October.

Now he has just arranged a programme of fitness classes at Slingsby VIllage Hall.

You can support Ollie and the NYMTC by visiting his Just Giving page. Your support and donations are really appreciated!

https://www.justgiving.com/page/ollie-varey-1695891381593?utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=page%2Follie-varey-1695891381593&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=pfp-share

Ollie’s fitness classes start on Wednesday 8th November, 5.45 to 6.45 pm in Slingsby Village Hall. (Full schedule on the poster).

Interested? You can contact Ollie by voice, text or email: 07852 327889, [email protected] or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VareyFIT/

All Souls Service, Barton le Street, 2 Nov 7pm

There will be an All Souls’ service on Thursday, 2 November 2023 at 7.00pm in St Michael and All Angels, Barton le Street. All are welcome to come to this very special, quiet, reflective service where the names of those we love and miss from Slingsby will be read out. Please add any names you would like to be read out to the list at the back of church. 

If anyone would like a lift to the service, please contact Kate Giles or Ray Watson via phone numbers on the church notice board.