Saturday 7 March, Science in your World, at Bonn Square, from 10am to 4pm. The aim of this event is to let people see science in action and have a go themselves with a full range of stall. www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.co.uk
Sunday 8 March, East Oxford Science Busking, at Manzil Ways Gardens, from 11am to 4pm. EOSB is part of the Oxfordshire Science Festival, 3 weeks of science events and activities taking place in venues and locations across Oxfordshire.
www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.co.uk
Wednesday 11 March, Teddy Hall Relays, Long Bridge/ Towpath, from 11am to 4pm. 3 Mile relay running race. www.ouccc.org.uk
Saturday 14 March, Saturday Series Orienteering, Cutteslowe/ Sunnymead, from 10 am to 1pm. Low-key orienteering event designed to introduce newcomers to the sport and to provide continued opportunities for those that are just novices.
www.tvoc.org.uk
Tuesday 17 March to Saturday 21 March, Dogs Trust, at Bonn Square, from 9am to 6pm. Charity Link. www.dogstrust.co.uk
Sunday 22 March, People’s March for NHS, at Broad Street, from 9am to 5pm. The end of a 3 day march across Oxfordshire. A mini rally with a portable PA and guest speakers to highlight concerns about local NHS services.
Saturday 28 March, Regenesis Gospel Concert, at Bonn Square, from 11am to 5pm. We will be holding a free Gospel Concert at our building in the evening.
Headington Singers perform Jenkins’ “Armed Man”
Headington Singers will be performing ‘the nation’s favourite piece of contemporary music’ (Classic FM) on Friday 20 March.
Karl Jenkins The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace is a powerful anti-war piece. Despite its sombre theme it is an uplifting and highly dramatic work.
Venue: All Saint’s Church on Lime Walk, Headington
Date: Friday 20 March
Time: 7.30pm.
Tickets: available on the door, cost £12 (£10 concessions, children 12 and under free)
Forthcoming City events
- World Vision Fundraising Stall on Bonn Square, Monday 24 – Friday 28 November each day from 8am – 5pm. The world’s largest international children’s charity. www.realfundraising.org
- TRAX Scruffy Bike Sale on Bonn Square, Saturday 29 November from 9am to 5pm. Used bikes fixed up by underprivileged youth will be sold at bargain prices. www.traxorg.com/
- Shelter Boxes, homeless relief kits, will be displayed on Bonn Square, Saturday 29 November from 9am to 5pm. The Shelter Boxes will be displayed and volunteers will be requesting money. www.shelterbox.org
- Guide Dogs charity promotion on Bonn Square from Tuesday 2 December to Saturday 6 December, 9am to 5pm.
- Rose Hill Christmas Party at Rose Hill, The Oval, Thursday 6 December. Switch on of lights on Christmas trees. Music and singing around the tree dependant on weather conditions. www.greensquaregroup.com www.facebook.com/RoseHillRP
- Oxford Arts Market on Broad Street, Saturday and Sunday, 6 – 7 December each day from 9am-5pm. This Street Market features local artists, designers and craft makers supporting small scale creative industries from Oxfordshire. www.boffyartsandevents.com
- Oxford Christmas Market on Broad Street, Thursday 11 December to Sunday 21 December from 10am to 7pm. Oxford’s Christmas market will have nearly 50 vendors selling Christmas gifts, seasonal treats, and entertainment, giving the city centre an atmosphere of Christmas.www.oxfordchristmasmarket.co.uk
- Charity Row to the North Pole on Bonn Square, Saturday 13 December from 9am to 6 pm. Charitable “rowing machine” row for athletes of Hinksey Sculling School. www.hinkseysculling.org.uk
- SEAA Cross Country Championship in Horspath and Shotover Parks, Saturday 13 December from 11.30am. Secondary schools cross country event.
- Santa Fun Run is starting in Catte Street, Sunday 7 December from 8.30 am to 10.15 am. Participants in this 2 mile fun run around the city centre will be dressed as Santa. www.helenanddouglas.org.uk
- World Vision on Bonn Square, from the 16 to the 20 of December from 8am to 5pm. Fundraising from a gazebo for the world’s poor, with projects around the world. www.worldvision.org.uk
- Living Nativity at Blackbird Leys Park, Wednesday 17 December from 6pm to 7pm. Children will have the opportunity to interact with some nativity-themed animals e.g. camels for the three kings, sheep for the shepherds and a donkey for Mary and Joseph. We will have three areas where children will sing carols, and a stall selling refreshments. Children must be accompanied by an adult. www.blackbirdacademytrust.org
- Thames Valley Orienteering Club (TVOC) Orienteering Event at Shotover and Brasenose Woods, Sunday 21 December from, 8am to 4pm. Orienteering event (running with maps). www.tvoc.org.uk
- The Fresh Dixie Project on Bonn Square, Tuesday 23 December all day. Live jazz and swing busking concert. www.freshdixieproject.com
Headington Singers perform Carmina Burana at the Town Hall
All profits from this exciting concert will go towards the British Heart Foundation and the Motor Neurone Disease Association. Both charities sponsor significant research programmes in Oxford.
Date: Saturday 8 November at 7.30pm
Venue: Oxford Town Hall
PROGRAMME
- Carmina Burana – Carl Orff;
- The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra – Benjamin Britten; and
- the premiere of local composer Jill Elliot’s Tingewick, a special commission in honour of Nicholas Tingewick, one of the earliest teachers of medicine in Oxford.
Performers: The Radcliffe Orchestra; Headington Singers; East Oxford Community and Youth Choirs; and Oxford Collutorium will join forces for this sparkling evening of music.
Tickets can be bought at the Oxford Playhouse (01865 305305 or www.ticketsoxford.com ) or on the door if we’re not sold out. They cost £18 / £15 concessions (children under 10 free) and the price includes a drink at the interval.
Are you a parent who has a partner in prison?
Would you like help accessing support for you, your family and your children?
Would you like the opportunity to meet parents in a similar position?
Children Heard and Seen has been set up with a view to supporting children who have a parent in prison and their parents.
Bring your children to an activity-led fun couple of hours and have the opportunity to find out more about what’s available, have a say in what support you would value and talk to others with similar experiences.
For children the experience of having a parent in prison and the effects of their experiences can be wide ranging and have a direct impact on their lives. We know how little targeted support is available and we are focussing our resources on designing support to limit the negative effects and give children opportunities to fulfil their potential.
Please come and join others in helping us develop a service which will enable us and others to recognise your children’s needs.
For further information on the sessions, becoming a volunteer or any other enquiries:
Please ring Sarah on 07557 339258
email: info@childrenheardandseen.co.uk
Review Children Heard and Seen’s website:
App launched for our younger residents
An app has been launched for the under 25s in Oxfordshire which has activities and events for them to enjoy.
Bungee, Oxfordshire’s app for things to do and see for the under 25s, has been developed by young people at FilmOxford. The app helps young people find things to do, places to go and where to get help, based on their location and their interests.
Young people have built Bungee with technical support from FilmOxford, information downloads from Oxfordshire Sports Partnership and promotions run by Jack FM.
Bungee will tell the user what’s on, how close, where on the map the event, activity or place is and how to get there by bus. This app will benefit everyone from the sports clubs, nightlife and events holders through to the people, the community and the economy of Oxfordshire.
Content is grouped into categories including:
- Play = Sports ranging from the usual suspects to the more obscure and everything in between.
- Visit = Places you might visit or things you might go to like gigs, community events or galleries and museums
- Advice = Does what it says on the tin
- Do = Activities like arts workshops, Scouts and Guides… anything you can do that isn’t sport
- Keeping Me Safe = Services that offer advice about personal safety i.e. Drug and Alcohol Awareness and Personal Abuse.
You can download the app for free from the Apple App Store and Google play on the Saturday 26 July and hear more about it on Jack2 and find Bungee at facebook.com/BungeeOxfordshire and @BungeeOxford and at 6 locations across Oxfordshire.
Headington World Schools Sports Day a huge success!
Ruth writes:
It was a great honour for me to be invited to open Headington World Schools Sports Day on Tuesday morning at the Community Arena in Marsh Lane. The event attracted funding from a number of sources, and I elected to allocate £254.50 from the Headington Ward budget to help with transport for Headington Schools Partnership children from Windmill School, St Andrew’s School and Cheney School among others.
Warming up for Headington World Schools Sports Day
Children from each of the schools formed teams representing different countries of the world and pledged that they would take part in the spirit of true sportsmanship and friendship, just like the athletes at the Commonwealth Games in 2 weeks time.
The number of sports on offer included:
- lacrosse
- boccia
- basketball
- ju-jitsu
- rugby league
- tennis
- football
- table tennis
- tri-golf
- handball
- dance
- athletics
- volleyball
- dodgeball
- hockey
- cricket
- handball
and a great time was had by all – even the coaches!
Congratulations to Lesley Williams and the Headington Partnership for organising it all.
Ping! is back in Bury Knowle Park
Ping! Oxford is a festival of free table tennis that brings communities together through sport.
After its huge success last year which saw 21,000 participate in just 5 weeks, the festival is back for 2014 and will be running from 12 July to 7 September.
Bury Knowle Park will be helped by local Ping! Maker volunteers to keep the tables stocked with bats and balls and who will also complete simple monitoring and evaluation forms to give the City Council an idea of how many people take part in the festival.
Ward focus meeting next Tuesday
Our next Headington Ward Focus Meeting will take place on Tuesday 24 June at Headington Baptist Church from 6.00-7.30 pm.
Our guest speakers are from Waitrose and from Thames Valley Police. The Waitrose representative will speak about their plans for the Shell Filling Station in London Road, and Thames Valley Police will fill us in on police staffing changes and what actions they are taking on enforcing 20mph limits.
All welcome! Ward Focus meetings are run on a drop in and out basis and are free of charge. There is an open session where residents can raise issues of concern.
Jon Whitely talk on Turner of Oxford
Jon Whitely, honorary curator at the Ashmolean’s Western Art department, will be coming to the Museum of Oxford to talk about Turner of Oxford.
William Turner of Oxford was well known for his watercolour landscapes often depicting the countryside around Oxford.
Jon Whitely is one of Oxford’s most esteemed experts in the area and has been at the Ashmolean Museum working as a curator in the Western Art Department for the last three decades. He has also been given an honorary curatorship because of his knowledge, skill and devotion to the area.
The event will include a talk and viewing of Oxford City Council’s collection of Turner of Oxford paintings.
You can get your tickets by calling the Town Hall gift shop on 01865 252 334 or visit the shop in the Town Hall.
The event takes place in the Town Hall on behalf of the Museum of Oxford on Saturday 7 June at 3pm.