New-look tea room to open at Ridgmont Station in November
Ridgmont Station Vintage Tea Room and Heritage Centre is undergoing some exciting changes and will be opening its doors once again in the very near future. We’re pleased to announce that after a small refurb, and with new management and a new menu in place, the tea room will be reopening on Wednesday 4 November.…
Lord-Lieutenant visits Bedfordshire Rural Communities Charity
HM Lord-Lieutenant of Bedfordshire, Helen Nellis, was delighted to make a socially distant covid safe visit to BRCC to thank the volunteers and staff for their tremendous efforts during the pandemic. On the visit, the Lord-Lieutenant met with Chief Executive Tracy Cowan and those team members who were actively involved in supporting the communities during…
2020 village and community hall survey to be published
ACRE has announced that they will publish the report from the survey run with halls across England at the start of 2020, next week. The analysis has been conducted by the Centre for Regional, Economic and Social Research (CRESR), at Sheffield Hallam University, on behalf of ACRE. They funded the work with the support of…
Saturday 10 October is World Mental Health Day
World Mental Health Day 2020 is possibly the most important one to date. The coronavirus pandemic, months of lockdown and an uncertain future for many will have taken its toll and people’s mental health may have been affected in various ways. According to recent research conducted by MIND, more than half of adults (60%) and…
Warden Abbey special edition fizz is a winner!
The Warden Abbey Vineyard team popped the cork on a bottle of Warden Abbey Brut 2015 at the end of September at their volunteer session, when they heard it had achieved a bronze medal at international level in the prestigious Decanter World Wine Awards. The judges awarded it 89 points out of 100, just one…