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Wellbeing walks were on our program for Tuesday and Thursday and were very popular as Jan Stephens explained:-  “It was lovely to see so many of you! And we were honoured to have joining us Mayor Ken, Mary from Good Neighbours and Mike, the organiser of the Well Being Walks in Bedfordshire”.

Report from Erica Bowler at the Baptist Church We’ve just celebrated Harvest during the Community Festival weekend, with our own litter-picking scarecrows, a “Rubbish” Coffee Morning on Saturday and Messy Harvest Festival on Sunday. At the Coffee morning we had food, fun and friendship on the theme of looking after this world. Kids made “rubbish” [...]

The Shefford Craft Fair was a great success, with a steady stream of visitors all night and the STMA bar busier than ever! Every stallholder that I spoke to said they’d had a good night. If you want to find out about the upcoming Winter and Christmas Craft Fairs,go to www.riverdreamevents.co.uk  

This year’s Garage Sale Trail was busier than ever. We had 35 houses taking part and SO MANY people came out to grab a bargain! Our stall took over £100, which paled into insignificance compared to the £250 that someone else raised, and the whopping £343 taken by another household! We’ve already pencilled in a [...]

This year was a slow burner for the Festival but once it got going things went with a bang – especially starting with a new event – the opening ceremony which, courtesy of our Mayor was a great success  Ken brought some giant party poppers and together with the Prince and Princesses got the festival [...]

News just in we are delighted to pass on details of the Family Fun Day which is being held Sat 30 Sept – have a lovely day!

Shefford Community Festival opened on Friday 22nd with a confetti-fueled bang – thoughtfully provided by our Mayor Ken Pollard who officiated the ribbon cutting itself ably supported by our Shefford Prince and Princesses, plus a celebrity Pepper pig and a good number of spectators who assembled in the High Street.  The ceremony took place outside [...]

    A Service of Thanksgiving at Harvest Time Celebrating our Gifts, especially the Poetry of Robert Bloomfield, the Rural Poet You are invited to attend a Service of Thanksgiving to celebrate our Harvest Festival and to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the death of Robert Bloomfield, the Rural Poet who was a resident of [...]

10.00 -1.00pm Family Fun at Shefford Children’s Centre, School Lane, Shefford. We are delighted that Shefford Children’s Centre will be running this free community event for the whole family, Find out about your local children’s centre. Join in the fun with Inflatables, Crafts, Animal handling,  baby area, refreshments and more. Contact organiser Kirsty Maxwell on [...]