WHAT'S ON: Dinnington

KIVETON PARK INDEPENDENT ADVICE CENTRE: A drop-in session, with no appointment necessary, will be held on Tuesday 10am-noon at the Community Library in Dinnington. To contact (office hours) 01909 773966.

JACK AND JILL’S PARENT AND TODDLER GROUP: Every Tuesday and Thursday at Resource Centre, Dinnington 9.15-11.15am for 0-5 year olds. £2.50 for one adult and one child, under six months old free. Contact Kate 07581 411056 or Tracy 07702 891996.

SK58 BIRDERS: Contact Geoff Facer 01909 563108, www.sk58birders.com.

1325 (DINNINGTON) ATC SQUADRON: Meet every Tuesday and Thursday 7.30-9.30pm at Sycamore Centre. Young people aged 12-17½. Contact 01909 550750 on parade nights or email [email protected].

DINNINGTON RESOURCE CENTRE LUNCH CLUB: Meet Mondays. Contact 01909 518555, www.dinningtonresourcecentre.com.

DINNINGTON METHODIST CHURCH LUNCH CLUB: Thursdays 11.30am-2pm. Contact 01909 563574.

TEA/COFFEE/FILM: Last Tuesday of month in Middleton Hall, Dinnington 2pm and 7pm. Contact 07583 225496.

ST LEONARD’S CHURCH SERVICES: Sunday services – 1st, 2nd, 4th Sunday 10.45am parish communion, 3rd Sunday 8am holy communion (said traditional), 3rd Sunday service 10.45am for all ages with thanksgiving for the gift of a child. Coffee and croissants served 10am with activities for children. Weekday services 9am Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday morning prayer, 9.30am Wednesday holy communion. Church open Monday-Saturday 10-11.30am.

DINNINGTON COLLIERY BAND CONCERT: 6pm on last Sunday of month in The Squirrel Inn, Laughton Road, Dinnington. Tickets on door: adults £4 and concessions £2, or £3 and £1.50 respectively if pre-paid. Contact Joanne 07967 026277, email [email protected].

DINNINGTON AND DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: October 24 – Autumn Fayre 2-4pm, admission 20p. November 9 – talk by Alicia Barker on Clifton House Museum 7.30pm. December 14 – talk by Gerry Kersey on 47 Years in Radio 7.30pm. All events in Anston Parish Hall. Membership £4 per year. Contact 01909 567326.

DINNINGTON AND DISTRICT ART SOCIETY: October 20 – free art lesson five at The Lyric. October 27 – free art lesson six at The Lyric. November 3 – practise evening at The Lyric. November 7-8 – Laughton exhibition. November 24 – The Lyric: demonstration by Jeremy Ford landscape acrylic 7-9pm. Non-members welcome to demonstrations £4. Contact Ian 01709 367782, http://dinnington-and-district-art-society.org.

DINNINGTON AND DISTRICT BRIDGE CLUB: Meet Mondays 7-10pm in Dinnington Resource Centre. Contact 01909 562802.

RAOB (‘THE BUFFS’): Meet every Sunday 7-8.30pm in Dinnington Resource Centre. Contact 01909 567554. 

CLLR IAN FINNIE’S SURGERIES: Middleton Institute in Barleycroft Lane, every Thursday 6.15-7.15pm. Monksbridge Hall, last Wednesday of month 11am-noon. Laughton Village Hall, first Monday of month 6.30-7.15pm. No appointment necessary. Contact 07740435728 for a home visit.

CLLRS JEANETTE MALLINDER AND SIMON TWEED SURGERIES: Monksbridge Community Centre, first Saturday of month 11.45am-12.45pm. Lyric Hall, Dinnington, second Monday of month 6.15-6.45pm. Dinnington Resource Centre, second Tuesday of month 2-3pm. Laughton Parish Hall, third Wednesday of month 6-7pm. Contact Jeanette Mallinder 07717 224657, [email protected], Simon Tweed 01909 518134 or 97887 778926, [email protected].

ST LEONARD’S CHURCH: Tomorrow – Race Night 7.15pm Middleton Hall, tickets £5 includes race card and pie and peas. Contact Caren [email protected] or 07980051794. To sponsor and name a race for £25, contact Caren.