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.

SK58 BIRDERS: January 11 – at Brown Bayley’s were two great crested grebe, 11 tufted duck and a drake goosander. Then on the birding walk around Langold Lake, six members recorded 32 species including five great crested grebe (one pair doing their courtship display), 12 mute swan, 12 pochard, 17 tufted duck, two buzzard, five moorhen, one common gull, two green woodpecker, two great spotted woodpecker, two song thrush, two mistle thrush, one redwing, two nuthatch, one treecreeper and about 35 siskin. Evening indoor meetings (on last Wednesday of month) resume on Wednesday 7.30pm with AGM and a talk by Malcolm Walpole called Botswana 2 in The Loyal Trooper, Sheffield Road, South Anston. www.sk58birders.com.

DINNINGTON RESOURCE CENTRE: Mondays – Luncheon Club 11.30am-2pm, two course dinner £3.50; Sequence Dance Club 7-10pm. Wednesdays – gentle exercise 3-4pm £1; bingo 7-9pm. Thursdays – 7-9pm Dinnington Fine Arts and Antiques. Fridays – 9.45am-12.15pm Let’s Get Crafty. Contact 01909 518555, www.dinningtonresourcecentre.com.

ST LEONARD’S CHURCH: Sunday services 1st, 2nd, 4th Sunday 10.45am Holy Communion; 3rd Sunday 8am Holy Communion (Said-traditional) and 10.45am, for all ages, Thanksgiving for the Gift of a Child. Coffee and croissants 10am with activities for children. Weekday services 9am Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday Morning Prayer; 9.30am Wednesday Holy Communion. Refreshments served after all services. Church open Monday-Saturday 9.30-11am. Soup lunch on February 12 noon-1pm, cost £4 – proceeds for Christian Aid.

DINNINGTON COLLIERY BAND: Meet on last Sunday of month in The Squirrel Inn, Laughton Road, Dinnington S25 2PT, tickets on door adults £4 and concessions £2, or £3 and £1.50 respectively if pre-paid, contact Joanne 07967 026277, [email protected].

DINNINGTON AND DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: January 11 – the unanimous decision by the DDHS Committee to elect Derek Wilks as chairman from January 1 was confirmed by 61 members in favour. Only one vote was cast for the ex-chairman who retired on December 31 and who contested the committee’s decision. The evening talk by Chris Margrave was called Clumber Park Walled Garden. The next meeting on February 8 7.30pm in Anston Parish Hall will be the AGM and a talk on Tanzania by Jan Jarrold. Books and bird seed will be on sale. Contact your District News correspondent for further details, AGM agenda items need to be in writing or via email by February 2. 

DINNINGTON AND DISTRICT ART SOCIETY: Practise evenings 7-9pm resume on February 4 at Firbeck Village Hall and on February 9 at Lyric Theatre, Dinnington, with demonstration by John Harrison on line and wash. Demonstration evenings now £3 entry for members and £4 for guests. Contact Ian 01709 367782, http://dinnington-and-district-art-society.org.

JACK ‘N’ JILL 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 07581411056 or Tracy 07702891996.

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

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

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

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].