*** HIGHLIGHTS *** 28-30 Aug: Eco Explorers Nature Activities for families – Langcliffe 28 Aug: Bat Evening in Kirby Lonsdale 14 Sep: Launch of Action on Climate Emergency – Settle and Area 18 Sep: Does tax work for the Common Good? Olivia Hanks: Justice & Peace event
4. Wed 28 Aug: Settle Eco Group: 7pm Royal Oak 5. 28 Aug: Bat Evening At Kirby Lonsdale
6a. Wed 28 Aug: Eco Explorers: 9.45 {Lower Winskill Farm, Langcliffe) 6b. Thu 29 Aug: Eco Explorers: 9.45 {Lower Winskill Farm, Langcliffe) 6c. Fri 30 Aug: Eco Explorers: 9.45 {Lower Winskill Farm, Langcliffe) (If you find out about this late, and want to come, still come even if you cannot get through on the phone to book)
7. Thur 29 Aug: Settle Graveyard Tours: Innkeepers of Settle. 7pm 8. Sat 31 Aug: “Returning Home” performance by environmentalist & musician Sarah Smout from Cowling.- “The Joinery” (Settle Stories), 9. 1 Sept: Forest Church/Partly Open Air: Keasden Church 7pm
10. Tue 3 Sept: Settle Graveyards Tours: 7pm Tragic deaths 11. Wed 4 Sept: Mid Yorkshire Group Fungus Foray to Austwick. 10am 12. 5-8 Sept: Settle Folk Festival: http://www.settlefolk.co.uk/ free events in streets and pubs.
16: 12 Sept: Settle Scottish Dancing Classes restart: 7.30pm St John’s 17. Thu 12 Sep: 10.30am U3A AGM – Talk: Curious Tales of the Ancient Graveyard Settle District U3A AGM, Victoria Hall with Sarah Lister 18: 14 Sept: Launch of Action on Climate Emergency – Settle and Area 10.30-1.30 – Friends Meeting House, BD24 9DX. (opposite Victoria Hall)
19: 15 Sep: Wild Food Forage and Cook-up, Castleberg Crag, Settle by ROOTS (Respect Our Old Trees in Settle) 20. Tue 17 Sep: 7.30pm A House in Time: The Folly – NCHT -Long Preston 21. Wed 18 Sept: Amnesty Letter writing – 5pm-7.30pm Settle Friends M.H. 22. 18 Sept: 7 for 7:30pm Friends Meeting House, Settle: – A workshop led by Olivia Hanks:“Does tax work for the Common Good?”
23. Thur 19 Sep: Craven Conservation Group Members Digital Pictures Evening: 24: 21 Sept: Three Peaks Folk Club 25: 22 Sept: world Car Free Day
26: 28 Sept: French Organ Music – Gig Church – Paul Fisher 7pm. 27; 17 Oct: CCG Talk by Catherine Mercer (YDMT):the Bee Together Project.
5. 28 Aug: Bat Evening At Kirby Lonsdale https://www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/events/2019-08-28-bat-evening-kirkby-lonsdale 18:30 – 20:30 Kirkby Lonsdale Local Support Group of Cumbria Wildlife Trust About the event Rich Flight will give a short talk and, after refreshments, will lead us on a walk to a pipistrelle colony at the rectory then down to the river in search of Daubentons. Suggested donation: £2.50 Bective Room, Lunesdale Hall, Bective Road, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, LA6 2BG Details: Roger Neale Contact number: 015242 41155
At Lower Winskill Farm, Langcliffe, Settle BD24 9PZ The Farm is 2 mile NE of Settle, (c. 1/2 mile up the Langcliffe – Arncliffe Road then turn left) – or meet at Settle Methodist church Mo-We 29- 31 July We-Fri 29-31 Aug
Come one day or even all six days. 9.30am-1pm includes picnic lunch (Also on August Wed 28, Thur 29, Fri 30)
Leave at 9.30 from St John’s Methodist Church, Settle, BD24 9JH to share transport, finish at 1pm after a picnic lunch. Three half hour workshops in the field, exploring different eco / nature themes, finishing with a gathering session with songs & reflections, and a provided picnic lunch. Donation is £1 per person each day (come one day or all three)- but its just a donation- not obligatory. Places must be booked, either to sally@thewatersons.org 01729 822311 or via www.ctisad.org.uk (Activities in barn if wet)
7. Thur 29 Aug: Curious Tales Graveyard Tours 2019 Innkeepers of Settle. Starts 7pm Tickets £3 from the Folly, settleresearch@gmail.com (I went on the one last week about Wonderful Women – It was excellent. We heard stories about a variety of characters. I can go back to some of the graves and remember these local women if I want to.)
8. Sat 31 Aug: “Returning Home” a performance by environmentalist and musician Sarah Smout from Cowling. – at “The Joinery” (Settle Stories, behind the Naked Man Cafe)
Sarah has been on a musical voyage that has inspired her music. Through her looped cello and poetry-driven lyrics she focuses on themes of the environment, climate change and love. Sarah’s music featured on the Greenpeace People vs Oil campaign in 2017 and she has worked with dozens of folk artists.
9. 1 Sept: Forest Church/Partly Open Air service – Keasden Church September 1, 2019 @ 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm 1 Sept is the start of “Creationtide” in church calendars. WHERE: Keasden Church Forest Church is church in the outdoors (for some of the time) and our intention is to celebrate and reflect on God’s creation and our part in it. It the first Forest Church all the churches in the benefice have done, so come along and join in as we discover together! All ages; all welcome https://austwick.org/event/forest-church/
11. Wed 4 Sept: Mid Yorkshire Group Fungus Foray to Austwick. Members of YNU and CCG, especially welcome. but so is anyone else interested. 10am-12midday. – email me for details.
Start of the new season. We meet fortnightly at 7.30pm at the Soroptomists Room, 28 Otley Street. (I can often give lifts from Settle)
These meetings are fun, but they will also improve your ability to give effective speeches. It doesn’t matter if you’re a an absolute tongue tied beginner, or a pro, Speakers Club Meetings have plenty to teach you. (You don’t have to speak, you can just watch if you want)
15. Tue 10 Sept: Baildon and Shipley Speakers Club. This meets the second Tuesday afternoon of the month at Frizinghall: Bradford New Church, Ashfield Avenue, Frizinghall BD18 3AL 1.30pm – 3.30pm https://sites.google.com/view/baildonafternoonspeakersclub
(There are also clubs at Baildon, Halifax, Clitheroe, Otley and Burnley
18: 14 Sept: Launch of Action on Climate Emergency – Settle and Area to be held at Settle Friends Meeting House
There IS a CLIMATE EMERGENCY
This is the key decade for dramatic change – whether it is good or bad is up to all of us.
Action on Climate Emergency (ACE) Settle & Area Free launch event on Saturday 14th September 10.30-1.30 Friends Meeting House, BD24 9DX. (opposite Victoria Hall)
Do we understand what Climate Emergency about? What can we do about it? Collective action to deal with the climate emergency is more powerful than acting alone. A new group has started, based in Settle, to help us find out more and to act together. We know lots of people in the area are taking action in all sorts of ways such as carrying a keep-cup around, planting for butterflies or using public transport more.
Come and find out about the many good things that are happening in the area already, share your thoughts and experiences about this climate emergency and what else we can do to respond to this crisis together.
21. Wed 18 Sept: – Amnesty Letter writing – 5pm-7.30pm Settle Friends Meeting House. I do encourage you to come. We have freedom. Think of those who do not
22. 18 Sept: – 7 for 7:30pm Friends Meeting House, Settle: – A workshop led by Olivia Hanks: “Does tax work for the Common Good?” We will be taking a looks at why tax is key to equality and justice, and how we can take action for a just tax system. It includes an opportunity for small group discussions exploring the big questions about tax and its role in our society, and starting to imagine a better tax system. Olivia is Programme Manager of Economics and Sustainability for Quaker Peace and Social Witness. Organised by the Justice and Peace Group of Churches Together in Settle
23. Thur 19 Sept: Craven Conservation Group Members Digital Pictures Evening: Also bring in any fungi you have found and we will make a display. 7pm for 7.30pm. St John’s Methodist Church, Settle.
26: 28 Sept: A celebration of romantic French Organ Music – recital by local organist and composer Paul Fisher St Alkelda’s Church, Giggleswick 7pm. Free, Donations Welcome. Refreshments in interval.
27: 17 Oct: Craven Conservation Group Talk: Catherine Mercer from YDMT on the Bee Together Project. The project aims to connect communities and landscapes to reverse the decline of wild pollinators, and in particular wild bees. The project involves co-ordinating and delivering capital works and activity-based projects along the B-line from Lancaster to Leeds.
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