1st August 2024 • The HERALD • Page 51 v SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE HERALD v Services offered: Private Tutoring Services Home-schooling Solutions Exam Prep and Entry Coaching and Mentoring Services Soft Skills Training Phone: 07751 083447 Email: office@stgeorgeseducation.com Website: www.stgeorgeseducation,com KIDS ZONE Exbury Festival of Music 2024 Exbury Gardens will once again host 3 nights of live music this summer. Kicking o on Thursday 22nd August for 21st Century Abba, followed on Friday 23rd August by e Upbeat Beatles and Motown by Moonlight will bring this year’s festival to a close on Saturday 24th August. SUMMER HOLIDAY FUN WITH THE HANDY TRUST Week. Sessions at Marchwood Youth Club will take place on Mondays and Wednesdays, 11.30am–1.30pm and at Hythe Youth Club on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11.30am–1.30pm, plus sessions at Netley View on Wednesday afternoons, 2pm–4pm. Plus there are trips running on Fridays for secondary age children in receipt of bene t related free school meals, as well as a week of trips in the nal week of the holidays including a trip to orpe Park. For more information visit: www.thehandytrust.co.uk/ summer2024 or email: info@thehandytrust.org.uk Thanks to the Handy Trust’s funders and supporters: Hythe and Dibden Parish Council, Marchwood Parish Council, Waterside Community Fund, New Forest District Council and Marchwood Hub. Additional thanks to CMFoundation for organising and funding extra activities. e Handy Trust is once again running activities at Marchwood Youth Club and Hythe Youth Club during the school holidays. Activities include arts and cra s and sports; a free healthy lunch option is supplied. Under 10s must be accompanied by an adult, the whole family are welcome! e theme for the rst week is Under the Sea followed by Animals in the week beginning 5th August, 12th August is Mindfulness and 19th August is Nature Bug Hunt and Crafts Join Rosie on the Cli op at Lepe Country Park on Wednesday 14th August, 11am, for a Ranger led bug hunt followed by some creepy crawly cra s. is is a pre bookable event. £4.50 per child (accompanying adults go free). is is an outdoor event so please be dressed appropriately and have the correct provisions for the weather on the day. Usual parking charges apply. To book visit: www.hants.gov.uk/thingstodo/ countryparks/lepe/whats-on/Bug-hunt-and-cra s or call Visitor Services on: 023 8089 9108. Seashore Safari Join ranger Laura at Lepe Country Park this summer on Tuesday 13th & 27th August, 11am, as she heads out onto the beach for a seashore safari. Discover the many amazing creatures which are uncovered on Lepe’s shore at low tide. is event will involve walking on inter tidal areas so please wear suitable footwear as it will be slippery and wet underfoot. Dress appropriately for the weather conditions. Sorry no dogs on this occasion. £4.50 per child and all children must be accompanied by an adult. Usual car parking charges apply. MARVELLOUS MAKERS SUMMER READING CHALLENGE Keep your little ones reading over the holidays by signing up to the Summer Reading Challenge. This year’s challenge presented by the Reading Agency has a theme of Marvellous Makers. The Summer Reading Challenge is running at Hampshire Libraries throughout the summer holidays. Read/listen to 6 books, collect stickers, and receive a Marvellous Makers medal and certi cate on completion of the challenge. Find out more: www.hants.gov.uk/ librariesandarchives/ library/kids-zone 21st Century ABBA Gates open at 6pm for all concerts, with the performances starting at 7pm. Take your own picnic blanket or low back chairs, as seating is not provided. You are welcome to take your own picnic, refreshments will also be available to purchase. Tickets for individual concerts are £25 for adults, £17 children (5-15) and NUS students, £75 for a family ticket (2+2) or a festival pass for all 3 concerts is £66 for adults, £46 for children (5-15) and NUS students and £219 for a family festival pass (2+2). For more information and tickets please visit: www. exbury.co.uk/exbury-festival-of-music HPHA Heritage Day Hythe Pier Heritage Association (HPHA) will stage its 2024 Heritage Day event on Saturday 24th August, 10.30am–3pm. e event will be held on the Quay alongside Hythe Pier as well as on the pier itself. Heritage Day is designed to recognise the signi cance of the Hythe Ferry, Pier and its Railway in the development of Hythe and the greater Waterside community. Similar to the highly successful 2023 event, this year’s will include informative display boards and historic pier and ferry artefacts, workshop tours, merchandising, tombola and book stalls, vintage vehicles, model railways, a pop-up cafe, live music and competitions for children. Waterside Heritage will be present with a display of historic photographs from along the Waterside, Sarah Marsden will conduct history walks around the village, Marc Heighway will present a talk about the “Waterside at War”, the volunteers at the Shed (at the Pier) will welcome visitors to learn of their activities and contribution to the restoration of the Pier Train and Alan Titheridge will display his research into Hythe Pier and Ferry employees and welcome any further recollections. is will be a free event but donations will be welcome to aid the Association’s current and future projects. As well as nancial donations, HPHA needs more volunteers. More information is available on the HPHA website: www.hythepierha.org.uk ARTISAN & CRAFT MARKET IN EXBURY Go along to Exbury Club, Summer Lane, Exbury SO45 1AH on Monday 26th August, 10am to 4pm for an Artisan & Cra Market. Stalls include: Artisan foods, jams and marmalade, vegan candles, a local painter, woodwork and handmade arts and cra s from local cra ers. Future Artisan & Cra Markets are taking place at Exbury Club on 21st September and 23rd November, if you are interested in booking a stall please email: marchwoodcandles@gmail.com
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