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💘 Speed Dating in St Albans for ages 40+ to 59 at The Three Hammers, St Albans


Time: 19:30 - 21:30

💌 Welcome to New Connections Speed Dating! Ready to experience a fun, uplifting evening of meeting new people face-to-face?

🥂 WHAT TO EXPECT
Join us at the stylish Three Hammers in St Albans for an unforgettable night.

This event is for ages 40 to 59 and all guests will receive a welcome drink on arrival. Expect light hearted ice-breakers, hosted rounds and plenty of time to chat - all in a friendly no pressure environment.

Buy a drink, settle in, and let our warm, welcoming hostess guide you through a relaxed, vibrant evening where you can spark new connections effortlessly through friendly mini-dates. Whether you're looking for love, friendship, or a reason to smile, you’ll meet like-minded singles your age in a friendly, no-pressure setting.

Whether you’re looking for love, friendship, or simply a reason to smile, you’ll meet like-minded singles in a warm, no-pressure setting.

💘 EVENT DETAILS
We’re New Connections – running Speed Dating events for all ages across the UK, from Hitchin to Market Harborough, Lincoln to Watford. With 30+ live events at any given time in 22 buzzing locations, we know how to connect singles and make meeting people feel natural, fun, and genuine.

💛 It’s never too late to connect.
Don’t let this opportunity pass you by – book your spot now and join us for a night of laughter, anticipation, and the chance to meet someone who could change your world.

Don’t let this opportunity slip away – book your spot today and step into a night of excitement, connection, and possibilities.

🕖 ARRIVE: 19:00 PM - 19:30 PM
Arrival & collect your welcome drink from the lovely team at the Three Hammers in St Albans.

🎟 TICKETS COST: £22 plus booking fee
With limited tickets available, this event promises an exclusive and fun night out. Come solo or bring a friend - you might just leave with more than a memory. You can book your tickets via the event link on Eventbrite.

ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
📧 Email:
newconnectionsevents@hotmail.com

📖 Toby's Tall Tales (Free) - Daisy Hill Children’s Centre, Kempston


Time: 14:30 - 15:15

🫧 Join in with your child as Toby brings stories to life through reading, actions, puppets, bubbles and more! Free no need to book.

▪️AGES:
For children aged up to 7, must be accompanied by an adult.

📍WHERE?
Daisy Hills Children Centre, Kempston

ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Phone: 0300 323 0245
 

🧒 Free Play & Learn Toddler - Eastcotts Children’s Centre, Shortstown


Time: 09:30 - 11:00

🧒 Free Stay & Play for toddlers at Eastcots Children Centre in Shortstown.

ℹ️ ABOUT
These sessions are for mobile toddlers, giving them the opportunity to stretch their imagination and develop the skills they will need as they leave the toddler age and become pre-schoolers.

There is an area for younger siblings at these sessions.

ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Phone: 0300 323 0245

🛝 WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO?
There is also a play park next to the Children's Centre.

🧒 Soft Play for Babies & Toddlers - Kings Church, Flitwick


Time: 09:00 - 11:00

🧁 Kings Café in Flitwick will be open from 9:00am on Tuesday's.

☕️ WHAT TO EXPECT
We’ll have soft play available for little ones from 9:00am–11:00am, so do come along and enjoy some time together.

Please do join us for good coffee and delicious homemade cakes — we’d love to see you!

🪙 COST ON THE DOOR: £2.00 PER CHILD

👶 Free Stay & Play For babies and Toddlers in Wilstead


Time: 13:30 - 15:15

🧸 Every Wednesday in term time. Stay and Play is a weekly group for parents/carers with young children. Located at Wilstead Evangelical Church.

💖 FREE!
It’s open to anyone and free to attend. Mums and other carers from Wilstead and the surrounding area come along for their children to play while they enjoy the company over a tea or coffee.

We offer a range of toys and activities, including:
⭐️Baby toys, mats and mobiles
⭐️Role-play resources, such as dressing-up clothes and kitchen
⭐️Ride-ons, slide and playhouse
⭐️Jigsaws, garage and vehicles
⭐️Painting and craft activities

❓️WHAT ELSE DO WE DO?
We also run coffee mornings once or twice a term, and an annual summer picnic.

✅️ KEEP UPDATED
To keep updated follow the Facebook page incase of any cancellations.

ℹ️ For more info, contact Hannah on:
☎️ 01234 589563

🧒 Home Education Meet Up Fun (Januaury 2026) - Bennett's Splashside Café, Dunstable


Time: 12:00 - 14:00 Price: £0.50

📣 HOME EDUCATION MEET UP JANUARY FUN 2026 AT BENNETT’S CAFÉ! Looking for creative, social, and budget-friendly activities for your home-educated children?

ℹ️ EVENT DETAILS
Join us at Bennett’s Café & Community Hub, Dunstable (LU6 3DE) this January 2026 or our Home Education Meet Up sessions fun, hands-on activities perfect for children and parents to enjoy together! Activities are parent/carer led

🕛 TIME: 12 noon to 2 pm.

🗓 2026 DATES & SESSIONS

📿 TRADE & BATTLE (£1)
▪️Wednesday 7th January
▪️Friday 9th January
Trade & Battle or pop down and create a unique bracelet.

🧁 MUG CAKES (£2)
▪️Wednesday 14th January
▪️Friday 16th January
Mix up a tasty treat before giving it to one of the team to pop in the microwave.

🖼 WINTER CANVAS ART (£3)
▪️Wednesday 21st January 
▪️Friday 23rd January
Use a little nature and some paint to make a unique winter art work.

✈️ ORAGMAI & PAPER AREOPLANE COMPETITION (50p)
▪️Wednesday 28th January
▪️Friday 30th January
Make some paper creations and compete to see how far your areoplane can fly.

✅️ KEEP UPDATED
You can keep updated and message for any enquiries on the Facebook page via thr event link.

✅️ PAY ON THE DAY - NO BOOKING
Small cost per session pay on the day! Let’s get creative, meet other families, and make memories together!

📍LOCATION 
Bennett Memorial Recreation Ground, Dunstable LU6 3DE

🎨 🤸‍♂️ Home Education Craft Session & Soft Play - The Playhouse, Milton Ernest


Time: 13:00 - 15:30 Price: £8.00

🦖🎨 Little Dinosaurs Studio at Playhouse.
We’re excited to welcome Little Dinosaurs Studio to Playhouse!

▪️AGES:
Suggested age of walking - around 11

🤩 EVENT DETAILS
Join us for a fun, creative arts & crafts session for little ones. Activities vary each week but may include painting, collage, colouring, playdough and junk modelling.– and enjoy FREE play at Playhouse afterwards.

🖍 What’s included?
▪️A 1-hour guided craft session with Little Dinosaurs Studio
▪️Free stay & play at Playhouse after the session
▪️A relaxed, creative space for children to explore and create

🗓 When?
▪️ Every other Wednesday (term time)
▪️1:00pm – 2:00pm

🎟 Booking info:
Craft sessions are booked directly with Little Dinosaurs Studio via the event link. Once you attend the session, your child is welcome to stay and play at Playhouse for free. Spaces are limited – booking recommended!

🎟 TICKET COST:
▪️
£8 per child
▪️£4 for a sibling

⚽️ Join the Brand New Dunstable Thursday 6-a-side Football League!


Time: 19:00 - 21:00

⚽️ Football is back in Dunstable with a brand new Thursday night 6-a-side league at Houstone School, run by Leisure Leagues — the world’s largest provider of small-sided football.

This is a fun, friendly, and competitive league for adults of all abilities. Whether you have a full squad ready to go or you’re an individual looking to join a team, we’ll get you playing straight away.

🗓 WHEN?
Every Thursday evening: 7pm - 9pm

📍WHERE?
Houstone School, Dunstable, LU5 5PX
(3G pitches)

👨‍🦰 WHO CAN JOIN?
Players aged 16+ (teams or individuals welcome)

Extras: FA-qualified referees, weekly fixtures, league tables, and Veo camera match recordings uploaded online

Get active, meet new people, and enjoy the buzz of small-sided football in a great atmosphere.

📲 HOW TO JOIN
Sign up now HERE
Spaces are limited — secure your place today!

ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
📧 Email:
Louis@leisureleagues.co.uk
☎️ Phone: 07449773861 (Louis)

🌳 Tree Tots at Howe Park Wood, Milton Keynes


Time: 10:00 - 10:50 Price: £3.00

🌳 Outdoor nature play has many proven benefits for pre-schoolers. It supports their development, stimulates their senses, improves creativity, and boosts immunity.

👶 AGE: Under 5's

🗓 DAY & TIME
▪️
Thursday's
▪️
10:00am - 10:50am

That’s why our Outdoor Learning Team runs Tree Tots, a weekly 50-minute nature play session that enables you and your little ones to join in all kinds of outdoor fun alongside other children, parents and carers.

👩‍🍳 WHAT TO EXPECT
Tree Tots offers a range of seasonal activities designed just for under-5s. You’ll get to join in all kinds of fun things that connect you and your little one with nature – from ‘cooking’ in mud kitchens, balancing on ropes and swinging in hammocks to playing with water, exploring the woods and collecting natural treasure.

📍WHERE/WHEN IT TAKES PLACE
Taking place in a dedicated area of Howe Park Wood every Thursday at 10am (Winter) or 10am and 11am (Summer).

🌧 WEATHER INFORMATION
Tree Tots takes place in all weathers (unless it’s very extreme) because we believe that children should have the opportunity to experience the wild outdoors – whether that’s rain, wind, sun or snow. Please come dressed appropriately for the weather.

🎟 TICKETS:
Sessions cost £3 for the first child and £1 for additional children. Maximum 3 children per adult. No booking is required for accompanying adults. You can book via the event link.

ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
📧 Email:
info@theparkstrust.com
☎️ Phone: 01908 233600

📽 Soul Cine: Film In Perspective - The Hat Factory Arts Centre, Luton


Time: 20:00 - 22:00

SOUL:CINÉ bi-monthly cinema club, is for film lovers to forge friendships, old & new, whilst basking in the glow and wonder of Black Cinema, in the heart of Luton’s cultural quarter.

▪️AGE: 16+

🎟 TICKET COST: £9 (inc. booking fee)

ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
📧 Email: boxoffice@culturetrust.com
☎️ Phone: 01582 878100

🎳 Unlimited Friday Night Bowling in Dunstable - GoBowling


Time: 20:00

🥳 Friday Party Night – Enjoy UNLIMITED bowling from 8PM – Very Late!

🎳 DETAILS
The weekend starts on Friday night at GObowling! There’s nothing better than starting your weekend with a stress relieving night out with those closest to you. And at GObowling we have everything you need to make an evening of it! So join us for some great meal/bar deals, a fun party atmosphere, and cheeky prizes to won all night!

🏆 Lots of prizes to be won!!

▪️COST - £15 per person

ℹ️ HOW TO BOOK:
☎️ Call us on: 01582 47 27 27

🧒 Home Education Meet Up Fun (Januaury 2026) - Bennett's Splashside Café, Dunstable


Time: 12:00 - 14:00 Price: £0.50

📣 HOME EDUCATION MEET UP JANUARY FUN 2026 AT BENNETT’S CAFÉ! Looking for creative, social, and budget-friendly activities for your home-educated children?

ℹ️ EVENT DETAILS
Join us at Bennett’s Café & Community Hub, Dunstable (LU6 3DE) this January 2026 or our Home Education Meet Up sessions fun, hands-on activities perfect for children and parents to enjoy together! Activities are parent/carer led

🕛 TIME: 12 noon to 2 pm.

🗓 2026 DATES & SESSIONS

📿 TRADE & BATTLE (£1)
▪️Wednesday 7th January
▪️Friday 9th January
Trade & Battle or pop down and create a unique bracelet.

🧁 MUG CAKES (£2)
▪️Wednesday 14th January
▪️Friday 16th January
Mix up a tasty treat before giving it to one of the team to pop in the microwave.

🖼 WINTER CANVAS ART (£3)
▪️Wednesday 21st January 
▪️Friday 23rd January
Use a little nature and some paint to make a unique winter art work.

✈️ ORAGMAI & PAPER AREOPLANE COMPETITION (50p)
▪️Wednesday 28th January
▪️Friday 30th January
Make some paper creations and compete to see how far your areoplane can fly.

✅️ KEEP UPDATED
You can keep updated and message for any enquiries on the Facebook page via thr event link.

✅️ PAY ON THE DAY - NO BOOKING
Small cost per session pay on the day! Let’s get creative, meet other families, and make memories together!

📍LOCATION 
Bennett Memorial Recreation Ground, Dunstable LU6 3DE

☕️ Friday Coffee Club (Unlimited) at The George Inn in Maulden


Time: 10:30

☕️ Drop by from 10.30am for unlimited Union Coffee, tea and biscuits at The George Inn in Maulden, available every Friday.

🐶 DOGS
Dog friendly areas too!

ℹ️ ABOUT THE GEORGE INN
Independent & proud. Since our 2016 restoration we've believed in creating good times. Being somewhere for everyone to relax & at home.

Find our pub & inn in the pretty village of Maulden, in the heart of the Bedfordshire countryside. Everything at The George is lovingly prepared onsite. Every dish is fresh where possible & thoughtfully sourced. Whether you’re eating in or outside - even in our private dining space.

ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Phone: 01525 841559

📖 Toby's Tall Tales (Free) - Daisy Hill Children’s Centre, Kempston


Time: 14:30 - 15:15

🫧 Join in with your child as Toby brings stories to life through reading, actions, puppets, bubbles and more! Free no need to book.

▪️AGES:
For children aged up to 7, must be accompanied by an adult.

📍WHERE?
Daisy Hills Children Centre, Kempston

ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Phone: 0300 323 0245
 

🧒 Free Play & Learn Toddler - Eastcotts Children’s Centre, Shortstown


Time: 09:30 - 11:00

🧒 Free Stay & Play for toddlers at Eastcots Children Centre in Shortstown.

ℹ️ ABOUT
These sessions are for mobile toddlers, giving them the opportunity to stretch their imagination and develop the skills they will need as they leave the toddler age and become pre-schoolers.

There is an area for younger siblings at these sessions.

ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Phone: 0300 323 0245

🛝 WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO?
There is also a play park next to the Children's Centre.

🧒 Soft Play for Babies & Toddlers - Kings Church, Flitwick


Time: 09:00 - 11:00

🧁 Kings Café in Flitwick will be open from 9:00am on Tuesday's.

☕️ WHAT TO EXPECT
We’ll have soft play available for little ones from 9:00am–11:00am, so do come along and enjoy some time together.

Please do join us for good coffee and delicious homemade cakes — we’d love to see you!

🪙 COST ON THE DOOR: £2.00 PER CHILD

👶 Free Stay & Play For babies and Toddlers in Wilstead


Time: 13:30 - 15:15

🧸 Every Wednesday in term time. Stay and Play is a weekly group for parents/carers with young children. Located at Wilstead Evangelical Church.

💖 FREE!
It’s open to anyone and free to attend. Mums and other carers from Wilstead and the surrounding area come along for their children to play while they enjoy the company over a tea or coffee.

We offer a range of toys and activities, including:
⭐️Baby toys, mats and mobiles
⭐️Role-play resources, such as dressing-up clothes and kitchen
⭐️Ride-ons, slide and playhouse
⭐️Jigsaws, garage and vehicles
⭐️Painting and craft activities

❓️WHAT ELSE DO WE DO?
We also run coffee mornings once or twice a term, and an annual summer picnic.

✅️ KEEP UPDATED
To keep updated follow the Facebook page incase of any cancellations.

ℹ️ For more info, contact Hannah on:
☎️ 01234 589563

⚽️ Join the Brand New Dunstable Thursday 6-a-side Football League!


Time: 19:00 - 21:00

⚽️ Football is back in Dunstable with a brand new Thursday night 6-a-side league at Houstone School, run by Leisure Leagues — the world’s largest provider of small-sided football.

This is a fun, friendly, and competitive league for adults of all abilities. Whether you have a full squad ready to go or you’re an individual looking to join a team, we’ll get you playing straight away.

🗓 WHEN?
Every Thursday evening: 7pm - 9pm

📍WHERE?
Houstone School, Dunstable, LU5 5PX
(3G pitches)

👨‍🦰 WHO CAN JOIN?
Players aged 16+ (teams or individuals welcome)

Extras: FA-qualified referees, weekly fixtures, league tables, and Veo camera match recordings uploaded online

Get active, meet new people, and enjoy the buzz of small-sided football in a great atmosphere.

📲 HOW TO JOIN
Sign up now HERE
Spaces are limited — secure your place today!

ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
📧 Email:
Louis@leisureleagues.co.uk
☎️ Phone: 07449773861 (Louis)

🌳 Tree Tots at Howe Park Wood, Milton Keynes


Time: 10:00 - 10:50 Price: £3.00

🌳 Outdoor nature play has many proven benefits for pre-schoolers. It supports their development, stimulates their senses, improves creativity, and boosts immunity.

👶 AGE: Under 5's

🗓 DAY & TIME
▪️
Thursday's
▪️
10:00am - 10:50am

That’s why our Outdoor Learning Team runs Tree Tots, a weekly 50-minute nature play session that enables you and your little ones to join in all kinds of outdoor fun alongside other children, parents and carers.

👩‍🍳 WHAT TO EXPECT
Tree Tots offers a range of seasonal activities designed just for under-5s. You’ll get to join in all kinds of fun things that connect you and your little one with nature – from ‘cooking’ in mud kitchens, balancing on ropes and swinging in hammocks to playing with water, exploring the woods and collecting natural treasure.

📍WHERE/WHEN IT TAKES PLACE
Taking place in a dedicated area of Howe Park Wood every Thursday at 10am (Winter) or 10am and 11am (Summer).

🌧 WEATHER INFORMATION
Tree Tots takes place in all weathers (unless it’s very extreme) because we believe that children should have the opportunity to experience the wild outdoors – whether that’s rain, wind, sun or snow. Please come dressed appropriately for the weather.

🎟 TICKETS:
Sessions cost £3 for the first child and £1 for additional children. Maximum 3 children per adult. No booking is required for accompanying adults. You can book via the event link.

ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
📧 Email:
info@theparkstrust.com
☎️ Phone: 01908 233600

🧒 Puggle Club - The Higgins, Bedford (Ages 2 - 5)


Time: 10:30 - 14:30

🧒 Puggle Club - A chance to get creative, have fun, and socialise! Art & craft activities for children aged 2-5 years with their parents and carers.

🗓 2025/2026 DATES
▪️
Friday 5 September
▪️Friday 3 October
▪️Friday 7 November
▪️Friday 5 December
▪️Friday 9 January
▪️Friday 6 February
▪️Friday 6 March

🕥 SESSION TIMES - FREE, DROP IN
▪️10.30am – 12pm
▪️1pm – 2.30pm

Siblings are welcome to attend. No booking required but, if the room is busy please wait a short time, until there is space. 

🤩 WHAT TO EXPECT
Join Kevin the Platypus’ little cousin Puggle for lots of creative fun. Puggle Club offers different creative activities for children aged 2 to 5 years.
 
Have a go at nature themed arts and crafts, experiment with sensory materials, enjoy a book in the Puggle Snuggle or have fun mark making at the Puggle Scribble Station.

🏛 MORE FREE FUN
Make your visit extra fun by exploring the museum and art gallery too.

☎️ CONTACT DETAILS
Tel: 01234 718618
Box Office:
01234 718044