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HLC & FED Café Halloween Party 2021

On Saturday 30th October, the HLC & FED Café held a Halloween party for the local residents of Walton court and Southcourt. There was a Bouncy castle, Temporary tattoos & Face painting for the children to enjoy as well as Pass the…

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Women’s Health & English for Health & Wellbeing

Our Popular English courses have been running in Aylesbury, High Wycombe, and Chesham. These FREE Public Health funded courses aim to build confidence and empower individuals to access key health services as well as improving language, speaking,…

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Community Cooking Courses – Growing Healthier Together

Our Growing Healthier together project focused on promoting the Walton Court Community Garden , involving our nursery children with their families and local residents in planting and growing fresh foods, then following this with a series of…

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Women’s Social Circle – launched September 2021

Our BAME women’s social circles launched in September across Aylesbury, Chesham, and High Wycombe. These social groups are a safe, fun , space for BAME women to come together enjoy each other’s company, learn new skills, and show case…

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HLC – Community Grow Project awarded a Silver Gilt!

We are so proud to announce that our Community Grow Project was awarded a Silver Gilt last in the Aylesbury in Bloom 2021 competition! All plants and vegetables in our garden have been grown from scratch and the veg is used in our on site Café…

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Live in the Park – August 2021

On Saturday 28th August 2021, the HLC held a stand to showcase our Centre and what we have to offer to our community at Live in the Park, hosted by Aylesbury Town Council. Based in Vale Park, Aylesbury, our stand was very popular with everyone…

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HLC Summer Fayre 2021 – ‘Growing Healthier Together’

On Saturday 10th July 2021, the HLC opened its gates for our annual Summer Fayre! As last year's Fayre was cancelled due to the Covid Pandemic we were determined to make this Fayre the best we could for our Community! Throughout the day we…

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Its Shrove Tuesday

Its Shrove Tuesday, also known as Pancake Day!! Find simple recipes online and top with your favourite flavours! Are you a lemon and sugar kind of person or a Nutella lover? Maple syrup or maybe something more unusual? Whatever your choice,…

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13-Week COURSE for Women

A 13-Week COURSE for Women who want to gain confidence in speaking English, whilst also learning about health matters ADULT ENGLISH A 6-week COURSE for adults who want to improve their English Skills Both courses are free. Full attendance…

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Walton Court Park gets a Clean Up

When the Healthy Living Centre team spoke with hundreds of local residents about the community, there was real concern about the volume of rubbish that littered the area. Some residents were concerned that if our local green spaces didn’t…

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Team Fundraising

It was blowing a gale on the morning of Saturday 27 April, but that did not deter the Healthy Living Centre team. Joining the Aylesbury Park Run, a group of us ran or walked the 5k route. Whilst we do like to actively promote healthy living,…