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Having hobbies and interests is great for health and wellbeing. Finding activities that we enjoy keeps us occupied, stimulated, entertained and challenged, and gives us a sense of purpose and satisfaction, particularly if we improve at something over time. At the Virtual Village Hall, you’ll find a wide range of activities to try, most of them designed for complete beginners, including regular courses.

 

 

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Main Image: Person wearing friendship bracelets using paper bags, holding their hand up to the blue sky on a sunny day.

How to Make Friendship Bracelets using Paper Bags

Main image: Cute Handmade Macrame Keychains made by Kate Nisbet, using white, cream and blue wool with wooden bead accessories.

Cute Handmade Macrame Keychains Tutorial

Photo of handmade beaded earrings, with gold metal and blue beads in arch shaped patterns in the hoops.

Handmade Beaded Jewellery Making Tutorial

a man sat on the sofa with a cup of tea reading a book

Poetry reading

Main image: Painterly Architectonic - art piece by Lyubov Popova, a mix of geometric shapes in bright colours - inspired by the cubism movement.

Artist in Focus: Lyubov Popova

Main image: An Abstract Collage Face made from a Cereal Box - brown cardboard with details painted in black.

Make an Abstract Collage Face from a Cereal Box

Main image: abstract art, made with playdoh stamps and ink - abstract stamp shapes in black ink on white paper.

Playdoh Stamp Art – Abstract Art Tutorial

Main image: A whale tail shape seashell collage wall art on canvas.

Beachcomber Décor - Seashell Collage Wall Art

Main Image: a sunflower garden wall plaque - fabric flower on a wooden plaque with alphabet tiles that read "YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE"

How to Make a Sunflower Wall Plaque

Main Image: Slug eating a cabbage leaf - demonstrating the need for organic slug control in gardening.

Organic Slug Control and Successional Sowing Tips

The Allotment Diaries Episode 11

Main Image: A cream and blue air dry clay, incense holder wall hanging/shelf.

DIY Air Dry Clay Incense Holder Wall Shelves

Part of Pride Month 2025

Main Image: a beautiful mixed media poppies painting, with vibrant red and pink flowers and green stems and grass.

Painting Poppies Tutorial Using Different Art Techniques

Main Image: An assortment of pink, purple and orange thread spools with a sewing needle and thimble.

How to Hand Embroider Embellishments

Part of Pride Month 2025

a close up of someone wearing a blue jumper holding a book open and reading it

National Poetry Day 2024

a woman wearing sunglasses driving a car with the window down laughing with a friend

Creative writing 10