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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: a close up of an alpaca outdoors

Meet the Alpacas!

Main Image: two people sat looking at a photo album together, smiling.

Scrapbooking a Memory Page: Dementia-Friendly Craft

Part of Dementia Action Week 2025

a fresh summer vegan salad with raspberries, blueberries and rocket salad leaves

Olympic inspired vegan summer cookery

Main Image: A selection of monoprints, on dark paper with neon orange, yellow, pink and silver paints, with a red printing roller.

How to Elevate Your Monoprints

Main Image: A baby board book collage journal, the cover of the book is a grey tabby cat, with the title "Mog the Forgetful Cat, Judith Kerr"

Upcycle Your Baby Book into a Collage Art Journal

Main Image: A beautiful fabric collage bird, made using a variety of fabric scraps in blue and orange colours. Made using fabric collage techniques and slow stitching methods.

How To Turn Fabric Scraps into Beautiful Collage Birds

Main Image: A woman in a flower field picking a bunch of flowers from her cut flower garden - in the sunshine wearing a yellow/orange apron.

Planning a Cut Flower Garden and a Seed Swap

The Allotment Diaries Episode 10

a white paper cut dragonfly made by Keeley Pearce

Paper Cutting a Dragonfly

Main Image: A simple stencil art collage in red acrylic paint - stencil of a lady, apple, crown and abstract shapes.

Easy Stencil Art Tutorial for Beginners

Handmade Christmas bauble wreaths laying on a table

Bauble wreath

landscape photo of rachel moore wearing a hat in front of her allotment on a bright sunny day

What to sow now for next year's crops

The Allotment Diaries Episode 3

landscape photo of rachel moore wearing a hat in front of her allotment on a bright sunny day

Sow the final seeds of the year

The Allotment Diaries Episode 5

Author Emily Katy

Q&A with Emily Katy

a green felt spring wreath featuring Easter themed felt decorations

Spring wreath

A pencil drawing being sketched

An introduction to drawing