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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 selection of handmade, embroidered felt heart sachets for Valentine's Day. An easy embroidery craft you can make for someone special.

Felt Heart Sachets for Valentine’s Day

Main image: headshot photo of Julia Whelan, award winning audiobook narrator, wearing a black blazer and floral top smiling.

Q&A with Award-Winning Audiobook Narrator Julia Whelan

Listening books Q&A

Main image: an air dry clay trinket dish, painted brown, with red, blue and purple funky patterns.

Easy Air Dry Clay Trinket Dish Tutorial

Main image: a photo of beautiful yellow and pink tulips ready to be painted.

How to Paint Tulips - Relaxed Art Tutorial

Main image: a man and woman laughing crouched down gardening as exercise.

Allotment Diaries Part 18 – Gardening as Exercise

The Allotment Diaries Episode 18 - Get Moving Week 2026

an older woman in a blue jacket stood at a ballet barre

10 Minute Silver Swans® Ballet Class for Beginners

Get Moving Week 2026

Main Image: a cute decorative wire tree, made with florist wire, buttons and beads.

How to Make a Wire Tree with Beads

Main Image: Black lettering and floral illustrations on white paper letters

Handmade Christmas Letter: Victorian Letterlocking

Main image: hand painted floral design with a blue butterfly from Kate's painting on glassware for beginners session.

Painting on Glassware for Beginners

Main image: brightly hand painted, air dry clay pendants.

Air Dry Clay Tutorial for Beginners

Homemade Air-Dry Clay Pendants and flowers on a black background

Homemade Air Dry Clay Pendants

Main image: a photo of rolls of wallpaper from above, used to makeover an old lampshade.

DIY Wallpaper Lampshade Makeover

Main Image: a bulb of garlic sprouting, ready to be grown indoors, on a light green background

Allotment Diaries Part 17 – How to Grow Garlic Indoors & Make an Outdoor Stove

The Allotment Diaries Episode 17

Main image: mini macrame Christmas treed, DIY Christmas Ornaments in pink and blue macrame cord.

Mini Macrame Christmas Trees

Main image: polymer clay canes, in multicolours, with a flower type pattern (or millefiori patterns) used for making jewellery pendants, for earrings, necklaces, keyrings and more.

How to Make Polymer Clay Canes