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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: close up of a collage art journal made with colourful scrap paper, on a dark wooden table.

Make a Collage Art Journal with Scrap Paper

two small painted pebble cactus

Painted pebble cactus

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

Homemade Air-Dry Clay Pendants

Main Image: person watering a plants seedling with a green watering can, in a garden in the summer sunshine. Practicing summer water-saving tips

Summer Water-Saving, Slug Tips and Free Plants

The Allotment Diaries Episode 12

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: 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

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

Poetry reading

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: 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