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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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a woman wearing a yellow jumper and green scarf writing in a journal at a desk and looking out of the window

Creative writing 3

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Creative writing 2

a close up of someone wearing a yellow jumper writing in a journal

Creative writing 1

Main Image: a photo of cosy crime author Simon Brett, wearing a navy suit jacket, smiling at the camera.

Q+A with Simon Brett

Listening books Q&A

Main Image: a close up of a leather and bead necklace made by Kate Nisbet

Leather and bead necklace

Main Image: photo of a dementia-friendly craft - indoor allotment. The card board is painted white with multi-coloured spots - with a succulent plant in the middle.

Dementia-friendly Indoor Allotment

Part of Dementia Action Week 2024

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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