District News

Greengairs

Fundraising dance arranged by the Cancer Research committee will be held on Saturday, April 28. It takes place in the welfare hall from 7.30pm until midnight, and tickets costing £5 are available on the door. Music will be provided by four-piece band The Lovelies, and all are welcome.

Councillor’s surgery Airdrie North representative Sophia Coyle’s next surgery takes place in the community hall tonight from 6pm to 6.30pm.

Event success The Teddy Bears’ Picnic last Sunday was a great success, with more than 40 kids involved.

Miners’ home Applications to the miners’ holiday home in Couris, Fife, open to miners, their beneficiaries and families, are now available. The home is open from now until August; call 01383 880307 to register an interest. Social club Activities this week include bingo on Sunday night, with tickets on sale from 8pm and eyes down at 8.30pm. The Lucky Joker is drawn at 8.25pm on Sundays, with tickets priced £1 on sale from committee members and bar staff throughout the week. For further information, see the club notice board.

Back Brae Gospel Hall The breaking of the bread takes place on Sunday at 11am. Sunday school runs from 2.30pm to 3.15pm. The evening gospel meeting is held at 6.30pm every Sunday, except the last Sunday of the month when the service runs from 3.30pm to 4.30pm. A prayer and Bible reading is held every Wednesday from 7.30pm to 9pm. Stanrigg miners’ memorial is open to all who wish to visit. July 9 will mark the 100th anniversary of the disaster in which 19 miners lost their lives; the retired miners’ committee is arranging a remembrance service on Sunday, July 8, and anyone interested in helping with the commemoration can call 01236 830637. Transport to the memorial can also be arranged by calling the same number.

Drop-in cafe takes place at Greengairs Parish Church on the first and third Tuesdays of each month from 1pm to 3.30pm. This is open to all villagers who would enjoy tea and coffee with home baking. Baillies Lane marching band hold practices in the social club on Tuesdays from 7pm to 9pm. New flute and drum learners are welcome to attend; call John on 07525 064303 for further details. Da Capo music group hold sessions on Mondays from 6pm to 9pm in the orange hall on Baillies Lane. Anyone who would like to play the orchestral flute and drums are welcome to attend the group; contact John on 07525 064303.

Townhead

Music club People can learn to play a musical instrument, including guitar and fiddle, at St Bartholomew’s Church hall on Fridays from 8pm to 9.30pm. Lessons are followed by a folk music session until midnight, with a bar also available.

Craft group meets at Townhead Parish Church on Mondays from 9.30am to 12pm. All are welcome.

Shawhead

Tenants and residents will hold their next meeting tonight in the community centre at 7pm.

Calderbank

Bowling club The newly-decorated clubhouse is available for all types of functions. New and lapsed bowlers are very welcome to join for next season, at an introductory cost of £50. For further details, call 01236 769077 or email calderbankbowls@yahoo. com.\

Salsburgh

Coffee mornings have resumed in the church hall on Tuesdays from 10am until noon. All welcome.

Easter bonnet family night will take place in the Sacred Heart Parochial Hall this Saturday from 7.30pm. Tickets are available from committee members, priced £5 per adult and £3 per child.

Kirkshaws

Growing Greener project is run by Parent Action for Safe Play. Environmental officer David Payne works in Coatbridge to help residents reduce energy bills and waste and grow their own food. Community gardener Toni Garsyth is also on site. Drop-in sessions (no appointment necessary) take place on Tuesdays from 11.30am to 4pm and Wednesdays from 2pm to 8pm. For more, call David on 07887 561813 or Toni on 07500 600633.

Craigneuk

Action For Kids run sports and play activities each Monday at Dunrobin Primary from 6pm to 8pm, for children aged three to 12. The cost is £1.50 (including a tuck shop); for more details, contact Debbie on 07863 716959. Craigneuk and Old Petersburn tenants’ and residents’ association meets on the second Monday of each month at New Broomfield. The group’s next meeting takes place on April 9 at 7pm.

Langloan

Bank Social Club weekly entertainment includes – Mondays and Thursdays: dancing to live music; Tuesdays: bingo with £500 prize; Wednesdays: line dancing; Saturdays: cabaret with top acts, backed by Kenny Campbell; Sundays: dancing to The Reasons. Call 01236 607051 for more information. Community council will meet on Tuesday, April 10, at 7pm in the community centre, on Main Street. Bookbug sessions for pre-school children take place at Plains Evangelical Church on Tuesdays at 10.30am during term time. Activities include songs and stories; contact Sheena on 07525 031515 for more information.

Kids’ bible club takes place at Elim Gospel Hall every Thursday from 6.30pm to 7.15pm. The club is free of charge; for more, call 07721 052007.

1st Clyde Scouts meet on Wednesdays at the St David’s and Plains primary schools campus. Beavers, for six- to eight-year-olds, meet from 6.15pm to 7.15pm; Cubs, for ages eight to 10, meet from 7.30pm to 8.30pm. The cost for both meetings is £2.50 and youngsters are asked to take along soft shoes and a drink. Beavers’ Space Badge, fishing and swimming are among the group’s activities. Call 01236 609515 for more.

Chapelhall

Tenants and residents will hold their next meeting on Wednesday, April 11, at 7pm in the senior citizens’ centre. Future gatherings will be held on the second Wednesday of each month, at the same time and venue on Lauchope Street.

Women’s Guild The closing social takes place on Monday, April 9, at 7.30pm. There will be music from the sixties and seventies; entry costs £3, which includes tea.

Silent auction takes place in Chapelhall Parish Church’s large hall, on Russell Street, on Friday, April 20, at 7pm. Admission costs £1 and tea, coffee and home baking will be on sale.

Glenboig

Slimming World will be opening a new group based at the community centre. The first meeting is on Wednesday, April 4, at 7.30pm. Contact Stephen on 07847 332745 for further information.

Petersburn

Four Isles events A boxing club, for those aged eight and over, runs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 6pm to 8pm at the community centre. The venue also hosts an over-50s group on Mondays from noon until 2pm, a toddlers’ group for kids from birth to three years on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am until noon and prize bingo on Tuesday nights from 7pm to 9pm. The Touched By Suicide support group meets once a month; contact Linda on 01294 274273 for more.

Cairnhill

Community council will next meet on Tuesday, April 24, in the All Saints and Rochsolloch primaries’ joint campus on Bellsdyke Road at 7pm. For more on the group’s meetings, call 07880 628108.

Caldercruix

Brigade events The Girls’ Brigade meet in the church hall on Monday evenings; all girls welcome. The Boys’ Brigade meet on Wednesday evenings in the same venue, with Anchor Boys taking place followed by Junior section; primary school-aged boys are invited to attend.

Youth groups The One Way Club, for children in Primary Four to Seven, and Rock Solid group, for secondary school pupils, take place on Tuesday evenings in the church hall and are led by youth worker Jenny. After 9’Ers activity group meets on Fridays from 1pm to 3pm in the community centre. Activities at the community group include arts and crafts, fitness and cooking. The weekly cost is £1.50, which includes tea and snacks. Prize bingo night run by LLOL198 will be held tomorrow in Airdrie Orange hall at 7.30pm; all are welcome.

Clarkston

Bowling club holds its opening day on Saturday, April 14, at 3pm. Memberships are available at a cost of £30 for the first year. All are welcome to join, with loans of bowls and shoes available to get started. For details, contact Tom Clark on 07505 758509.

Prize bingo night will take place in Springfield Community Centre on Thursday, April 12. Doors open at 6.45pm, with eyes down at 7.30pm. Admission is by ticket only, with a few still available from the venue or by calling 01236 763263.

Whinhall Wellwynd art group

meets every Tuesday in the old Weavers Cottages, Wellwynd, from 1pm to 3pm. The group is open to all ages and new members are welcome.

Glenmavis

New Monkland outreach Cafe is held every Wednesday at the church hall from 10.30am to 12.30pm.

Airdrie

Nearly-new sale at New Wellwynd Parish Church hall will be closed this Friday. It will resume on a weekly basis from Friday, April 6, between 10am and 12.30pm; admission is free.

Airdrie Spiritualist Church meet on Tuesdays at Beechbank community

centre in Whinhall from 7.30pm. For more information, call organiser Nan on 01236 767007. Creative writing group meets on the first and third Thursday of each month at Chapelside centre on Black Street, from 12pm to 2pm. The group is looking for new members and welcomes all those interested in writing “in a diverse range of genres, including poetry, short stories and local history”.

@home Youth Centre has a purpose-built recording studio which is available every Friday from 5pm to 10pm with staff on hand to help record and mix tracks. This facility is available free of charge to singers and bands aged under 25. It is run by Airdrie’s community learning and development youth work team; to book recording time, email faganja@ northlan.gov.uk or call 01236 632380.

Recovery cafe run by Love N’Light Recovery Org takes place at Pilgrim community centre on Victoria Place every Saturday from noon until 4pm. Motivational speakers, a conversational cafe, fun hub, 12 steps participation and arts and crafts for kids are all on offer. Contact Bill on 07473 102974 or Jane on 07875 634701 for further details.

Coatbridge

New St Andrew’s Church will hold the following services over the Easter period – Tomorrow, 7.30pm: Maundy Thursday communion; Friday, 7.30pm: Good Friday service: Sunday, 11am: Easter Sunday service.

Lip reading classes Deaf Services Lanarkshire, based at Unit 40 in Fountain Business Centre, Ellis Street, is holding lip reading classes for anyone who is hard of hearing on Thursdays, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm. The “fun, relaxed and informative classes” are free and for more information, call Elaine on 07979 932328 or email iameoh@btinternet.com

Yoga classes take place at Charlotte Toal centre on Thursdays from 6.30pm to 7.30pm. For more details, call 01236 764217.

Indoor bowling club A three-bowl pairs league runs on Tuesdays from 2pm to 4pm; anyone who would like to join this or any other league can call 01236 428641. A two-hour bounce game is held on Thursdays from 2pm to 4pm; this is open to members for £3 and non-members for £4.50. Shoes and bowls can be hired from the club at no extra cost. The club is a hub for organisations including: line dancing on Mondays from 7pm to 9pm, Coatbridge & Airdrie camera club on Tuesdays from 7pm to 9pm, Slimming World on Wednesdays at 6.30pm, Black & White dance group each Thursday at 6.30pm and circle dancing every second Sunday between 2pm and 4pm. Rooms are also available for meetings for further details on the club, phone the number above, email admin@coatbridgeibc.co.uk or visit coatbridgeibc.co.uk.

CAP job club meets on Mondays from noon until 2pm at Hope Church on Bank Street. Those who are looking for work are invited to attend for friendly, practical support in finding a job. Lunch is provided; places can be booked now by calling 0800 328 0006.

Monklands

Airdrie and Coatbridge Sea Cadets meet on Mondays and Wednesdays from 7.15pm to 9.30pm at the Mission Hall on Motherwell Street. All 10- to 18-year-olds are welcome; visit www.airdrie007seacadets.co.uk/