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ST BEUNO’S CHURCH: 1st & 3rd Sunday Morning Prayer service at 10am. 4th Sunday Eucharist harpist service at 10am. ABERFFRAW VILLAGE HALL: Yoga for Beginners with Claire Mace. On Thursdays. Come join us to improve your health and well being and to have fun. Starts at 7.30pm. at the Quaker Meeting House, Dean St. The service will finish at approx 8.30pm with free refreshments and healing shortly later. Admission £2 to include refreshments and towards the church funds’. Phone 01407 840531. BANGOR CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALIST CHURCH: Established in 1947 and affiliated to the Greater World Spiritual Centre, London. Services at 7pm every Thurs at the Quaker Meeting House, Dean St with free refreshments after the Divine Service. No admission fee, only a free-will collection taken during the Service. There is a different guest speaker every week. Everyone is most welcome to attend. BANGOR & MENAI BAHA’IS: The Baha’i Community of Bangor and Menai invite you to join in activities here. The Baha’i Faith is a world religion whose purpose is to unite all mankind in one universal cause, one common faith. Contact bangorbahais@ gmail.com or 07577 777392. WEIGHTWATCHERS: Classes at Penrhosgarnedd Community Centre on Mondays at 5.30pm. HIRAEL CLUB: Cash bingo every Tues. Doors open at 1.30pm for a start at 2pm. Come along and enjoy the friendly atmosphere and light refreshments. GUIDING: Rainbow, Brownie and Guide units. Contact Pat Gadd on 01248 601868. ARMY CADETS: Parade every Tuesday at the Drill hall, Glynne Road from 7pm. If you are over 12 then come along. Call 01248 600363 for details. GLASINFRYN COMMUNITY CENTRE: Tai Chi Qigong class every Tuesday 6.307.30pm. Gentle energising exercises suitable for all. Beginners welcome. First class free. Jill Turner 01248 351672 YOGA: Mondays 10–11.30am, Garth Rd Community Centre, (road to Bangor pier, left up hill at red post box) Call Katie 07717 661717. BANGOR COMMUNITY CHURCH: Meet every Sunday 10.30am and 6.30pm at Coed Mawr Community Centre, (behind Mcdonalds). ASSEMBLIES OF GOD: Pentecostal church. Prince’s Rd, (off College Rd) Upper Bangor. Meeting every Sunday 10.30am and 6.30pm. Warm welcome to all. BUDDHISM: Weekly meditation classes at Coleg Menai, Friddoedd Rd, on Tuesdays from 7-8.15pm. The sessions give an introduction to meditation and also explore some of Buddha’s practical teachings, both of which can help to reduce stress and increase happiness. For details phone 01492 878778 or see website meditatenorthwales.com. BALLROOM AND LATIN AMERICAN DANCE CLASSES: At Canolfan Penrhosgarnedd. Tuesdays. Improvers Class 7.15-8pm. Advanced Class 8-8.45pm Practice Dance/Social Night 1st Tuesday of every month 7.15-9.15. Sunday Evenings, Beginners Class 7-8pm. Private Lessons, Wedding Dance Tuition and Party Bookings by arrangement. IDTA Member and Qualified Teacher. DBS certificate Holder. Contact Kerstina for further details 07920446976. WIDOWERS AND WIDOWS: Social group covering Anglesey, Bangor, Caernarfon and Llyn, set up for widowed people to enjoy life again in the company of other widowed people who understand. As a guide it is suggested people aged 50-70 will get the most from membership, as it aims to be active, out and about. At the moment it meets regularly in Bangor, Menai Bridge and Caernarfon and also meet up weekly for walks, and go to opera, ballet, gigs, cinema, meals, pub quiz and weekends away. If you are an internet user go to www.meetup.com and enter “Anglesey&Gwynedd Widowed” (without the quotes) then apply to join. Or Call Dilwyn on 01248-601599, email dilwyn198@gmail.com, or Lyn on 01286-678252, email lyn2910@yahoo.co.uk Please note: this is not a dating group. BANGOR LUNCH CLUB: Royal Voluntary Service’s lunch club on Wednesdays in Ysgol Hirael, Orme Road, Bangor. Come along for a free lunch for the first 2 weeks. Limited space available for people aged 50+, so call now on 01248 661915 to book your seat. PILATES: Pilates Classes at the Garth Community Centre. Run by Angie Masterson, who has been teaching many forms of exercise for over 35 years. Contact Angie Masterson 01407 831 348 or 07740 902 125 or Les Day on 01248 355180 for further details. ZUMBA DANCE-FITNESS: Weds & Thurs 6.30-7.30pm, Academi, Deiniol Rd. Salsa Tues 8.30pm. Swing Jive Weds 8.15pm. Burlesque Tues 7.30pm. Helen 07751017157 ROYAL VOLUNTARY SERVICE: is looking for new volunteers to join the team and help with its Community Transport, Good Neighbours and Positive Steps services in Gwynedd and Ynys Mon. If you have a few spare hours a week and would like to make a difference in someone’s life, the RVS would like to hear from you. Contact SSAFA GWYNEDD: Seeks new caseworkers in the Gwynedd area to help and support veterans and their families. If you can help, contact Andy Williams 07958524298. BANGOR U3A: Meet 10.30am Thursday mornings in Capel Berea Newydd, Bangor (between Ffordd Penrhos & St David’s Retail Park). For people who are retired from work or parenting. Develop interests and activities with others and share in organising them. New members welcome. Come early after 9.30am for a chat and stay for the event. Further information from www bangoru3a.org.uk and www u3a.org. uk. On Thursday Nov 29 is the annual Members Day when Group activites are reviewed. This is an opportunity for potential members to come and see what members do. There will be no meeting on December 6 and on Thursday December 13 the last meeting for 2018 will be a musical celebration of Christmas with pupils of Ysgol Friars led by their Head of Music Gemma Williams. The first meeting in 2019 will be on Thursday, January 10.. STROKE SUPPORT: Had a Stroke? Need some support? Then come to our local Stroke Cafés or Stroke Groups to meet other Stroke survivors, families and carers in a friendly supportive environment at: Kyffin Café, High Street, Bangor – Every other Friday 10am-noon. For information contact Dave Smith 01248 421356 / 07397 279897 or e-mail nantygors@gmail.com PLAYFORD DANCING: Do you love dancing? Are you secretly oldfashioned? Did you know there is the opportunity to learn Playford dancing in Bangor? This is 17th/ 18th century social dance (think Jane Austen) with informal sessions approximately monthly on Tuesday evenings. Beginners welcome to learn. No partner needed. Fantastic live music! For more information, to book a place on Sunday or Ball tickets, phone Nicki on 07960 371620 or find me on facebook - https://www.facebook.com/dr.nicki.h MORRIS DANCING: Thursdays 8-10pm. Cadi Ha Morris are looking for new members of any gender, aged 16+ to dance or as musicians. Come along on a Thursday evening to try it out free of charge! No experience or partner needed. Just turn up in loose comfortable clothes and trainers or similar. Based in Bangor, it teaches and performs traditional Morris dances from the Cotswolds. September to May practice indoors in Bangor and the summer is spent displaying the team’s skills wherever it can.If you love dancing and are looking for a new challenge, want a new group of friends or simply want to keep fit, free of charge, come and give it a go. For more information or to let us know you’ll be there, find on Facebook or www. cadihamorris.co.uk; email cadihamorris@ gmail.com or phone Nicki on 07960 371620 LIBRARY: 01248 353479. Wednesday: Calm colouring (relaxing activity for adults, 10am-11.30am, November 28. Thursday: Family History Club, 1.30-3.30pm, November 29. Friday: Get On Line (one to one support, prior booking required, half hour slots), 10am-noon, 1.30-3.30pm, November 30. Make Friends with a Book (reading group), 10.45am-12.45pm. November 30. Welsh story and rhyme, 1-2.30pm, November 30. NORTH WALES GUITAR CIRCLE: Celebrates its 13th year and has an open invite for everyone to their annual concert in a bid to raise money for Alaw Ward the cancer unit at Ysbyty Gwynedd. NWGC members of various standards, amateur to professional and various styles, Classical to Rock, will give their free time to perform on Tuesday, December 7 at The Farrar Suite, Bangor City Football Club at 7.45pm. Music will range from Spanish Classical composers to Queen – something to suit all tastes. Entry to the Concert is free – but donations will be welcome to this worthy cause. Audience members are welcome to bring their guitars, to play during the interval, and also to join in Silent Night to round off the evening. For further info on the concert or meetings contact Jane Sinnett 07885 218090/ jane.sinnett@ btinternet.com, or visit the websites www. northwalesguitarcircle.co.uk or www. facebook.com/northwalesguitarcircle. This event is kindly supported by members of NWGC/CGGC and Management at The Farrar Suite, BCFC. BANGOR BIRD GROUP: The next talk will be on Wednesday, December 8 when Ben Porter (Bardsey Naturalist) will talk on “A message from the Arctic”. The meetings start at 7.30pm in the ground floor lecture room of the University’s Brambell Building of the University on Deiniol Road. All are welcome. Cost - £2 to non-members. Membership subscription: £15, concessions £12 Bangor Uni students free For further details ring 01248 714678.