Minch Life

Arkwright & Jane's Cash Bingo
2024-02-16 19:15 - 22:00 UTC | Cotswold Club, High Street, Minchinhampton, GL6 9BN, United Kingdom
Book sales from 7.15pm

Always a very popular event with the main bar generally packed out.

Get yourselves along early to grab a table.

Don’t forget your dabber

Minchinhampton Movie Night: The Ladykillers
2024-02-16 19:30 - 22:00 | Minchinhampton Market House, Market Square, Minchinhampton, GL6 9BW, United Kingdom
‘The Ladykillers’ is said to be the finest Britist film comedy ever made. It’s one of the well respected Ealing Comedies, starring Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers and Herbert Lom.
Doors open 7pm, show starts 7.30pm.
Licensed bar – tickets from the Market Stores, £6.

Crown Dog Walk
2024-02-17 10:00 - 12:00 | The Crown Inn, High Street Minchinhampton, GL6 9BN, United Kingdom
Join us for a positively dog-friendly day! Start with coffee, then enjoy a scenic local walk with your furry friends. Donations are welcome, benefiting a canine charity. Optional lunch available upon return. Let’s walk, wag, and make a difference together!

Stroud Micro Dairy Fundraiser BBQ
2024-02-17 18:00 - 21:00 | The Long Table, Brimscombe Mill, Stroud, GL5 2SA, United Kingdom
Fundraiser to support our friends at Stroud Micro Dairy.

CANCELLED: Soul Music Night - Featuring DJ KC
2024-02-17 19:30 - 23:00 | Minchinhampton Market House, Market Square, Minchinhampton, GL6 9BW, United Kingdom
Cancelled due to lack of demand.

Tickets £10.00 – from M & B Stores, Minchinhampton (Cash)
or online https://minchinhamptonmarkethouse.co.uk/soul-music-night/

Arkwright's Quiz at the Cotswold Club
2024-02-17 20:00 - 22:00 | Cotswold Club, High Street, Minchinhampton, GL6 9BN, United Kingdom
Tables of 4, £1.00 per person.

Newcomers Party (Box)
2024-02-18 12:00 - 14:00 | Box Village Hall, Box, Stroud, GL6 9HE, United Kingdom

Snowdrops Festival (in aid of Horsfall House)
2024-02-18 13:00 - 16:00
Welcome to our Snowdrop Festival. 🌱
🟢 11 February, 1pm-4pm
🟢 18 February, 1pm-4pm
Entry is by voluntary donation; please give generously.
Refreshments are available at Hyde End. 🫖
The participating gardens so far are:
Hyde End
Hyde House Cottage
Hyde Court
Ivy Cottage.
Parking is very limited in Hyde so please walk or car share where possible. The route map can be viewed at the following link:
https://shorturl.at/mHPT4

Minchinhampton Gardening Club: Restoring a Victorian Walled Garden & Living with Herbs
2024-02-19 19:30 - 21:30 | Minchinhampton School (C of E Primary Academy), School Road, Minchinhampton, GL6 9BP, United Kingdom
7.00pm for 7.30pm
New members welcome
For more information please contact our
Secretary John Fivash tel: 01453 764956 email: johnfivash@btinternet.com

Cotteswold Naturalists Field Club: The Land Girls
2024-02-20 14:30 - 16:00 | Box Village Hall, Box, Stroud, GL6 9HE, United Kingdom
Speaker: Fiona Warin
2.15 for 2.30 p.m. start.
Contribution of £2 from members and £5 from visitors is requested. Followed by refreshments at no additional charge.
Limited free parking at Village Hall. Additional parking available on the common.

Minch Book Club
2024-02-20 19:00 - 21:00 | The Crown Inn, High Street Minchinhampton, GL6 9BN, United Kingdom
We usually meet on the third Tuesday of the month to chat, drink and talk about the book that has or hasn’t been read.
Contact: Rachel Montgomery at rachel@monty.one or 07715 303707.
Our book for the month is:
Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson

Box Gardening Club: Medicinal Herbs in the Garden
2024-02-20 19:30 - 21:30 | Box Village Hall, Box, Stroud, GL6 9HE, United Kingdom
Speaker: Caroline Sheldrick
The Gardening Club supports a great tradition in Box by promoting a love of gardens and gardening. Anyone is welcome to come along to events or to join the club. We have a show, party and outings as well as regular talks on subjects to suit all levels of skill and interest and a discount on seeds.
Annual Membership fees – £22 for a single member, £40 for family membership. Visitor £4 per talk.

Contact: Email BoxGarden@box-village.com
Or for more information:
Membership – Gill Ogle 01453 839041

M.A.P.S. Meeting (Minchinhampton Additional Needs Parents Support Group)
2024-02-21 09:30 - 11:00 | Minchinhampton Baptist Church (MBC) Office Room, Tetbury Street, Minchinhampton, GL6 9JH, United Kingdom
Welcoming all parents & carers of children with additional needs diagnosed/undiagnosed from Minchinhampton and beyond.

Social Book Club
2024-02-21 10:30 - 12:00 | Minchinhampton Community Library, School Road, Minchinhampton, GL6 9BP, United Kingdom
A relaxing informal book chat over tea and coffee.
We normally have a subject or type of book that we discuss and the subject for the February meeting is “Families”. This can be interpreted however you want!

Messy Church
2024-02-21 15:30 - 17:00 | Holy Trinity Church, Minchinhampton, Holy Trinity Church, Minchinhampton, GL6 9BW
A drink and Cake. A story games and crafts.
Children must bring an adult and there is something for everyone!

Minchinhampton Probus - This Music Business
2024-02-22 10:00 - 12:00 | Porch Room, Holy Trinity Church, Holy Trinity Church, Minchinhampton, GL6 9BP
Speaker: Richard Smith
Minchinhampton Probus meets in the Porch Room of Holy Trinity Church on every second and fourth Thursday in the month with coffee from 10 am. The meeting itself starts at 10.30 am.
New members and guests welcome. tony.e.simmonds@gmail.com

Stop Making Sense (Stroud Film Festival)
2024-02-24 18:00 - 22:30 | The Long Table, Brimscombe Mill, Stroud, GL5 2SA, United Kingdom
Shooting over three nights, Jonathan Demme and his crew captured the energy and eccentricity of Talking Heads’ precisely conceived and executed live show, with all its brilliant bits of business: the existential sight gag of Byrne swallowed up in his “Big Suit;” the gentle lyricism of Tom Tom Club’s “Genius of Love;” the mesmerizing, synchronized calisthenics of the band and its indefatigable backup singers. Renowned filmmaker Demme (Silence of the Lambs) captures the band at their exhilarating best, in this new and complete restoration for the film’s 40th anniversary.
The Long Table will be sporting an New York 80s vibe for the evening and there will be both seating and standing/ dancing space available.
Delicious pay-as-you-can meal available from 6pm – concert screening from 7.30pm.

Charity Quiz (in aid of Horsfall House)
2024-02-24 19:00 - 22:00 | Minchinhampton Baptist Church (MBC) Office Room, Tetbury Street, Minchinhampton, GL6 9JH, United Kingdom
Minchinhampton Baptist Church presents a Charity Quiz Night, raising funds for Horsfall House.
Nibbles provided, bring your own bottle.

Maximum of 6 per team, £20 suggested minimum donation to Horsfall House in lieu of tickets.

To enter your team please make a donation via the tickets link, or email fundraising@horsfallhouse.co.uk

https://cafdonate.cafonline.org/25101?fbclid=IwAR01obuVGzeQtp0fzF7XqxVM3NkantfYuO2B9owSZB3Eq3fhhRjmjn_B2-0#!/DonationDetails

CANCELLED: Mrs Baker’s Company
2024-02-24 19:30 - 22:00 | Minchinhampton Market House, Market Square, Minchinhampton, GL6 9BW, United Kingdom
MRS BAKER’S COMPANY
Written and performed by Alison Neil
Directed by David Collison
Mrs Sarah Baker shone brightly as a theatre manager at the beginning of the 1800s. She started performing as a child in her family’s troupe at the famous Sadlers Wells pleasure gardens. She never learnt to read, but she could dance on a rope. Her family toured the country, eking out a living as entertainers, but classed as ‘rogues and vagabonds’ who could be run out of town or imprisoned at the whim of a local magistrate or mayor.
Sarah Baker formed her own company and struggled cheerfully to gain respect – and respectability – against almost impossible odds. Her fascinating story is that of the ‘strolling players’, a world of make-believe and slapstick, mixing with the highest and the lowest, providing a touch of magic wherever they stopped their wagons and erected a stage.
Sarah recounts her adventures in Alison Neil’s latest one-woman show. Her struggles and triumphs are both moving and inspiring, and as Mrs Baker would say, shows what you can do with just three things: good health, good luck, hard work and some very good friends.
Tickets £12.50 online https://minchinhamptonmarkethouse.co.uk/mrs-bakers-company/
or from M & B Stores (Cash only) 4 weeks prior to the event

Walking and Wildlife Group - Conifer Identification at Cyril Hart (Speech House) Arboretum in the Forest of Dean.
2024-02-25 09:30 - 13:00 | Bell Lane Car Park, Minchinhampton, United Kingdom
Karen will be leading this walk to identify conifers at Cyril Hart Arboretum (Speech House Arboretum) in the Forest of Dean. Meet at Bell Lane car park at 9.30 am.
The Walking and Wildlife Group are an informal group of friends who enjoy, walking, wildlife, good company and the occasional trip to the pub. You are very welcome to join us – but entirely at your own risk!
We generally walk on the last Sunday of each month, starting at 10.30 and finishing by lunchtime, unless otherwise specified in the programme.
If the weather is very poor, we will cancel by email by 9am on the relevant morning.

All walks use public footpaths which may be steep, rough and slippery. Prepare accordingly.
Please contact karencolebourn@gmail.com to be added to the circulation list.

Cotswold Wellness Hub Walk
2024-02-25 11:00 - 13:45 | The Crown Inn, High Street Minchinhampton, GL6 9BN, United Kingdom
Lace-up your boots for a lively 4 mile trek through the stunning villages of Amberley and Burleigh. It’s not just a walk; it’s an experience, topped off with a hearty lunch at the Crown Inn.

We’re starting from The Crown at 11am, aiming to finish our walk by 1:45 pm. Just in time to tuck into that roast!

After we’ve soaked up all that nature and maybe even taken a dip, we’re heading back to the pub at 1:45 pm, where we eat as a community to share stories experiences and make new friends.

Dogs Welcome.

All this for £22.50! That includes the guided walk, £10 towards your roast of choice and a £2.50 donation to Sunflowers Suicide Support.

Spaces are limited, and this isn’t just any walk in the park. It’s a walk, snap, dip and roast kind of day.

Ready to join the fun?
Click on the link

https://bit.ly/3SVTa09

Minchinhampton Parish Council - Full Council Meeting
2024-02-26 19:00 - 21:30 | Minchinhampton Baptist Church (MBC) Office Room, Tetbury Street, Minchinhampton, GL6 9JH, United Kingdom
Members of the public wishing to join the meeting should email the clerk to confirm details.
Email: clerk@minchinhampton-pc.gov.uk
The agenda can be found on the Parish Council website before the meeting:
https://www.minchinhampton-pc.gov.uk/council-meetings.html

Women's Wellbeing Retreat
2024-02-27 - 2024-02-28 | Burleigh Court Hotel, Burleigh Lane Stroud, GL5 2PF, United Kingdom
A new wellbeing programme focussing on holistic health including specific topics like the menopause.
SoulSisters will be holding an inspirational, empowering retreat at Burleigh Court providing the tools to not only help you get through this next season of life but also show you that this is a time of rebirth and transformation, renewing your sense of purpose.
The retreat will be an immersive, engaging and inclusive overnight retreat full of learning, laughter and connecting, for individuals who want to thrive through perimenopause, menopause and beyond. The retreat is hosted by SoulSisters and includes an all-inclusive overnight package.
01453 883804
Emailreservations@burleighcourtcotswolds.co.uk

Stroud Businesswomen's Networking Meeting
2024-02-29 09:30 - 11:00 | Minchinhampton Golf Club, Minchinhampton, Stroud, GL6 9BE, United Kingdom
Non-members who would like a free introductory meeting to try us out please drop us an email beforehand to enquiries@stroudbusinesswomen.org.uk .
Meeting Hosted by our Chair Tanya De Leersnyder

8.45 am doors open

9.30am Start meeting
Introductions
10am See speaker details

10.40 Shout Out
11am Close

Speaker today: Penny Newton-Hurley of Commpassion Limited
Penny brings a strategy of compassion to her work with CEOs, people leaders, teams and individuals. She believes advanced compassionate communication techniques not only transform culture,engage employees, boost performance and enhance wellbeing, but in the wider context have the power to change how the world speaks and listens.
She is founder of Commpassion Ltd, an interpersonal communication and emotional intelligence specialist, coach, trainer, psychological safety facilitator and workplace mediator.
She will tell us more about her work, her inspiration and her journey to becoming owner/director of Commpassion Limited.
Meeting Hosted by our Chair Tanya De Leersnyder

Burleigh Supper Club
2024-02-29 18:30 - 21:00 | Burleigh Court Hotel, Burleigh Lane Stroud, GL5 2PF, United Kingdom
A unique dining experience, led by Head Chef, Shaun Jones and featuring a sensational 7-course tasting menu.
Bond with other like-minded food lovers around one big table as you feast on seasonal dishes made from the finest locally-sourced ingredients. The menu will be a tastebuds-tingling surprise and not revealed before the night (it will feature meat and fish).
£79 per person
A wine flight is available separately to order on the night.
T&Cs: Drinks are not included. The menu will contain meat and fish. You can cancel until 12 noon two days before the event and receive a full refund. If you need to cancel on shorter notice, we’ll retain a £25 cancellation fee.
The menu is not suitable for anyone with complex dietary requirements. If you have dietary requirements please enquire before you book.

Crown Quiz
2024-02-29 19:00 - 22:00 | The Crown Inn, High Street Minchinhampton, GL6 9BN, United Kingdom
Come along for our monthly quiz, held on the last Thursday of each month. Test your knowledge and enjoy a night of friendly competition at our lively pub quiz – where trivia meets great company for an evening of fun and brain-teasing excitement.
Only £1 per person entry. Book a table now to avoid disappointment email crownminchinhampton@youngs.co.uk or phone 01453 608010

World Day of Prayer
2024-03-01 14:00 - 15:00 | Holy Trinity Chuch, Amberley, Stroud, GL5 5JG, United Kingdom
A women-led, global, ecumenical movement.
Our local service organised by church members from Amberley, Box, Brimscombe, Minchinhampton, Rodborough and Woodchester. Play corner for children, refreshments afterwards.

Box Bar
2024-03-01 18:30 - 21:00 | Box Village Hall, Box, Stroud, GL6 9HE, United Kingdom
Box Bar continues to lubricate the village on the first and third Friday of every month. It is well supported and has become a very enjoyable social hub for the village.
It serves wine, prosecco, gin and tonic, organic cider, organic lager and beers from Stroud brewery, plus a selection of soft drinks. The draft organic pale ale on sale is now gluten free.
The bar has a card reader, so you don’t need to bring cash. The profits from the bar help to fund the Village Hall.

Wendy's Cash Bingo
2024-03-01 19:15 - 22:00 | Cotswold Club, High Street, Minchinhampton, GL6 9BN, United Kingdom
Get yourselves along early to grab a table as this is always a very popular event.

Members and their guests welcome as always.

Coffee Morning
2024-03-02 10:00 - 12:00 | Porch Room, Holy Trinity Church, Holy Trinity Church, Minchinhampton, GL6 9BP
All are welcome. If you require a lift please call 01453 889004
