Taking place at cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens, when Northampton Saints play Saracens, in the Gallagher Premiership, on 29th March, the event will promises to be a memorable occasion.Established in 2018, Northampton Saints Foundation uses the values of rugby and the power of sport to inspire, support and education people across Northamptonshire, Milton Keynes and Ipswich.Their annual event aims to raise awareness and crucial funds, to support young people on their education and social inclusion programmes.Attendees can expect to be greeted with free flags, courtesy of flag sponsor Approved Business Finance, as they enter the stadium. Northampton Saints players will...

28 March, 2024

Boughton House is looking forward to opening its doors over the Easter (Saturday 30th March to Monday 1st April) and May Bank Holiday weekends (Saturday 4th to Monday 6th May and Saturday 25th to Monday 27th May). This year, in addition to the world-class art collection and fascinating history, visitors can admire the newly restored State Room ceilings, which were featured in Hollywood epic Napoleon and view works by local artists.The State Rooms at Boughton House were originally built to impress the King and Queen, William and Mary, by showing them the contemporary style and tastes of the French Court....

28 March, 2024

More than 140 creative pupils at a Corby village primary school took part in a special Easter colouring competition run by a local estate agent.All children in Years 1 to 6 at Gretton Primary Academy took part in the competition run by Belvoir in George Street, Corby, for a chance to win a chocolate Easter egg.Many of the children, aged between five and 11, used colourful patterns in their designs, and some chose to focus on Easter specific drawings of eggs, bunnies, chicks and crosses.One talented winner was chosen from each year group.In Year 1, Rei Cambridge took the prize....

28 March, 2024

More than 3,500 people accessed Corby Food Bank over the past 12 months – 20 per cent more than the year before – as the cost-of-living crisis continues to grip the town.Of the people given food packages by the charity last year, more than a third were children.Corby Food Bank operates two days each week, Monday and Friday, distributing three-day emergency, non-perishable food parcels from its centre at St Peter and St Andrew's Church on Beanfield Avenue.The food bank first opened in 2012 and as the scale of the operation has grown to meet demand, the service has expanded and...

28 March, 2024

After a successful launch last month, the world premiere production of Cluedo 2 is now adding a second autumn leg to its hugely popular UK tour and will now run until November 2024. Starring Casualty’s Jason Durr as Colonel Mustard and Ellie Leach – the reigning Strictly Come Dancing champion, who is making her stage acting debut – as Miss Scarlett, the show is based on the classic Hasbro board game, which celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. The nine-month tour will now visit 12 additional theatres culminating in Northampton on 30 November.Audiences in Leeds, Bromley, Southend, Worthing, Guildford, Darlington,...

28 March, 2024

Advice on electricity and gas, warm packs and emergency credit - a new project for people living in north Northamptonshire has been made possible thanks to Community Law Service.The local charity, which has received funding via the Household Support Fund from North Northamptonshire Council, will be supporting people in the north of the county who are experiencing significant difficulties when it comes to affording their essential energy costs. This will be done in partnership with Care and Repair Northamptonshire, whose team will carry out home energy assessments and small works to make homes warmer.A second strand to this funding is...

28 March, 2024

Northamptonshire based Membership organisation NNBN has been named a finalist ahead of the Midlands final of the StartUp Awards.The UK StartUp Awards was launched to recognise the booming start-up scene across the UK which has accelerated over the last few years with over 900,000 new businesses founded in the UK in 2023, a 12% increase from the year before.Over 900 businesses have been shortlisted for this year’s UK StartUp Awards and the contribution of these firms - all of which were started in the last three years - is significant, having created nearly 6,000 new jobs since they were established...

27 March, 2024

Teams from the council recently joined forces with 70 volunteers from local businesses and community group to plant more than 650 trees at sites across Corby and Kettering.Companies and groups including Axil Integrated Services Ltd, BakeAway, Ricoh UK Ltd, RS Components and Natural-Ise all took part in plantings at sites to help boost canopy cover and ensure future growth on existing shelterbelts and parklands.All trees planted by the 70 volunteers were a mixture of 14 different native species including; Rowan, Wild Cherry, English Oak, Hawthorn and Silver Birch. It hoped that the trees will succeed and eventually replace those which...

27 March, 2024

Heritage leaders and experts from across the UK visited Delapré Abbey this month for a two-day conference focused on the vital role heritage plays in promoting wellbeing.The conference was hosted at Delapré Abbey and organised in partnership with Historic England, the Council for British Archaeology and the Southampton Institute for Arts and Humanities.Historians, sociologists, archaeologies, academics, volunteers and charity leaders from across the UK travelled to Northamptonshire for a packed programme of workshops, talks, presentations and panels.Richard Clinton, CEO of Delapré Abbey, said: “We are honoured to be able to host two days of people sharing their experiences and thoughts...

26 March, 2024

The kind-hearted team at Northampton’s Bhangals Construction Consultants have made their annual Easter donation to Cynthia Spencer Hospice.This is the third consecutive year that the construction consultancy has given chocolate eggs to the hospice to share with patients, their families and the hospice staff.Last week, director Karen Bhangal and associate operations director Katie Newman delivered a car boot full of Easter eggs, which they hope will bring a smile.Karen said: “It is our pleasure to be able to support Cynthia Spencer Hospice and our Easter eggs are just a small gesture of gratitude for all the incredible work that the...

26 March, 2024

A new dynamic duo has boosted the customer experience team at Vulcan Works.Customer experience assistants Sian Wright and Lulu Barber have joined the fold at the popular Northampton workspace.The pair are the first faces that visitors and customers will meet at the centre, which offers office rental, coworking spaces, meeting rooms and business support opportunities.Sian, who previously ran a café and similar retail businesses, also manages the social media and website for Vulcan Works.She said: “Vulcan Works is nothing like anything anyone has ever seen before in Northampton. Rather than gutting it from its originality and making it a standard...

25 March, 2024