AN indoor car boot sale is coming to Colden Common. 
It will be held at Colden Common Community Centre on Saturday, September 7 from 11am to 12.30pm. 
Entry costs 50p. Tables cost £5.
For more details, contact events@coldencommoncc.co.uk to request a form, call on 01962 715789, or stop by and collect a form from the community centre office.

A DIGITAL skills workshop is being held in Colden Common in September. 
The free workshop starts on Thursday, September 12 at 11am to 1pm and lasts for eight weeks at the community centre. 
The digital skills include security, emails, Google, Zoom, shopping and more. 
For more details, call 07966 474188 or email digitalskills@solentmind.org.uk. 

TWYFORD Parish Hall is hosting its annual holistic wellness event in September.
It will be held on Sunday, September 8 from 11am to 4pm. 
There will be a wide range of stalls including: pyrography, kinesiology, LaStone therapy, cacao ceremonies, crystal ball readings, angelic readings, intuitive coaching and more. 
£2 admission for over 16's.

SAVE the date for Colden Common's scarecrow festival in October. 
It will be held around the village on Sunday, October 6 from 10am to 3pm.
In a Facebook post, organisers said: “Our popular annual community event returns. Join us for a scarecrow hunt around Colden Common. With tasty chocolate treat (allergy alternatives available), wonderful arts and crafts and fab raffle prizes. Great family fun for all ages, with riddles to solve for older children. Everyone is invited! £5 per child. Price includes entry to the trail and prize, entry to the arts and crafts and colouring competitions and a drink and a biscuit.
“Hot drinks will be served in stoneware cups. If you would like to purchase a drink to take away with you, please bring your own reusable mug.”

COLDEN Common Community Pantry is appealing for donations.
They need - tinned food: e.g. meat/vegetarian stews, curries, soup, fish, baked beans, tomatoes, Fray Bentos pies.
Unopened packets of dry food: e.g. breakfast cereals, tea, biscuits. Sachets of rice or pasta.
Jars: e.g. coffee, jams, marmalade, sauces, frankfurters.
Cleaning and personal hygiene items: e.g. sanitary products, nappies, toilet rolls, toothbrushes and toothpaste, shower gel, shampoo.
Tinned vegetables are not in demand except tomatoes.
For more details, email coldencommoncommunitypantry@proton.me or call 01962 712610. 

COLDEN Common Youth Football Club is recruiting for a new girls' team.
They have started the U11 Royals for year five and six children this season. 
To register an interest, contact secretary@ccyfc.co.uk. 

A HAMPSHIRE village music festival is fast approaching.
The Locality Festival will be held on Saturday, August 31 from 4pm at the Phoenix Inn.
A range of musicians will be performing, including: Mackenzie Gordon-Smith, Ed Sheeran Experience and Kings of Lyon.
There will also be entertainment for children including a bouncy castle and face painting. The Phoenix Inn will be providing Ale, cider, Pimms and Prosecco; Sams Mobile Catering - fish and chips; St Mary's PTA – tuck shop; and Marucci's ice cream van.
For more details about tickets, visit eventbrite.co.uk/e/locality-festival-tickets-726266892827. 

LOOKING ahead, the Twyford pumpkin revival is returning. 
It will be held at The Bugle Inn on Sunday, October 13 from 5.30pm. 
There will be food, drinks, weigh the pumpkin competition and more. 

THE next Twyford Waterworks open day is this weekend. 
It will be open to the public on Sunday, September 1 when much of the site will be open and in operation as possible.
For more details, visit twyfordwaterworks.co.uk.