St Albans Podcast with Danny Smith

Matt Adams from the Herts Advertiser joined us for another local news update. Included in the week’s slew of stories is news of the 25th anniversary of YouthTalk.  You can find out more on their website.  To find out more about the latest news for our area check out the Herts Advertiser website.

Also on the show is Anna from Communities First.  Anna spoke about volunteering opportunities both with communities 1st and with their member organisations. If you would like to find out more then please contact Communities First on 01727 649950 or email [email protected]. You can visit them at the civic centre hub on a Tuesday contact to make an appointment.

Communities 1st also have two courses coming up Know your Energy workshop. This one-hour session on energy aims to explain what is happening in the energy market and how it is affecting clients. This session is online, on the 12th Oct from 11.00 to 12.00 pm.  Participants can sign up – Register Here

And our Anybody can volunteer session. If you wish to take your first steps towards volunteering, this one hour online session will aim to answer the how, where, when, why and what of volunteering.

This session is on Zoom November 2nd, 2022 11:00 AM through 12:00 PM.  Sign up link – Register Here

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Hosts Matt Adams and Danny Smith bring us another edition of The St Albans Podcast.  On this week’s show, as well as discussing local news stories, Danny speaks to fellow presenter Howard Linskey.  In addition to hosting the St Albans Film Guide, Howard is also an acclaimed author and has two books out this month.  Find out more about Howard on his website http://www.howardlinskey.co.uk/

To find out more about local news in St Albans and surrounding areas, check out https://www.hertsad.co.uk/

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On today’s show, Alan Bellinger brings us another edition of Health Matters.  To find out more about the topics he covers, and to find any relevant links, check out his article https://www.stalbanspodcast.com/2022/09/21/health-matters-september-2022/

Also on today’s show, Matt Adams from the Herts Advertiser shares the latest local news.  To find out more, look at the Herts Advertiser’s website.  To find out more about the Herts Young Homeless Sleep-out, check out their website.

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Matt Adams and Danny Smith present another show focussing on local news, issues and matters of interest.to the people of St Albans and beyond.  On this week’s show, in addition to our weekly look at local news, we hear from our literary correspondent Clare Hobba.  This month’s book recommendations are memoirs:

THINGS I DON’T WANT TO KNOW – DEBORAH LEVY, 2014

EDUCATED – TARA WESTOVER, 2018

THIS IS NOT A PITY MEMOIR – ABI MORGAN, 2022

Clare Hobba is an Author & Creative Writing Tutor.  Here are details of her upcoming courses:

Creative Writing – Essential Skills – the Bookshop on the Hill, St Albans, starting Tuesday 27th September, 10-12 am

If you have the urge to write, this is an opportunity to develop your essential skills. Following our first very successful four-week course, we shall continue to explore the fundamental techniques of writing in the creative atmosphere of Books on the Hill’s reading room.

Moments of Illumination – morning of October 15 th at St Albans Cathedral

A workshop aimed at anybody who wishes to explore ideas to inspire their Creative Writing, whether beginner or experienced. For adults.

For her blog about one green family making their way through theCovid Crisis:

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Following their summer break, hosts Danny Smith and Matt Adams bring us more of the latest local stories.  Find out more at www.hertsad.co.uk

Anna from Communities 1st and the Volunteer Centre returns with her monthly look at the local volunteering scheme. You can find out more at https://www.communities1st.org.uk/volunteer-centre.

Anna discussed membership of Communities 1 st for organisations and community groups.

Anna went on to discuss the Anyone Can Volunteer online course. This session is for anybody who is looking to embark on their volunteering journey. You can register by visiting here and clicking register now

Lastly, she spoke about A New You, the free confidence-building course that explores team

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On today’s show, Alan Bellinger brings us another edition of Health Matters.  To find out more about the topics he covers, and to find any relevant links, check out his article https://www.stalbanspodcast.com/2022/07/20/health-matters-july-2022/

Also on today’s show, Matt Adams from the Herts Advertiser shares the latest local news.  To find out more, look at the Herts Advertiser’s website.

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On this week’s edition of the show, Matt Adams from The Herts Advertiser talks about the latest local news.

Also on the show, we get the latest book recommendations from regular correspondent Clare Hobba.  Here are her choices for July, inspired by her recent visit to Hadrian’s Wall

The Wall: Rome’s Greatest Frontier

Hadrian’s Wall: Creating Division

The Eagle of the Ninth

Clare also has a few creative writing courses coming up:

Creative Writing – Essential Skills – the Bookshop on the Hill, St Albans, starting Tuesday 27th September, 10-12 am

Illumination – the morning of October 15th at St Albans Cathedral – details on their website soon

Find out more about Clare on her website http://clarefhobba.blogspot.co.uk/

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Matt Adams from The Herts Advertiser joins us for another look at the biggest local news stories.  Find out more on their website.

Anna from Communities 1st also joins us.  She spoke about meetings for Ukrainian refugees. Find out more on the Herts With Ukraine website www.hertswithukraine.org.uk/local-activities

She also spoke about two health support groups running at the Jolly Sailor Pub, 3 Stonecross, st Albans, AL1 4AA. The first group is for those with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and will be held at 10am and the second group is for those with Diabetes from 12pm. For more information please email [email protected] or call 01727 649900.

Anna also spoke about Employer Supported Volunteering events. To find out more, get in touch with us at [email protected]

Lastly, Anna mentioned A New You, the free confidence-building course that explores team

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On this week’s edition of the show, Matt Adams from The Herts Advertiser talks about the latest local news, including plans for the Alban Arena and an update on our Charter Market.

Also on the show this week we get the latest book recommendations from regular correspondent Clare Hobba.  Here are her choices for June:

Andrea Levy – Small Island, 2004

Bernardine Evaristo – Girl, Woman, Other, 2019

Ordinary People – Diane Evans, 2018

Find out more about Clare on her website http://clarefhobba.blogspot.co.uk/

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On today’s show, Alan Bellinger brings us another edition of Health Matters.  To find out more about the topics he covers, and to find any relevant links, check out his article

Also on today’s show, Matt Adams from the Herts Advertiser shares the latest local news, including a story about the Book Of St Alban, arguably an ancient graphic novel.  To find out more, look at the Herts Advertiser’s website.

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