November 2009 Archives

HANDWRITING expert Allan Conway, from Stanmore, will be speaking at Northwood Business Club's networking meeting on Monday December 14 at Batchworth Park Golf Club, London Road, Rickmansworth, at 7.30pm.
Tickets are £18 and must be booked in advance from Annick Devillard at annick@therooster.co.uk

A lecture on around the world topics ranging from science and consciousness to the holistic principles of life and health with great depth, clarity and humour will be given by Dr Prashant Kakode on Wednesday 25th November from 7.45 - 915pm.

Music at St Lawrence's, Whitchurch Lane, Canons Park. The Grier sisters are playing on Sunday 15th November at 3.00 pm. Admission £5 includes refreshments in the Church Hall after the concert.

THE creator of a comedy workshop has become the poster boy - and role model - for a new campaign to encourage people into volunteering.
Rui Jorge, 21, of Homefield Road, Edgware, is one of four young people to be chosen as the face of the 'Good for Nothing' project from volunteering charity 'v' (CORR).
He started a stand-up comedy club, Grab Your Mike, to provide teenagers with the opportunity to improve their confidence and public speaking skills through the innovative medium of comedy.
Seven sessions have been held at a hall in Station Road, Edgware, and another five are planned this month.
Through the publicity material - posters, videos and a profile on the web - Rui has become a local celebrity and getting recognised hasn't phased the young man, who is already well known in the area.
Commenting on his new found fame, Rui said: "Publicity is important, it backs up what I'm saying."
The poster boy explains that being recognised is a good thing as it shows local youngsters that someone from their own community is making it big and aiming high is not impossible.
As the eldest of seven children, Rui has always enjoyed looking after those around him.
After attending Deansbrook Junior School in Edgware, then completing his A levels at Edgware School, now London Academy, the 21-year-old attended Brunel University in Uxbridge to study business management accounting.
However, while away studying, Rui had concerns for his siblings due to crime and the stabbing of a friend made him realise that he wanted to make his community a better place and turned the enjoyment of helping others into a vocation.
Rui realised that he could do so much more than academics: "I was sitting in my room studying accountancy and realised there was more to life. At this time, it's your actions that count."
Not always the self-assured young man he is now, Rui grew more confident when he had to approach people to promote the Brunel Entrepreneurs Society events.
"I found it tough at first, I wasn't used to it.  The more I did it, the more I overcame my fears and it pushed me to gain confidence."
With this experience, he was encouraged to apply to 'v' to put into place a training programme where young people learn essential social skills such as public speaking through practising performance comedy.
Rui proudly said the motivations for his work are the very people he assists.
"I've always had the desire to help others. They inspire me."
n If you want to get involved with this campaign go to www.vinspired.com for more information

A TALK about some of the most notable British winters of the past 1,000 years - including when the River Thames used to freeze over - is to be held on Wednesday, November, 18 at 7.30 pm at St Lawrence Church Hall, Whitchurch Lane, Edgware.
Speaker Ian Currie presents weather programme on BBC Southern Counties radio, writes a column for 'Garden News' and co-wrote a book on the 1987 hurricane.

A handbag belonging to a 60-year-old woman was snatched from her on Friday (06/11) in Wetheral Drive, Stanmore, near the junction of Coledale Avenue.
The male suspects, wearing dark clothing, approached the victim from behind and grabbed the bag as they ran past.

1st Queensbury Rainbows Christmas Table Sale is being held at The Rochdale Scout Centre, Roch Ave, Edgware on Friday 13th November from 5.30 - 8pm.

WORKERS across the borough wore pink on Friday (30/10) at the culmination of 31 days of fundraising for Breakthrough Breast Cancer's Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Patients and clinicians at private hospital The Clementine Churchill Hospital in Sudbury Hill, Harrow on the Hill, generated £360 after participants donned the signature colour and sold pink cupcakes.
Organiser Nicky Bhatt, women's health physiotherapist, said: "It's been a great success and the informal atmosphere has encouraged patients to form friendships and on going support outside the realms of the hospital."
Employees at Preston Bennett estate agents' branch in Church Road, Stanmore, shed their usual suited and booted image in aid of 'Wear It Pink' day.
Press spokesman Jeff Galatin said: "Estate agents sometimes have a reserved image, but the company revealed its fun pink side".
In wearing the fuchsia attire, they have so far raised £250 and are expecting more funds to follow.
Throughout October, staff at Debenhams in Station Road, Harrow, wore pink T-shirts and customers ate pink glittery fairy cakes in aid of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Alongside the fundraising, staff handed out cards promoting breast cancer awareness and store spokesperson Nicola Trucker said it was "a good feeling to see people go the extra mile".
Last year, Breakthrough Breast Cancer raised £3.5million nationwide for 'Wear It Pink' day.

RED meat lovers can apply to join an exclusive invite-only steak tasting evening held to promote a Harrow Weald restaurant's new menu.
The Leefe Robinson, a Miller and Carter steakhouse in Uxbridge Road, wishes to give guests an opportunity to try three new cuts of beef- a T-Bone, a Porterhouse sirloin on the bone and Cote de Beouf classic bone in rib steak - as well as other dishes they may have not sampled before.
Diners will also receive advice on how to match your wine with your meal from an expert from Concha Y Toro.
The menu taster evening on Wednesday, November 11, is limited to 100 places.
N To register, contact the restaurant on 07518 369 188 or email your details to anya@htpr.co.uk