The Yamaha Music Foundation’s flagship music education course for young children will launch for the very first time in London on Thursday 14 November and Saturday 16 November 2019. It will be based at Croydon’s Fairfield Halls, which re-opened in September following a multi-million pound Croydon council-led restoration. The Yamaha Music School is just one […]
To encourage more people in Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch to visit their local leisure centre by bike, BH Live is working with the award-winning British urban cycling brand Beryl, and BCP Council, to bring Beryl’s local bike-sharing service closer to our front doors. Beryl bike parking bays have recently been added at Littledown Centre and […]
Earlier this year, BH Live launched a new range of children’s lunch boxes at its Terrace Cafés in Dorset, Hampshire and London. The range is significantly lower in sugar, salt and fat. The lunch boxes contain five items and products include a choice of sandwich, Burts Lentil Waves, Robinsons Fruit Shoot Juiced, a Hartley’s Jelly […]
In Portsmouth it is estimated that twenty-two thousand people aged 45 or over have knee or hip osteoarthritis. To help local residents manage the chronic joint pain and reduced mobility associated with these conditions, BH Live has teamed up with Solent NHS Trust Physiotherapy Outpatient Departments. Together they are rolling out a nationally recognised education […]
The Mayors of Croydon and Arnhem will be special guests at the newly-refurbished Fairfield Halls tomorrow (Saturday 12 Oct) to formally reopen the Arnhem Foyer in honour of the two towns’ historic ties. Together the Mayors will unveil a plaque which dedicates the space – which reopened last month following a multi-million pound council restoration of the […]
The curtain is set to rise on Fairfield Halls next week following a multi-million refurbishment which has restored the iconic Croydon building to its former glory. A major Croydon Council investment has transformed the much-loved venue into a stunning new arts centre, where in partnership with the council, operators BH Live will deliver an exciting programme […]
As the reopening of Fairfield Halls in Croydon approaches, BH Live is pleased to announce that Chineke! Orchestra will become an ‘Orchestra in Partnership’ at the venue. Founded by musician Chi-chi Nwanoku OBE in 2015 Chineke! Orchestra is the first professional orchestra in Europe to be made up of majority black and minority ethnic musicians. […]
Award-winning actress Dame Judi Dench will be in Croydon next month to kick-off a week-long series of events celebrating the reopening of Fairfield Halls. Dame Judi will formally reopen the Ashcroft Playhouse, previously known as the Ashcroft Theatre, on Monday 16 September, with an exclusive Q&A hosted by broadcaster John Hannam about her friend and […]
To coincide with the UK’s Heritage Open Days festival, the hugely popular Dorset Architectural Heritage Week is set to return for its 26th consecutive year in September 2019. The brand new programme, which contains details of all the properties taking part this year, has launched. And new for this year are tours of Bournemouth Pavilion, the town’s Grade II listed […]
BH Live, in partnership with Nordic Walking UK and Portsmouth City Council, is celebrating after being awarded £4,200 of National Lottery funding to run a series of low cost Pole Walking sessions across the city. The weekly walking sessions, which begin next week, are open to all from absolute beginners to experienced walkers. A Pole Walking Rehabilitation session […]