Welcome to the Kington Blackboard

The Kington Blackboard is a community website by and for the community of Kington, Herefordshire.

It is a resource for the community to highlight events and talk about important local issues so get involved!

Email the Kington Blackboard here or use the contact form on 'About Us'

While all comments are welcomed, they will be moderated to ensure that they do not contain racist, sexist, political or slanderous elements.
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Anyone interested…?

I would like to start a ‘Stitch n Bitch’ ((C) Debbie Stoller) group in Kington, and would be very grateful for any constructive ideas as to where, when, how etc. I have some ideas, and would really like to progress this, as I have bags and bags of yarn, just looking at me, as [...] . . . → Read More: Anyone interested…?

International prayer group launched in Kington

An international prayer group backing Barack Obama’s support of the controversial Ground Zero Cordoba Cultural House has been launched in Kington.

The scheme for a 13-storey Islamic cultural centre and mosque several hundred feet away from the site of the Twin Towers has drawn criticism. The backers of the Cordoba House cultural centre believe it [...] . . . → Read More: International prayer group launched in Kington

Oo la la…. French firm gets lights contract

Kington’s Christmas lights will have a touch of ‘ooh la la’ about them this year, after a French company was employed to provide them – at a cost of £11,235.67 over three years.

Blachere Illumination UK, which has an international reputation as the leading supplier in outdoor Christmas and festive lighting, has been commissioned to light [...] . . . → Read More: Oo la la…. French firm gets lights contract

*New* Social announcements page

The Kington Blackboard is pleased to announce a Social Announcements page for all the local family announcements.  It’s a little quiet at the moment so send us your family news – births, graduations, engagements…the list goes on.
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New Police community message service launched

A new online community messaging service, called Ringmaster is now available in Herefordshire. The system, which is used throughout the UK, allows Police to quickly pass information to businesses, Neighbourhood Watch schemes and individual households around the county. The system will circulate a wide variety of information including Local Policing Team messages, urgent [...] . . . → Read More: New Police community message service launched

Allotment Newsletter

Kington Allotment Association’s latest newsletter is now available on the Kington Blackboard.
Kington Online > Kington Allotments.  Click on an image to enlarge.
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KBB is 1 year old!

The Kington Blackboard celebrates it’s first birthday today!
Thank you to everyone on the volunteer team behind the scenes and to everyone who has contributed to make it such a wonderful community site. Keep the good work going!
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Community Music in the Workplace

Introductory course to Community Music in the Workplace
Wednesday 25th & Thursday 26th 10-4pm at The Dance Centre, Powys

This course will give trainees a basic understanding of community music and the skills to delivery good quality, inspiring and safe music sessions. The course is aimed at people already working with music or who want to [...] . . . → Read More: Community Music in the Workplace

Maintenance done

The site has changed a little bit with various upgrades and the team will be working on restoring it to it’s usual state over the next few days but the transfer between servers is now complete. Thank you again.
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Kington Blackboard maintenance

Please expect the Kington Blackboard to be unavailable for a short period during the next 24hrs.
The site is being transferred between servers but normal service will resume shortly.
Thank you for your understanding.
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