Free taster sessions
for new courses
FREE taster sessions are being held to herald the start of new courses and one-day workshops for adults in Torpoint.
The courses and workshops are being provided by Saltash College which is part of the Cornwall College Group. Daytime courses will run at the Torpoint Council Chambers in York Road, while evening and weekend classes and workshops will be held at Torpoint School.
The free taster sessions are taking place in the next two weeks. Spanish and Yoga will be featured at the school on Monday, September 17, from 7pm, while keep-fit activities will be held at the council chambers from 10am until 1pm on Thursday, September 20. A less strenuous free taster - in patchwork and quilting - will run at the chambers from 10am until noon on Wednesday, September 26.
Other subjects being covered by the new courses which are starting this month include computers, art, food safety, stained glass, GCSE Maths, reflexology, complementary therapies, French, counselling and RYA Dayskipper.
The first one-day workshop will be on the Chinese practice of Feng Shui and will run at the school from 10am on Saturday, September 29. Other workshops will cover life painting, hair/make-up/fashion, papier mache and mosiacs.
A New Horizons activity group is also due to start in the town, under the auspices of Saltash College.
The group, for men and women, will meet in the council chambers on Thursday mornings from October 11.
A similar group runs in Saltash and members devise a varied programme of activities taking in talks, chat, games, quizzes, demonstrations and trips.
Adult education courses are also being held in local villages including Millbrook, Portwrinkle and Sheviock.
Ring Saltash College on 01752 847994 for more information and to book a place on one of the free taster sessions.
Sponsored
walks on
peninsula
A "Walk for Clic" is being held on the Rame Peninsula at the end of the month.
The sponsored walk in aid of the Cancer and Leukaemia in Childhood Trust will begin at Cremyll at 10.30am on Sunday, September 30.
The route of approximately six miles will take walkers through Mount Edgcumbe Country Park to Cawsand and back.
The organisers say all walkers are welcome and sponsor forms can be obtained from 01752 223718.
Meanwhile, a sponsored walk arranged by the Torpoint and Rame Peninsular Lions Club is set to take place on Sunday (September 16) on the Rame Peninsular.
This walk will start at Maker Church at 10am, with a choice of a 5-mile or 10-mile route. Money raised will go to the Cavitron Fund at Derriford Hospital.
Sponsor forms are available from Dave Rosson's barber shop in Elliot Square, Torpoint.
Learn life
saving skills
PEOPLE will have the chance to learn skills that could save a life at a new course running in Torpoint this autumn.
The first aid course will be held on Monday evenings for nine weeks at the St John Ambulance Hall in Marine Drive.
An enrolment evening will be staged on Monday, September 24, between 7.30pm and 9.30pm, with the course beginning on Monday, October 1, at 7.30pm.
More information can be obtained from Superintendent S Mitchell on 01752 822006.
Choir concert
A LOCAL choir, the Kessenyan Singers, will be giving a concert in Torpoint tonight (Friday, September 14).
The concert will be held in St James Church in the town centre and will begin at 7.30pm.
Tickets costing £3 (£2.50 concessions) are being sold in aid of church funds.
Chance to give blood
BLOOD donor sessions will be held in Torpoint next week.
The National Blood Service will be holding the sessions at the Council Chambers in York Road on Friday, September 21 at 1.30pm-3.15pm and 5pm-7.15pm. For more details, contact Mrs W Malia on 01752 812754.