Bovington: Bump, baby & toddler event - Sun 25th Jan 2026 Register your interest now!

 

In partnership with Little Pickles Markets, The Tank Museum is proud to present its first Bump, Baby & Toddler event – featuring special guest speaker Zoe Blaskey.

Visitors can browse the baby & children’s nearly new sale, listen to a range of talks from our guest speakers, enjoy baby & toddler-friendly activities and enjoy exploring The Tank Museum – with its soft play area, perfect for tots!

Plus, for this event, The Tank Museum is delighted to offer 50% off admission – and under 4s go free! Register your interest Little Pickles Market - The Tank Museum to be notified when tickets become available.

Information provided by Bovington HIVE

Dorset: Santa lands at Monkey world Fri 19th - Mon 22nd Dec

 

As well as meeting Santa and receiving a special present from him, your little monkeys can enjoy a Christmas trail around the park and even make a present for the primates with Santa’s Elves!

Directions: Monkey World, Tout Hill, Longthorns, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 6HH

For more information click Monkey World

Information provided by Bovington HIVE

Bovington: HIVE office Christmas closure dates

Blandford HIVE office (outreach from Bovington) will reopen Monday 5th January
Bovington HIVE will reopen Tuesday 6th January.

Information provided by Bovington HIVE 

Dorset: Kid's New Years Eve Party (Wool village)

 

At Wool Royal British Legion, Colliers Lane. BH20 6DJ

Information provided by Bovington HIVE

Blandford: Mr Merlin festive family show - Mon 22nd Dec

 

Festive family show starring Mr Merlin and Okey Dokey the Dragon at the Corn Exchange, Market Place, Blandford Forum. DT11 7AG

Book tickets HERE for either:
10:30am-11:15am OR 11:45am-12:30pm.

It is open to all and is free to attend. However, one ticket per person must be booked to ensure that we remain within capacity of the Corn Exchange hall.

Children must be accompanied by an adult for the duration of the 45min show.

Refreshments - teas, coffees, cakes and cold drinks - will be available from the Corn Exchange kitchen, raising funds for the Mayor's Charities.

DK Sweets will also be there, with a great selection of sweets!

Information provided by Bovington HIVE

Blandford: Garrison christmas carol service - Wed 24th Dec

Christmas Eve Carols by Candlelight Service 1600hrs

A magical service for families and the Garrison community to celebrate together.

🎵 All are welcome! Let’s come together to spread festive cheer.

Information provided by Bovington HIVE

Blandford: Garrison shop festive closure notice

 

The Costcutter shop will be closed from Sat 20th Dec until Mon 5th Jan 2026

Please note the shop will close at 4pm on Friday 19th December. 

Information provided by Bovington HIVE 

Wiltshire: December recycling newsletter including Christmas tree collections in January

 

Welcome to the special Christmas edition of Wiltshire Council’s waste and recycling e-newsletter!

This issue is packed with jolly tips and clever ideas to help you reduce waste, recycle right, and keep your celebrations green and bright. Let’s make this Christmas magical for you and sustainable for our planet!

This festive edition includes:

• Household waste, recycling, and garden waste collections over Christmas
• Garden waste collections pause over Christmas
• Recycling centre opening times over Christmas
• How to recycle your real Christmas tree
• Still shopping? Sustainable shopping tips for last-minute buys
• Make sure you’re on the nice list by recycling right this Christmas
• Let’s sort advent calendars
• Festive monthly myth buster

Please click here to read this edition online

Information provided by Colerne & Lyneham HIVE

Mission Motorsport – Christmas message and December newsletter

The Mission Motorsport team have the following Christmas message, which includes a link to the Dec newsletter:

As 2025 comes to a close, we’ve been reflecting on another successful year of recovery sport. It has been a year packed full of events, some long-standing favourites and some exciting new additions to the calendar. This year saw a trio of exceptional Race of Remembrance events and alongside incredible fundraising for the #YourRoR campaign. Thank you everyone for your outstanding support and commitment. It has been truly wonderful to share so many memories with you all, and we hope you have enjoyed our activities as much as the team has enjoyed delivering them.

Enjoy a read of December's Newsletter as we look over Race of Remembrance, recovery motorsport, some incredible fundraising and ways to get involved with Mission Motorsport in the new year. There is the exclusive first access to the link to sign up to the National Transition Event 2026.

Our staff will be taking some well-earned Christmas leave, and we will be operating with reduced numbers between 22nd December and 2nd January. If you can’t reach the office by phone, please note that the team@missionmotorsport.org inbox will be checked regularly. If you are struggling over the festive period, you are not alone, and we know that reaching out for support can be a big step but there is always an option Mental Health — MISSION MOTORSPORT.

Finally, we want to extend our heartfelt thanks to all of you, beneficiaries, volunteers, sponsors, partners, and supporters for your continued commitment. We truly couldn’t do it without you. We’ll be doing it all again in 2026, so keep an eye out for next year’s calendar of events, which will be published soon!

We’d like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Shropshire Veterans Clinic 2026 - 21 January 2026

 Please book via QR code

Information provided: Central HIVE Hub