26 April 2024
The town of Ashington is calling on all residents to show their love for their community by reducing waste, reusing items, and recycling properly.
Recent figures show fly-tipping is on the rise, with a whopping 115 tonnes of illegally dumped rubbish spread over nearly 2,000 incidents in the last financial year ☹️ Not to mention an astounding 326 tonnes of general litter in public bins and found littering our streets, despite the tireless efforts of volunteers and the NCC Local Services Team who litter pick. It’s hard to imagine that amount of rubbish - we hope our infographic below helps.
Promote Your Group Here!
We invite hobby and interest groups and organisations to share news about upcoming activities, classes, and events on this site, this is the place to get the word out.
Getting more visibility for your group reinforces our shared community mission of nurturing the residents and young people of Ashington.
Please use the web form below to submit your group's announcements. Let us help spread the word so you can focus on delivering quality programming that will benefit the community.
From our website, you can visit other websites by following links to such external sites. While we strive to provide only quality links to useful and ethical websites, we have no control over the content and nature of these 3rd party websites. The links to other websites do not imply a recommendation for all the content found on these sites. Site owners and content may change without notice and may occur before we have the opportunity to remove a link which may have gone 'bad'. To report an issue with any of the links below contact 01670 624520 or email clerk@ashingtontowncouncil.gov.uk
Are you interested in photography but do not feel you have confidence enough to go out and capture those fabulous images you want to claim as your own?
Come and join us for 3 complimentary evenings, meet our members and enjoy a coffee in a warm and friendly environment.
St Aidan’s Church Hall, Station Rd, Ashington, NE63 8AD
Meets Thursday nights 7pm – 9pm
‘Ashington & District Male Voice Choir id a community choir which welcomes gents of all ages who simply have a wish to give ‘singing a go’. No auditions. no need to be able to read music nor a need for experience. Prospective members come along for six week to see if it’s for them and only then is a small membership fee requested. The choir has two major concerts each year but also perform for community and voluntary organisations who are raising money charitable purposes. Weekly rehearsals give the opportunity for members to enjoy a social evening whilst mastering the selected repertoire. Just come along to Stakeford & Bomarsund Welfare at 7-00pm on Thursday or vist us on Facebook or our Website.
The choir are available throughout 2022/23 for charity events contact us for details. 01670 815534
Click here to visit Ashington & District Male Voice Choir Website
Click here to visit Ashington & District Male Voice Choir Facebook Page
Get Crafty at Ashington Library's Drop-In Group
Are you looking for a relaxing way to spend your Wednesday afternoons? Ashington Library hosts a fun, casual drop-in craft group every week from 1-2:30pm.
Bring along your latest knitting, crochet, sewing, cross stitch or any other crafting project you're working on. Enjoy the company of fellow crafters while you chat, stitch and get inspiration.
All levels from beginners to experts are welcome. It's a great opportunity to learn new skills, get advice, and make new friends.
Tea, coffee and biscuits will be served to fuel your creativity. So take a crafty break this Wednesday at Ashington Library's friendly craft group. We look forward to seeing you there!
Join the Conversation at Tuesday Talking Table
Connect with others over a warm drink at Ashington Library's Tuesday Talking Table. Every Tuesday from 2-4pm, you're invited to come along for friendly chats, laughter and good company.
It's completely free to join this casual social group. Whether you want to meet new people, discuss the latest books or just enjoy an afternoon cuppa, the Talking Table welcomes one and all.
Don't worry if you're on your own - this is the perfect opportunity to make new friends. The conversation flows as freely as the tea and coffee, creating a warm atmosphere for socialising.
No need to book, simply drop in on Tuesdays between 2-4pm. The Talking Table is just one of the many ways Ashington Library brings the local community together. We look forward to welcoming you!
What We Do.
Work with residents of South East Northumberland and surrounding areas to mitigate and minimise the effects of Climate Change, increase biodiversity, encourage sustainability, and work in partnership with other organisations and groups who share the same purposes.
To find out more email climateactionwansbeck@gmail.com or visit our Facebook page here
Koast Radio 106.6 FM, and available online. Your favourite local community radio for South East Northumberland.
“Your Station. Your Music. Your Choice”
Koast Radio has been operating since May 2010 and is the only community radio station within South East Northumberland with an FM broadcasting licence from OFCOM. We have a mixed and varied broadcast schedule with live shows daily from 7am in the morning up to Midnight, 7 days a week on 106.6 MHz on the FM waveband across South East Northumberland. Koast Radio also simultaneously streams its broadcasts online making them available anywhere through applications such as Tune In app.
Our regular schedule includes general and specialist music programmes, business & community shows, local sports and programmes showcasing local talent. We also deliver live outside broadcasts from within the community, supporting local events, businesses and community groups.
“NOT-FOR-PROFIT” Koast Radio “Marketing Pack”…
In order to make more of our local community businesses aware of this “cost-effective” method in which they can promote themselves within our Ashington and County Northumberland areas, as well as further-afield.
Click here to view the marketing pack.
The Bedlington and District Red Squirrel Group (BADRSG) was set up in March 2022 in response to the loss of a number of red squirrels in Gallagher Park through the squirrel pox. The pox is passed to our native red squirrels from grey squirrels imported from the USA in the 1870s. The greys are immune to it but the reds always die once they catch it. The only way to protect and nurture the red squirrels is to manage down the greys. When the group was set up it only operated in Bedlington and Choppington parishes. However, as of January 2024, the group has taken on much of the territory previously managed by the Morpeth Group. This includes all of the woodlands and parks in Ashington.
In the two years that the group has been operating it has seen the return of our native reds to woodlands they had not been seen in for some years. We are now reaching out to the various town and parish councils as well as groups that manage woodland areas to help us recruit additional volunteers and or provide funding for the equipment needed for our work.
Ashington has a number of beautiful woodlands, including Woodhorn, the Wansbeck Riverside Park and the Ashington Community Woodland (ACW). Red squirrels are still present in some of these woodlands. We need your help to protect them and to help them flourish and spread.
How can you help?
Please help to save our native red squirrels. This photograph was taken recently and is one of our local red squirrels. As you can see, she is heavily pregnant and will hopefully have 2 or 3 healthy kits shortly.
26 April 2024
The town of Ashington is calling on all residents to show their love for their community by reducing waste, reusing items, and recycling properly.
Recent figures show fly-tipping is on the rise, with a whopping 115 tonnes of illegally dumped rubbish spread over nearly 2,000 incidents in the last financial year ☹️ Not to mention an astounding 326 tonnes of general litter in public bins and found littering our streets, despite the tireless efforts of volunteers and the NCC Local Services Team who litter pick. It’s hard to imagine that amount of rubbish - we hope our infographic below helps.
