Donna Petch

Owner and creator of The North East and West HUB. Loves live music, science, sport and meeting new people!!! Find me on

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Liverpool’s Halloween Lantern Carnival, 1 Nov

Liverpool’s spectacular annual Halloween Lantern Carnival, returns at Sefton Park on Saturday November 1st, 2014. They will be holding community lantern-making workshops all over the city, where you can make your own lantern to carry in the parade throughout October. The workshops are very popular so it is essential that you book in advance.To raise money for the …

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Manimation – Manchester’s Animation Festival

The Children’s Media Conference has teamed up once again with MIDAS, Greater Manchester’s inward investment agency, to run a one-day event on 20 November in Salford under the banner of Manimation – Manchester’s Animation Festival. The daytime event is designed to inform companies and freelancers about key factors for success in working in animation, Visual …

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Lancashire Fantastic Book Awards

lancashire fantastic book awards

Young readers throughout Lancashire will be spending their winter evenings deep in a world of fiction – finding the winners of the tenth annual Fantastic Book Awards. Popular children’s authors Emma Barnes and John Dougherty joined teachers from 120 primary schools across Lancashire at a conference to launch this year’s awards, which are run by …

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