World Family Fun Day - Music, crafts, science activities, food and fun

Saturday 21st June, 11am - 2pm Merryoaks Community Hall, Durham, Park House Road, DH1 3QF 

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What: Free world crafts, games, science activities, and international music. International food available.
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Why: It is world Music Day, World Humanist Day and Summer Solstice.
It is also the end of Refugee Week and Children’s Awareness Month.

So, plenty to celebrate for all ages and all backgrounds! 

When: Saturday 21st June, 11 am – 2.30 pm

Where: Merryoaks Community Hall, Park House Road, Durham, DH1 3QF
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How: Thanks to the generosity of the members of North East Humanists

NEH event - The Lore of food 

Thursday July 3rd , 2-4pm, Bensham Grove Community Centre, Bensham Bank, Gateshead. NE8 2XD

‘This bread I break was once the oat,
This wine upon a foreign tree
Plunged in its fruit’

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Dylan Thomas

We break bread – we take food together. From bare-necessity to excess, fast to feast; we raise a toast in honour of food.

Food is deep in our traditions and customs; past and present, from the forbidden to the free, food taken in grief and in celebration, in religion and in the secular. Food has a lore of its own with origins deep in our history. 

It is the subject of seminar to be held at Bensham Grove Community Centre in Gateshead.

There will be an ‘appetiser’ – an overview of the lore of food given by Les Milne, past Chair of North East Humanists. Then, by way of a main course; participants will present particular customs or dishes.

All welcome to join in; you might use a Powerpoint slide by way of illustration or even bring your own dish or plate of food with you to serve your contribution to the discussion. Or you might just want to sit back and savour the fayre!

For more information and to book a place, please contact Ian Hunter, North East Humanists, [email protected]

Admission £3. 
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There will be a collection for the Gateshead Foodbank