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The Volunteer Arms will launch its new food menu on Saturday 4th April 2009 at 12 noon until 4pm.
Launching with an initial lunch and snack menu, local chef Kenneth Hamilton aims to raise the bar as required by the clientele to a full dining menu in the near future.
A service will be held in St Nicholas Church, Uphall at 11am on Sunday 29 March to mark 60 years since the reformation of the Boys Bridge 1st Uphall Company.
A buffet and exhibition of photographs will be held in Strathbrock Church Hall following the service.
Uphall Fairtrade Steering Group held an Uphall Fairtrade Event – ‘Make it Happen, Choose Fairtrade’ in the Community Centre on Saturday 7th March.
Some of the events on the day were – a children’s corner, treasure hunt, display of winning posters of art competitions in which local primary schools participated, Fairtrade stall, home baking using Fairtrade ingredients, refreshments, snack stall, raffle, ‘Go Bananas’and Fairtrade awareness displays.
After the event, the group were able to make a donation of £200 to the Yakanaka Foundation (www.yakanaka.com) which runs projects in Zimbabwe. This money enabled the organisation to buy 600kg of CSB fortified porridge which is fed to the malnurished children and orphans in the area. This will keep the feeding programme going for another 50 days.
Uphall Fairtrade Steering Group will shortly be celebrating Fairtrade Fortnight.
On Saturday 7 March from 10am to 2pm, they will be holding an event at Uphall Community Centre. The event will include fairtrade stalls, stalls from our local churches, showing of Fairtrade dvd, children's activities and much much more. Come along!
A local community group is trying to build an outdoor war memorial to commemorate the men and women from Broxburn and Uphall who have fallen whilst serving their country. The group meet on the third Wednesday of each month at 6:15pm in Uphall Community Centre and anyone who is interested is welcome to attend.
The Scottish Co-operative and Broxburn & Livingston Brass Bands are holding a Joint Spring Concert on Friday 27th February from 7.30pm onwards at Strathbrock Partnership Centre, Broxburn.
Tickets are £5.00 and £3.00 for concessions. Tickets available from Jan Macdougall on 01506 433151 or band members.
Uphall Gala Day Committee urgently require new volunteers. If you can help, please attend the meeting on Tuesday 23 September at 7pm in the Volunteer Arms, Uphall.
If no new volunteers come forward, there will be no Gala Day in 2009.
Uphall Diamonds under 14 football team are on the look out for new players. Contact Gordon on 01506 855452 or visit www.uphall-diamonds.co.uk for more information.
Uphall Gala Day Committee urgently requires new volunteers. If you can help, or wish to find out more, please contact Kirsty on 01506 854046. Alternatively, come along to the next general meeting which will be held on Tuesday 26th August 26 at 7pm in Uphall Community Centre.
The staff, customers and suppliers of the Volunteer Arms in Uphall have helped raise an amazing £1200 for the Uphall Children's Gala Day. A cheque for the bumper amount was handed to members of the Gala Day committee at a recent fundraiser held in the Volunteer Arms.