Georgie’s Songs and Stories

 

Hosted by Watford & Three Rivers Family Centre Service, join  Georgie every Wednesday for songs and stories at 1pm, live from her home: https://www.facebook.com/WatfordThreeRiversFCS/?

Georgie will sing a range of songs for you and your little ones to enjoy and will read a different story each week.  You can also request songs and get live shout outs for your little ones too.


 

Where’s Wally?

 

Where’s Wally? 

Can you find Wally in the pictures below?  Wally is identified by his red-and-white-striped shirt, bobble hat, and glasses and sometimes a walking stick.


 

Cirque du Soleil: Hour long specials

 

Cirque du Soleil have something special for their fans! Since we cannot go to them, they have come to us with a selection of CirqueConnect hour-long specials.

To make it easy for you to watch simply click on the links below: All the links will be on our website.

March 27th: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ5eUJNXrMw&t=707s

April 3rd : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=allVFq3P-48

April 10th: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL0TG_nCqzE

April 17th: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zuBpFgxDCI&t=35s

April 24th: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RDoJp1Sea8

May 1st: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlTCkMMJM6o&t=4s


 

Carpenders Park Garden Centre

 

The garden centre have just made a range of summer bedding now available to purchase on their Webshop! along with a selection of houseplants available to order online for local delivery!

They aim to make contactless delivery within 7-10 days. Deliveries to local HA and WD postcodes only.

Once payment has been made, delivery will be made within 7-10 days. Their driver will leave your items at the front door and take a picture as proof of delivery: https://www.carpenders.co.uk/


 

Asda, Aldi, Tesco, Morrisons and Lidl announce new rules and opening times

 

Supermarket chains have revealed new rules and opening times for shoppers across the country. All supermarkets reduced their opening hours when the Coronavirus lock-down was introduced last month.

Asda which used to open 24 hours, started closing at 8pm. Stores will now be open Monday – Saturday 8am – 10pm. Normal Sunday trading hours will remain the same.

Aldi opening hours have now been extended until 10pm at almost all stores.

Tesco has introduced a one-way system for customers.

Morrisons has changed its opening hours. All stores will now be open from 7am to 8pm Monday to Saturday. On Sundays, the majority of stores will open at 9am for NHS workers to shop. They will open at 9.30am for all other customers to shop normally.

Lidl has also lifted restrictions, and told customers when the best times are to shop at their stores. 8am to 11am is the busiest time, 11am until 2pm is average, and from 2pm until closing time is the quietest part of the day. The chain added that this will vary between stores.


 

Virtual Pub Quiz

 

There was a great response from everyone to the first Watford Together quiz. Over £1k raised for charities doing vital work on the front line of this crisis in Watford.

Peter Taylor, Mayor of Watford will be hosting another Virtual Pub Quiz on Sunday  at 8pm with Hornets legend Luther Blissett.

This again will be to raise money for the Community Fund, which support the fantastic charities involved in the COVID-19 relief effort in the town.

These include groups supporting victims of domestic abuse, groups giving emergency support to rough sleepers and groups helping deliver food to vulnerable people.

To donate £3, text WATFORD to 70331.

To join the quiz, simply go to his Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/petertaylorwatford/ at 8pm on Sunday and join the live broadcast.


 

Morrisons food boxes

 

Morrisons have introduced essential food boxes for those unable to book a delivery slot or get out to access supplies.

There are Five options:

Vegetarians food box – A selection of food suitable for vegetarians, plus essential household items. £35 plus a £5 delivery fee.

Meat eaters food box – A selection of food including fresh meat, plus essential household items. £35 plus a £5 delivery fee.

Market Kitchen Square Meals box – Eight complete main meals – four different dishes.£30 plus a £5 delivery fee.

Market Kitchen Meal Maker box – Eight main meals – four different dishes. Add your own rice, pasta or potatoes to complete the meal. £30 plus a £5 delivery fee.

Family Meat Box – Create and enjoy hearty meals for the family – includes various fresh meat packs such as chicken, beef and pork £45 plus a £5 delivery fee.

They can deliver your box the next day if you order before 3pm. https://www.morrisons.com/food-boxes/boxes


 

Morrison’s doorstep delivery service

 

Morrison’s doorstep delivery service is available to vulnerable and elderly members of the community, unable to go shopping in-store.

Call 0345 611 6111 and select option 5 to place your order. Any order placed before 4pm they will aim to deliver the next day.

In order to use this service you must live within 10 miles of a Morrison store. There is an limit of three per item whilst using this service.

Deliveries will adhere to the current social distancing rules so to avoid contact we strongly encourage contactless card payments only, if this isn’t possible chip and pin card payments are available but no cash payments can be accepted.

Please see below for the list of essential items which you can order.