CHARITY ride: Staff at Chineham Dental Practice will be taking part in a charity triathlon this coming Saturday. Collectively they will be running 100k, cycling 150k and swimming 2k.

They are fundraising in aid of St Michael’s Hospice and The Scleroderma Society. To help them raise money for these causes, you can donate online via: justgiving.com/Chineham-Dental – Scleroderma Society or justgiving.com/Chineham-Dental1 – St Michael’s Hospice.

PHOTOGRAPHY courses: Three different five-week photography courses are starting next week, at Four Lanes Community Centre – Get My Digital SLR on to Manual: An introduction to Digital SLR/Bridge Camera photography, starts Monday, 7pm-9pm; Creative Digital Imaging, starts Tuesday, 7pm-9pm; and Intermediate Digital SLR, starts Wednesday, 7pm-9pm.

DISTRIBUTION volunteers urgently needed: The Chineham Chat team urgently needs volunteers to deliver in Stockbridge Close and St Gabriel’s Lea/ Lovegroves. If you can help just once a month, please call Tony Christmas on 357389 or email distribution@chinehamchat.com.