Child care

CHILDMINDERS in Shaw and Crompton can head to drop-in sessions with their children tomorrow at Shaw and Crompton Children’s Centre, High Street, Shaw, from 9.30 to 11am.


INDEPENDENT traders in Shaw can apply for a slice of Oldham Council’s £100,000 Business Improvement Grants scheme. Call Liz Kershaw, principal regeneration officer at Oldham Council, on 0161-770 4168 or email liz. kershaw@oldham.gov.uk.


GET creative with Shaw Arts Society, a group of amateur artists who meet at St Andrews Church, Trent Road, on Tuesdays from 10am to noon. It costs £3 a session including tea and coffee. For more details call Miriam on 01706-840 164.


ACTIVE tots can enjoy songs, rhymes, music and sensory play at Bounce and Rhyme on Tuesdays at Crompton Library, Farrow Street East, from 2 to 3pm. No need to book. Call 0161-770 8000.


RUSHCROFT Primary School, Trent Road, Shaw, is holding an evening of fashion and fundraising on Thursday, February 25. The school is hosting a Lucy Cobb fashion show with items and accessories available to buy. The fashion show starts at 7.15pm and it is £4 a ticket including tea, coffee and refreshments. Contact the school office for tickets on 0161-770 8236.


TICKETS are still available for the Crompton House PTFA 10 anniversary Spring Ball on Saturday, February 27 (7pm) at The White Hart, in aid of a new science lab. The theme is “Putting On The Glitz” and tickets are priced £45 which includes a three- course meal, chocolates, coffee, entertainment and dancing. Raffle prizes and donations from local businesses are also welcome. Email s.lawrence@cromptonhouse.org.