Celebrate:Mk

Share your training highs for the chance to win a #MyMarathonMoment prize. Organisers behind the Rightmove Milton Keynes Marathon Weekend have launched an exciting competition to showcase the beauty of Milton Keynes and other cities to the world of running! The 12,000 participants are being asked to post photos of their training runs on social media, using #MyMarathonMoment to document the sights and scenery they come across when out clocking up the miles. [ 417 more words ] http://celebratemk.co.uk/…/mk-marathons -mymarathonmoment-c…/

A local coffee shop has raised £255,000 for Willen Hospice by selling their delicious homemade cakes for over 35 years. Volunteers at The Newport Pagnell Coffee Shop have been taking turns to bake cakes which they sell with a tea or coffee at £2 each to raise money for Willen Hospice since 1983. That works out as 127,500 slices of cake over 36 years to raise the total amount. [ 226 more words ] http://celebratemk.co.uk/…/newport-pagn ell-coffee-shop-rec…/

A Victorian silver salver presented to a local man credited with revolutionising farming is the latest acquisition by Milton Keynes Museum. William Smith was convinced that replacing horse power with steam power would be a more efficient way to run his farm, and in 1855 he devised a system of winches and pulleys powered by a single steam traction engine to pull the plough around the field; the Steam Cultivation System had been invented. [ 134 more words ] http://celebratemk.co.uk/…/milton-keyne s-museum-shows-off-…/

Today I took the University of Bedfordshire sports journalism students to MK Dons FC to interview manager Paul Tisdale

Local launderette Bubbles Laundromat cleaned up last week as they were presented with two prizes at the SME MK & Buckinghamshire Business Awards 2019. The glittering evening held at the DoubleTree by Hilton saw the chain of fabulously retro launderettes take home the awards for ‘Milton Keynes Business of the Year’ and ‘Business Woman of the Year’ at the celebration ceremony designed to support and recognise the achievements of hard-working SME’s within the Milton Keynes and Buckinghamshire area. [ 260 more words ] http://celebratemk.co.uk/…/bubbles-laun dromat-cleans-up-at…/

Local projects are invited to apply for funds by Friday 8th March 2019. Local charities, schools, community projects and good causes in Milton Keynes could receive a share of £5,000 thanks to CALA Homes’ 2019 Community Bursary. The programme was launched in the area for the first time on Monday 11th February. The initiative, which is now in its third year, aims to provide support for a wide range of organisations and projects within the communities in which CALA builds. [ 214 more words ] http://celebratemk.co.uk/…/cala-launche s-5000-bursary-to-s…/

MK Beauty Awards winner Debora Tentis shares five different solutions to help treat dry skin after enduring a bitter winter... Dry skin is the second annoying skin problem for ladies. This February, I'm sharing with you five products that will help you treat your dry skin. Having a hydrated and nourished skin will make you look younger and healthier. Are you worried about hydrating your dry pores after a long winter of enduring moisture-zapping winds and indoor heating? [ 284 more words ] http://celebratemk.co.uk/…/debora-tenti s-column-bye-bye-dr…/

Brand Mission’s Heather Murphy talks Whitespace Yoga & Wellbeing Studio. Agency life can often be overwhelming. We tend to work on multiple projects with pressing deadlines and have endless technology distractions. This is just one of the reasons our team will be using mindfulness to increase our ability to focus and boost our creativity. Practicing mindfulness mediation helps to increase mental strength, enabling the brain to flick a switch to reset and pay attention to the present moment. [ 171 more words ] http://celebratemk.co.uk/…/brand-missio n-column-feeling-st…/

Local Riverford franchisees Vanessa and Russell Cook want to help you with your health related resolutions, with their juicing or recipe boxes... A slightly belated Happy New Year! We’re looking forward to 2019 – and if you’ve made some food or health related resolutions for this year, maybe Riverford can help you achieve them? If you’re getting into (or back into) juicing, why not try the juicing box or new juicing bag, full to the brim with fresh, nutrient packed fruit and veg? [ 372 more words ] http://celebratemk.co.uk/…/living-life- on-the-veg-column-r…/

Milton Keynes Museum is calling on its supporters to sign up and become friends of the history hub. The new initiative is part of a fundraising drive to enable the museum to fit out its wonderful new galleries, as part of an extensive £7.5m expansion project. The two spaces will tell the complete history of Milton Keynes, from pre-historic times through to the present day. [ 178 more words ] http://celebratemk.co.uk/…/friends-of-m ilton-keynes-museum…/

The Milton Keynes Deputy Mayor Cllr Crooks recently joined Headteachers and leaders from the Milton Keynes community and other local areas to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of PEP:mk. Since 2009, PEP:mk has been providing high quality training to school staff including NQTs, Teachers, and Leaders to help improve teaching in the area. PEP:mk currently has 50 schools in its partnership and many more that attend their training on a pay-as-you-go basis. [ 301 more words ] http://celebratemk.co.uk/…/deputy-mayor -joins-pepmk-for-10…/

Dance music website Data Transmission and local music venue Unit 9 will host an event on International Women's Day to find female DJ talent in Milton Keynes. On Friday March 8th, the venue will host the event from 12pm to 5pm at the Unit 9 music venue in Wolverton. The move will be part of the event's move to help further Data Transmission's aim to further assist the help of DJ's breakthrough into running events. [ 215 more words ] http://celebratemk.co.uk/…/data-transmi ssion-and-unit-9-to…/

Maybe writing a will is on your list of things to do in 2019? Here Carole Hewett, who is a Private Client Solicitor at Neves Solicitors in Milton Keynes, looks at the benefits of having a will in place... When we are drawing up wills for clients who have children and grandchildren, we find that most of our clients want to benefit their family, and if possible pay as little Inheritance Tax as they legally can, so that future generations can benefit from the value of their property and their life savings. [ 305 more words ] http://celebratemk.co.uk/…/legal-eagle- column-advice-for-w…/

Catch Oliver from noon with a local studio guest and the MKFM rewind. Oliver will be known to many for presenting the MKFM Breakfast Show during the station’s early days. During the last couple of years, Oliver has been heard at weekends whilst he’s been busy setting up his own digital marketing business, MK21, and working with Milton Keynes Council on their MK futures project. [ 318 more words ] http://celebratemk.co.uk/…/mkfm-column- oliver-dean-back-on…/

Willen Hospice is calling on local people to take on their ‘Nice Bucket Challenge’ as part of an appeal to help them to care for more people living with life-limiting illnesses in and around Milton Keynes. The Hospice launched the challenge this week, inviting local businesses, community groups or individuals to pledge to raise £100 or £200 in their Nice Bucket by the end of March. [ 188 more words ] http://celebratemk.co.uk/…/willen-hospi ce-sets-up-nice-buc…/

Have you read the latest issue of Celebrate:MK? Read it here: https://issuu.com/celebratemk/docs/celebr atemk_february_2019

WOS Wrestling TV presenter and MK fashionista SoCal Val talks about how she's given up with waiting for the perfect time to debut a new look Greetings fashionistas! We are barely into the year 2019 but here’s a resolution I’ve kept thus far: wearing my most fashionably fun outfits NOW and not saving them for a special occasion. In speaking to my stylish friends I discovered we all make this same excuse! [ 292 more words ] http://celebratemk.co.uk/…/socal-fashio n-column-a-fashiona…/

Woughton Leisure Centre event encourages a healthy mind and body February fact – 65% of people who made a New Year’s resolution last month based it around physical health and fitness. But this year, 1Life MK is championing the importance of putting your physical AND mental health first, having kicked off 2019 with its ‘RED January’ Fitness Festival. RED January is a local community initiative partnered with Mind that encourages people to do something active every day to beat the January (and often February) blues. [ 170 more words ] http://celebratemk.co.uk/…/1lifes-fitne ss-festival-helps-p…/

Read the latest issue of Celebrate:MK here: https://issuu.com/celebratemk/docs/celebr atemk_february_2019

Great Magazine and loving each publication. Jon really supports local small businesses and my Facebook business page has had lots of new likes since my feature last month.

Congratulations and keep up the fresh new vibe as we Celebrate:MK

Great Magazine and loving each publication. Jon really supports local small businesses and my Facebook business page has had lots of new likes since my feature last month.

Congratulations and keep up the fresh new vibe as we Celebrate:MK

Great Magazine and loving each publication. Jon really supports local small businesses and my Facebook business page has had lots of new likes since my feature last month.

Congratulations and keep up the fresh new vibe as we Celebrate:MK