What's On

A NEW salon in Amersham is set to hold a 'HAIRraising' event on its opening day in aid of charity.
Hob Salons, which launches on Wednesday (24/3) at 34-36 Sycamore Road, is supporting an appeal which encourages the hairdressing community to join forces to help raise £1million for a new operating theatre at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Staff at the salon will be giving up a day's pay to provide some cuts, styles and colourings for half price with all of the proceeds being donated to the charity.

THE first of a series of fundraising fairs was held in Amersham last weekend in aid of Cancer Research UK.
More than £100 was raised for the cause at the event on Saturday in Market Hall, in the Old Town, after two friends decided they wanted to do play their part to help beat the disease.

A RUNNER is hoping others will take up the hobby to get fit and socialise after she went from complete novice to conquering a marathon.
Mother-of-two Judith Sweetman, of Copperkins Lane, Chesham Bois, is starting up two groups in south Bucks to try to persuade newcomers to try the sport and attract returning runners. Mrs Sweetman, 44, took running up to lose weight and get fit following a move to America ten years ago.

SWIMMERS in the Chilterns are being challenged to take part in 'the world's biggest swim' to raise funds for a cancer charity.
Marie Curie Cancer Care and The Swimathon Foundation is urging people from the area to make a splash to back the cause at The Chiltern Pools in Amersham-on-the-Hill.
The charity says the event has a challenge to suit everyone with swimmers pledging to complete up to 5K as an individual or as a team with their friends and family. It is set to begin at the pool in April.

A CAMPAIGN aiming to raise funds and awareness to eradicate polio will get underway next week when empty shop windows will be filled with emotive displays about the disease.
The Rotary Clubs of Amersham, Chesham and Great Missenden have teamed up for the association's first national drive of its kind the 'Thanks For Life - Rotary Day' to celebrate its 105th birthday on Tuesday (23/2) while trying to stamp out polio from the world. The campaign aims to raise reach £1 million target with the help of its members across Great Britain and Ireland.
The clubs have decked out the former Post Office in Sycamore Road, Amersham-on-the-Hill, at the junction with Hill Avenue, and an empty shop in The Broadway, Chesham, with posters and statistics about the devastating effects of the disease which continues to exist in parts of Asia and Africa.

RESIDENTS in Amersham could face more than a year of disruption as a project to replace £2million worth of gas pipes gets underway.
National Grid has started two major mains replacement programmes in Amersham, which will involve upgrading 14.2km of old iron mains with new, hard-wearing plastic pipes in Woodside Road and residential streets to the north of the town.
Work started in Roundwood Road and Grove Road on February 8.

A NEW hairdressing company which has been voted 'British Hairdresser of the year' is set to open a branch in Amersham.
HOB Salons, which received the 2009 accolade at the British Hairdressing Awards will take on the former Image Maker site, which is vacant, at 34-36 Sycamore Road.

A YOUNG entrepreneur is offering residents a chance to have a clear out while helping a children's charity.
Harry Coё, 12, a pupil of The Beacon School, Chesham Bois, has organised a 'new year bazaar' on tomorrow (23/1).

A PUBLIC meeting on how to make Amersham reduce its carbon footprint by becoming a 'transition town' takes place tonight (21/1) at Café Africa in Chesham Road.
Organiser and campaigner Russ Fleming said: "The local Chiltern Authority of Amersham and Chesham is the top polluter in the UK - if you want to do something about this or find out more or reduce your own contribution to reducing our collective carbon footprint, please attend the meeting." The event begins at 7.30pm.

THE first farmer's market of the new year in Little Chalfont is set to take place in Snells Wood car park in Cokes Lane on tomorrow (9/1).
It is due to be selling food sourced from the area between 9am and 1pm.