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The approach of autumn means the Interesting Gardening Club, based in Ribérac, Dordogne will be starting up again and it welcomes all local gardeners whether they have acres, woodlands and lakes, or a simple cottage garden.

Many members of EuroMayenne Association are putting finishing touches to work for the annual craft fair on October 28 but there is still time for others to sign up and exhibit.

Volunteer Diana Eccles, from near Quillan in Aude, works with Les Amis des Animaux and is keen to get people elsewhere in France involved to help the never-ending numbers of ill-treated and abandoned cats and dogs to find a home, and perhaps even adopt one as she has done.

Lawn bowls is an intrinsically British game, not normally played in France, but the country’s first club was set up in 2006.

Memorial held on centenary of death of only member of First Aid Nursing Yeomanry to die in active service on the Western Front

Animal charities inspired and run by Brits can be found all over France and continually strive to come up with novel ways to help.

Three charities have benefited from the generosity of readers who bought The Connexion 2018 France charity calendar. 

As the Vagabond Theatre Company in Gers nears final rehearsals for their next show in September, director Ann Jones offers her experience of putting on plays in France to give pointers to anyone who is thinking of setting up their own company.

Back-breaking work by volunteers has helped stabilise the crumbling chateau at St Blaise near Nice and, with trees cleared, allowed it to be seen from the village.

Five pairs of gardeners join forces for open day and raise nearly €5,000 for good cause