SNEYD GREEN: Organisers of a new after-school club for 11 to 15-year-olds are appealing for help so they can put on more activities. The sessions will be running between 3pm and 5pm on Wednesdays at Sneyd Green Community Centre, in Ralph Drive, and will include cookery, football, pool, and arts-based activities. They will also involve positive role models, who have overcome difficult experiences to achieve success. But organisers, who are keen to ensure the activities remain free for young people, haven't been able to attract funding for the club. So they are now looking for financial support and also for people interested in acting as role models. For more details, call Craig Milford on 07799 391374.

HARTSHILL: Staffordshire Adult Autism Society (SAAS) will be staging an autism awareness day on June 2 at the North Staffordshire Medical Institute in Hartshill Road, Hartshill.

Dr Luke Beardon, senior lecturer in autism at Sheffield Hallam University, will be among those at the event.

Tickets are £90 for professionals, £80 for voluntary sector and £25 for parents and carers. Call 01782 617088 or log on to:

GOLDENHILL: Historian Mervyn Edwards, from Wolstanton, will be guest speaker at the next meeting of the Goldenhill and Sandyford Memories Group.

The meeting is on Tuesday, February 16, at Goldenhill Community Centre from 2pm until 4pm. New members are welcome to join the group at a cost of £1 which includes tea and coffee. The group meets on the third Tuesday of each month. For more information, call Jim Dutton on 01782 786556 or Jenny Bell at Age Concern on 01782 200729 or 286209.

BARLASTON: Clare Bond, from Birmingham, will be the demonstrator at the next meeting of Barlaston Flower Club. She will show work on the theme 'A night at the theatre' during the session at Barlaston Village Hall at 2pm on Wednesday, February 24. Admission is £4 and visitors are welcome. Call Beryl Kettle on 01782 618801 for more information.

NANTWICH: Tickets are now available for Nantwich Museum's annual pancake event. Visitors have been invited to drop in to the Pillory Street museum on the morning of Shrove Tuesday, February 16, to have pancakes with tea or coffee from 10am to 12pm.

The event costs £3, with all proceeds going to the museum.

ECCLESHALL: The Eccleshall Business Focus Group will hold its first meeting of 2010 at the Old Smithy in Castle Street on Monday, February 22, from 6.30pm to 7.30pm.

Traders and business people have been invited to attend.