The ALT Group, a newly formed local community group has teamed up with local venue Blackhill Comrades Club to offer free entertainment, to the community in Consett on Thursday night.

Animal Show host and Magician Steve Lucock, 50 from Blyth has previously featured on Britain's Got Talent and Channel 5 Series, 41 Dogs In A 3 Bed Semi, received a warm welcome to the venue and entertained over 100 guests and volunteers with his comedy and education show alongside live animals.

In between the laughter, children and adults were introduced to many creatures including a Meercat, Skunk and Zante the Fox who are all rescued by Steve's animal rescue charity, Saviours Haven Sanctuary.

It was a very proud moment at The ALT Group when we saw our first ever write up in the local paper! And what a wonderful pictures of our Volunteers :)

Please take a look...
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http://www.consettstanleyadvertiser.co.uk/news/13800225.Free_hot_meals_and_chance_to_socialise_at_Blackhill_Comrades_Club/

I hope you'll agree our menu was a great start, and it seemed to go down well with our diners. ​It was a long day, starting with collections at 9am and food preparation and cooking starting from 10.30. 
A huge Thank you! to Matthew, Heather & Shirley for their help. The quality and standard of the food was something to be proud of! 

All the meals were prepared and ready to serve for 6pm when the doors opened and it was an exciting moment. We welcomed several community members, mainly from Blackhill, and managed to pretty much have our first service without any hitches. 
Ann, Ryan, Jane N, Jane F and Chloe did a really good job of helping our diners and providing friendly service with a smile. 

Hi,

I just wanted to say a quick "Hello" while we are setting up our Blog. Please bear with us as we get everything up and running.

Heather x