Whatever your age, it's non-stop fun and games

THERE'S hours of fun to be had at Dice and Balls in Arnold. It's a place for anyone and everyone, no matter what your age.

- By LYNETTE PINCHESS

But it's not just about entertainment. Since opening in September 2023, it's been a lifeline for families and lonely older people.

The community interest company has recently moved to a new permanent location, in the Old School Business Centre, in Church Drive. Originally opening in a small unit at the AMP in the town, it quickly outgrew the space and began looking for new premises, leading to brief stint in a pizza shop in Front Street.

With a 1,250 sq ft space at the centre, once Church Drive School, there's even more room for playing board games and Dungeons and Dragons, learning circus skills like juggling and balloon modelling, skittles, and everything else founders Zoe Clarke and Phire Clarke - once sisters-in-law, who remained friends - want to bring to the community-spirited hub.

Zoe said: "When we first opened at the AMP it very quickly became obvious those little starter units weren't big enough for us. As soon as we got two or three families in there it was packed out, nobody else could get in, so we started looking for new spaces.