For your diary

• YWCA Malta will soon be launching the Single Mothers Support Group. The aim of this new project is to support mothers of children under 12. Socialising, educational talks and other activities will be held. For more information, e-mail mommysupportgroup@gmail.com or call 2131 4844 or 7900 2930.

• The Missions Office requires volunteers to help in various sectors of its local missionary work. Those interested are asked to call 2123 6962.

• Tgħanniqa needs volunteers to help organise crafts, art, singing, dancing and drama for its children's afternoon summer club. Please call Rodianne Vella on 9987 8207.

• The Malta Hospice Movement is holding two fundraising events on Wednesday and September 10. The first is a barbecue at the Grand Hotel Excelsior and the second is a midnight walk in Buġibba. For more information, call 2144 0085 or visit www.hospicemalta.org.

• The Missions Office of 7, Merchant Street, Valletta is organising a bazaar in a warehouse situated at Mgr Alfred Mifsud Street, corner with Carmel Street in Birkirkara on Fridays between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. and every first Saturday of the month between 9 a.m. and noon. All proceeds are in aid of projects in third world countries. For more information, call 2123 6962.

• A fundraising barbecue in aid of Dar Merħba Bik is being held at the Good Shepherd Convent Gardens, 22 Idmejda Street, Balzan, on Friday from 7 p.m. Tickets cost €15 for adults and €7 for children under 10. To book, call 2144 0035 by not later than Wednesday.

• Mission Fund is organising a buffet breakfast in aid of Maltese missionaries working in Third World countries on July 29. Mass will be celebrated at 9.15 a.m. at San Ġuzepp Ħaddiem church, Xemxija Hill, Xemxija, followed by breakfast at Selmun Palace Hotel, Selmun. Tickets cost €10. Transport can be arranged at an extra charge. For more information and booking call 2141 3664 from Monday to Friday until 1 p.m. or call Charles Decelis on 2157 5351 or 9988 5078.

• A day's outing in aid of the Little Sisters of the Poor will be held at the SAS Radisson, St George's Bay, on August 4 from 10 a.m. Private bus leaves Paola square at 9 a.m. For booking call Blanche Martin on 2133 0387.

• To mark the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the International Al Jolson Society, the Malta branch is holding a buffet barbecue at a four-star hotel in Sliema on August 7. For more information, call 2189 6936 or 9988 0489 or e-mail vinwilljolsonmalta@gmail.com.

• The Friends of Australia Association is holding its annual barbecue by the pool at the Danish Village Complex, Għadira, on August 7 at 8 p.m. There will be an extensive menu as well as entertainment. Members and friends as well as Maltese-Australians currently holidaying in Malta are welcome. For more information and booking, visit Dar l-Emigrant, Castille Place, Valletta or call 2122 2644 or 2124 0255.

• St Venera Scout Group will be celebrating its 35th anniversary this year. To commemorate this, a reunion for all former members will be held at the group's headquarters on September 18. All former members, leaders, group council members and members of ladies' committees are asked to send their contact details by e-mail to oldboys.svsg@yahoo.com or join the Facebook group 'Old Boys of Mt Carmel College Scout Group/St Venera Scout Group'.