HELP OUT: Volunteers are needed to help with a new Blind Club for visually impaired people of all ages, their families and friends. The club will open soon in Hextable and facilities will include computer training and arts and crafts activities for children. Call 01322 613488.

EYE SPY: During June, Kent County Council is holding the How do you Look? exhibition at the County Gallery, County Hall, Maidstone. The show, which is free, compares how a painter and a surgeon use their eyes in their work. Call the community arts officer on 01622 696462.

LISTEN UP: The north Kent embroiderers' guild meeting will take place on Saturday at St Andrews Arts Centre, Royal Pier Road, Gravesend, from 1.45pm. The speaker will be Sylvia Critcher on Corded and Stuffed is it Trapunto? It costs £2.50. Call Carole Bailey on 01322 865544.

TASTE THE DIFFERENCE: Dartford High Street will be transformed into a Parisian rue on Friday from 9am until 5pm. Shoppers can take home continental food and learn about French cooking. Call Jean Runeckles on 01322 343094 or visit brunomart.com DRINK UP: Organisers of the Dartford Beer Festival have announced this year's drinking extravaganza will be held on the weekend of July 8 in Central Park at a cost of £3.