We now have a You Tube channel! We have uploaded three videos from our virtual AGM that took place on Tuesday evening, the first of which is a summary of the last year from Becky. You can also download these videos from our website.
There are two more, one on our Buddies service and one about the fabulous Bridgend charity shop.
Thanks to Pete Thorp of visualmachine_ for doing such a brilliant job creating these.
We received the wonderful news this week that we are to be in receipt of a grant of £20,000 from the Garfield Weston Foundation to contribute towards our core costs. for the 12 month period September 2020 to August 2021.
Core funding for a charity pays for the basic overheads of running a charity, such as staff costs, heating, lighting, building maintenance, IT, HR and Training. These are essential for a charity to have the foundation and infrastructure to deliver all the support services and activities to the community, but they can sometimes be quite challenging to obtain. Therefore we are hugely grateful to Garfield Weston for their support, Thank you!
The Garfield Weston Foundation has provided a lot of support to us over the years and gave us an amazing grant of £150,000 to help us purchase our building in December 2018, so we are thrilled that this relationship continues.
Creative crafts are having a catch-up on Zoom! We will be chatting about the projects we have been working on over the last few months and getting ideas for new ones.
We will also be discussing a new very exciting project, the Bridgend Birthday Bunting! More information on which will be available over the next few weeks.
Free of charge, just email Avril for a place at avril@bridgendcentre.org.uk.
Bridgend Spanish conversation is back! Led by our regular teacher Wanda, this class will be over Zoom and will focus on beginners.
Learn your Hola from your Hello with Spanish conversation with Wanda.
From Monday 14th September, the Bridgend charity shop will be open Monday to Friday 10-4 and Saturday 10-1. This gives you even more opportunities to come and find a bargain!
Donations are still by appointment only please (book your slot on the front page of this site.)
See you soon!!
Restricted in numbers in order to keep us safe, we are delighted that our Wednesday walks are setting off once more. We will be exploring the usual areas of Bollington, along the old faithful routes and maybe some new paths too. The routes and details will be posted for each week on the calendar of our website. Advanced booking will be required.
Obviously, the walks will be different to before in order to keep everyone safe. We will be limiting numbers and maintaining social distancing along the way. As places will be very limited it may not be possible to come on every walk.
Thank you so much for your patience and understanding during this unprecedented and challenging time.
The outside world gathers momentum as social distancing measures are lifted, and at the same time some support and shielding grind to a halt. For people who were shielding this means a sudden dramatic shift from a degree of security to being left to your own devices. The safety barrier has been lifted and it feels strange, scary and rather worrying.
Thoughts that may cross your mind are my local shop delivery services going to cease? When I do venture into a place, am I getting left behind?
Join our chat group for former shielders in order to spend time with others who are sharing this experience. We could perhaps share ways to overcome the fears and obstacles. Join the Zoom chat on Thursday 13th August at 2pm to see how together we can move from a feeling of disconnect to reconnect
To register email Claire before 5pm Tuesday 11th August, at happyvalleyvoice@gmail.com. Or phone the Bridgend on 01625 576311 to book your place if you do not have the internet.
The Bridgend Centre are proud to announce their latest publication – Bridgend Tree Trails. These four walks, all starting and finishing at the Bridgend Centre can be walked individually or in combination to create a 14-mile loop around Bollington.
Originally set up by the Bridgend around 9 years ago, the walks have been checked and routes revised with input from local artists, photographers and Bollington graphic designer Pete Thorpe of Visual Machine.
There will soon be a downloadable version with children’s activity sheets on the website but in the meantime, you can pick up one of these lovely booklets for a suggested donation of £1 from the Bridgend Centre and get out and about following the new markers in the warm weather this weekend and beyond!
We are looking for potential eBay volunteers at the Bridgend. If you are interested in the role, please drop us a message or email!
