Community Matters: Singing for fun, Swimming, Boxing classes & Bingo

As Community Builders, we bring people together to create a sense of belonging in their neighbourhoods. We do this by listening and finding out what people like to do – do you have an idea you’d like support with? Do you have a skill you’d like to share in your community? We also link people to activities already happening locally. Check out a sample of the ‘what’s on’ activities from different organisations at various venues in Ellacombe & Plainmoor:

At Victoria Park Christian Centre, 121 St Marychurch Road (opposite Lidl) - 

Singing for Fun comprises songs, memories, refreshments and chat on every second Friday of the month, from 2:30pm to 4pm and costs £2.

Knit & Natter, meet every fourth Tuesday of the month from 2:30pm and the 

Winter Warmer Lunch is on Wednesday March 13 from 12pm – 2pm £5

Around the back of Victoria Park, the Turning Heads charity operates a cafe where you can enjoy drinks and vegetarian meals every Tuesday to Friday, 10am – 2pm.

At Tasha’s Revolutionary Training at Berachah Road, Ellacombe, TQ1 3AX  there is Home Ed Boxing & Fitness – every Friday from 1:30pm to 2:30pm, £3 per child. Children’s Boxing & Fitness – is on Tuesdays and Thursdays 6:30pm to 7:30pm, £2 per child and Fitness Genesis – Fitness workout with Courtney is every Thursday 11:30am to 12:30pm, £3

At Plainmoor Swimming Pool - Parents and Tots  - Thursdays 9:30 - 10am and 10 - 10:30am and there are Family Swims on Saturdays   1:30 - 2:30pm 2:30 - 3:30pm - Sundays    11am - 12pm  12 - 1:00pm and 2:00 - 3:00pm                                                                                            

At the Salvation Army, 29 Market Street TQ1 3PU - Singing by Heart – a dementia friendly singing group, every fourth Wednesday of the month from 2:15pm to 3:45pm, at a cost £2 and there is also the Take-a-Break – coffee, cake and conversation every Thursday from 10:30am – 12.30pm

At the Ellacombe Community Partnership Community Café on Temperance Street - Bingo – every Tuesday at 1pm and Knit and Natter – every Thursday from 11am 

(Bingo on at Ellacombe Community Partnership cafe on Temperance Street. Picture Credit: u_1nl4askhcx on Pixabay) 

For table top games join Sue who has just started a Monday games morning at the Anchorage, Cary Park, from 10am to 1pm

We are in the process of getting a magazine team together for the fourth issue of the quarterly Ellacombe & Plainmoor Community Magazine where you’ll be able to keep up to date with many more things happening locally. If you like to be involved in some way, maybe contributing ideas, having a go at writing an article or joining the team of people helping with distribution in their roads, please do get in touch.

Finally I was asked if I could give the Gilbert and Sullivan Society (Torbay) a mention with their concert ‘Spring is in the Air!’  on Sunday March 3 at 3:30pm at the Livermead House Hotel, Torquay – tickets are £10 – please call 01803 323801 for more info.

If you’d like to find out more about any of the above, please give me a call  

07702 557723,   email: ushagarrattley@torbaycdt.org.uk or Facebook page: Usha Community Builder.