The A-Z of What's On
There is wide variety of groups that use the hall and the church, please contact them directly for more information. A brief overview of all the groups that run in the Church Centre and Church.
Colehill Community Cafe - This Group is Running
Coffee and Cake from 11.00am, and Lunches from 12pm until 1.30pm. All welcome!
Our Community Cafe is held in the Main Hall every Wednesday (except Christmas, Easter and Summer Holidays) and provides reasonably priced meals.
For more information click here.
Cherubs Parent and Toddler Group - This Group is Running
Cherubs runs on a Friday morning from 9:30am to 11.15am in the Church Centre.
No need to book, all welcome. (Please ring the door bell and someone will let you in).
For more information see their website and on their Facebook page.
(Bi Monthly) Coffee Mornings - Coffee Mornings are running
Why not come and have coffee or tea and cake with us for a social morning.
Join us playing scrabble, or bring your crafting for a chat. ALL WELCOME!
Held bi-monthly on the second Saturday of the month, 10am-12pm in the Church Centre.
Colehill Community Choir - This Group is Running
Colehill Community Choir is a five part non-auditioning community choir who meet every Thursday at 7:30pm till 9:00pm in the Church. It is not essential to read music, but does help. They have several performances each year in aid of local charities. £3 per adults and £1 for children. All welcome.
For more information email colehillcommunitychoir1@gmail.com or telephone 01202 842311
Colehill Writers -
This Group is Running
Do you want to be more creative but sometimes lack confidence? Have you got lots of ideas but don’t know where to start? Would you like to discover how writing can be calming and healing, and improve your well-being?
Colehill Writers meets regularly to write together and to encourage each other. We share our writing if we want to, but this is a group which aims to inspire and support rather than offering detailed critical feedback.
We meet monthly at St Michael’s Church Centre, in the Alec Moore Room, usually on the third Friday of the month, from 1 till 4 pm. The group is self supporting so there is a small termly charge to cover our costs. We are open to all and welcome new members but we limit our numbers to 12.
Open to all but places are limited, so please contact Cilla Sparks t: 07759 835728 or email: cillasparks@gmail.com if you would like to join us.
East Dorset Buddhism Group - This Group is Running
Group meets for meditation and discussion in the Alec Moore Room on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month between 10.30am and 12.30pm.
The meeting begins with a 30 minute period of sitting meditation which is preceded and concluded by some brief chanting. For those new to meditation there is the possibility of basic instruction. The group then usually reads a Buddhist publication which is discussed informally, or occasionally a tape by a Buddhist teacher is listened to and then discussed. Meetings may end with a further short period of meditation. No experience is necessary to attend meetings and anyone interested will be made welcome. For more information contact Steve 01202 880661
Foodbank Hub - This Service is on Hold
St Michael's runs a Foodbank Hub on Wednesdays 1.30pm to 3pm in the Alec Moore Room, in St Michael’s Church Centre, where you can now exchange your voucher.
Donations are gratefully received and can be left at the Church Centre 10am-12pm Monday to Friday. (These will be shared between Colehill and Wimborne Foodbanks).
For more information click here.
Footlight Classic Kids - Wednesday 4-5pm This Group is Running
Dance classes for pre-school, reception age children, and year 1 students:
BABY BALLET; Skipping hopping and twirling like a real ballerina
MINI MODERN DANCE: Co-ordination and control, using the entire body with lovely music.
TINIES TAP: a fun dance style that focuses on musicality using the sounds of their feet.
Contact: Nina@footlight-dance.co.uk
Footlight Performance Academy - This Group is Running
Wednesday 5-6pm and Friday 4-6pm
BALLET, TAP, MODERN, MUSICAL THEATRE TRAINING.
For children of all ages held at St Michaels Church Centre on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Contact: Nina@footlight-dance.co.uk
For further information please visit their website or facebook page
Footlight Fabulous Feet - Thursday 10.30-11.30 This Group is Running
This program was designed with our smallest dancers in mind so that you know they are learning age appropriate material that is designed to aid their development as well as make the excited about dance.
Spaces now available for children walking to aged 3.
Contact: leanne@footlight-dance.co.uk for more details
DDMIX - This Group is Running
Thursday 9.30-10.30am
This is a new full body aerobic workout based on a range of different dance styles with easy to follow steps. Created by Darcey Bussell and Nathan Clarke it is fun, entertaining and stimulates the body and mind.
The aim of DDMIX is to get people moving without being intimidated by the word ‘dance’ or the technicality of the steps, but instead to give a full body workout that is such fun that you don’t even notice that you are ‘exercising’. With the vast number of dance styles around the world to choose from, no one will ever get bored! Our existing genres include the 1960’s, Line Dance, Bollywood, 1970’s Disco, African, Greek and Scottish and many more – you will always find something to enjoy.
Contact: leanne@footlight-dance.co.uk for more details
Gentle Somatic Yoga - This Group is Running
Tuesday evenings in the Main Hall, classes run in blocks of 6 or 7 weeks, during term time.
This is a slow relaxing floor-based practice. Somatic Yoga improves posture and mobility, creates space in the body to breathe more deeply, decreases pain, relieves headaches, shoulder, neck and back pain, reduces stress and tension and brings about a sense of wellbeing.
Contact: www.katejenkinsyoga.com
Mother's Union Prayer Group - This Group is Running
The Mothers’ Union which is an organisation of over 3.6 million members, women and men, living in over 78 countries, who believe in the importance of families. As well as encouraging and supporting families and marriage, members work to reach out as God’s family to change lives and bring Christ’s hope to those who are isolated, in trouble or in need. This prayer group branch comes under the umbrella of the Mothers’ Union of the Salisbury Diocese.
St Michael's Mother's Union Prayer Group meets at 2.30pm on the 2nd Thursday of every month, except August.
There is also a monthly communion service is held at 10.30am on the first Wednesday of every month.
New members welcome, please contact Di Shove for more information. 01202 855024
Quarterjack Quilters - This Group is Running
Quarterjack Quilters is a Wimborne-based group of enthusiastic, friendly quilters who meet twice a month on Friday evenings to share ideas and learn new skills.
Our programme includes workshops run by well known outside experts as well as skilled members of the Group.
For more information see their website.
Slimming World - This Group is Running
'Lose weight and feel great'
Come along and join Lucy every Thursday evening at 6pm to see how Slimming World can support you to maintain a healthy weight for life! You will be amazed at what you CAN achieve!! A warm welcome awaits you. Do it today, a decision you will not regret!
Call Lucy on 07749 983274
Tappy Toes Wimborne - This Group is Running
Tappy Toes baby, toddler and pre school dance classes are a great way to introduce our youngsters to exercise at an early age. We run award winning, fun and active dancing classes for children aged 6 months to 5 years.
Classes on Tuesday mornings. Click here for their Website
Contact Zoe on 07957 148960 or email on mailto: zoe@tappytoes.com
U3A Creative Writing & Tai Chi - This Group is Running
Wimborne U3A is a part of the University of the 3rd Age, providing a range of volunteer-led activities for anyone no longer in full-time employment & lives in Wimborne or the surrounding area. U3A run two courses in the Church Centre, Oct - June:
Tai Chi on Tuesday afternoons, in the Main Hall
Creative Writing on the afternoon of the 2nd Thursday of the month, in the Alec Moore Room.
For more information see their website.
Wimborne Camera Club - This Group is Running
Wimborne Camera Club are a friendly club with a varied annual programme and an emphasis on encouraging our members to improve their knowledge and practice of photography. They have regular interesting and informative speakers, often a great opportunity to learn from their knowledge or experience.
The club meets on Monday evenings at 7.30pm from September through to April. For further information, please visit their website or facebook page.
Women's Institute: Stitch Craft Group - This Group is running
Among their various activities, the Women's Institute hold a stitch-craft group, which meets in the Alec Moore Room of the Church Centre on the 1st and 3rd Monday mornings. "Individually we have crafts we all prefer to do, be it beadwork, embroidery, knitting etc (anything really craft related) but on occasions we all work on a WI project together if there is something we can use within the Institute. At the present time we are making bunting for Colehill Parish Council to use around the village for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and table decorations for our WI Jubilee party." April 2022
Women's Institute regular meetings are held at 7.30pm on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at Colehill Village Hall. We usually have a speaker or activity and there is always time for a cup of tea or coffee and a chat. Visitors are welcome and if you’d like to contact us beforehand please email us at colehillwi@gmail.com
Wimborne Yoga - This Group is Running
Yoga session run by Karen on Monday and Thursday evenings in the Alec Moore Room.
Booking is essential, class sizes are kept to nine to ensure individual attention.
For more information, please contact Karen, tel. 07717776680 or email wimborneyoga@gmail.com
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