Face-to-face scouting returns to Loundsley Green on Wednesday 21st April! 38th Chesterfield (Loundsley Green) Scout Group provides Scouting to boys and girls in the Loundsley Green, Brockwell, Ashgate, Newbold and Holmehall areas from age 5½ years to 14 years old. The group are always looking to welcome new members, who can join at any stage (i.e. don’t just have to start at Beavers). Do you know someone who might be Interested? If so please get in touch via email to lg38thchesterfield@outlook.com – they will be most welcome to pop along to our meetings and join in the fun. Likewise, they continually look for people to help at any level whether it be helping run a game, making drinks, tidying up or even taking on a leader role. They welcome one and all and if you’re are interested in volunteering any of your time then please also get in touch too! The group meets on Wednesdays (Term Time):

Beavers (age 6-8) 4:45pm-5:45pm
Cubs (age 8-10) 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Scouts (age 10-14) 7.30pm – 9.15pm

Click here to read their latest newsletter.

With the second pandemic lockdown starting on Thursday 5th November we will be keeping the Centre available, clean and Covid 19 secure. The Foodbank will continue with its vital service on Friday afternoons but we have advised other groups to suspend their meetings for the next 4 weeks, unless we hear of any exemptions which may allow any groups to return. Meanwhile, take care everybody, and let us know if anybody needs any help.
If you have specific questions, please contact our centre manager by email on catkincrofts@gmail.com.

A new conservation group has recently launched to look after the areas adjacent to the Holmebrook river through Loundsley Green Park, plus the area to the other side known as The Pingles (along Red House Walk).  If you’re interested in getting involved, please contact Rick Westwood on 07565 402124 or primalmonk@aol.com, visit their Facebook page here, or come and visit them at the community centre at the next meeting on June 12th at 6pm – they get together in the meeting room at the community centre!

Keep an eye out for our newsletter coming through your letterbox, for those residents who live close to the centre! You can also download a copy by clicking here!

Started in April 2014, our not-for-profit Sunday lunch and social club takes place once a month (currently the first Sunday in the month between 12pm-2pm).  This involves the serving of a cooked Sunday lunch at 12:30pm, followed by tea/coffee.  The aim is to provide a low-cost freshly cooked meal in a social setting, particularly targeted at those members of the community who may live alone but equally to allow families to benefit too.

Our current volunteers have worked extremely hard over the past four years to give up their time on a Sunday to provide this much loved service – understandably they are now ready for a break.  As a result, unfortunately the December Sunday Lunch Club will be their last.  A huge thanks go out to Barbara and her whole team for their dedication over recent years!  Loundsley Green Community Trust would therefore like to invite any other volunteers who may like to take over (anything from planning, preparation/cooking of any of the courses, serving of food, etc.), or run a scaled-down version e.g. a “bring and share” event.  If so, please do contact Paul Davies on 07753 605272 or e-mail secretary@lgct.org.uk.

Thank you to everybody that came to our Open Brunch on Saturday Sept 9th.  It was great to see so many new faces to find out what we do and what you can get involved with at Loundsley Green Community Centre!  If you do need to contact us again, our contact details are in the top right0hand corner of our website (Click “About Us”) or instead click here!

Please note that we have a new phone number: we can now be contacted on 074 22 57 58 55. Please accept our apologies if you have previously had difficulty getting hold of us on the former number.

After a bit of a lull the Loundsley Green Youth Club is up and running again every Friday from 6pm to 8pm.  It’s run by Kerry and Chris, is open to anyone aged 13 – 19 years, and has loads of great stuff to do.  Please let as many people as you can know about it!

Our Equipped to Succeed programme won the Most Innovative Project award. Well done to the team: Monica, Gill, Dave and Lisa and to creator Beverley. The project has been workshops helping people to move their lives forward with fantastic results. The photo shows the team with their award.

We were also a runner up in the “Organisation of the Year” award, which was actually won by Hope Springs (congratulations to them). The other photo shows some of our volunteers at last night’s award ceremony. Well done to all of our fantastic volunteers!

Practical skills for around the house
Hands-on workshops
Learn and share useful skills

Are there jobs around the house that you want to learn how to do? Would you like to know how to:

• Make household items?
• Put up shelves?
• Build things for the garden?
• Do simple brickwork?
• Repair leaking taps and pipes?
• Do simple electrical work?

Or do you have skills that you would like to share with others?

Our learn and share workshops could be for you.
Every week experienced joiners, plumbers, bricklayers and others will share their skills with you. Over coming weeks you will be able to suggest topics for future sessions.
All ages welcome: men, women, boys and girls

Tuesday afternoons : 3.45pm to 5.45pm
Start date : Tuesday October 27th, 2015
£1 per session – includes tea / coffee
For more information contact:
• Charlie : 01246 559463 or pentrich@gmail.com
• Paul : 07753 605272 or secretary@lgct.org.uk