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Groups and Activities
 Award Winning Café
St Sidwell’s Centre's 'Award Winning' Café is open every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 10.30am to 2pm.
Run entirely by volunteers, it serves delicious, fresh, wholesome and inexpensive food.
It has been awarded the Queens Award for Volunteering.
Internet Access
Available at the Centre between 10am and 3pm, Mondays to Fridays.
The first half hour is free of charge, then 50p per 15 minutes thereafter.
Alternatively, you may choose to bring your own laptop and take advantage of our Wi Fi access. It's very simple, just purchase a daily code for £1 and once connected, you can surf the web all day. We'll even let you plug-in your charger.
Printing and photocopying also available from 15p per copy.
 Flying Start Children's Centre
The Flying Start Children's Centre, based at St Sidwells, works closely with local groups and agencies to ensure that a full range of support services are available to children 0-5. Working from within the community with children aged 0-5 and their families for a 'flying start' in life.
We cover St David's, St James, Newtown and Duryard.
Examples of the type of services currently available are: Treasure Baskets, Heuristic Play, Baby Clinics, Baby Clubs, Baby Oasis Café, Men and Toddler Groups and lots more!
For more information about Flying Start Children's Centre contact us on 01392 666224.
Hikmat
The Hikmat (Wisdom) Social Contact Centre is a Black Minority Ethnic elders’ project, run by the Olive Tree Association.
The drop in day centre is open on Tuesday for Chinese elders and Thursday for Muslim elders.
The day centre is open to older people in and around the Exeter area who are black, Asian or from an ethnic minority. Transport can be provided in the Exeter area to and from St Sidwell’s. The Centre provides a subsidised cooked lunch, which can be enjoyed in a comfortable and supportive environment. We also have a women's only room on Thursdays. We offer help with locating services that give information and advice on a range of matters including financial advice, pensions and health awareness talks. Organized social events such as trips are also arranged.
Hikmat offers an excellent opportunity for social contact in a friendly environment (which is appropriately staffed), enabling people to form new friendships and contacts in a relaxed social cultural environment.
For more information contact us on 07976 876979.
Yoga For Life
From 15th September, a new yoga class for the over 50s, Monday mornings, 10.00 - 11.30am.
£6 or £5 concessions
With Sue Way (British Wheel of Yoga)
Meditation Classes
with Jonathan Dawson
Discover a way to calm, putting your troubles to one side and finding peace for a while.
£5.00 per session. Call Jonathon for days and times of sessions on 01392 421139.
Smoking Cessation Group - Devon PCT
The confidential clinic consists of an initial 30 minute consultation with Nicotine Replacement Therapy available on prescription, followed by 6 weekly follow ups with support and motivation.
For more information contact the Health Trainers on 01392 356937.
Baby Massage
Sessions run on Wednesday afternoons between 2-4pm.
Contact the Children's Centre for more information on 01392 666224.
Royal British Legion Women's Group
Sessions run on Monday afternoons between 1-3pm.
Parent and Baby Group
Sessions run on Wednesday mornings between 10am-1pm, run by the Health Visitors.
Exeter Garden Club
Sessions run every second Tuesday of the month 7-9pm.
Parkinson's Society UK
This group meets once a month on the Last Friday. Come along for a chat, drink and meet other Parkinson's members.
For more information contact Penelope, Branch Organiser, email: pj@dburchfield.freeserve.co.uk
or tel: 01392 439912 (ansaphone).
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