Community Events

Community events for the period from 2 - 8 July

All week (days vary)

General

Watercolours by Tony Taylor now on view in the Gallery, Level 2, Princess Elizabeth Hospital, until 30 September. Soul of the Sea exhibition by Charlie and Magnus Buchanan continues along the link corridor on Level 1. Both exhibitions open to the public during hospital visiting hours.
Summer Allsorts, an exhibition of oils, watercolours, original prints, embroidery, figurative and abstract by various artists, at the Coach House Gallery, St Peter’s. Open daily 11am-5pm, including Sunday, until 10 July. Free admission.
The National Trust of Guernsey Folk and Costume Museum is open daily, 10am-5pm. For details of entry fees, call 255384 or 07781 127476.
The Guernsey Tapestry at St James, open Monday to Saturday, 10am-4.30pm. Tel. 727106.

Mothers & Toddlers

Drop-in and play session, for parents and carers with children under five, at the NSPCC Bian V’nu, Rue du Pre, St Peter Port, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9.30-11.30am. Tel. 723224.

Charities

Guernsey Bereavement Service, Kingsland House, Les Basses Capelles, St Sampson’s. Office open Monday to Friday, 9-11.30am. Counselling by appointment only. Tel. 251056 or the office on 257778.
Citizens’ Advice Bureau, Bridge Avenue, St Sampson’s. Tel. 242266. Open Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 9.30am-4pm, Tuesday and Friday, 9.30am-12.30pm.
Relate Relationship Counselling. Daytime and evening appointments available. Please call 730303 or visit www.relate.org.gg.

Charity Shops

Oxfam shop, at the top of Smith Street, St Peter Port. Open Monday to Friday, 9am-4.30pm and Saturday, 10am-4pm.
Les Bourgs Hospice Store, Mont Arrive. Open Monday to Friday, 9am-3.30pm and Saturday, 9am-3pm. The Bridge shop is open on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 9.30am-4.30pm.
Red Cross Shop, at Red Cross House, Rohais, St Peter Port. Open Monday to Saturday, 9am-4pm. Tel. 723088.
Ron Short Centre shop at the centre, Beau Sejour, Amherst, St Peter Port. Open Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 10am-3pm. Tel. 724333.
Friends of the Citizens’ Advice Bureau charity shop at the Bridge, St Sampson’s. Open Monday to Friday, 10am-4pm, and Saturday, 9.30am-noon.
Salvation Army shop at Nocq Road, St Sampson’s. Open Monday to Friday, 10am-3pm, and Saturday, 10am-noon.
Guernsey Cheshire Home shop at Electricity Board headquarters, North Side, Vale. Open Monday to Saturday, 10am-3pm.
Guernsey ActionAid, Lifeboat and Samaritans shop at Market Street, St Peter Port. Open Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 10am-12.30pm.
RNLI shop in the Clock Tower, St Sampson’s. Open Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 10am-12.30pm.
Health Information Exchange shop on the Bridge, St Sampson’s, open 10am-4pm, Tuesday to Saturday. Tel. 246154.

Health

Alzheimer’s Centre at Delancey, St Sampson’s. Care days on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 2-5pm, coffee mornings from 10-noon. Lunch and social on the first and third Thursday of the month, 11am-3pm. Tel. 244057.
National Childbirth Trust antenatal classes. For details, tel. 256625 or information line 12058.
Guernsey Blind Association at Le Four Cabot, St Andrew’s. Open Monday to Friday, 9-11am (or by appointment). Tel. 236933.
Alcoholics Anonymous meetings on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at 8pm, Wednesday at 12.30 and 8pm, Friday at 7pm, Saturday at 12 and 8pm, and Sunday at 10.30am and 6.30pm. Tel. 713480.
Health Information Exchange, a free information service on disability and health matters, at Beau Sejour (next to the Ron Short Centre). Open Monday to Friday, 10am-4pm. Tel. 707470.
Help: do you need shopping, prescriptions, etc. fetched for you? Tel. 249490 before noon on weekdays for a free, reliable service.
Community Health Services’ Infant Welfare Clinics at the Vale Douzaine Room, Maritaine Road, 2-4pm, on Monday, at Forest Douzaine Room (next to Forest School), 2-4pm, at the Roseville Family Centre, 1-2.45pm on Tuesday, at the Kindred Family Centre, Les Genats Estate, Castel, 9.30-11am on Wednesday, and at Lukis House, The Grange, St Peter Port, 10-11.30am on Friday.
Life Pregnancy Counselling and Help Service: free pregnancy tests, post-abortion counselling, seven days a week, including evenings. Tel. 241143.
Guernsey Quitline at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital, St Martin’s. Tel. 233170. Drop-in clinics for new clients on Tuesdays at 10.30am or 2pm and Thursdays at 11.30am or 2pm. Follow-up sessions on Tuesdays, 11am-1.45pm and Thursdays, noon-1.45pm. Small-groups sessions for new clients on Mondays and Wednesdays at 6pm, with follow-up sessions on Mondays and Wednesdays at 7pm. One-to-one sessions and Saturday morning clinic available by appointment only. Also at the Pier Steps Surgery, new clients on Wednesdays at noon or 1.30pm and follow-up clients on Wednesdays, 12.30-1.30pm. No sessions on Bank Holidays.
Walk Your Way to Health: Free 30 minute walks, meeting on Thursdays at Houmet Tavern car park, 10am, on Fridays at Chouet car park, 10.30am, on Sundays at different venues at 4pm, on Mondays at Beau Sejour main entrance, 1.45pm, and on Tuesdays at Bordeaux, 2pm. For further details, call the Health Promotion Unit on 707311, Monday to Friday.

Thursday

General

Beginners card-making demonstration for anyone wanting to begin a new hobby at St Paul’s Methodist Church, 9.45-10.45am. Cost £5. Limited numbers. To book, call Lynn on 246647.

Fairs & Sales

Survive Cancer sale of women’s new, vintage and designer clothing at The Dressing-Up Box, 3, Mansell Street, St Peter Port, 4-7.30pm. Also open on Saturdays from 9am-1pm and 2-5pm and on Wednesdays from 4-7.30pm. All proceeds to the Sepsis and Myeloma trial fund.

Organisations

Open church at St John’s, Les Amballes, St Peter Port, 11am-3pm. All ages welcome.
Sports Association for the Disabled swimming at Beau Sejour, 6-6.30pm. For details, call 724333.
Alive to God, growing and learning together about the Christian faith, at Castel Church, 7pm. For details, call the Rev. Jan on 234283.
Zen Buddhist Group meeting, 7.30pm. Tel. 722446 for venue.

Mother, Baby & Toddler

Mother and toddler group at Wesley Methodist Church Hall, 9.30-11.30am. Tel. 725851.
Baby Bounce: Rhymes and songs for babies up to one year, at the Guille-Alles Children’s Library, 10-10.30 and 11-11.30am. Booking essential.
Tel. 743635.
Noah’s Ark Preschool Club (for children and their carers) at the Salvation Army Community Centre, Nocq Road, St Sampson’s, 1.30-2.30pm. For details, call John, centre manager, on 200216.

Friday

General

Vale Country Market at the Douzaine Room, 9.30-10.30am.
Community cafe, with toddlers play area, at Eldad Elim Church, Union Street, St Peter Port, 10am-4pm.
Free Friday cuppa at Torteval Methodist Schoolroom (past parish church on left and then first left turning), 2.30-4pm.
Amherst Primary School PTA family fun evening at the school, 6-8pm. Various entertainment including school choir, school maypole dancers, majorettes, magician, musician, barbecue, stalls and raffle.
The Clockhouse Theatre Company presents its rendition of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at James Saumarez Hall, main Markets building, St Peter Port, 7.30pm. Tickets available by calling 07781 401443 or email info@clockhousetheatre.com.
Victor Hugo and His House, a guided walk through St Peter Port to Victor Hugo’s Hauteville House, with Lesley Perchard, meeting at the Visitor Information Centre, St Peter Port, 10.30am. Price £9, including tour of the house. Call Lesley on 07781 122053 or 720537.

Organisations

Simply Social Club for over-50s: dine with us. For details of venue, call 200141.
Age Concern Centre at St Martin’s Parish Hall, 2-4pm. Tel. 727795. Helpline: 267660.
SJA Sarnia Division meets at Bailiwick Headquarters, Rohais. Badgers, 5.15-6.45pm, cadets, 6.30-8pm, and adults, 7.45-9.30pm.
Gada: children’s dance class at Styx Youth Centre, St Peter’s, 6-7pm followed by advanced class from 7-8pm, beginners’ dance class from 8-9pm and novice level from 9-10pm. For details, call Jamie Le Tissier on 07781 115568.
Sports Association for the Disabled meets at KGV Clubhouse, 7-9pm. Tel. 258819.

Mother, Baby & Toddler

Parent and toddler group at St Saviour’s Parish Church Hall (next to the rectory), 10-11.30am. Free entry.
Parent and toddler group plays badminton (with creche) at the Rohais Badminton Centre, 10.30am-noon. Tel. 253265 or text 07911 719229. Beginners welcome.
Mums and toddlers at the Salvation Army Hall, Clifton, 9-11am. Tel. 721151.
TOTS: Rhymes, song and stories for toddlers aged one to three years, at the Guille-Alles Children’s Library, 10-10.30 and 11-11.30am. Booking essential. Tel. 743635.
Galaad mothers and toddlers at Galaad Methodist Church, 1-2.30pm. Tel. 255535.

Health

Family Planning Clinic at 7, Le Pollet, 12.30-1.30pm. Also on Monday, 5.30-6.30pm, and Wednesday, 6-8pm. Tel. 07781 103434.
Narcotics Anonymous meeting, 8pm. Tel. 07781 435370.

Saturday

General

The Guernsey Conservation Volunteers will be removing ragwort from the BBC field at Pleinmont, meeting at the top Pleinmont car park (Perry’s page 32 C4), 10am. Tel. Angela on 721163 (evenings) for further details.
Coeliac Support Group coffee morning at Oatlands,
St Sampson’s, 10.30-11.30am. For details, call Jan on 07781 118948.
Roy Cochrane’s Guernsey Changes, a slide show and chat in aid of The Guernsey Disability Alliance, at Les Cotils, 2 for 2.30pm. Tickets £6, including afternoon tea and raffle, available from Roy on 722772.
Family story time at the Guille-Alles Children’s Library, 2.15-2.45pm. No booking necessary.

Fairs & Sales

Car boot sale at La Mare de Carteret School, 7.30-11am. No booking required. Tel. 236104.
Car boot sale at the Rugby Club, Foote’s Lane, 9am-noon. Tel. 07781 119795 or 723646.
Farmers’ market at Sausmarez Manor, St Martin’s, 9am-noon.
The Town Market Traders outdoor market on the terrace outside the Markets, 9am-4pm.
Castel farmers’ market at the Fairfield, 9.30am-noon.
Craft fayre and coffee morning at St Sampson’s Church Hall, Potters Corner, 10am-1pm. Proceeds to Sunday School funds.
Guernsey Cheshire Home sale of home-made cakes and pastries and bric-a-brac at Shorncliffe, Rohais, St Peter Port, 10.15am-noon.
St Saviour’s Church summer fete – the Revel – in the rectory field opposite the church, 1-4pm. Free entry and ample parking.

Organisations

Healing spiritual pop-in at The Guernsey Healing and Spiritual Centre, Dyslexia Centre, KGV, 10am-12noon. Tel. 245094.

Health

Overeaters Anonymous – Eating Disorders: Self-help group meets at 10.30am.
Tel. 07911 736160 for venue.

Sunday

General

Les Bourgs Hospice sponsored Rock to Rocque cycle ride, with enrolment at North Beach car park prior to a 10am start. Sponsorship forms are available from all cycle shops.
Town Centre Partnership presents the Elastic Band with Alison Castle and Steve Bougourd at Candie Gardens, 3-4pm. In event of bad weather, the performance will be held in the theatre.

Fairs & Sales

Car boot sale, in aid of Guernsey Women’s Refuge, at Specsavers, La Villiaze, St Andrew’s, 2-5pm. £5 per car. Call Becky Link on 07781 111347.

Organisations

God and Marmalade, worship and teaching over breakfast with the Rev. Carole Holmes, at Forest United Methodist Church (opposite The Deerhound), 9-10am.
Family fun and worship in St John’s Hall, 9.30am. For details, call the Rev. Andrew Sharpe, 720879.
Les Capelles Church open air family service at Le Vaugrat camp site, 10.30am followed by a barbecue lunch.
All age family service at Castel Church, 10.30am.
Annual pet service at Forest Parish Church, 11am. If fine, the service will be held in the Glebe field behind the church.
Singles Sunday Lunch Club, open to men and women over 50. To reserve a seat at the lunch, call Rosemary on 07781 421851.

Health

Sri sri yoga class at St Martin’s Community Centre, 10am. Also on Monday at 5.45pm. All proceeds to Worldwide Service Projects. For details, call Julie on 251226.

Monday

General

The Roseville Family Centre Library, open from 9.30-11.30am, at the same time as the centre’s coffee morning. For details, call Stephen Collas on 720392.

Organisations

SJA Daytime Division meets at the Rohais, 10-11.30am. Phoenix Division meets at Bailiwick Headquarters, Rohais. Badgers, 4.15-5.45pm, cadets, 6-7.45pm, and adults, 8-10pm.
Churches’ Festival Chorus meets at St Martin’s School, 7.25pm prompt. For details, call Roy Sarre on 263930.
Zen Buddhist Group: Meditation evening, 7.30pm.
Tel. 722446 for venue.
Gada: general dance practice at the Guet, Albecq, 8.30-10pm.

Mother, Baby & Toddler

Mums and toddlers at the Salvation Army Hall, Clifton, 9-11am. Tel. 721151.
Mother and toddler group at Torteval Methodist Church Hall, 9-11.30am. Tel. 265992.
Mothers and toddlers at the Church of Scotland, The Grange, 9-11am. Tel. 727773.
Tiger Tots, group for parents, carers and toddlers under four years at St Paul’s Methodist Church, Vale, 9.30-11.30am.
Tel. 244156.
Parent and toddler group at the Salvation Army, L’Islet, 9.30-11.30am. Limited numbers.
Tel. 244631.
Grandparents’ and toddlers’ group at Clifton Salvation Army Hall, 10-11.30am. Tel. 713927.
St Martin’s mother and toddler group at St Martin’s Community Centre, 1-3pm.
Tel. Jan on 234577.
Mothers and toddlers at the Parish Centre, Delancey RC Church, Rue des Monts, 1.15-3.15pm. Tel. 249664 or 725276.
Parent and Todds’ Praise, craft, singing and stories in the Castel Church, 1.30-2.45pm.
For details, call the Rev. Jan on 234283.
Story Time for Tots, in association with the Guille-Alles Library, at the Western Community Centre, St Peter’s, 1.45-2.30pm.

Youth Groups

Afterschool club for ages seven to 11 at Western Community Centre (Styx), 4-5.30. Tel. 266554.
Senior Club at the Youth Centre, Brock Road, St Peter Port, 7.30-10.30pm.

Health

Postnatal group, by invitation from health visitors, at the Vale Douzaine Room, 12.45-2pm.
Self-Harm/Self-Help Group information line, tel. 714814.
Alanon Family Group meeting, 8pm. Tel. 239880.

Tuesday

General

Story Stop sessions, for three to five years, at the Guille-Alles Children’s Library, 11-11.30am.
St John Care in the Community Library Service at the Ambulance Station, Rohais, St Peter Port, 1-4pm. Tel. 255207 or 07911 733928. Easy access and parking.
Guernsey Bicycle Group’s free guided evening ride, starting at North Beach car park, 7pm. All bikes must be in good working order and riders are advised to wear helmets. All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Bingo at Les Naftiaux Community Centre, 7.30-10.30pm.

Organisations

Luncheon club at the Salvation Army, L’Islet, 12.15. Transport is available. For details, call Chris on 244631.
Hard of Hearing Resource Centre, open 2-4pm. Tel. 234043.
The Friendship Group for mature people meets at Wesley Community Centre, Bouet, St Peter Port, 2-4pm. Free entertainment and refreshments. Parking available. For details, call Marion on 253548 or Elsie on 253740.
Age Concern Centre at Vale Douzaine Room, 2-4pm. Tel. 727795. Helpline: 267660.
Friendship Group at L’Islet Salvation Army, 2.30pm. Transport available.
SJA Brock Division meets at Bailiwick Headquarters, Rohais. Badgers, 4.30-6pm, cadets, 6.30-8pm, and adults, 8-10pm.
Tuesday Night Live at St John’s Hall, 7.15. Buffet supper and various buzz groups including the Alpha Christian basics course. Tel. the Rev. Andrew Sharp on 720879.
Tuesday Ladies meet at Wesley Methodist Church, 7.30pm.
Tel. 725103.
Healing circle at The Guernsey Healing and Spiritual Centre, Dyslexia Centre, KGV, 7.30-9pm. Tel. 245094.
Guernsey Buddhist Group guided meditation, 7.30pm. Tel. 255445 for information.
St Martin’s WI meeting at St Martin’s School Hall, 7.30pm.
Gada: beginners’ ballroom and Latin American dance class at the Western Community Centre, St Peter’s, 8-9.30pm followed by general practice until 10.30pm.
Sarnia Sequence Dance Club at St Martin’s Parish Hall, 8.15pm. For details, call Graham or Ruth on 264347.

Mother, Baby & Toddler

Teepee parents’ and toddlers’ group, for children with special needs but also all-inclusive, at St Matthew’s Hall, Le Guet, Cobo, 9.30-11.30am.
Tel. Jenny on 07781 400393 or Nikki on 07781 404130.
Mother and toddler group at the Western Community Centre (Styx), Longfrie, St Peter’s, 9.30-11.30am. Tel. 266554.
Toybox toddler and parent group at Les Camps Methodist Church, Grande Rue, St Martin’s, 9.30-11.15am. Tel. 257426.
Mother and toddler playgroup at Vale Mission Fellowship, Route Militaire, 9.30-11.15am. Tel. 249462 or 248342.
Roseville Baby Clinic and Roseville Tea and Play Group at Roseville Family Centre, Roseville, St Peter Port, 1-2.45pm.
Mother and toddler group at Vazon Elim Pentecostal Church, La Mare Road, Vazon, 1.30-3pm. Tel. 264908 or 257386.
Feeding Friends group at
St Martin’s Community Centre, 1.30-3pm. A midwife and health visitors will be available to answer any questions.
Mother and toddler group at the Barn, St Andrew’s Church, 1.45-3.15pm.
Tods R Us now closed until 15 September.

Youth Groups

One, in Two, Three Club at Western Parishes’ Community Centre, 6.15-7.15pm. Tel. 263168 or 256484.
Off the Streets Club at the Youth Centre, Brock Road,
St Peter Port, 6.30-8.30pm.

Health

Breastfeeding Clinic, at Loveridge Ward, PEH, 11am-noon. Tel. 725241, ext. 4134.
Overeaters Anonymous – Eating Disorders: Self-help group meets at 7.30pm.
Tel. 07911 736160 for venue.
Narcotics Anonymous meeting, 8pm. Tel. 07781 435370.

Wednesday

General

Community library at the Western Community Centre (Styx), Longfrie, St Peter’s, 10am-noon.
Drop-In at the Tea Junction, Galaad Methodist Church, 10am-noon.
St Martin’s Community Cloak coffee morning in the Jerbourg Room, Community Centre, 10-11.30.
Bonham’s Auctioneers free valuation day at Sausmarez Manor, St Martin’s, 10am-12.45pm. For details, call 07781 130601.
Guille-Alles Library Reading Group meeting, with an informal and relaxed discussion of The Time Traveller’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, 7.30pm. Free entry. No booking required.

Fairs & Sales

St Peter’s country market 25th anniversary at the Community Hut (behind St Peter’s Post Office), 10-11am.

Organisations

Age Concern Centre at
St John’s Church Hall, Les Amballes, St Peter Port, 2.30-4.30pm. Call Marie Le Feuvre on 244016.
Spiritual Healing Centre: Healing group at the Douzaine Rooms, St Peter’s, 7.30-9pm.
Tel. 256629.
Scottish country dancing at Blanchelande Girls’ College, 7-8pm for beginners and 7.30-9.30pm for intermediate and advanced. For details, call Liz on 265894.

Mother, Baby & Toddler

Mums and toddlers at the Salvation Army Hall, Clifton, 9-11am. Tel. 721151 or 713927.
Mums and toddlers at United Reformed Church, Grande Rue, St Saviour’s, 10-11.30am. Tel. 264941 or 721831.
Parent, baby and toddler group at Rohais Methodist Church, 10-11.30am. Call Michelle on 724579.
Musical Guetogether meets at St Matthew’s Church Hall, Le Guet, 10-11.30am. For details, call June Jones on 255674.

Youth Groups

Youth Alpha, for 11 years and over, in Castel Church Hall, 7.45-8.40pm.

Health

Blood pressure tests at the Chest and Heart Unit, Oberlands, St Martin’s, 1-3pm.
Stroke Association meets at the King Edward VII Hospital, 2-3.30pm. Tel. 265046.
Simple relaxing sri sri yoga at the Vale Infants’ School, 5.45pm. All proceeds to Worldwide Service Projects.
Call Maureen on 247594.