News Archive

The Community Centre will be open on the weekend of the 26/27 June between 11-3pm. There will be a display by our drawing group (including work produced as part of their “Staycation” project. )

On Sunday 27th there will be a brief performance of excerpts from “Cats” by Richmond Ballet. This will start at 1pm on the football pitch. This will be followed by a Capoiera display provided by Mosiaco Capoiera.

Tea/coffee will provided and we will be selling cakes.

Please note that due to Covid restrictions there will be restricted numbers both at the Centre and for the performance on Sunday afternoon.

The Cambrian Centre is delighted to be hosting a new capoeira class for children on Wednesdays. Capoeira is a Brazilian martial art that combines elements of dance, acrobatics, and music. The sessions are fun and very active. For more information please contact Mosiaco capoeira. The groups run for ages 3 to 5 and 6 to 10 years old.

From 17th May, assuming no changes in the national Covid picture, some groups will be returning the Centre. These are as follows.

17th May- Cambrian Choir 12.30-2.30 (with online access as well)

18th May- Table tennis 2.30-4pm and Ilkay’s yoga 7.45pm

19th May- Lifedrawing 7-9pm

21st May Papier-mache group 1-3pm

These groups are in addition to the children’s activities that are currently on offer- Richmond Ballet (Mon, Tues, Thurs and Fri), Hartbeeps (Thurs) and a new Capoeira group on Wednesdays.

Other groups not listed above will be starting back in the weeks following the 17th May. Please contact us for more information.

We are delighted that the gym has reopened today (12th April). The booking system is working well via this website- Please use the “Book Your Gym Session” button to book a session by following the instructions. If you need any further assistance please contact the gym on 0208 332 1102 or the Centre office on 0208 948 3351. The Covid security steps that were in place at the end of last year remain in operation. In particular this includes a one way system with gym entry from Cambrian Rd (via the black metal gate.) Please wait under the the green gazebo for your session to start. We are looking forward to welcoming you all back in soon.

Victoria Anderson is starting a new “Full Body Workout” class on Fridays 9am-10am. This will be a 45 minute exercise session followed by a 15 minute chat and advice to desal with any specific issues/concerns .

The cost is £6 per session and this will be launching on Friday 5th March. A great way to keep those fitness levels up whilst we await the gym reopening!

Hi all, We hope you are well! – Following the recent government announcements we are planning to reopen the gym for users from Monday 12th April.

Covid security measures that we had in place prior to our closure (limits to numbers, pre – booking via this website, one hour slots) will remain in place. This is all subject to the continuing drop in infection rates and we will of course keep you informed if plans change.

As before we have a range of activities online for people to enjoy. These are delivered via Zoom and you will need to contact us to request a meeting link to access the sessions.

Gym Sessions

General strength routine with Victoria – Tuesdays 10 am – 45 min session

Legs Bums and Tums with Paul – Thursdays 10.30am – 45 min session

General chat (gym/exercise advice) with Melissa from 10am Saturdays

We are considering making some short videos in response to particular requests/issues. If you would like some bespoke exercise advice and maybe a short video to outline any suggested exercise programme please let us know.

For gym sessions or exercise advice please email manager@cambriancentre.org

Centre sessions–

Tai Chi with Paul – Mondays 3-4pm

Choir with Deirdre – Mondays 12.30am-2.30pm (starts Jan 18^th)  

Gentle Yoga with Noreen – Tuesdays 11.30-12.30pm

Creative Writing with Gwen (1st Tues of the month)

Ukulele with Nicos Thursdays 8pm

Drawing with Claire  Fridays 10am and 1pm.

All of these sessions have a (minimal) fee to attend.

For new enquiries please email manager@cambriancentre.org . For existing participants please continue to communicate with the relevant tutor for your activity.

Following the announcement re Tier 4 restrictions in December and with no current plan to reduce these restrictions for Richmond as we move into the New Year we will be unfortunately continuing with the current closure of the Community Centre and gym.

We are awaiting news on the small of number of activity groups that have been permitted to continue – Largely those providing services and support for under 18s. The gym team will be meeting virtually next week to plan a small programme of online classes and support that we will offered during this enforced closure period. A newsletter outlining this programme will be sent out in the week of 4th January and details posted on this website.

Once again we send our apologies to all Centre users and gym members and hope you will bear with us during this period of disruption.

Have the happiest New Year that you can in the circumstances and we look forward to seeing you all again soon! Here’s to a better year in 2021!

We would like to wish all of our users, friends and neighbours a very happy and safe Christmas and New Year. We have certainly had a tough year. We sincerely hope that 2021 will be better for all! As always we are here to assist in anyway that we can so please do keep in contact.

The Centre and Gym will be remaining open during most of the festive period so if you want to call,email or use the social media accounts we run please do feel free to do so.

From everyone at the Cambrian Centre

Opening hours for the festive period are as follows: Friday 25th Dec         Closed Saturday 26th Dec    Closed Monday 28th Dec     Closed     Friday 1st Jan            Closed

Following the recent government announcements relating to the easing of the national lock down we are pleased to announce that the Cambrian Centre gym will be re-opening from Thursday 3rd December. Members will need to book sessions by using the system on this website. This will be possible from this Thursday (25th Nov).

We still awaiting guidance relating to other Centre activities but we very much hope that the majority of activities can also recommence from the 3rd December. We will send out information on this as soon as we hear more.

If you are feeling isolated during the lockdown period and would like us to help link you up with a friend from the Centre for a walk please let us know. We will then aim to link you up with anyone else requesting a walking buddy.

We are very pleased to be able to offer some online activities whilst the Centre is closed. These include three regular weekly gym sessions with members of the gym team as well as a wide variety of group activities. These are all listed below. To access sessions please email us indicating which session (s) you are interested in and we will then email you a link to the relevant activity.

“Gym” sessions– Paul’s Tai Chi and exercise chat 2.45pm Mondays, Victoria’s exercise advice and exercise sessions 10am Fridays or Stretch and bend with Melissa 11am Saturdays. (All free to gym members)

Centre sessions– Choir with Deirdre Mondays 12.30am, Gentle Yoga with Noreen Tuesdays 11.30, Creative Writing with Gwen (1st Tues of the month) time TBC, Ukulele with Nicos Thursdays 8pm, Drawing with Claire Fridays 10am. All of these sessions have a (minimal) fee to attend.

Please email us with any questions on the sessions.

Following from the recent government announcement of a further lock down period from 5th November to 2nd December we will be closing the Community Centre and Gym from the 5th (last gym session Wednesday 4th). Many activity groups will be continuing online. These include Drawing, Yoga, Tai Chi, Choir, Ukulele,Creative Writing. Please do get in contact if you need  any help accessing these groups. We are also planning to offer some online gym sessions which we anticipate will be led by a member of the gym team. More information on this will be emailed out to gym members and will also be added to this section of our website. The closure is a great shame as we have been slowly building back up from the previous shut down and all the feedback had been very positive. We very much hope that this will be a short interlude and that we can get back to normal service as soon as possible. Take care all and we look forward to seeing you again before too long!