Gym with Paula provides a one hour gym session for Mencap service users supported by Sarah, one of our gym instructors and a support worker from Mencap. This pilot scheme has allowed 5 service users to begin their exercise and fitness journey in a supportive, safe and friendly environment.
The group are currently half way through their initial 13 weeks and their feedback has been positive, with each service user seeing improvements to their health, wellbeing and fitness.
This project has shown how partnership work between local charities can provide an inclusive opportunity to the local community. We look forward to more feedback from participants, watching people with learning disabilities grow on their fitness journey.
Vicki, Gym Manager getting the kilometres in on the bike
Walking the Thames map
The km are adding up
Ashley running on the tradmil
Gym users busy accumulating kilometres
On your bike…..
Centre Manager David popped in to add some kilometres
A big push at the end from Becky, the last 12 kilometres takes our total to……346km
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We did it! We successfully ran, walked, cycled and rowed the distance of the River Thames on Saturday 11th October. Alongside gym users the Community Centre and Gym staff team worked tirelessly to cover the full 346 kilometres from source to sea to raise funds for much needed gym equipment.
Thank you to all who participated as well as those who sponsored participants and made donations to this very worthy cause. At 3pm we were 40km short of our target, so a few volunteers and the staff team hopped back on the gym equipment and we were able to make those finish line at 3:20pm.
There is still time to support the fundraiser by donating using the QR code in the above photo gallery!
Join staff, trustees and volunteers of the Cambrian Community Centre as they aim to raise money for new gym equipment. This year we have a two pronged approach. We are raising funds to replace one of the gyms exercise bikes and also to purchase a chair to accompany the MOTOMed Muvi that allows people of all abilities to exercise.
On Saturday October 11th between 8am and 3pm we are aiming to WALK, RUN, ROW or CYCLE the length of the River Thames. From source to sea the Thames is 238 miles in length and we are aiming to combine all distances covered (however great or small) to raise money through sponsorship.
If you are interested in joining us, you can sign up to do as much or as little on October 11th, alternatively you can sponsor one of the staff team to cover as much distance as possible on the day. Further information on how to sign up, sponsor or donate to the cause is available from the gym staff.
We are also holding a RAFFLE to be drawn at the end of the fundraiser, and we have been donated a variety of prizes, details of which can be found HERE. Tickets are £2 each, and area available for the gym team or Centre Manager David.
If you are interested in supporting the day, please talk call 020 8948 3351 or e-mail gym@cambriancentre.org
Hartbeeps is coming to Richmond at the Cambrian Community Centre this Autumn!
Join us on Friday mornings for magical, musical, and multi-sensory classes designed especially for babies and toddlers and their grown ups! From newborns to pre-schoolers, our classes are filled with music, movement, imaginative play, and lots of giggles!
7 week term (12th September – 24th October)
9.30am (Happy House) Toddlers and their siblings
10.30am (Baby Beeps) Sitting babies to standing
11.30am (Baby Bells) Newborn to sitting babies
Fun-filled sessions that support early development whislt having the cutest dress up in town and a new adventure every week! Come and see why Hartbeeps is the most original baby class in the UK!
The Cambrian Community Centre would like to send a heart felt THANK YOU to the Victoria Foundation for the grant they gave the centre recently. The grant has enabled the centre to purchase a MOTOmed muvi to support gym users who have physical disabilities, neurological conditions and or are recovering from surgery or a fall.
The MOTOmed Muvi provides motor assistance to enable gym users the option to include all limbs in their exercise program with or without motor assistance. Our dedicated gym team are excited to include the MOTOmed muvi in more programs for more gym users in the coming weeks and months and we hope that it will make a great addition to the gym equipment list.
Please contact our gym team for more information on joining, restarting or leaning more about how exercise can benefit your everyday life.
Congratulations to Kate McCormack who won the Trustee of the Year award at last nights Community Heroes event at York House.
Each year Richmond upon Thames council receives a large number of nominations from the community in recognition of the work dedicated volunteers do across the borough.
Not only is Kate one of our dedicated trustees, she also volunteers for the Real Junk Food Project and she singlehandedly runs our social afternoons on Tuesdays which incorporates our table tennis group.
The Cambrian Community Centre is pleased that the borough has recognised Kates dedication to the centre, and we our proud to call her one of our trustees.
You’ll be pleased to know that the builders are nearly finished with the new kitchen, just in time for the Centres activities to resume.
We are busy planning an event to celebrate the centres new kitchen space on October 25th and the Real Junk Food Project are slowly moving their equipment into the new space. If you have been following the build on our social media pages here is a hot off the press photo from this week.
We are excited to show off the finished kitchen the the next week, and look forward to the formal opening next month.
Meet staff from each of the 10 community centres in LBRuT as they introduce Your COmmunity Centre Week 2024
Your Community Centre Week returns this September! Join us from 16-20 Sept and explore all the opportunities your local community centres provide. You can also enjoy one of our vintage bus tours 🚍 Whether you are looking to get involved or find a new activity or hobby, come along and join the fun!
We have also introduced a one stop shop for all your information needs about the community centres within Richmond upon Thames. Why not head over to Your Community Centres – Where Connections Thrive to discover what goes on at your local community centre.
We look forward to meeting many of you on the vintage bus tour and at the cream tea.
We are delighted to have secured funding from Richmond Council (Community Infrastructure Fund) to update and extend the Centre’s kitchen facilities and to rationalise and update the Centre’s boiler arrangements.
The building works are planned to start on Monday 15th July and these works should take approximately 6-8 weeks so the estimated finish date is no later than Friday 6th September. This work has been planned to take place during the summer period when the Centre tends to be quieter.
The area of the build will be isolated from the gym and meeting rooms to enable activities to continue during the building works. The kitchen will however be out of use. There is bound to be some noise and disturbance but we are working to manage and minimise this and to keep as much of the Centre’s activities going as possible as follows:
The Gym
The Gym will be open as normal throughout the building works and all gym users will be welcomed in the usual way.
You should however be aware that the lockers will not be available and the toilet at the gym end of the building will not be available for some of the period of the build. The toilets at the other end of the building, near the manager’s office, will continue to be available. Gym staff will be able to answer any questions you may have.
The Real Junk Food Project (TRJFP)(Wednesday 11.30-1.30)
TRJFP will be running throughout. The lunch offer will be adjusted as there will be no access to the kitchen, but there will still be plenty of lunch options available as well as food to take home.
Yoga (Tuesdays 10-11 and Chair Yoga Thursday 2-2.45pm)
Yoga will continue throughout the building works and throughout the summer.
Pilates (Mondays 2.25 and 3.15pm)
There will be Pilates sessions offered for some weeks during the period of the building works. The Pilates Instructor will provide details directly to people who attend the Pilates classes.
Table Tennis(Tuesdays 2-4pm)
Table tennis session will continue throughout the building works and the summer.
Cambrian Community Choir (Mondays 12-2)
The choir will be running until July 15th and then will be taking a break throughout the summer period. We look forward to welcoming the choir back in September.
For other activities the activity leader will be able to provide details. .
We will keep you updated on the building works and look forward to being able to show off the new kitchen in September. Please do not hesitate to contact David Lemon, Centre Manager, with any queries about the building work or the activities on offer at the Cambrian Community Centre.
Thank you in advance for your patience and tolerance during this process
