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Refurbishment works to start on 26th October 2026

I am writing to let you know that we have a start date for the building improvement works on the Centre of Monday 26th October 2026. We plan to stay mostly open until that date but will be unable to use the building whilst the builders are on site from 26th October until the end of February 2027.

During that 4 month period we have plans to move the Gym and our activities to alternative local venues. We hope that these will be sufficiently convenient to enable you to maintain your involvement with the Centre’s activities during the period of refurbishment. We will post details of the relocation of activities on our website. Thank you, in advance, for your patience and support during this period.

The refurbishment will be transformational, modernising the Centre and creating full accessibility including:

· ramped access to the Community Centre, and to the Gym, on the Cambrian Road side of the Centre

· a small extension to the Gym

· a managers’ office adjacent to the new Community Centre entrance

· double door access from the kitchen area to the patio area at the back of the Centre

· an accessible toilet for wheelchair users and an accessible toilet for ambulant disabled people

· a new door from the corridor into the main community room area to enable independent use of the two sections of the main community room.

We have been working with Richmond Foundation (RF) to develop this project and are extremely grateful to them as they have committed the majority of the funding for the work and to their staff and Trustees who have given their time and skills to enable the project to take shape and develop.

We are excited at the prospect of welcoming you to the refurbished, improved Centre next year and at how we will make even better use of the Centre in the future.

Centre Users Meeting – 7th October 2026, 2.30 pm at the Centre

We are inviting you to a Centre Users meeting on Wednesday 7th October, at the Centre, at 2.30 pm. We will update you on the refurbishment and arrangements during the period of the building work. We will also provide an outline of the Centre’s work and outcomes during the last financial year, 1st July 2025 to 30th June 2026. Please come along – we will be pleased to see you.

Your sincerely

Sue Pendle

Chair of Trustees

NEW TO THE CAMBRIAN COMMUNITY CENTRE-WALK & TALK RICHMOND!

A SIMPLE, NO COST, OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT

A 30-40 minute easy walk as a small group, followed by a light refreshment. A chance to talk, or a chance to listen. Space for both. Just show up. You will be so welcome.

This is a great opportunity to get out and about, meet new people and get active. For more information check out Walk & Talk
or
NEW Richmond Walk

The Cambrian Community Centre helps you live longer, says national newspaper

In a round-up of places in Britain where people live longest, the Cambrian Community Centre is highlighted as providing ideal conditions for boosting your longevity.

“What is the secret to a long, happy, healthy life?” asks The Telegraph on 13 April, and includes Richmond among top 10 spots nationwide where locals routinely live well into their 80s, according to the Office of National Statistics.

Sociability initiatives, opportunities to get active, and places to take healthy detoxifying meals, are key, the national daily says, and singles out the Cambrian Community Centre as offering just these qualities.

“For some co-mingling, seek out the ‘Chatter and Natter’ table aimed at reducing loneliness – the Cambrian Community Centre hosts one every Wednesday (11.30am-1.30pm),” the paper recommends, and provides a link to the Centre’s website and details of our upcoming refurbishment project.

Social isolation is statistically linked to shorter life spans, the paper adds. Tight knit communities, low stress and a daily sense of purpose also help you live longer. Richmond’s average female life expectancy is 86.3 years, and 82.5 years for men.

To read the whole article click here: Telegraph Article

Gym With Paula

Thanks to some funding from the League of Friends of Teddington Memorial Hospital the Cambrian Community Centre Gym has been able to work in partnership with Richmond Mencap to provide a new service to service users of Mencap.

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.

Please contact Mencap directly for more information on 020 8744 1923 or office@richmondmencap.org.uk

New Timetable Available

Our new flyer featuring our Community Activities Program Timetable is now available.

As the summer holidays draw to a close and the temperatures dip it is time for all of our health and wellbeing activities to resume.

If you would like to try out any of the activities shown in the pictures we offer a FREE taster session.

For more information on any of the activities, a FREE taster session, or how to register and book for an activity please contact David Lemon, Centre Manager on 020 8948 3351 or manager@cambriancentre.org #yourcommunitycentre #communitycentre #cambriancentre #cambriancommunitycentre #exercise #activities #community #charity #fitness #health #wellbeing #tastersessions

Hartbeeps returns to the Cambrian Community Centre in September

Join the fun with your little ones

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!

Book here

New equipment for the gym

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.

Cambrian Community Centre Trustee wins Community Hero Award

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.

Well done Kate!!

Kitchen Update

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.

Your Community Centre Week 2024

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.