What's On
The Community Centre aims to provide groups, clubs and events for all ages.
As well as many local small businesses offering classes and clubs, the Centre also hosts events which will all be posted on this page. Check regularly to see what is on.
2024 TIMETABLE
Please note that this timetable is subject to change. Please contact all classes directly to book. Contact details are listed below. SCROLL DOWN TO FIND A COPY OF THE TIMETABLE
FOR CHILDREN:
Hartbeeps (baby sensory & music group) www.hartbeeps.com
Tots In Sport (Sports classes for toddlers) www.totsinsport.com
Monkey Music (pre-school music classes) www.monkeymusic.co.uk
5th Paddock Wood Guides (Guide Unit) 5thpaddockwoodguides@gmail.com
Paddock Wood Rangers (Rangers Unit) pwseniorsection@outlook.com
Yoga with Anita (yoga classes) www.anitapeach.co.uk
Rei Judo Academy (Judo Club) www.reijudo.co.uk
The GAP Centre (Gymnastics and aerial classes) www.thegapcentre.com
Studio N Dance (Dance classes) www.studiondance.co.uk
Paddock Wood Youth Council (Monthly) www.paddockwood-tc.gov.uk
PWCC Events/groups - office@paddockwoodcc.com
FOR ADULTS:
PW Community Voices (singing for wellbeing) see Facebook
Breathless & Friends Choir (COPD singing group): See Facebook
Mobilates (Pilates for mobility & health issues) www.mobilates.com
108 Yoga (Adult yoga classes) www.108yoga.co.uk
Hotshotz Tennis www.hotshotztennis.co.uk
Great Strides (Postural stability classes for seniors) info@greatstridestogether.co.uk
Yoga with Leila (yoga for adults) www.yoginitherapy.com
Move with Ease (yoga classes for adults) www.movewithease.org.uk
Yoga with Anita (yoga classes) www.anitapeach.co.uk
Rei Judo Academy (Judo Club) www.reijudo.co.uk
Body Control Pilates (Intermediate pilates class) julia_russell21@yahoo.co.uk
Slimming World (Slimming world meeting)
Veteran Coffee Mornings (1st Thursday of every month) See PWCC Facebook
Studio N Dance (Dance classes) www.studiondance.co.uk
Zumba -kellywzumba23@gmail.com
Bud Yoga - infobudyoga@gmail.com
Empowered by Freedom - (sound therapy) see Facebook
Emma Therapy (meditation and mindfulness ) - www.iamemmatherapy.com
The Jungle Body (Dancing and fitness in the dark!) - www.thejunglebody.com
BIA women's only fitness classes www.bia.coach
ADDITIONAL CLASSES & EVENTS! - Some of these are one off's, monthly or can be prearranged.
Daisy First Aid (first aid classes) www.daisyfirstaid.com
Happy Puppy Yoga - www.happypuppyyoga.com
Completefit (Menopause talks for Women) www.completefit.co.uk
Cakeybake Cake School (Children's cake decorating classes) www.cakeybake.co.uk
Owl & Raptor Centre -An Evening with Owls www.owlandraptorcentre.co.uk
Breastcancer Now - Support Group - Monthly
Tonbridge Spiritualist Church- See Facebook
Baptist Church meets every Sunday at the Community Centre
WHAT'S ON
Stay & Play Sessions
Weekly Sessions throughout the year
Stay & Play sessions are for preschoolers plus their parents and carers.
Unfortunately we don't have the space or resources to be able to welcome school age children and to make sure that there is plenty of room to play, we have also introduced a limit of 40 children. This will be on a first come, first served basis.
£3 per child or £5 per family.
Childminders - £5 for 3 children + £3 for each additional child
PW Community Coffee Shop
Our community coffee shop is now open daily.
We are very grateful to have had one of our coffee machines donated to us by Primech Building Services. With this generous donation and the kind volunteers who give up their time to serve in the coffee shop, we are able to offer great tasting, affordable coffee and cakes. We have also started to make and sell bacon and sausage baps
Coffee
Our coffee beans are freshly ground and are always purchased from ethical, sustainable and charitable companies. We are currently using...
GRIND - A shoreditch company who support the reduction of coffee waste ending up in the ocean.
Cakes
Are purchased from local small business bakers Bakeaboo Bakes and Cakezilla.
We want to support our PW cake makers with regular orders.
Bacon and Sausages
Are purchased from the Paddock Wood Pomfret Butchers, again in order to support a local business
General opening times
Monday - Saturday 9:30am -1:30pm
Sunday 9.30-11.30am
These times can be dependent on the availability of volunteers and staff. The more volunteers that we have for a 2 hour shift, the more hours we can offer coffee for! So sign up if you like to chat to our local residents!
Find Our New April 2024 Menu below
NEWS
The Community Centre is now open to hire and classes are running.
The Tennis Courts are also open. Pay per play or join as an annual member. See the tennis page to book.
On Sunday 3rd September 2023, we held our official opening which was a great success! MP Greg Clarke delivered a memorable speech and officially opened the building. The day was well attended and a lot of residents signed up to new groups and classes.
We held our first Macmillan Coffee Morning on Friday 29th September 2023, with a huge amount of cake generously donated by the children of Paddock Wood Primary Academy and beautiful piano playing by students from Mascalls Academy. The morning great success and the community raised £434.11! We hope to hold another Coffee Morning again next year.
Our first Christmas Craft Fair held on Saturday 18th November, was a huge success and incredibly well attended, for which I are very grateful to our stall holders and shoppers. We plan to make this an annual event!
In December, in partnership with Mascalls Academy and Brookside Garden Centre, the Mascalls students hosted an afternoon tea for our residents. It was fantastic! The students made and served the food and entertained their guests with music, drama and dance. Again, we hope to support this event every year.
On 17th February we hosted a Valentine's Self Care Fundraising event. This event was held to raise funds for specialist hoist equipment to allow our users who are less mobile, to be able to join in with activities at the Community Centre. The evening focused on activities to look after the mind and soul.
On March 23rd 2024, we held our first Easter Hunt and Easter Craft Fair. It was as successful, if not more so than our first fair! 100 children participated in the Egg hunt despite the unexpected rain and hail storm! We definitely have some very hardy children (and parents) in PW.
We are very pleased to announce that the TW Literary Festival has asked us to be part of their event! We will be joined by Peter Williamson who is the illustrator for The Stitch Head books. Peter will be running a drawing workshop for children. Also, Ross Weller is joining us to read to and entertain the children with his Time Time Travelling Tortoise story. Bookings should be made directly with Tunbridge Wells Literary Festival - Amelia (theamelia.co.uk)
We have many exciting events planned so please keep an eye on the website for more information.
2024 DIARY DATES
11th May - TW Literary Festival - Children's author and illustrator Peter Williamson & Ross Welford
21st July - Five Star Football Charity Football Match
27th September - Macmillan Coffee Morning
16th November- Annual Christmas Craft Fair
Every Wednesday - Stay & Play for 0-5 year olds
Tw Literary Festival
Saturday 11th May 2024
Book to come along to a new event at the PWCC. A hugely exciting event for PW.
Fundraising & Community Support
So far since opening in July 2023, we have been able to donate and raise money for:
Paddock Wood Community Food Storehouse - we collect and donate hygiene items along with Beauty Banks donations quarterly.
Macmillan Cancer Support - Our first Coffee morning supported by Mascalls Academv and Paddock Wood Primary in September 2023 raised £463!
We provide monthly refreshment donations to the Breast Cancer Now Support Group.
We support Hotshotz Tennis with their FREE Parkinson and Disability Tennis sessions.
We supply free fruit for children during school holidays and at Wednesday Stay & Play sessions. Waitrose Paddock Wood are also kindly donating fruit monthly to us.
Our Duke of Edinburgh volunteers handed out free bananas to runners of the 2024 PW Half Marathon.
We hosted along with Hartbeeps West Kent, a Children's Christmas Party in December 2023 which raised £100 for Hospice In The Weald.
In March 2024 Mobilates, Empowered by Freedom and Women's Circle joined forces with the PWCC to raise over £1000 and with a donation from Community Catalysts, we were able to purchase an inflatable lifting cushion for the Community Centre which will allow those less mobile to join in with sessions.
The coffee shop currently have a donation box for Dementia UK.
The PW Rangers have kindly made hygiene bags for anyone who may be in need, just pop in to see us for one.
We have a Bra Bank on the way, for donations of bras which will be recycled to raise money for Against Breast Cancer.
There is a Community Bookcase in the PWCC with free games, puzzles and books for anyone who wishes to help themselves. Donations are gratefully received from residents.
SUPPORTING LOCAL
We want everyone to shop local to support our community and surrounding areas. With that, we also support and shop as locally as we can and have links with many local businesses and charities, a few are shown below.
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