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CLUBS and CHARITIES

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As you can see, there are a lot of clubs and activities to get involved with!!

This page is only updated if advised of a change. So if you are mentioned below and your details need amending (including any web site links), or if you want to add a new club to the list, please use the contact form. All telephone numbers are 01934 prefixes unless otherwise stated.

If your club or group is running any kind of event and wants it publicised on this site, remember to get your events added to the calendar!

COMMUNITY GROUPS

Cheddar Village Diary

Cheddar Festive Night Organisers: Tel: 743217


Kings of Wessex Leisure Centre
Leisure Centre Reception: Tel: 744939
Adult Learning and Leisure: Tel: 0845 688 0488

Friends of Cheddar on Facebook - publicising local issues and promoting community events

Cheddar Youth Trust (formerly Cheddar Young Peoples Millennium Trust) and Sarah Comer Trust Clerk to the Trustees, Burrough and Co., 4 Union St., Cheddar BS27 3NA Tel: 743256    

Royal British Legion
Tel: 08457 725725

Blood Donor Sessions
Local organiser, Keith Herring: Tel 08457 711711

Cheddar Vale Lions Club
President: Tel 627249

 

Rotary Club of Mendip
Contact David Hall:
Tel: 01278 786797


Cheddar-Ocho Rios (Jamaica) Friendship Society
Enquiries: Tel 742682

Cheddar Felsberg Vernouillet Friendship Association
Telephone: 742763

Womens' Institute
c/o St. Andrews Church House in Cheddar.
Somerset WI Tel: 01823 284261

Probus Club of Mendip
Chairman, John Oakley: Tel 742492

Ladies Tuesday Club
c/o Fraser Hall, Cathay Lane, 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, 10.15am

Cheddar Vale Gateway Club, social club for people with learning difficulties
Chairman, E Edwards: Tel 713388

u3ACheddar Valley University of the Third Age (U3A)
Secretary: Tel 732319

Cheddar Charioteers (wheelchair/scooter users)
Contact Ray Dinham, Tel 743789

Sir Thomas de Cheddre Lodge, United Grand Lodge of England
Enquiries: Tel 742089

MUSIC, THEATRE, AND DANCE

Stagecoach Theatre Arts School
(run by Caroline King) for 5 to 18 year olds, Wednesdays 5-8pm at the Cheddar Baptist Church. (Stagecoach main web site)

Cheddar Male Choir
Enquiries: Tel 743905

Cheddar Old Time and Modern Sequence Dance Club
Chairman, Brian Norris, Tel:741593

Cheddar Valley Jazz Club
Contact Richard Borley: Tel 740189

ARTS AND CRAFTS

Woolcake Knitting Group
Tel: Julie on 743263

Cheddar Flower Power
Flower arranging on the second Monday of the month (except January and August) at 7:30pm. Contact Isobel Cameron Tel: 741004

Cheddar R U Crafti Club (scrapbooking, cardmaking etc.) Cheddar Chocolate Co, Unit 2 Winchester Farm, last Saturday of the month 10-00am till 4-00pm. £4-00 per person to cover refreshments and light lunch. Tel 07708 625214. Limited spaces.

COMPUTER SKILLS / GAMING

IT for the Terrified, The Old Cowshed, Station Road, Cheddar BS27 3AG. Tel: 741751. Computer training sessions for all skill levels and Cheddar e-sports, networked computer gaming and homework support.

ENVIRONMENT

Somerset Wildlife Trust (Mendip Wildlife Watch)
Contact Mary: Tel 744693


Charterhouse Centre
Contact Heather: 01761 462267
( Mendip Hills AONB )

The Mendip Society
Tel: 01761 463950

Prickles Hedgehog Rescue
7 Copper Close, Cheddar
Telephone: 07806 744772

The Strawberry Line Safe Paths For All

SPORTS AND LEISURE

Cheddar Running Club (Cheddar Half Marathon organisers)
Contact Lynda Kenchington: Tel 842040

Cheddar Tennis Club
Club secretary, Jennie Colton: Tel 742703

Table Tennis
Contact Joe Hogan: Tel 744115

Roundoak Badminton Club
Contact Graham Nicholson: tel 842526

Wessex Badminton Club
Contact G Burnell: Tel 742725

Cheddar Swimming Club
Contact Kate Angus: Tel 744839

Cheddar Valley Youth Hockey Club
Contact Tom Pearce: Tel 740298, or Ros Tyson: Tel 743510

Cheddar Indoor Bowling Club
Contact Brian Crashley: Tel 743949

Draycott Short Mat Bowling Club
Chairman, Steve Young: Tel 01749 870987

Cheddar Ki Aikido Club
Contact Ray Sturdy: Tel 01278 780769

Cheddar Tae Kwon-Do Club (at Kings of Wessex Leisure Centre)
Contact Jane Lambert: Tel 01278 793422

Cheddar Judo Club
Contact Phil Craddock: Tel 743288, or Carole Bradshaw: Tel 741858

Cheddar Valley Rifle Club
Club secretary: Tel 518098

Cheddar Horticultural Society
Secretary, Suzanne Green. Tel 744095

Cheddar Art Group
Contact Sara Parsons: Tel 743297

Scalextric Racing Club
Contact Martin Kay: Tel 743250


Cheddar Valley Model Railway Club
Tel 742916

Cheddar Stamp Club
Secretary, Brian Ladd Tel: 743710
 

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Often seen around Cheddar rescuing injured climbers etc., the DORSET AND SOMERSET AIR AMBULANCE helicopter is deployed on average 2-3 times a day and costs £3,800 per day to run with no funding from the Government or the National Lottery. Support this registered charity by playing the Flight for Life Lottery.

Avon and Somerset Cliff Rescue - emergency search and rescue volunteers for the Cheddar Gorge area

GUIDES AND SCOUTS





The Guide Association
(based in the Guide Hut at Cheddar First School)

Rainbows, Karen Percival:
Tel 01749 870067
Brownies, Vicki Sweet: Tel 01278 445054
Guides, Sue Wild: Tel 01749 870239
Rangers: Jenny Hill: Tel 742480
Axbridge District Trefoil Guild, Betty Morgan: Tel 712366

Adult helpers always welcome.





The Scouts' Organisation

Cheddar Scouts' web site
Scouts are based in the Scout Hut at Cheddar First School. If you are interested in helping to run these groups or would like to hire the Scout Hut, contact those below or come along at the dates/times shown (term time only):

Chairman of Scout HQ Trustees, Mike Elliott: Tel 744460
Beavers, Tommi Juntila: Tel 07864 818351
Thursdays 4.45pm to 6.15pm
Cubs/Scouts, Doug De Ivey: Tel 744224
Cubs Tuesdays 6.45pm to 8.15pm Scouts Thursdays 7pm to 8.30pm
North Sedgemoor Explorer Scouts, Mick White: Tel 744037

Animal welfare

Cats Protection League, Wells and Glastonbury - Susan on 01749 840264

RSPCA West Hatch - 0300 123 0747

Secret World Wildlife Rescue Centre - (01278) 783250

National charities

BIBIC - national childrens charity
Knowle Hall, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 8PJ. Tel: 01278 684060

Age UK - Donate a PC scheme
In collaboration with Microsoft and RaceOnline, we can rebuild your old PC and give them a second lease of life to do good in your community and for people in later life.

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