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Welcome to Pippins Community Centre


Community Hub, Room Hire & Venue Hire in Axminster, Devon

Welcome to Pippins Community Centre


Community Hub, Room Hire & Venue Hire in Axminster, Devon

About Pippins

A warm and welcoming community hub in the heart of Axminster.


Welcome to the Pippins Community Centre! Founded in its present form in October 2016, our lovely historic building is a bustling hub for the local community and home to a wide array of community groups and support services.

We have several comfortable and well-equipped rooms available to hire for birthday parties, events, meetings and groups, including our light and airy cafe-style community room - visit the Room Hire section to browse rooms and facilities or contact us with a booking enquiry.

Looking for a new project? Have a look through our current Volunteering opportunities.

Pippins available for Birthday Parties and events from £45 - email Liz: bookings@pippinscommunitycentre.co.uk

Check Out What's On

CLOSURE NOTICE

Please note we are CLOSED from Sat 9th – Sun 31st Aug

Check with your group leader/worker about individual sessions/appointments during the closure


Our next Pippins Fundraiser:

Friday 12th Sept Food and Music


Pippins Pathway to Volunteering:

Chat with Rev Kay and/or Nathan

Pippins Windows Update

We are thankful for our beautiful safe space here at Pippins that is a support to many in our lovely town. Following our successful Boiler Emergency Appeal we are continuing to raise money to future proof our wonderful building. 

 

Our current fundraiser is 'Operation Restore', to restore our windows in time for the Winter months a sense of restoring windows and restoring people. People who are supported by Pippins, restoring our windows. So far we have successfully restored our downstairs windows and are now working on the upstairs windows, four of which are the most rotten and they get hit hard by the weather. We are pushing to raise £10,000 for materials, replacement glass, scaffold hire and labour. Any monies left over will be used to repair our fire exits and fire escape stairs. 


If you would like to give in order to future proof our beautiful safe space our bank details are:

 

Lloyds Bank

Pippins Community Centre

30-90-89

44224360

Reference Op Restore

 

Many thanks for reading this

Team Pippins




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Pippins Community Centre Safeguarding Information

Please note that Pippins Community Centre takes the Safeguarding of our children and our vulnerable adults very seriously. All of our volunteers and staff are DBS checked.


Anyone taking photographs or attempting to access any of our children's groups or vulnerable adult groups will be reported to Devon and Cornwall Police.


Any questions about this, please contact: Rev Kay d'Albertanson (Safeguarding Lead at Pippins)


Or Lola Combes (Deputy Safeguarding Lead at Pippins)


Anyone who has any safeguarding concerns, no matter how small it may seem, please speak to or email Rev Kay or Lola.



Information for Parents and Carers:


Welcome to Pippins Community Centre


Please remember this is a community space open to all.


Keep your child safe: pleases don't leave them unattended.

Children under 11 must never be left unaccompanied

Parents and carers remain responsible for their children at all times


If you have any concerns about the safety or wellbeing of any child at Pippins, please contact Rev. Kay d'Albertanson (Safeguarding Lead), either in person or on 07901906988, or Lola Combes (Deputy Safeguarding Lead and Pippins Trustee) on 07780242475



Gentle Wednesdays

At Pippins Community Centre - 9:30am - 1:30pm, in our community room and community garden.

A quiet, gentle space for your and our beautiful building.


More info from Rev Kay: 07901 906988 / director@pippinscommunitycentre.co.uk

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What's on at Pippins

Below you can see a calendar of all of our activities. Alternatively, you can download the full schedule by clicking 'download schedule'.


N.B. Pippins is a Confidential space on a Tuesday between 9am – 4pm

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Axminster Memory Cafe

8th September onwards


2nd Mondays 2-4pm


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Community Fridge Drop-in

4th August only then 1st September onwards

9am – 12 noon


Community Fridge Drop-in, Free Tea and Toast,

Pippins Pantry / clothing rail.

All ages welcome!


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Volunteer Gardening Team

4th August only then 1st September onwards

Mondays, 9.30am - 1:30pm

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Bonfire Guitars

4th August only then 1st September onwards


Mondays


Free group for beginners.

More info from Simon m: 07764 196280



The Axminster Hub Drug + Alcohol Recovery Project

Tuesdays from 10.00am - 2.00pm


Drop-In Recovery Café for those concerned about their drug/alcohol use.

Yummy food, Community Fridge, Pippins Pantry, clothing rail + Nourish frozen meals.

Opportunity to self-refer for treatment.


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No Toy Left Behind

Wednesday 1-4pm

Thursday 1-4pm

Friday 1-4pm

Saturday 1-4pm


Pre-loved Toy Shop open upstairs

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Axminster New Youth Club with B Sharp

6th August then 3rd Sept onwards

9.30am – 1.30pm


Gentle space to potter, read, write,

compose, garden…

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Axminster Community Café

August – no café


3rd + 17th Sept – 9am – 11.30am (1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month)


Tea, fresh coffee, bacon sarnies + baking

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Singing Matters

Wednesdays, 6.30pm - 8.00pm


Ladies Choir.

To enquire about joining, please contact Grania Coleman

m: 07771 730072 / e: grania.coleman@gmail.com

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Plastic Free Axminster Litter Pick

3rd Sept – 9am


Plastic Free Axminster Litter Pick

Followed by a free cuppa and cake!

Axminster Job Club

The Axminster Job Club has come to the end of a long and wonderful 15 year season.

The Axminster Drop-In and Advice Centre is open every Thursday at Pippins from 9-12 and is being developed into what support the new team can offer.

Please watch our website and social media for details - we will keep you updated.

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Thursday Prayers

9th Sept onwards

2nd Thursday Prayers 2-4pm


To pray for all things Pippins

Crafting for Christmas

Thursday 14th & November 28th, 1-6pm

Our Crafting for Christmas FREE Event


See posters for details

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Headlight

1st + 3rd Thursdays


Mental health support for young people

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The LIFE Community

Community of Prayer – for rhythm

Rev Kay for more details m: 07901 906988

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Axminster Baby Café and Little Pips

Fridays, Term time only, 9.15am – 11am
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Friday Prayers

Friday Prayers, 9:30am


Upper Room

Axminster Methodist Church

Sundays, 10.30am onwards


Gather for worship together, all very welcome


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Community Fridge Drop-in
Community Fridge Drop-in
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No Toy Left Behind

Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays 1-4pm

No Toy Left Behind

Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays 1-4pm

Contact us

We also have a 'what three words' loaction: ///hamper.elects.pods

Use this link to go straight there.

Address
Pippins Community Centre
Lyme Road
Axminster
Devon
EX13 5AZ
Contact
For bookings:
bookings@pippinscommunitycentre.co.uk
For general enquiries:
admin@pippinscommunitycentre.co.uk
Phone: 07398518328

Community Resources

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Terracycle Recycling Point
Terracycle Recycling Point
Boxes of tasty looking food
Nourish
Nourish

A Big Thank You to our Supporters

Not Just Veg Logo
Mandy supports our Hub Cafe Team and our work with some of the most vulnerable in our lovely town by providing organic fruit and veg every week which we then lovingly turn in to yummy dishes for our clients
Mandy supports our Hub Cafe Team and our work with some of the most vulnerable in our lovely town by providing organic fruit and veg every week which we then lovingly turn in to yummy dishes for our clients
The Vending Shed Logo
Big thank you to the vending shed for supporting us by providing milk for our recent car wash event and tea tent at the Yarty Party
Big thank you to the vending shed for supporting us by providing milk for our recent car wash event and tea tent at the Yarty Party
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Teas and Creams supporting us here by diverting their unsold food to us each week. Amazing for us and the planet!!
Teas and Creams supporting us here by diverting their unsold food to us each week. Amazing for us and the planet!!
Imperial Polythene Community Impact Fund
A massive thank you to the Imperial Community Impact Fund who allocated us a grant of £250 towards our hospitality at Pippins. Thank you for all of our tea, coffee and yummy baking ingredients Imperial which helps us to continue to warmly welcome everyone who is a part of our lovely community centre.
A massive thank you to the Imperial Community Impact Fund who allocated us a grant of £250 towards our hospitality at Pippins. Thank you for all of our tea, coffee and yummy baking ingredients Imperial which helps us to continue to warmly welcome everyone who is a part of our lovely community centre.
WBW Solicitors
Thank you to WBW Solicitors for their Ongoing Support for the Pippins Pantry
Thank you to WBW Solicitors for their Ongoing Support for the Pippins Pantry
Pippins would like to thank Axminster Methodist Church, St. Giles Church Kilmington, St. Mary’s Catholic Church and WBW Solicitors for their ongoing support of dry foods and toiletries for our Pippins Pantry.

Our New Phone Number

Dear visitor. We have a new phone number! You can contact us on: 07398518328

Website photography by kind donation from Katherine Newman Photogaphy and Josh d'A Photography (contactable via the Pippins office)

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