Leisure Charities That specialise in Sports

Youth and Community Centre with Sports Hall with facilities such as badminton, squash, indoor football, basketball, community and arts facilities including conference and celebration activities particularly in support of community voluntary youth work.

The Hall is an important facility in the Community. There is a main hall, with stage and a kitchen. Regular users, keep fit, street dance, Zumba and Zumba Gold, health, puppy training, martial arts, and a social group, an elderly peoples luncheon club. It is popular for birthday parties. It has a modern kitchen, disabled access and toilet, single gender toilets, 45 solar panels & small car park.

To promote and encourage people with and without physical disabilities to come together on equal terms. To achieve complete integration within the wider community providing social activities inc swimming. Providing transport people with disabilities, elderly and other with mobility problems - carers.

Hall is hired by a variety or public organisations and private individuals throughout the year. Income from this is used to maintain the hall and to provide entertainment for local people and a venue for local sporting and social activities.

Provide a pleasant secure and cheap location for village community groups to meet and conduct their activities. Groups using the hall include beavers, cubs, scouts, guides, rainbows, brownies, senior citizens, whist, luncheon club, mothers and toddlers, exercise class, badminton, craft group, kick boxing, and phisiotherapy.

Trains, educates and give young persons (many disadvantaged) responsibilities through experience of team work and comradship by using maritime disciplines such as sailing, field activities, classroom work in navigation and life skills including brass band playing.

The object of the Association to ensure there are adequate facilities for recreation in every city, town and village in Kent, and, to fulfil this object to encourage the provision, improvement, retention and use of playing fields, children's playgrounds and other recreational centres. To this end the Charity provides grants to Parish Councils and other sports organisations.

The Community Centre provides varied activities for the benefit of the community which we serve. These include - stroke club - computer club - children's disco - warm zone drop-ins - band rehearsals- church groups- - day carers group - disabled group - keep fit classes - social activities - rugby training and a meeting venue, activity groups and a gardening/social group.

The charity provides accommodation to facilitate clubs and organisations beneficial to the local community and beyond. It also has a playing field utilised by both sports clubs and other organisations.

ACTIVITIES INCLUDE; CHILDRENS PARTIES, FESTIVALS & FUN DAYS, DOG TRAINING, PRIVATE FUNCTIONS, CUBS & SCOUTS, TODDLERS GROUP, KARATE, ANNUAL & PUBLIC COMMUNITY EVENTS.

Our centre is self-financing and managed by volunteers. We provide a pleasant venue for local residents and groups. Activities include art, ladies choir, W.I. and day centre for the elderly (run by volunteers), also yoga and pilates for adults plus karate classes for children. We have fund raising events i.e. craft & plant sales, afternoon teas, music and social events throughout the year.

TO PROVIDE A RANGE OF ACTIVITIES ,SPORT AND SKILLS WHICH ARE ATTRACTIVE AND ADVENTUROUS WITHIN A CARING DISCIPLINE BASED ON THE HIGH STANDARDS OF THE ROYAL NAVY, TO WHICH YOUNG PEOPLE CAN RESPOND AND WHICH WILL, IN TURN, ASSIST THEIR DEVELOPMENT OF SELF-CONFIDENCE, SELF-DISCIPLINE, LEADERSHIP AND A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY TO THE COMMUNITY.

PLACE OF WORSHIP, SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, EDUCATION, SPORTS, YOUTH ACTIVITIES, HEALTH RAISE AWARENESS AMONG MUSLIMS OF ISSUES RELATED TO DRUGS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES, BIRTH & DEATH RELATED ISSUES, PROVIDE COMMUNICATION LINK WITH HEALTH ORGANISATION RAISE AWARENESS OF MUSLIMS ISSUES. MATRIMONIAL PROVIDE COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT FOR MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE ISSUES

The provision of facilities for people to hire for private or public functions, activities workshops etc. Current hirers include short mat bowls, craft, fitness training, Kent County Council Day Opportunities Service, The Arts Society Canterbury, Asbestos Cancer Support group, womens institute, organ club and whist. Monthly bingo and dances.

Scouts are do-ers and give-it-a-go-ers. Yes, we go camping, hiking, swimming, abseiling and canoeing. But we also get to hang out with our friends, having fun, playing games, working in a team and taking on new challenges. Every week we give almost half a million 6-25 year olds the skills they need for school, college, university, the tricky challenge and the big dreams: the skills for life.

The object of the Charity is to help and educate young people through providing the resources necessary to train young people to the standards in water sports as laid down by their National Governing bodies with an overriding emphasis on safety whilst helping them to develop their physical and mental capabilities as individuals and as members of society.

Coffee Mornings and Community lunches, WI, Indoor bowls,Table tennis, Bingo, Tea Dances, Amateur Dramatics and General fund raising events, Hall hire (parties, weddings, keep fit, etc...) plus Play Area and Playing Field maintenance.

To improve the conditions of boys and girls under the age of 21 and of all other persons by reason of their poverty would otherwise be unable to obtain facilities for recreational or other leisure time occupations.To provide equipment or facilities for recreational, sporting or other leisure time activitiesfor such people.

Provision of sports and recreational facilities including cricket, football, tennis (lawn and hard courts), netball, bowls.Large function room for hire.U5s pre-school activities40 Allotments

Provides facilities for the pursuit of social, leisure and education activities and is a charming space and is available for hire.We welcome regular local groups such as Art Groups, Carpet Bowls, Craft Groups, Dance Groups, Karate, Tai Chi, Toddler Groups, Spiritual Groups, Yoga, private parties, community events, celebrations.

The Village Hall and adjoining land provide a centre for all local residents to pursue educational, recreational and social interests and a range of sporting and outdoor activities.

Activities include monthly meetings and group activites:Art, Calligraphy, Darts, Drama, Gardening, Handicraft, Reading, Table Tennis and Writing.Members raise funds and cater for local activities.The hall is also used by others:Birdwatchers, Ballroom Dancing, Children's Dancing, Pilates, Yoga, Wedding / Birthday Parties and for other functions.

The provision of community facilities and sporting activities within a modern hall playing field and new play area available to all with preference to village habitants and organisations as primary users.

Involved in district planning matters, Local Heritage List, heritage tree-planting, guided walks in summer.Monthly guest speakers on matters of local interest, during winter.Encouraging and enabling public engagement on matters of local planning and Sense of Place.Organise improvement initiatives: Beeston Street Art, Light Night, Design Awards, Skateboarding, and biodiversity in nature.

Fund Raising, organising Community Events, supporting Sport for Children, supporting Education for the young and needy, supporting the needy, locally, nationally and Internationally.