Welcome
Welcome to the January Community Centres e-newsletter.
We’re excited to bring you the latest news and activities from our three community centres at Banstead, Horley and Woodhatch.
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We welcome your thoughts and suggestions for future issues, feel free to get in touch communitycentres@reigate-banstead.gov.uk
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New classes at our community centres
We’re thrilled to announce a lineup of fresh activities for the year ahead! In 2026, our centres will introduce yoga classes designed for all levels, helping you build strength, balance, and mindfulness.
We’re also launching a vibrant dance class, perfect for anyone looking to stay active, learn new moves, and have fun in a welcoming environment.
Woodhatch Community Centre
Woodhatch Community Centre is excited to launch a refreshed weekly timetable of wellbeing classes designed to help you move, breathe, and feel better in 2026.
Whether you're looking to build strength, unwind after a long day, or explore a gentle introduction to movement, there’s something here for everyone.
Monday: Pilates 5pm to 5.45pm £7
Strengthen your core, improve posture, and build balanced full‑body stability with our pilates sessions. Perfect for beginners and regular practitioners alike.
Tuesday: Teen Yoga 4pm to 4.45pm £6
A supportive, fun class created especially for young people. Teen yoga helps build confidence, flexibility, and emotional balance in a relaxed, friendly environment.
Wednesday: Yin Yoga 5.30pm to 6.15pm £7
Slow down and sink into deep, restorative stretches. Yin yoga is ideal for calming the mind, improving mobility, and releasing long‑held tension.
Thursday: Chair Yoga 10.30am to 11.15am £7
A gentle, accessible class suitable for all abilities. Chair yoga offers mindful movement and breath work without needing to get down on the floor, perfect for beginners, seniors, or anyone recovering from injury.
Woodhatch Community Centre in partnership with Heartfulness are offering a free new meditation class, running every Sunday 8.30am to 10.30am. Discover calm and clarity within. Learn heartfulness practices for a balanced, joyful life.
Horley Community Centre
Horley Community Centre in partnership with Better Leisure Centres (GLL) to introduce free community dance fitness classes.
Get moving, feel great and join the fun. No booking required, just turn up and enjoy an hour of energising music and movement.
Classes run every Thursday 11.30am to 12.30pm
New Facebook pages
Join us on Facebook and stay connected with your community centre.
We are excited to announce the launch of our brand new community centre Facebook pages, where you'll find everything you need to stay in the loop with all the exciting events, activities, and updates happening in our vibrant community.
Click the centre names below to go to the relevant Facebook page.
Banstead Community Centre
Horley Community Centre
Woodhatch Community Centre
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Paint and sip evening at woodhatch community centre
Friday 28 February 6pm to 9pm
Unwind, laugh, and get creative at our Paint and Sip evening.
From 6pm to 7pm, enjoy a delicious slice of pizza and a glass of Prosecco while mingling with friends old and new. From 7pm to 9pm, our friendly instructor Tricia from 'It's Easel If You Try' will guide you step by step through painting the majestic Highland cow.
No previous experience is needed, whether you’re a complete beginner or a seasoned painter, all abilities are welcome. You’ll be amazed at what you can create with a little guidance, a splash of paint, and a sip of Prosecco.
By the end of the evening, you’ll leave with a beautiful canvas to take home – and some wonderful memories too.
Spaces are limited, so book early to secure your spot Click me to book
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Feeling peckish?
Snack bars
Our community centres have welcoming cafés, perfect for a relaxing break or a social catch-up. Whether you're in the mood for a freshly brewed coffee, a delicious pastry or a light lunch, our cafés offer a variety of tasty options to satisfy every craving. With a friendly atmosphere, it's the perfect spot to unwind, refuel and connect with others.
Make a meal of it
Our community centres also offer a selection of delicious hot main meals alongside our café menu, freshly prepared in house to satisfy your hunger and taste buds. From hearty classics to lighter, healthy options, our meals are made with quality ingredients to ensure a comforting and satisfying dining experience. Perfect for a treat after an activity or simply enjoying a great meal with friends
Available Monday to Friday.
Room hire
If you need a meeting room or somewhere to hold an event or celebration, we can help.
We have rooms available to hire for up to 150 people, with catering facilities and IT equipment available too. There are prices to suit most budgets and special rates for charities and community groups. You can find out more online or get in touch.
Alternatively, check out room availability by visiting our website to find our lemon booking system to show live availability and pictures of all rooms available for hire.
Community centre room hire
The Chatty Café Scheme
Are you interested in volunteering?
We would love to offer a 'Chatter & Natter' table at Banstead and Horley Community Centres and need a volunteer to help host the sessions. It's a simple concept where members of the public are invited to sit at the table, simply to chat.
Loneliness is a silent killer and this is a great way that we can work with the community to offer a table in our café to bring people together and tackle loneliness at the same time.
Do you enjoy speaking to new people? Could you spare 1 to 2 hours a week to help promote and host the table?
Full training will be available.
From 21 January, Join us at Woodhatch Community Centre for our first 'Chatter and Natter' table.
These sessions will run every Wednesday from 10am to 12pm for anyone to come along and have a chat with our wonderful volunteers.
Loneliness is a silent killer and this is a great way that we can work with the community to offer a table in our café to bring people together and tackle loneliness at the same time.
Hearing aid battery replacement
Get help with battery or tubing replacement* on your hearing aid with our drop-in sessions
Horley Community Centre - Monday to Friday 9am to 3pm
Woodhatch Community Centre - Friday 10am to 12pm
*Note that tubing replacement is only available at Woodhatch Community Centre.
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Volunteering at our community centre
We’re always looking for new volunteers in all our centres. Whether you want to help with activities for children, share your passion with others, help in the café or on reception, it’s a great way to meet others and give back to your local community.
Volunteering offers countless benefits for both individuals and the wider community. Not only does it provide a sense of purpose and fulfillment, but it also fosters strong social connections and helps build a more supportive and inclusive environment. By volunteering, individuals have the chance to give back, share their skills, and learn from others, all while making a positive impact in their local community.
“Volunteering at the community centre has given me so much pleasure and had been very rewarding to give something back to the community making a difference to people’s lives whilst at the same time making a difference to mine.” Diane Swift – Banstead Community Centre
For more information on volunteering contact the centre you wish to find information about or email communitycentres@reigate-banstead.gov.uk
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Reigate repair café administrator wanted
Do you want to make a difference by helping people to reduce household expenses and environmental damage as part of an international movement? Then come and join Reigate Repair Café to make repair local for all those in and around the area.
Repair Café use community repair skills to help people repair and reuse their items, without charge, to reduce household costs and reduce waste.
Benefits of the movement include :
- Reducing the environmental impact of waste and recycling
- Reducing cost of living by making products last longer
- Bringing back repair into local society
- Maintaining and spreading repair expertise
- Promoting social cohesion in the community by connecting people
- You can see more information about the movement by checking out the repair cafe website
Reigate Repair Café is planning to open as early as possible in 2026 at the Woodhatch Community Centre; opening will be on the last Saturday every month.
Reigate Repair Café success will depend on a wide range of people working in harmony with a few simple procedures and the administrator is key to achieving this. Learning from other Repair Cafés, it will be important to identify and implement effective processes and simple systems to schedule the repairs and to match a visitor and volunteer repairer with the right skills. Collecting data on the repair work is valuable in understanding the environmental impact and informing national waste reduction initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Implement suitable administration processes and systems to smoothly schedule the repair activity with the twin aims of a pleasant and efficient experience for visitors and a rewarding time for volunteers
- Implement suitable administration processes for gathering donations and parts costs
- Support work to capture data on the repairs to be used in national initiatives
- Coaching and training colleagues in the adoption of our systems
- Make recommendations regarding the adoption or improvement of policies, processes and systems
- Be primary liaison with our host site for repair events
- Manage booking form submissions and emails between opening sessions
- Manage the match between volunteer availability and visitor attendance
- Work with Repair Café leader to establish appropriate recording of donations and expenses.
What skills do I need?
- Fluent with modern office tools (word processor, spreadsheets, cloud storage etc)
- Strong administration and organisational experience
- Experience of introducing or changing processes and a passion to make them work in a startup volunteer environment
- Comfortable working in both the back office and the front
The back office work of the Administrator can be carried out from any location and usually requires attention weekly.
Once a month on a fixed and repeating Saturday, the administrator will often need to support the other volunteers at the Repair Café events.
For more information please contact Charlie Griswood on 07825 351472 or email charlie.griswood@reigate-banstead.gov.uk
Andy's Man Café
#ItsOkayToTalk
On the 9 February a new group will be held at Woodhatch Community Centre 7pm to 9pm. The door will be open from 6.45pm, you will be met by a friendly Andy's Man Club representative who will take that step in with you and show you where the brew station and biscuits are.
Sessions will continue every Monday 7pm to 9pm.
Andy's Man Club are a men’s suicide prevention charity, offering free to attend peer-to-peer support groups across the United Kingdom and online.
The charity want to end the stigma surrounding men’s mental health and help men through the power of conversation. #ITSOKAYTOTALK
The group is free of charges and bookings, completely confidential and a place that is free of any judgement, you can simply turn up and talk as much or as little as you desire with no pressure.
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