Bury St Edmunds Bridge Club - Thursdays from 7pm
Formed in 1981, we are a friendly duplicate bridge club welcoming new or visiting players and meet every Thursday evening at 7pm.
We currently have around 50 members and using a well lit room, we have tea, coffee, cold drinks and biscuits available all evening.
Bury St Edmunds Breathe Easy support group – Last Wednesday of each month, 1.30pm
Make new friends who know what you’re going through, and learn more about living with a lung condition.
Meetings, which are open to all, are on the last Wednesday of each month.
Bury St Edmunds Cake Decorating and Sugarcraft Club – Third Tuesday of the Month
Demonstrations and workshops on the art of cake decorating with flowers and models made from sugar, marzipan and chocolate. New members and visitors very welcome – complete beginners and experienced sugar crafters.
3rd Tuesday of each month 7.15 pm for coffee, 7.30pm -9.15pm Demonstration or Workshop.
Chronic Pain Support Group
Our group are made up from a variety of people who are experiencing pain for a number of reasons. Many have said how our group has helped them to feel less isolated and more able to cope with their condition.
We are run by patients for patients and understand just how you feel. If you cannot make a meeting then please don’t worry, we are happy to keep you informed via our newsletter which can be posted or emailed. Just let us have your details.
The Chronic Pain Support Group has been featured on BBC Radio Suffolk, in addition, we have had a full page write up regarding our work in the British Pain Society Journal ‘Pain News’. Also in local newspapers, and the hospital internal newsletter.
Since 2017 we have had monthly articles published in a directory that serves two large areas of Bury St Edmunds. You may find us in another local publication from time to time too.
This is YOUR group – please support us by sending in your comments and/or attending some of our meetings!
The East of England Asbestos Patient Support Group
The charity has been established for individuals in the East of England suffering the effects of exposure to asbestos, including conditions such as mesothelioma, pleural thickening, asbestosis and asbestos related lung cancer.
Contact: Phoebe Osborne (Charity Chair) or Brian Wallis (Charity Founder)
Call: 07852217560
Email: info@eastofenglandasbestos.co.uk
When: Second Thursday of the month from 12:15pm
Website: https://eastofenglandasbestos.co.uk/
About the East of England Asbestos Patient Support Group – EEA-PSG
The East of England Asbestos Patient Support Group is a charity dedicated to helping people suffering from asbestos-related diseases and their families who live in the East of England. The charity was founded by Brian Wallis in March 2021 and is Chaired by Phoebe Osborne.
Prior to this Brian Wallis has been an active Mesothelioma UK Ambassador 2013 -2023 since losing his wife Rosemary in 2013 to asbestosis. He was also the founder of Anglia Asbestos Disease Support Group. During this time Brian and his team of volunteers strived to improve the support available for those newly diagnosed with mesothelioma and other asbestos diseases and helped to raise funds for a Mesothelioma UK specialist nurse to work in Suffolk and Norfolk.
Brian recalls first-hand there were very few patient support groups in these parts of the region only a short time ago and since then, he has worked tirelessly to build a network of thriving patient support groups which have run alongside those existing groups located across the UK, many of which are linked to the NHS and other charities.
Due to geographic location of the East of England, it is no small feat to bring together patients from as far afield as Coastal Norfolk to Rural Suffolk and EEA-PSG understands how vitally important it is to support all patients and their families affected, no matter where in the region they are based. We have regular attendees from Cambridgeshire and Essex and those based in Suffolk and Norfolk.
Since its incorporation, the charity makes regular donations to NHS hospitals across the East of England for equipment to benefit the respiratory and oncology teams and we welcome patients, carers and family members who benefit from attending our monthly meetings, summer outing and Christmas lunch.
Knit and Natter - Every other Tuesday, 1.00pm to 3.00pm
Open to beginners, knitters with some experience, or knitting experts. Feel free to bring along your own wool, needles and anything you’re currently working on.
Please contact the office (01284 703705 or office@southgatecommunity.org.uk) for the date of their next meeting.
New Bury Horticultural Society - third Friday of the month
The group meet at the Centre on the afternoon of the 3rd Friday of each month. New Members welcome. For further information please contact Sue on 01284 827211
Positive Steps - Monday from 9.30am
This is a Falls Prevention Exercise Class from Otago, the clinically proven exercises to prevent falling by 37%. Positive Steps is a class for older people based around a chair.
Mondays 9.30am to 10.30am
For more information please email sam@yourfitness.net or call 07850 207365
Positively Crafty - Every First Thursday 1pm-4pm
A supportive, socially engaging atmosphere in a friendly, relaxed ‘safe’ environment giving you the opportunity to learn new skills, meet like minded people, be creative and participate in funding projects.
We meet in the small hall on the first Thursday of each month from 1.30pm-4pm.
£5.00 per session including refreshments. Carers concession 50p.
Rock Choir
Bury St Edmunds Rock Choir meets at the Southgate Community Centre at 8pm on Monday evenings in term time. Singing is the ultimate stress buster. We sing popular songs taught the Rock Choir way, no need to read music or have a great voice, singing is so good for you!
We are a fun, friendly group, there are no auditions, just come along and have fun! Rock Choir is the original award winning contemporary choir with 400 choirs across the UK. Book a free taster at Rock Choir | The UK’s original, award-winning, local, contemporary choir! You will be warmly welcomed!
Slimming World - Fridays at 7.30am, 9.30am and 11am, Saturdays at 7am, 8.30am and 10am
Slimming World is the nation’s favourite way to lose weight. They’ll help you reach your dream weight – and stay there for life.
Consultants at Southgate are:-
Helen on Fridays at 7.30am, 9.30am and 11am.
Kelly on Saturdays at 7am, 8.30am and 10am and on Mondays at 4pm and 5.30pm.
Please go to the Slimming World website for more details.
Scottish Reel Club, Tuesday and Friday afternoons and Wednesday evenings
We meet in the Main Hall on Tuesdays, 2pm to 4pm, Wednesdays, 7.30pm to 9.30pm and Fridays, 1.30pm to 3.30pm.
Learn to dance/improve your dancing, get fit, have fun and make new friends! (No kilts required!)
For further information, or to come on a free trial session and meet everyone, please contact Lynne Kentish on 01284 765105 or email lynne.kentish@talk21.com
Southgate Church - Sundays from 10.30am
We seek to glorify God in church, community and world by worship, prayer, discipleship, fellowship, service and mission. We are a Local Ecumenical Partnership between the Church of England, the United Reformed Church and the Baptist Union of Great Britain. We welcome anyone to worship with us, whatever your church or denominational background. Our Sunday morning services are open to all and cater for all ages.
We use the Main Hall in the Community Centre for our Sunday morning worship. Other rooms in the Community Centre provide space for our Sunday Club for children and young people and rooms for prayer and ministry, before and after the service.
Southgate Parent and Toddler Group
The group meet in the Main Hall of the Community Centre on Thursdays, 1.30pm to 3pm in term time.
Scottish Country Dancing - The Luckenbooth Circle
The Luckenbooth Circle is a group of enthusiastic dancers who enjoy Scottish Country Dancing. We usually meet on the 3rd Friday of the month from September to April, except for March, when our Spring Dance is held on a Saturday, but please check our website for up-to-date information, by clicking on the button below. We welcome and encourage less experienced dancers to join us in an informal atmosphere for an energetic and interesting evening.
Upbeat heart Support Coffee Mornings
Upbeat is a registered heart support charity in West Suffolk for people who have had heart attacks or any heart related problems and their carers. We have over 800 members whose ages range from twenty to ninety plus.
We have cardiac nurses and specialist trained cardiac instructors at our thirteen weekly exercise sessions held in Bury St. Edmunds and Long Melford. We also have a varied social programme, magazine, outings and events.
Coffee mornings are held fortnightly at Southgate for socialising.
For details of rehabilitation exercise classes for heart patients of all ages:
please call 01449 774333 or 01359 232678 for more information
or go to the website: www.upbeatheartsupport.org.uk
at is affiliated to The British Heart Foundation & Arrhythmia Alliance The Heart Rhythm Charity
Zumba Gold - Mondays 11 – 11.45am
Whether you think you have no rhythm or two left feet, you do the classes at your own ability with no judgement and I guarantee you will have a blast! Got questions, please don’t hesitate to drop me a message!
Zumba Gold, Mondays 11 – 11.45am
£5 per class – with loyalty, monthly and six-class cards available.