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Pop In Place News December 2025

Kings Award for Voluntary Service 2025

As we approach this festive season we would like to share some good news with you.
The Pop In Place has been awarded 'The King’s Award for Voluntary Service'
This is the highest award a local voluntary group can receive in the United Kingdom and is equivalent to an MBE.
The Pop In Place has been running since 1996 and is about to celebrate its 30th anniversary we take pride in reaching out to the local community in creative and positive ways bringing people together.

The King’s Award for Voluntary Service aims to recognise outstanding work by local volunteer groups to support their communities. It was created in 2002 to celebrate Her Late Majesty The Queen’s Golden Jubilee and was continued following the accession of His Majesty The King. 2025 marks the third year of The King’s Award for Voluntary Service.
Recipients are announced annually on 14th November, The King’s Birthday. Award winners this year are wonderfully diverse and include volunteer groups from across the United Kingdom.

Representatives of the Pop In Place will receive the award crystal and certificate from Dorset’s Lord-Lieutenant’s Michael Dooley in the coming months. In addition, two volunteers from the group will attend a Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace in 2026, along with other recipients of this year’s award.
We were delighted to learn of the Award and that the group’s work has been recognised.
Our organisation is an example of how when likeminded people get together they can make a real and lasting difference.
Our volunteers are a fundamental part of everything we do and have worked hard over many years and this award is a tribute to them all.

Pop In Place Community Christmas Party on Friday 12th December 2pm -4pm

If you don’t have your ticket for the Christmas party, phone Alison 01929 472023
Thank you so much to Jagtar and Raj at Nisa for funding this festive event, this generous donation has enabled the Pop In Place to arrange the event, to buy the food, rent the hall and everything else involved at no cost to the organisation or the guests.
This is very much appreciated by all concerned and is another example of how Nisa very kindly give back within the community.

Pop In Place Afternoon Tea Café

The next afternoon tea café that we hold once a month on the 2nd Wednesday at 2pm until 4pm is on the 10th of December the Pop In Place workshop will also be open during these afternoons.
We will be introducing some cards games as these were enjoyed recently at the café.
Everyone is welcome it is held in the Lower room of the Village Hall.

Pop In Place Brunch Café

Do pop into the Brunch café held once a month at the Pop In Place the food is good and very reasonably priced.
The Hall kitchen has a level 5 Food Hygiene certificate and the service is very friendly.
Our next Brunch Cafés will be Wednesday 3rd December
They start at 11.30 am until 1.30 pm where you will be able to get a light lunch, the menu will include Jacket potatoes bacon rolls, toasted tea cakes, omelette bacon and tomato breakfast and as much tea and coffee as you can drink.
All Welcome at the Lower Village Hall

Update on progress of Pop In Place Community Art/Craft project

To commemorate 30 years of the Pop in Place happening in 2026
We are creating a mixed media collage, to depict all the various aspects of the organisation.
We have had some beautiful items already completed and work is continuing with the larger parts of the project.
Every square tells its own story and has been made by a different person.
We want to have this on display at our first celebratory event at Easter next year.
It is wonderful to see just how many hands have been involved already with this project and there is still time for you to make a contribution.
You are invited to Make a square to be included that is personal to you and your involvement with the Pop In Place.
If you want to contribute you can call in to the café on Friday to collect a piece of fabric and do an item at home to be added, or you can stay with us on a Friday morning to be announced and help to create the larger panels for the central parts of the item.
Our Thanks to Laura Maunder who is coordinating this project for us.

Pop In Place Community Café every Friday Morning 10am until 12 noon
Vegetable donations

The café continue to attract a lot of villagers and visitors and everyone is welcome to attend, if you are interested in volunteering please call in and have a chat with our team leader Alison Bennett.
Transport is available if you struggle to walk to the Village Hall please get in touch.

Sewing Service at the Pop In Place community Café

Have you ever needed a zip put in, a pair of trousers taken up a skirt made shorter?
We will have Laura our resident seamstress at our Pop In Community Café on the second and fourth Friday of each month, there is a full price list available on our Website popinplace.org.
Small repair jobs will be undertaken on site as you wait, remember please bring cash.
Please make sure all items are laundered ready for us to work on.

Pop In Place Move Well

Move well is a class that promotes all round wellbeing by helping people stay active, improve their overall strength and flexibility and reduce the risk of trips and falls by doing balance exercises.
It’s also a great way to meet, socialise and be with other people.
Because our focus is on having fun it can really help our mental health too.
Our class can help you improve your overall range of movement and if you are already active, it can be an additional way of maintaining your fitness and energy levels.
Our classes are subsidised by the Pop In Place funds and are held at the Bere Regis Village Hall on Mondays from 11am – 11:45am the cost of each class is £5
No need to book in advance.
Just come along and join in our fun and very friendly class, where you will be guaranteed a very warm welcome.
If you would like more information, please email Lucy Cruickshank lucy.cruickshank7@hotmail.co.uk or telephone Lyn Simmonds on 01929 471528

Pop In Performers Group Panto Jack and the Beanstalk

Have you got your tickets yet ? for the panto “Jack and the Beanstalk” written by Jordan Hughes this will be staged at the Village Hall early next year
Thursday   29th     January     at 6pm
Friday        30th    January      at 7pm
Saturday   31st   January       at 2pm
The panto will be supporting the work of CLAPA, which stands for the Cleft Lip & Palate Association it, is a registered UK charity and is the only national charity in the UK dedicated to supporting people affected by cleft lip and palate.
CLAPA provides vital services, including specialist feeding equipment for babies and support for families, and relies entirely on public donations and fundraising, as it receives no government or NHS funding.
Tickets are now available at £6 each no concessions, we can only take orders with the cash, please remember to secure your tickets early to avoid disappointment.

Pop In Place Work shop

We are a small group meeting on Friday mornings and do some wood work, making bird boxes, bug hotels and planters etc we also do a lot of talking and drinking coffee.
If you are interested in coming along and doing any of the above or your own small project, call in and see us you will be very welcome.

Date for your diary.

Friday 12th December 2pm - 4pm Pop In Place Community Christmas Party
Friday 19th December 10am -12noon Carols and Mince pies
We will start back after Christmas on Friday 9th of January at the Community Café

For More information call Team Leader Alison Bennett 01929 472023

We are in the Village Calendar!

The Team were delighted to see that our community poppy project that was displayed on Souls bridge is featured in the Village Calendar for November in 2026 there are also many other beautiful photos, so make sure you buy your copies available at the Shop.

Thank you to everyone who supported the Pop In Place Macmillan Fundraiser

We really appreciate all the support that we get for our fundraising events, at the recent Macmillan morning in September we raised an amazing £635 in just two hours and our thanks go out to everyone who made this possible.
Thanks to Sevy at Beauty at 19 and to the Red Lion at Sturminster Marshall for the raffle prizes to everyone who provided raffle prizes and to all who baked cakes.
Thank you to all the team who ran stalls and the various competitions, it was a splendid effort for a worthy cause thank you all so much.

Pop In Place Community Christmas Party on Friday 12th December 2pm -4pm

We will hold a list at the Friday cafes for people to put their names on if you would like to join us at this festive afternoon, anyone who supports or attends any of our projects is most welcome, please do pop in the café and put your name on the Community Party List. We will need to have the numbers by 21st of November so Don’t delay as when we get to 80 the list will have to be closed due to the fire regulations in the Village Hall.
Thank you so much to Jagtar and Raj at Nisa for funding this festive event, this generous donation has enabled the Pop In Place to arrange the event, to buy the food, rent the hall and everything else involved at no cost to the organisation or the guests.
This is very much appreciated by all concerned and is another example of how Nisa very kindly give back within the community.

Pop In Place Afternoon Tea Café

The next afternoon tea café that we hold once a month on the 2nd Wednesday at 2pm until 4pm is on the 12th of November the Pop In Place workshop will also be open during these afternoons.
All Welcome at the Lower Village Hall

Pop In Place Brunch Café

Do pop into the Brunch café held once a month at the Pop In Place the food is good and very reasonably priced.
The Hall kitchen has a level 5 Food Hygiene certificate and the service is very friendly.
Our next Brunch Cafés will be Wednesday 5th November
They start at 11am until 1pm where you will be able to get a light lunch, the menu will include Jacket potatoes bacon rolls, toasted tea cakes, omelette bacon and tomato breakfast and as much tea and coffee as you can drink.
All Welcome at the Lower Village Hall

Pop In Place Community Art/Craft project

To commemorate 30 years of the Pop in Place happening next year in 2026
We are creating a mixed media collage, to depict all the various aspects of the organisation.
We have had a great start with this, and items are beginning to come in.
Time goes by so quickly so keep being creative, we want to have this on display at our first celebratory event at Easter next year.
We will use knitting, crochet, and sewing, embroidery, cross stitch, painting, buttons, and all kinds of materials. We would love as many hands as possible to be involved.
Making something to be included that is personal to you and your involvement with the Pop In Place.
If you want to contribute you can call in to the café on Friday to collect a piece of fabric and do an item at home to be added, or you can stay with us on a Friday morning to be announced and help to create the larger panels for the central parts of the item.
If you have any materials we can use wool, cotton fabric, velvet, buttons, silks, ribbons please bring them into the café on Friday Mornings.


Pop In Place Community Café every Friday Morning 10am until 12 noon
Vegetable donations

The café continue to attract a lot of villagers and visitors and everyone is welcome to attend, if you are interested in volunteering please call in and have a chat with our team leader Alison Bennett.
Transport is available if you struggle to walk to the Village Hall please get in touch.

Sewing Service at the Pop In Place community Café

Have you ever needed a zip put in, a pair of trousers taken up a skirt made shorter?
We will have Laura our resident seamstress at our Pop In Community Café on the second and fourth Friday of each month, there is a full price list available on our Website popinplace.org.
Small repair jobs will be undertaken on site as you wait, remember please bring cash.


Pop In Place Move Well

Move well is a class that promotes all round wellbeing by helping people stay active, improve their overall strength and flexibility and reduce the risk of trips and falls by doing balance exercises.
It’s also a great way to meet, socialise and be with other people.
Because our focus is on having fun it can really help our mental health too.
Our class can help you improve your overall range of movement and if you are already active, it can be an additional way of maintaining your fitness and energy levels.
Our classes are subsidised by the Pop In Place funds and are held at the Bere Regis Village Hall on Mondays from 11am – 11:45am the cost of each class is £5
No need to book in advance. Just come along and join in our fun and very friendly class, where you will be guaranteed a very warm welcome.
If you would like more information, please email Lucy Cruickshank lucy.cruickshank7@hotmail.co.uk or telephone Lyn Simmonds on 01929 471528


Pop In Performers Group

The group is working hard on the panto “Jack and the Beanstalk” written by Jordan Hughes this will be staged at the Village Hall early next year
Thursday   29th     January    at 6pm
Friday the 30th   January      at 7pm
Saturday   31st   January       at 2pm
The panto tickets sales will be donated to CLAPA, which stands for the Cleft Lip & Palate Association it, is a registered UK charity and is the only national charity in the UK dedicated to supporting people affected by cleft lip and palate.
CLAPA provides vital services, including specialist feeding equipment for babies and support for families, and relies entirely on public donations and fundraising, as it receives no government or NHS funding.

Tickets are now available at £6 each no concessions, we can only take orders with the cash, please remember to secure your tickets early to avoid disappointment.


Pop In Place Work shop

We are a small group meeting on Friday mornings and do some wood work, making bird boxes, bug hotels and planters etc we also do a lot of talking and drinking coffee.
We have completed and refurbished the table tennis table and that is available for people to play a game.
If you are interested in coming along and doing any of the above or your own small project, call in and see us you will be very welcome.

Dates for your diary.

Friday 12th December 2pm -4pm Pop In Place Community Christmas Party

Friday 19th December 10am -12noon Carols and Mince pies

For More information call Team Leader Alison Bennett 01929 472023

Pop In Place News October 2025

On Friday 17 th of October we have the CAB Energy Advisory team in from 10.30am
A chance for us to learn more about Energy and to ask any questions, all welcome
Thank you to everyone who supported the Pop In Place Macmillan Fundraiser
More details from this event will be in next month’s magazine.

Thanks you to all the local gardeners

Thank you so much to all the kind people who have donated fruit and vegetable to our cafes over the summer, people have really appreciated the opportunity to have some local grown fresh produce.
It has also helped us to raise funds to help with the running costs of our many projects.
Pop In Place Community Christmas Party on Friday 12 th December 2pm -4pm
We will hold a list at the Friday cafes for people to put their names on if you would like to join us at this festive afternoon, anyone who supports or attends any of our projects is most welcome, please do pop in the café and put your name on the Community Party List. Don’t delay as when we get to 80 the list will have to be closed due to the fire regulations in the Village Hall.

Pop In Place Afternoon Tea Café

Following the success of our brunch café we have decided to run an afternoon tea café once a month on the 2nd Wednesday at 2pm until 4pm the next one is on the 8th of October, the Pop In Place workshop will also be open during these afternoons.
All Welcome.

Pop In Place Brunch Café

Do pop into the Brunch café held once a month at the Pop In Place the food is good and very reasonably priced.
The Hall kitchen has a level 5 Food Hygiene certificate and the service isvery friendly.
Our next Brunch Cafés will be Wednesday October 1st
They start at 11am until 1pm where you will be able to get a light lunch, the menu will include Jacket potatoes bacon rolls, toasted tea cakes, omelette bacon and tomato breakfast and as much tea and coffee as you can drink.

Pop In Place Community Art/Craft project

To commemorate 30 years of the Pop in Place happening next year in 2026
We are creating a mixed media collage, to depict all the various aspects of the organisation.
We will use knitting, crochet, and sewing, embroidery, cross stitch, painting, buttons, and all kinds of materials.
We would love as many hands as possible to be involved.
Making something to be included that is personal to you and your involvement with the Pop In Place.
If you want to contribute you can call in to the café on Friday to collect a piece of fabric and do an item at home to be added, or you can stay with us on a Friday morning to be announced and help to create the larger panels for the central parts of the item.
If you have any materials we can use wool, cotton fabric, velvet, buttons, silks, ribbons please bring them into the café on Friday Mornings.

Pop In Place Community Café every Friday Morning 10am until 12 noon
Vegetable donations
The café continue to attract a lot of villagers and visitors and everyone is welcome to attend, if you are interested in volunteering please call in and have a chat with our team leader Alison.
On Thursday we put a box on the steps of the village Hall to take in Vegetable donations.
If you have a glut of something and want to share it with others in your community, please put it in the box and we will have items available at the Friday morning Community Cafe.

Sewing Service at the Pop In Place community Café

Have you ever needed a zip put in, a pair of trousers taken up a skirt made shorter?
We will have Laura our resident seamstress at our Pop In Community Café on the second and fourth Friday of each month, there is a full price list available on our Website popinplace.org.
Small repair jobs will be undertaken on site as you wait, remember please bring cash.

Pop In Place Move Well

Move well is a class that promotes all round wellbeing by helping people stay active, improve their overall strength and flexibility and reduce the risk of trips and falls by doing balance exercises.
It’s also a great way to meet, socialise and be with other people.
Because our focus is on having fun it can really help our mental health too.
Our class can help you improve your overall range of movement and if you are already active, it can be an additional way of maintaining your fitness and energy levels.
Our classes are subsidised by the Pop In Place funds and are held at the Bere Regis Village
Hall on Mondays from 11am – 11:45am the cost of each class is £5
No need to book in advance.
Just come along and join in our fun and very friendly class, where you will be guaranteed a very warm welcome.
If you would like more information, please email Lucy Cruickshank lucy.cruickshank7@hotmail.co.uk or telephone Lyn Simmonds on 01929 471528

Pop In Performers Group

The group is back after the summer break and working hard on the panto “Jack and the Beanstalk” written by Jordan Hughes this will be staged at the Village Hall on
Thursday 29th January at 6pm
Friday the 30th January at 7pm
Saturday 31st January at 2pm
The panto tickets sales will be donated to CLAPA, which stands for the Cleft Lip & Palate Association it, is a registered UK charity and is the only national charity in the UK dedicated to supporting people affected by cleft lip and palate.
CLAPA provides vital services, including specialist feeding equipment for babies and support for families, and relies entirely on public donations and fundraising, as it receives no government or NHS funding.

Pop In Place Food Crisis Support funding and use is coming to an end.

The Pop In Place Food Crisis Project is still operating however the funding for this service is now coming to an end.
We are proud that we were able to provide help since 2020 to local families during the difficult period of the pandemic, now the usage of the service is minimal and doesn’t warrant us to apply for future funds.

We still have a short period left when we are able to offer help If you need this service please
email in confidence popinplace@gmail.com.
Thank you to Gareth Lynam who is running this project for us.

Pop In Place Work shop

We are a small group meeting on Friday mornings and do some wood work, making bird boxes, bug hotels and planters etc we also do a lot of talking and drinking coffee.
We have completed and refurbished the table tennis table and that is available for people to play a game.
If you are interested in coming along and doing any of the above or your own small project, call in and see us you will be very welcome.

Date for your diary.

Friday 17 th October 10.30 am Energy Advise at the Pop In Café

Saturday 25 th October
Alison’s Coffee Morning for Admiral Nurse Appeal 10 – 12 village Hall

Friday 12 th December 2pm -4pm Pop In Place Community Christmas Party
Friday 19 th December 10am -12noon Carols and Mince pies

For More information call Team Leader Alison Bennett 01929 472023

Pop In Place News September 2025

Please come and support the Pop In Place Macmillan Fundraiser

On September the 26th from 10am until 12 noon the Pop In Place will be fundraising for Macmillan Cancer Support.
We will hold a coffee morning in the upper Village Hall with stalls cakes tombola, raffles and Bric a Brac, and do our very best to raise funds for this very worthy charity.
We need your help to do this; please can you donate a raffle prize, a small item for the tombola, bake a cake and most important come along on the day and spend some money.
Telephone me on 01929 472023 to offer help or donation.

New Initiative an Afternoon Tea Café Starts this month

Following the success of our brunch café we have decided to run an afternoon tea café once a month on the 2nd Wednesday at 2pm until 4pm this will start on the 10th of September, the Pop In Place workshop will also be open during these afternoons.
All Welcome

Pop In Place Brunch Café

Do pop into the Brunch café held once a month at the Pop In Place the food is good and very reasonably priced.
The Hall kitchen has a level 5 Food Hygiene certificate and the service is very friendly.
Our next Brunch Cafés will be Wednesday September 3rd
They start at 11am until 1pm where you will be able to get a light lunch, the menu will include bacon rolls, toasted tea cakes, omelette bacon and tomato breakfast and as much tea and coffee as you can drink.

Pop In Place Community Art/Craft project

To commemorate 30 years of the Pop in Place happening next year in 2026
We are creating a mixed media collage, to depict all the various aspects of the organisation.
We will use knitting, crochet, and sewing, embroidery, cross stitch, painting, buttons, and all kinds of materials.
We would love as many hands as possible to be involved.
Making something to be included that is personal to you and your involvement with the Pop In Place.
If you want to contribute you can call in to the café on Friday to collect a piece of fabric and do an item at home to be added, or you can stay with us on a Friday morning to be announced and help to create the larger panels for the central parts of the item.
If you have any materials we can use wool, cotton fabric, velvet, buttons, silks, ribbons please bring them into the café on Friday Mornings.

Pop In Place Community Café every Friday Morning 10am until 12 noon

Vegetable donations

The café continue to attract a lot of villagers and visitors and everyone is welcome to attend, if you are interested in volunteering please call in and have a chat with our team leader Alison.
On Thursday we put a box on the steps of the village Hall to take in Vegetable donations.
If you have a glut of something and want to share it with others in your community, please put it in the box and we will have items available at the Friday morning Community Cafe.

Sewing Service at the Pop In Place community Café
Have you ever needed a zip put in, a pair of trousers taken up a skirt made shorter?

We will have Laura our resident seamstress at our Pop In Community Café on the second and fourth Friday of each month, there is a full price list available on our Website popinplace.org.
Small repair jobs will be undertaken on site as you wait, remember please bring cash.

Pop In Place Move Well

Move well is a class that promotes all round wellbeing by helping people stay active, improve their overall strength and flexibility and reduce the risk of trips and falls by doing balance exercises.
It’s also a great way to meet, socialise and be with other people.
Because our focus is on having fun it can really help our mental health too.
Our class can help you improve your overall range of movement and if you are already active, it can be an additional way of maintaining your fitness and energy levels.
Our classes are subsidised by the Pop In Place funds and are held at the Bere Regis Village Hall on Mondays from 11am – 11:45am the cost of each class is £5
No need to book in advance.
Just come along and join in our fun and very friendly class, where you will be guaranteed a very warm welcome.
If you would like more information, please email Lucy Cruickshank
lucy.cruickshank7@hotmail.co.uk or telephone Lyn Simmonds on 01929 471528

Pop In Performers Group

The group return again on Thursday 4th September at 6pm to continue work on our community panto Jack and the Beanstalk written by Jordan Hughes this will be staged at the Village Hall on 29th, 30th, 31st of January 2026.

Pop In Place Food Crisis Support funding and use is coming to an end.

The Pop In Place Food Crisis Project is still operating however the funding for this service is now coming to an end.
We are proud that we were able to provide help since 2020 to local families during the difficult period of the pandemic, now the usage of the service is minimal and doesn’t warrant us to apply for future funds.
We still have a short period left when we are able to offer help If you need this service please email in confidence popinplace@gmail.com.
Thank you to Gareth Lynam who is running this project for us.

Pop In Place Work shop

We are a small group meeting on Friday mornings and do some wood work, making bird boxes, bug hotels and planters etc we also do a lot of talking and drinking coffee.
We have completed and refurbished the table tennis table and that is available for people to play a game.
If you are interested in coming along and doing any of the above or your own small project, call in and see us you will be very welcome.

Date for your diary.

The Pop In Place Macmillan Coffee Morning Friday 26th September.

For More information call Team Leader Alison Bennett 01929 472023

Pop In Place News August 2025

Pop In Place Community Art/Craft project

To commemorate 30 years of the Pop in Place happening next year in 2026 We are creating a mixed media collage, to depict all the various aspects of the organisation.
We will use knitting, crochet, and sewing, embroidery, cross stitch, painting, buttons, and all kinds of materials. We would love as many hands as possible to be involved.
Making something to be included that is personal to you and your involvement with the Pop In Place.
If you want to contribute you can call any Friday to collect a piece of fabric and do an item at home to be added, or you can stay with us on a Friday morning and help to create the larger panels for the central parts of the item.
If you have any materials we can use wool, cotton fabric, velvet, buttons, silks, ribbons please bring them into the café on Friday Mornings.

New Initiative an Afternoon Tea Café

Following the success of our brunch café we have decided to run an afternoon tea café once a month on the 2 nd Wednesday at 2pm until 4pm this will start on the 10 th of September, the Pop In Place workshop will also be open during these afternoons.
All Welcome
Pop In Place Community Café every Friday Morning 10am until 12 noon

Vegetable donations

The café continue to attract a lot of villagers and visitors and everyone is welcome to attend, if you are interested in volunteering please call in and have a chat with our team leader Alison.
On Thursday we put a box on the steps of the village Hall to take in Vegetable donations. If you have a glut of something and want to share it with others in your community, please put it in the box and we will have items available at the Friday morning Community Cafe.

Sewing Service at the Pop In Place community Café

Have you ever needed a zip put in, a pair of trousers taken up a skirt made shorter?
We will have Laura our resident seamstress at our Pop In Community Café on the second and fourth Friday of each month, there is a full price list available on our Website popinplace.org.
Small repair jobs will be undertaken on site as you wait, remember please bring cash.

Pop In Place Brunch Café

Do pop into the Brunch café held once a month at the Pop In Place the food is good and very reasonably priced.
The Hall kitchen has a level 5 Food Hygiene certificate and the service is very friendly.
Our next Brunch Cafés will be Wednesday August 7th
They start at 11am until 1pm where you will be able to get a light lunch, the menu will include bacon rolls, toasted tea cakes, omelette bacon and tomato breakfast and as much tea and coffee as you can drink.
Everyone is welcome to pop in for brunch on these days we hope to see you there.

Pop In Place Move Well

Move well is a class that promotes all round wellbeing by helping people stay active, improve their overall strength and flexibility and reduce the risk of trips and falls by doing balance exercises.
It’s also a great way to meet, socialise and be with other people. Because our focus is on having fun it can really help our mental health too.
Our class can help you improve your overall range of movement and if you are already active, it can be an additional way of maintaining your fitness and energy levels.
Our classes are subsidised by the Pop In Place funds and are held at the Bere Regis Village Hall on Mondays from 11am – 11:45am the cost of each class is £5
No need to book in advance. Just come along and join in our fun and very friendly class, where you will be guaranteed a very warm welcome.
If you would like more information, please email Lucy Cruickshank
lucy.cruickshank7@hotmail.co.uk or telephone Lyn Simmonds on 01929 471528

Pop In Place Community Café at Bere Regis Village Hall every Friday morning from 10 am until 12 noon.
We run a Community Café at the Village Hall North Street.
We offer a warm welcome, to everyone who walks through the door.
We also welcome new volunteers to help on our team serving the drinks and helping at events.
Also and very importantly to chat to the people who attend the café’s.
Would you like to make a difference in your community? Then call the Team Leader Alison
Bennett 01929 472023 for more details about how the Pop In Place changes people’s lives.

Pop In Performers Group

The group is taking a short summer break throughout August, but will be back on 4th September to continue working towards our amazing panto Jack and the Beanstalk written by Jordan Hughes this will be staged at the Village Hall on 29 th 30 th 31st of January 2026.

Pop In Place Food Crisis Support

The Pop In Place have a Food Crisis Project, if you are struggling and you need food please get in touch we have gained funding to provide crisis packs for people in the Parish in a difficult situation.
If you need this service please email in confidence popinplace@gmail.com and we will help.
Thank you to Gareth Lynam who is running this project for us.

Pop In Place Work shop

We are a small group meeting on Friday mornings and do some wood work, making bird boxes, bug hotels and planters etc we also do a lot of talking and drinking coffee.
We have
completed and refurbished the table tennis table and that is available for people to play a game.
If you are interested in coming along and doing any of the above or your own small project,call in and see us you will be very welcome.

Date for your diary.

The Pop In Place Macmillan Coffee Morning Friday 26 th September.
For More information call Team Leader Alison Bennett 01929 472023

Pop In Place News July 2025

A Big Thank you to all who supported Pop In Place MND Coffee Morning

The fundraiser in memory of Colin Vowles, in aid of the MND Association was a great success and a wonderful tribute to a very special person.
Thanks must go to all the Pop In Place team for their hard work in running the event.
Thanks to the Royal Oak for donating a voucher and to Georgia Mutton and Parish Councillor Kevin Hazell for running the MND cake stall.
Thanks go to Liz Gale made a beautiful cushion to Raffle and Peter Gordon who most appropriately dressed as a pirate to sell squares for the treasure hunt game.
There was a lovely atmosphere as we remembered fondly a dear friend, and with much support from Colin’s family, his nearest and dearest, together we raised an amazing £689.00 in just two hours.
Well done to everyone who helped to make this possible.

Sewing Service at the Pop In Place Café

Have you ever needed a zip put in, a pair of trousers taken up a skirt made shorter?
We will have Laura our resident seamstress at our Pop In Community Café on the second and fourth Friday in each month, there is a full price list available on our Website popinplace.org.
Small repair jobs will be undertaken on site as you wait, remember please bring cash.

Pop In Place Brunch Café

Do pop into the Brunch café held once a month at the Pop In Place the food is good and very reasonably priced.
The Hall kitchen has a level 5 Food Hygiene certificate and the service is very friendly.
Our next Brunch Cafés will be Wednesday July 2nd
They start at 11am until 1pm where you will be able to get a light lunch, the menu will include bacon rolls, toasted tea cakes, omelette bacon and tomato breakfast and as much tea and coffee as you can drink.
Everyone is welcome to pop in for brunch on these days we hope to see you there.

Pop In Place Move Well

Move well is a class that promotes all round wellbeing by helping people stay active, improve their overall strength and flexibility and reduce the risk of trips and falls by doing balance exercises.
It’s also a great way to meet, socialise and be with other people.
Because our focus is on having fun it can really help our mental health too.
Our class can help you improve your overall range of movement and if you are already active, it can be an additional way of maintaining your fitness and energy levels.
Our classes are subsidised by the Pop In Place funds and are held at the Bere Regis Village Hall on Mondays from 11am – 11:45am the cost of each class is £5
No need to book in advance.
Just come along and join in our fun and very friendly class, where you will be guaranteed a very warm welcome.
If you would like more information, please email Lucy Cruickshank lucy.cruickshank7@hotmail.co.uk or telephone Lyn Simmonds on 01929 471528

Pop In Place Community Café at Bere Regis Village Hall

Every Friday morning from 10 am until 12 noon
We run a Community Café at the Village Hall North Street.
We offer a warm welcome, to everyone who walks through the door.
We also welcome new volunteers to help on our team serving the drinks and helping at events.
Also and very importantly to chat to the people who attend the café’s.
Would you like to make a difference in your community?
Then call the Team Leader Alison Bennett 01929 472023 for more details about how the Pop In Place changes people’s lives.

Pop In Performers Group

The group is back working on the new year panto Jack and the Beanstalk written by Jordan Hughes this will be staged at the Village Hall on 29th, 30th, 31st of January 2026.

Pop In Place Food Crisis Support

The Pop In Place have a Food Crisis Project, if you are struggling and you need food please get in touch we have gained funding to provide crisis packs for people in the Parish in a difficult situation.
If you need this service please email in confidence popinplace@gmail.com and we will help.
Thank you to Gareth Lynam who is running this project for us.

Pop In Place Work shop

We are a small group meeting on Friday mornings and do some wood work, making bird boxes, bug hotels and planters etc we also do a lot of talking and drinking coffee.
We have completed and refurbished the table tennis table and that is available for people to play a game.
If you are interested in coming along and doing any of the above or your own small project, call in and see us you will be very welcome.

Date for your diary.

The Pop In Place Macmillan Coffee Morning Friday 26th September.

For More information call Team Leader Alison Bennett 01929 472023

Pop In Place News June 2025

A Big Thank you to all who supported the Pop In Performers Group production of “There’ll Always be an England”
This special production looked at the lives of real people in Bere Regis at the time around VE Day some 80 years ago.
The all age cast performed the songs of the day and paid fitting tribute to the fallen.
The ticket money and the raffle were in aid of the Royal British Legion and we were pleased to be able to donate an amazing £1,143.00 to this very worthy cause.

Thank you to everyone who supported Pop In Place MND Coffee Morning

We will publish more details of the total from this event next month.

Thank you to everyone who supported our Easter Event

Congratulations to Maureen Warr and to Poppy Brown who won the Easter bonnets competition and thank you to Glo and to Judy who helped with the Judging.
A lovely morning was spent with a performance from the Performers group, the Consumption of lots of hot cross buns and rounded off with the big Easter Egg Raffle.

Sewing Service at the Pop In Place Café

Have you ever needed a zip put in, a pair of trousers taken up a skirt made shorter?

We will have Laura our resident seamstress at our Pop In Community Café on the second and fourth Friday in each month, there is a full price list available on our website.
Small repair jobs will be undertaken on site as you wait, remember please bring cash.

Pop In Place Brunch Café

Do pop into the Brunch café held once a month at the Pop In Place the food is good and very reasonably priced. The Hall kitchen has a level 5 Food Hygiene certificate and the service is very friendly.

Our next Brunch Cafés will be Wednesday June 4th

They start at 11am until 1pm where you will be able to get a light lunch, the menu will include bacon rolls, toasted tea cakes, omelette bacon and tomato breakfast and as much tea and coffee as you can drink.

Everyone is welcome to pop in for brunch on these days we hope to see you there.

Pop In Place Move Well

Move well is a class that promotes all round wellbeing by helping people stay active, improve their overall strength and flexibility and reduce the risk of trips and falls by doing balance exercises.
It’s also a great way to meet, socialise and be with other people.
Because our focus is on having fun it can really help our mental health too.

Our class can help you improve your overall range of movement and if you are already active, it can be an additional way of maintaining your fitness and energy levels.

Our classes are subsidised by the Pop In Place funds and are held at the Bere Regis Village Hall on Mondays from 11am – 11:45am the cost of each class is £5

No need to book in advance. Just come along and join in our fun and very friendly class, where you will be guaranteed a very warm welcome.

If you would like more information, please email Lucy Cruickshank

lucy.cruickshank7@hotmail.co.uk or telephone Lyn Simmonds on 01929 471528

Pop In Place Community Café at Bere Regis Village Hall

Every Friday morning from 10 am until 12 noon

We run a Community Café at the Village Hall North Street.

We offer a warm welcome, to everyone who walks through the door.
We also welcome new volunteers to help on our team serving the drinks and helping at events.
Also and very importantly to chat to the people who attend the café’s.
Would you like to make a difference in your community? Then call the Team Leader Alison Bennett 01929 472023 for more details about how the Pop In Place changes people’s lives.

Pop In Performers Group

This group will be starting on the 5th June to work towards a panto to be staged in January next year we welcome new children to the group you must be 6 years old and over and be able to attend rehearsal every Thursday at 6pm and available on the dates of the Panto next year 29th 30th 31st of January 2026.

Pop In Place Food Crisis Support

The Pop In Place have a Food Crisis Project, if you are struggling and you need food please get in touch we have gained funding to provide crisis packs for people in the Parish in a difficult situation.

If you need this service please email in confidence popinplace@gmail.com and we will help.
Thank you to Gareth Lynam who is running this project for us.

Pop In Place Work shop

We are a small group meeting on Friday mornings and do some wood work, making bird boxes, bug hotels and planters etc we also do a lot of talking and drinking coffee.
We have completed and refurbished the table tennis table and that is available for people to play a game.

If you are interested in coming along and doing any of the above or your own small project, call in and see us you will be very welcome.

For More information call Team Leader Alison Bennett 01929 472023

Pop In Place News May 2025

Pop In Performers Group Present “There’ll Always be an England”
On Thursday 1st Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd of May

This special production looks at the time around VE Day some 80 years ago.
We learn about the real people who were living in Bere Regis, and the part they played in the war.
All of this is interspersed with the songs and the fashion from that time.
This promises to be entertaining, but also very moving historical production.
We hope that you will come along and support us as we relive the lives of our villagers and join together to reflect, and give thanks for all those who contributed, and also those that made the ultimate sacrifice.
Thank you to everyone who has been knitting poppies for the back drop and helping to sew them to the netting.
The productions backdrop is part of a community project and together we have created a stunning array of poppies, all different sizes colours and not forgetting the purple ones for the animals lost in war.
We will be raising funds for the Royal British Legion and tickets are £5 each and available form Alison Bennett 01929 472023 (See poster for details of times etc )

Pop In Place AGM Friday 9th May 10.30

If you want to be part of something really special and make a real difference in your community come along and join us, new people are always welcome on the team.
AGM starts at 10.30 am

Pop In Place MND Coffee Morning Friday 16th May

The Pop In Place in conjunction with Georgia Mutton and family and Gwen Vowles and family are holding a special MND Coffee Morning this is to raise funds for the Motor Neuron Disease Association.
Colin Vowels our founder member was diagnosed with MND, we saw first-hand the impact that it had on him, and how that gradually he became more and more effected by it until his death in January.
As his family and friends we naturally wanted to do something in his memory.
Georgia Mutton is running for MND 100 KM Race to the king and has a Just Giving page, as her Father’s best friend, her Uncle Mark died recently from the disease.
We will all be pulling together on Friday 16th May to raise funds;
The MND Association focuses on improving access to care and research, as well as campaigning for those people living with or affected by MND in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
We will have a cake stall, Raffle, tea coffee and refreshments and “who is coming to dinner competition”
We really need your support to make this morning a success, so please pop the date in your diary and come along and bring a friend.

Sewing Service at the Pop In Place Café
Have you ever needed a zip put in, a pair of trousers taken up a skirt made shorter?
We will have Laura our resident seamstress at our Pop In Community Café on the second and fourth Friday in each month, there is a full price list available on our Website popinplace.org.
Small repair jobs will be undertaken on site as you wait, remember please bring cash.

Pop In Place Brunch Café

Do pop into the Brunch café held once a month at the Pop In Place the food is good and very reasonably priced. The Hall kitchen has a level 5 Food Hygiene certificate and the service is very friendly.
Our next Brunch Cafés will be Wednesday 7th May
They start at 11am until 1pm where you will be able to get a light lunch, the menu will include bacon rolls, toasted tea cakes, omelette bacon and tomato breakfast and as much tea and coffee as you can drink.
Everyone is welcome to pop in for brunch on these days we hope to see you there.

Pop In Place Move Well
Move well is a class that promotes all round wellbeing by helping people stay active, improve their overall strength and flexibility and reduce the risk of trips and falls by doing balance exercises.
It’s also a great way to meet, socialise and be with other people.
Because our focus is on having fun it can really help our mental health too.
Our class can help you improve your overall range of movement and if you are already active, it can be an additional way of maintaining your fitness and energy levels.
Our classes are subsidised by the Pop In Place funds and are held at the Bere Regis Village Hall on Mondays from 11am – 11:45am the cost of each class is £5
No need to book in advance.
Just come along and join in our fun and very friendly class, where you will be guaranteed a very warm welcome.
If you would like more information, please email Lucy Cruickshank
lucy.cruickshank7@hotmail.co.uk or telephone Lyn Simmonds on 01929 471528

Pop In Place Community Café at Bere Regis Village Hall
Every Friday morning from 10 am until 12 noon

We run a Community Café at the Village Hall North Street.
We offer a warm welcome, to everyone who walks through the door.
We also welcome new volunteers to help on our team serving the drinks and helping at events.
Also and very importantly to chat to the people who attend the café’s.
Would you like to make a difference in your community? Then call the Team Leader Alison Bennett 01929 472023 for more details about how the Pop In Place changes people’s lives.

Pop In Place Food Crisis Support

The Pop In Place have a Food Crisis Project, if you are struggling and you need food please get in touch we have gained funding to provide crisis packs for people in the Parish in a difficult situation.
If you need this service please email in confidence popinplace@gmail.com and we will help.
Thank you to Gareth Lynam who is running this project for us.

Pop In Place Work shop

We are a small group meeting on Friday mornings and do some wood work, making bird boxes, bug hotels and planters etc we also do a lot of talking and drinking coffee.
We have completed and refurbished the table tennis table and that is available for people to play a game.
If you are interested in coming along and doing any of the above or your own small project, call in and see us you will be very welcome.

Dates for your diary

There’ll Always be an England Production 1st 2nd 3rd May
MND Coffee Morning Friday 16th May 10am until 12noon

For More information call Team Leader Alison Bennett 01929 472023

Pop In Place News April 2025

Singer and Guitarist Angus Todd at the Community Café on Friday 4th April 10.30.

The community café welcomes Angus Todd to sing and play for you, Angus is a popular local musician who can play all kinds of songs. Pop In and join us on Friday 4th April, there will be free refreshments and a very warm welcome to all.

Easter Bonnet Workshop Friday 11th April 10/ 12 noon

If you need help with your Easter Bonnet making call into the Pop In Place and see us.

Pop In Pace Easter Event Good Friday 18th April 10am start

The Pop In Place will be holding our Traditional Easter Event on Good Friday.
We will have an Adult and children’s Easter Bonnet parade. The Pop In Performers group will be singing a few of their latest songs and there will be a Grand Easter Egg Raffle.
Please do make an Easter bonnet and help to keep this old country tradition going. We will be at the café the week prior on the 11th with hats and craft materials to help you out so pop in and see us and get some help if you need it.
Please can we ask for donations of Easter Eggs for our Easter Egg Raffle they can be left at the Pop In Place anytime.
We look forward to a great morning with hot cross buns and lots of fun.

Pop In Performers Group Present “There’ll Always be an England”
On Thursday 1st Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd of May

This special production looks at the time around VE Day some 80 years ago.
We learn about the real people who were living in Bere Regis, and the part they played in the war.
All of this is interspersed with the songs and the fashion from that time.
This promises to be entertaining, but also very moving historical production.
We hope that you will come along and support us as we relive the lives of our villagers and join together to reflect, and give thanks for all those who contributed, and also those that made the ultimate sacrifice.
Thank you to everyone who has been knitting poppies for the back drop and helping to sew them to the netting.
The productions backdrop is part of a community project and together we have created a stunning array of poppies, all different sizes colours and not forgetting the purple ones for the animals lost in war.
We will be raising funds for the Royal British Legion and tickets are £5 each and available form Alison Bennett 01929 472023 (See poster for details of times etc )

Pop In Place AGM Friday 9th May 10.30

If you want to be part of something really special and make a real difference in your community come along and join us, new people are always welcome on the team.
AGM starts at 10.30 am

Pop In Place MND Coffee Morning Friday 16th May

The Pop In Place in conjunction with Georgia Mutton and family and Gwen Vowles and family are holding a special MND Coffee Morning this is to raise funds for the Motor Neuron Disease Association.
Colin Vowels our founder member was diagnosed with MND, we saw first-hand the impact that it had on him, and how that gradually he became more and more effected by it until his death in January.
As his family and friends we naturally wanted to do something in his memory.
Georgia Mutton is running for MND 100 KM Race to the king and has a Just Giving page, as her Father’s best friend, her Uncle Mark died recently from the disease.
We will all be pulling together on Friday 16th May to raise funds;
The MND Association focuses on improving access to care and research, as well as campaigning for those people living with or affected by MND in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
We will have a cake stall, Raffle, tea coffee and refreshments and “who is coming to dinner competition”
We really need your support to make this morning a success, so please pop the date in your diary and come along and bring a friend.

Sewing Service at the Pop In Place Café

Have you ever needed a zip put in, a pair of trousers taken up a skirt made shorter?

We will have Laura our resident seamstress at our Pop In Community Café on the second and fourth Friday in each month, there is a full price list available on our Website popinplace.org.
Small repair jobs will be undertaken on site as you wait, remember please bring cash.

Pop In Place Brunch Café

Do pop into the Brunch café held once a month at the Pop In Place the food is good and very reasonably priced. The Hall kitchen has a level 5 Food Hygiene certificate and the service is very friendly.
Our next Brunch Cafés will be Wednesday 2nd April
They start at 11am until 1pm where you will be able to get a light lunch, the menu will include bacon rolls, toasted tea cakes, omelette bacon and tomato breakfast and as much tea and coffee as you can drink.
Everyone is welcome to pop in for brunch on these days we hope to see you there.

Pop In Place Move Well

Move well is a class that promotes all round wellbeing by helping people stay active, improve their overall strength and flexibility and reduce the risk of trips and falls by doing balance exercises. It’s also a great way to meet, socialise and be with other people. Because our focus is on having fun it can really help our mental health too.
Our class can help you improve your overall range of movement and if you are already active, it can be an additional way of maintaining your fitness and energy levels.
Our classes are subsidised by the Pop In Place funds and are held at the Bere Regis Village Hall on Mondays from 11am – 11:45am the cost of each class is £5
No need to book in advance. Just come along and join in our fun and very friendly class, where you will be guaranteed a very warm welcome.
If you would like more information, please email Lucy Cruickshank
lucy.cruickshank7@hotmail.co.uk or telephone Lyn Simmonds on 01929 471528

Pop In Place Community Café at Bere Regis Village Hall
Every Friday morning from 10 am until 12 noon

We run a Community Café at the Village Hall North Street.
We offer a warm welcome, to everyone who walks through the door.
We also welcome new volunteers to help on our team serving the drinks and helping at events. Also and very importantly to chat to the people who attend the café’s.
Would you like to make a difference in your community? Then call the Team Leader Alison Bennett 01929 472023 for more details about how the Pop In Place changes people’s lives.

Pop In Place Food Crisis Support

The Pop In Place have a Food Crisis Project, if you are struggling and you need food please get in touch we have gained funding to provide crisis packs for people in the Parish in a difficult situation.
If you need this service please email in confidence popinplace@gmail.com and we will help.
Thank you to Gareth Lynam who is running this project for us.

Pop In Place Work shop

We are a small group meeting on Friday mornings and do some wood work, making bird boxes, bug hotels and planters etc we also do a lot of talking and drinking coffee.
We have completed and refurbished the table tennis table and that is available for people to play a game.
If you are interested in coming along and doing any of the above or your own small project, call in and see us you will be very welcome.

Dates for your diary

Angus Todd Singer and guitarist on Friday     4th April 10.30 – 11.30
Bonnet making workshop on            Friday    11thApril 10am – 12 noon
Good Friday Easter Event                  Friday   18th April 10am -12 noon
There’ll Always be an England Production                     1st 2nd 3rd May
MND Coffee Morning                         Friday 16th May 10am until 12noon

For More information call Team Leader Alison Bennett 01929 472023

Pop In Place News March 2025

Tribute to Colin Vowles

It was with deep sadness that we learn that dear Colin Vowles has passed away.
We send our love and deepest sympathy to Gwen and all the family.
Colin was part of our organisation from the very beginning right back in 1996.
We were so happy to see him at our recent Christmas party last year.
Colin worked so hard at the beginning of the Pop In Place he did all the shopping for the café, collected raffle prizes, run the raffles, collected people and drove them into the cafe;s.
Colin along with Gwen played a big part in building up the Pop In Place client base, introducing many new people to all we had on offer, they both made a real and lasting difference to so many, and helped us to be the success that we are today.
There are friends and there is family and there are friends that become family.
Rest In Peace Colin you will be forever remember within our organisation.

New Sewing Service at the Pop In Place Café

Have you ever needed a zip put in, a pair of trousers taken up a skirt made shorter?
We will have Laura our resident seamstress at our Pop In Community Café on the second and fourth Friday in each month, there is a full price list available on our website popinplace.org.
Small repair jobs will be undertaken on site as you wait, remember please bring cash.

Singer and Guitarist Angus Todd at the Community Café on Friday 4 th April 10.30.
The community café welcomes Angus Todd to sing and play for you, Angus is a popular local musician who can play all kinds of songs.
Pop In and join us on Friday 4th April, there will be free refreshments and a very warm welcome to all.

Pop In Pace Easter Event Good Friday 18 th April 10am start

The Pop In Place will be holding The Traditional Easter Event on Good Friday.
We will have an Adult and children’s Easter Bonnet parade.
The Pop In Performers will be singing a few of their latest songs and there will be a Grand Easter Egg Raffle.
Please do make an Easter bonnet and help to keep this old country tradition going.
We will be at the café the week prior on the 11 th with hats and craft materials to help you out so pop in and see us and get some help to create if you need it.
Please can we ask for donations of Easter Eggs for our Easter Egg Raffle they can be left at the Pop In Place anytime.
We look forward to a great morning with hot cross buns and lots of fun.

Pop In Place Brunch Café

Do pop into the Brunch café held once a month at the Pop In Place the food is good and very reasonably priced.
The Hall kitchen has a level 5 Food Hygiene certificate and the service is very friendly.
Our next Brunch Cafés will be Wednesday 5 th March
They start at 11am until 1pm where you will be able to get a light lunch, the menu will include bacon rolls, toasted tea cakes, omelette bacon and tomato breakfast and as much tea and coffee as you can drink.
Everyone is welcome to pop in for brunch on these days we hope to see you there.

Pop In Place Move Well

Move well is a class that promotes all round wellbeing by helping people stay active, improve their overall strength and flexibility and reduce the risk of trips and falls by doing balance exercises.
It’s also a great way to meet, socialise and be with other people.
Because our focus is on having fun it can really help our mental health too.
Most of the exercises are done seated so that everyone can join in and the movements are all adaptable so you can choose for yourself what is appropriate to you.
The balance practice exercises are also done with the use of a chair, to help build confidence. We include some slightly higher energy exercises to help keep our hearts healthy.
All the movements are to music which in its self can be great for our emotional wellbeing.
As we get older our muscle strength and flexibility can start to decline which makes keeping as active as possible even more important.
Our class can help you improve your overall range of movement and if you are already active, it can be an additional way of maintaining your fitness and energy levels.
Our classes are subsidised by the Pop In Place funds and are held at the Bere Regis Village Hall on Mondays from 11am – 11:45am the cost of each class is £5.
No need to book in advance. Just come along and join in our fun and very friendly class, where you will be guaranteed a very warm welcome.
If you would like more information, please email Lucy Cruickshank lucy.cruickshank7@hotmail.co.uk or telephone Lyn Simmonds on 01929 471528

Pop In Place Community Café at Bere Regis Village Hall

Every Friday morning from 10 am until 12 noon.
We run a Community Café at the Village Hall North Street.
We offer a warm welcome, to everyone who walks through the door.
We also welcome new volunteers to help on our team serving the drinks and helping at events.
Also and very importantly to chat to the people who attend the café’s.
Would you like to make a difference in your community? Then call the Team Leader Alison Bennett 01929 472023 for more details about how the Pop In Place changes people’s lives.

New Volunteers are always welcome

Can you help on a rota basis to serve teas and welcome people and sit and chat with them, call in and see us to offer your help? Or telephone Alison Bennett

Pop In Place Food Crisis Support

The Pop In Place have a Food Crisis Project, if you are struggling and you need food please get in touch we have gained funding to provide crisis packs for people in the Parish in a difficult situation.
If you need this service please email in confidence popinplace@gmail.com and we will help.
Thank you to Gareth Lynam who is running this project for us.

Pop In Performers Group

The group is going well and working towards our special VE Day shows on the 1st 2nd and 3rd of May tickets will be on sale later this month. They are £5 and in aid of the Royal British Legion.
Thank you to the people who have been knitting poppies for our back drop and to Sue Dyke who has knitted for costume department and to Kim Benjafield who has knitted evacuee toys.

Pop In Place Work shop

We are a small group meeting on Friday mornings and do some wood work, making bird boxes, bug hotels and planters etc we also do a lot of talking and drinking coffee. We have completed and refurbished the table tennis table and that is available for people to play a game.
If you are interested in coming along and doing any of the above or your own small project, call in and see us you will be very welcome.

Dates for your diary

Angus Todd Singer and guitarist on Friday 4 th April 10.30 – 11.30
Bonnet making workshop on Friday 11 th April 10am – 12 noon
Good Friday Easter Event Friday 18 th April 10am -12 noon
There’ll Always be an England Production 1st 2nd 3rd May
For More information call Team Leader Alison Bennett 01929 472023

Pop In Place News February 2025

New Sewing Service at the Pop In Place Café

Have you ever needed a zip put in, a pair of trousers taken up a skirt made shorter?
We will have Laura our resident seamstress at our Pop In Community Café on the second and fourth Friday in each month starting in February, there is a full price list on the poster in this magazine.
Small repair jobs will be undertaken on site as you wait, remember please bring cash.

Pop In Place Brunch Café

Do pop into the Brunch café held once a month at the Pop In Place the food is good and very reasonably priced. The Hall kitchen has a level 5 Food Hygiene certificate and the service is very friendly.

Our next Brunch Cafés will be Wednesday 5th February.

They start at 11am until 1pm where you will be able to get a light lunch, the menu will include bacon rolls, toasted tea cakes, omelette bacon and tomato breakfast and as much tea and coffee as you can drink.
Everyone is welcome to pop in for brunch on these days we hope to see you there.

Pop In Place Performers Group raised £1,000 for Mosaic

Thank you to all who supported “It’s beginning to look at lot like Christmas” and thanks you for supporting Mosaic the child bereavement charity, we raised an incredible £1,000 and Jordan, Sonny and Matty presented the cheque to Jenny from Mosaic at our Christmas Party.
This group returned on Thursday 23rd January and is working on a new project that will feature the VE Day celebrations that took place 80 years ago in May it’s entitled
“There’ll Always be an England “and will be staged on 1st 2nd 3rd May if your child would like to be part of this amazing group and is over 6 years old then please email popinplace@gmail.com

Pop In Place Move Well

Move well is a class that promotes all round wellbeing by helping people stay active, improve their overall strength and flexibility and reduce the risk of trips and falls by doing balance exercises. It’s also a great way to meet, socialise and be with other people. Because our focus is on having fun it can really help our mental health too.

Most of the exercises are done seated so that everyone can join in and the movements are all adaptable so you can choose for yourself what is appropriate to you. The balance practice exercises are also done with the use of a chair, to help build confidence. We include some slightly higher energy exercises to help keep our hearts healthy. All the movements are to music which in its self can be great for our emotional wellbeing. As we get older our muscle strength and flexibility can start to decline which makes keeping as active as possible even more important.

Our class can help you improve your overall range of movement and if you are already active, it can be an additional way of maintaining your fitness and energy levels.

Our classes are subsidised by the Pop In Place funds and are held at the Bere Regis Village Hall on Mondays from 11am – 11:45am the cost of each class is £5
No need to book in advance. Just come along and join in our fun and very friendly class, where you will be guaranteed a very warm welcome.

If you would like more information, please email Lucy Cruickshank
lucy.cruickshank7@hotmail.co.uk or telephone Lyn Simmonds on 01929 471528

Pop In Place Community Café at Bere Regis Village Hall

Every Friday morning from 10 am until 12 noon
We run a Community Café at the Village Hall North Street.
We offer a warm welcome, to everyone who walks through the door.
We also welcome new volunteers to help on our team serving the drinks and helping at events. Also and very importantly to chat to the people who attend the café’s.
Would you like to make a difference in your community? Then call the Team Leader Alison Bennett 01929 472023 for more details about how the Pop In Place changes people’s lives.
New Volunteers are always welcome

Can you help on a rota basis to serve teas and welcome people and sit and chat with them, call in and see us to offer your help? Or telephone Alison Bennett

Pop In Place Food Crisis Support

The Pop In Place have a Food Crisis Project, if you are struggling and you need food please get in touch we have gained funding to provide crisis packs for people in the Parish in a difficult situation.

If you need this service please email in confidence popinplace@gmail.com and we will help. Thank you to Gareth Lynam who is running this project for us.

Pop In Place Work shop

We are a small group meeting on Friday mornings and do some wood work, making bird boxes, bug hotels and planters etc we also do a lot of talking and drinking coffee. We have completed and refurbished the table tennis table and that is available for people to play a game.

If you are interested in coming along and doing any of the above or your own small project, call in and see us you will be very welcome.

Dates for your diary

Bonnet making workshop on Friday 4th April 10am - 12 noon

Good Friday Easter Event Friday 18th April 10am -12 noon

For More information call Team Leader Alison Bennett 01929 472023

Pop In Place News January 2025

Happy New Year to you all

Make 2025 the year you start popping into the Community Café, there is a warm welcome to all, we are open every week on Friday Morning 10am until 12 noon at Bere Regis Village Hall in North Street.

Thank you to Jagtar and Raj of Nisa Bere Regis

In December the Pop In Place held an old fashioned Christmas Party, there was piano music ,quizzes, bingo, pass the parcel and lovely food. Our thanks go to Sue Alexander and Alison Lynam for the home baking.
This wonderful Community event was kindly funded by Nisa we would like to say a big thank you for this generous gesture that was greatly enjoyed by so many.

Pop In Place Brunch Café

Do pop into the Brunch café held once a month at the Pop In Place the food is good and very reasonably priced.
The Hall kitchen has a level 5 Food Hygiene certificate and the service is very friendly.
Our next Brunch Cafés will be Wednesday 8th January.
They start at 11am until 1pm where you will be able to get a light lunch, the menu will include bacon rolls, toasted tea cakes, omelette bacon and tomato breakfast and as much tea and coffee as you can drink.
Everyone is welcome to pop in for brunch on these days we hope to see you there.

Pop In Place Performers Group is taking on more children.

Thank you to all who supported “It’s beginning to look at lot like Christmas” and thanks you for supporting Mosaic the child bereavement charity who we were fundraising for. This group will return on Thursday 23rd January 2025 to work on a new project that will feature the VE Day celebrations that took part 80 years ago in May it’s entitled
“There’ll Always be an England “and will be staged on 1st 2nd 3rd May if your child would like to be part of this amazing group and is over 6 years old then lease email popinplace@gmail.com

Pop In Place Move Well

Move well is a class that promotes all round wellbeing by helping people stay active, improve their overall strength and flexibility and reduce the risk of trips and falls by doing balance exercises.
It’s also a great way to meet, socialise and be with other people.
Because our focus is on having fun it can really help our mental health too.
Most of the exercises are done seated so that everyone can join in and the movements are all adaptable so you can choose for yourself what is appropriate to you.
The balance practice exercises are also done with the use of a chair, to help build confidence.
We include some slightly higher energy exercises to help keep our hearts healthy.
All the movements are to music which in its self can be great for our emotional wellbeing.
As we get older our muscle strength and flexibility can start to decline which makes keeping as active as possible even more important.
Our class can help you improve your overall range of movement and if you are already active, it can be an additional way of maintaining your fitness and energy levels.
Our classes are subsidised by the Pop In Place funds and are held at the Bere Regis Village Hall on Mondays from 11am – 11:45am the cost of each class is £5
No need to book in advance.
Just come along and join in our fun and very friendly class, where you will be guaranteed a very warm welcome.
If you would like more information, please email Lucy Cruickshank
lucy.cruickshank7@hotmail.co.uk or telephone Lyn Simmonds on 01929 471528

Pop In Place Community Café at Bere Regis Village Hall

Every Friday morning from 10 am until 12 noon

We run a Community Café at the Village Hall North Street.
We offer a warm welcome, to everyone who walks through the door.
We also welcome new volunteers to help on our team serving the drinks and helping at events.
Also and very importantly to chat to the people who attend the café’s.
Would you like to make a difference in your community? Then call the Team Leader Alison Bennett 01929 472023 for more details about how the Pop In Place changes people’s lives.

New Volunteers are always welcome

Can you help on a rota basis to serve teas and welcome people and sit and chat with them, call in and see us to offer your help? Or telephone Alison Bennett

Pop In Place Food Crisis Support

The Pop In Place have a Food Crisis Project, if you are struggling and you need food please get in touch we have gained funding to provide crisis packs for people in the Parish in a difficult situation.
If you need this service please email in confidence popinplace@gmail.com and we will help.
Thank you to Gareth Lynam who is running this project for us.

Pop In Place Work shop

We are a small group meeting on Friday mornings and do some wood work, making bird boxes, bug hotels and planters etc we also do a lot of talking and drinking coffee.
We have completed and refurbished the table tennis table and that is available for people to play a game.
If you are interested in coming along and doing any of the above or your own small project, call in and see us you will be very welcome.

Dates for your diary

Easter Event Friday 18th April 10am -12 noon

For More information call Team Leader Alison Bennett 01929 472023