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September 4, 2023The Jubilee Centre trustees met on the 29th August 2023 in order to make decisions about the running of the centre. Again, in the spirit of openness, they have again decided to make these decisions public by publishing these Minutes of the meetings on this website.

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July 28, 2023The Trustees of the Jubilee Centre were delighted to welcome members of the local community, Councillors and stakeholders to discuss an exciting future for the centre. [...]

July 22, 2023The Jubilee Centre trustees met on the 18th July 2023 in order to make decisions about the running of the centre. In the spirit of openness they have again decided to make these decisions public by publishing these Minutes of the meetings on this website.

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July 10, 2023There will be a Jubilee Centre Open Day 11am-3pm on Friday 28th July 2023. We’ll be showing you what we are doing and asking you about what you would like to happen at your Centre. There’s a large garden at the back, a large hall with a stage and lots of space for you to try out business ideas or run free events for the local community. See you at the Jubilee Centre.

Directions to The Jubilee Centre

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June 2, 2023Yoga and qigong are ancient mind–body practices used in the East for thousands of years to promote inner peace and mental clarity. Both share breathing techniques and slow movements and are being used as alternative/complementary approaches to the management of disease, especially chronic problems with no effective conventional treatments. 

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May 31, 2023The Jubilee Centre trustees met on the 26th May 2023 in order to make decisions about the running of the centre. In the spirit of openness they have decided to make these decisions public by publishing the Agenda and Minutes of these meetings on this website.

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May 4, 2023This month the following activities are taking place:

BOXING CLUB – Every Monday, Wednesday and Thursdays – 6-8.30pm

SANDWICH PANTRY – contact Janet Yapp at janetyapp@gmail.com

YOGA – contact Priscilla Peck at peckpriscilla34@gmail.com

QIGONG – contact Priscilla Peck at peckpriscilla34@gmail.com

Return regularly for updates [...]

April 16, 2023The Trustees of Sandwich Community Hub: The Jubilee Centre are delighted to announce that they completed the grant of a 25 year lease from Dover District Council on Friday the 14th April. This means that the Phoenix Centre, which closed during the pandemic, is now open once again as the Jubilee Centre with the Sandwich Amateur Boxing Club and Sandwich Pantry the first occupants in place.

The Trustees said in a joint statement, ‘it has taken a lot of work, commitment and some resilience to get to this point however we are delighted and excited to be able to once again deliver valuable and meaningful community service in the heart of Sandwich South. We particularly wish to recognise the trustees of the Phoenix Centre for all their work and acknowledge the efforts of Jubilee Centre Trustees Clare Felton, Philip Woodhouse and particularly Nicholas Gray for negotiating and securing a lease that gives us a real chance to succeed’.

‘The renaming of the Centre as the  Jubilee Centre is because the charity responsible for it was constituted in the year of Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee year. She was the embodiment of service and by serving our community we wish to play our own small part in honouring her legacy and securing the legacy of those who came before us in Sandwich’.

‘We will shortly be bringing more groups back to the Centre and are very much open for business. If you wish to help us or use the centre please email

David Wood (dmawood@me.com)

or Mal Channing (malcolm.channing@sandwichcommunityhub.com)

or go to: www.sandwichcommunityhub.com

We are very keen to hear from people who maybe able to help us with financial and administrative skills. Plans for the future include a community garden and allotment and we are particularly looking for people who can help with this.

We wish to convey our thanks to the community officers of DDC, the District Councillors who supported us and all those people in the community who have been behind us’.

The Trustees of the charity are: David Wood, Jeanette Timmins, Nicholas Gray, Clare Ungerson, Clare Felton, Malcolm Channing and Philip Woodhouse.

For further information, contact:

David Wood – 07595 348 114

Or

Nicholas Gray – 07739 189 636 [...]

November 9, 2022We have been working hard with DDC and Friends of the Phoenix over the last few months and now we are pleased to say that after a lot of hard work we can announce that DDC have accepted our business plan to reopen the Phoenix Centre. It will be soon be called The Jubilee Centre.

We would like thank Dick & Monica for allowing Sandwich ABC to train at Eastry youth club since September 2020. They gave the club a temporary home when we were in dire need and we are very grateful for the hospitality. Without them the club would have folded. We would also like to thank the Eastry community for accepting and supporting the club.

DDC have granted Sandwich Amateur Boxing Club, tenancy to Sandwich Community Hub: The Jubilee Centre. And as soon as The friends of the Phoenix have formed their charity, access will be granted to the wider community groups.

We are now moving back to Sandwich and would like our Eastry members to follow us to our new home Sandwich Community Hub The Jubilee Centre.

Thank you for your support.💯🤞🏽🙏🥊🥊 [...]

May 3, 2022We are another step closer to opening The Phoenix Centre/Sandwich Community Hub. We are actively engaged with DDC and their community support officers with the aim of realising the aim of relocating the boxing club there and opening the centre to the community.
The vision includes activities such as a community allotment, a community garden, subsidised educational opportunities and a FareShare footprint. In order to assess the need for and of course the financial viability of this new venture we are looking for people willing to run activities either as a volunteer or as part of their business.
We launched a poll at
https://sandwichcommunityhub.com/which-activities-would-you-use-at-sandwich-community-hub/
and discovered the popularity of activities to be ranked as follows:

Activity
Votes

Boxing
51

Citizen’s Advice Bureaux
45

Food Bank
43

Art & Craft
39

Yoga
38

Pilates
37

Chat-Tea/Coffee Cafe
37

Youth Club
36

Bingo
32

Zumba
32

Keep Fit for the Elderly
31

Learn a Language
29

Slimming Club
28

Dance
27

Gardening Club
25

Tai Chi
21

Drawing Class
19

Learning Courses
19

Singing
19

Painting Class
19

Sign Language
19

Karate
17

Wine/Beer Club
17

Flower Arranging
16

History/Archaeology Club
16

Self-Help Group
13

Simple Home Repairs
13

Line Dancing
12

Table Tennis
12

Judo
8

Mother & Toddler Group
8

Chess Club
7

Morris Dancing
6

Lip Reading
6

Wargame Club
5

Dungeons & Dragons Club
5

Bridge Club
3

Carer/Cared For Coffee/Tea Morning
3

Whist Evening
2

If you are interested in running one or more of these activities, then please contact us using the contact link below:
Contact Sandwich Community Hub [...]

February 20, 2022So that we have an idea of which activities would be popular at Sandwich Community Hub we have put together a survey to help those intending to run different activities there. If the activity you are interested in is not on the list then use or FaceBook page to suggest them.
You can obviously vote for more than one category. [...]

February 19, 2022Sandwich Community Hub is set to replace the old Phoenix Centre that has been used as a community resource since the 1960s. Many remember it as a Youth Club from those days. Over a decade ago it was radically redesigned as one of the most beautiful environmentally friendly community centres in Kent.
The Sandwich Community Hub is situated at:
Jubilee Road
Sandwich
Kent CT13 0QP [...]

February 19, 2022The Sandwich Amateur Boxing Club is to move to Sandwich Community Hub. Currently they are located in Eastry but as soon as the Sandwich Community Hub is reopened they intend to return to Sandwich.
Set up in the 1960s by Frank Cornwall, it was at first located at the former Penguin Club then it moved to the Bull Inn at Eastry. The third gym was in Strand Street, which they sold, donating £57,000 for the building of Sandwich Leisure Centre.

More Information

Bubbles Nursery & Out of School Club
Wilmott Pl
Eastry
Sandwich CT13 0QB

Tel: 07749 760520

Mondays & Thursdays Juniors (8 years +) 6pm-7pm £2 Mondays & Thursdays Seniors (16 years +) 7pm-8.15pm £4.

Mondays & Thursdays Juniors (10 years +) 6pm-7pm £2.

Mondays & Thursdays Seniors (16 years +) 7pm-8.15pm £4.. [...]

February 19, 2022The Phoenix Centre has, under the leadership of its trustees and volunteers, tirelessly served our community in Sandwich South for approximately two decades. During this time the Phoenix Centre was awarded local and national awards for its community work and for its prescient commitment to the environment and sustainable practices and futures. A huge youth project was very successfully delivered there over many years with individuals given the space and understanding to grow and develop the skills they required to enable them to transition to successful and responsible lives into early adult hood. The Phoenix Centre offered pastoral support, sexual health services and a safe space to young people that needed these things for a long period of time. It provided a lifeline for vulnerable people in our community.
The Phoenix Centre was also the Sandwich base of Deal Area Foodbank. It was the site of Sure Start. It was the site of local maternity and infant nursing teams delivering essential services to young mothers in Sandwich. It signposted people to critical services on a routine basis. The centre offered a safe and welcoming community space for a broad range of clubs and societies in Sandwich.
The Phoenix Centre is well equipped with two kitchens, a large hall and meeting areas alongside substantial grounds which could be used to grow food and could be made into a community garden. The centre is powered with air source heat pumps, it has solar panels, a biodiverse roof and rainwater harvesting. It is highly insulated and built from unique recycled products. It remains a flagship in the environmental standards it sets.
We must not let the Phoenix Centre shut. The centre is powered with air source heat pumps, it has solar panels, a biodiverse roof and rainwater harvesting. It is highly insulated and built from unique recycled products. It remains a flagship in the environmental standards it sets. Friends of the Phoenix Centre have stepped in and placed a community protection order on the building.
We aim to save the centre for the benefit of the local community, If we are successful the Phoenix Centre will be renamed Sandwich Community Hub. As a first step in achieving these aims we hope to relocate Sandwich Boxing Club from their current premises in Eastry to enable this distinguished and successful club to be back in the heart of our community where it belongs. [...]

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