One Chippenham

Doorway Cycle Club Meet
2024-06-23 09:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | Chippenham Sports Club
Get ready to pedal for a cause at our Doorway Cycling Club Meet!
We are bringing together Cycling Clubs from the local area, big and small, to unite and come together and cycle for Doorway.
It’s a fantastic opportunity to meet other groups, meet new people, swap ideas and enjoy a beautiful cycle route around our countryside . Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned rider, this event is perfect for all cycling enthusiasts.
By participating you will be supporting Doorway. Find out more & book here.

Chippenham Memory Cafe
2024-06-27 10:30, 2024-07-12 10:30 | Sheldon Road Methodist Church, Audley Road, Chippenham, SN14 0DU, Sheldon Road Methodist Church, Audley Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN14 0DU, United Kingdom
Relax and enjoy a social activity with others. Alzheimer’s Support Memory Cafe meets at Sheldon Road Methodist Church from 10.30am -12pm every other Thursday morning.
The cafe offers people living with dementia and their families the chance to relax and enjoy a social activity with others, sample some of our delicious cakes, and chat with dementia professionals who are on hand to offer information and informal support.
As well as the general café, there is also a quieter area where couples can sit and enjoy the refreshments and entertainment.
If this is your first time then please call us on 01380 739055 or fill in the form below. If you are a regular visitor to our cafe just turn up!
We look forward to seeing you soon.
Please note, to help towards our costs we ask everyone to pay £4.50 on the door.

St Peter's Church FoodBox Volunteer Recruitment Events
2024-07-13 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-07-17 19:30 - 21:00
Are you interested in volunteering? Can you spare about an hour per week?
FoodBox (based at St Peter’s Church in Lords Mead SN14 0LL) is recruiting.
To find out more, please attend one of the following events, or email StPetersFoodBoxRecruit@gmail.com
– Sat 13th July, 10h to noon in the Church Hall: come and discuss our operation with existing volunteers
– Wed 17th July, 1930h to 21h in the Church: see what we do and have the operation explained to you
We look forward to meeting you

Salvation Army’s Messy Church
2024-07-20 11:00 - 13:00, 2024-08-17 11:00 - 13:00, 2024-09-21 11:00 - 13:00, 2024-10-19 11:00 - 13:00, 2024-11-16 11:00 - 13:00, 2024-12-21 11:00 - 13:00 | Salvation Army, Foghamshire, Foghamshire, Chippenham, Wiltshire, Sn15 1hb, United Kingdom
Join us 11am – 1pm at Salvation Army, Foghamshire:
Let the kids release their inner madness, have fun, get messy and enjoy a lunch on us.
It’s all free and it’s all a little bit crazy 🎉

The Mayor's Cake & Coffee Morning
2024-10-11 09:30 - 12:00 | Neeld Community & Arts Centre, The Neeld, High Street, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3ER, United Kingdom
Join the Mayor Cllr Conor Melvin for a coffee and some cake to raise funds for his nominated charities for the year, Teen Talk and Wiltshire Mind.
There will be a range of tasty treats and hot drinks available to purchase.
Please note: the cake sale will be cash only.

Coffee and Stalls
2024-10-19 10:00 - 12:30 | Kington Langley Village Hall, Church Street, Kington Langley , Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 5NJ, United Kingdom
Coffee morning with local craft maker stalls, plus second hand books and jigsaw puzzles – in aid of British Heart Foundation.

Retro Music Evening
2024-11-01 19:00 - 22:00 | The Cause Music and Arts Centre, 42 The Causeway, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3DD, United Kingdom
A fun disco themed evening of a pop quiz and disco dancing with bar and snacks, in aid of WELLBORING and the M.S.F charities.

Christmas Découpage Card Making
2024-11-23 11:30 - 13:00 | Emery Gate shopping centre, Emery Gate shopping centre, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3JP
Join Deise Amazonas for a festive morning on Saturday 23rd of November 🎄
Create beautiful handmade Christmas cards for your loved ones with festive materials including luxury card, stickers, paint, coloured pencils, pastels and more!
A suggested donation of £5
All materials provided
Kandu Arts S.H.O.P, Emery Gate Shopping Centre
To book please, email: admin@kandu-arts.com or call: 01249 444009
Pop into the Kandu Arts shop and speak to one of our lovely volunteers

Christmas Crafternoon in aid of Mind
2024-12-14 14:00 - 16:00 | Pewsham Community Centre, Lodge Road, Chippenham, SN5 3SY
Bring your baby or preschooler along for an afternoon of free-flow Christmas crafts while raising money for Mind. There will be tea, coffee and cakes for sale PLUS each ticket holder will receive a free digital photo from Kate at Copper and Blossom Photography!
There will be a range of crafts around the room for you to do at your own pace during the 2 hour event. Some will involve paint, so please bear this in mind (wear messy play clothes or bring a bib/apron if your child is likely to end up covered!).
Tickets are £12 per child and £8 for siblings to cover craft materials and to raise money for the charity. Parents/carers are free but limited to 2 adults per family.

Christmas Waverley Album Listening Club
2024-12-18 19:30 - 22:30 | The Waverley, Chippenham, United Kingdom
Fundraiser for Dorothy House Hospice at the Waverley in Chippenham. This month will have a cheesy Christmas theme and we will listen to Phil Spector’s 1963 Christmas Album (originally titled ‘A Christmas Gift For You’) along with all the many familiar Christmas singles we all know and love(?) – so if you are still hoping to avoid the annual terror of ‘Whamageddon’ you may be unlucky!

Waverley Album Listening Club
2025-01-22 19:30 - 23:00 | The Waverley, Chippenham, United Kingdom
Monthly fundraiser event for Dorothy House Hospice.
January 2025
WAVERLEY ALBUM LISTENING CLUB
The first 2025 WALC fund-raising event for Dorothy House Hospice, will be held as usual at The Waverley, Chippenham on Wednesday 22nd January, starting at 7.30pm with the first stylus drop around 8pm.
We will start the year with a ‘prog rock’ flavour and will be listening to a record that was suggested and requested by a couple of people at the October 2024 WALC, namely ‘A Trick Of The Tail’ from 1976 – the tricky first Genesis album released after Peter Gabriel left the band in 1974.
Alongside this we will listen to ‘Mirror In Blue Light’ the excellent debut vinyl album by Bristol-based band Pocket Sun which was released in September 2024. Members of the band will be attending to talk about their music and will have merchandise available to buy.

Chippenham Memory Cafe
2025-01-31 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-02-13 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-02-27 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-03-13 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-03-27 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-04-10 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-04-24 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-05-08 10:30 - 12:00 | Sheldon Road Methodist Church, Audley Road, Chippenham, SN14 0DU, Sheldon Road Methodist Church, Audley Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN14 0DU, United Kingdom
Our first café opened in 2009 as a meeting place for people with dementia and their families, at a time when there were few opportunities to socialise with others affected. Since then our seven cafés have developed into much-valued social and information-gathering occasions where people can strike up friendships, chat informally to professionals, find out more about dementia and support from a wide range of speakers, and enjoy refreshments and entertainment.
Chippenham Memory café meets fortnightly for activities, chat, and a chance to catch up informally with dementia professionals. As well as the general café, there is also a quieter area where couples can sit and enjoy the refreshments and entertainment.
Find out more and book here.

Doorway Presents...
2025-03-07 19:00 - 22:00 | Neeld Community & Arts Centre, The Neeld, High Street, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3ER, United Kingdom
Following on from the success of last year’s showing of the film Cathy Come Home in the presence of legendary director Ken Loach, Doorway is pleased to be hosting a film night on Friday 7th March at Neeld Community and Arts Centre, where we will show Someone’s Daughter, Someone’s Son, directed by award-winning film director, Lorna Tucker who became homeless at 14 and spent two years living on the streets where she slept under Waterloo Bridge, in and out of sheltered accommodation.
Based on Lorna’s own experiences, the film explores how the UK can put an end to homelessness and has garnered support from people across the country including: Sam Fender and Bryan Adams, which see’s Bryan write a song, exclusive for the film.
Shelter and Crisis said: “This powerful film is a rallying call that homelessness is not inevitable, and we can end the housing emergency for good.”
Tickets priced at £10.00 and are available to book via the link https://thelittleboxoffice.com/neeld/event/view/205395 or direct with Neeld Community & arts centre box office
Doorway provides crisis support to people at risk of or at risk of homelessness and runs groups and courses to build confidence and skills, helping people to make positive changes to their lives, however small.

Chippenham Spring Health & Wellbeing Day
2025-04-05 10:00 - 15:00 | Ladyfield Evangelical Church, Hungerdown Lane, Chippenham, SN14 0BA
Come along to our Chippenham Spring Health and Wellbeing Day on 5th April 2025, 10am-3pm, at Ladyfield Evangelical Church!
Join us for a day of health, wellbeing, and community! Explore our information hall, meet local experts, and take part in engaging activities and talks. Enjoy free refreshments as you recharge and reconnect. Everyone is welcome on the day with their friends and family!
You’ll also have the opportunity to experience the Brain Dome – a live, presenter-led voyage into the brain where you can learn more about Dementia. Book your slot for the BRAIN DOME, where you can learn more about Dementia. Bookable by calling 01249 470703 or emailing bswicb.livingwell.hathaway@nhs.net

Doorway SleepOut 2025
2025-05-02 19:00 - 2025-05-03 07:00 | John Coles Park, John Coles Park, Chippenham, SN15 1NZ, United Kingdom
Join us in John Coles Park for a night out under the stars..cold…and possibly rain! (Hopefully not) bring your makeshift base for the night, no tents allowed.
There will be music performed by local bands and hot drinks and snacks available late night at the Kiosk and importantly for some, Yes there are toilets.
Experience what it can be like sleeping rough for a night and raise money for Doorway in doing so..It will be night you won’t forget for a very long time.
Wake up to a warm bacon sandwiches as you pack up and head home knowing that you have made a difference

Pewsham Locks Open Day
2025-05-10 10:00 - 15:00 | Pewsham Locks
Popular open days on a restored stretch of canal between near Chippenham are due to return this weekend.
Hundreds of people attended last year’s events at Pewsham Locks, a flight of locks which once lifted narrowboats on their journey north along the Wilts & Berks Canal.
Visitors can enjoy a pop-up café, boat trips, and tours of the building projects and wildflower meadow.
The first event takes place on Saturday 10th May and will be repeated on the second Saturday of each month until October. The café and tours open from 10am, with boat trips available from 12.30pm, before the event closes at around 3pm.
The open days are organised by the Melksham, Chippenham & Calne branch of the Wilts & Berks Canal Trust.
Spokesperson Bright Wright said:
We’re looking forward to welcoming lots of visitors and sharing the progress we’ve made in bringing this historic waterway back to life. People often enjoy walking or cycling along the towpath but this is a golden opportunity to learn so much more about the charity, our local work and our plans for the future.
We’ll be offering guided tours of the dry dock and carpenter’s workshop, which are due to be completed later this year, as well as tours of the wildflower meadow and wildlife habitats. The boat rides are especially popular, taking passengers to Double Bridge near Reybridge and back again. We also offer exclusive trips for community groups in the mornings.
These rides depend on the weather and the water levels though, so we always advise people to check our social media for any late changes. Boats depart from the wharf at Pewsham Locks, where the pop-up café offers plenty of tea, coffee and cake, and lots of seating beneath the trees – it’s a great location for a relaxing day out.
The site is just a short walk along a footpath from the edge of Pewsham. Directions are available at www.wbct.org.uk/mcc-events (please note there is no public parking at the locks).
Refreshments and boat rides are available by cash donation or scanning a QR code. Last year’s events raised almost £2,000.
For further information call 07510 326730 or email brian.wright@wbct.org.uk
The aim of the Wilts & Berks Canal Trust is to restore the waterway from the Kennet & Avon Canal near Melksham to the Thames & Severn Canal near Cricklade and the River Thames near Abingdon, connecting Chippenham, Calne, Royal Wootton Bassett and Swindon.
New members are always welcome. Visit www.wbct.org.uk
