Regular Activities

Download current regular Activites leaflet here:

July 2026

or via QR Code      

Follow this link to the calendar:  https://tinyurl.com/ycavfpo6           

Health and Fitness - Ryhope Community Centre have a varied program of health & fitness classes suitable for all ages, abilities and fitness levels with an aim to promote Health and Wellbeing via low cost accessible exercise within the community.

Classes/Groups include:

For the very young:

Baby & Toddler Groups

- by Ryhope Community Association

(term time only):


Thanks to all those that have been with us previously in the Baby & Toddler groups we run, it's been great fun and we hope you've enjoyed it. If you're off to pastures new we wish you well. If you're coming back to see us, great, we can't wait to catch up and see how much you're grown (again)!!

Registration for year September 2026 to July 2027 is now open

Term Dates:

Monday 1st September to Friday 18th December 2026 Monday 4th January to 25th March 2027

Monday 12th April to 21st July 2027

No Baby or Toddler Groups run during School Holidays or on Bank Holidays

Groups running are:

Baby Groups (birth to crawling):

Monday Babies - 12:45 to 1:45

Thursday Babies – 1:00 to 2:00 (new for this year)

Toddler Groups (walking to age 5):

Monday Toddlers - 2:00 to 3:00

Tuesday Toddlers - 9:00 to 10:30 (new for this year)

Thursday Toddlers - 9:00 to 10:30

Friday Toddlers - 9:00 to 10:30

All groups have limited places to ensure everyone's safety and not overcrowded.

If you would like to come along and join us please follow the link (or scan the QR code) to register your interest on our Waitlist for any of the groups - registration is now open up to the end of Summer Term 2027.

There's only 1 form holding all information for all groups. The link/QR code takes you to a Google Form on a normal web page - you do not need to have a Google (or Facebook) account to use it.

Places will be allocated and those for the first intake will be emailed with your start date. As other places become available, those registered on the Waitlist will be contacted. Thank you

Register here: https://tinyurl.com/2x8js893 or follow the QR code

Cost: Suggested voluntary contribution for each child at each session is £2.50. You can pay cash at the event or via Bank Transfer - details in the registration form.

If you have a confirmed place and are unable to attend any session please ring the centre on 0191 523 9371; If you do not attend regularly then your place will be released unless you have been in contact with the centre to advise. All places released will be notified via email.

If you wish to withdraw your place or update your information after registering please let the centre know via email to ryhopeca@aol.com so we can release the place for others /update your information. Thank you

By registering you agree to abide by the Group Agreement Terms & Conditions: https://tinyurl.com/BnT-Group-Agreement-2026. Please take a moment to read. Thank you

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These events are with thanks to funding and support from various sources, without it we could not run the groups so thanks to our funders! Thanks to #TheNationalLotteryCommunityFund

Want to keep up-to-date with us at Ryhope Community Centre and see all our news? Follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/RyhopeCommunityCentre

You can see all our events here: https://tinyurl.com/ycavfpo6

Register here:

https://tinyurl.com/2x8js893 or follow the QR code

As a charity we are supported by various sources including The National Lottery Community Fund

Occasional Activities

Afternoon Teas

Date for your diaries: 27th October 2026

Our next Afternoon Tea (with a Halloween theme) is on Tuesday 27th October at Ryhope Community Centre, starting at 1pm to 3pm, with entertainment by Russell Bruce

This is a pre-book event and tickets are available from Ryhope Community Centre, with a suggested voluntary contribution of £5 per person. All contributions to be paid by noon on Friday 23rd October to reserve your place.

Either call in to collect your ticket or ring 0191 5239371 to book your place. (If there's no-one available to take your telephone call, leave us your name and telephone number on the answering machine and someone will get back to you).All welcome, book your place now!

Do come along and join us, we'd love to see you.

Thanks to funding from:

#TheNationalLotteryCommunityFund

Want to keep up-to-date with us at Ryhope Community Centre and see all our news? Like/Follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/RyhopeCommunityCentre

You can see all our events here: https://tinyurl.com/ycavfpo6

Ryhope Heritage Society

If you’ve got some free time every second Tuesday in the month, then why not come along and join our small friendly group that looks back over the history of Ryhope, Sunderland and the surrounding areas.

We share knowledge and stories of old Ryhope through films, slide shows and speakers all from our local area.  There’s something here to suit everyone.

Our past films have covered Sunderland in World War I, The History of Seaburn, Ryhope our Mining Village and lots more. We have had visiting speakers Phil Curtis and Sharon Vincent talking about old Sunderland with slide shows and Glenda Young, best selling local author.

We meet every second Tuesday of the month in Ryhope Community Centre on Black Road at 1:30pm in the downstairs hall, so come along and join us and enjoy a cup of tea after looking back over your local heritage.

To find out more, email hello@ryhopeheritage.com

Next open meeting: Tuesday 10th November 2026

At the next meeting of Ryhope Heritage Society on Tuesday 10th November 2026 in Ryhope Community Centre at 1:30 until 3:30

Coming on Tuesday 10th November 2026 “Sunderland on the Road to Passchendaele,” a film by Brian Ibinson, has been shown at Ryhope Community Centre before, and because so many people have asked to see it again, Ryhope Heritage Society will be showing it once more on the 10th of November at Ryhope Community Centre.

Doors open at 1pm for a 1.30pm start.

A deeply emotional film containing photographs and a powerful soundtrack, telling the story of the World War One soldiers from Sunderland, Ryhope, Silksworth, Seaham and the surrounding areas who were placed in uniform and marched into the killing fields of Flanders — many never returning.

The film shows the enlisting, the trenches, the Somme, the mud hell of Passchendaele, the Christmas Truce, the Unknown Warrior, and photographs of Sunderland soldiers who never came back — and much, much more.

If you've not seen this previously we can highly recommend you come along and see this very moving story.

Before the film begins, you will hear how news of the war first reached Sunderland — how it started, how it spread across the world, and the terrible cost of lives at the Somme and Passchendaele and how so many soldiers paid the ultimate price and were left with nothing more than a name on the Menin Gate.

Doors open at 1:00pm, film begins at 1:30pm. Event runs 1:30 – 3:30pm

Everybody is very welcome — we’d love to see you there.
Cost: £3 per person and all are welcome. No need to book, just pay at the door. If you’d like to join the society that’s free!

To find out more, email hello@ryhopeheritage.com

Want to keep up-to-date with us at Ryhope Community Centre and see all our news? Like/follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/RyhopeCommunityCentre

You can see all our events here: https://tinyurl.com/ycavfpo6

We meet every second Tuesday of the month (except August) in Ryhope Community Centre on Black Road at 1:30pm in the downstairs hall, so come along and join us and enjoy a cup of tea after looking back over your local heritage.