Regular Activities

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November 2024

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):

Our Baby & Toddler Groups run by Ryhope Community Association have restarted!

Thanks to all those that have been with us over this last year, 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!!

Groups running are:

Monday Babies - 12:45 to 1:45 (birth to crawling)
Monday Toddlers - 2:00 to 3:00 (walking to 5)

Thursday Toddlers - start time of 9:00 to 10:30 (walking to 5)

Friday Toddlers - start time of 9:00 to 10:30 (walking to 5)

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

To all those already registered, thank you and you'll have either had an email confirming your place (no need to register again) or to advise that we have received your registration and will be notified when space is available. Some groups are currently full. All those attending must pre-register and await confirmation of their place to attend. Thanks

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.

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 on a first come first served basis. As places become available on the Waitlist these will be emailed to registered applicants. Thank you

Register here: https://forms.gle/mS76TWqQRTX2DBa16

or scan the code - both take you to the Google form:

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/2p8crzcs. 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 all our funders!
Thanks to #TheNationalLotteryCommunityFund #theNationalLotteryPlayers #FundedbyUKGovernment #SunderlandCityCouncil #LinksForLifeSunderland #PoweredByLevellingUp

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As a charity we are supported by various sources including The National Lottery Community Fund, Sunderland City Council, Links for Life Sunderland, UK Government and Powered by Leveling Up.

Occasional Activities

Afternoon Teas

Date for your diaries:  Tuesday 18th February 2025

Our next Afternoon Tea is on Tuesday 18th February at Ryhope Community Centre, starting at 1pm to 3pm, with Ricky Dixon providing the entertainment.

These are pre-book events 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 Monday ? to ensure your place.Either call in to collect your ticket or ring 0191 5239371 to book you 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:

#TheNationalLotteryCommunityFund #FundedbyUKGovernment #SunderlandCityCouncil #LinksForLifeSunderland #PoweredByLevellingUp

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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 visiting speakers Phil Curtis and Sharon Vincent talking about old Sunderland with slide shows.

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

Next open meeting:  11 February 2025

We have many talks and film shows about our local history with lots of archive photographs of Sunderland, Ryhope and surrounding areas.

Brian is back at Ryhope Heritage presenting his film “Golden Memories of Seaburn” on Tuesday 11th February at Ryhope Community Centre.

The film, set to music, uses photographs and clips of films to tell the story of how a stretch of sandy beach became a well-known seaside resort called Seaburn that we were proud of and generated golden memories.

Beginning in the 1930s the film shows the progression that made this a famous seaside resort. Many Wearsiders still have golden memories of summers from the 1950s of their family holidays spent in seemingly ever-lasting days at the fair and on the beach during shipyard fortnight at Seaburn.

So why not take a trip down memory lane and see the Seaburn Hotel being built; Notarianni's, which sold the best ice cream and fish & chips; the fairground with the big dipper that opened in 1955 dominating the Seaburn skyline; the bright coloured Kiosks that stood at the front of the fairground selling sea food, toffee apples and candy floss, not forgetting Gypsy Rose Lee, the fortune teller who was there too.

Seaburn Hall - a popular venue for dancing in the 50s and 60s. The Bay Hotel which was also popular with teenagers of the 50s. The boating lake and the miniature railway; the Pullman Lodge and the doom stricken fountain; the Seaburn Ocean Park where some animals escaped from and Seaburn Leisure Centre.

There's photographs of when the beach was like tent land with people getting hot water to make their tea from across the road at Notarianni's and the film ends with the famous Air Show that attracted millions.

Everyone welcome and if you wish, join our group, we'd love to have your company.

Make a date for your diary, join us and have a cup of tea afterwards.We'd love to see you.

Doors open 1pm and the film starts at 1.30pm following a short introduction - runtime of approx. 1 hour.

Cost £2 per person, per event.

For further information e-mail hello@ryhopeheritage.com

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