Cirencester Ashcroft Church & Centre
Building friendships and partnerships between people with a common purpose/cause/goal is part of God’s purpose for us. Every blessing, Andy Rickell
Cirencester Ashcroft Church & Centre
CIRENCESTER ASHCROFT WORK CLUB
WEEKLY UPDATE - UPDATED AT 5TH NOVEMBER 2024 (with updated next 4 weeks’ sessions)
(Written as usual from home in Stratton, Cirencester)
**NEWSFLASH**
Monday sessions have moved to St Lawrence’s Church, Chesterton, Cirencester from 4th March 2024 as part of building Cirencester Ashcroft Church’s partnership with St Lawrence’s. The Tuesday sessions will continue at Cirencester Ashcroft Church, Ashcroft Road, Cirencester, as usual.
The work club will continue to operate on most
Mondays - 9.00am to 11.00am at St Lawrence’s Church Centre
and
Tuesdays – 12.00pm to 2.00pm at Cirencester Ashcroft Church & Centre
(but not on Bank Holidays).
We are now usually open for confidential one-to-one face-to-face support at these times. We also provide one-to-one phone and online support at these times too.
We also work in partnership with Cirencester Jobcentre to support referred jobseekers who would like some extra assistance.
You can contact me at the usual work club times by :-
- Face-to-face;
- Email : workclub@ashcroftchurch.org.uk;
- Phone or text : 07951439302;
- Sending a message through the Cirencester Ashcroft Work Club Facebook page.
We can then have a chat face-to-face, by phone, by message, or by video link if we can set one up, and I will do my best to help you.
You can also contact me at other times and we will then agree an appointment time to have a proper conversation.
Specific opening times over the next few weeks are below. Later opening times for the period up to the end of MAY 2025 are in the Events section (which is itself sometimes in the About section) of the Cirencester Ashcroft Work Club and Cirencester Ashcroft Church and Centre Facebook pages. To access those later times, you will now need to be signed in to Facebook yourself, as Facebook recently “upgraded” so that Events data cannot be accessed by internet search alone (at least that seems to be what’s happened). Also Facebook only lets us select a maximum of about 50 future dates for an event at the time it is first published, hence why it appears to stop at a random date.
Monday 11th November 9.00 - 11.00 (AT ST LAWRENCE’S CENTRE)
Tuesday 12th November 12.00 - 2.00 (AT ASHCROFT CENTRE)
Monday 18th November 9.00 - 11.00 (AT ST LAWRENCE’S CENTRE)
Tuesday 19th November 12.00 - 2.00 (AT ASHCROFT CENTRE)
Monday 25th November 9.00 - 11.00 (AT ST LAWRENCE’S CENTRE)
Tuesday 26th November 12.00 - 2.00 (AT ASHCROFT CENTRE)
Monday 2nd December 9.00 - 11.00 (AT ST LAWRENCE’S CENTRE)
Tuesday 3rd December 12.00 - 2.00 (AT ASHCROFT CENTRE)
(For those who are interested, I normally highlight the opening times for the next 4 weeks. However sometimes I increase this when they include a break, in part to make sure that the last week I show is one when we are open. This is to emphasise that any closure is only temporary. The work club is a key part of Ashcroft’s mission and outreach project until at least June 2027. After that date I intend to continue to run the work club indefinitely, whether or not part of a larger project.)
Andy Rickell, Cirencester Ashcroft Work Club Manager
WEEKLY UPDATE - UPDATED AT 5TH NOVEMBER 2024 (with updated next 4 weeks’ sessions)
(Written as usual from home in Stratton, Cirencester)
**NEWSFLASH**
Monday sessions have moved to St Lawrence’s Church, Chesterton, Cirencester from 4th March 2024 as part of building Cirencester Ashcroft Church’s partnership with St Lawrence’s. The Tuesday sessions will continue at Cirencester Ashcroft Church, Ashcroft Road, Cirencester, as usual.
The work club will continue to operate on most
Mondays - 9.00am to 11.00am at St Lawrence’s Church Centre
and
Tuesdays – 12.00pm to 2.00pm at Cirencester Ashcroft Church & Centre
(but not on Bank Holidays).
We are now usually open for confidential one-to-one face-to-face support at these times. We also provide one-to-one phone and online support at these times too.
We also work in partnership with Cirencester Jobcentre to support referred jobseekers who would like some extra assistance.
You can contact me at the usual work club times by :-
- Face-to-face;
- Email : workclub@ashcroftchurch.org.uk;
- Phone or text : 07951439302;
- Sending a message through the Cirencester Ashcroft Work Club Facebook page.
We can then have a chat face-to-face, by phone, by message, or by video link if we can set one up, and I will do my best to help you.
You can also contact me at other times and we will then agree an appointment time to have a proper conversation.
Specific opening times over the next few weeks are below. Later opening times for the period up to the end of MAY 2025 are in the Events section (which is itself sometimes in the About section) of the Cirencester Ashcroft Work Club and Cirencester Ashcroft Church and Centre Facebook pages. To access those later times, you will now need to be signed in to Facebook yourself, as Facebook recently “upgraded” so that Events data cannot be accessed by internet search alone (at least that seems to be what’s happened). Also Facebook only lets us select a maximum of about 50 future dates for an event at the time it is first published, hence why it appears to stop at a random date.
Monday 11th November 9.00 - 11.00 (AT ST LAWRENCE’S CENTRE)
Tuesday 12th November 12.00 - 2.00 (AT ASHCROFT CENTRE)
Monday 18th November 9.00 - 11.00 (AT ST LAWRENCE’S CENTRE)
Tuesday 19th November 12.00 - 2.00 (AT ASHCROFT CENTRE)
Monday 25th November 9.00 - 11.00 (AT ST LAWRENCE’S CENTRE)
Tuesday 26th November 12.00 - 2.00 (AT ASHCROFT CENTRE)
Monday 2nd December 9.00 - 11.00 (AT ST LAWRENCE’S CENTRE)
Tuesday 3rd December 12.00 - 2.00 (AT ASHCROFT CENTRE)
(For those who are interested, I normally highlight the opening times for the next 4 weeks. However sometimes I increase this when they include a break, in part to make sure that the last week I show is one when we are open. This is to emphasise that any closure is only temporary. The work club is a key part of Ashcroft’s mission and outreach project until at least June 2027. After that date I intend to continue to run the work club indefinitely, whether or not part of a larger project.)
Andy Rickell, Cirencester Ashcroft Work Club Manager
Cirencester Ashcroft Church & Centre
Being a man, I have never experienced maternity services directly. However I can imagine the importance of those services being delivered in the best way from the mothers’, the babies’ and their families’ perspectives. It sounds like that in this instance from our county, that isn’t happening. Given the importance of county maternity services to the health of us all as a thriving community, a more joined up service is needed that is both patient-orientated as well as service-orientated. So we pray for all pregnant and brand new mothers in our county, that they might experience the best medical and other support in their situation and vital role. We pray for all those involved in planning and delivering maternity services locally, that they might properly focus on the priority needs of mothers and babies. And we pray for us all to demand the best support for new and prospective mothers. Every blessing, Andy Rickell, Circuit Social Justice Officer.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8rdr8rn076o?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3zauyDroZuUcMgQSVkoD67gSqvIbcMdkXzsC3icpLkhEyA0ZlJrTpzHl0_aem_U63YTZSGeP4-D6Pen1N8VA
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Cirencester Ashcroft Church & Centre
A prayer for the 21st anniversary of the Anglican-Methodist Covenant. Every blessing, Andy Rickell
Cirencester Ashcroft Church & Centre
The song “Everything is awesome, everything is cool when you’re part of a team” is my favourite bit of the first Lego movie. The sentiment of the song is true. The success of human beings comes from our ability to communicate and cooperate together. Teamwork is the norm, lone working the rarity. So learning how to be a great team player is a key component of a successful career. This article makes some helpful suggestions, but if you want to think more about it, please come and talk to us at Cirencester Ashcroft Work Club. Our contact details are on the Cirencester Ashcroft Work Club Facebook page. Andy Rickell, Cirencester Ashcroft Work Club Manager
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zrdswty?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3cXhk0wxpDkuXEmLOyBDwnDaMNDLiE6DCm8Bazua7xno_FW4Zla9etj50_aem_-gWukWPVWN8NFtLBIOt2Gg
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