CIRENCESTER ASHCROFT WORK & WIFI CLUB

WEEKLY UPDATE - UPDATED AT 14TH JULY 2026 (with updated next 4 weeks’ sessions)

(Written whilst home in Stratton, Cirencester)

**NEWSFLASH**

The work club is now the work & wifi club! This is to emphasise that we not only help people seeking work, but also people wanting to improve their access to the internet. At both Cirencester Ashcroft Church and Centre, Ashcroft Road, and at St Lawrence’s Church, Chesterton, Cirencester we now can offer free internet access during our sessions, which you can use with or without support from the club. We have tablets we can help you use, if you don’t have your own device.

The work & wifi 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 & wifi club times by :-
- Face-to-face;
- Email : workclub@ashcroftchurch.org.uk;
- Phone or text : 07951439302;
- Sending a message through the Cirencester Ashcroft Work & Wifi 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 JANUARY 2027 are in the Events section (which is itself sometimes in the About section) of the Cirencester Ashcroft Work & Wifi 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 20th July 9.00 - 11.00 (AT ST LAWRENCE’S CENTRE)
Tuesday 21st July 12.00 - 2.00 (AT ASHCROFT CENTRE)

Monday 27th July 9.00 - 11.00 (AT ST LAWRENCE’S CENTRE)
Tuesday 28th July 12.00 - 2.00 (AT ASHCROFT CENTRE)

Monday 3rd August 9.00 - 11.00 (AT ST LAWRENCE’S CENTRE)
Tuesday 4th August 12.00 - 2.00 (AT ASHCROFT CENTRE)

Monday 10th August 9.00 - 11.00 (AT ST LAWRENCE’S CENTRE)
Tuesday 11th August 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 & wifi club is a key part of Ashcroft’s mission and outreach project until at least June 2029. After that date I intend to continue to run the work & wifi club indefinitely, whether or not part of a larger project.)

Andy Rickell, Cirencester Ashcroft Work & Wifi Club Manager

It is difficult to contemplate a more fundamental material need than clean water for life. The organisations responsible for ensuring that need is met in our county should have the capacity to meet it, and have the means to rectify it rapidly when problems arise. Failure to do so can rapidly create health and wellbeing problems, particularly at moments of crisis like a severe heatwave. The water companies need to have the resources effectively deployed at all times. So we pray for all those in our county who rely on clean water from water companies, and whose health will be rapidly affected if that supply fails. We pray for all those involved directly or indirectly in ensuring the continuous supply of clean water to everyone living or working in the county. And we pray for us all to recognise the importance of prioritising the effective supply of clean water in our county for our health and wellbeing as a community. Every blessing, Andy Rickell, Circuit Social Justice Officer.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gypnz9x20o?fbclid=IwZnRzaATCrUdwZG9mA2ZkaWQWUKh2ifGfX9EXWhWeBQYbXN1MzjzUZGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDzE3Mzg0NzY0MjY3MDM3MAABHv61qu2_G0n-a1xbDIEHjdz9-teNENv-sxcw5QT7UUeVp3UgNkB5QmJUHdw9_aem_EPM-9hP-qJPxCRglGut-Rg

A day in the life of a Port Chaplain at Tilbury Docks. Every blessing, Andy Rickell

Becoming a dance choreographer is going to take more than just motivation - it will need a real drive to dance and teach, and a business mind to make sure potential customers know about you. If that’s the type of career you’d want to investigate further, then why not use our willingness at Cirencester Ashcroft Work & Wifi Club to help you consider your next steps. Our contact details are on the Cirencester Ashcroft Work & Wifi Club Facebook page. Andy Rickell, Cirencester Ashcroft Work & Wifi Club Manager.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zrbp47h?fbclid=IwZnRzaATBTrdwZG9mA2ZkaWQWUKdw11QV_nuBmVJl71MuikQ585EBLGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDzE3Mzg0NzY0MjY3MDM3MAABHnEr_WIOVmiQd6-noGkkUCmUqFQkMdhMFC4jt3Be2LM-bcuO9f9HwFEWXJu7_aem_-O98axwU-qa5HSEykIKgIw

A prayer for Rural Mission Sunday. Every blessing, Andy Rickell