A pilgrim trail in the Channel Islands. Every blessing, Andy Rickell

An interesting exhibition. Every blessing, Andy Rickell

Worth finding out more about Bible Month ? Every blessing, Andy Rickell

Cirencester Ashcroft Church would like to take this opportunity to thank its many volunteers in the full range of roles that the church needs as we promote God’s mission. Every blessing, Andy Rickell

CIRENCESTER ASHCROFT WORK & WIFI CLUB

WEEKLY UPDATE - UPDATED AT 2ND JUNE 2026 (with updated next 5 weeks’ sessions)

(Written as usual from 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 SEPTEMBER 2026 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 8th June 9.00 - 11.00 (AT ST LAWRENCE’S CENTRE)
Tuesday 9th June 12.00 - 2.00 (AT ASHCROFT CENTRE)

Monday 15th June 9.00 - 11.00 (CLOSED - VOLUNTEER ON LEAVE)
Tuesday 16th June 12.00 - 2.00 (AT ASHCROFT CENTRE)

Monday 22nd June 9.00 - 11.00 (CLOSED - VOLUNTEER ON LEAVE)
Tuesday 23rd June 12.00 - 2.00 (CLOSED - VOLUNTEER ON LEAVE)

Monday 29th June 9.00 - 11.00 (CLOSED - VOLUNTEER ON LEAVE)
Tuesday 30th June 12.00 - 2.00 (CLOSED - VOLUNTEER ON LEAVE)

Monday 6th July 9.00 - 11.00 (AT ST LAWRENCE’S CENTRE)
Tuesday 7th July 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

I had to google “service animals” because I had a different idea to the animals supported by this valuable charity, which are those who support the public emergency and security services. I have been used to the term “service animals” being an alternative label for assistance and support dogs for disabled people. Both involve animals being trained to serve key needs of human beings. And both have the issue that the animals’ welfare is paid for whilst they are in service, but not so much once retired. So we pray for all those people in our county who are served by these animals, whether communally in their work for key public services, or individually as disabled people with particular needs. We pray for all those people who are involved in the training and welfare of these animals, whether during their active service or once they have retired. And we pray for all of us to support the positive use of working animals to improve the quality of life in our county. Every blessing, Andy Rickell, Circuit Social Justice Officer.

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