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Life at The Shelley Centre
Overtheyears,ourlocalcommunityhascome torecogniseusasa'celebrationvenue'and whilewelovehostingspecialevents,weare alsoopensevendaysaweektothepublic! Whetheryou'relookingtoenjoyadelicious lunchordinner,indulgeinanafternoontea, unwindwithaspatreatment,orsimplysavour acoffeeorcocktail.
Over the years, our local community has come to recognise us as a 'celebration venue ' and while we love hosting special events, we are also open seven days a week to the public! Whether you ' re looking to enjoy a delicious lunch or dinner, indulge in an afternoon tea, unwind with a spa treatment, or simply savour a coffee or cocktail.
Throughouttheyear,we’rethrilledtohost avarietyofexcitingevents,fromComedy Dinners,MusicalNights,tovibrantsummer celebrations.Wealsotakegreatpridein offeringspecialoccasionlunches,including ourpopularMother’sDayandEasterSunday events,aswellasourseasonalgardenmenu andfestivefayre.
Throughout the year, we ’ re thrilled to host a variety of exciting events, from Comedy Dinners, Musical Nights, to vibrant summer celebrations We also take great pride in offering special occasion lunches, including our popular Mother’s Day and Easter Sunday events, as well as our seasonal garden menu and festive fayre
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These sessions are aimed at people struggling
Ourexquisitemenusareavailableto everyone,notjustourhotelguests!We’re opendailyofferinghotandcolddrinks,light snacks,lunch,afternoontea,anddinner. Besuretocheckoursocialmediapages andwebsiteforexclusiveoffers throughouttheyear!
Our exquisite menus are available to everyone, not just our hotel guests! We’re open daily offering hot and cold drinks, light snacks, lunch, afternoon tea, and dinner Be sure to check our social media pages and website for exclusive offers throughout the year!
We’reoneofthefewvenuesintheareathat canaccommodateweddingsofallsizes,from intimateceremoniesfortwotogrand celebrationswithallyourlovedones.Witha varietyofpackagesavailable,wetailoreach weddingtosuittheuniquevisionofevery couple.Nomatterthesizeorbudget,our dedicatedeventsteamiscommittedto makingyourbigdayunforgettable.
We’re one of the few venues in the area that can accommodate weddings of all sizes, from intimate ceremonies for two to grand celebrations with all your loved ones. With a variety of packages available, we tailor each wedding to suit the unique vision of every couple No matter the size or budget, our dedicated events team is committed to making your big day unforgettable.
Future fundraising events that you may like include:Race Night Stride out for Shelley
AtHintleshamHall,wetrulylovethemagic ofChristmasandthejoyitbringstoour guests.Eachyear,wehostavarietyof festiveevents,includingChristmasparty nights,aluxuriousthree-dayChristmas break,delightfulfestivefayrelunches,and, toendtheyearinstyle,ourspectacularNew Year'sEveGalaDinner.
At Hintlesham Hall, we truly love the magic of Christmas and the joy it brings to our guests Each year, we host a variety of festive events, including Christmas party nights, a luxurious three-day Christmas break, delightful festive fayre lunches, and, to end the year in style, our spectacular New Year's Eve Gala Dinner
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Do you offer a repair service for windows and doors, even those not originally installed by A&B?
Can you replace misted sealed units?
We have listened
As your local manufacter and installer of Windows, Doors and Conservatories, we are often asked if we will undertake general local glazing repairs.
Now Lee is here to help
With his wealth of experience, Lee will undertake all types of glazing repairs from broken locks to misted sealed units.
If interested, or for more details, contact Bill Frankham preferably by email w.frankham.uk@gmail.com or 07900 237720.
My door lock is broken, can it be replaced?
Can I change my window and door handles?
ACTON GARDEN CLUB
Guest speaker – Deb Hart
Willow Basket Weaving
Come and join us at 7.30 pm in Acton Village Hall
New members are always welcome, as are visitors Contact Bernie 01787 371 893
DIARY DATES MARCH 2025
Tues 4 to Sat 8 March
Sudbury Dramatic Society
The Hotel Room A comedy by Ashley Burgoyne
www.weddings.suffolk.gov.uk
Sat 1 March to 20 April 2025
Gainsborough House
John Macfarlane & The Art of Theatrical Design Gainsborough’s House, 46 Gainsborough Street, CO10 2EU Tel: 01787 372958, e: mail@ gainsborough.org
Sat 1 March to 20 April 2025
Gainsborough House
Picture Perfect: A Century of Fashion Photography from the National Portrait Gallery
Gainsborough’s House, 46 Gainsborough Street, CO10 2EU Tel: 01787 372958, e: mail@ gainsborough.org
Sat 1 March to 20 April 2025
Gainsborough House
The Image of the Artist: Portraits from the Royal Academy
Gainsborough’s House, 46
Gainsborough Street, CO10 2EU Tel: 01787 372958, e: mail@ gainsborough.org
Sun 2 March
Jason’s Acoustic Events
2.30pm – 8.30pm
The Brewery Tap, 21 East St, Sudbury, CO10 2TP
Mon 3 March
DeCafe
Dementia Support Cafe 11am-1pm Sudbury Arts Centre, Market Hill, CO10 2EA
Mon 3 March
Sudbury Ramblers
10.30am, Hartest circular
5 miles. Meet: Roadside parking Hartest Green, IP29 4DH Tel: Linda B: 07980058988
Mon 3 March (every Monday)
The Christopher Centre Open House 10am to 2pm Support & a friendly listening ear for those that need it. 10am – 12pm hot drinks & refreshments
12-1.45pm homemade hot lunches
All welcome, no charge
The Christopher Centre, 10 Gainsborough St, CO10 2EU Tel: 01787 313914
Mon 3 March (every Mon)
Learn to Dance Salsa in Sudbury 8pm-10pm Sudbury Town Hall, CO10 1TL Book your free taster class: www.secretsalsa.co.uk
Mon 3 March (every Monday)
Meet-Up Mondays
Adult social group. Pop along for a hot drink, nibbles and a natter. From 10am Sudbury Library, Market Hill, Sudbury
Tues 4 March (every term-time Tues) CLIP
Free youth music club 11-19
5.30-7.30pm, no exp or booking req Sudbury Arts Centre, Market Hill, CO10 2EA clipsoundandmusic.uk
Tues 4 March
The Quay Book Club
7.30pm-9.30pm in the bar
The Quay Theatre, Quay Lane, Sudbury www.quaysuetydbury.com
7.45pm, tickets req Quay Theatre, Quay Lane, CO10 2AN Tel: 01787 374745 www.quaysudbury.com
Weds 5 March (every Weds)
Sporting Memories Club
2.15pm – 3.45pm Free weekly club for people to reminisce about sport.
www.acleisure.com
Weds 5 March (every Weds)
Shared Reading Group 2pm, free Sudbury Library, Market Hill, Sudbury
Weds 5 March
BINGO
1pm-3pm, £8 a book
All proceeds to the Bridge Project Charity Sudbury Arts Centre, Market Hill, CO10 2EA
Weds 5 March (every Weds)
The Quay Chess Club
7.30pm.
The Quay Theatre, Quay Lane, Sudbury Tel: Andrew Last: 07394517613 www.sudburychessclub.weebly.com
Thurs 6 March (every Thurs)
Grow Your Community
Sudbury & Gt Cornard
9.30am to 12pm at Belle Vue Park, Sudbury & sometimes at other sites. Tel: 01473 345350, e: susannah@ activlives.org.uk
Thurs 6 March (every Thursday)
Learn To Meditate with Crystals
7-8pm at CHALICE
with Cosmo Verner, £8 min donation 11 Gainsborough Street, Sudbury, CO10 2EU
Email: churchofallthatis@gmail.com Tel: 07922306202 www.ch-alice.co.uk
Thurs 6 & Fri 7 (every Thurs & Fri)
The Christopher Centre C’art (Cake and Art Art & Craft group but not an art class. 10am – 12pm, £3, all welcome
The Christopher Centre, 10 Gainsborough St, CO10 2EU Tel: 01787 313914
Fri 7th March (every Friday)
Weaving Demonstration at CHALICE
All day with Sue Marsdon and Antonia Layzell
11 Gainsborough Street, Sudbury, CO10 2EU www.ch-alice.co.uk
Sat 8 March
Classic Quiz & Live Music
6-10pm
Classic themed quiz, live music & sharing style menu
Watering Place Café, Gainsborough Street, Sudbury. To book- thewateringplacesudbury@ gmail.com or Tel – 07858223244
Sun 9 March
Craft Market
10am-3pm
Sudbury Arts Centre, Market Hill, CO10 2EA
Kindly supplied by Sudbury Town Council
Mon 10 March
Sudbury Ephemera Archive 10am – 12.30pm at Sudbury Town Hall
Join us to preserve Sudbury’s past through donated documents
Any date changes see Website: https:// sudburyephemera.org/ Tel: Sue – 07846 885909
Tues 11 March
You’re Welcome
Social & Wellbeing group 10am –12pm Create, Borehamgate Precinct, CO10 2EG
Tues 11 March
Sudbury Ramblers
10.30am, Bulmer to Brundon Mill circular
7.2 miles. Meet: Bulmer Church CP, CO10 7TB Tel: Clive H: 07535689779
Weds 12 March
Suffolk Carers Natter 10am to 12pm
Suffolk Carers Matter Painters Café at The Angel, 43 Friars St, Sudbury, CO10 2AG
Weds 12 March
Green Fingers Community Exchange Cafe 10.30am-2.30pm
Seed & plant swap, tool swap, share your tips & info from local plants people. Sudbury Arts Centre, Market Hill, CO10 2EA
Thurs 12 March (every Thursday)
Learn To Meditate with Crystals 7-8pm at CHALICE with Cosmo Verner, £8 min donation 11 Gainsborough Street, Sudbury, CO10 2EU
Email: churchofallthatis@gmail.com Tel: 07922306202 www.ch-alice.co.uk
Weds 12 March
Sudbury History Society Journal of a poor Suffolk Woodsman, Pip Wright 10am to 12pm The Granary, Quay Lane, Sudbury CO10 2AN www.sudburyhistorysociety.co.uk
Thurs 13 March
For the Love of Words Spoken Word 7.30pm, (doors, 7.30pm) £8 Sudbury Arts Centre, Market Hill, CO10 2EA
Thurs 13 March
Kettle & Fish 9.45am to 1.45pm
month
Suffolk Road Church, CO10 1UN
Fri 14 March (every Friday) Weaving Demonstration at CHALICE
All day with Sue Marsdon and Antonia Layzell 11 Gainsborough Street, Sudbury, CO10 2EU www.ch-alice.co.uk
Fri 14 March (Every Full Moon) Exhibition Preview CHALICE 'Down The Rabbit Hole' Ruth Sundberg & Gabby Rush 7.30-9pm 11 Gainsborough Street, Sudbury, CO10 2EU www.ch-alice.co.uk
Sun 16 March
Lazuli Rock/Prog/Pop, £18 Sudbury Arts Centre, Market Hill, CO10 2EA
Wed 19 March
Sudbury Ramblers 10.30am, Glemsford & Boxted circular 6.5 miles. Meet: Roadside parking by Tye Green, Glemsford, CO10 7RG Tel: Andy F: 07875604774
Weds 19 March
OM Chanting Doors open at 5:15 pm, OM chanting will start at 5.45pm. To register: e: sudbury.library@ suffolklibraries.co.uk or tel: 01787 321595
Sudbury Library, Market Hill, Sudbury
Weds 19 March
The Quay Play Readers 7.30pm, Geoff Kisby Room Perfect for those with an interest in theatrical readings The Quay Theatre, Quay Lane, Sudbury
Weds 19 March (monthly meetings) Parkinson’s Support Group 1.45pm for 2pm
Music with Ben Smith, meet Tracey Ward: Parkinson’s Specialist Nurse Other guest, refreshments, discussion All welcome – including carers / Loved ones – fee parking Stevensons Centre, Gt Cornard, CO10 0WD Tel John for info: 07941391107 www.parkinsonsudbury.org.uk
Weds 19 March (3rd Weds each month)
U3A Coffee morning 10am
Friends Mtg House, 22 Friars St, CO10 2AA
Thus 20 March
Joni Reimagined Quartet Folk, Pop, 8pm, £18 Sudbury Arts Centre, Market Hill, CO10 2EA
Thurs 20 March (every Thursday) Learn To Meditate with Crystals 7-8pm at CHALICE with Cosmo Verner, £8 min donation 11 Gainsborough Street, Sudbury, CO10 2EU Email: churchofallthatis@gmail.com Tel: 07922306202 www.ch-alice.co.uk
Fri 21 March (every Friday)
Weaving Demonstration at CHALICE All day with Sue Marsdon and Antonia Layzell 11 Gainsborough Street, Sudbury, CO10 2EU www.ch-alice.co.uk
Friday 21 March
Nature's Temple Beauty 6.00pm - 8.00pm www.naturestemplebeauty.co.uk
Sat 22 March
Pure Floyd – 25th Anniversary Rock, Prog, Pop, 8pm, (doors, 7.30pm) £25
Sudbury Arts Centre, Market Hill, CO10 2EA
Thurs 27 March
The Great Tommy Sleep Out John, Darren, Rachael, Tracey, Matt, Rob, Ant & Kevin are swapping their beds for a sleeping bag on Thursday 27th March, to raise vital funds and awareness for veterans
that are experiencing homelessness in the UK right now. The Croft, Sudbury, CO10 1HR https://www.justgiving.com/ page/dwh-east-midlandsdirectors-1731658076871
Thurs 27 March
The Sudbury Society AGM followed by planning committee presentation Wine and cheese, 7pm Sudbury Arts Centre, Market Hill, CO10 2EA
Thurs 27 March
Sudbury Ramblers
5.7 miles. Meet: Roadside parking The Green Man, Church Tel: Pam: 07831831870
Fri 28 March
Sudbury Farmers Market 9.30am2pm Market Hill, Sudbury, CO10 2EH
Fri 28 March (every Friday)
Weaving Demonstration at CHALICE
All day with Sue Marsdon and Antonia Layzell 11 Gainsborough Street, Sudbury, CO10 2EU www.ch-alice.co.uk
Sat 29 March
Sudbury Ramblers
10.30am, Figure of eight walk from Clare Country Park.
5.5 miles. Meet: Clare Country Park CP, CO10 8NW Tel: Jan W: 07976827999
Sat 29 March
Smood Moods and Therapeutic Coaching
All day with Jackie Richardson at CHALICE In person 1-1 Discovery Sessions 50 Min. £65 1pm - 6pm 11 Gainsborough Street, Sudbury, CO10 2EU Email: churchofallthatis@gmail.com
Sat 29 March
Mothers Weekend
Live music and specials menu to remember 12-5pm Watering Place Café, Gainsborough Street, Sudbury. To bookthewateringplacesudbury@gmail.com or Tel – 07858223244
What’s on in surrounding villages…
Mon 3 March (every Mon)
Teen Chill
session free)
Ages 10-16 years (year 6-year 11)
A safe environment for young people to socialise.
Sports, music, computer games etc. Great Cornard Leisure Centre, Head Lane, CO10 0JU www.abbeycroft.org.uk
Tues 4 March (every Tues)
Health Walks – Clare
Every Tuesday 10.15am for 10.30am Meet at Clare Country Park car park. CO10 8NW
Weds 5 March
Lavenham Guided Walking Tours
2pm, £7.50 pp. No need to book. Meet at the Front Entrance of The Swan Hotel info@guideeast.co.uk
Thurs 6 March (monthly meetings)
Working Age / Young Onset Group
7pm
Maldon Grey Pub, Cats Lane, CO10 2RZ
Tel John for info: 07941391107 www.parkinsonsudbury.org.uk
Fri 7 March
Bulmer & District History Group
A talk by Ashley Cooper Sudbury in the 1960’s 8pm, free
Bulmer Village Hall, CO10 7EL
Tues 11 March
Foxearth & District History Society
AGM cheese & wine
Ashley Cooper, The Diaries of a Foxearth Farmer, 1888-1898
7.30pm, £3
Foxearth Village Hall, CO10 7JE
Tel: 01787 311337 or 281434
Email: foxhistsoc@gmail.com
Weds 12 March
Lavenham Guided Walking Tours 2pm, £7.50 pp. No need to book. Meet at the Front Entrance of The Swan Hotel info@guideeast.co.uk
Thurs 13 March
Acton Garden Club
7.30pm, £4
New members always welcome, as are visitors.
Contact Bernie: 01787 371893
Acton Village Hall, Melford Road, CO10 0AT
Thurs 13 March
Sudbury Flower Club Workshop – Going Dutch 10am & 7pm
Stevenson Centre, Gt Cornard, CO10 0WD
15 March to 26 May
2025 Spring Printworks 10.30am to 4pm
Mill Tye Gallery and Arts Centre
3 Cornard Mills, Mill Tye, Great Cornard, CO10 0GW www.milltyegallery.co.uk
15 March to 30 March
Alison Coath ‘Within the Square’ 10.30am to 4pm
Mill Tye Gallery and Arts Centre
3 Cornard Mills, Mill Tye, Great Cornard, CO10 0GW www.milltyegallery.co.uk
Sat 15 March
Jumble Sale 10am-2pm
Refreshments will be available Borley Church, CO10 7AE
Weds 19 March
Lavenham Guided Walking Tours 2pm, £7.50 pp. No need to book. Meet at the Front Entrance of The Swan Hotel info@guideeast.co.uk
Thurs 20 March
Long Melford Historical & Archaeological Society
Graveyards: The Stories Behind the Stones, Janette Robinson 7.30pm in the Tolchard Room at The Old School Community Centre, Long Melford CO10 9DX. www.lmhas.co.uk
Sat 22 March
Long Melford Book Fair
Inc postcards, ephemera, autographs etc. 9.30am - 3.30pm, £1, free parking Village Memorial Hall, off Hall St (opp the Bull Hotel), Long Melford, CO10 9JQ
Sat 22 & Sun 23 March
Class Art Exhibition 10am - 4 pm Eats and drinks by Borley Bakes Borley Church, CP10 7AE
Sun 23 March
Lavenham Farmers Market 10am-1.30pm Outside Lavenham Village Hall, CO10 9QT www.suffolkmarketevents.co.uk
Tues 25 March (4th Tues each month) U3A Monthly Mtg & Talks
Speaker: Michael Cole, The History of the National Garden Scheme,
Cornard, CO10 0GB
Tues 25 March
Sudbury Family History Society
Local Antarctic Associations – Scott’s Polar Expedition 1910-1912, Ashley Cooper 2.30pm, £2.50/£3, inc tea, coffee, biscuits
Long Melford Village Hall, CO10 9JQ (opp the Bull Hotel) www.suffolkfhs.co.uk
Weds 26 March
Lavenham Guided Walking Tours 2pm, £7.50 pp. No need to book. Meet at the Front Entrance of The Swan Hotel info@guideeast.co.uk
Sat 29 March
2-4pm, free The Village Hall, Lavenham Rd, CO10 0SE
Sun 30 March
Sudbury Symphony Orchestra Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue 6pm, £18/£2 Tickets from Sudbury Tourist Info Lavenham Church, Church St, CO10 9SA www.sudburysymphonyorchestra. com
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