Lewes House of Friendship is based at 208 High Street, Lewes (next to Flint Owl Bakery). In normal times we provide a range of activities of interest to older members of the local community and a place where you can meet for companionship and to make new friends. This website will give you the basic information about the House during the current restrictions.
OPENING TIMES:
Lewes House of Friendship – An important message for our members and visitors:
An Important message for all those who enjoy visiting the Lewes House of Friendship – see below!
Please note:
We shall be open from Monday 26th to Friday 30th July
then CLOSED from Monday August 2nd to Monday 6th September
A Message from our Chairman, Heather Hicks:
I trust this finds you well and that you have managed to cope through the many unsettling months of lockdown.
As you know, we opened up the House fully on the 5th July. But, I’m afraid I now need to tell you that we must close again for lunches and coffee at the end of Friday 30th July and remain closed throughout August – we have found that we just don’t have enough volunteers to run the in-house café as well as doing home deliveries. .
The GOOD NEWS is that during the closure period, we will CONTINUE to:
- provide the lunch delivery service to our regular members.
We know how important this is to so many and that very few people are confident enough to come out to coffee or lunch at the House just yet.
- run all the regular activities – Extend exercise sessions, Choir, Craft group, and the new Tai Chi class.
It is our intention to open again fully from Monday 6 September – unless there are further government restrictions!
We are very sorry to have to do this but we just cannot manage lunch deliveries and in-house lunches together without some more helpers. As the lockdown has eased, some volunteers have returned to work and others have picked up their busy lives. We are hoping to attract more volunteers for the future in order to allow the café service to start up again. If you know anyone who might be interested, do tell them to get in touch.
With my very best wishes and looking forward to seeing you in September,
Heather.
Monday Choir will be back on Monday 26th July – outside if possible
Tuesday Craft Group will meet at 10.30 pm on Tuesday in the Lounge.
Wednesday Tai Chi classes will continue at 2.15pm and 3.30 pm in the Lounge.
Thursday Extend Group will be continue to meet at 10.30 am in the Lounge.
The Footcare service will also continue as usual. Contact Glynis Henderson for details: Tel.07717 167544
We’ll be back to the following after the August break:
Visitors to the House will find
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Coffee and tea served from 10 am till 12 noon
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Home-cooked lunches at affordable prices – served at 12.30 pm. Please ring to book ahead – by the previous day at the latest. (01273 476469)
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The activities above will continue, and we hope that some mebers will re-disover the Snooker Room
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Footcare (by arrangement with Glynis Henderson, a trained podiatrist – details may be found on Activities page below.)
MEMBERSHIP.
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Our usual Annual Membership Fee is £10 (£15 for couples) – however we have decided not to ask for subscriptions to be renewes for 2021, as we have been closed for most of 2020. Donations, of course, are always welcome, and we are very grateful to all those members who have sent us some very generous donations over the past weeks. New members are asked to pay just £5 this year.
