COASTAL PLAY 
26th October, 9th & 23rd November
Christmas Special 14th December
Open Session
09.45-11.00 cost £3.50
Coastal Play is a children's soft play area for children aged toddler to 10 (height restrictions will apply and take precedence over age). 

We provide a huge play area that includes a large Bouncy Castle with slide, Soft Play Pods & Shapes, plus Bouncers, Ride On Toys, Inflatable Pitch and toddler area.
It's a great space for running around and letting off some steam - especially when the weather outside's not so nice! 

Coastal Café is a seating area within the hall where parents can see children at all times while enjoying a coffee and snack. 

COASTAL PLAY PARTIES
​Exclusive party hire for up to 30 children 
Party Option 1 Cost £120
1130-1245 in Coastal Play
1245-1330 in Lounge 

Party Option 2 Cost £120
1315-1430 in Coastal Play
1430-1515 in Lounge

Party Option 3 Cost £160
1315-1515 in Coastal Play
Tables at back of hall for food

We're delighted to have received over £3,000 this year from this fund. Thank you! Your support means the world to us

The Bettridge Centre is an independent community-owned and managed facility which offers a wide selection of activities for the whole ​community and for visitors to the area.
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Here are some very happy children at our Active8 Celebration at the end of the holidays - where we handed out certificates and medals to those who took part in our summer programme of sports and fitness activities. Our Active8 Challenge Champion was Lucy Sainsbury, who achieved an amazing total of 12 different activities. 

We're happy to report that the challenge was a huge success - with 183 children trying 14 different sports and activities, ranging from football and netball to boxercise and boccia. That amounted to 562 individual sessions, with 68 children trying 4 or more different activities.

Thank you to Active Schools, Sportlethen and all the coaches, some paid, some who gave their time for free - and thank you to Newtonhill Out of School Club for helping to organise and run the challenge. Above all,  thank you to Magic Little Grants and players of the Postcode Lottery, without whose support we wouldn't have been able to offer anywhere near the same range of activities - and we would've had to charge much more for children to take part. 

We hope you agree that this is exactly the sort of initiative that the centre should be promoting: getting our young people more active and sociable, getting them away from screens for a while and enabling them to take part in lots of different activities that otherwise they might not have the opportunity to try. 

We hope this challenge will be something we can offer every summer - and if it's something you can help us with, we'd be delighted to hear from you - we're looking for even more activities for 2020!

Online fundraising

When you shop online, follow this link and a donation will be made to the centre for every purchase you make through EasyFundraising.
You can also raise funds for the centre by selecting us as your cause on Amazon Smile - all at no cost to you! Just follow this link.

Many thanks to everyone who voted for us - we're delighted to have won nearly £4,000 towards replacing the old heavy uncomfortable chairs in both halls. Watching pantomime will be a much more comfortable experience this year!

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Friends of the Bettridge

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We look forward to hearing from you!

​Could you be a friend to the Bettridge Centre?
Read on...
As we’re sure you all know, the Bettridge Centre has a Management Committee, and paid staff, however, there are maintenance works that need to be carried out which could end up costing us quite a lot of money.

That’s where YOU come in! Do you value our community-owned and run Centre enough to become a Friend? We have resurrected the Friends of the Bettridge group, which in the past, was a group of volunteers with the Centre’s best interests at heart, who were willing to give up a few hours here and there to do some painting, sell tickets at an event, maybe help tidy out some cupboards, build some shelves and other wee jobs.

Do you think you could be a Friend to the Bettridge Centre? If so - great! Each time we are running an event, or planning some maintenance works, we will post up a date and time, and let you know what help we need. For example, when running a film screening, we might need people to sell the tickets on the door, and someone to help man the Cafe. You can then pick and choose what you would like to help out with and how much time you’re happy to give.

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