The Bettridge Centre is an independent community-owned and managed leisure centre which offers a wide selection of sports, community, arts and social activities for local people and for visitors to the area, of all ages, abilities and interests.
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To find out more about the regular groups and activities we have to offer, go to our Regular Groups page. To see our range of party venues and equipment to hire, go to Parties - and to find out what upcoming events we have planned, go to What's On.
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We’re delighted to have received funding from the Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership to employ our lovely coordinator, Lorraine, for the three years to take the ReActive8 project forward.
The aim of the project is to develop a programme of social and physical activities which will help support local people’s mental and physical health. The activities will largely take place in the centre during the day, but won’t be limited to that if the demand is there. The funding will enable us to run regular coffee mornings and meetings, as well as try a range of different activities, such as music, crafts, gentle keep fit and walking sports. We’ll also be offering activities to aid recovery from injury and long-term health conditions such as cancer. What we run will be very much designed to reflect what local people would like to take part in, so we’re very interested to hear your views and suggestions. So come along to one of our regular coffee mornings, which usually take place in the lounge on the last Wednesday of the month, 10:00am - 12:00pm.
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Singing Group
Monday 11 – 1pm Suitable for beginners or more experienced dancers. Drop in or contact Helen for more information. Line Dancing Monday 1.30 – 2.30pm Suitable for beginners or more experienced dancers. Drop in or contact Helen for more information. Chair Yoga Tuesday 11 -12am Adding years to your life and life to your years. Gentle chair based exercise class. Drop in or contact Mags to find out more. Open Pickleball Tuesday 13:00 - 14:00, 14:00 - 15:00, £3 Thursday 10.00 – 11.00am, £3 Equipment provided, all welcome Yoga Weds: 18:20 – 19:20 & 19:30 – 20:30 Thurs: 09:30 – 11:00 & 19:00 – 20:00 Gentle yoga with deep stretching, toning, breathing and relaxation. Contact Mags to enquire about spaces. Disability/Inclusive Sports Thursday 1.00 – 2.00pm Meet new people and have fun. Great for all abilities, open to men and women. Football and badminton. FREE. Drop in. Coffee & Crafts @ the Bettridge with Live Life Aberdeenshire. Friday 13:15 - 15:15 A free weekly adult craft group. Bring along your own project and work alongside like-minded crafters. Sharing ideas and tips, while making new friends. Classes
Do you have a hobby or a skill you would like to share with us? Are you skilled in Guitar, Art or Calligraphy? We're looking for folks willing to help provide a class/meeting on a regular basis, the more topics/activities the better! Why not come along and let us know what you're good at? We'd love to hear from you. |
Funding Successes
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We were delighted to receive funding in 2022 from Tesco Community Grants and the Vattenfall Unlock Our Future Fund to help with our lounge toilet refurbishment project. This is designed to create a family-friendly space which is energy efficient, hygienic and safe for children to use. The funding enabled us to install LED lights on a PIR system so the room is lit and ventilated only when occupied, so helping to make the centre more energy efficient and environmentally sustainable - and to help with our rocketing utility costs. Some of the funds from Vattenfall were used to install a thermostat to control the heating in the Main Hall - also helping to make the centre more energy efficient. |
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Virtual KiltWalk Fundraiser Team Bettridge Buddies walked a total of 2,244 miles in April 2021 - the equivalent of walking from Newtonhill to the North Pole or Casablanca. Huge thanks to our enthusiastic walkers and to everyone who supported us while we did our #bettridgekiltwalk And we're delighted to say we've raised nearly £1 for every mile walked - which, when boosted by the Hunter Foundation, netted us over £3,000. How fabulous is that! We used these generous donations to help us fund activities for children in the summer holidays and refurbish the lounge toilets. |
Friends of the Bettridge
Do you value our community-owned and run centre enough to become a Friend?
Friends of the Bettridge is a group of volunteers with the centre’s best interests at heart, who are willing to give up a few hours here and there to help us out. Depending on your interests and skills, that might involve some painting, gardening or other maintenance tasks, selling tickets at an event or helping promote it, running a fundraising event - we're open to suggestions! You can choose what you would like to help out with and how much time you’re happy to give.
Join our Friends of the Bettridge Facebook group or drop us a line via our Connect With Us page. We look forward to hearing from you!
Friends of the Bettridge is a group of volunteers with the centre’s best interests at heart, who are willing to give up a few hours here and there to help us out. Depending on your interests and skills, that might involve some painting, gardening or other maintenance tasks, selling tickets at an event or helping promote it, running a fundraising event - we're open to suggestions! You can choose what you would like to help out with and how much time you’re happy to give.
Join our Friends of the Bettridge Facebook group or drop us a line via our Connect With Us page. We look forward to hearing from you!
Online fundraising
When you shop online, you can raise funds for the centre at no cost to you.
A donation will be made to the centre for every purchase you make through EasyFundraising and Amazon Smile.
A donation will be made to the centre for every purchase you make through EasyFundraising and Amazon Smile.
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Funding
As an independent charity we support ourselves by renting out space to regular groups and for events such as parties and meetings etc. However we're dependent on grants to cover the costs of essential building maintenance and replacing equipment, as well as special projects such as summer holiday programmes. We're very grateful to the following organisations for their support over the past couple of years.
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