Sports, Hobbies and Interests

Local Places of Worship (e.g churches, mosques)

Sports Centres

Northcroft Leisure Centre, Thatcham – Swimming pool, gym, squash courts etc leisurecentre.com/northcroft-leisure-centre. *Ukrainian guests can get monthly family memberships and pay in cash - ask for Carly*

Kennet Leisure Centre, Thatcham - Swimming pool, gym, squash courts etc leisurecentre.com/kennet-leisure-centre

Tennis

Newbury Tennis Club (*Free 6 month membership to Ukrainians*) have courts in Newbury, Thatcham and Victoria Park newbury.newburythatchamtennis.org.uk/ email: hello@newburythatchamtennis.org.uk

Fishing/Angling

Newbury Angling Club newburyaa.org.uk/index.php/en/

Cycling

§ Newbury Road Club - one of Newbury's two cycling clubs - races, events and social rides www.newburyroadclub.co.uk

§ Newbury Velo community cycling club - good for all ages and abilities www.newburyvelo.cc/

Martial Arts

§ Newbury Karate Club (*Free 6 months of lessons to Ukrainians*) tiskakarate-newbury.co.uk/

§ Newbury Judo Club http://www.newburyjudoclub.co.uk/

§ Newbury Taekwondo - (*Free 6 months of lessons to Ukrainians*) https://mpoweredmartialarts.co.uk/ukrainian-refugee-offer/

Football for kids

§ "Wildcats" Girls football 5-11yrs - Saturday sessions plus summer school

§ Football sessions and football camps for 5-12 yr olds - lots of locations and dates

Bee-keeping

Newbury and District Bee Keepers https://www.newburybeekeepers.org.uk/

Theatres, music venues, cinema and art venues

§ The Corn Exchange Newbury – arts centre with plays, films, dance and special children’s activities cornexchangenew.com/

§ City Arts Newbury – art courses and classes for children cityartsnewbury.co.uk/

§ Watermill Theatre - choirs, theatre groups, talks, performances, childrens' activities - watermill.org.uk/

§ Arlington Arts - live music venue https://arlington-arts.com/

§ The Base at Greenham - a purpose-built venue with a gallery, artists’ studios, workshops, classes and a cafe. https://thebasegreenham.co.uk/about

Music lessons –(free of charge)

The Ukraine Music Hub has been set up primarily to provide 1-2-1 and group music lessons to Ukrainians who have recently settled in the United Kingdom. Through a network of music teachers they hope to offer an opportunity for people to continue their music education free of charge wherever they are based in the country.

VoxFresh (for children) and VoxSonix (for adults)

f you or your child enjoy singing, Kat, the leader of Vox Fresh (for children and teens) and VoxSonix (for adults) is offering a year of free membership for Ukrainians who have arrived here under Homes for Ukraine. The choirs sing contemporary songs. Classes for kids/teenagers are on Friday evenings in Central Newbury. Children of different ages are in different classes so they are among their peers. https://newbury.voxfresh.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/VoxSonix/

Learning - Open University

https://www.open.edu/openlearn/supporting-ukrainians

The Open University (OU) has launched a raft of measures aimed at helping students and Ukrainians fleeing the war and arriving in the UK.

A key part of the OU’s support package is extensive online free resources for Ukrainians on its popular platform OpenLearn, with a further free-to-learn cultural and language course being created aimed at those housing, caring for or working with Ukrainians.