Category Archives: Open Dawes

Exchange Cafe

The Exchange Cafe will not be running this term – we will be back in April and will run along-side after-school tennis lessons for children with a proffessional tennis coach. Day and Time to be confirmed, please email miriam@machin.f9.co.uk  to … Continue reading

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Walk to Crooked Oak Sunday 29th January

Walk to Crooked Oak, Sunday 29th January Families and individuals are invited to join us for a guided walk in Blean Woods Nature Reserve with Local Expert David Shire We will visit the moated site near Crooked Oak and look … Continue reading

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Bird Walk 22nd January at OARE

The Bird Walk on Sunday has been moved to OARE! Because of the dry weather there is not much to see at Elmley at the moment, so we will now be visiting Oare wildlife reserve instead, where it IS wet … Continue reading

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Craft Workshop Saturday 19th November

Lanterns Craft Workshop for Children Saturday 19th November 11.30 a.m. DCA Centre Free for DCA members (£1 non-DCA members) Something like this : Tin Can Lanterns or  Jar Lanterns Suitable for all ages and abilities. We will be making lanterns … Continue reading

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For Sale at the Exchange Cafe

Eco-friendly non-leak water bottles Bottle   £2.50  Replacement Cap   50p The New Eco 500cc Schools bottle is made out of biodegradable materials. It decomposes naturally approximately 1-5 years from when in a landfill site. The bottles are reusable and biodegradable. Eco-friendly … Continue reading

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Colour & Collage at the D.C.A.

The Open Dawes Art workshop “Matisse. The Snail: Colour and Collage” held this Saturday at the DCA Centre was a great success. Eighteen children and their parents had a great time either creating collages based on ” The Snail ” … Continue reading

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Golf Lessons begin this Friday 14th October

Golf lessons for children begin this Friday at the Exchange Cafe! This four week series is fully-booked, if you would like to be put on the waiting list for the next series, please e-mail the Forum or contact Miriam Layton. … Continue reading

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Art Workshop Saturday 15 October 11.30am

Children must be accompanied by an adult. Adults very welcome to join in – or bring a newspaper and have a cup of tea. The session will be approximately 2 hours long, including time for lunch. Hot and cold drinks … Continue reading

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Exchange Cafe Children Join the Festival

The Exchange Cafe children thoroughly enjoyed taking part in the “Celebrations”! Thank you to Vicki Hodgkiss, who helped them to create the lovely Maypole  posies of garden flowers in St. Michael’s Church on Friday. This display became part of the … Continue reading

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Water Bottles for Sale – By Popular Demand

NON-LEAK (really!) water bottles FOR SALE at the Exchange Cafe every Friday Bottles £2.50 Replacement Caps 50p All proceeds to the D.C.A.

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