Creating new opportunities
Celebrating life
Improving quality of life
Strengthening community
Our A to Z of groups at St Paul's Community, Parish and Church.
We are pleased to be running a full timetable of activities
and will continue to work hard on keeping our information updated and correct!
Last updated Apr 2025
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Chair Yoga & Slimming Support
Join our friendly, supportive group every Wednesday for our chair yoga class led by a professional instructor. If you’d like to keep an eye on your weight, you’re welcome to take part in an optional weigh-in. Doors open at 9:45am for the class to start at 10-11am at St Paul's Community centre just £5 per session.
Come along to stretch, strengthen, and socialise in a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere!
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Fun Days
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Looking for a safe, warm, friendly place to go with your baby or toddler? This could be the place for you and your child to make friends and happy memories. Our sessions are now at the slightly earlier times of 9am-11.15am, Tuesdays, at St Paul's Community centre, with plenty of space for toddlers. Just £1 per person (adult or child), no need to book.
Green & Arts Wellbeing Workshop
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Wednesday afternoons at St Paul's Community Centre, this is a wonderful opportunity to try all sorts of different creative activities with a warm and friendly group of people from all kinds of different backgrounds! Get in touch with CAHN for dates and times on 07789 975 205.
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Hafway
Our motto is 'belong, believe, become'. More than 100 young people engage with HAFWAY each month and with the majority of the young people coming from deprived backgrounds, ethnic minority groups and broken homes we really are making a difference in their lives.
Contact moira@hafway.org for more details, or see the website https://www.hafway.org/
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> Youth group & sports sessions
Providing a safe space and activities for young people 11-18yrs, and now in our very own renovated building!
All sessions are free, at St Paul's Parish Centre (Hafway Hub) and open for young people to pop in, no need to book.
Mondays Beyond (School years 5-7only), 3.30-5pm
Thursdays Girls only 5-6.30pm, College group (School years 12+ only) 7-9pm
Fridays - Open to all, 3.30pm through to 9pm
Sundays - Open to all, 6.30-9pm
In addition, we run a sports session at Brownlow Fold Sports Centre 6.30-8.30pm (School years 5 upwards)
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Halliwell Befriending Service
Halliwell Befriending Service aims to provide a visiting, befriending and support service to housebound, isolated, disabled, lonely and mentally frail older people living in the Halliwell area. The offices are based in the community centre. For more information, please ring 01204 840808, or drop into the centre in a morning!
> Activities Club
Run by Halliwell Befriending Service, Light lunch is served while you can play dominoes, scrabble, do a few chair exercises, whatever you fancy joining in with. Fortnightly on a Monday 12noon-2pm, running the alternate week to Lunch Club
> Lunch club
Share a 2-course lunch with friends, raffle and a game of bingo. Meets weekly on Mondays, 11.30am-1.30pm in the Community Centre. Contact HBS to enquire about spaces.
> Crafters friendship club
Tuesdays 1-3pm in the Community Centre. Sewing, knitting, cardmaking, lace making, adult colouring books and more! A safe and warm place to learn new crafts skills and enjoy expressing your creativity. From September 2025 times change to 12:30pm till 2:30pm.
> Digital drop-in & Breakfast club
Run by Halliwell Befriending Service, this is an opportunity to have a bit of breakfast and learn digital skills in a warm and friendly environment.
Thursday mornings 9:30 -11.30am in the Community Centre
Kabod Church
Meets in the St Paul's Community centre, Sundays 12-2pm, Visitors welcome.
Line Dancing
A warm and friendly group of dancers, open to newcomers too at St Paul's Community Centre on a Friday morning doors open at 9:45 for the class to start 10am-11am. Just £3 per class, and you can pay as you go.
Saturday Cafe
Meets fortnightly in St Paul's Church, for tea, coffee and snacks from 10am-12noon. Catch up with friends or make new ones, talk to the Vicar about church services, weddings, Christenings and events too. Email: Rev Rodger Petch rodger@westboltonteam.org.uk for details or call 01204 843060
St Paul's Church
St Paul’s Church seeks to serve in the Halliwell Community witnessing to the love of God shown to all in Jesus Christ. Worship is low evangelical with a more contemporary feel at the all age service on the first Sunday of the month. We are a small friendly congregation.
More details on the website http://www.westboltonteam.org.uk/st-paul/
St Paul's community WhatsApp group
An online community group to help you stay connected to others in local area, share news, encourage each other. Open to all who use the Community centre or live locally. Contact us for more details
Thursday Friends
This welcoming group is all about building friendships and community connections. Join us for an afternoon of bingo, Scattergories, lunch, and brews — all in good company! at St Paul's Community Centre, Thursdays 12.30-2.30pm. Come along, make new friends, and enjoy some fun and laughter together.
Contact us for more details!
Walking Group
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We have a lovely group that meets for a gentle walk around the Smithills and Halliwell area. Not done much walking? Or not used to walking far or fast - this is the group for you! Meeting at St Paul's community centre, now on every Monday. Contact Steph on 07521633716 or email community@hopes4halliwell.co.uk for more details.