ENHANCING
QUALITY OF LIFE
Enhancing Quality of Life
Looking for a welcoming space, to meet with existing, or find new friends? A place you can relax, with absolutely no pressure to be anyone but yourself? Then come along in, we couldn’t be happier to greet you!
An independent charity, operating in the very heart of Ainsdale, we direct our focus to support and celebrate YOU, those special and remarkable individuals who together make up our wonderful community.
Browse our site to view the services we offer.
Thank you to all our sponsors.
Thank you to all our sponsors.
Enhancing Quality of Life
Looking for a welcoming space, to meet with existing, or find new friends? A place you can relax, with absolutely no pressure to be anyone but yourself? Then come along in, we couldn’t be happier to greet you!
An independent charity, operating in the very heart of Ainsdale, we direct our focus to support and celebrate YOU, those special and remarkable individuals who together make up our wonderful community.
Browse our site to view the services we offer.
Celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
Waitresses for the day!
Indoor bowls…
LUNCH CLUB
Lunch Club
A most wonderful fact, is that we’re all different. Preciously unique as individuals, still we come together, supporting and lifting one another up, via the interests and needs we have in common. Unsurprisingly, very high up on our shared agenda is a need for, and love of… food.
Food itself should be an experience, and one we can all enjoy. Whatever our circumstances, eating well, and nutritiously, opens up a route to feeling better. When we feel our current best physically, we are generally better equipped to meet, and overcome, life’s challenges.
Ainsdale Lunch and Leisure is here to support you to eat both well, and affordably, via the various services we provide.
For Lunch Club Members:
Annual membership (currently £15) provides those eating in at our centre, located inside Ainsdale Methodist Church, with access to a traditional two-course meal (main and dessert) plus a cup of tea or coffee for just £6.
For those individuals within our local community who are less able-bodied, we provide a delivery service. A charge of £7 per day, provides a nutritious main meal plus dessert, delivered directly to your door by our team of DBS checked volunteer drivers.
Meals will be hot when they arrive, however, for those preferring to hold off eating their delivery until dinner time, no problem. Our environmentally friendly, and reusable, packaging is designed to fit straight into the microwave.
For Lunch Club Visitors:
Visitors to our centre are very welcome to book in for our two-course meal, plus tea or coffee. The current charge to visitors is £7.
Additionally, and to support both members and visitors alike, on Monday’s, Wednesday’s and Friday’s, we operate a café between the hours of 10am and 2pm. Here, we cater to those requiring a more flexible menu of light-bites and snacks.
Vegetarian and vegan options are always available, and we welcome the opportunity to support special dietary requirements such as diabetes and/or high cholesterol.
For your peace of mind, we are happy to report we are rated 5 star by the Food Standards Agency.
Christmas Dinner 2017
Our fabulous team!
Coffee and mints next!
CHAPEL CAFÉ
Chapel Café: Open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10.00 – 14.00
Opening at 10.00am the café provides visitors and members with a light and airy place to socialise over a cup of tea or coffee with options to enjoy a light lunch or snack such as sandwiches, soup, toast or tea cakes. Manned by volunteers it is an ideal location to relax with views of Ainsdale across the Village Green.
We are looking for more volunteers to help serve refreshments, even for just one Morning/Afternoon a week, or to cover for holidays. Helping in the Chapel Café is a great way to meet new people! As a thank you all volunteers are entitled to a discounted lunch.
If you have allergies, please speak with a member of staff.
- 2 x Toast, Jam, Butter = £1.30
- Homemade Scone, Jam and Butter = £1.60
- Teacakes and Butter = £1.30
- Egg, Mayonnaise = £3.40
- Two Cheese, Mayonnaise and Onion = £3.40
- Ham, Tomato or Cheese = £3.40
- Tuna Mayonnaise and Cucumber = £3.40
- Tuna Mayonnaise and Sweetcorn = £3.40
All served with Side Salad
- Cheese and Onion
- Cheese and Tomato
- Cheese and Ham
- Tuna and Cheese
All served with Side Salad = £4.00
- Soup with Roll or Bread = £3.00
- Soup and Sandwich – Various choices = £5.50
- Jacket Potatoes with Cheese and Beans
- Jacket Potatoes with Tuna Mayonnaise
All served with Side Salad = £4.00
- Selection of Cakes from £1.80
- Selection of Puddings served with Ice Cream/Cream or Custard jug from £2.00
- Coffee = £1.60
- Tea = £1.60
- Hot Chocolate with Topping = £2.00
- Water Bottle = £1.00
- Juice Glass = £1.00
Tea and…
Home-made cakes!
Catching up with friends!
CHARITY SHOP
Charity Shop
Open: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
From: 10:00 – 14:30
Our Charity Shop sells a wide range of items at good prices, all the proceeds help to fund our service. The charity shop is open to the community Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday from 10.00am to 14:30pm.
We’d like more volunteers in our shop for a half a day or a day between 10:00am and 2.30pm on a weekday, or even just a couple of hours a week to help sort and label donated goods.
As a thank you all volunteers are entitled to a discounted lunch.
Please visit our Ebay shop
Clothes
Glorious books!
EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
Gentle Gym
A little bit of competition!
Indoor bowls
- Guitar Lessons: 10.00 – 12.00
- Lunch: 12.00 – 13.00
- Chapel Café: 10.00 – 14.00
- Fit 4 Life: 10.00 – 11.00
- Gardening Club: 10.00 – 12:00
- Monday Social: 13.00 – 15.00 (Cards, Board Games, Bingo & Quiz)
- Family History: 13.00 – 15.00 (1 hour sessions. Bookings only)
- Technology Support: 13.00 – 15.00 (30 minute sessions. Bookings only)
- Ukelele: 10.00 – 12.00
- Charity Shop: 10.00 – 14.30
- Tai-Chi (Strength & Balance): 11.00 – 12.00
- Lunch: 12.00 – 13.00
- Music for All: 13.00 – 15.00
- Tai-Chi: 14.00 – 15.30
- Chapel Café: 10.00 – 14.00
- Charity Shop: 10.00 – 14.30
- Lunch: 12.00 – 13.00
- Games Afternoon: 13.00 – 15.00 (Indoor Bowling & Table Tennis)
- Art & Craft: 10.00 – 12.00
- Gentle Gym: 09.45 – 10.45
- Gentle Gym: 10.50 – 11.50
- Charity Shop: 10.00 – 14.30
- Lunch: 12.00 – 13.00
- Lunch: 12.00 – 13.00
- Chapel Café: 10.00 – 14.00
- Needle Craft: 10.00 – 12.00
- Singing for All: 12.45 – 13.45
Events and Activities
GARDENING CLUB
Gardening Club
Garden Club Do you have a passion for Gardening? Help us maint and develop our rockery, vegetable, flower, rose garden and orchard. Free refreshments. Work up an appetite and why not book in for lunch after. 
Monday’s 10:00 till 12:00 noon or come and garden at your leisure with prior arrangement. Sponsored by:
Raising the garden beds…
Before we got started!
The team…
We have started!
VOLUNTEERING
Volunteering
Fundraising: Ainsdale Lunch and Leisure relies on fundraising and donations to keep our services running. We would welcome any Sponsorship, Fundraising activities and ideas to help us, so please contact: Audrey on: 01704 574838
Volunteering Volunteers are always needed at Ainsdale Lunch and Leisure!
Waitresses for the day!
Assisting in the office
If you have any questions or would like to have a chat about any of our activities,
please call Audrey: 01704 574838
Thank you to all our Sponsors:
