St Sidwell's Community Centre

St Sidwell’s Community Centre, which opened in 2001, is an independent, entirely secular charity which welcomes everyone regardless of background, ability or circumstance and offers a range of activities, events and services for the local community.

It runs a community café, a bakery and cookery school and free English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classes.

The centre also manages a large community garden, where events are held and organic fruit and vegetables are grown for use in the café, offers meeting rooms for hire to local groups and acts as a local heritage hub for Exeter city centre’s eastern quarter.

There are volunteering and work experience opportunities across all areas of the centre’s work.

For more information visit the St Sidwell’s Community Centre website or locate it on a map.

Stories about St Sidwell's Community Centre

Exeter Street Arts Festival mural painting

SATURDAY 30 AUGUST 2025

Exeter Street Arts Festival 2025

The annual festival returns with street art, drumming, dance, workshops, walkabouts and live music.

EXETER CITY CENTRE

St Sidwell's Community Centre supper dish

SATURDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 2025

Sid’s Supper Fundraiser

Community centre hosts locally-sourced seasonal three-course meal to help improve café facilities.

ST SIDWELL'S COMMUNITY CENTRE

Sidwell Street wassail

FRIDAY 19 JANUARY 2024

The Sidwell Street wassail

An evening wassail with music, singing and free hot soup.

ST SIDWELL'S COMMUNITY CENTRE

Sourdough rye bread workshop Thursday 1 December 2022 Sidwell Street Bakehouse

THURSDAY 1 DECEMBER 2022

Sourdough bread-making and shaping

St Sidwell’s Community Centre is running a winter evening sourdough and rye bread-making class.

SIDWELL STREET BAKEHOUSE

Reclaim the Night protest in Bedford Street

Reclaim the Night protest against sexual violence and harassment of women and girls in public space

Exeter event takes place after survey finding that 85% felt unsafe or very unsafe when walking alone in city centre at night, with police figures showing violent and sexual offences exceed 35% of all recorded crime in city.

Sourdough pizza pitta workshop Thursday 17 November 2022 Sidwell Street Bakehouse

THURSDAY 17 NOVEMBER 2022

Sourdough pizza and pitta-making by night

St Sidwell’s Community Centre is running autumn evening sourdough bread-making classes.

SIDWELL STREET BAKEHOUSE

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