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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.

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