CIRENCESTER ASHCROFT WORK & WIFI CLUB

WEEKLY UPDATE - UPDATED AT 10TH MARCH 2026 (with updated next 5 weeks’ sessions)

(Written as usual from home in Stratton, Cirencester)

**NEWSFLASH**

The work club is now the work & wifi club! This is to emphasise that we not only help people seeking work, but also people wanting to improve their access to the internet. At both Cirencester Ashcroft Church and Centre, Ashcroft Road, and at St Lawrence’s Church, Chesterton, Cirencester we now can offer free internet access during our sessions, which you can use with or without support from the club. We have tablets we can help you use, if you don’t have your own device.

The work & wifi club will continue to operate on most

Mondays - 9.00am to 11.00am at St Lawrence’s Church Centre
and
Tuesdays – 12.00pm to 2.00pm at Cirencester Ashcroft Church & Centre
(but not on Bank Holidays).

We are now usually open for confidential one-to-one face-to-face support at these times. We also provide one-to-one phone and online support at these times too.

We also work in partnership with Cirencester Jobcentre to support referred jobseekers who would like some extra assistance.

You can contact me at the usual work & wifi club times by :-
- Face-to-face;
- Email : workclub@ashcroftchurch.org.uk;
- Phone or text : 07951439302;
- Sending a message through the Cirencester Ashcroft Work & Wifi Club Facebook page.

We can then have a chat face-to-face, by phone, by message, or by video link if we can set one up, and I will do my best to help you.

You can also contact me at other times and we will then agree an appointment time to have a proper conversation.

Specific opening times over the next few weeks are below. Later opening times for the period up to the end of SEPTEMBER 2026 are in the Events section (which is itself sometimes in the About section) of the Cirencester Ashcroft Work & Wifi Club and Cirencester Ashcroft Church and Centre Facebook pages. To access those later times, you will now need to be signed in to Facebook yourself, as Facebook recently “upgraded” so that Events data cannot be accessed by internet search alone (at least that seems to be what’s happened). Also Facebook only lets us select a maximum of about 50 future dates for an event at the time it is first published, hence why it appears to stop at a random date.

Monday 16th March 9.00 - 11.00 (AT ST LAWRENCE’S CENTRE)
Tuesday 17th March 12.00 - 2.00 (AT ASHCROFT CENTRE)

Monday 23rd March 9.00 - 11.00 (AT ST LAWRENCE’S CENTRE)
Tuesday 24th March 12.00 - 2.00 (AT ASHCROFT CENTRE)

Monday 30th March 9.00 - 11.00 (CLOSED - VOLUNTEER ON LEAVE)
Tuesday 31st March 12.00 - 2.00 (AT ASHCROFT CENTRE)
Wednesday 1st April 12.00 - 2.00 (ONE-OFF EXTRA SESSION AT ASHCROFT CENTRE)

Monday 6th April 9.00 - 11.00 (CLOSED - BANK HOLIDAY)
Tuesday 7th April 12.00 - 2.00 (AT ASHCROFT CENTRE)

Monday 13th April 9.00 - 11.00 (AT ST LAWRENCE’S CENTRE)
Tuesday 14th April 12.00 - 2.00 (AT ASHCROFT CENTRE)

(For those who are interested, I normally highlight the opening times for the next 4 weeks. However sometimes I increase this when they include a break, in part to make sure that the last week I show is one when we are open. This is to emphasise that any closure is only temporary. The work & wifi club is a key part of Ashcroft’s mission and outreach project until at least June 2028. After that date I intend to continue to run the work & wifi club indefinitely, whether or not part of a larger project.)

Andy Rickell, Cirencester Ashcroft Work & Wifi Club Manager

Youth justice may hardly be front and centre of most people’s list of priorities, but managing the needs of youth offenders and young victims of crime is essential if changes in behaviour and outlook are to be achieved to stop incidents earlier in life from creating lifelong problems. It is vital that those services in the county that exist to improve outcomes from those involved in or affected by youth crime are supported to do the best job they can. So we pray for all young people affected by crime in the county, whether as offenders or victims, that they get the help to improve the trajectory of their lives. We pray for all those involved in supporting the young people affected, including local authority services, the police, and community organisations and families. And we pray for us all to encourage the youth justice system to get the best outcomes for all young people. Every blessing, Andy Rickell, Circuit Social Justice Officer.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78xn8xwezzo?fbclid=IwZnRzaAQcneBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xNzM4NDc2NDI2NzAzNzAAAR67wZUlETsBA37XjaBShVn_4b26nyckhPt4QWgVVnlZ2BtBRqdlCCVfd7F9yw_aem_RsbOTruP-WGXvPqK_9yrIw

Right across the country there are arts centres and museums displaying artefacts of historical and/or artistic value, so there are jobs associated with running those venues, like this highlighted role of being a membership coordinator in a museum. If such a career appeals, please talk to us at Cirencester Ashcroft Work & Wifi Club about the opportunities available locally and further afield. Our contact details are on the Cirencester Ashcroft Work & Wifi Club Facebook page. Andy Rickell, Cirencester Ashcroft Work & Wifi Club Manager.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z4ph92p?fbclid=IwZnRzaAQbRHRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xNzM4NDc2NDI2NzAzNzAAAR7zn9Flfx46HADPwzGMFDaKdJwAvoNVRgtsO_4JiVd7fkVkut8CpWRSh3Mlig_aem_nQrHuPpA-QOtY8L6A6XHTg

For those interested in engaging with issues of social, economic and environmental justice, here is a link to the latest edition of the Joint Public Issues Newsletter. If you have any queries, or would like support about an issue from the Circuit Social and Climate Justice Team, please contact me. Every blessing, Andy Rickell, Circuit Social Justice Officer