What's On
Following a very 'interesting' time between March 2020 and summer 2021, we are back to business!
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Covid has left a bit of a legacy - but we have embraced this as many of the changes we had to make have made us more robust and improved the safety and security for staff and customers alike.
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We now run three 2-hour sessions from Monday to Friday - a few are for specific groups of people but the majority are generally for families of children aged 0-5 years.
We are going to keep our booking system for the foreseeable future. We do need to continue to limit bookings to 9 families per session but, actually, feedback from families about this particular change has been very favourable. This does mean that you will need to book as early as you can to avoid disappointment. Each booking will have its own table for a maximum of four people (including children but not babes-in-arms).
We will continue to freeze our prices at £3 reservation fee per table (to be paid at the time of booking) plus £1 per adult/child upon entry. Please be aware that this will only just cover our costs so if you would like to help us further by making a donation, you can do so by accessing this link, 'how you can help us'.
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As always, if anyone has a specific need or issue, wants to talk and/or can't access a session and really wants/needs to, please make contact with us and we will do our very best to help.
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Thanks for your continued support.
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Jess, Hayley, Carly, Charm, Cher, Jo, Laura, Dave and Richard - the Boing! Team
Boing! Softplay Family Centre timetable & booking sessions
Opening Times (see below for session information)
Monday:
• 9-11am: Boing! Community Play Cafe
• 11.30am-1.30pm: Boing! Babies Play Cafe
• 2-4pm: Boing! Community Play Cafe
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Tuesday:
• 9-11am: Boing! Community Play Cafe
• 11.30am-1.30pm: Boing! Community Play Cafe
• 2-4pm: Boing! Community Play Cafe
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Wednesday:
• 9-11am: Boing! Community Play Cafe
• 11.30am-1.30pm: Boing! Community Play Cafe
• 2-4pm: Boing! Community Play Cafe
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Thursday:
• 9.30-11am: Honeysuckle Cafe Breastfeeding Support Group
• 11.30am-1.30pm: Boing! Community Play Cafe
• 2-4pm: Learn & Grow @ Boing!
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Friday:
• 9-11am: Boing! Community Play Cafe
• 11.30am-1.30pm: Boing! Community Play Cafe
• 2-4pm: Boing! Community Play Cafe
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Saturday & Sunday:
• 9-6.15pm: Boing! open only for organised celebration parties
At Boing! we will also celebrate and have extra fun on particular days, including:
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• World Vegetarian Day: Friday 1st October.
• Grandparents' Day (deferred from Sunday the 3rd): Monday the 4th October.
• World Vegan Day: Monday 1st November.
• National Princess (and Prince!) Day: Thursday 18th November.
• Christmas festivities: Monday 13th to Friday 17th December.
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Keep an eye on our Facebook page for more details.
Boing! Community Play Café (Term Time Only)
A relaxed, unstructured session for parents/carers of 0-5 year olds. The softplay and home corner provide hours of fun for the children, whilst parents/carers can have some respite, play with their children and/or meet other people over a hot drink, snack or even meal from our affordable cafe.
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We make a small charge for each session of £3 per table (reservation fee, to be paid at time of booking) plus £1 per adult/child upon entry (or just £1 per set of twins/triplets/multiples). Maximum number of people per booking is 4 people including children but not babes-in-arms. There will be a maximum of 9 available slots per session.
Boing! Babies Play Café (Term Time Only)
A play and cafe session specifically for new parents/carers of 0-1 year olds, giving you the chance to get to know each other a little, discuss experiences and swap tips to make life a little easier, over a hot or cold drink, snack or meal from our affordable cafe.
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We make a small charge for each session of £3 per table (reservation fee, to be paid at time of booking) plus £1 per adult/child upon entry (or just £1 per set of twins/triplets/multiples). Maximum number of people per booking is 4 people. There will be a maximum of 9 available slots per session.
Honeysuckle Cafe Breastfeeding Support Group (All Year Round)
Honeysuckle Cafe is a well-established, friendly and non-judgemental group for support and information about infant feeding. Run by experienced breastfeeding counsellors and peer supporters, with strong links with the Bristol Breastfeeding team, we welcome all families thinking about or giving any amount of breastmilk to their babies - newborns or older. We are happy to talk about anything associated with breastfeeding, including mixed feeding, weaning and pumping.
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The cafe will be open most weeks (not during school holidays) for drinks and snacks - please do buy from us as this helps to cover our costs. There will be a maximum of 9 available slots per session and a booking can only be made by one household).
For various (probably obvious) reasons we don't make a charge for this group but still have expenses relating to it. If you would like to make a donation to help cover costs and enable Honeysuckle to continue meeting at Boing!, we would appreciate it. There is a secure donations box at Boing! and/or you can donate via the 'how you can help us' button, above.
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From September 2021 we will charge £2.50 per child for older children to use the softplay.
Learn & Grow @ Boing! (for 3-5 year olds) (Term Time Only)
A support group for preschool age children (3-5 years old) and their parents/carers. There will be freeflow play using the softplay and in the home corner, and some more structured activities including crafts with a learning focus, storytime and songs. Our cafe will open throughout the session enabling you to enjoy the session with something naughty or nice from our cafe.
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We make a small charge for each session of £3 per table (reservation fee, to be paid at time of booking) plus £1 per adult/child upon entry (or just £1 per set of twins/triplets/multiples). Maximum number of people per booking is 4 people including children but not babes-in-arms. There will be a maximum of 9 available slots per session.
