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1.	Templecombe Baby & Toddler Group - Held in Templecombe Village Hall 09:30 - 11:00 every Thursday. For further details contact Mandy on (01963) 371212.
2.	Sticky Fingers Playgroup - Runs every weekday Mondays - Fridays. Now open mornings 09.00 until 12.00 and afternoons until 15.15 at the new building on Abbas & Templecombe Primary School grounds. Bookings are now being taken for September 2008 for children from 2 years old to school age. Please telephone Mary Harris on 07742 895967.
3.	Bellringers - meet 7:30 every Tuesday evening either at St. Mary's, Templecombe or St. John's, Horsington. For further details contact Audrey on 01963 370382.
4.	Templecombe Photographs - Old, interesting and unusual photgraphs are needed for illustration of this web site. Photographs will be scanned and originals returned. Please contact Tim Law on 01963 370961 or email mail@templecombe.org.uk
5.	Templars Tennis Club (Templecombe Recreation Ground) LATEST NEWS MEMBERSHIP - At the recent AGM membership fees for 2008 were agreed. These are £55 for family membership, £35 for a single adult and £10 for juniors, unemployed or those in full time education. We have also introduced discounts for advanced payment of 2 or 3 year adult membership. A joining fee applies to new members. Templars Tennis Club is one of the most reasonably priced clubs in the district and whilst we would like more income, encouraging new membership and providing an affordable sports facility to the locality is considered very important. COURT ILLUMINATION - Last year, with the help of the Parish Council, an electric power cable was laid from the recreation ground changing rooms across to the courts. In December we were fortunate to obtain a set of court lights at an affordable price, but now we need funds and help to install them and connect everything up. We are encouraging new members to join and existing members to renew as soon as possible as part of a drive to raise the necessary funds. We are also looking at other ways of raising funds. Court illuminations will enable the club to continue playing in the evenings long after sunset and will significantly extend the playing season, weather permitting, of course. CLUB EVENINGS - These are held every Wednesday evening and this year will commence in April when the evenings become lighter. Hopefully, with the lighting project, this will be the last year we have to wait until April to start club evenings. Members may also use the courts any other time throughout the year except when League matches are played. LEAGUE MATCHES - We were very successful in the Shaftesbury Tennis League in the 2007 season and will be entering teams in the league again this year. Home matches are usually played on Monday or Tuesday evenings. JUNIOR COACHING - During the school holidays the club hopes to organise professional coaching for local children. This was very successful last year and as soon as we have agreed arrangements with the tennis coach we will publicise the details on this web site and around the village. For membership details or for further information about the club please call Paul Hawkins on 370045.
6.	Templecombe Youth Club 1. For School years 7-9 inclusive on Wednesday evenings from 19:00 to 21:00 at Templecombe village hall, during term time. Annual membership is £1.50 with 50p admission per session. Please contact Heather (01963) 371255 or Sandy 370302 for further details. 2. The youth club has become very popular over the last few months but will shortly be losing at least one Youth Club leader. The club may not be able to continue unless some extra help is recieved and is limited to what it can do with only a handful of volunteers. Any parents who can help out about once a month would be gratefully appreciated and should contact the club on activity nights at the village hall.
7.	Community Bus Service - Set up over two years ago to serve the villages within the local community this very successful scheme is now looking to to reach a wider range of people in need of this valuable service. Individual users have to join the travel club at a one off cost, payable direct to driver on your first journey. Bookings can be made by telephoning (01963) 33864 between 09.30 and 12.30 (Mon to Fri). For more information telephone (01963) 33864/34594 and speak to Andy or Sue or Click here
8.	Adult Tap Dance Classes - At St. Margaret's Hall on Wednesday evenings. Beginners: 19.15 - 20.15 and Improvers: 18.15 - 19.15. For more information please call Louise Holliday (01963) 362689.
9.	Refuse, Recycling and Food Waste Collections - Your recycling box and food bin are collected together each week - for Templecombe this will be every FRIDAY. Refuse is collected fortnightly (every other FRIDAY). The Parish Council would like to remind parishioners that the earliest time that refuse can be put out for collection is midday on the day before before it is due to be collected. Please click here for refuse collection dates.
10.	Templecombe Parish Council Newsletter - The twentieth issue of this quarterly publication has just been promulgated around the village during June 2008. To view photocopy of current newsletter please click here.
11.	Templecombe Golden Age - Meets at the Sports & Social Club on alternate Wednesdays from 14:30 until 16:00. Enjoy a chat, tea, biscuits and a game of bingo. New members would be welcome.
12.	Templecombe Womans Institute - Offers opportunities for all women to enjoy friendship, to learn, to widen their horizons and together influence local, national and international affairs. Renowned for their expertise of good food, crafts etc, Templecombe WI meets every second Tuesday of each month at 14:30 in the Templecombe Sports & Social club. Please contact Vicki Jeans (01963) 370315 for further details.
13.	Horsington Parent & Toddler Group - We now meet on Wednesdays during term time from 09.00 - 10.30 in St. Margaret's Hall, Horsington. All are welcome, it is an ideal opportunity for babies, toddlers and parents to get together. For further details contact either Amanda Jackson (01963) 370458 or Nicola Johnson on 370143.
14.	Templecombe Guides - Templecombe now has a new Guide Unit which opened up in January. The group meet at the Scout Hut on a Monday Night between 7:30 and 9pm and is open to girls aged 10 to14. For more information and enquires please contact Naomi on 01963 32888 or Alison on 01963 251590.
15.	Somerset County Mobile Library - This service calls at Templecombe on Tuesdays on a three weekly basis. For details on dates and timings please click here.
16. New	Riding for the Disabled - A local Riding for the Disabled Group urgently needs volunteers on Wednesday afternoons (14.00 - 16.00) term time only. Some experience with horses an advantage but not essential. If you would like to help, please telephone Tessa Woodhouse on (01963) 32421.