Featured groups
Below are links to a few of the the many societies and organisations in Pill & Easton-in-Gordano. Some of these groups offer volunteering opportunities.
If you would like your group featured on this website, please contact us or speak to us at the Resource Centre.
- Crockerne Pill & District History Society
- Easton-in-Gordano and Pill Allotment and Garden Association
- Pill Community Centre
- Pill and District Gardening Club
- Pill Festival Band
- Pill in Bloom
- St. George’s Flower Bank
- Pill & District Plan
All community groups
Below is a list of all groups and services we currently hold information about. If you are missing from this list, just contact us at the Resource Centre.
| CATEGORY | NAME OF GROUP | MEETING LOCATION/TIME, CONTACT DETAILS |
|---|---|---|
| ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN UNDER 4 YEARS | Crockerne Children’s Centre | Tue 9.30 – 11.30 Rhyme & Sign Westward Drive, Pill BS20 0JP Wed 1.30-3.00 Mini Stay & Play Thurs 1.00 – 2.30 HV Drop In |
| Child Minders | Care connect services | |
| Childminder network meeting | 2nd Tues/month 9.30 – 11.30 st. Johns Ambulance hall | |
| Pill Library: Bookstart Rhymetime Story Time | Pill Library: Rhyme time Friday’s term time 9.30 – 9.55am Under 3s AND Story time: Wed 2.30 – 2.55 2-3yr olds term time only | |
| Pill Ten Tots | Pill Methodist Church: Thurs 9.15 – 11.15 (term time only) | |
| Community café & Pill Toddlers | Pill Community Centre: Fri 9.30am – 11.30am – term time & some summer weeks | |
| Rhyme & Sign for Toddlers | Pill Baptist Church Mon & Tues 9.30 – 11.00 | |
| Salvation Army Mums & Tots: ‘Little Gems’ | Pill Salvation Army: Wed: 9.00 – 11.00 | |
| ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN 4-12 YEARS | Ballet | St Georges Hall: Thurs afternoons, term time: 4.45-5.30/5.30-6.15,6.15-7 |
| Beaver Scouts (6-8 years) | Scout Hut, Easton in Gordano: Thursday 5pm – 6pm | |
| Brownies | Scout Hut: Tues 5pm – 6.15pm | |
| Rainbows | Scout Hut Weds 5.30pm – 6.30pm | |
| Cubs Scouts (8 – 10 yrs) | Scout Hut Mon 6.30pm – 8pm | |
| Guides | Methodist church thurs 6.30 – 8pm | |
| Inspire BCC (Building Community Confidence) | Organising variety of activities. See web site pillkids.wordpress.com | |
| Judo @ Crockerne | Crockerne School – Mon 3.30-5.00 | |
| Kidsalive | Salvation Army 6 – 11year olds Fri 6.00 – 7.30 | |
| Messy Church | Salvation army 3rd Sun. of the month 4pm | |
| Pill Youth Club (8 – 11year old) | 8 – 11year olds: Wed 4.45 – 6.45 Pill Youth Club. Pillkids.wordpress.com Also Youth Outreach N Somerset www.youth-outreach.org.uk | |
| Rainbows (5-7yrs Pre- Brownies) | Pill Methodist Church: Wed 5.00pm – 6.00pm. Apply via website http://www.girlguiding/joinus | |
| Rock Project 7 – 16 yr olds | www.therockproject.com bristol@therockproject.com | |
| Scouts (10 1/2 – 14) & info on explorers 14-18yrs | Scout Hut Easton in Gordano: Tues 7.00pm – 9.00pm | |
| Stagecoach | GordanoSchool, Portishead | |
| ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE (12+) | Lions Brass 4 Youth | www.lionsbrass4youth.co.uk Group in Clevedon |
| Pill Youth Club | Pill Community Centre: Open Mon & Wed 7.30 – 9.30 and Thurs (young women) 7.30-9.30 | |
| Quest Youth Group 6yrs + | Salvation Army Thurs 7 – 8.30pm | |
| Rock Project 12-16 yr olds | www.therockproject.com portishead youth centre wed – junior 3.45 – 5.45, seniors 5.45 – 7.45 | |
| Scouts (101/2 – 14) (Info only: Explorers 14-18yrs) | Scout Hut, Easton in Gordano Tues 7pm – 9pm email: crockernescouts@hotmail.com http://www.avonscouts.org.uk | |
| Theatre Arts School: Stagecoach | www.stagecoach.co.uk | |
| CHURCHES | Pill Churches | www.pillchurches.org.uk |
| Church of England: | ||
| Christ Church, Pill | ||
| St George, Easton in Gordano | ||
| St Mary, Portbury | ||
| Pill Methodist Church | ||
| Salvation Army | ||
| COMMUNITY | Age UK Somerset | www.ageuk.org.uk/somerset |
| Citizens Advice Centre | Sessions bookable at Pill Resource Centre: Wed. 9.30 – 12.30 Also advice on tel 03444 111444 Mon – Fri 9.45 – 1.00pm (& from mob tel no 03003300650 | |
| Community Market | Last Saturday of the month: Community Centre 10.00 – 12.30 pill.community.market@gmail.com | |
| Community Police | Non emergency number: 101 | |
| Councillor North Somerset Council | e mail: don.davies@n-somerset.gov.uk Surgeries: Notified of month, Pill & District Resource Centre. Message notebook at Resource Centre. | |
| Debt Advice (Free) | mail@somersetsavingsandloans.org.uk Money Advice Service (on line) Tel: 03005005000 | |
| District Commissioner, Guides | ||
| Pill & Easton in Gordano Parish Council | Pill & District Resource Centre at opening times | |
| European Parliament | ||
| Friends of Watchhouse Hill | Events: Jan: Wassail; July: Village Picnic; Oct: Apple day Quarterly management meetings at Pill Memorial Club. Members working parties: general care of Hill. | |
| Pill Community Centre | www.pill-community.org.uk | |
| Pill Library | www.librarieswest.org.uk | |
| Pill in Bloom | 3-4 times a year at members homes | |
| Pill Post Office | 5 Baltic Place, Pill | |
| Pill & District Resource Centre Community Foundation | Mon, Wed, Thurs: 9.30am – 3.30pm Tues: 9.30 – 5.30; Fri: 10-12.30 Sat 10 – 12 | |
| SPAD Sustainable Pill and District | Environment group linked to the Transition Network: Various groups and meeting times Website: https://sustainablepill.weebly.com/ | |
| CONSERVATION | Avon Wildlife Trust, Portishead | Folk Hall, Portishead: 4th Friday monthly 7.30 -9.30 |
| Avon Wildlife Trust: Gordano Conservation & Tickenham Reserve | Gordano Valley Nature Reserves | |
| St George’s Flower Bank | ||
| The Gordano Society | Portishead Folk Hall: Meetings about conservation & the environment | |
| FESTIVALS | Pill Rag Committee | |
| Pill Regata | ||
| Pill Music Festival | ||
| HEALTH | Heywood Medical Centre | |
| Health Centre | ||
| Health Visitors & District Nurses | Marina Health Centre, Portishead | |
| District Nurses (2 D/N based at Pill) Bladder and Bowel Service | Health Centre, Station Road, Pill | |
| Gordano Community Cars (ambulance service) | Contact Heywood Surgery, Pill, for requests | |
| RECREATION | ||
| Allotments | Easton in Gordano & Pill Allotment Association | Cross Lanes |
| Art | Society for all Artists | Pill Community Centre: Sun 2pm & summer time outside |
| Pill Art Group | Pill Community Centre: Tues 7pm – 9pm | |
| Portishead Floral Arts Society | Somerset Hall, Portishead, 3rd Wed monthly | |
| Choirs | Pill Community Choir | Community Centre: Tues 8pm – 9.30pm: Non auditioning choir |
| Portishead Choral Society | St Josephs Church West Hill, Portishead Thurs 7.30-9.15 (Sept-June) Non auditioning choir | |
| Crafts | Portishead Quilters | Redcliffe Bay hall: 1st and 3rd Tues monthly: 7.30 – 9.30 (not Aug) |
| Dancing and exercise | Exercise to Music | St Georges Hall: Thurs 9.15 – 10.15 |
| Pilates | Abbots Leigh Village hall: Mondays + Pill Methodist Church | |
| American Square Dancing | St Georges Hall, Fri eve (advanced) | |
| American Square Dancing | Folk Hall Portishead Mon 8 -10pm beginners | |
| Tap Dancing | St Georges Hall, Mon 7.30 | |
| Extend Movement to Music | Pill Community Centre Wed. 10.30 – 11.30 | |
| Yoga | Community group at Penny Brohn Centre Garden Room, Chapel Pill Lane. Mon 7-8.15pm: £7 per session drop in | |
| Zumba | Community Centre: Tuesday 6.30 – 7.30 / Thurs 1.30 – 2.30 email: bristoldancezumba@gmail.com web: www.bristoldancezumba.co.uk | |
| Drama | J19 Drama Group | Pill Community Centre: variable days and times |
| Portishead Players | Perform at Somerset Hall, Portishead (6yrs-96yrs!).Various meeting places | |
| Gardening | Pill & District Gardening Club | 3rd Wed in month at 7.45. AGM: March website |
| History | Crockerne Pill & District History Society | Pill Memorial Club. 3rd Thurs in month March (AGM), Apr, May, Sept, Oct , Nov, outing in June |
| Photography | Portishead Camera Club | Redcliffe Bay Hall, P’Head: Thurs 7.30pm (Sept to May) |
| Walking | Gordano Footpath Group | Monthly, Roath Road car park, Portishead. http://www.gordano-footpath-group.org.uk |
| Ramblers Association | Walk Sat & Sun. From car park opposite Morrisons, Clevedon | |
| Portishead Strollers | ||
| Whist | Whist Drive | Millers Close Community Rooms: Tues 1.30pm – 4.30pm |
| Writing | Pill Writer’s Club | |
| SOCIAL ACTIVITIES | Café Church at Pill Baptist | 2nd Sunday each month, 4-5pm adults and children |
| Cameo Luncheon Club | Salvation Army: Wed 12.30 – 2.30 | |
| Crockerne Retired Men’s Group | Pill Community Centre, 2nd Thurs in month: From 9.30am | |
| Easton in Gordano WI | St George’s Church Hall, E in G: 1st Wed in month, 7.30pm | |
| Friday over 60s Club | Pill Memorial Club, every Friday 2pm – 4pm | |
| Ladies Coffee Morning | Christ Church 10.00m 2nd Tuesday in the month | |
| Miller’s Close Day Club | Elderly / disabled / housebound / lonely / day care: Fridays 9.30am – 2.30pm | |
| Portishead Lions | Clarence House, Portishead: 2nd Monday monthly 8pm – 10pm | |
| Portishead Rotary | Clarence House, Portishead: Tuesdays 7.30pm | |
| Pill Goldies | Millers Close Community Rooms: 2nd Thurs each month 2pm -3pm | |
| Pill Lunch Club | Pill Community Centre: Thurs 12.30 – 2pm | |
| Portbury Wives Group | 2nd and 4th Tues in month at 7.30pm | |
| Portbury W I | 3rd Tues in month Portbury Vilage Hall | |
| Salvation Army Weekly Coffee Morning | Saturdays 10 – 12 and ‘bring and buy’ stall | |
| Singles Club | Walton Hotel Clevedon Tues evenings | |
| Woman’s Bright Hour | Mon. 3.00 – 4.00, Christ Church, Pill | |
| SPORT | ||
| Badminton | Pill Badminton Club | St. Katherine’s Sch. Thur. 8.00 – 10.00 |
| Cricket | Lodway Cricket Club and Youth Cricket under 15s | Ham Green Hill |
| Portbury & Failand Cricket Club | Club House, Horse Race Lane, Failand | |
| Football | St George (Easton in Gordano) Football Club | Playing at St Georges and Ham Green |
| Hockey | Lodway Ladies Hockey Club | Gordano School, Portishead. Train: Wed 7pm – 8pm, play Sat mornings |
| Judo | Long Ashton Judo Club | Long Ashton Sports Complex / Birdwell Primary School Long Ashton |
| Karate | Karate | |
| Rugby | Gordano RFC: 3 Senior teams & Junior & Mini Rugby | http://www.gordanorfc.co.uk. Caswell Lane Ground Portbury. |
| Table Tennis | Easton in Gordano Table Tennis Club | St Georges Church Hall – Thurs 7.30 – 10pm |
| Pill Table Tennis Club | Pill Community Centre. Thurs 2.00pm – 4.00pm | |
| Sailing | Sailing: Portishead Cruising Club | Pump Square, Pill. Wed 8.30 – 11.00 commodore @ portisheadcruisingclub.org.uk |
| Short Mat Bowls | Short Mat Bowls | Pill Community Centre: Tues 7.30pm – 9.30pm and Wed 2.30 – 4.30 : £5 per season; £1 per session played |
| Skittles | Skittles :Kings Arm Ladies Team | Wed evenings |
| St Katherines Sports Centre | Evenings: 01275 373287 | |
| SUPPORT | Abbots Leigh Manor Nursing Home | Private Nursing Care treasurehomes.co.uk |
| Aging Well Co-Ordinator’ | Exercise information | |
| Bristol Samaritans | ||
| Friends Group: Invisible Illnesses | Ist & 3rd Wednesdays. 10 – 12 | |
| Information about support | patient.co.uk | |
| Parkinson’s Support in North Somerset | Contactable: Tues & Wed email: isw.nsomerset@parkinsons.org.uk | |
| Cruse Bereavement Care | Wesley House, Portishead. | |
| Gordano Community Cars | Hospital cars | |
| North Somerset Mencap | northsomersetmencap.co.uk | |
| Penny Brohn Cancer Care | ||
| Pill Carers Group | Christ Church Community Room: 3rd Thurs each month 2.15pm – 3.45pm Closing Dec 2013 | |
| Portishead Memory Cafe | Portishead Rotary Clib 1st and 3rd Tues in month 2.15 to 3.45 Jubillee Day Centre | |
| Somerset Lodge Nursing Home Ham Green | milestonestrust.org.uk | |
| TEACHING AND LEARNING | City of Bristol College | www.cityofbristom.ac.uk |
| Clarinet, Flute & Saxophone Teacher | Lessons in Backwell | |
| Crockerne Primary School with nursery class | ||
| Piano & Music Theory Teacher | Easton in Gordano | |
| St Katherine’s School | school@st-katherines.n-somerset.sch.uk | |
| University of 3rd Age U3A | ||
| Weston College | www.weston.ac.uk | |
| TELEPHONE NUMBERS | ||
| Accomodation | Newlyn Self Catering Bungalows | Mill Lane, Portbury, BS20 7TX http://www.porburyholidayhomes.com |
| The Tynings B&B | Martcombe Road, Easton in Gordano: web site: thetynings.com | |
| The Moorings | AirB’n B | |
| Community Resources | Abbots Leigh Village Hall | www.abbotsleigh.org.uk |
| Community Centre, Pill | ||
| Clevedon Job Centre | 28 Old Street, Clevedon BS21 6BY | |
| Jubillee Hall, West Hill, P’head | Over 60’s club | |
| Memorial Club | ||
| Pill & District Resource Centre | ||
| Portbury Village Hall | ||
| Portishead Folk Hall | ||
| St George’s Hall, E in G | ||
| St John’s Ambulance Hall | ||
| Slade Road Hall, Portishead | ||
| Somerset Hall, Portishead | Coffee Club: Fridays | |
| Voluntary Action North Somerset (VANS) | donna.cleeve@vansmail.org.uk www.vansweb.org.uk | |
| MEALS/FOOD | Chinese Takeaway | New Canton House, Pill Street, Pill |
| Co-Op (top) | Station Road, Pill | |
| Indian Takeaway | Pump Sqare, Pill | |
| Kings Arms | 12, St Georges Hill, E in G | |
| Kings Head | 3 Heywood Road, Pill | |
| Lime Tree Cafe | Bank Place, Pill: Artisan Bakery & Coffee Shop | |
| Southern Co -op | 1-2 Baltic Place | |
| The Anchor Inn | Ham Green, Pill | |
| Star Inn | 13, Bank Place, Pill | |
| The Duke of Cornwall | Pump Square, Pill | |
| The George Inn | Abbots Leigh | |
| The Leaf’ at Ham Green | St Katherines School | |
| The Rudgleigh Inn | Martcombe Road, E in G | |
| TRADERS | Brackenwood Garden Centre | Leigh Court Estate, Pill Road |
| Computers: T-Byte | e mail: info@t-byte.co.uk | |
| The Style Room | 4 Bank Place Pill |