Christmas Chill-out at At The Chapel Saturday 29th Nov 2:30-4:30pm The Chapel, Wharf Rd, GU12 5AY Pop in and join us for Christmas Craft Activities, Hot Chocolate bar, Christmas Bakes, and some fundraising fun for The Chapel and Foodbank. Try your luck with the Golden Bucket, guess the weight of the Christmas Food Hamper, have a go at Christmas Card Stamping and Make a Lantern for the St Nicholas event on 6th December. Hotdogs for tea, before you go to see Santa switch the li

Christmas Food Parcels 2025 - Can you help? Our local Food Bank for Ash, Ash Vale, Tongham and Ash Green is appealing for Christmas Hamper items, toys and winter warmers for local families this Christmas. #AshVillagesFoodParcelsProject Not everyone will be in a position to help this year, but if you can, we will be very thankful. Donations can be dropped off on or before Sunday 14th December at St Mary’s Church Vale Rd on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays 10:00-12:00 or at The Ch

Learn the art of felt making by making and designing your own pair of felt slippers. Artist Debi Retallick will take you through the 3D wet felting process in her studio at the Chapel in Wharf Rd, Ash Vale. This is a hands on sensory workshop! Participants will learn the wet felting technique to create their own pair of bespoke slippers. Felting a 3D form in merino fibres and using their feet as a mould to shape the slippers for a perfect fit! The workshop is open to Adults a

Please vote for St Mary's! https://www.bridges.co.uk/bridges-big-christmas-give-away/vote-now/  Bridges are giving away funding to local charities but we need your votes please! This will be a huge help with keeping all our projects going (We co-manage the local Food Parcels Project, Community Cafe, Chapel Cafe, 2 Toddler Groups and lots of community events at St Mary's and The Chapel). Please everyone vote for St Mary's, as they co-fund / co-run the Chapel Project as well, s

Good morning! We look forward to welcoming #ChapelKids for fun food and friendship today 11:00-14:00. We have a tea light holder to make at the craft table today, hotdogs or soup for lunch, and balloons for sensory play. See you soon! (Baby / toddler / preschool group for children 0-5years and their parents and carers. Free/donations welcomed) This is a term time group, no session in half term at the end of October, back on the first Wednesday of November. See you soon!

Thank you for your Donations! We are grateful for donations of in-date food, unopened toiletries, Christmas treats, winter warmers, and new toys for the Ash Villages Food Parcels Project, the Community Fridge and this year’s Christmas Parcels. Please do not leave bags of second hand clothes, bric-a-brac or books here . We have no storage space, and cannot accept them . There are local charity shops and the local Facebook group called  ‘Ash Vale Freebies’ to give away items li

The local Food Parcels Project for Ash, Ash Vale, Tongham and Ash Green is appealing for Christmas Hamper items, toys and winter warmers for local families this Christmas. Not everyone will be in a position to help this year, but if you can, we will be very thankful. Donations can be dropped off on or before Sunday 14th December at St Mary’s Church Vale Rd on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays 9:30-12:30 or at The Chapel Wharf Rd on Wednesdays 9:00-14:00 or at other times by arran

Well done #ChapelKids! After songs, play, and a lovely rainbow-veggie-stir-fry, we got busy today making something to help the planet: we...

A huge HARVEST THANK YOU to all at St Mary’s Ash Vale, for the wonderful foodbank donations from the Harvest Festival on Sunday. We...

What are you doing on Friday? THIS! Pop over to the big local Macmillan coffee morning! St Mary's on Vale Road, for a very special Friday...

What a blessing this morning! The Ash Villages Food Parcels Team were delighted to receive Harvest donations today from Northcamp...

As Harvest approaches, please consider a donation to the Ash Villages Food Parcels Project to help us support families in need this...

The Ash Villages Food Parcels Project started as a covid-19 support initiative but is now essentially a Community Food Bank covering...

Every Summer our amazing local churches & friends get together to offer our community “ Picnic and Play ” on Wednesdays in the holidays...

.(News from Jono Retallick, Artist in Residence at The Chapel Project) 'From the Vow Made' Private view today Open until 5th June In...

It’s time for our regular reminder about food safety and the Community Fridge. Please make sure you have a read! Thank you. Reminder...

Another busy week for our wonderful Musicians in Residence Matt and Dan Weeks. Here are a few fab photos from the Othertones session and...

What fun! We were delighted to welcome 18th Aldershot Rainbows and 1st Aldershot Brownies at The Chapel on Thursday, as part of their...

We look forward to welcoming you at the Chapel Cafe today 9:30-12:30. We have pasta salad for lunch (vegan and gluten free options...

#picnicandplay will be coming up again soon in the summer holidays. We offer food, fun and friendship for all ages on 4 Wednesday in the...