Support groups, clubs and societies
Adult Care Services
Tel: 0300 123 4040
Age Concern
Tel: 0845 601 3446
Air Training Corps (Air Cadets)
Waldegrave Park, Harpenden, Herts.
Tel: 01582 715883
Air Cadets
Waldegrave Park, Harpenden
Tel: Flight Lieutenant Tim Hatton 01442 831196
Email: t@timhatton.fsnet.co.uk
Web: www.harpendenaircadets.org.uk
Air Weapons Club
Harpenden
Tel: 01582 833335
Web: www.jarviser.co.uk/hawc/hawc.html
Alzheimers Society
22 Catherine Street
St Albans, Herts AL3 5BX
Tel: 01727 812035
American Club of Harpenden
10 Wheathampstead Road, Harpenden, Herts. AL5 1ND
Tel: 01582 624823
Army Cadet Force St Georges School
Sun Lane, Harpenden, Herts. AL5 4EY
Tel: 01992 582423
Arts Club
Harpenden Public Hall, Southdown Road (7.30pm - 9.30pm most Thursday evenings )
Web: www.harpendenartsclub.org.uk
Barbershop Harmony Club (The Kings of Herts)
Sir John Lawes School, Manland Way, Harpenden, AL5 4QP
Tel: 01582 760582
Web: www.kingsofherts.co.uk
Beavers, Cub Scouts
Please contact District Commissioner Tel: 01582 769608
The Best Start Club
Baby signing classes with songs, rhymes, movement, games, stories andpuppets. From 2 months to 3 years.
Tel: 01707 886830
Email: thebeststartclub@aol.com
Web: www.thebeststartclub.co.uk
Bethany Christian Fellowship
130a Southdown Road, Harpenden, Herts. AL5 1PU
Tel: Ross Bull 01582 763860
Web: www.bethanycf.org.uk
Boys United
21 Roundfield Avenue, Batford, Harpenden, Herts. AL5 5BD
Tel: 01582 762805
Brambleton Model Railway Club
Highfield Oval, Ambrose Lane, Harpenden, Herts. AL5 4BX
Tel: Mr H Foster 01767 261250
Breastfeeding Support Group
Weekly meeting on Mondays 10.30am to 12.30pm at
the Oval Cafe, Clock Building, Highfield Oval, Ambrose Lane.
Web: www.harpenden-breastfeeding.co.uk
Busy Babes
Multi-sensory activity classes for babies and toddlers
Tel: 07725 963511
Email: info@busybabes.co.uk
Web: www.busybabes.co.uk
Carers National Association
Tel: 01582 760339
Citizens Advice Bureau
Town Hall, Leyton Road, Harpenden, Herts. AL5 2LX
Tel: 01582 769387
Web: www.stalbans-cab.org
Child Contact Centre
A safe, friendly and neutral place where children of separated families can spend time with one or both parents.A local charity which operates on two Saturdays per month form All Saint's Church Hall, 129 Station Road, Harpenden.
Tel: 07842 167767
Email: hccc@stnicholasharpenden.co.uk
Web:
Children, Schools & Families
Tel: 0300 123 4043
Classics on the Common annual car rally
Web: www.classicsonthecommon.com
Choral Society
Tuesdays 8pm United Reformed Church Hall
Vaughan Road, Harpenden
Tel: 01727 851849
Web: www.harpendenchoralsociety.org
Computer Friendly
A charity that offers teaching of computers to residents of the St Albans and Harpenden district.
Web: www.computerfriendlystalbans.org.uk
Courage Club
11 Falconers Field, Harpenden, Herts.
Tel: 01582 764179
Connexions
Tel: 080 80013219
Web: www.connexions-direct.com
Cribbage League
36 Tallents Crescent, Batford, Harpenden, Herts, AL5 5BS.
Tel: 01582 767558
Daylight Club
St John's Church Hall, Southdown, Harpenden, AL5 1DJ
Tel: 01727 827667
Email: salpi@leisureconnection.co.uk
Dinky Dancers
Dance, P.E, Music and Action Classes in Harpenden, Redbourn
Wheathampstead & St Albans.
Tel: 01438 831281
Email: classes@dinkydancers.com
Web: www.dinkydancers.com
Drugcare
29 Upper Lattimore Road, St Albans
Tel: 01727 834539
Duplicate Bridge Club
Harpenden Day Centre, Leyton Road, Harpenden, AL5 2HU
Contact Alan Kaye Tel: 01582 764539
East Hertfordshire Association of Women's Club
30 Field Close, Sandridge, St Albans, Herts. AL4 9NW
Tel: 01727 761346
English Miscellany Folk Dance Display Group
St John's Hall, Harpenden, Herts.
Tel: 01483 755278
Explorer Scout Unit
The Hut, Waldegrave Park, Harpenden, Herts.
Tel: 01727 753100
Web: www.hesu.co.uk
French & Spanish Classes
La Jolie Ronde French and Spanish Classes
for 3 to 11 year olds.
Contact: Kate Speirs 01582 712177
linguafanatics@gmail.com
www.lajolieronde.co.uk
French Circle
Meetings at members homes
Tel: 01582 762063/768094
Friends of the Nickey Line
Tel: 01582 622771
Web: www.nickeyline.org
Floral Decoration Club
Harpenden
Tel: 01582 715729
Gateway Club
Harpenden Youth Centre, Vaughan Road, Harpenden, Herts.
Tel: Mrs Natalie Chaston 01582 621007
The Greenbelt Association
Contact Shirley Thomas, Membership Secretary
Tel: 01582 761064
Grove House Hospice
Waverley Road
St Albans
Tel: 01727 731002
Web: www.grove-house.org.uk
Hardynge Choir
Harpenden/Wheathampstead based choral society
Tel: 01582 760854
Web: www.hardyngechoir.org
Harpenden Childrens Centre
A fantastic government funded services for families of children under 5, providing information and support and the opportunity to talk to staff leading the groups and activities. There are opportunities for families to meet at our Toy Library, drop in’s and sessions with rhymes and singing, crafts and physical play. We also have information about Job Centre Plus, Childminders network and pre-schools.
C/o Batford Nursery School, Holcroft Road, Harpenden, AL5 5BQ
Tel: 01582 714210
Email: admin.harpenden@hertschildrenscentres.org.uk
Web: www.hertschildrenscentres.org.uk
Harpenden Circle
Friendly social group, women 18-45. First and third Tuesday of each month.
Tel: Emma Taylor 01582 764045
Email: balderstaylor@hotmail.com
Web: www.harpendencircle.co.uk
Harpenden and District Local History Society
Tel: 01582 764359
Harpenden Helping Hand
Ann Brooks, Care Coordinator
Tel: 01582 460507
Email: annbrooks100@aol.com
Harpenden Light Operatic Society
Meets Tuesdays and Thursdays, St Johns Hall, 8.00 pm
Tel: 01582 622420 or 01582 768574
Web: www.harpenden-operatic.co.uk
Harpenden Mencap - Services for adults and children with learning disabilities
19 Douglas Road, Harpenden AL5 2EN
Tel: 01582 460055
Email: office@harpendenmencap.co.uk
Harpenden Society
Mr Peter Barrett, Secretary, Old Pewters, The Common, Kinsbourne Green, Harpenden AL5 3PD
Tel: 01582 715306
Web: www.harpendensociety.com
Harpenden Trust
90 Southdown Road, Harpenden, Herts. AL5 1PS
Tel: 01582 460457
Email: admin@theharpendentrust.org.uk
Web: www.TheHarpendenTrust.org.uk
Harpenden Winds
Small wind orchestra
Web: www.stalbans.gov.uk/harpendenwinds
Harpenden Wing Chun
Wong Shun Leung style of Wing Chun
Roundwood Park School
Contact Tim Stanbridge
Web: www.harpendenwingchun.co.uk
Health Walks
Lead by trained volunteers from various locations in Harpenden.
Janet Rawlings Tel: 01727 848168
Email: janet.rawlings@hertscc.gov.uk
Web: http://www.hertsdirect.org/envroads/environment/countryside/hertswalks/
Hertfordshire Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre
14-15 Such Close, Letchworth, Herts. SG6 1JF
Tel: 01462 684214
Email: info@hertsmstherapy.org.uk
Web: www.hertsmstherapy.org.uk
Hertfordshire Visual Arts Forum - (Representing all art forms in Hertfordshire)
HVAF, PO. 894, St Albans Herts AL1 9EG
Tel: 07813 100651
Email: openstudios@hvaf.org.uk
Hiel & Toe Club
Harpenden Methodist Church, High Street, Harpenden, Herts. AL5 2RU
Tel: 01582 769607
HIV Support Services
The Crescent, 19 Russells Ave, St Albans, Herts.
Tel: 01727 842532
Holiday Club Roundwood School
Roundwood Park, Harpenden, Herts. AL5 3AE
Tel: 01923 353607
Horticultural Society
c/o 17 Tithe Barn Close, St. Albans,
Contact: Membership Secretary - Mrs K Petty
Show secretary - Mrs P Kemp
Tel: 01727 812554
Email: cpKemp@btinternet.com
Hurst Children's Theatre Group
Every Friday and Monday after school and every Saturday morning in Harpenden for children aged 3-16. Singing, dancing and acting - loads of fun!
Tel: Ruth Hurst 07789 607470
Web: www.hurstchildrenstheatregroup.co.uk
Junior Chess Club
39 West Way, Harpenden, Herts AL5 4RD
Contact: Jon Freeman
Email: mailto:jontrudy@yahoo.co.uk
Web: www.hertschess.com
La Jolie Ronde French and Spanish Classes
Classes for 3 to 11 year olds in Harpenden
Contact: Kate Speirs 01582 712177
Email: linguafanatics@gmail.com
www.lajolieronde.co.uk
The Lea Singers
Harpenden based chamber choir (Rehearse St George's School, Wednesday 19.45 - 22.00)
Tel: 01582 620993
Email: leasingerspress@fsmail.net
Web: www.leasingers.co.uk
Life Club
90 minute weekly workshop focusing on a different life topic each week to inspire you to make the most of your life.
St Nicholas Church Hall, Harpenden
Tel 01582 873646
Email: jasmine.jenkins1@btinternet.com
Lions Club of Harpenden
Harpenden Indoor Bowls Club
Waldegrave Park
Aldwickbury Crescent
Harpenden, AL5 5SA
Tel: 0845 833 7426
Email: info@harpenden-lions.co.uk
Web: www.harpenden-lions.co.uk
Music Makers Choir of Harpenden
Rehearsal address: The Parlour, Harpenden High Street Methodist Church
Tel: Judie Caunce 01582 765006
Email: jac@events-plus.co.uk
Musicale Adult Band
Tuesday evenings, all standards welcome.
Tel: 01582 713333
Email: mailto:info@musicale.co.uk
Web: www.musicale.co.uk
National Childbirth Trust
Tel: 07005 801748
Web: www.nct.org.uk/in-your-area/harpenden
Neighbourhood Watch
For residents wishing to join local watches.
Web: www.owl.co.uk
My Neighbourhood Watch is the national site.
Web: www.mynhw.co.uk
Police Station (Harpenden)
Vaughan Road, Harpenden, Herts. AL5 4GZ
Tel: 01582 768769 24 hours 01707 276122
Non-emergency number 0845 33 00 222 (calls charged at local rate).
Web: www.herts.police.uk
Probus Secundus Club Harpenden
Contact: John Lowe on 01582 713018
Email: mailto:administrator@probus-secundus-harpenden.co.uk
Web: www.probus-secundus-harpenden.co.uk
Orphans Know More
Partners with Ugandan families fostering AIDS orphans, Highfield Oval, Ambrose Lane, Harpenden, Herts AL5 4BX
Tel: John Peachey 01582 463243
Email: orphans@oval.com
Web: www.orphansknowmore.com
Photographic Society
Harpenden Trust Hall, Southdown Road, Harpenden
7.45pm - 10.00pm. First and third Tuesday, September - June
Tel: 01582 715369.
Web: www.hpsociety.co.uk
Rainbows, Brownies, Guides & Young Leaders
Please contact Division Commissioner Alison Watkins
Tel: 01582 712209 Email: awatk_2000@yahoo.co.uk
Red Cross Centre Organiser
Tel: 01582 624678 - Jean Leake
Red Cross Medical Loan
Tel: 01442 260157
Red Cross First Aid Group
Tel: Linda Black 01582 713948
Red Cross First Aid Courses
Tel: Karen Martin 01582 621764
Registrar
St. Albans Registration The Gatehouse, 1 Victoria Square, Victoria Street, St. Albans AL1 3TF
Tel: 01727 774030 (Mon-Thurs 8.30am - 5.00pm, Friday 8.30am - 4.00pm)
Rothamsted International
West Common, Harpenden. AL5 2JQ
Tel: Dr. Paresh Shah 01582 763133 extn. 2810
Email: paresh.shah@bbsrc.ac.uk
Web: www.rothamsted-international.org
Roundabout - Harpenden Mencap Charity Shop
4 Grove Road, Southdown, Harpenden AL5 1PX
Tel: 01582 764274
Round Table
Contact: Mark Sanders (Chairman)
Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month. Local, national and international fun and fellowship for men aged 25-45.
Email:mailtchairman@harpendenroundtable.org
Web: http://www.harpendenroundtable.org/
Rubber Bridge Club
Tel: 01582 760964
Scottish Country Dancing Club
Meet at Lourdes Hall at 8.00pm
Tuesday; experienced dancers.
Thursday; beginners & improvers.
Tel: 07855 661510
Web: www.HSCDC.org.uk
Scouts
Web: www.harpendenscouts.org.uk
Signing Babies
Baby Signing classes with music, puppets and stories from five months to three years.
Meets at All Saints Church Hall, Station Road, Harpenden 2.00pm - 3.00pm
Tel: Katja O'Neill 07862 253743
Email: katja@signingbabies.co.uk
Web: www.signingbabies.co.uk
Sing and Sign
Baby sign language to music for hearing babies from 7 months
Tel: Kay Miller 01462 440225
Web: www.singandsign.com
Shopmobility Scheme
Operates from the rear of the High Street Methodist Church and is open on Thursdays and Fridays from 9am – 4pm.
Tel: 07951 973725 (Harpenden office hours only)
Spanish lessons for children
Tel: 01582 622788
Web: www.languagepractice.com/chicos
St Albans CAB
64 London Road, St Albans, Herts.
Tel: 01727 855269 or 01727 819339
Web: www.stalbans-cab.org
Stage Further School of World Art
Drama, dance and music with a world theme. Lots of fun for thinking 6-16 year olds.
Classes at St. Nicholas' Church Hall, Harpenden.
Contact: Miss Sarah Williams - School Principal
Tel: 0845 2412405
Email: info@stagefurther.com
Web: www.stagefurther.com
Three Valleys Club
The Wheathampstead Club1 Lower Luton Road, Wheathampstead, Herts. AL4 8JL
Tel: Richard Solomon 01582 460592
Email: elpresidente@threevalleys.org
Web: www.threevalleys.org
Tick Tock Music for the under five's
Various classes in Harpenden
Tel: 01462 457702
Email: rachel@rfarrow.wanadoo.co.uk
Web: www.ticktockmusic.co.uk
Tiny Tots Tunes
A drop-in music group with classes for babies and toddlers (up to 2.5 years).
Tel: 07769 694178
Email:pippa@tinytotstunes.co.uk
Web:www.tinytotstunes.co.uk
United Nations
Mr Trevor Evans 33 Derwent Road, Harpenden AL5 3PA
Tel: 01582 713895
University of the Third Age
Harpenden Trust Hall in Southdown Road at 2.30pm on Thursdays in term time.
Tel: 01582 713127 or 01582 715929
Upper Lea Valley Group
91 Lower Luton Road, Harpenden, Herts AL5 5AJ
Tel: Ian Savage 01582 621017
Email: ulvg@ulvg.org.uk
Web: www.ulvg.org.uk
Venture Scouts
Tel: John Finch 01582 715317
Victim Support
Tel: 01707 354626
Village Rotary Club
Meets Wednesday, 7.30pm for 8.00pm at the Conservative Club, Vaughan Road.
Tel: Geoffrey Turner, Secretary 01582 769882
Email: secretary@hvrc.net
Web: www.hvrc.net
Volunteer Police Cadets
For youngsters aged 13 to 18. Promote a positive of young people
and the police in the community.
Email: del@harpendenvpc.co.uk
Web: http://www.harpendendirectory.co.uk/Harpenden-Police-Cadets-1284.html
Young in Herts
Tel: 01438 737502
Youth Talk
28 Spencer Street, St Albans, Herts. AL3 5EG
Tel: 01727 868684