The Welbeloved Club Blog

Dec 29, 2020
5 min

A socially-distanced year for The Welbeloved Club...

At the start of the year, we could never have imagined what was yet to unfold. When I think back to our January, February and March lunch...

Nov 17, 2020
1 min

Operation Christmas Cheer

The Welbeloved Club are delighted to once again be teaming up with the Bishop's Stortford Independent, to give our members a Christmas to...

Oct 26, 2020
1 min

Pre-order your Christmas Cards!

We are delighted to say that for the first time, this year we will be selling our own Charity Christmas Cards! With the difficult year bo...

Aug 6, 2020
5 min

What Have We Been Up To?

I haven’t written a blog since March, right when things were headed from bad to worse concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. Having read it ba...

Apr 5, 2020
5 min

Sunday 1st March – an unexpected last

Our March lunch feels like a distant memory now. At the time, we had only small concerns over the COVID-19 situation but none of us could...

Mar 23, 2020
2 min

COVID-19 update

As you have probably guessed, we have made the very difficult decision to stop our lunches for the foreseeable future. We are desperately...

Mar 10, 2020
1 min

Welbeloved Quiz Night

Come and join us for our first Quiz Night fundraiser! All details below:

Feb 25, 2020
4 min

Sunday 2nd February – a lifeline

My mum recently found an old copy of the order of service for Doris’ funeral back in 2004. Inside was what was said about her and I wante...

Jan 26, 2020
4 min

Sunday 5th January – a fresh start

So here we are – our first lunch of 2020! I’m not quite sure where the time has gone, but it’s now just over two years since I first aske...

Dec 29, 2019
3 min

Sunday 1st December – Happy New Year!

Our Christmas lunch feels so long ago now! Back on the 1st December, we hosted our biggest lunch yet, serving in total (we think!) around...

Nov 21, 2019
1 min

The Bishop’s Stortford Independent Christmas Appeal

We are so fortunate that our local newspaper (Bishop’s Stortford Independent) are hosting another Christmas appeal for us, in order to gi...

Nov 18, 2019
3 min

Sunday 3rd November – Remembrance

This was our second November lunch since we started, and it proved just as special as the last! We decided to stick with the Remembrance ...

Oct 27, 2019
3 min

Sunday 6th October – a lonely season

We are now well into our 2019 autumn season, the nights are getting longer and our guest list is certainly growing! Autumn and winter can...

Sep 29, 2019
3 min

Sunday 1st September – some special guests

Our September lunch was a very exciting one! We were delighted to welcome TV star Jeff Brazier, his wife Kate and two sons Bobby & Freddy...

Aug 27, 2019
3 min

Sunday 4th August – no slowing down

It was around this time two years ago that I first thought launching this club was actually doable. The thought was there but it was very...

Jul 27, 2019
2 min

Sunday 7th July – Summer is here

Summer is well and truly here! Our numbers are continuing to grow with more enquiries coming in now more than ever. Everyone who calls me...

Jun 23, 2019
3 min

Sunday 2nd June – Remembering D-Day

The Welbeloved Club is heading into summer, but showing no signs of slowing down! Our numbers remain high and we are now feeding more gue...

Jun 9, 2019
1 min

RB Hair Salon teams up with Welbeloved!

EXCITING NEWS! Ahead of their new Hair Salon launch, we have teamed up with RB Hair to host ‘Chat & Blow-Dry’ mornings! Starting on Thurs...

May 23, 2019
4 min

Sunday 12th May – a lunch fit for a Royal!

May proved a slightly quieter lunch for us this month, for both guest and volunteer numbers. This is by no means a bad thing – we are del...

May 2, 2019
4 min

Sunday 14th April – a special Easter

I can’t believe Easter is upon us! The time is passing so fast – I can’t believe we are at our fourth lunch of the year already. Easter i...

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