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FAB Cafés are fun, informal social groups for people aged 50 and over in Bristol. They’re a great way to meet others, share stories and feel more connected to your local community.

All our FAB Café venues are wheelchair accessible and have suitable facilities.

Our current cafés:


                                       FAB CAFES


Location  Venue Date/Time

Lawrence Weston

 

FAB affiliate cafe

Happy Days House, Ambition House, 2 Stile Acres, Lawrence Weston

BS11 0PZ

T: 07741 142701

 

Mondays

10:30am - 12:30pm

 

Avonmouth

Avonmouth Community Centre, 257 Avonmouth Rd

BS11 9EN

T: 0117 929 7537

 

Mondays

2:30pm – 4:30pm

Southville

LGBTQ+

 

Tobacco factory, Raleigh Rd,

BS3 1TF

 T: 0117 929 7537

 

Tuesdays

10:00am – 2:30pm

Withywood

Mega Bytes Cafe, The Withywood Centre, Queens Rd

BS13 8QA

T: 0117 929 7537

 

Tuesdays

11:00am – 1:00pm

FAB Telephone Cafe 

 

Contact FAB to join from your landline or mobile (no charges incurred)

 T: 0117 929 7537

 

 

Tuesdays

11:00am – 12:00pm

and

2:00pm – 3:00pm

 

Westbury-On-Trym 

Grupo Cafe, The Lounge,
8 Canford Lounge

BS9 3DH 

T: 0117 929 7537

 

Wednesdays

10:00am – 12:00noon

Henleaze

St Peters Church, The Drive

BS9 4LD

T: 0117 929 7537

 

Wednesdays

10:30am – 12:30pm

St Werburgh’s

LGBTQ+

Neck of the Woods Café, St Werburgh’s Community Centre,

BS2 9TJ

 T: 0117 929 7537

 

Thursdays

10:00am – 12:00pm

Telephone Readers Group

 

FAB Affiliate Café

 

Contact FAB to join from your landline or mobile (no charges incurred) 

T: 0117 929 7537

 

Thursdays

11:00am – 12:00pm

Hengrove

 

FAB Affiliate Café

 

Oasis Academy John William, Petherton Road, Hengrove

BS14 9BU

T: 073 8448 1953

 

Thursdays

10:00am – 11:30am

 

Term time only

St George’s Concert Hall

 

St George's Cafe, Great George St

BS1 5RR

T: 0117 929 7537

 

Thursdays

2:30pm (after the lunchtime concert)

 

Concert dates only

 

Hillfields / Silver Explorers

 

FAB Affiliate Café

 

Hillfields Library, Summerleaze

BS16 4HL

From 18th July, this cafe will move to:

Hillfields Park Community Centre, Off Thicket Avenue

BS16 4EH

 T: 077 0905 3290

 

Fridays

10:00am – 12:00pm

Fishponds

Colliers Gardens, 39 Colliers Gardens, Delabere Ave

BS16 2NA

T: 0117 929 7537

 

Fridays

2:00pm – 4:00pm

Bristol Hippodrome

 

FAB Affiliate Café

 

Piano Room @ Bristol Hippodrome, Augustines Parade

BS1 4UZ 

T: 0117 235 5300

Approx monthly

1:00pm - 3pm

 

To join this group, you must have a ticket for a “Matinee Mingle”

 

If you’d like to see a FAB Café in your area, we’d love to hear from you!
Call us on 0117 929 7537
Or email fab@ageukbristol.org.uk

Please note: the running of FAB Cafés depends on the availability of our volunteer hosts. While we do our utmost to run them weekly, there may occasionally be cancellations. If this happens, we’ll post any last-minute updates on our Facebook page.

Life’s more fun with FAB – come see for yourself!

Website: www.ageuk.org.uk/bristol/our-services/fab
Email: fab@ageukbristol.org.uk
Call: 0117 929 7537
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