Category Archives: News

BeCHaR and Mears Construction have teamed up and have been breaking their backs to produce a new Community Garden. The project received a very generous donation of £2,000.00 from Margaret Davey (Ex.Cllr of Castle Ward – Bedford). These funds, along … Continue reading →

On a recent visit to The Prebend Day Centre to see first hand the work we do here, Anne from John Lewis noticed our broken down oven. She had been so impressed with all the work we do and the … Continue reading →

The Rotary Club of De Parys Bedford have kindly sponsored our new and latest involvement project for guests attending our service. They kindly sponsored BeCHaR to purchase all the equipment needed to set-up our guest led and run Tuck Shop. … Continue reading →

BeCHaR has formed a partnership with HSBC! They have secured a whooping £1,700.00 towards repainting the day centre and purchasing some nifty bike racks for the courtyard. Jennifer Crawley, Retail Branch Manager, pulled together two fab teams of Volunteers from … Continue reading →

Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat Please to put a penny in the old man’s hat; If you haven’t got a penny, a ha’penny will do, If you haven’t got a ha’penny then God bless you! This well … Continue reading →

Harvest is here! Yet again the golden months of Autumn have slowly but surely crept back into our lifes. Summer has all but drifted by and rain, fog and frost all but confirms that Winter will soon be upon us … Continue reading →

BeCHaR has been tending to an allotment this year with the view to offer alternative activities to our client group… The allotment is located in Allen Park, Queens Park Ward, Bedford. It started off rather bumpy and its success is … Continue reading →

Another two years have rolled by! It’s the time for Bedfordians and visitors from near and far to visit our historic town to help celebrate in Bedford River Festival 2010. We are proudly being represented and supported this year; by … Continue reading →

The mayor of bedford has chosen The Prebend Day Centre as the charity he’d like to support this year.