Penistone Leisure Centre

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Board Games Cafe

We Need Your Help To Get Word Out About Our New Board Game Café!

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We are starting a Board Game Cafe on a Sunday evening from 5-10pm, so if you’re into your board games, why not come on down?

We have a selection of games available to play, which are included in the cover fee of £3.50 per adult (£2 for first child, £1 for subsequent children) and we have a selection of hot/cold drinks, cakes and snacks available to buy to enjoy with your games! We hope to offer light meals soon too, when we have hired a cook!

At present due to Covid Restrictions, all tables must be booked in advance via our website. You can book a table for up to 6 people from different households, or more people from just two households.

So why not message those friends you’ve been meaning to meet up with, and arrange a game!

Please tag anyone you know who’s into their board games, and SHARE this post to help us get word out!

Book your table here!

Interested in Volunteering at Our Board Games Café?

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We’re in the final stages of getting the board games cafe ready to open! Like many of the sessions here at Penistone Leisure Centre, it will be volunteer-led, so we’re looking for friendly and enthusiastic gamers who are interested in coming along to help attendees choose their games, and be on hand with hints and tips for players if needed.

We have gathered and collated information from our Board Games Café Survey and have bought and installed plenty of shelving for storing the board games in the cafe area. We have

We’re holding an open evening for potential volunteers on Sunday 30th May at 6-8pm, so we can get to know you and finalise our plans to open- we’ll provide the pizza! Volunteers will have exclusive benefits, such as getting to choose the new games that we purchase (a great way to get to play the games you want to buy, without having to buy them!)

Board Games Café Survey!

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We had a brilliant response to our post a couple of weeks ago about running a board games café at Penistone Leisure Centre, so we’ve put together a survey to just make sure we get the sessions/days/times/games right!

If you would be interested in coming along to our board games café, please fill in the survey to tell us what you think, and share it with anyone else you think may come along!

You can find out more about the Board Games Cafe here. If anyone has suggestions for a name for the sessions that would be great too! There are loads of brill ideas but lots are already taken- Snakes and Lattes etc!

Hands Up If You Love Board Games?!

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We’re hoping to start a board games Café when restrictions allow and we’d love to hear from you about what games you would like to see here at PLC!

Not sure what a Board Game Café is?! It’s a social place to come together and play! Board Games are a fantastic leveller, they bring people together and they are a fun way to spend time with others. Basically, we’ll have a large number of board games available to play and a friendly environment with drinks and snacks available to order. Come with your family, come with your friends, come alone- there will be a friendly welcome!

There will be a small charge to play which covers the costs of new games, and will allow us to keep a fresh range of games available! If there’s a game you particularly enjoy, you may even be able to rent it to take home, subject to availability!

We’re going to need Games Gurus to help us plan and run a brilliant Board Games Café! Are board games your thing? We will need volunteer Game Gurus to help people choose games to play and help them get started playing! We’d love to hear from you if you’d like to get involved!

Also, we are happy to accept donations of complete, good quality board games if anyone is having a lockdown clear-out! Board games can be dropped off during out opening times.