There has been a Community run playgroup in Banwell for forty years. It has been on the school site for twenty-five of them. Over the years it has served the local families in the village very well. Throughout its history the playgroup has maintained very strong links with both Banwell Primary School and the local Community. Playgroup sees itself very much as part of the local community and has established links with the Banwell & Winscombe Children's Centre, the Baby and Toddler Group, local services, the annual village carnival and church groups. For the seven years of our forty year existence, and small band of parents have been raising money for a new building, our previous one had been condemned by the local authorities. For the last 2 1/2 years our playgroup was in exile down at the Youth and Community Club. Now however, we are back where we belong up behind the Primary School in our new building, which opened in September 2007 and officially opened in November 2007. You can see photographs of the rise of our new building in the photo's section on the website. Banwell Buddies is a community playgroup run by a voluntary Management Committee. It is very reliant on the goodwill of volunteers, committee members and an extremely committed staff team. We hope you will take the opportunity to get involved as much as possible in the running of the service and feel enabled to share your special skills and experience to the benefit of all the children, should you decide to bring your child to us. If you would like further information or would like to arrange a visit please telephone the office. Yours Sincerely, Vikki Fitzpatrick .