Downside Community Centre
& the Community Café

Who we are

Pan Together is a small local charity which exists to support and provide a community hub for the residents of Newport East, Isle of Wight. We are a membership-based organisation, where members have a say and (if they live locally) a vote on what we do.

Pan Together has eight charity trustees who have been elected to provide a strategic overview for the charity, and we employ a full-time Community Centre Manager, three part-time project workers and three part-time café staff.

We began as a community centre in 2007 and operated for many years, supporting our local community, from a portacabin. With local authority funding we relocated in 2016 to our fully equipped and purpose-built Community Centre in the heart of Pan in Newport East on the Isle of Wight.

Operating as a registered charity since January 2018, our Community Centre boasts a vibrant and popular Community Café, a weekly Community Larder, a fully equipped IT learning suite, a professionally equipped training kitchen and several community meeting rooms which are available to hire.

Without the help of our dedicated staff, amazing volunteers, individuals and organisations – who donate their time and services – and successful grant applications, we would not have been able to achieve any of this.

 

 

As part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June 2022, Pan Together was awarded the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service (QAVS).  This is the highest award a voluntary organisation can receive in the UK and is the organisational equivalent of an MBE.

 

 

In December 2022, the charity received a High Sheriff’s Award in recognition of ‘great and valuable services to the community’ from Kay Marriott.

 

 

On 31st March 2023, Pan Together received a Gold Award and was named People-focused Project of the Year at the first Vectis Radio Isle of Wight Community Awards.

Supporting the Pan community since 2007.

Get Involved

If you would like to get involved in our work or support us in any way, please:

 

News & Updates

Royal visit to Pan Together on 24th May 2022

by | Jul 4, 2022

Prince Edward and Sophie Countess of Wessex visit Isle of Wight | Isle of Wight County Press The Earl and Countess of Wessex being welcomed to Downside Community Centre by children from Barton Primary School. Left to right: Prince Edward, Susie Sheldon (Lord...

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Join for FREE!

We are a membership-based organisation, where members have a say and (if you live locally) a vote on what we do.  If you want to help us to continue to make a difference, why not become a member too?  It’s free and all you have to do is Contact Us.

Once we’ve received your membership request, you’ll be asked to complete a short form and once this is received you too will be a member of Pan Together – making a real difference to people predominantly within Pan, Pan Meadows, Barton and Fairlee in east Newport.

Upcoming Events

There are bingo nights on the second Thursday of each month from 6.30 pm to 9 pm.  Entrance is £1; it’s £5 per bingo book; and everyone is welcome.

Every Monday from 10am until 2pm, there are free drop-in sessions in the IT room for people wanting to brush up their skills and/or get help with their job CV and/or are thinking about returning to work after a break.  No booking is required and if you’re interested, just pop along.

Contact us for further details.

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