What is the Wide Awake Club?
Well, it's a meeting place for dads or grandads and children (0-6yrs), it's a place to play, chat and build friendships. Fun, laughter, banter with loads of noise is the order of the day! Tables, seating and a wide variety of childrens toys & activity games are supplied. Everyone can expect to be pandered to by the team - supplied with copious amounts of percolated coffee (or tea) and squash. Loads of good thick toast and best buy bacon, sausage, egg sandwiches (and to any combination of their choosing) topped with either tomato or brown sauce.

The cost per session - representing excellent value for all.
£1.50 with all drinks and toast included.
£2.50 with all the above plus our best buy sandwich.

Where and when is WAC held?
St. Thomas' Church Annexe every last Saturday of the month unless subject to change (Christmas, Easter and Summer holidays) - 10.00am to 11.30am-'ish'.

The aim was & is fourfold:
1) To give mums a break from the kids for a couple hours or so, allowing them time to do what they want to do, in peace.
2) To give the opportunity for dads and/or grandads to spend premium time with the children. Allowing them to focus their attention on the kids, without other distractions keeping them away. A time window when dads can have and enjoy the kids company to themselves.
3) The children (coming from different families) meet and play together, whilst the dads 'n grandads can find time to make new friends and have a 'chinwag' together.
4) The main criteria is for WAC to be an evangelistic tool in a very relaxed 'non threatening' way. The team too, as well as pandering to the needs of all and sundry, take the opportunity to engage the adults in befriending conversation - showing interest in them as individuals and that of their families. Invitations (via leaflets) to the Hub, special events, appropriate services and the following month's WAC are given regularly. Also a monthly reminder via e-mail is sent to all the dads.

Extra to the above - is to provide a variety of external evangelistic activities for the dads/grandads to be invited to. Details to be given in due course.