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Summer Grand Bazaar a grand success

Bon Cœur’s Summer Grand Bazaar 2025 was again very popular and successful – raising over €9,300 for the good causes that we support ! Lots of great bargains for all the visitors  – and a very popular buvette with cakes and light lunches. Look out for our next one – 8 & 9 November. New donations of quality […]

Report on the Grand Bazaar 13 & 14/11/2021

Total sales of slightly over 5 500€ were a bit less than the record set by the Summer Bazaar in June. This may have been due to the weather and reduced number of visitors. Unfortunately I was given the dates of 2 & 3 October for the Bazaar, and I didn’t become aware that these […]

Annual General Meeting 31/8/21

The Annual General Meeting of Bon Coeur was held on Tuesday the 31st of August at 10am in the Office de Tourisme. In previous years the AGM has been held in March but this wasn’t possible due to Covid restrictions. There were 14 attendees. The president’s report covered the period from January 2020 until August […]

Pétanque 22 August 2021

The 14th of July is the traditional date for this event, but the weather forecast was bad, so the event was postponed to the afternoon of the Fête de St Roch. For the 28th edition there were 16 players but only 4 of these were British. Due to the closure of the Restaurant du Midi […]

Brocante 8/8/2021

The weather was perfect for this year’s brocante. The Bon Coeur stand at the brocante was run by Pat and Peter Aldous, Peter Grey Hughes, Haydn Burnham, Terence Kennedy and Monique Wijnker, and took 380,30€. The shop was manned by Dot Human and Gilly Fitzhuggett and took 205€. This makes a total of 585,30€ for […]

Report on the Summer Bazaar and Giant Book Sale 12&13/6/2021

This was a record breaking event with total sales of 6060€. After costs of 605€ the net income was 5455€. We thank you all for your support and we hope you enjoyed your visit. Our volunteers worked for many hours to prepare the stock, sell and clear up afterwards. 

Summer Bazaar and Giant Book Sale

This event normally takes place on the 1st of May. It has been delayed because of Covid regulations. Remember to bring your mask. Here is your chance to meet friends and browse a huge range of brocante, clothes and books.

Royal British Legion Poppies

The 2nd lockdown started just after the poppies had been put in the shop, so there was hardly any money in the collection box at the shop. However a cheque for 250€ has been sent to the Royal British Legion Representative in Bordeaux.

Report on the Grand Bazaar and Giant Book Sale 3&4/10/20

Despite the weather and the Covid 19 problems the income was slightly more than last year. The preliminary figures for the income were as follows:- books 1,224€, clothes 1,094€, brocante 2,247€, homeware (on the stage) 497€, catering 538€, donation 40€ making a total of 5,640€. After further sales during the clear-up and some expenses the […]

Brocante 09/08/2020

Bon Coeur ran a stand at the brocante which was manned from early morning to late afternoon by Pat and Peter Aldous, Peter Grey-Hughes, Haydn Burnham, Elise and Terence Kennedy. The stand took 370€ and the shop which was manned by Dot and Brian from 10h to 12h took about 80€.

Pétanque 14 July 2020

The 27th annual Grande Franco Britannique Concours de Pétanque was held on Tuesday the 14th of July on the Place du Carré in Beauville. This was the 4th time Bon Coeur managed the event. We thank our sponsors for supporting the event. You can find their names by following this link to the event website. We […]

Report on the Jardin Anglais Event 2020

The Jardin Anglais event was held over 4 days from 3pm to 6pm at the home of Pat and Peter Aldous in St-Amans-du-Pech. The days were Thursday 21/5 Ascension, Sunday 24/5, Sunday 31/5 and 1/6 lundi de Pentecôte. This was shortly after the start of stage 2 of the Covid 19 confinement, causing a reduced […]

Open Garden 2020

Pat and Peter Aldous invite you to visit their garden at Saint-Amans-du-Pech which will be open to the public between 15h and 18h on Thursday 21/5, Sunday 24/5, Sunday 31/5 and Monday 1/6. From Saint-Amans-du-Pech follow the D80 which is sign posted to Penne-d’Agenais and Nals is 700m from the D656. You will be asked […]

Report on Virtual AGM 31/3/2020

Due to the Covid 19 regulations the AGM scheduled for 18/3/2020 was cancelled. The virtual AGM was scheduled for 14H on 31/3/2020, and the president circulated the following pdf documents to members and volunteers by email. AGM 2020 President’s report, Gifts to end 2019 for AGM, Treasurer’s report 2019 for AGM, Final accounts 2019 for […]

Report on Bon Coeur Annual Dinner 2020

The annual dinner for Bon Coeur members was held at Chez Khadi in Lacardayre on 10/03/2020. 17 members and partners attended and we thank our hosts for a delicious meal.

Report on Embassy Outreach meeting at Brax on Thursday 27/2

On Thursday 27th Feb – Charles Miskin went to the Brax / AGEN British Embassy Outreach Briefing.  He says it was much better than previous ones as the information is now much more concrete, with the signed Withdrawal Agreement that protects most of the rights of anyone resident here prior to the end of 2020. […]

Report on the Marché de Noël 14/12/2019

The Marché de Noël was held in the Salle des Fêtes because the wind and rain made the erection of marquees too dangerous. Bon Coeur had a stand selling calendars. You can still buy calendars at the shop or order them by post. Click here for more information.

Report on Grand Bazaar 16 & 17/11/2019

Bon Coeur’s 2nd Grand Bazaar was held on Saturday 16/11 and Sunday 17/11. Our volunteers made a huge effort preparing all the items for sale, setting up the displays and home cooking a range of items for the cafeteria. The event raised 5605.95€ for good causes which is a big increase over the 3800€ raised […]