Bon Coeur joins British Community Committee
Bon Coeur has become a member of the British Community Committee of France – otherwise known as ‘British In France’ – and is listed as a Charitable Association on their website.
Liberté des Ânes fundraising
On Sunday 8/4/2018 Jan Lemmy held one of her popular fundraising lunches to help support her donkey sanctuary at Lavolvène, Belvèze. She raised 720€ from the lunches, a raffle and sales from her shop. Haydn Burnham presented her with a cheque for 500€ from Bon Coeur.
Open Garden Day Early May
John Massey invites you to visit his open garden between 14h and 18h on Saturday 05/05/2018. Proceeds will go to À Chacun son Everest to support children recovering from cancer and women recovering from breast cancer.
What happens to your donations of clothes?
Here is a pile of clothes waiting to be sorted. Our shop is small so our clothes team (this time Gilly, Marie and Dot) use their experience to select clothes that are in season and most likely to sell. After two and a half hours of work, chat, tea and cake there are priced clothes […]
Much Ado About Nothing in Beauville
On Thursday 2-8-2018 award winning UK theatre company Antic Disposition will present a new production of one of Shakespeare’s best loved comedies. Follow the link to book tickets and picnics.
Invitation to Open Garden Days
Pat and Peter Aldous invite you to visit their open garden between 14h and 19h on Sunday 27.05.2018 or Sunday 03.06.2018. Proceeds will go to À Chacun son Everest to support children recovering from cancer and women recovering from breast cancer.
Giant Annual Book Sale
On Tuesday the 1st of May the giant book sale will be held in the salle des fêtes at Beauville from 10h to 16h. Come and choose your books, DVDs, CDs, shoes, belts, bags, scarves, bedding, tablecoths etc and enjoy some refreshments. Proceeds will go to Cancer Support France, Chiens Guides Alienor and Mere aux Bêtes.
Heads-up for Upcoming Events for Spring/Summer 2018
Annual General Meeting Monday 26.03.2018 Giant Book Sale Tuesday 01.05.2018 In the Salle des Fêtes with refreshments and collections of Linen, Shoes, Belts, Bags, Scarves, etc. Concours de Pétanque Franco-Britannique Saturday 14.07.2018 Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare Thursday 02.08.2018 An evening presentation of the Shakespeare play by “Antic Disposition”
New Books, CDs and DVDs in the Shop
Thanks to Annie, Louise and Haydn, there’s an all new range of books, CDs and DVDs on display at the shop. Come in soon and have a browse. Find something you like and help support our work with charities. And don’t forget there will also be a massive choice of books at Bon Coeur’s Giant Book Sale on […]
Antic Disposition Richard III
Bon Coeur Annual Dinner
The Bon Coeur annual dinner was held at the Restaurant du Midi on Thursday 16/1/2018 and was attended by 11 members and wives.
Marché de Noël
The Beauville Marché de Noël was held on 16/12/2017 and a team of Pat and Peter, Annie, Lisa, Gilly, Dot, Haydn and Anne ran the shop in shifts from 12h to 19h30. Customers were offered mulled wine, sausage rolls, Christmas cake and mince pies and the shop took 266,07€.
Apero Party
On Sunday 3/12/2017 Pat and Peter Aldous held an apero party for the members at their home in St Amans-du-Pech.
New Stock – Winter Clothes
Greer and Gilly have changed the clothes in the shop to the winter range. Come visit to see the new stock and find a great bargain for your winter wardrobe.
New Stock – Books, CDs and DVDs
Thanks to Annie, Lisa and Julie, there’s an all new range of books, CDs and DVDs on display at the shop. Come in soon and have a browse. Find something you like and help support our work with charities.
Poppy Appeal Raises Money
The sale of Royal British Legion poppies at the shop raised 58,30€ and the committee agreed to send 100€ to the Royal British Legion representative in Bordeaux.
Pumpkins raise money
Peter Aldous sold his home grown pumpkins for charity and raised 83€ for Bon Coeur
Major allocation to good causes
We’re delighted to announce that the committee agreed to allocate 6750€ of funds to good causes.
Bon Coeur at MacMillan Coffee Morning
Friday 29/9/2017 was the annual MacMillan coffee morning at Crabières, Le Bugat, Bourg-de-Visa. A Bon Coeur team of Gilly and Keith, Marie, Dot, Charles and Brian ran a stand mainly selling clothes. 138,15€ was raised and was given to the organisers to be forwarded to Macmillan Cancer Support.
Stock change in the shop
Pat Rowe and Monique have changed all the books, CDs and DVDs at the shop. Come in and explore. Enrich yourself with music and literature while helping our good causes.
Bon Coeur at the Brocante
On Sunday 13/8/2017 the big annual Beauville brocante (car boot sale) was held on the Place du Carré. A Bon Coeur team of Gilly, Monique, Pat and Peter Aldous, Peter Grey-Hughes, Pat Rowe and Bryan Greetham ran a stand from set-up at 6h to clear-up at 18h. 344,75€ was taken on the day but deals are still […]
Bon Coeur welcomes Shakespeare
The London based touring acting troupe “Antic Disposition” was founded in 2005. They do a summer tour around the Dordogne and Lot valleys. Bon Coeur’s secretary Charles Miskin invited them to do a performance in Beauville in 2017. On Thursday 3/8 they performed Shakespeare’s Richard III under the trees on the Place du Carré. They […]
Current Account receives no longer current currency
Our thanks to Haydn Burnham for the donation of a bag of obsolete coins and notes to Bon Coeur. There were 17 different currencies and after a count they were posted to a currency dealer who put 198,51€ into Bon Coeur’s bank account.
Petanque 14 juillet 2017
In 1994 Nick Twilley started the Grande Franco Britanique Concours de Pétanque which has been held in Beauville on the 14th of July every year since. When Nick died the Office de Tourisme took over the event. In 2017 the OT wanted to hand over and Bon Coeur managed the event. The popular T shirts were reintroduced […]
Gardening books on sale at Jardins Ouvert day
On Sunday 7/5 John Massey’s garden was open to the public as part of the national “Jardins Ouvert” scheme. They raise funds for “A Chacun son Everest” which is a charity supporting children recovering from cancer and leukaemia, and women recovering from breast cancer. Bon Coeur ran a stand selling books about gardening. John’s team of […]
Book Sale
On Monday 1/5 Bon Coeur held the annual Giant Book Sale in the Beauville Salle des Fetes from 10h to 17h. Also on sale were a collection of furniture, linen and refreshments. The previous record was broken and 1638,49€ was taken on the day. After the sale a different set of books was put back into […]
AGM 2017
On 27/3/17 at the AGM the committee was re-elected.
More money allocated to good causes
On 20/3/17 The committee agreed to allocate 2200€ of funds to good causes. This was in addition to 1750€ which the committee agreed by email and allocated during the winter.