Basecamp Cooperative Chepstow

12/12/2025

This winter, we’re inviting adults, especially women, to take time for themselves in a busy season, through a pilot series of creative and nature-based workshops.

Creative activity and time outdoors are not luxuries, they’re basic human needs. They help reduce stress, improve mood, and bring a sense of accomplishment and connection. When women are supported, families and communities benefit too.

Spaces are limited! Expression of Interest – Winter Wellbeing Workshops – Fill in form - https://forms.office.com/r/qkaTapAFNn

11/12/2025

We are pleased to invite you to the screening of this Czech Christmas classic! ❄️✨

Join us on Sunday, 21 December at 6:00 pm in the Green Room for the beloved Czech adaptation of Cinderella (Three Wishes for Cinderella / Tři oříšky pro Popelku). Experience the beauty of the Czech winter countryside and enjoy the story of a brave, independent Cinderella. It has been a holiday favourite across Europe for generations.

Treat your taste buds to free hot chocolate, mince pies, and popcorn, made possible by MCC Small Grants funding & Electric Picture Hall.

Celebrate International Migrants Day and the Christmas season with us, as we enjoy this cinematic gem together.

01/12/2025

Our winning number from the November Lottery Draw is no.39!

23/11/2025

22/11/2025

Winter can ask a lot of us; mentally, physically, and financially!
So this Saturday at Mill Common, we chose to pause. To wander. To breathe.

With John Gareth, Mill Common Community Engagement Officer for Monmouthshire County Council, we began our wreath-making workshop not at a table but on a stroll. Drizzle on our sleeves, hands full of small wonders: Hawthorn berries, Beech leaves, Ivy, dried Bracken, Old Man’s Beard wisps… tiny accents of late autumn to welcome winter in.

At Basecamp Cooperative, we believe creativity isn’t a luxury. It’s a human need. We don’t need special skills or degrees to make something beautiful, only permission to try, to notice, to play, to reconnect with nature’s quieter rhythm.

As we settle into winter’s slower heartbeat, we are here to support our community, whether through our affordable counselling, therapeutic services, or wellbeing and nature workshops. Here’s to wonder - the walking kind and the awe-filled kind, and to creating what grounds us.

Huge thanks to MCC, who made this workshop possible, and to Chepstow Garden Centre and the maintenance team at the Dean Academy for the donated evergreen offcuts and foliage; nothing went to waste, and they brought joy to many.

Please find out more about the Mill Common Restoration Project, a community initiative to care for and rejuvenate this cherished woodland. https://www.monlife.co.uk/outdoor/green-infrastructure/mill-common-restoration-project/

03/11/2025

🎬 StopMotion Kids Club – Workshop for Kids!

This Friday, 7th November, our venue is hosting a creative workshop run by StopMotion Kids Club, designed for children aged 4–11. Kids will have fun modelling their own characters in plasticine and bringing them to life with stop-motion animation, creating a short animated scene to take home.

🎟️ Book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stop-motion-workshop-the-art-of-plasticine-animation-tickets-1933786229669

All materials and instructions are provided by the StopMotion Kids Club team. We’re delighted to support them in bringing this fun and creative event to Chepstow!

29/10/2025

A massive thank you to Electric Picture Hall for bringing Rye Lane to our community and to Monmouthshire County Council for their support. We’re thrilled to have secured the funding and provided the space for these screenings. What a fantastic first night!

Rye Lane was such a fun, quirky film: cheeky art exhibitions, a surprise Colin Firth cameo, and so many little funny moments. Absolutely soul food: smart, funny, and full of heart. Definitely a hidden gem we’d recommend.

Looking forward to the next screening on 25.11.2025!

The first of many screenings at our new HQ. What a fabulous night. What a fantastic film. Rye Lane was an absolute hit! So fresh, so energetic, so much fun.

Thanks to and for supporting.

29/10/2025

Counselling Skills Courses – Level 4 Now Approved

Exciting news! Basecamp Training Centre is now approved for our Level 4 Counselling Course (TC-L4) with CPCAB.

The course will be available from January 2026, and anyone interested can get in touch today to register their interest.

📩 Contact: basecamptrainingcentre@protonmail.com

20/10/2025

Celebrate Black British Stories – Free Screening of Rye Lane 🎬✨

Join us at The Green Room, Chepstow for a free community cinema screening of Rye Lane, a vibrant and funny love story set in modern South London.

As part of Black History Month UK, Rye Lane celebrates creativity, connection, and everyday life in the Black British experience.

🍿 Free popcorn for all attendees!
📅 Tuesday, October 28, at 7.00 pm
📍 The Green Room,, 1 Thomas Street, Chepstow
🎬 Presented by Cinemosaic: A Tapestry of Cultures on Screen – a community cinema project from Electric Picture Hall
💰 Funded by Monmouthshire County Council

Free entry | All welcome

06/10/2025

Excited for our first Adult Neurodiverse Support Group session tomorrow!
It’ll be a relaxed evening to say hello and chat about how we’d like the group to grow

12/09/2025

🌿 Join Us at Our Annual General Meeting! 🌿

We’re a not-for-profit cooperative delivering counselling and wellbeing services to our community.

Our AGM is a great opportunity to:

Have your say in our cooperative’s future

Vote for our new committee

Get involved and bring your ideas, skills, and energy

We welcome anyone interested in supporting our mission, whatever your area of expertise, or simply a passion for community wellbeing.

Be part of shaping the future of our cooperative!