Esher Autumn Café Bridge fundraising event on behalf of Home-Start Elmbridge

Thursday 6th November 2025 11:00am ‐ 4:30pm

11:00am ‐ 4:30pm Café Bridge

5:30pm ‐ 7:00pm Drinks reception and tour of Loveday Esher

Following the success of Café Bridge Esher in April are delighted to announce that Café bridge will be returning to Esher on November 6th — once again supporting local charity Home-Start Elmbridge. Home-Start Elmbridge is an independent family support charity working with vulnerable families in Elmbridge. Supported families can be experiencing a wide range of disadvantages and are struggling to cope. Working alongside parents, Home-Start's early intervention support helps to build independance and resilience, empowering parents to build positive and healthy futures for their young children. Home-Start offers home visiting volunteer support, crisis support, counselling, carer support, peer support groups, playgroups, parenting courses and support for dads through their Dad Matters project. All offerings are free. The support given is compassionate, confidential and as individual as each family.

The event is organized by Michael Brown acting as agent for Home-Start Elmbridge, with local organizer Katherine Freeman, and with Victor Lesk in charge of the cards.The sun always shines on Café Bridge (though not in an extreme fashion), and it is impossible not to have a good time, especially in the company of the friendliest bridge players imaginable.

Our event will open for booking soon.

In the meantime you are welcome to pre-register by contacting michael@cafebridge.org.

Esher Autumn Café Bridge is now provisionally full. However, the organisers are looking for space to expand the event.

Esher Autumn Café Bridge is now full.

Please click the following link to register your interest in participating. If we are able to increase capacity, or in case of a cancellation, we will contact you and find out if you are still available to play.

The entry price will depend on your preference of lunch restaurants.

For a peek at the provisional menus, click here.

You will have a chance to choose your price and your lunch preferences when you sign up, using the link below for your preferred payment method. Pre-registration and booking early give you a better shot at getting your choice of lunch venue. Please contact Michael to go on the pre-registration list for future events.

If you were on the waiting list but have been given a place, please pay using one of these methods:

Café Bridge Finale & Canapé Reception sponsored by Loveday Esher

Join us for the first-of-its-kind Café Bridge Finale Drinks & Canapé Reception in support of Home-Start Elmbridge hosted at the beautiful Loveday Esher.

Enjoy a relaxed evening of drinks, delicious canapés, and great company as we raise a glass to the players, the community, and the incredible work of Home-Start Elmbridge.

  • 5.30pm ‐ Guests begin to arrive for drinks
  • 6.00pm ‐ Canapés served
  • 6.30pm ‐ Tours of the home available
  • 7.00pm ‐ Event concludes

Spaces are limited, so please let us know if you would like to attend ‐ we'd love to welcome you.

THANK YOU

Thank you from the organizers to everyone who joined in the Esher Autumn Café Bridge on 6th November 2025.

Full results can be found here:
Results

Some photos of the event can be found here:
Photos

We intend to update this page over the next few days with the final sum raised for Home-Start Elmbridge. In the meantime please send us any feedback on the event and we will use this to help improve for future events.

We look forward to welcoming you at the next Esher Autumn Café Bridge.

Home-Start Elmbridge: To find out more about our beneficiaries, please click here:

Instructions for arrival on the 6th November: These will be sent by email by 3pm on the day before.

Scores are entered by players on their phones using the BriAn app-based scoring system. This allows us to declare a winner very soon after the last board is played. If you have not come across BriAn before, you can find out more here.

Please contact us with any questions about the event. We look forward to welcoming you on 6th November.

Local Organizer: Katherine Freeman (kfreeman@home-start-elmbridge.org.uk)
Michael Brown (michael@cafebridge.org)  —Victor Lesk (brianplaysbridge@gmail.com)

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