Clubs and Societies in Bungay
Association of the Friends of All Hallows
Secretary: Mrs. Sally Parker, 7 Messenger Close, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1PW 
The Association of Friends of All Hallows Hospital Supporting All Hallows Healthcare Trust was formed to raise funds and provide donations to the Trust to enhance the fabric of the building and for equipment to enhance the patients stay.
The Friends have some 150 members with a committee of 18 five of which are executive members, the Town Reeve of Bungay as President during his or her term of office and Harald Pulford as Honorary Life President.
The Friends have eight meetings a year plus an Annual General Meeting in May and an annual Newsletter is issued. They hold three major events each year: the Garden Party in the Hospital grounds, a Musical Evening and a Christmas Bazaar as well as a range of other smaller events. If you are interested in joining the group of Friends please click here for an application form.
We also have a small group of Friends who focus on organising events at the Nursing Home. If you are interested in joining them please contact the Nursing Home.
Bungay Flower Club
Secretary: Mrs. Pat Wong 01986 893893
The Flower Club is kept busy with members doing various events, crafts and visits around the area to other flower clubs. There is also a luncheon and supper club which includes outings to various places of interest and there are classes and workshops during the year.
There is also a Members Evening, when something special is arranged, involving members producing arrangements and the visiting demonstrator judges their efforts.
New members are always welcome. For more information click here
Black Dog Arts
Secretary: Jan Dungey 01986 895227
Black Dog Arts was formed August 2007. Its aim is 'to develop the fine and applied arts in the Bungay area. This shall be achieved through a member-led association' and 'organise and promote events and activities including exhibitions, meetings, workshops, lectures, classes, seminars and courses, plus any other event deemed appropriate'.
Our members range from well-known artists and crafts people as well as those who paint/craft for pleasure.
If you are interested in arts and crafts (don’t be shy – we have a wide range of abilities, we are very friendly and we hope we have something for everyone) do come along, look at our website or contact Jan if you want further info. We hope to see you arting and crafting soon.
The Bungay Society
Secretary: Martin Evans 01986 893563 
The Society was founded in November 1971 with the following aims:
To stimulate interest in the town of Bungay and it's surrounding area.
To promote high standards of planning and architecture.
To secure the preservation, protection, development and improvement of features
of historic and public interest.
The Society meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 7.30pm for lectures in the Community Centre, recess for outings in July and August.
Bungay Probus Club
Secretary: Alan Cobb 01986 892267
The Probus Clubs are for retired and semi retired folk. From our Constitution, the objects are:
To provide and encourage social contacts and fellowship among the members on a non-sectarian and non political basis.
Although Probus Clubs are now International each Club is autonomous and there is no national body as such.
The Probus Club of Bungay meets at Mettingham Village Hall, (on the Bungay to Beccles Road B1062) on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month at 10.15 am. The meeting consists of coffee and chat, a small amount of business and a talk from a member or a visiting speaker. When there is a fifth Wednesday in the month there is an outing of some sort with the ladies.
Bungay Rotary Club
Secretary: Roger Allen 01986 893928
We meet primarily on Tuesday lunch-times at 12.45 pm (no meetings following Christmas, Easter, Spring and Bank Holidays). We have some evening meetings at 6pm, occasionally at 7.30pm inviting wives and partners.
Please ring Secretary to confirm. We meet at the Fleece Hotel, 8-10 St Mary's Street, Bungay, NR35 1AF. Tel: 01986 892192. Visiting Rotarians are welcome.
Rotary is the largest service organisation for business and professional people with some 1,180,000 members operating in 163 countries world-wide.
In Great Britain and Ireland there are over 59,000 Rotarians in 1,816 clubs, helping those in need and working towards world understanding and peace.
Bungay Choral Society
Contact: Peter Cracknell
The Bungay Choral Society which currently has around 60 members, meets every Thursday in the Orange Room at Emmanuel Church at 7.30pm. The objective is "to advance, improve, develop and maintain public education in choral music by the study and performance of choral works in the town and district".
The Society is managed by a committee of 11 members, the conductor is Harvey Rathbone and the accompanist is Michael Kent. There are usually four performances per year, one of which is in Bungay Festival and another, the very popular Christmas concert.
Bungay Camera Club
The Bungay Camera Club was formed in 1957 and normally holds meetings on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at 7:30pm. The aims of the Bungay Camera Club are to encourage the art of photography in all its forms.
Competitions are held for black and white, colour transparancies and colour prints. The club welcomes visitors to their meetings. People of all levels of photography are welcome to join from beginners to the more experienced photographer. Lessons in Black & white developing and printing given.
Digital photography welcome and potential new members can come to their first 3 meetings free.
Bungay & District Horticultural Society
Secretary: Didy Ward 01986 893824
The Society welcomes new members, especially if you are interested in entering any of the classes, either vegetables, fruit, flowers, pot plants, flower arranging or cookery. The Late Autumn Show also includes photography and handicraft classes and all the main shows include children's classes. Its great fun to enter and you never know - you might win a prize!
For a copy of the schedule detailing all of the classes please contact the Secretary, Didy Ward on 01986 893 824 or email DidyW@aol.com.
But if you don't want to show this year, come along to see what people have produced and to buy the plants and produce raised by members.
Happy Gardening!