Moments that Matter
Moments that Matter The second part of the ARF Carers Break Fund is aimed at providing our carers with a day out which was what the carers told us they wanted. ‘Sometimes we just need a day with friends and those with similar experiences and away from our responsibilities’. We are consulting with our carers […]
Rest & Restore
Rest & Restore: The Carers Support Network We have successfully secured funding from the ARF Carers Break Fund and as part of our new 5 year Strategy, we plan to support carers as best as we can. This new class led by Clare Haigh will be aimed at supporting carers with their physical and mental […]
Disco for Wellbeing
Dance class – Disco for Wellbeing With thanks to funding received by Sport England, we are able to continue our hugely popular Yoga group and are able to also introduce a new project Disco for Wellbeing. This new project will be aimed at learning new dance routines to current music and classic tracks to improve […]
Crafty Corner
Crafty Corner Our Craft Corner group formed when one of our volunteers Paula shared her love of all things crafts with our members and to see if this would be of any interest, we launched it on a trial basis. We had 10 members instantly sign up and it’s been a success ever since. So […]
Summer Members Lounge Disco
Summer Members Lounge Disco We always like to theme a few of the monthly discos in line with seasonal themes or events. Our Summer Party is exactly that, a party based on the theme of summer. Think Hawaiian shirts, beach dresses, cocktails, beach balls and all things summer and beach. Our members love it and […]
Bang On Drumming
Bang On Drumming The idea for the drumming group came about when a volunteer showed a video of the Freeplayer Drum Core in Canada to Jenny and then it became part of the vision to add a performance drum group to our creative programme. With project funding coming from multiple trusts and foundations, we started […]
Calm Kitchen
Calm Kitchen Our Calm Kitchen was introduced with thanks to funding from The Leathersellars after we were developing a waiting list for our cookery classes from our members with more complex needs. We thought that our two current weekly classes would be too overwhelming for them so created a monthly class for these adults. Charlie […]
Yoga
Yoga Our activity programme is full of energetic creative activities so we like to end the week with a little calm and relaxation with our Friday Yoga group. It’s such a lovely way to finish the week and our Yoga leader Clare from Himos Yoga works with our members and their capabilities to ensure that […]
Ignite Dance Group
Our Ignite Dance Group focus their energy and attention to creatively attract positivity through dance. Everyone loves musicals and to be able to dance to your favourite musical songs is a dream come true for our members. Leanne Salisbury is our Dance leader, with many years of experience teaching for Stagecoach and in a secondary […]
Bold as Brass Band
We started our Bold as Brass Brass Band in October 2022 after we delivered some summer workshops as taster sessions and found that we have a great amount of interest in our Brass Band activity. We then started to form a Brass Band with the support of Jacky Keating acquiring donated instruments through schools she […]