Newsletter April 2009
Jun
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Newsletter - APRIL - Issue No: 4
Hello Everyone - Now the winter is nearly over we can look forward to Spring and hopefully a better summer than last year!!
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Our AGM will be on Friday, 26th June at Clevedon Community Centre at 11.30am - 2.00. A buffet lunch will be provided at no charge.
Alison Stone from North Somerset Council Adult Services will be the speaker. Details to follow later. Mike Hill
YATTON RAILWAY STATION
The project to open a café on Yatton Railway Station providing catering training and employment for people with a learning disability is going well. In addition to NSM's involvement there are many other professional groups and individuals pushing the project forward. Mike Hill
'Holiday Fun' & 'Summer Wonder'
We are pleased to say that above play schemes are back under NSM's umbrella. Mike Hill
Bag Packing Collection - TESCOS
I am organising a Bag Packing collection at Tesco's, Clevedon, on Saturday 9th May. This will be from 10.00 - 4.00 pm and I intend to have two 3 hour sessions in order to raise funds. I am looking for volunteers to help please. Any offers? I cannot do it on my own! Jenny Tolhurst 01934 838564 Please phone......
VOLUNTEERS
We do desperately need more volunteers to help with our activities - the job falls on the same few all the time and some of us are getting past our 'sell by date'!!!! Just a few hours would be great. Please contact Jenny, Carole or Mike see telephone numbers at end of Newsletter.
SPORT Our Sport sessions are continuing to go
well and Anita & Chloe Brown (01275 546404) have now taken over the running of the Club on Thursday evenings. Many thanks to you both. However, you don't get rid of me that easily and I will be popping along from time to say 'hello' and to keep up to date with what is going on. I will be carrying out the Admin side of things so I am still contactable if necessary. Thank you also for the beautiful flowers and chocs you all gave me - I was delighted with them. Jenny Tolhurst
MILLFIELD I will be co-ordinating another trip this to Millfield School in Somerset. For those of you who came last year I think you will agree it was a great day out. Date for your diaries is Saturday, 20th June. I will arrange transport for those who want it, or alternatively you can come under your own steam. Cost will be £2.00 per head if you require transport. An excellent lunch is provided in the school canteen free of charge. This takes a lot or organisation so please let me know as soon as possible if you are interested and I will forward the necessary forms to you. jenny.tolhurst1@btinternet.com
CANAL BOAT TRIP
NSM are organising another boat trip this year and it will be on Wednesday, 27th May. Transport is available at a cost of £2.00 per head. The boat leaves from Saul Docks in Glos about 10.15 and the coach returns from Saul Docks at approx 3.00. You will need to bring your own packed lunch but refreshments are available to purchase on board. Please let Sue Fouracre know as soon as possible if you would like to come along 01934 632906.
DISCOS Nailsea Methodist Church
Anita and Chloe Brown are arranging a number of discos at the above venue. The admission is free but Chloe is organising a Tuck Shop so that refreshments can be purchased. Please contact Anita or Chloe on 01275 546404 for further details. Thanks for the brilliant Disco on March 7th!!
FAMILY DAY - Plantation Lakes, Kingston Seymour, Nr Clevedon
After a successful afternoon at the above venue last year, we have decided to repeat the process and this will be on Sunday, 13th September from 2.00 - 4.00. The aim is to get parents, carers and families together to get to know each other and to share ideas for the future of North Somerset Mencap. This is so important otherwise we are in danger of becoming extinct.................
DATES FOR YOUR DIARIES
09th May (Sat) - Bag Packing Tesco's Clevedon
09th May (Sat) - Disco
27th May (Wed) - Canal Trip, Saul Docks, Glos
20th June (Sat) Millfield School, Somerset
26th June (Fri) - AGM Princes Road, Clevedon
18th July (Sat) - Disco
27th July & 29th July Cool Summer Club
10th August & 12th August Cool Summer Club
24th August & 26th August Cool Summer Club
13th Sept (Sun) - Family Day, Kingston Seymour
24th October (Sat) - Disco - Halloween Theme!!!
12th December (Sat) - Christmas Disco
GET WELL WISHES
We would all like to pass on our very best wishes for a speedy recovery to Geoff Hobbs, Carol Richardson and Elaine Eveleigh and sincerely hope you will all soon be fit and healthy again.
COOL SUMMER CLUB
Hello and although a little late "Happy New Year" but first I would like go back to the Christmas Disco, thank you to all those who came along and danced the night away, it was great and so nice to see so many volunteers. Thank you to NSM for funding the evening and for providing chocolate selection boxes. I hope you all got a personalised Christmas card from us with photos of the Canal Trip and Cool Summer Club activities. (A big thank you to Print setters for arranging this)
I have been really busy during the first part of 2009 and already looking into the Cool Summer Club sessions, I am hoping to have a few new activities this year, all will be revealed in the summer but it's guaranteed to be fun!!!
See above for Cool Summer Club dates
I need Volunteers to help out in the Summer and I will be attending a Volunteer Recruitment Fair to spread the word. (A Big 'Thank You' to Keren at 'Intoto Exhibition' for giving up her spare time to help with some of the publicity material for the stand). If you are available on the dates advised please let me know. You will need to hold a current Mencap CRB disclosure. (If not and time permitting, I can arrange the CRB check).
It's not cheap to run the Cool Summer Club, so fundraising has already started, most of the Local Councils have promised to support us once again. If you or family know of a Business that would like to sponsor us we would be very grateful. Without sufficient funds we cannot afford the transport that has been offered in the past.
Carole Pullen 0117 3309035 or
4A THE BEACH
The major conversion work at our residential home (4A The Beach) is complete. The new utility room looks good. We intend to replace the windows and re-render the house this year.
Mike Hill
THANK YOU
A grateful thanks to Mrs Baldwin for her donation from the Nick Baldwin Memorial Fund and also to Quartet Foundation for their grant, both of which will go towards the running of the SPORTS Club on Thursdays. This is an enormous help. Thank you to you both.
ACTIVITIES
For more information on activities visit our website www.northsomersetmencap.co.uk
TRI-FOLD LEAFLET
North Somerset Mencap hope that you will find the enclosed tri-fold leaflet useful giving details of our organisation. Any comments would be appreciated.
See you all in the summer!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mike Hill: Chairman 01934 630526
Sheila Gale: Vice Chairman 01275 876587
Carole Pullen: Project Co-ordinator 0117 3309035
Jenny Tolhurst: 01934 838564