Over the past 2 weeks volunteer Hannah has worked alongside clients to bring out all our musical skills. We learnt about the instruments in an orchestra, body percussion rhythms, rhythms from around the world, how to conduct, listened to Hannah play the Violin, played the keyboard, sang, learnt about musical theatre (
Wednesday 20th July 2022 clients at the Centre loved the visit from the Ice Cream Van. Clients and staff enjoyed tubs of ice cream or a cold drink.
Throughout the week clients have taken part in activities as part of Men’s Health Week including: Learning about the importance sleep, healthy eating, looking after ourselves Self care & wellbeing word searches Matching body parts to words Gratitude exercises Mindfulness
Adam Shanks Great Nephew of past client Briege, ran Windemere Marathon on May 22nd 2022- finishing in just under 5 hours – raised a fabulous £500 towards Centre funds. Adam called at the Centre last week to hand over the donation. See pictures below
Clients had great fun taking part in different activities last week to celebrate the Queens Platinum Jubilee including: Making crown shaped shortbread Decorating Cupcakes Colouring jubilee pictures Making jubilee bunting Afternoon Tea Jubilee Word searches Queen crafts from kitchen roll tubes Queen masks Chalk art Look at our pictures below :
Clients at the Centre have been working hard out in the garden, poly tunnel and sensory area to get them ready for the summer. The Music Room group have also been helping with Plant orders, by helping to water and fill hanging baskets and pots.
Tuesday finished our art therapy sessions with Nikki from Empathy Creations- which where funded by Aghalee Village Hall. Our last session focused on us making chakra mindfulness bracelets from lava beads and crystals as you can see in the pictures below.
This week clients have enjoyed taking part in Earth day activities. We watched short videos on facts about Earth Day, discussed how we can help the earth – recycling, using less water, planting trees, walking rather than using the car. Some clients also did a litter pick around the Centre, while others
We would like to take this opportunity to remind you that the Centre will be closed 2 days this year for the Easter Break: – Monday 18th April 2022 & Tuesday 19th April 2022. The Centre will reopen on Wednesday 20th April 2022. We hope you all have a great few days
On the lead up to the Easter Holidays we have been taking part in many different Easter activities including: Chalk Art work Word searches Weaving Bun making Colouring in Worksheets about Easter for our display board Easter Egg hunt Chippy Days………and much more
Today at the Centre clients enjoyed making fairy cake buns during a cookery session. When the buns cooled off we all decorated our own buns with icing, chocolate and different toppings and they tasted great with a lovely cup of tea/coffee. See our pictures below:
Clients at the Centre continue to enjoy doing different art activities with Nikki ( Empathy Creations), which was kindly funded by Aghalee Village Hall. Have a look at our pictures to see us decorate our positive quotes using different techniques and colours.
