News and Blog

?Seed Planting ?

Throughout the week clients have really enjoyed planting seeds. We filled up pots/trays with compost and then added a mixture of seeds to them. The pots where then put in our greenhouse where we will water them daily and watch them grow.  

Tasty Treats?

Today some clients enjoyed making fifteen buns. We discussed the ingredients we needed for these and then the steps to get them from separate ingredients to tasty treats. Look at our pictures to see the fabulous looking buns.      

?Art Therapy ?

Nikki ( Empathy Creations) has been providing art therapy for clients at the Centre which was funded by Aghalee Village Hall, over the past 2 weeks we have been making earrings out of wire; keyrings and wall decorations from clay, listening to music and drawing what we feel only using one line

☘ St Patrick’s Day 2022 ☘

We would like to remind everyone that the Centre will be CLOSED on St Patrick’s Day 17th March 2022 as one of our set closures. We hope you all have a lovely day off. Clients at the Centre have enjoyed doing different St Patrick’s Day themed worksheets/arts and crafts, and took great

??World Book Day 2022??

Clients at the Centre enjoyed taking part in different activities to celebrate World Book Day on 3rd March 2022. We enjoyed listening to Jungle Book, Black Beauty and Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone audio books. We then wrote up our book reviews on these including our favourite characters and rating the

Pancake Day

Clients at the Centre enjoyed making pancakes today and putting our favourite toppings on them. We all agreed the pancakes where very tasty as you can see in our pictures below:  

Self Portraits

Clients had great fun using mirrors to draw self portraits of themselves in the Blackstone. When the portraits where complete they wrote 5 things they love about themselves. Have a look at our pictures:      

Bead Making Course

On Tuesday 15th February 2022 some clients took part in a bead making workshop run By Nikki Terlik ( Empathy Creations) which was funded by Aghalee Village hall. Look at our pictures below to see the great necklaces we made.

?Happy Valentine’s Day?

Over the past week all clients attending the Centre have made a Valentine’s card to give to that someone special. These cards where all hand made with love, using hearts that we had great fun painting. Have a look at our lovely cards:    

?How Plants Grow ?

We all enjoyed learning about plants. We discussed and learnt: how plants grow what you need to grow plants different parts of plant We also had fun colouring in different pictures of plants as you can see in the pictures below.    

?Christmas Closure Dates?

We would like to remind you that the Centre will be closed for the Christmas Holidays on 24th December 2021 – 3rd January 2022 Inclusive. The Centre will re-open on Tuesday 4th January 2022. We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New

??Santa Comes to the Centre??

Clients at the Centre enjoyed visits from Santa, Mrs Claus & Olaf the snowman on Monday 20th and Tuesday 21st December 2021. Thanks to Marty Lights and Pastor George Lunn from Belfast City Mission Glencairn for the Donation of the selection boxes we all received, they are greatly appreciated. We all enjoyed