On 3/2/2021 we took part in Tai Chi which is an ancient Chinese tradition, practiced as a graceful form of exercise. It involves a series of movements performed in a slow, focused manner and accompanied by deep breathing. Ryan from DSNI lead us through some moves that focus on nature and animals;
The clients at the Centre are taking part in NI Virtual Boccia League Online Challenge FUN LEAGUE, which is running from Monday 18th January to Wednesday 31st March 2021. It consists of 3 rounds, with a new round being released each month. Here are some of the clients taking part in the
Mark from Disability Sport NI organised one of the coaches Davy to do low intensity/armchair aerobics with the clients at the Centre on Wednesday afternoon from 1-2 pm via Zoom. We all had great fun doing the warm up exercises and moves to 3 songs: Wagon Wheel Staying Alive Daydream Believer Here
We’re all glad to be back from our break over Christmas and have been completing some pieces of art work. The pieces of art work is known as derivative painting. This is when you copy an image from a photograph or another piece of artwork. We used photographs from a winter images
The Blackstone key group enjoyed doing art collages. We chose an animal that we liked and decided what colours we wanted to do them. We carefully tore up small bits of paper/card to use for the collages and used PVA glue to stick them down. Here are our final works of art:
We hope you had a lovely Christmas and we wish you all a Happy New Year. Centre Closures for 2021 are: New Year’s Day: Friday 1st January Easter: Monday 5th April – Wednesday 7th April (Inclusive) May Day: Monday 3rd May July: Monday 12th July Summer: Monday 26th July – Friday 6th
Thank you to all who purchased our handmade Crafts by The Beeches Craft Barn, we raised a fabulous £326.50 which will go towards Centre Funds. Thanks again to all who purchased, and keep looking at our Blog for updates on more craft items for sale in the future. As always your kind
We would like to remind you that the Centre will be closed for the Christmas Holidays on the following dates: 24th December 2020 – 3rd January 2020 Inclusive. The Centre will re-open on Monday 4th January 2021 We wish you well over Christmas . The Beeches Bloggers
We’ve been having lots of fun in the run up to Christmas, with making Christmas decorations for our online craft fayre and taking orders, making our own photobooth props, taking some socially distanced selfies, personalised Christmas cards and baubles with our favourite musicians. We also recorded our Christmas carol service on the
The Blackstone Key group has been busy doing a range of different Christmas Activities this year including; Ping pong snowmen Snow globe Christmas cards Pasta Christmas Wreaths Using an app on the iPad to make personalised Christmas posters which we then decorated. Paper chain snowmen Christmas movie day Festive sun catchers Personalised
The Blackstone key group have been very busy upcycling an old pallet to make a snowman. We drew on our snowman design and painted it, then added a hat and scarf for the finishing touches. We also sanded and painted and old wooden tree that was at the Centre. We used mirror
Males from the Centre enjoyed taking part via Zoom with International’s Men’s Day, organised by Orchardville to raise awareness of men’s well-being and promote better health. They 2 groups covered topics on: Men’s Active Lifestyles Men’s Mental Health Nutrition & Fluid Intake Food demonstrations Exercise demonstrations followed by music from DJ Graham
