International Day of Disabled People 2020
The celebrations will take place between 1st and 4th December. A series of accessible, inclusive performances, stories, exhibitions, discussions, information and activities is planned plus some off-line content. Check out the packed programme of activities.
All events are FREE to attend. Please visit idodp.eventbrite.co.uk to register for the live events or contact the William Merritt Centre on info@wmdlc.org or 0113 242 1321 for assistance with booking.
Today’s programme includes:
- Wise Up To Ageism – Age Proud
- Boxing Fitness – Sense
- Sing-a-long with Sage – MESMAC
- Sensory Loss, Accessibility Workshop – DeafBlind UK
- Disco – Purple Patch Arts
Making & Keeping Friends Training
Sarah from Connect in the North is running a making and keeping friends group on Zoom.
The training will be about:
- What makes a good friend
- How to make friends
- How do we stay friends
- What to do when we fall out with friends
If you want any more information please email sarah@citn.org.uk
All In This Together Zoom Chat
Do you want to chat with your friends from across Aspire? Then why not join Julie on Zoom to catch up with their news and share yours?
Contact Julie Lill to let her know you would like to join the chat and she will give you a Meeting ID number and passcode. Once you have the details, keep hold of them, and use them every time you want to join in.
Bright Sparks Drama
For people in our East community bases at Naburn, Richmond Hill and Tech North (though one or two more bases across the city would be welcome too). Join John and Marc from Bright Sparks Theatre Company in their weekly drama session on Zoom.
Rock 'n' Roll Bingo
Hosted by Becci at Rothwell, this is a fun way to test your music knowledge. For today’s quiz the theme will be Christmas.
Contact Becci Barker for your Meeting ID number and passcode. Once you have the details, keep hold of them, and use them every time you want to join in.
Your cards for this week’s game: Christmas R&R Bingo Cards
(Becci says you must be wearing your Christmas hat to play!)
Elf Day
South Parkway is having a charity Elf Day to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society – https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/elfday/what-is-elf-day.
Their fundraising pack from the Society contained decorations and games, so they’re having afternoon tea in each property with activities for the people who live there throughout the day. They also have two raffle-type games: Name of the Elf and Guess the number of gingerbread men.
Of course, no-one can visit them at South Parkway due to Covid so they’d like us all to support them by dressing up – wherever we are – on the day.
They have set up a Just Giving page for any donations at:
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/southparkway-elfday2020
Purple Patch Disco
A not-to-be-missed disco hosted by the wonderful folk Purple Patch Arts as part of International Day of Disabled People 2020. They’ll be playing upbeat classics that will be sure to get you moving and grooving.
Contact them on email or by ringing 07725 041801 to book. Then, between 7-8:30pm on the night you can join them by going to their Facebook event: https://fb.me/e/d7ghkmTEG from 7-8:30pm.
Looking forward to seeing those moves!!