The Big Yellow Sunflower Movement Day (Aspire)
Walking, cycling, skipping, seated exercises … anything goes!
Do an activity or activities anytime from 1st of June through to 15th June and post a photo video of yourself doing it to our Aspire CBS Leeds Learning Disability Week Facebook group on Tuesday, 15th June.
Wear something yellow, adorn yourself in sunflowers or carry a picture of a sunflower.
Please Aspire know how far you walked or how many steps you achieved by emailing your area representative: cath.marchant@aspirecbs.org.uk (south),
teresa.jardine@aspirecbs.org.uk (North/West)
tracey.sowerby@aspirecbs.org.uk (North/East).
Aspire will total them all together and let you know how far we all went on Friday, 18th June during Picnic In Your Garden.
There will be a special Zoom meeting of the ‘All In This Together’ chat group on 8th June on how to make sunflower badges and headpieces.
If you want to join in the Zoom meeting, contact julie.lill@aspirecbs.org.uk for the joining details.
There will be prizes for Best Costume, Personal Achievement and Best Mileage.
Line Dancing
Join Aiden & Caroline and learn to line dance. Each week Aiden or Caroline will teach you some new steps to get you scooting around the floor to some great music.
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Image Bank Quiz
Dean from LYPFT creates all the symbols for the communication bank. His quiz sheets test your knowledge of the symbols. How many do you recognise?
AND CLOTHES (Leep 1)
LEEP1 are proud to have launched a new clothing brand AND Clothes early this year. AND Clothes is on a mission to shout about Abilities Not Disabilities (AND) and to change the way the world views adults with learning disabilities.
LEEP1 are building a window prop at Fabrication Crafts – a social enterprise and shop in Leeds City Centre that will go on public display during Learning Disability Week.
The team are excited to reveal their window design to the shoppers and visitors of Leeds on June 15th.
If you’d like to find out more you can follow the links below to the AND social channels
Leeds Learning Disability People’s Parliament
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/93585607337?pwd=R09hTjk3WUdlOGJSS3FTNTI3OWZRUT09
Meeting ID: 935 8560 7337 . Email Claire.Nixson@advonet.org.uk for the password.
More details coming soon.
CICs Catch-Up
A weekly Zoom session with Aspire’s very own Involvement Co-ordinators: Ailsa, Caroline and Tim.
They will bring you news from across our services, tell you about upcoming diary dates and there may also be a guest or two.
Before you join the meeting for the first time you will need to get a Meeting ID number and Passcode from one of the Involvement Co-ordinators. Once you have the details, keep hold of them and use them every time you want to join in.
Pyramid Studio Tour (Pyramid of Arts)
Join James and Alice for a tour of the Pyramid Studio and meet some of the artists working with them.
Take a look behind the scenes and delve into their archive of artworks from the last 30 years.
Zoom meeting link: https://zoom.us/j/96398314590?pwd=VDM5Y3QvRlF1UlZkN2w1TU41NjZFZz09
Zoom meeting ID: 963 9831 4590
Please email info@pyramid.org.uk to book and to get the Zoom password.
Get Online Chat
Are you getting into digital or thinking about it? Not sure where to begin? Want to learn more about how others are getting online or share your experience with them? Then join this regular Zoom chat led by Julie Lill.
The first time you want to join the chat, contact Julie, Tim, Caroline or Ailsa and they will give you a Meeting ID number and Passcode.
Once you have the meeting details, keep hold of them and use them every time you want to join in.