A huge thank you to our volunteers who spent a couple of hours yesterday litter picking down Meadow Lane and in the Woodvale Woodlands! They did a fantastic job 
Author: Sarah Proctor
February Half Term
Join us for some fab half term activities this February! See the flyer for more information and for how to book 
For ages 11-19 
February Afternoon Lunch
It has been such a lovely afternoon with lots of our members joining us for afternoon lunch today. A huge thank you to our staff and volunteers who do so much to support our lunches 
We served carrot and sweet potato soup, jacket potatoes with various toppings and then we served scones with jam and cream and a fresh fruit salad 
It’s always a busy day but so lovely for us to hear everyone laughing and chatting together and enjoying themselves 
Craft Group
We have our lovely Craft Group in this morning and we wanted to share some photos of what they’re all working on.
Our members bring their own materials each week and use the time and space to socialise with one another whilst continuing with their projects 
Beautiful work and a super talented group!
Action for Happiness
Happy Friday everyone! Where has this week gone?! 
It’s been a lovely week catching up with our members and having all of our classes back up and running
We wanted to share this amazing Action for Happiness calendar, we hope you have a great weekend 
Afternoon Lunch
It is absolutely lovely to be back after the Christmas period, today we held our first afternoon lunch of the year for local older people. It was so lovely to see so many people back in the centre
We served leek and potato soup topped with buttered leeks, cottage pie with garden peas and mixed berry crumble with custard 
Just what was needed on this cold day 
WACA Sports
How fab does this set up look for the WACA Sports session last Friday night?!
The weather was amazing and everyone had a great time playing Netball, Volleyball and Basketball focusing on co-ordination and movement 
We’ll soon be releasing the dates for our August sessions so there will be more opportunity to book on 
Pandemic Art Project
We are so impressed with the art work that our group came up with and put together for our Pandemic Art Project. This project was all about speaking to young people and hearing their experiences of this past year.
We started with a whiteboard full of notes and ideas and then grouped them together to make 6 pieces of art. The young people decided between them who would work on each piece and supported one another if they got stuck for ideas or needed help to design their piece.
This is the finished result and we are so proud of all the hard work that went in to this project and it has been really valuable to hear how young people have experienced this past year.
Top left: The Start of Lockdown showing press conferences, panic buying in the supermarkets and listing more things we suddenly needed to do such as social distancing and wearing face masks
Bottom left: All the Apps we used on our phones during the Pandemic and the creative ways we all stayed in touch and in school
Top middle: Showing a bubble machine releasing bubbles that show social distancing, family bubbles, candle lit service in remembrance, toilet roll and the posters we had in our windows
Bottom middle: Created to look like a family noticeboard highlighting the three days we were allowed to spend together at Christmas
Top right: All the hobbies we took up during lockdown and throughout the pandemic – painting, baking, walking, music, sports etc.
Bottom right: All those Coronavirus emotions. From happiness to annoyance and frustration and everything in between
Zoom Decopatch Workshop
Today was our first Zoom Decopatch Workshop and it was amazing! So relaxing and immersive and a great opportunity to try something new and chat to one another too!
A HUGE thank you to everyone who came this morning! We had the most wonderful time and are so grateful you were able to be there. And another HUGE thank you to Zulay for running the session, showing us this lovely craft and talking to us about the importance of self care and how relaxing crafts can be.
Pandemic art project
A sneak peek at how our pandemic art project is coming on! Our next session isn’t for a couple of weeks but we are so excited to see this all finished! Our group has been working so hard on it and they are all so talented!
