Tag: Activities

3 Things we did in November

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In a new monthly online feature we look at three different activities we enjoyed doing this month.

  1. We visited Sneinton Market Square and observed the graffiti work there, taking some fun and expressive photos as we did so. We will be creating a dance piece inspired by street art around Nottingham, so watch this space!
  2. We made some fantastic hand-crafted Christmas cards, some of which will go on sale at our upcycling shop Spacecraft.
  3. A group led by our Support Worker, Levi, took some high quality Autumnal photos of our garden at Pelham Road. Great, aren’t they?

Mount Cook Adventure!

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Our clients have just had a fabulous few days of activity at the Mount Cook Adventure Centre in Derbyshire.

Mount Cook is located in the Derbyshire Dales, not too far away from Matlock and a stone’s throw away from the Peak District.

It’s very new – having only opened in July 2016 – but already has a great reputation for providing access to the outdoors and outdoor activities for all!

Clients from all three of our sites, Pelham Road, Mansfield Woodhouse and Sherwood enjoyed their visit.

Activities included archery, bushcraft, caving, guided walking, team challenges and watersports.

Our Senior Support Worker, Brie, said “Everybody had a really enjoyable time. It was good in building independence and building friendships as well.”

In the evening there were more fun activities, from a campfire to a film night and a disco.

The trips were a fantastic opportunity for clients from different sites to meet and make friends with each other. It was also a chance for staff from different sites to meet and work together.

Our thanks go to all the staff at Mount Cook. If you would like to know more about them, here is a link to their website.

Game on!

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A group of clients have taken part in a Special Olympics event for the Midlands in Kirkby-in-Ashfield.

The Special Olympics is a movement aimed at providing year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for all children and adults with intellectual (learning) disabilities. It aims to give them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in sharing skills. It’s also aimed at creating friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.

Our clients, Louis, Tom, Duane and Lawrence, participated in the event. They were part of a larger team called the ‘Nottingham Knights’, representing the County at the Games.

The medals we won were gold, silver and bronze, which were won in shot put, 100 metres running, long jump and javelin.

Louis, Tom, Duane and Lawrence said they had an ‘epic’ time and saw old friends and also made new ones too. They said they didn’t mind it raining as they were in the sports hall so it was still exciting.

They were very proud to show off their medals when they returned to Space Inclusive!

Conker Crazy!

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Autumn – the leaves, the chance to wear scarfs. Don’t you love it?

We’ve recently held a lovely Autumn Garden party here at Space Inclusive. As you might expect, much fun was had, especially as we had a conker tournament!

Though we’re not quite sure whether we’re quite World Conker Championship standard it’s fair to say that we were pretty competivite as you can see.