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PLEASE Clubhouse Network TAKE ONE Newsletter THEY’RE FREE Etruria Canals Festival p6 Local History Wright’s Pies p12 ppppError! Bookmark Newsletter is 2! not defined. Take a trip to the Championships at Wimbledon p13 Biddulph Grange Gardens p15 Pets’ World: Read Jack’s story p7 Brassed Off at the New Vic p13 p7 Have fun with this Sudoku Puzzle! 2 Welcome to Issue #25 Hello everyone, this is the twenty-fifth edition and beginning of the third year of the Clubhouse Network Newsletter made by volunteers and customers of the Clubhouse Community. Thanks to everyone who made contributions to this issue. We welcome any articles or ideas from Clubhouse customers. In this issue: The Directory p3 Mindful Moments p8 Status Quo p9 Recipe: Fish with spicy beans and chorizo p10 Burslem Park p14 The Italian Job p17 (The solution is on the Clubhouse notice boards) Your monthly Newsletter is created by: The Newsletter Online: Text and Audio Editor, Audio Edition Producer, Narrator: The current newsletter and back issues are Mark Gilbert now available online. Scan this QR Code to be Reporter, Photographer, Feature Writer: taken to the webpage where you can view or Howard Dexter listen to the newsletters. Associate Copywriter, Photographer: Charlotte Booth Librarian, Runner: Phil Scoggins Proofreader: Jean Sturgess Proofreader: Pete Wynne Approval: Sharon Godwin Printed at Whittle Court Use the QR code or type in this URL Front Cover: Biddulph Grange http://www.brighter-futures.org.uk/clubhouse-network- newsletter Newsletter Availability As well as the print edition, the newsletter is Photography Group available in other formats. From the Clubhouses Learn to take better photos! The photography and Safes Spaces an audible version of the group meets every Tuesday from 10:30am at newsletter is available on CD to borrow, listen and the American Clubhouse. Howard and Dave copy. run this group. In addition, an audible mp3 and text version are on the desktop of the customer computers at The Colouring Group American for you to read or listen to. Feel free to The Colouring Group meets at the American make copies. Clubhouse (in the main room) on Thursdays If you would like to receive the newsletter 2:00pm – 4:00pm. All members are welcome. by email send a request with ‘subscribe’ as the This group is facilitated by Charlotte and Jean. subject to [email protected] to be put Please come along and take part in this on our emailing list. creative and relaxing activity. THE DIRECTORY Places members may like to visit 3 Name Where What Impact Boxing Brocksford Street, Boxing fitness classes. Fenton Root and Fruit Trubshawe Community Learn how to grow your own food. Allotment Burslem On Facebook at en-gb.facebook.com/trubshawcross/ Kniveden Leek Gardening and growing, pottery, woodwork, Partnership Jewellery and alternative therapies. Growth Point Shelton Allotment Site Gardening, growing. Tutor Led Cultural Squatters 51/53 Merrial Street Cafe, Table Tennis, Art. Newcastle under Lyme One rule. Our rule. #bekind ST5 2AH http://culturalsquatters.uk/ BELONG Lower Street Homes for people with dementia and so much more. Newcastle-under- Cafes, gym, internet, art gallery, parties, hireable Lyme, rooms, and heritage museum. This incredible Staffordshire, building blends the lives of the residents with the ST5 2RS community. A truly unique space and experience in Wheelchair accessible. this area. Parking on site West End London Road, Wednesday – Friday 10:00am – 2:00pm Community Centre Boothen, An excellent cafe with great food at great prices. and Café Stoke-on-Trent Community activities. ST4 5AW westendcommunitycentre.weebly.com/ SpoonFull Café b-Arts Bi-annual Pop Up Café. Excellent food and music. 64-72 Hartshill Road http://www.b-arts.org.uk/ Stoke-On-Trent. ST4 7RB City Central Library Bethesda Street, Lending and Reference library. Audio Books, eBooks Hanley, and eMagazines. Membership required (Free). Stoke-on-Trent, Check for activities. ST1 3RS 19 Computers and free 1 to 1 Bookable IT help Easy parking fairly near Open 9:00am ‘ til 6:00pm weekdays (5:00pm Friday) Hanley bus station. Saturday 10:00am – 2:00pm Sunday Closed Wheelchair accessible. Bread in Common 72 Hartshill Road, Stoke-on-Trent’s real bread bakery. Bread baked Stoke-on-Trent, with flour, water, salt, yeast and natural flavourings. ST4 7RB There are weekly bakes at B-Arts in Stoke. Watch Bus Route 25 from out for their bakes taking place around the city. Hanley or Newcastle breadincommon.com If you have questions about any of these venues, activities or events ask Mark for further details. This directory will change as we visit or learn about new venues and activities. 4 Arts and crafts play a big part in the Clubhouse Network. Making art and crafting are effective therapies for people with mental health difficulties and are enjoyable in their own right giving a tremendous sense of achievement when completed. Here are some examples of canal art painted by service users at Happy Mondays and Man-Days Jean with a bag made by the sewing group 5 The Newsletter is Two! We’ve come a long way since our first issue. The first edition of the Newsletter was printed on just a single sheet of paper. We have reprinted a copy here. Do you remember reading it? The newsletter belongs to everyone so let’s keep going and improving. 6 Etruria Canals Festival 2019 This year we took a much larger and more colourful stand to the festival. The excellent crafts and art for sale made £138 for the computer fund. Our information packs were popular; we gave away 128 bags over the two days of the festival. Thanks to all the volunteers, staff and customers who made this event possible. Lots of fab stuff on sale from our talented groups The colourful navigation Setting up our stand Our information pack Football Talk To Us! Events If you are thirty five and above You can give any and would like to play regular contributions to Howard or football then there is a weekly Mark. You can also send ideas If you would like an group run by Stoke-on-Trent or stories to news@brighter- event publicising in the Council on Thursdays at the futures.org.uk newsletter please let us YMCA (Hanley) 6:00pm-7:00pm. know. Task Group Flamingo Task Group takes place every The guess the Mr. and Mrs. three weeks at the American. Flamingo game is on at the Day Trips Come along and help shape American. Win the fun There will be many day trips Clubhouse activities. flamingo soft toys by throughout 2019. Go along on Discuss, gardening, newsletter, choosing the correct name. an outing, you will have a great events to attend with our time. Keep an eye on the notice publicity stand and more. boards for the next fun trip. Tombola Donations for the tombolas Pool Tournament Clubhouse Walks are urgently needed. Every Monday at the American If you are interested in a gentle Please give your donations to Clubhouse there is a pool walk from any of the Jean. tournament that is open to all Clubhouses then please speak members. 12:30pm onwards. to a support worker. shopping experience available photography course running in the town centre. and a beginners’ guitar school 7 A final coffee was taken before they journeyed back to the Potteries. All agreed that they had enjoyed their outing to the wonderfully prepossessing county of Shropshire. Eye spy at the Trip to Shrewsbury Observatory Seven customers took a trip to In Partnership with Shrewsbury. NSCHT Trentham bservatory Clubhouse that have both started this members visited month. There will be places Liverpool in May. The available for this in the future, O day trip took in the so if you’re interested, call sights at the Tate Liverpool, Rachel on 07515 191240. the Albert Docks and the More Observatory art Museum of Liverpool. The Expedition takes a break The group enjoyed taking a stroll by the river and through the enchanting town. The River Severn flows through Quarry park which everyone enjoyed viewing. Finally the fifth Beatle revealed, it’s Dominic The weather was brilliant and everybody had a great day Pets’ World: out. Making the most of the Jack weather, we have also had The Boathouse restaurant I have a cat named Jack small groups visiting Trentham Inevitably hunger struck so Daniels. It has been a part of Gardens. everyone took their repast at my family’s tradition to name During the month of June, art Lillie’s waterside café our pets after drinks. It first and craft activities have started when my gran had Sated by their ‘all day included narrowboat art, three consecutive cocker breakfasts’ and burgers our painting, sewing and Fimo spaniels, which were all called intrepid adventures made modelling. We have a Whisky. I thought I would haste toward the Salopian continue with the family about cats having eczema. So I in mental distress. 8 tradition. I have had Jack since had to wait 24 – 48 hours for How can Safe Spaces help he was five weeks old which the results luckily enough it me? Safe Spaces offers a safe was too young for him to leave was early. space during the week and his mother. Jack wasn't a well weekends when you’re in kitten; he was often very mental distress or crisis when dehydrated, not having a hospital admission is neither enough fluids due to having wanted nor needed. fleas which he had from his previous owner. Someone told Regarding the referral process me that kittens come with Speak to a member of the fleas. To me personally, I think team on 01782 811815.