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Newsletter Summer 2019 Oulton Institute, Quarry Hill, Oulton LS26 8SX | 0113 288 0887 | www.mha.org.uk | [email protected] W elcome! Well we have had a pretty busy few months at Rothwell Live at If you need a Home, with a range of new activities, events and outings, you can newsletter in find out more as you read through our newsletter. Our big news is that Rothwell Live at Home will soon have a new LARGE PRINT addition to the team, our very first RLAH baby! Sarah will be going Please ring us on maternity leave at the end of July and I am sure you will join us all in wishing her well and look forward to seeing both Sarah and 0113 288 0887 her new baby in the Autumn. For our Community Programme Coordinator, Refia, this May has been an important month as it signified the start Ramadam. Refia will explain to you in her own words what this means: Ramadam is a holy month for Muslims, it changes each year and is determined by the lunar calendar. During Ramadam people are fasting, praying and sharing food with others, the reason, according to religion, is to understand and appreciate all the food and drink we are given, and to consider those who don?t have enough food to eat or clean water to drink. During Ramadan people get up before sunrise We will continue to send you which is around 3am, to eat a light breakfast, then fast until sunset, the Live at Home Scheme around 9pm. This means you are fasting for around 18 hours, it is newsletters ensuring that you quite a long time, but your body does get used to the routine. are always kept up to date There are special prayers for Ramadan in mosques during evenings. with what?s happening in the It is also important to share food during Ramadan, so there are a scheme. Should you decide lot of events where you break your fast with other people. I that you would no longer like recently went to the Sinai Synagogue, it was a nicely prepared to receive this newsletter, you event with people from three religions; Christianity, Judaism and can unsubscribe at any time. Islam. There were prayers from all three religions and we found To do this just write to us at many similarities between them. At the end of the night, there was Rothwell & District LivSe uabt -headings a lovely and informative Synagogue tour where we were able to Home, Oulton Institute, see the 100 year old 'Torah' on a parchment. It was a very Quarry Hill, Leeds LS26 8SX thoughtful and beautifully organised event where you realised the or call us on 0113 288 similarities of our religions, rather than differences. The best part 0887. of the festival comes at the very end with four days of celebrations For further information on called ?Eid celebrations?. Eid this year will start on the June 4th how we keep your data and is a time where people gather with their families, visiting the secure please just contact us elderly and playing games with children. You may see a lot of sweet for a copy of our Privacy pastries and food as a part of the celebration! Notice. May we wish Refia an enjoyable Eid!
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MHA Live at Home Newsletter W hats been happening... March March was a pretty busy month for Rothwell Live at Home. On the 19th March we held our first Spring Tea Dance and also marked our fond farewell to Brian. Paula, of Paula Clarkes School of Dance, led us round the floor to some traditional dance formations as well as some fun 'disco' tunes. As we said on the day, Brian will be missed by us all and we thank him for his time and achievements with Rothwell & District Live at Home.
In March we had our first joint coach trip with Pontefract Live at Home to Oswaldtwistle Mills. We had some great feedback from our members for the afternoon and entertainment!
April Through April we continued to develop the Hub Afternoons at Woodlesford, with an Easter Wreath making session and our screening of The Greatest Showman at our Movie Club. The book club is going from strength to strength, infact we are just about at capcity, so look out for our new Book Clubs at other venues around the District
May We had our second coach trip in May with a River Cruise in Nottingham. Interest in our trips is growing now, so please get in touch if you want to book on our Sub-headings next trip in July to Bridlington!
Mainly Men Our Mainly Men had a very enjoyable visit to the Quirky Ales Microbrewery in Garforth this month and are looking forward to a visit to a Blacksmiths Forge in June. For more details on their trips and intersting talks why not come along to the Mainly Men meeting on the third Wednesday of each month at the Oulton Institute! Page 2 MHA Live at Home Newsletter W hats happening at Haigh Road & Methley...... Following the success of our Woodlesford Hub, over the summer months we will be developing more Hub days at our Haigh Road Soup and Sandwich and Methley Lunch Club. Haigh Road Haigh Road Soup & Sandwich takes place on the second and forth Monday each month at the Haigh Road Community Centre, 11.30am to 1pm. After talking to our members we have decided to offer a monthly Music Therapy session which will take place on the second Monday of each month. Music Therapy can be anything from a gentle singalong, Musical Bingo, a music quiz or joining the session with your own musical instrument! On the fourth Monday of each month we will be holding Health and Well Being sessions. These sessions will offer a variety of different activities, such as Reflexology, Beauty and Make-up, Crystal Therapy, Meditation, Mindfulness or tips on Nutrition and Healthy Eating. Our Haigh Road Afternoon Hubs start in June, with the first Music Therapy session on Monday 10th June. Our Haigh Road afternoon sessions run from 1pm - 2.30pm £2.50 per person, includes coffee / tea and cake! Methley Our Methley Lunch Club takes place every Thursday in the Mickletown Community Centre, Main Street, Methley. You can meet at the Community Centre from 11.30am, for a nice chat and our two course meal, is served at 12 noon.
The Methley Afternoon Hub sessions will start on Thursday 4th July - yes American Independence Day! There will be a variety of sessions on offer from a Book Club, Bingo, Craft Afternoon and Games Afternoon. More details on our Methley Hub Afternoons will be available later this month. Please contact us to find out more! Sub-headings Sub-headings
All our Hub sessions are open to everyone, you dont have to come for lunch first, but you are very welcome to come and join us if you wish (if it is your first time attending a lunch club then please contact the office in the first instance as numbers need to confirmed in advance for catering purposes). Our Methley afternoon sessions run from 1.30pm - 3pm, £2.50 per person, which includes coffee / tea and cake!
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Page 4 MHA Live at Home Newsletter Members Page This is a page dedicated to you, our members and volunteers. It is an opportunity for you to send us your articles for the Newsletter. This could be a poem, as we featured in our Spring edition, a chance to share with us your hobbies or interests, memories or short stories. You can write the articles yourself, or get in touch and one of our team will come and visit you to find out more and write something for you. For our Summer edition our dedicated volunteer, Stuart Beaumont has shared with us a short story he wrote, recalling his footballing youth. My chance of soccer Stardom The period after the Second World War relieved a confusing, and sometimes not fully understood, anxiety for young people who were gradually developing their character. The notion that they may be involved was receding and the end of food rationing allowed more expansion of individuality. I was a spotty school boy with rather large ears and had long since abandoned the hope that I would be noticed or regarded by any one, particularly girls. As a consequence I diverted my energy into bicycles and other mechanical objects; this seemed far less disappointing than competing for recognition. This scenario was uncomplicated if a little dull. Excitement however came unexpectedly when in a period of double maths, the classroom door burst open to admit a large and very enthusiastic PE teacher who, after excusing himself to the class teacher, bellowed an appeal for a substitute football player to replace an injured team player in the impending and important inter-school game that afternoon. After a deafening silence he volunteered several boys who miraculously produced letters ostensibly from parents excusing them from PE. Seeing no response and no letter from me he pounced, poking a finger in my direction yelling ?you?ll do Smith, come with me?. ?But sir?! I protested confidently. ?I don?t know anything about football and I have no kit?. His face reddened and he took on a menacing frown. ?Football Smith, is self-explanatory, you use your feet and kick the ball and you can borrow Brennen?s kit (the injured player)?. His now menacing demeanor persuaded me that further protest could be futile or even injurious and any way I would be excused double maths and what could possibly go wrong. I now find myself on a very wet and muddy piece of grass that passed for a pitch in Brennen?s rather large kit, I am directed by the coach to full back position with instructions to stay focused and watch progress. By now the remainder of the school, and the opposition supporters, were noisily Sub-headinggivsing support which sounded remarkably like jeering. Sub-headings After a period when nothing interesting was happening, my focus was waning and I was cold, wet and miserable. Suddenly the ball, accompanied by a good deal of shouting, bounced towards me, it was wet and muddy but I remembered my instructions ?kick the ball? this however was not as simple as I imagined and the ball took a trajectory not anticipated. I was rather startled by the subsequent outburst of adoring supporters which seemed to be coming from faces I was unfamiliar with. Reality came with an angry outburst from the coach ?Move forward Smith and see if you can perform your magic in the oppositions net!? How confusing!
Page 5 MHA Live at Home Newsletter Please call 0113 288 0887 for more information Group and ActivitOyu rD reigaurlyar G-Yrooupus aanrde A vcetivriyti ews elcome to join us Date Event Name - Venue Start time - End time Price Every 2nd & 4th Soup & Sandwich - Haigh Road 11:00am - 1:00pm £3.50 Monday Community Centre, Rothwell Every 2nd & 4th Afternoon Activities - Haigh Road 1pm - 2.30pm £2.50 Monday Community Centre, Rothwell
Line Dancing - Harold Hall, Oulton Every Monday 1:30pm - 3:00pm £3.00 Institute 2nd Tuesday of the Knit Together - Rothwell Hub, 10:30am - 12.00pm FREE month Rothwell Library Movement to Music - Woodlesford Every Tuesday 11:00am - 12:00pm £3.50 Parish Centre
Soup & Sandwich - Woodlesford Every Tuesday 11:30am - 1:00pm £3.50 Parish Centre
Afternoon Activities - Woodlesford Every Tuesday 1:00pm - 2.30pm £2.50 Parish Centre
Every 3rd Tuesday of Assisted Shopping Trip - to Book a place: £4.50 the month Crossgates and Colton 0113 288 0887 Movement to Music - Northfields Every Wednesday 10:30am - 12:30pm £3.50 Community Centre, Robin Hood
Mainly Men Trips - To various Book a place: Every 1st Wednesday varies locations of interest to blokes 0113 288 0887 Mainly Men Social - The Supper Every 3rd Wednesday 1:00pm - 2:30pm £2.50 Room, Oulton Institute
Every 2nd & 4th Active Minds - Royds Court, 10:30am - 11.45am £2.50 Wednesday Rothwell
The Last Wednesday Well-Being Walks - RSPB Visitors from 11:00am FREE of the Month Centre, St Aiden's Country Park
Movement to Music - Rothwell Every Thursday 10:30am - 12.00pm £3.50 Baptist Church Methley Lunch Club - Mickletown Every Thursday 12.00pm - 1.30pm £5.00 Sub-headings Community Centre Acorns and Oaks - Swillington Farm, Every 3rd Thursday 10:00am - 12:00pm £5.00 Coach Rd Dancercise - Lofthouse Methodist Every Friday 10.00am - 11.00am £4.00 Hall, Leeds Rd, WF3 3NE Fun n Fitness - Midland House, £3.50 Every Friday 2.00pm - 3.30pm Woodlesford Sundays Shared Tables - Various eating To Book and find out more - Ring venues 0113 288 0887
Page 6 Please call 0113 288 0887 for more information MHA Live at Home Newsletter Special Events W oodlesford Parish Centre, Tuesdays 13:00-14:30 Ever y 1st Tuesday of the month - Book Club Come to laugh, share stories and make new friends! Fiction or non-fiction, paperback or hardcover, you?ll read a new book every month. 2nd Tuesday of the month ? Ar ts & Crafts Club A different project to work on each month ? no previous skills or experience required. All materials provided. 3rd Tuesday of the month ? Movie Afternoon Come along and enjoy a movie each month. Popcorn provided! 4th Tuesday of the month ? Games Afternoon Various games and activities played in a fun environment with friends new and old! All sessions cost £2.50 and include refreshments Shared Tables Following the successful trial of the Shared Tables initiative, we are happy to announce that we will be continuing our shared table project on an ongoing basis. Shared tables will generally be held on the third Sunday of each month at a local venue, supported by our volunteer table hosts. Each person will order and pay for their meal as they would at any food and drink establishment, the idea of the shared table is to eat and socialise within a group environment. Table places must be booked in advance please through the office to ensure we have reserved enough places for each event. The dates for the next three months are:: - Sunday 23rd June - Unicorn Inn, Carlton, table booked for 12:15 . (please note: due to Fathers day falling on the 3rd week in June this event has been changed to the 23rd) - Sunday 21st July - Venue to be confirmed - Sunday 18th August - Venue to be confirmed
Our next Coach Trip will be on Tuesday 16th July Sub-headings when we take to the coast for a day out in Sub-headings Bridlington. The cost is £12 per person, we have 20 places available for each of our trips, and half of these have been booked already, so dont hang around, get it touch soon if you would like to book a place. We will be visiting Bur y Market is on 10th September and the cost is £10 per person.
The coach has one pick up point and one drop off point on Commercial Street only, we cannot offer transport to Commerical Street. For more details or to book a place on any of our trips please contact the office on: 0113 2880887
Page 7 M HA Live at Home Newsletter Getting Outdoors.... The W ell Being W alks take place on the last Wednesdays of each month at St Adians. The walks start at 11am, meeting in the St Aidans Visitor Centre, and are accompanied by RSPB Volunteer Rangers. There are now two walks, one a gentle stroll, the other a longer walk around the Nature Park. No booking is needed, just turn up. For more details please call the RSPB St Aidans Nature Park direct on: 0113 2320529. Dates for the coming months: 26th June, 31st July, 28th August Acorns and Oaks - with This Green Moon at Swillington Organic Farm Great intergenerational forest activities on the third Thursday of each month! Sessions cost £5 per person, with concessions for those living with Dementia and their family / carers, for more details please contact the office on: 0113 2880887. Date for the coming months... Thursday - 20th June 10.00 ? 12.00 Thursday - 18th July 10.00 ? 12.00 Thursday - 15th August 10:00 - 12.00 WE NEED YOUR HELP With summer fast approaching and the night?s becoming lighter, it?s the perfect opportunity to get outside and enjoy the fresh air. But why stop there? We?re looking for keen runners and cyclists to join team MHA, at one of our featured events to run down loneliness and isolation in later life. The Community Fundraising team have limited places available in a number of exciting running and cycling events:
Prudential Ride London 100 (cycling) ? 4 August 2019 Great North Run (Newcastle) ? 8 September 2019 Royal Parks Half Marathon (London) ? 13 October 2019 Great South Run (Portsmouth) ? 20 October 2019 Please help us to spread the word about our amazing events amongst your family and friends. By taking part, our participants will be supporting MHA run down loneliness and isolation in communities across the UK, Participants can sign up for an event today at BestForAges.co.uk/Events. We only have limited number of places in the events, so they are being offered on a first come, first Sub-headings served basis. They will be asked to pay a small registration fee and raise a minimum sponsorship amount, and this can be for your local Live at Home scheme. As soon as someone registers for an MHA event Fundraising will be here every step of the way, providing you with a technical running t-shirt, training guide, sponsorship forms and on-going support all the way to the finish line. Sound good? Visit www.BestForAges.com/Events to find further details and more events. For more information please contact Community Fundraising Officer Kirsty Millward.?
Page 8 MHA Live at Home Newsletter FDM SOCIAL CLUB REDUCING LONELINESS & SOCIAL ISOLATION FDM Offers door to door ser vice for trips out. If you would like to get out and about this summer than why not join our Rothwell Social Club. Membership is just £2 to help towards the cost of postage of the monthly newsletter and list of trips that is sent to our members each month. Our specially adapted buses means that members can visit places that would normally be restricted to them due to a lack of suitable public or private transport. Importantly, we offer a door to door service, and our friendly volunteer drivers will always see you safely back into your home at the end of the trip. Each month we offer a variety of trips, whether is it visiting the seaside, another lovely Yorkshire town, or going to the theatre or cinema. Social Club members receive a copy of our newsletter and the trips planned for the next month, along with the booking dates and cost. Just telephone Katy, our Social Club Co-ordinator on 0113 288 9000 on either Wednesday between 10am and 12 noon, or 2pm and 4pm; or Thursday between 2pm and 4pm. Katy will take your booking and confirm your place. You can pay for trips either over the phone by card, by cheque via the post to our office address, or by cash at the office on the days above. The week before the trip, Katy will telephone you to advise you of your approximate pick-up time from your home address. Our driver will then arrive at your home on the day of the trip. Then just sit back, chat, or relax and enjoy your day out! Do you know someone who might be interested in driving one of our minibuses?
FDM are always on the look out for new drivers, full MiDas training is provided. Please get in touch with either FDM or Rothwell & District Live at Home for more details! Sub-headingTshe aim of the charity is to help reduce social isolation and loneliness amongst the eldeSruly b-headings and people with a disability within the community. They offer regular trips and outings to places of interest. To find out more and register with FDM for regular newsletters and programme of trips please contact FDM on: 0113 288 9000 or visit our website
www.fdmbus.org.uk
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Brainteasers
A farmer keeps three types of animals on his farm: cows, pigs and horses. Can you guess how many of each animal he has based on the following information?
1) Three of the animals are NOT cows 2) Four of the animals are NOT pigs 3) Five of the animals are NOT horses
Riddle It belongs to you, But others "use" it more than you do.
What is it?
Family W ordsearch
Find all the words listed!
BIRDWATCHING CROSSWORDS PARK DRIVING HOBBIES PETS RIDING POLO TOYS PLAYING ENTERTAINING Sub-headings TALKING EXERCISE EATING FOOTBALL GOLF WALKING POKER CARDS
Page 10 MHA Live at Home Newsletter W hats is a blog? Refia explains... Hi folks! Some of you might have realised that we have started to use our website more actively. In society in general, as technology advances we are decreasing our paper consumption considerably. Everything is online! Newspapers, magazines, books, texts and even calls are online! On the one hand it is easier (if you know how) and faster to communicate in this way, but on the other hand, are we becoming illiterate with shortened texts and conversations?
Recently a friend of mine sent me a text saying ?UWC?. Now what is that supposed to mean? I had to think a long time to figure it out and then realised that it was a shortened version of ?YOU ARE WELCOME?! Since when has writing ?You are welcome? become so hard? Needless to say, we wont be using text talk in our Newsletters and we will still be posting out our lovely newsletter every quarter to keep you up to date with all our news, events and activities.
Our website and social media sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, will be the places where you will see lots of photographs and videos! We have also added another page to our website which is called a ?Blog?. Blogs are like journals where you speak directly to your BIRDWATCHING audience on different topics of interest. So it will be my pleasure to speak to you from time CROSSWORDS to time, sharing my thoughts and tips on a variety of different subjects. PARK Please let me know if you have any ideas you would like to share or topics to DRIVING discuss! HOBBIES Our websites address is: http:/ / rothwellliveathome.btck.co.uk/ PETS Or you can find us through Google by typing in: ?Rothwell live at home? RIDING Our Facebook page is: ?Rothwell & District Live at Home? POLO TOYS On Twitter its: @rothwelllahs PLAYING Coming soon... Rothwell Live at Home on Instragram! ENTERTAINING Sub-headinOgnse more thing. From time to time we take photographs at our Sub-headings TALKING activities, some of you like to be in the photos and some of you don?t. According to the EXERCISE General Data Protection Regulations we need your consent to publish any photos or EATING videos in which you appear. So if you see our colleagues taking a picture or video during FOOTBALL the session, they will ask you first if it is ok, then make sure that you have completed a GOLF signed consent form giving your permission for us to share your photos and videos on WALKING social media. If you dont want to be in a photo then please just let us know! POKER I hope you enjoy reading our newsletter and social media contents. CARDS Whichever way you prefer, it is important to keep in touch! See you all later, Refia
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Fundraising & Thank Yous... In April we were busy selling tickets for the MHA Easter Raffle. Nationally MHA raised £4943, locally we raised £213 for our scheme. We would like to say a big thank you to everyone who bought a ticket., with special thanks Andy Farr and Colin Cardno who were responsible for selling over half our tickets to Arla and Mears employees. On this occasion none of our tickets were winners, however our neighbours in South Leeds were a little more lucky! Easter Raffle W inners The winning schemes were: - First Prize - £350 high street vouchers: - Southwell - Second Prize - £200 Experience Day Vouchers: - South Leeds - Third Prize - £50 High Street Vouchers (4 won): - Test Valley - Ealing - South Leeds - Southwell Continued thanks go to Morrisons in Rothwell and their Community Champion, Lyndsey Connor, for their support and monthly donation packs which help us so much in our weekly activities.
We are still receiving regular donations of dairy products from Arla Foods which again help us immensely at all our lunch groups and with refreshments at our activities. To enable us to receive these donations they have to be delivered in refridgerated transport, for this we send our thanks to the staff and volunteers at CAP Care, Wakefield (Community Awareness Programme) who kindly drop off our provisions each time. Kevin Dobson from CAP and Methley Methodist Chapel has also been instrumental in helping Annette set up our Movie Afternoon at the Woodlesford Hub, thank you Kevin!
Mainly Men Trips Sub-headings Our Mainly men group have had some great trips over the last few months. They went to see a play called 'Glory' by The Red Ladder Theatre Company, which took place in the old Albion Electrics warehouse in Leeds. In May they visited a micro brewery in Garforth, Quirky Ales. Quirky Ales gave them a talk, tour and taste of their Real Ales. The group had a lovely afternoon and we would like to thank them very much for their Sub-headings hospitality!
Page 12 MHA Live at Home Newsletter Rotar y Dragon Boat Challenge Last year Rothwell & District Live at Home were named as one of three charities by Arla when they took part in the Wakefield Rotary Club Annual Dragon Boat Race. Last year they raised over £900 for Rothwell Live at Home: This year the challenge is back and Arla have again invited us to be part of the family fun day at Pugneys, Wakefield. On the day there will be lots of different stalls and activities around the park and of course lots of Dragon Boats adorned with different themed fancy dress. We would like to smash the fundraising target this year, so please sponsor us before the event, or support us on the day! If you fancy a lovely family day out then come along on Saturday 6th July at Pugneys Countr y Park Lake, W akefield! PUZZLE SOLUTIONS Riddle: ANSW ER: Your name. How many animals? ANSW ER: 3 cows, 2 pigs and 1 horse.
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MANDY Rothwell & District Live at Home Oulton Institute Live at Home Quarry Hill Scheme Manager Leeds LS26 8SX
MICHELLE Telephone 0113 288 0887 Community Programme Email [email protected] Coordinator W ebsite rothwellliveathome.btck.co.uk REFIA Community Opening Hours: Programme Mon-Fri 9am - 5pm Coordinator Suppor ted by
VAL Community Programme Coordinator
SARAH Community Programme Sub-headings Coordinator
ANNETTE Community Programme Coordinator
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