There are over 4,950 guide dog owners in the UK. If you are blind or partially sighted, a guide dog can change your life. A big thank you to Thelma Wilson who joined us at our Wednesday Group recently for a lovely talk about this amazing service.
Valerie and Lisa hosted an ‘Early Festive Crafts Session’ on Friday for Caring Together Members. As well as being enjoyable, once it is tried craft tends to focus the mind and can aid concentration.
Recent studies seem to indicate that arts and crafts can go beyond being a simple ‘hobby’ and can have very real health benefits – particularly in terms of mental health. Improving mood and cognitive function.
Sometimes the simple things are the best. What better than a game of Dominoes on a Wednesday afternoon amongst friends.
If you fancy attending any of our groups or know anyone within Woodhouse and Little London, the City Centre {and parts of Meanwood and Sheepscar} who might be interested, just call the office on 01132430298.
It was a pleasure again to be working with students of the music society at the University of Leeds to offer some musical sessions to our members at Caring Together. Both came together just recently belting out some uplifting tunes such as ‘We Will Rock You’ and ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, amongst others. We also tried out some percussion instruments on the Wednesday. All left on a high. We look forward to the second instalment in the New Year
Due to IT issues we were unable to put up a post about the remembrance session at St Mark’s that Caring Together attended on the 9th November. As per usual we were warmly welcomed and hot drinks and cake were plentiful. The war memorial in the church was originally a feature at the old St Michael’s Church which was situated just beyond the junction of Meanwood Road and Buslingthorpe Lane. It was demolished in the late 1960s. A talk was held focusing on some of the local individuals whose names appeared on the memorial.
A few members of the very talented church choir sang some songs afterwards which was appreciated by all those present. A big thanks once again to Alex from St Mark’s and to all the volunteers who helped out on the day.
Caring Together had a small group outing to the German Christmas Market this afternoon and a very enjoyable time was had by all.
The market will be open daily from 10.30am to 9.30pm Monday to Saturday and 10.30am to 7.30pm on Sundays (6pm on Sat 22 Dec) until Saturday 22 December.
Firefighters from Bramley Fire Station called to the Tuesday Group recently to discuss fire safety. It was a well received visit and covered a range of preventative measures that our members could take to minimise risks. A big thanks to them for this and we hope to continue this important link in the future.
There was a perfect rainbow over Woodhouse earlier in the week. I wonder will there be any pots of gold in the pipeline for Caring Together?
It was Caring Together’s Annual Party on Saturday. As usual, the venue was the Jubilee Social Club in Woodhouse. Horizon provided the entertainment again and our local MP Hilary Benn payed a visit as he has done for many years. A great afternoon was had by all. Many thanks to all of the volunteers who helped out on the day.
