Category Archives: Caring Together

Meanwood Valley Heritage Walks

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Join the Meanwood Valley Heritage Ranger for some more Summer Nature Events

‘Guided Bat Detecting Walk with Talk & Setting up Moth Trap’ 
Date: Monday 26 August 2019
Time: 20:00pm to 22:30pm
An evening bat walk to discover what bats reside in Meanwood Woods. Followed by setting up a moth trap for below’s event.
Location: Meanwood Park BOOKING REQUIRED email MeanwoodValley.Ranger@leeds.gov.uk
 
‘Marvellous Moths’
Date: Tuesday 27 August 2019
Time: 9:00am to 11:00am
Location: Meet at Meanwood Park car park, near the Rangers Hut, off Green Road
No BOOKING REQUIRED just turn up
A morning event hosted by a Meanwood Valley Heritage Ranger to see what moths have been caught in the traps they set up the day before.

For mind and Body

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It was time once again for our Yoga session at Little London Community Centre yesterday afternoon. As always it was well received and attended. We have three more sessions to go if anyone would like to come along and join us for some relaxation and mindful movement for overall well-being. The sessions are held every Thursday between 2.30pm and 3.30pm. Call the Caring Together office on 2430298 for more details.

Summertime Social

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Caring Together held a Summertime Social yesterday. All agreed that it was a great afternoon with many saying that we need to make this an annual event. It was held at Little London Community Centre and aside from summer themed cakes and buns we had seasonal prizes for the raffle and bingo. As usual, a great many thanks to all of those volunteers who helped out and made it such a special event.

ModRoc

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We have loved this morning. Together we have been experimenting with ModRoc; which is using plaster bandage dipped in water to make a plaster-of-paris to enable us to begin creating a Bust. This involves forming a sculpted representation of a person’s head and neck, and a upper part of the body. Some of us also got to draw portraits which will come to life using various digital technology.

‘Every Day First Aid’

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Caring Together and British Red Cross welcomed members and volunteers to ‘Every Day First Aid’ training this afternoon at Harrison and Potter Homes in Little London. As usual this session was well attended.

A message from the British Red Cross

The British Red Cross knows that everyone can learn a few simple first aid skills that could help someone if things suddenly went wrong. We also know that, most of the time, the person you’ll end up helping will be a friend or family member. It doesn’t matter how young or old, or how able you think you are, everyone can learn to do something to help an ill or injured person.

 

Pixilation

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We sampled something new and creative this week. We tried our hand at Pixilation. This is a stop motion technique where real people are filmed in a way that makes them look as though they are moving in a animated way. This involved us working together to take pictures, direct, and repeatedly pose while a picture was taken, and then changing a pose slightly before the next frame, which enabled us to create two of our very own short animated films. We had a preview at the end, and look forward to sharing these with you soon.