2023 – Brockenhurst Gateway

Christmas Disco 14.12.23

Brock GatewayClub Night, Miscellaneous15th December 20230

It was lovely to get dressed up and enjoy the Christmas Disco. It’s always good to listen to great music, dance, eat some lovely food and socialise with friends. As always, the music and lights were provided by our amazing resident DJs Matthew and Jacob. They certainly know how to choose some great tunes to dance to.

I think I might have won another hat in the Christmas Cracker!

Lots of members wore amazing Christmas outfits.

Fabulous food served by fabulous volunteers.

Father Christmas even dropped by to enjoy the fun evening. It was great he brought some presents too!

It’s always good to celebrate the Festive Season with friends.

The tables were all beautifully decorated for Christmas. It was lovely to see all the natural materials that were used.

Christmas Crafts December 2023

Brock GatewayClub Night, Miscellaneous4th December 20230

It’s that time of year when Sarah brings in lots of lovely Christmas craft activities. These have included present making, decorating home made Christmas cakes and Wreath Making.

I enjoyed taking great care to ensure my pattern and writing were very carefully presented.

Very pleased with these lovely cakes to take home.

Everyone enjoyed choosing different craft items to make their own unique wreath to take home.

It’s always great to get dressed up for a Christmas event.

I’m really pleased with how I designed my wreath.

Pool Table. October 2023

Brock GatewayClub Night, Miscellaneous4th December 20230

We are very excited to have a new pool table and we would like to say a huge thank you to NATS for donating this to club through their Footprint Fund.

Everyone thought games were so much better on the new table.

The table came as a flat pack and Assistant Club Leader, Ryan and club members had a great time putting it together, real team work. They were also very grateful for the help from Sean.

Lots of concentration needed to get this one in the pocket.

Halloween Club Night 19.10.23

Brock GatewayClub Night, Miscellaneous23rd October 20230

We had a fun Halloween themed club night with some members and our leader Sarah dressing up for the occasion.

We had such a good time on Halloween night, Assistant Club Leader Debbie and volunteer Lisa joining in the fun.

Fantastic costume and fantastic craft work decorating a candle holder out of a recycled jar.

It was great to have so many different craft materials and also different equipment to choose from.

Adding lots of ghosts and spiders to my jar!

I’m making sure Sarah doesn’t pinch my cake!

Brockenhurst Bowling Club

Brock GatewayFundraising, Miscellaneous23rd October 20230

We would like to say a huge thank you to Mike Snell, in his year as President of the Bowling Club and the members of the club for their very generous fundraising. Over the year they raised £2,344.00 for Brockenhurst Gateway through different activities including a very enjoyable bowls drive and barbecue. A cheque was presented to Jane Forrest, a volunteer since 1995, by Jessica Snell, club member, at The Annual Dinner.

Thank you to all the members who attended the bowls drive.

The barbecue was expertly prepared and very enjoyable.

In the club house there was a raffle with lots of great prizes. It was great to see club members Jess and Matthew supporting the day.

Jess presenting the trophy to the winner of the ladies competition.

Jess presenting the trophy to the winner of the gentleman’s competition.

Janet McCann, Chair of Brockenhurst Gateway Club thanked everyone for their generosity in supporting Brockenhurst Gateway Club. It was a fantastic afternoon.

Creature Teachers 28.9.23

Brock GatewayClub Night, Miscellaneous29th September 20230

We had a great time when Creature Teachers came to a club night. We looked at and touched different creatures including ferrets, a snake and an owl. It was good to be able to ask lots of questions and hear that many had been rescued from different situations. A huge thank you for a really interesting evening.

It was interesting to learn about where the snake lived and what it liked to eat.

I felt very confident holding the snake.

It was good to see lots of different creatures.

I was so happy when the owl landed on the glove.

I touched the giant centipede very gently.

Skittles Evening 21.9.23

Brock GatewayClub Night, Miscellaneous22nd September 20230

We had a fantastic skittles evening with everyone joining in the competition. We would like to say a huge thank you to The Huntsman in Brockenhurst for making us so welcome.

Ryan, one of our assistant leaders did an amazing job of organising the competition to make sure everyone took part. He was helped by club members Liam and Sean who made sure all the balls were returned and the skittles were ready for the next person to take part. A great team, thank you.

Everyone had a great time joining in or cheering on friends.

Skittles is a great game to play with friends.

It’s great to spend an evening with my friends.

We also had a raffle with lots of great prizes. The proceeds from this help to fund our events.

Welcome Back!

Brock GatewayClub Night, Miscellaneous22nd September 20230

It’s great to be back at club after the summer break. We have enjoyed taking part in our favourite activities and catching up with friends at the same time.

Lots of members really enjoy using the beautiful flowers Sarah brings in to make different arrangements. Brockenhurst Gateway is a social club but we also learn lots of skills. In flower arranging members have learnt to select greenery to begin their arrangement and then add different layers of flowers. Choosing different colours means each member makes a unique arrangement to take home.

So many choices of greenery and flowers.

Working together to produce different designs.

Some of our finished arrangements on display.

I’m really pleased with the flowers I chose.

Summer Ball 20.7.23

Brock GatewayClub Night, Miscellaneous2nd August 20230

On Thursday 20th July we held our Summer Ball as our final activity of the club year. It was great to celebrate a fantastic year of activities with friends, music, dancing and fabulous food. A huge thank you to club members and resident DJs Jacob and Matthew for providing great music and amazing lights all evening.

We all enjoyed dancing or just sitting and listening to the music.

It was great to get dressed up for the Summer Ball.

Fabulous food served by club volunteers.

It was lovely to sit and eat my food and chat with friends.

Hythe Ferry Train and Solent Dolphin 6.7.23

Brock GatewayClub Night, Hythe Summer Activities2nd August 20230

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