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33 members attended our first ever Mamma Mia themed evening and everyone had a fantastic time. The tables were beautifully decorated and members, staff and volunteers arrived in their party clothes. A huge thank you to Club Leader, Sarah for the huge amount of work that went into organising such a special evening. Also a massive thank you to our resident DJ and Lighting expert club members Jacob and Matthew. The music and light show were amazing all evening.

Club member and member committee representative Steve said…Wow, wow, wow last Thursday was such a fantastic celebration. Disco nights are always the very best activities!

Thanks Steve, we all thought so too!

PEDALL New Forest Inclusive Cycling coming to club is definitely one of the highlights of the club calendar. Members, staff and volunteers really look forward to the event and so it was a huge relief when the weather was kind to us! Despite rain and wind throughout the day we had lovely weather and even saw some blue sky! A massive thank you to Gareth and the team for making this such a fun evening.

Lots of members tried different bikes and everyone agreed it had been a great evening. We carefully followed our track we had set up and it was great to see everyone working together. Thank you again to Gareth and the team from PEDALL New Forest.

If anyone would like to try some more PEDALL activities have a chat with us at club and we can help you to find out more or follow this link pedall.org.uk

Lots of members enjoyed making small tool boxes at club last night. Some made them for themselves and lots made them as a gift. It was great to see everyone working together to assemble the wooden kits and then choose decorations from all the different items available. It was fantastic to see the wide range of creative designs. A huge thank you to volunteer Howard for leading this activity.

Everyone agreed this had been a really fun activity. There was lots of chat about what the tool boxes could be used for. Some ideas included to store pens or jewellery. It was fantastic to see members working with volunteers, in pairs or independently. The finished designs were so individual and will definitely be very useful.

Everyone was very happy to try all the lovely Easter craft activities provided by Club Leader, Sarah. As always, there were lots of fantastic resources to choose from. Club members used their own choice of materials and creative ideas to complete their items to take home. Some members arrived in Easter hats and everyone was very pleased there were Easter eggs to include in their creations!

It’s great to work together.

Everyone agreed it had been a really good evening with lots of activities to choose from. Thank you Sarah for all the organisation.

Now it’s time for the Easter Break and we will be back at club on Thursday 16th April. Have a great Easter everyone.

Thirty three members enjoyed an amazing Valentine’s Disco. Disco’s are always a firm favourite on the programme with members taking responsibility to plan parts of the event and lots of people getting dressed up for this fabulous occasion. A huge thank you to club members Matthew and Jacob who are our resident DJ and lighting expert. Also a big thank you to club member Richard who helped out on the snack bar. As always everyone enjoyed dancing and the very tasty and beautifully presented buffet prepared by Club Leader Sarah.

Club members and volunteers all enjoyed dancing.

A huge thank you to everyone who made the evening such a great success. It was great to see members taking responsibility for different areas of the organisation including music, lights, suggesting songs and working on the snack bar. A big thank you goes to Sean from Minstead for all his support.

Everyone was very happy to see Esther and Geraldine come to club and bring their wonderful ideas and resources for making Valentine’s cards. We are so grateful for all the time you put into preparing this lovely activity. Thank you too for making this extra special by baking valentine heart shortbread to go in each card.

It was great to choose from all the different resources.

Craft activities, socialising with friends and a cup of tea make for a great evening.

Club member and committee representative Steve commented on what a lovely creative evening it had been and how lucky we were to have such great support. He also said he is looking forward to the Valentine’s disco next week!

We had a fantastic evening making Spring Planters. It was lovely to see 31 members attending and enjoying this lovely activity. Everyone chose from lots of different items to decorate their own individual pots to take home. There was a lovely choice of different coloured primulas too and also some daffodil plants which everyone will enjoy watching flower over the coming weeks.

Members, staff and volunteers all agree it had been a great evening. It was fantastic seeing members make such great design choices and working as independently as possible to complete their pot. Working together was also a main feature of the evening with everyone sitting and chatting and sharing resources.

A big thank you to club leader Sarah for all the fantastic resources for this activity.