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Wednesday 20th November 2024
Today @mencapliverpool members Amanda, Ste and James, our volunteer Tony and our Outreach Manager went along to visit Gayle and everyone at @openingdoorsproject . The Opening Doors Project is based just off Rice Lane and is run by volunteers for the local community. We went along and joined the Wednesday Afternoon Tea and Bingo and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. We met new people - in particular a big thank you to volunteer Lorraine who looked after us and really went the extra mile to make sure we were welcomed. Part of Outreach is to make links with other organisations. It is important that if possible our Outreach Champions go to these organisations so they can see how other groups are run, the different things happening and also to be Ambassadors of Mencap. It was great that people came along today despite the cold weather - thanks team! The Opening Doors Project is about creating community - much like it was years ago when you could just leave your doors open, everyone was welcome and everyone knew one another - and the warmth and atmosphere we felt today definitely achieved this. We will be back next Tuesday at the information day being held and we can't wait! Thank you again everyone for a wonderful afternoon!
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Tuesday 19th November 2024
Today our Outreach went to meet Dawn. Dawn had completed a referral form as she would like to try new things and make new friends. Once you complete a referral form Outreach will visit you where you feel comfortable, listen to you, find out what you like, what you want to do and start your journey with @mencapliverpool Dawn is going to join our Easy Read session tomorrow via Zoom as she thought that sounded interesting and was supported by Jo to download Zoom ready for tomorrow. Dawn it was so lovely to meet with you! We hope to see you at Mencap Community Cottage soon. If you would like to get involved member fill in oir online referral form https://www.mencapliverpool.org.uk/involve We can't wait to hear from you! #mencapliverpool #mencapliverpoolandsefton #learningdisabilities #Outreach
Published by ig on 2024-11-19T21:05:11+0000
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Friday 15th November 2024
Today our Outreach Manager visited Adam at his new volunteering job at the @thecroissantl7 @holtroadcroissant Adam is getting into a routine and when he arrives he brushes and cleans the seating area, wipes the tables. Then wrapped the knife and forks in napkins, washed up and prepared some food. Adam toasted, buttered and assembled the legendary Kensington Muffin and also bought food out to the customers - keep up the great work Adam!
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Friday 15th November 2024
This afternoon @mencapliverpool members Lewis and Kevin along with our volunteer Tony were working on the next installment of our Outreach Champions radio 📻 show "Reach Out" which will be aired on @lcr_106.7fm Today the guys were typing up ⌨️ their prompts and notes for our December show. If you would like to listen👂 to our show tune in to 106.7fm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 10am Thank you Lewis, Kevin and Tony for all your hardwork and commitment 💜
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Friday 15th November 2024
Here's a few snaps recently from our on the Right Track Travel Training Project funded by @avantiwestcoast 🚆 And we can certainly say everyone is definitely on the right track! 🛤️🥁We have been busy researching different sources of information via travel apps and at the stations ℹ️ to see what's accessible and collect resources! We have also had a visit from Alicia from Merseytravel and we have been busy journey planning for our trip to Manchester Christmas Markets next Friday! 🎄
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Thursday 14th November 2024
Today in our Outreach Champions meeting we welcomed Rachel and Amber for the first time - we hope you liked our meeting space 👍. Both Rachel and Amber found their way independently as it is easy to find ✅️, on good bus routes 🚌 and fully accessible ♿️. We spent a lot of our session talking about up and coming events 🗓 and preparing for the Dental 🦷Consultation we are having next week with Isobel Leason from the Critical Inclusive Design in Oral Health team at the University of Liverpool 🎓 @livuni Isobel is completing research 📑 with people who may face barriers ❌️ to accessing oral health care or experience oral health care inequalities and we will share our experiences with her. #mencapliverpool #mencapliverpoolandsefton #healthinequalities #uniofliv
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Wednesday 13th November 2024
Tony’s weekly walking group “walk this way, talk this way” took a trip to explore around Penny lane last week. 🚶♂️🚶🚶♀️ They visited the little gem 💎@penny_lane_development_trust and got to see some of the Beatles memories around the area. 🎶 The weekly walks encourage our members and the community to help with keeping physically active, helps with mental health and social isolation. If you would like to participate in any of our upcoming walks please contact Hannah on: 📞07881869846 #walkinggroup #livingwellsefton #liverpoolandsefton #healthylifestyle #wellbeing #socialwellbeing #everystepcounts
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Thursday 7th November 2024
We've had a really productive afternoon here in Kensington with our Outreach Champions🏆. We have made a plan📝 of what we will be working on over the coming weeks. We will be: 🔹️Preparing feedback 🗨 about Outreach for the AGM 🔹️Completing and updating our hospital 🏥 passports 🔹️Dental 🦷consultation on the 21st November 🔹️Up and coming work with other organisations🤝 We also watched Adams presentation 👨💻 about his life and work that he will be delivering soon.🤩🤩🤩 It was wonderful to see how positive and supportive everyone was of Adams hard work and each other - what an awesome team!!👍👍👍
Published by ig on 2024-11-07T17:25:26+0000
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Monday 4th November 2024
What a day Friday was for our team of radio presenters! It was the first time our first monthly show was aired - we all listened to the show and gave each other lots of compliments, congratulations and feedback - what a team! Moving forward our show will be about anything and everything - iur December show will definitely have some Christmassy vibes! If you are at a lose end on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday at 10am in November tune into @lcr_106.7fm
Published by ig on 2024-11-04T17:41:06+0000
Thursday Club with the SoSo Choir
Thursday 9th May 2024
Thursday Club has been meeting for 61 years at Mencap Community Cottage and are very much a part of the fabric of the local area in Crosby.
Thursday Club members are a fantastic group of friends - some of our members went to school together, or day services and this is the only place where people get to meet up with friends.
Each quarter our Outreach Manager plans a program of sessions which has been informed by our members at the yearly review.
Members get to get involved with a wide range of things - art, zumba, accessible bikes, silent discos, Boos Zoo visits, coach trips and more.
Every session is supported by a member of our staff team either our Outreach Manager, Progressions Coordinator or Fundraising and Communities Coordinator who work as a team to support our members and team of volunteers to have a fantastic evening each week!
This week we welcomed Su Grainger and some members of her SoSo (Singing Our Socks Off) Choir and it was an absolutely incredible evening!
Su and her team sing with our members and also sing requests and invite our members to sing and dance.
As well as the Choir we had an artistic corner where people got creative and it was a lovely evening.
Big thank you to Su and her Choir and our fantastic team of volunteers who make our Thursday Club possible.
Published by Jo on Fri May 10 2024 12:41:52 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Open Afternoon at Mencap Community Cottage
Wednesday 17th April 2024
On Wednesday 17th April we held an Open Afternoon at Mencap Community Cottage - everyone was welcome to drop in and find out more about:
⭐️ becoming a member
⭐️ or a volunteer
⭐️ the sessions organised for our members
⭐️ the improvements we have made to our building
⭐️ our future plans to make the building even better
⭐️our community sessions
⭐️our superb Coffee at Mencap
The day was a real success and our members worked incredibly hard showing people around, meeting and greeting people, talking about Mencap Liverpool and Sefton, manning information tables, serving tea and coffee and selling some of the indoor plants we have grown. Thank you to our members for your hardwork.
We were really lucky to have photographer June Poston LRPS come along for the afternoon and take these brilliant photos. Halton Day Service Samba Band opened our event and our members had an impromptu Sumba session supported by our Zumba Instructor Louise Rooney - the photos taken by June truly capture the happiness and confidence people felt.
We are so thankful to the people who volunteer their time to help in such a huge range of ways - thank you, thank you, thank you.
Published by Jo on Thu May 09 2024 17:15:42 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)