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What a brilliant day at our Meet and Make sessions yesterday! Our members made gorgeous snow globes ❄️⛄ — and they looked absolutely amazing! Our members did a great job learning something new and getting creative. 💙✨
🕙 Session Times:
Morning: 10am – 12pm
Afternoon: 1pm – 3pm
Location: Bargoed YMCA
⭐ How we made our snow globes:
1️⃣ Fill a clean jar with water 2️⃣ Add glitter or fake snow ✨ 3️⃣ Glue a small decoration or figure to the inside of the lid 4️⃣ Screw the lid on tightly 5️⃣ Give it a shake and watch the magic happen! ❄️💙
A huge thank you to Deb and Louise for another fantastic Multiply session 😊 Everyone had fun, learned new skills, and made something special to take home. Can’t wait for next week!
On Friday we cooked up an amazing feast! 😋 Our members made sausage bake, tuna bake, and ham & cheese – all served with warm garlic bread 🥖🧄 and a lovely fresh salad 🥗 prepared by our fantastic team. We had tomatoes 🍅, lettuce 🥬, cucumber 🥒, red onion 🧅 and spring onions – absolutely delicious!
A huge thank you to Mark, Rees, Nat, and everyone who worked hard in the kitchen 👏 Big shoutout to Sarah for doing the quiz and helping to serve lunch 🧠🍽️ and Ffion for sorting the register ✅ We all had a brilliant day eating, chatting, and socialising together 💛 See you all Wednesday for Reconnect Through Music 🎶💃🕺
✨ What a fantastic day at Caerphilly People First! ✨ We started the morning with our Breakfast and Belonging session 🥐☕ where everyone enjoyed a warm cuppa, fruit, pastries, crumpets, and a good chat.
This was followed by our very first craft session delivered by Deb and Louise from Multiply 🎨✂️ Our Meet and Make with Multiply sessions will run for the next six weeks with two groups:
🕙 10am – 12pm 🕐 1pm – 3pm
Today everyone enrolled and introduced themselves. The theme was to pick someone in the room and draw a portrait of them! 🖼️👀
Both our morning and afternoon members did an amazing job — and there were plenty of giggles with a fun game of “Guess Who?” once we revealed the finished portraits! 😂🎭 📸 Check out our designs below and see if you can guess who’s who! A big thank you to everyone who joined us today — what a brilliant start to the project! 💛🙌
Today’s Reconnect Through Music session was a spooktacular success! 👏🕸️ The hall looked incredible — decked out with Halloween decorations that transformed the space into a fun setting. From cobwebs to skeletons, every detail added to the atmosphere. 🎃✨
Our members truly embraced the Halloween spirit — everyone looked amazing in their costumes! From witches to devils, and everything in between, the creativity on display was fantastic. 🧛🧙♀️🧟♂️
We enjoyed an incredible 29 songs today and each performance was filled with energy and enthusiasm. 🎵💫🎶 Here are just a few of the highlights:
🕺 Joshua thrilled us with “Thriller” by Michael Jackson 🌞 Hywel took us on a “Summer Holiday” with Cliff Richard 💃 Anthony impressed with “Help Yourself” by Tom Jones 🔥 Ffion and Amy rocked “Highway to Hell” 🦁 Chris delivered a powerful “Circle of Life” by Elton John 👻 Elizabeth got everyone singing along to the Ghostbusters Theme 🎸 Sean shook the room with “Jailhouse Rock” by Elvis Presley 🧙♀️ Nat wowed with “Babooshka” by Kate Bush
In the middle of the session, we got everyone up to dance — and what a sight it was! The floor was full of movement, laughter, and fun. 🕺💃 🎂 We also celebrated Andrew’s 30th birthday 🎉 with a delicious cake and a singalong of “Happy Birthday” 🥳 and everyone joined in to make his day extra special. To top it all off, we enjoyed a lunch of hot dogs, prepared by Christy and Cheryl — thank you both! 🌭💖 A huge thank you to everyone who helped make today’s Halloween-themed session such a memorable, musical, and magical day. 🎶🧡👻
On Friday we enjoyed a yummy homemade lasagna with lots of fresh vegetables prepared by our wonderful members! 🥕🥦🍅 A big thank you to Nat for doing the quiz 🧠🎤 and Sarah for running bingo! 🎉👏 And of course, a huge thank you to all our amazing volunteers who worked so hard today — you’re the best! 💪💚
It was lovely to see some new faces joining us — we welcomed three new members who really enjoyed today’s session! 🥰🙌 We can’t wait to see everyone again on Wednesday for our Halloween-themed Reconnect through Music session! 👻🎶 Don’t forget to dress up and choose a spooktacular song to sing! 🎤🧛♀️🕸️ We’ll be serving hotdogs and cakes too! 🌭🧁
Today’s Reconnect Through Music group was full of energy, laughter, and incredible talent. In total, our members performed an amazing 28 songs 🎤✨, and each performance brought its own magic to the room. 🌟
Matilda shone with her powerful rendition of Believe by Cher 🌈, while Ffion and Amy teamed up for a lively performance of Rehab by Amy Winehouse 🍷. Sean had everyone smiling and moving along to My Boy Lollipop by Bad Manners 🍭, and Ellysia wowed us with her version of Crazy by Gnarls Barkley 🤯. Natalie brought a touch of pop sunshine with Flowers by Miley Cyrus 🌸, and Jackie gave a heartfelt performance of Back for Good by Take That 🎶.
As the performances flowed, everyone gathered together to enjoy a delicious hot dog lunch 🌭 lovingly prepared by Christy, Cheryl, and Helen 👩🍳👩🍳👩🍳. This provided a lovely opportunity to relax and chat with friends. We’re grateful to Sharon and Libby 📝 for helping with the paperwork, and to Pete the caretaker 🛠️ who made sure everything was set up and ready before we even arrived.
The feedback we received today really shows how much the group means to people. One member shared, “I made more friends” 🤝, while another said, “I love singing and seeing friends” 🎵. We also heard, “I wish it was every week” 📅, and perhaps the best compliment of all: “You can’t improve this session – I love it” 💖.
Overall, today was a truly joyful session filled with music, friendship, and community. Thank you to everyone who contributed to making it such a success! 🎉
✨ A huge thank you to Noah for delivering the online hate crime training today ✨
Our members really enjoyed the session and gave some great feedback on what they learned:
Andrew – learned how to make accounts private and how to report hate crime. Ffion – learned the same and found it very useful. Theresa – found it helpful, especially learning not to answer phone scams. Morgan – enjoyed everything and learned more about staying safe and interacting with people. Mark – said he liked it all. Amy – found all the information helpful, learned more about staying safe, and said it was fab! Gethin – said it was great for information. Olivia – found it very interesting and learned about safe settings. Christy – said the training was very detailed, delivered in an easy way to understand, with a fun ice breaker and interesting conversation throughout. Stu – said the information was easy to put into practice, very friendly and accessible.
💡 Members also learned that hate crime can be reported to Victim Support, as well as through social media platforms if abuse happens online.
👏 Overall, members said the training was informative, enjoyable, and easy to understand. Thank you again Noah for supporting our members to feel safer online.
On Friday our members prepared lots of fresh vegetables 🥦🥕🌽🥬 – we had cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, peas, and carrots to go with our delicious cottage pie 🥧. We made it using 5% lean mince 🥩 and topped some with cheese 🧀 (and left some plain for those who prefer it that way!). Best of all – zero waste 🙌👏. Everyone enjoyed the meal ❤️ and feedback is always fantastic! Huge thanks to everyone who helped out in the kitchen 👏, to Nat for sorting bingo & the quiz 🎶🎲, and to Peter the caretaker for setting up the hall 🙏.
💚 Why Healthy Eating Matters 💚 Eating fresh vegetables and balanced meals helps boost energy ⚡, improves mood 😊, supports overall health 🩺, and gives our members the confidence to try new foods 🍴. These sessions make a huge difference by: ✨ Reducing isolation & loneliness 🤝 ✨ Building independence and life skills 🥄 ✨ Encouraging teamwork & confidence 💪 ✨ Bringing joy and friendship to our members 💛 📌 Our next Cookery session: sausage dinner with vegetables and onion gravy 🌭🥔🧅. 🎵 On Wednesday we’ll be back together for Reconnect through Music 🎤🎶. Thank you all for another lovely day 💛
Last week we had an online TRAC meeting with Stacey Rees and friends from Cwm Taff People First. It was lovely to see everyone. 💻❤️
What we talked about:
Training and research. 📚🔍Some members will be trained and paid to become researchers. 💷🧑🔬 TRAC members will teach Year 1, 2 and 3 students. 👩⚕️👨⚕️🎓 Teaching will happen in the simulation suite at USW. 🏥➡️🎓 Students will practise real life situations. This gives them hands-on experience. 🤝🩺 Why this matters: It helps students learn from real lived experience. 🗣️❤️ It makes learning more realistic and safe. ✅ LD nurses are very important. They keep people safe teaching them helps them to learn how to give the right care. 👩⚕️🧑⚕️💙 People with lived experience teach students things you can’t read in a book. 📘❌➡️✅
Big thanks to members who joined the meeting. Well done! 👏🎉
