At: Sacred Heart Centre Glascote, Tamworth. Friday, 12 May 2017 between 7.00 pm and 10.00 pm.
Disco, Buffet, Tombola, Raffle.
Tickets £4.00 available at Wednesday SPIN. Closing date 26 April.
For SPIN members only
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SPIN Drop-In Cafe
At: St John’s Church Community Rooms St John Street Tamworth Starting Monday, 20 March 2017
SPIN will be holding a drop-in café every Monday between 10.30 am and 12.30 pm. It will be open to all adults with learning/physical disabilities, offering friendship, games and craft activities. Advice and help with form-filling are also available if required.
Entrance is free. There will be a small charge for tea and coffee.
For further information, speak to Sylvia at SPIN on Wednesday nights, or telephone her on 01827 65264.
STEPHEN’S MARATHON EFFORTS
Stephen Thompson finished the London Marathon in April with a time of 3 hours, 35 minutes and 39 seconds. His sterling efforts have raised nearly £6,000 to date in sponsorship money for SPIN, for which we are truly grateful.
We would like to thank Stephen and all those who sponsored him for their generosity in supporting our charity. The money has helped to support our Prom, and will help to fund our Activity Week in the summer and our Christmas Party, as well as the week-to-week costs of our club.
Of the members and parents who took part in off-line giving, Andrea Baker guessed the nearest finish time and won the box of chocolates.
SPIN GOES TO SEE A PANTOMIME
On Wednesday, 16 December, 66 members, carers, staff and volunteers from SPIN went to see Aladdin at the Assembly Rooms in Tamworth.
They were vociferous in their participation of the storyline, cheering the goodies and booing the baddie. Everyone had a really good time.
Many thanks to the cast who gave a wonderful performance, incorporating our group into their dialogue.
SPIN Christmas Performance
Wednesday, 2 December was the SPIN Christmas Performance, held at Tamworth Youth Centre, which is now run by the One Recovery Team.
Publicised as a ‘Christmas Extravaganza’, more than a dozen SPIN members took part in front of a large audience of family, friends, other members, staff and volunteers. Christmas songs and carols, poems, readings, jokes and sketches were ably performed, and afterwards tea, coffee, mince pies and cakes were available for consumption before making the journey home.
SPIN CHRISTMAS PARTY
The SPIN Christmas Party was held at the Sacred Heart Centre on Friday, 4 December, 2015. Around 90 members, their families, staff and volunteers came along, and danced the night away to a disco hosted by Brian Mawdsley, and tucked into a sumptuous buffet made by Roasters in Tamworth.
Many tickets were bought and prizes won at the Tombola, and the whole evening was most enjoyable and a great success.
ST EDITHA’S CHRISTMAS TREE PAGEANT
SPIN has once again entered a tree into the Christmas Tree Festival at St Editha’s Church, Tamworth. This year’s theme is ‘Follow the star’ and the tree is a little different, in that it is hand made out pax portable vaporizers of wood. Stars adorn the tree and there is a nativity scene at the base. Feel free to take one of the SPIN leaflets placed nearby to find out more about the charity and its work.
Viewing of all trees in the festival began last night (Friday, 20 November), and coincided with the switching on of the Christmas lights in Tamworth at 6.00 pm on the same evening. Please go to the Christmas Tree Festival check this site out at some point over the few days and support the SPIN tree with your vote. All Christmas trees can be viewed from now until 30 November.
Cheque from Sainsbury’s UTL Site Dress-down Day
On Wednesday 13 August, Vicki Bisgrove who is in charge of charities and events at the Tamworth Sainsbury’s UTL site, came to present a cheque to SPIN for £113, raised from a monthly dress-down day at the depot, for which we are very grateful.
SPIN Activity Week – Sponsored by Big Lottery Fund
Between 11 and 15 August SPIN held a Life Skills Activity Week at Tamworth Youth Centre, which was kindly sponsored by the Big Lottery Fund. We are most grateful to the Big Lottery Fund for giving us cash to enable us to hold this event once again.
Numbers ranged between 35 and 45, and those who attended could choose to participate in activities such as many different types of craft, sports, keep fit, Zumba, rocket building, making and decorating cakes, first aid, safety, manicures and pedicures, a music quiz, treasure hunt, disco and karaoke.
Some of those who attended used certain activities to generate initial evidence in NVQ units in Life and Living Skills, which SPIN is running in conjunction with the Business Development Service, and which began during this week.
On Thursday, 14 August we had a visit from a Christian singing group from Ghana, who were visiting the area and wanted to call in to see what SPIN was doing. They sang and played instruments for us for about an hour before recommencing their tour.
25th Anniversary Party
On the 20th December SPIN held its 25th anniversary celebration, which took place in the Athletics Club off the A5, in the form of a disco and social evening for over 100 members and parents alike.
The evening was spent by in socialising, dancing and enjoying a buffet. The Mayor Councillor John Garner was a guest and gave a short speech about SPIN, which was followed by Sylvia Geldard, the club leader thanking all staff and volunteers for their continued service during the year. The staff of the Athletics Club was thanked for giving up their evening to put the event on.
SPIN runs a social club for people aged 14+ who have special needs. It is open every Wednesday evening during term time from 7.15 pm to 9.30 pm and new members are always welcome. The venue is Tamworth Youth Centre.
The evening was funded by county councillors Ben Adams, Michael Greatorex, Chris Cooke and Sheree Peaple, each having contributed from their Staffordshire Local Community Fund allocation, to help build on the massive success that the charity has seen in recent years.
The Staffordshire Local Community Fund is an initiative which supports communities directly through local county councillors. Each councillor has £10,000 a year to allocate to groups and organisations in their division to provide and improve important local services and promote community pride.
More information on the Staffordshire Local Community Fund is available at www.staffordshire.gov.uk. Just click on ‘Your Council’ and ‘Staffordshire Local Community Fund’.
