march/april 2016 march/april bradford newsletter...at the kirkgate centre, shipley thursday 17th...
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Inside this issue:
Welcome 1
Bowling / Coffee Morning 1
Shipley & Bradford Meetings 2
Contact details 2
Donations Wanted 3
Creative Constructions! 3
Oil Painting 4
Diary 5
Welcome!
March/April 2016
improving life after brain injury
Headway Bradford Newsletter
07856 076 866
Headway_bradford @hotmail.co.uk
Headway Bradford
CPB 3
c/o Kirkgate Centre
39A Kirkgate
Shipley
West Yorkshire
BD18 3EH
0808 800 2244 National Free Helpline
March/April 2016
Welcome to the March / April News-
letter!
Over the past two months, we have been pleased to welcome new people to our meetings, particularly at our Bradford coffee morn-ings, as well as those who come along on a regular basis.
It is also good to be in touch with all of you again through this newsletter. If you've not been able to come to one of our meet-ings for a while, we hope you will come along again soon. It would be good to see you.
Perhaps you would like to join us when we go 10 pin bowling at Hollywood Bowl in Bradford. All members, whether we've already met you or not, are welcome to come along – full details follow. We look forward to meeting many of you in the coming months.
10 Pin Bowling
Tuesday 22 March 2016 1pm at Hollywood Bowl, The Leisure Exchange, Vic-ar Lane, Bradford, BD1 5LD, Tuesday 22 March
2016 at 1pm
Would you like to come? It would be great to have you with us.
The cost is £3.50 per person for three games. Lanes are wheelchair accessible.
We will meet at the entrance to Hollywood Bowl at 1pm -committee members will be there to meet you and will be holding a Headway Bradford sign.
To put your name down for this event please get in touch with us:-
by phone 07856 076 866 (leave a message and your contact number)
by email [email protected]
or in person at our March meeting or coffee mornings.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
www.headwaybradford.org.uk
Keighley Coffee Mornings 10.30am –
12 noon
At Beales Department Store cafe (Upper Ground Floor), Airedale Shopping Centre, 39 Low Street, Keighley, BD21 3PU.
We are settling in nicely at the new venue for our Keighley coffee mornings. Beales do not charge us for using their cafe as long as everyone who comes buys a coffee, tea, etc.
A Headway Bradford sign will be on the table our group is using. The dates for the next two Keighley coffee mornings are:-
Wednesday 2 March 2016
Wednesday 6 April 2016
The cafe is on the Upper Ground Floor in the back right hand corner and is accessible by lift or escala-tor and stairs. We look for-ward to members living in the Keighley area dropping in to join us for a cuppa, meet new people or ask for information.
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Shipley Social Meeting
Shipley Social/Support Meetings 10.30am – 12 noon, at The Kirkgate Centre, 39A Kirkgate,
Shipley, BD18 3EH
Tuesday 8 March 2016, Basic
First Aid
Talk by Kathy Thwaites of St John's Ambulance
Refreshments served at the begin-ning of the meeting
Raffle – tickets £1 a strip for those who would like to buy one
Tuesday 12 April 2016, Annual
General Meeting
We invite you to join us for this im-portant meeting, which will include:-
Chair's Annual Report
Treasurer's Annual Report
Election of committee members –
People who have said they would like to stand prior to the AGM
Time for questions and sugges-tions from members
Refreshments at the beginning of the meeting and light lunch served at the end of the meeting
A letter giving full details will be sent to all members. We very much hope to see you there.
Polite Notice
Whilst we want everyone to have a great time at all of our social events, we respectfully request that people do not drink alcohol whilst attending in accordance with Headway Bradford Alcohol and
Drugs Policy. Thank you for your co-operation.
Bradford Coffee Mornings
Bradford Coffee Mornings
10.30am – 12 noon
Our March coffee morning will be held on Thursday 17 March 2016 at St George's Hall cafe, Bridge
Street, Bradford, BD1 1JT
Just drop in any time between 10.30am and 12 noon to join us for a cuppa, meet new people or ask for information – turn left after go-ing through the doors to the cafe to
find our group,
B U T PLEASE NOTE Because St George's Hall is being refurbished, our April coffee morning on Thurs-day 21 April 2016 will be held at The Alhambra, Morley Street,
Bradford, BD7 1AJ
Coffee Mornings will then continue to be held at the Alhambra until the refurbishment at St George's Hall is complete. Leaflets to remind you
about this change and to tell you whereabouts in the Alhambra to find our group will be given out at the coffee morning on 17 March at St George's Hall. We will get in touch with anyone who usually comes but is not able to be there on 17 March.
Have your Contact Details Changed?
If any of your contact details
Address
telephone number
mobile number
email address
emergency contact number
have changed recently and you have not informed us, please do let us know so that we can be sure our newsletters will reach you and that we will be able to contact you if we need to. If you need to give us new details, please either speak to a committee member at one of our social meetings or coffee mornings or contact us by phone or email. Thank you.
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March/April 2016
Donations Wanted!
We are always grateful to receive donations of new, unused items – we're thinking of items you have been given that are surplus to your requirements, which we could use as tombola or raffle prizes when fundraising for Headway Bradford.
items can be donated at any time of year by bringing them to a social meeting or coffee morning. Alter-natively, if you would like us to col-lect items, please get in touch with us so arrangements can be made. Your support will be very much ap-preciated.
Clever Creative Constructions!
After having extra time to chat and playing a couple of team games, members who came to our January Social/Support Meeting then put their construction skills into action and had a go at constructing some-thing with marshmallows and drinking straws.
The results were very impressive! Well done!
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Oil Painting Demonstration by Chris Ellerton
Chris came to our February So-cial/Support meeting to demon-strate a very simple way of paint-ing beautiful scenes using oils.
In just over an hour Chris pro-duced the scene shown in these photos. He demonstrated simple techniques using mainly big brushes.
One of our member Fiona was brave enough to have a go. She helped Chris to paint the palm trees.
Chris runs oil painting classes where he teaches these tech-niques on a Monday and Thurs-day at the Kirgate Centre.
The charge is £2, per person, per session. For more details please contact the Kirgate centre on 01274 580186 and ask to speak to Vicky or Nicole. .
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About Headway Bradford
Headway Bradford is a local branch of Headway UK and is run by a small committee of volunteers who have either had an injury themselves or are a family member or carer. We also have legal and health care professionals who volunteer. Our aim is to provide support to help rebuild lives after brain injury.
Headway—the brain injury association is a Registered Charity No 1025852 and a company limited by guarantee. Registered in England No. 2346893.
Our national free telephone Helpline number is:
0808 800 2244 Open Monday—Friday 9am—5pm
(charges from mobiles may vary)
Headway Bradford Diary
Wednesday 2nd March 2016
Keighley Coffee Morning. Drop in and join us for a coffee 10.30am—12noon.
at the cafe in Beales Department Store, Airedale Shopping Centre, 39 Low Street, Keighley, BD21 3PU
Tuesday 8th March 2016
Social Support Meeting, Basic First Aid – Kathy Thwaites, St John's Ambulance. 10.30am - 12pm
At the Kirkgate Centre, Shipley
Thursday 17th March 2016
Bradford Coffee Morning. Drop in and join us for a coffee 10.30am - 12pm
At George’s Hall café, Bridge Street, Bradford, BD1 1JT,
Tuesday 22 March 2016
Bowling at Hollywood Bowl, The Leisure Exchange, Vicar Lane, Bradford, BD1 5LD Meet at the entrance 1pm.
Wednesday 6th April 2016
Keighley Coffee Morning. Drop in and join us for a coffee 10.30am—12noon.
at the cafe in Beales Department Store, Airedale Shopping Centre, 39 Low Street, Keighley, BD21 3PU
Tuesday 12th April 2016
Annual General Meeting. Light lunch served at he end of the meeting. 10.30am - 12pm
At the Kirkgate Centre, Shipley
Thursday 18th February 2016
Bradford Coffee Morning. Drop in and join us for a coffee 10.30am - 12pm
At The Alhambra, Morley Street, Bradford, BD7 1AJ
Email: [email protected]