2. WHAT’S HAPPENING?
The group have been busy busy busy since our last Newsletter! Working very
hard on topping the last one to show all of you what lifeworks is all about! So
here is what is going on in this edition…
And so much more…
Meet our new
members –
Paul and
Alison
CUSTOMER OF
THE MONTH!
ASHTON’S
ANTICS- THE
OUTSIDE
WORLD
NCS drama
workshop
WHAT’S
COMING
UP?
3. Alison: I am 47 I like to do
different work ‘’ in a shop on
Tuesdays
Write newspapers. And books.
Publish them,.
Paul : I AM 36 THIS YEAR BUT I DON’T REALLY
KEEP TRACK OF MY AGE. I MET REBECCA AT
MY HOUSE (HIRD ROAD) SHE TOLD ME ABOUT
NEWSLETTER GROUP AND I THOUGHT I
WOULD JOIN BECAUSE I LIKE HAVING THINGS
TO DO. I PLAY RUGBY FOR BUMBLE BEES AND
I THINK IT IS VERY FUN BECAUSE YOU CAN
PLAY WITH YOUR MATES AND PEOPLE ON
OTHER TEAMS.
4. WE HAVEALL BEEN PLAYING RUBY FOR A LONG HAS BEEN TIMEBUT WE
STARTED AT BEGINNING KEVINHAS BEEN AT BUMBLE BEES THE LONGESTOF
ALL OF US.
MICHAEL IS WINGER,PAUL IS FORWARD&KEVINIS PROP FORWARD.
WE WONTHE WORLD CUP IN2015 WEPLAYED AGEINSTWALES SOTLAND
FRACE ADD THE YOKSHSIREPOLCEEAND ARMYSOLDIERS IN2017OURTEAM
WILL BE FLYING TO SPAINTO COMPETEINTHE WORLD CUP. AGAINST
DIFFERENTTEAMS FROMAII OVERTHEWORLD ALL 3 OF US WILL BE JOINING
WE HAVE OUR TICKETS ALREADY AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED WEKNOW THAT
WE ARE GOING TO WINANYWAYCOS WE ARE THE BEST TEAM IN ENGLAND
AND THERE IS NO DOUBTABOUTTHAT. INTHE FINAL LASTYEAR WE CAME
SECOND BECAUSE IREAND BEAT US BY ONE TRY WHICH WAS PRETTY
DISAPPOINTING BUTWE STILL DID GOOD.
PAUI, KEVINAND MICHAEL
For more information on the club go to:
www.mixedabilitysports.org.uk
5. STEVEN IS THEGOAL KEEPER FOR BRADFORD CITY
DISABILITYTEAMHE ALSO VOLLUNTEERRS AT
LIFEWORKS AND HEREIS OUREXCLUSIVEINTERVEIW:
1. Do you play every game?
Yes but not when I have other tournaments like bowling
2. How many trophies have you won?
I have 5 football trophies I also have medals and plaques but I
don’t know how many
3. How long have you been playing?
5 years
4. Have you ever been sent off?
No, not yet
5. Do you get along with the other players?
Yes! Matty, Liam and Robert I get along with the best.
6. Have you ever played away with your team? If so, Where?
I have played in Holland twice, Ireland and Germany I used to
play for England and when I did I played in Switzerland twice
too.
7. Do you have any fans?
Yes, some peoples parents come and watch and so does my
wife, Jane.
8. Do your family come and support you?
Jane does and so does one of my sisters
9. How often do you go training?
Every Friday for two hours
10. How do you feel about your win against Germany recently?
Really chuffed, yeah I’m happy about that.
6. 04 07 2016
After we published our first news letter we
went to Shipley bowling to celebrate and I
scored 80 points Raymond even got a strike
Afterwards we ordered some food I had a
pizza and chips and two blue WKD’s which
were really nice on a scale of 1 to 10 it was a
10/10 and I was really really happy about
finishing the first newsletter.
I really enjoy newsletter group because it gives me something to do
on an evening I also go cooking at Wibsey Park on a Wednesday
which is good because I get dinner for free .my usual day to come to
lifeworks is a Wednesday. I like Wednesdays because I get to see
my friend’s Sarah and Michelle and Sully. Sully is funny at lifeworks
we get to choose which activates we get to do each week.
It was my birthday recently ( 5th
of may) and I turned 23 years old I
want to HFT and they threw me a party I had 3 cake’s . After HFT I
want to Frankie and Benny’s with my family for my tea. I got
presents from my family and friends I got a watch , now 39 cd a cup
that say super sister sweets a bracelet and card from my best friend
Cowa my ex boyfriend bought me a bottle of Fanta and I tipped it
away .
I have always wanted to go clubbing and now I am 23 my parents
have said that they r going to take me on a night out I im really
excited for my first time in a club.
-ASHTON
7. Ben Pattison fromHird Road won a photography competition with Bradford
college this month and won a £15 gift voucher He was really proud and this has
had a very positive effect on his confidence and self esteem. We think Ben is a
great photographer and wanted to show all of you his brilliant achievement!
Who will be in the frame next month? – let us know whatyou haveachieved
and this could be you!
8. Here at LifeWorks we are always looking to make new connections within the
community. And what better way to do it than working hand in hand with the
National Citizen’s Service!
For those of you who don’t know, the National Citizens Service (NCS) are a
group of 16/17 year old school leavers who take part in a series of tem building
and community tasks over the summer. It helps them boost their confidence for
the world of work and add a list of new skills to their CV.
On Saturday 16th
and Sunday 17th
July we held a drama workshop at our local
church. On Saturday Louise and Tammy from the barn came along with Sam
from the groups at the mill with his mum, Tracy. We spent time getting to know
the young people and even played some drama games. On the Sunday, we
were also joined by Michael, Kevin and Ann-Marie from John Gaffney and
Ashton from the groups. We played more games with the group and then they
performed some short plays for us based on the stories we had told them the
day before. Sam and Louise were over the moon when they saw that the
characters in the plays were representing them and telling their real life stories!
Overall the customers had a fantastic time and were sad to see the back of the
NCS group but we doubt it will be the last time!
Follow our twitter to see more on what we got up to that weekend!
@YH_LifeWorks
Working
in
Partnership
9.
10. It was all happiness and laughter round at John Gaffney Home on Thursday 2st
July as they Hosted a wonderful open day! They had music, games, activities
and a lovely buffet from FoodWorks what more could you ask for?
11. You can forget A, B and C there’s no such thing as set groups at LifeWorks
anymore! LifeWorks have changed the way the Groups are run. We now get 3
choices for activity sessions each day.
On a Wednesday the groups are different there are new people how didn’t come
out with us before because they are no set groups to be in. I think it is really
good that the groups have changed this way because we are doing different
activities then what we normally do and we to choose.
-Ashton
In keeping with all the other fun and exciting stuff that has been going on we
have found the perfect way to log it and share our adventures with the World
Wide Web! Our Twitter account recently went live and it is so far doing a
fantastic job of keeping everybody up to date on life at LifeWorks.
Follow our page:
@YH_LifeWorks
Over the next 12 months we are going to be offering different sessions and
courses offering every customer the opportunity to learn valuable life skills
such as maintaining healthy relationships, gain independent living skills, health
& wellbeing, access local communities promoting socialand inclusions, keeping
safeand much more.
We will be offering these courses to all existing Yorkshirehousing customers
and tenants which will incur a contribution costshould anyone out of the
existing Lifeworks day serviceor they attend on an extra day to participate in
an extra session or activity.
Please keep a look out in our further newsletters for more information
12. Lee took a trip with his group over to Knottingley on
the train. Lee is a fan of northern rail trains and was
very excited about his
trip on the train.
Sam brought in his Great
Britain flag in the and a
2012 Olympics T-shirt in
spirit of the up coming
Olympic games. He lifted the morale of the whole
mill with his “captain England” chant and dancing.
Louise took full advantage of the sunny
weather when we took a trip to Myrtle park in
Bingley recently, laid out in the grass after a
picnic enjoying her writing and soap
magazines.
The Groups took a trip out to
Bradford City centre where
they had a festival in City Park,
they enjoyed the ambulance
stall the most as they got to
learn all about the Yorkshire
ambulance service and even meet some of the team.
