Thursday 7 July 2011

Special People North will be at Disability Awareness Day in Warrington

Disability Awareness Day is this Sunday 10th July from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hope you can make it!


 Disability Awareness Day (DAD), is Europe's largest voluntary-led disability exhibition, and is held annually in a huge tented village within the grounds of Walton Hall Gardens.

Organised by Warrington Disability Partnership, recent shows have attracted over 25,000 visitors. There’ll be events to watch in the main arena, sports activities to watch and join in, new products to see and lots more.

I hope the weather is good because Special People North will be outside on stand CT-26 near the Seating Area – do come and say hello! Nearly 500 spaces will be taken by exhibitors all working to this year’s theme "Promoting Independence Throughout Life & Work", with support groups and services, equipment, transport, technology, holidays, benefits, employment, education, training, mobility, leisure, recreation, sport and much more.


Take a look at the DAD website, there’s a full list of exhibitors and lots of information about this year’s and previous years’ DADs.


follow the link: http://www.disabilityawarenessday.org.uk/


Disability Awareness Day will be a colourful and entertaining day out. The free programme provided on the day will give you full details of:
Entertainments
The 2011 programme features Batala Liverpool Community Samba Band, Revive Dance School, Liverpool Harmonic Gospel Choir, ELLA, Carly Ryan, Martin Finn, Hollie Caddock, Urban Gipsies, Wired For Sound,Dee-sign- BSL Choir, and Alan Martin the dancer.
Paralympics Sports Zone 2011
This year the sports zone will have a theme to include the 'Paralympics Games 2012'. There will be opportunities to try the sport and have a go at participating on the Climbing Wall, Wheelchair Basketball, Rowing, Archery, Football Beat the Goalie, Scuba Diving, Body Zorbes and Small Bore Rifle Shooting. The activities are provided by qualified coaches and instructors.
Arts
There is an exciting programme in the Arts Marquee for 2011. With Carly & Martin from BBC 3’s “Autistic Superstars, the Batala Samba Band, ELLA Performance group, “Wired for Sound” –Warrington’s community choir, Alan Martin- wheelchair dancer, Dee Sign Choir transforming singing into sign, and Stars Drama. The “Urban Gypsies” will be mingling with the crowds.
For the Children
Children's Entertainment include something for all abilities with all the fun of the fair provided by Chadwick's Family Fairground Rides and the hugely popular Bouncy Castles. Professor Fiddlesticks will amaze you with his circus skills, Walton Hall Rangers will be pleased to see you visiting the Walton Hall Zoo.




At Special People North we hope you have a wonderful time during the summer holidays!

If you are in need of some additional support during the summer holidays… or any other time… don’t hesitate to contact me. We are here for you and your family; no-one is too young or too old!
We will provide a carefully selected support worker for your exact needs, and no need for you to worry about recruitment, job descriptions, training or dealing with the tax man – the list is endless – we can do it all for you as the employer. We listen to your needs, and you tell us what you are looking for… and we do the rest.



Youth in Action! is a charity I have just found out about, which provides activities for children between the ages of 5 and 18 during school holidays. Activities range for arts and crafts to music, day trips and much more.

Geographically they mainly cover the Congleton and district area but if you are outside this area and interested do get in touch as you may still be eligible.

Upcoming events include bowling in Crewe on 23rd July from 3 – 5.30 p.m. and a summer play-scheme in August daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The activities co-ordinator to contact is Louise Lovenberry (also one of my support workers!) on 0781 3025237 or louiselovenberry@yahoo.co.uk