By Rachel Cole and Rob Gooding, The Tenant Involvement Team
This is a lovely active group who see the Centre as an extension of their homes and say they would be lost without it; this is apparent in the Centre too as it has a lot of homemade furnishings around making it feel homely. As a lot of the residents live alone the Centre gives them the opportunity to get together and have a chat, without having to go far. On a weekly basis they hold coffee mornings, craft sessions, film afternoons, games and bingo. They also meet at the Centre for lunch on Sundays, they have this delivered in. As well as activities in the Centre they have trips out as a group when they can.
A recent addition to the Centre is a poppy display which the craft group have done at their sessions. The main part of the display is lots of knitted poppies which they have made and then framed, they are really proud of this, and it does looks lovely.
This year the group held a Christmas Fair at the Centre, and this took place on Friday 29 November. Rachel produced a leaflet for them and delivered this around the bungalows, it was also included in the RMBC ebulletin. During the past year, the craft group have been making lots of items including candles, candle holders, keyrings, Christmas tree decorations etc which they then sold at the fair to raise money for their group. As well as these they did a tombola, which was very popular. RMBC Councillors have also agreed to purchase the group some craft equipment.
The group will be enjoying a trip to Rotherham Civic for the pantomime in January.
