Diary of Activities and

Events for

Hammersmith and Fulham

Mencap

May 2016

Book in advance by calling

HF Mencap Activities and Events on

020 8748 5168

Or email Dean.Ashby@hfmencap.org

Find our diary of activities online:

http://www.hfmencap.org

We have support workers to make sure you can do the things

you want to do for example, sports, art, cooking, film nights.

You tell us we’ll do it!

We go on lots of fun trips and activities for example, the pub,

clubs, karaoke, cafes and many more!

A Self Advocacy group, run by and for people with learning

disabilities. At Safety Net People First we support each other

to speak up about things that are important to us.

We run skills development workshops during term time and

organize fun activities during school holidays. We focus on

social engagement and building confidence.

Please contact Marie Tolhurst 07821 629 735 or Jatinder

Purewal 07821 629 734

13 to 25

18+

18+

All Ages

What is My Life: Out and About?

We provide high quality, bespoke

support packages for people with

learning disabilities.

How can we support you ?

We can support you with your daily tasks and the

activities you wish to attend. This could be:

Social and leisure events

Household tasks

Accessing education

Personal care

When/where is support available?

Our trained support staff are available for 1 hour a

week to 24 hours a day, working across all London

boroughs.

How can you access personal support?

You can access support using your personal budget or

other forms of direct payment, such as paying with

private funds or with funding directly from your local

authority.

For more information contact Dean Ashby on:

Dean.ashby@hfmencap.org or 07957 934 478

Monday

Trampoline Sessions

Have a great time bouncing. Improving

your overall physical health (with an

experienced trampoline instructor).

Meet: HF Mencap Activity Centre

Location: Phoenix High School

Cost: £5.00

Skills Development

Learn about all different life skills from

how to use money, hygiene, arts &

crafts, writing skills and many more

different skills. If you would like to learn

something new, please let us know!

Location: HF Mencap Activity Centre

Cost: Free

Taking control of my

Future

Interactive workshops with weekly

visitors. Term time only.

Location: HF Mencap Activity

Centre

Cost: £3.00

Come and join in this inclusive and

interactive session of Bingo. Keep

a keen eye on your bingo cards; If

you get all the numbers on your

bingo lines, your in for a chance of

winning prizes.

Location: HF Mencap Activity

Centre

Cost: £1.00

Tuesday

An excellent opportunity to show and learn new cooking skills.

Cook and taste different cultural and exotic foods every week.

Location: HF Mencap Activity Centre

Cost: £5.00

Cook And Taste

Safety Net People First

“Members Meetings”

We are a Self Advocacy group, run by and

for people with learning disabilities

We meet to discuss events, training and

campaigns. Our aim is to improve services,

campaign on real issues and raise awareness about

the needs of people with learning disabilities.

Karaoke Social

Meet: HF Mencap Activity Centre or you can meet us at Southern Bell

Location: The Southern Bell, 175 Fulham Palace Road, W6 8QT

Cost: £2.00

Come a long to this weekly social event and sing / rap / dance to your favourite songs.

Location: HF Mencap Activity

Centre

Cost: £3.00

Yoga with Raquel

Join in for an hour of peace and

tranquillity. Developing your

flexibility and feeling calm.

Makaton Learn new and different signs in

this Makaton session. Accessible

Location: HF Mencap Activity

Centre

Wednesday’s

Dancing with Vicki

Due to popular demand ‘Cook and Taste’ is on again!

Help make the table, chop, stir, wash up and learn many more skills about cooking.

Location: HF Mencap Activity Centre

Cost: £5.00

Cook And Taste

‘Dancing with Vicki’ has become our

most popular session.

Come join in learning different dance

techniques, solos and team dance

offs!

Location: HF Mencap Activity Centre

Cost: £5.00

Film Night with Hot Dogs

Games, Xbox, Wii

And Computers

Play your favourite games on a choice of different consoles or spend your time catching up on new music, videos and the news online.

Drop in and enjoy

Location: HF Mencap Activity Centre

Cost: Free

Come and spend the evening and watch one of your favourite films

Bring in your choice of films so everyone can vote and choose a film.

Enjoy hot dogs with your film

Location: HF Mencap Activity Centre

Cost: £3.00

Thursday’s

Bowling

Come and join us bowling with your friends.

Compete against your friends and see who can achieve the highest score.

Bring your own lunch or money for

your lunch

Meet: HF Mencap Activity Centre

Location: Park Royal Bowling

Cost: £5.00

Fitness Circuits

Be more active and join in this

energising session of fitness circuits.

Improving on overall physical

well-being.

Location: HF Mencap Activity Centre

Cost: £1.00

Football Session

Football Club

Be a part of a inclusive football team

encouraging both male and female players

of all abilities to join in.

Leaving: HF Mencap Activity Centre

Arriving Back: Hammersmith Broadway

Location: Cedars Youth and Community

Centre, Harrow Weald,

Friday’s

Weekly BIG Trip

Friday 6th - Bishops Park Picnic - Bring lunch or money

Friday 13th - Bond Museum: The cars from Spectre -

£10.00 - bring lunch or money

Friday 20th - Chinese Meal out - £10.00

Friday 27th - V&A Gallery - Free- Bring lunch or money

Please call Dean on 0208 748 5168 to book space

Big Trip Finish time is an estimate.

Each trip will need to be booked and paid for in advance.

Please bring: Freedom pass and packed lunch or

money for lunch.

Meet: HF Mencap Activity Centre

Saturday’s

Activity Centre Open for Drop In

£2.00 per hour or £5.00 for the day

This cost includes: Use of the Art Room, TV Room,

Kitchen, Xbox, Games and Supplies.

Drop In Saturdays

Information

of Activities

In each of our activities, we connect all of these

elements shown below to lead a healthier lifestyle.

But we can’t do it on our own, we need your help to

achieve this!

All of our activities are SOCIALLY

inclusive. For example, in our popular

dance class, all of the participants interact

with each other to perform dance routines.

The PSYCHOLOGICAL element is important

for our clients mental well-being. We try and

create innovative ideas to stimulate our clients.

The PHYSICAL element of our activities are

increasing. We are now introducing

Trampolining and Fitness Circuits to improve

the number of hours of physical activity per

week to improve overall health.

Sponsored by

Join the Gateway Award

Targeting age groups 18 - 25 years old

For more information about the Gateway

Award, please contact, Dean on 0208 748 5168.

Plan trips

Fundraise

Update our Blog

Meet new people

Put it on your C.V

Have your say

Gain confidence

Call Jatinder or Marie on

0208 748 5168 for more

information.

All the spaces for the Summer Trip are now full.

If you are going on the trip and you have any

questions, please contact Dean. We will keep you

informed of any further trips we are looking to go on.

Please call Dean: 0208 748 5168

Summer Trip

August 2016

Two Night Trip To

Grosvenor Hall

Campfire Activities Disco

Boxing Taster Session

5pm at BCH on Wednesday 11th May

Please contact Marie or Jatinder on

0208 748 5168 to book on.

Other News

We are sad to say that Greg is leaving us after 4 1/2 years.

As a team we can say what a big impact he has made at HF

Mencap as the Play inclusion Coordinator.

He will be working for The Limes Community & Childrens

Centre in Walthamstow.

From all of us at Mencap we wish you Good

Luck and we hope to see you soon!

There will be a party in the activity centre

from 2— 4:30 pm on Thursday 19th May

SNPF Charity number: 1110074

Safety Net - People First A Self - Advocacy group that meets

regularly to discuss a wide range of issues

Members meeting

*Guest speaker

from DWP**

Safetynet HF

For more info call

Friday

13th May

Tuesday

3rd

May

Tuesday

17th

May

Members meeting

Call us or contact us on Facebook to

find out where we are meeting this month

Members meeting

*Guest speaker

from People First**

Thurs

May

19th

Health event

£5.00

HF Mencap Activities Centre

Open for Everyone

Monday to Friday:

Saturdays:

Sundays: CLOSED

Trip Checklist:

Before you leave the house for a trip, make sure you

Ring to Book Trip or

activity

Bring Freedom Pass

or Oyster Card

Bring pack lunch or

www.hfmencap.org

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65 Aspenlea Road

Hammersmith, W6 8LH