RENDEZVOUS activity programme Jan-Mar 2016

RENDEZVOUS at WHITE LODGE CENTRE Holloway Hill Chertsey Surrey KT16 0AE 01932 577996 ACTIVITIES AT RENDEZVOUS JANUARY-MARCH 2016 Creative Arts Activities Day Dates Times Fitness Activities Day Dates Times OPEN ART Mon 1-29 Feb 10.30-12.30pm SEATED FITNESS Fri 8-29 Jan 3-3.30pm Tue 5-26 Jan 10.30-12.30pm Fri 5-26 Feb 3-3.30pm Tue 1-22 Mar 10.30-12.30pm Fri 4-25 Mar 3-3.30pm Thu 4-25 Feb 10.30-12.30pm Fri 8-29 Jan 10.30-12.30pm Fri 4-25 Mar 10.30-12.30pm EXPLORING PRINTMAKING Fri 5-26 Feb 10.30-12.30pm Computing Activities EXPRESSIVE PAINTING Mon 4-25 Jan 10.30-12.30pm IT SKILLS AND TROUBLESHOOTING Mondays, Tuesdays or Thursdays MOSAIC FOR THE HOME Mon 7-21 Mar 10.30-12.30pm on request Thu 7-28 Jan 10.30-12.30pm TABLE TOP SCULPTURE (CLAY) Tue 2-23 Feb 10.30-12.30pm Thu 3-24 Mar 10.30-12.30pm Choose any dates convenient to you to create a Personalised Programme. Please call 01932 577996 or email [email protected] to discuss and check availability. Costs: All activities are costed at £14 or £20 per session.

Leisure & Lifeskills Activities Day Dates Times Day Dates Times ACTIVE GAMES Wed 3-24 Feb 2-3.30pm MEMORY GAMES Tue 2-23 Feb 11-12.30pm Fri 5-26 Feb 2-3.30pm MENTAL MATHS CHALLENGE Tue 5-26 Jan 2-3.30pm CAFE CLUB Various dates/times Tue 1-22 Mar 2-3.30pm CARD GAMES Tue 2,9,23 Feb 2-3.30pm MESSY ART Mon 4-25 Jan 2-3.30pm CARD GAMES AND BRAIN TEASERS Wed 3-24 Feb 1.45-3.30pm Tue 1-22 Mar 1.45-3.30pm Fri 8-29 Jan 2-3.30pm MIXED MUSIC MEDLEY Thu 4-25 Feb 11-12.30pm CHILL OUT Tue 5-26 Jan 2.15-3.15pm MUSIC GROUP – Music Appreciation Mon 4-25 Jan 2-3.30pm Tue 1-22 Mar 2.15-3.15pm – Intro to Classical Music Mon 1-29 Feb 2-3.30pm Wed 2,9,23 Mar 12-1pm - Musical Connections Tue 5-26 Jan 11-12.30pm Thu 7-28 Jan 2.15-3.15pm - Musical Connection Tue 1-22 Mar 11-12.30pm Thu 3-24 Mar 2.15-3.15pm - R&B music Wed 6-27 Jan 2-3.30pm Fri 5-26 Feb 2.15-3.15pm -memories through melodies Wed 3-24 Feb 11-12.30pm COOKING -soups and snacks Mon 1-29 Feb 10.45-12.30pm -Intro to Classical Music Thu 7-28 Jan 11-12.30pm -dishes from around the world Mon 7-21 Mar 1.45-3.30pm -using percussion instruments Fri 8-29 Jan 2-3.30pm -Italian style Tue 5-26 Jan 10.45-12.30pm -Music Appreciation Fri 4-25 Mar 11-12.30pm -cook and go Tue 1-22 Mar 10.45-12.30pmn MUSIC QUIZ Wed 2-23 Mar 2-3.30pm -cookies and cakes Wed 3-24 Feb 11-12.30pm NATURE WATCH Thu 7-28 Jan 11-12.30pm -cook and go Thu 7-28 Jan 10.45-12.30pm NEWSLETTER/ PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP Mon 14,21 Mar 11-12.30pm -cookies and cakes Thu 3-24 Mar 10.45-12.30pm Tue 2-23 Feb 11-12.30pm -Italian style Fri 8-29 Jan 10.45-12.30pm QUIZ GROUP Tue 5-26 Jan 2-3.30pm -cookies and cakes Fri 5-26 Feb 10.45-12.30pm Wed 6-27 Jan 11-12.30pm CRAFT GROUP Mon 1-29 Feb 1.45-3.30pm Thu 4-25 Feb 2-3.30pm Wed 6-27 Jan 2-3.30pm Fri 8-29 Jan 11-12.30pm Wed 3-24 Feb 2-3.30pm Fri 5-26 Feb 11-12.30pm Thu 3-24 Mar 2-3.30pm RELAX AND LISTEN TO STORIES Mon 7-21 Mar 2-3.30pm Fri 5-26 Feb 2-3.30pm Thu 4-25 Feb 2.15-3.15pm CREATIVE WRITING Thu 4-25 Feb 2-3.30pm SENSORY GROUP Tue 2-23 Feb 2-3.30pm DISCUSSION GROUP Mon 4-25 Jan 11-12.30pm SEWING GROUP Mon 7-21 Mar 11-12.30pm Tue 2-23 Feb 2-3.30pm Thu 3-24 Mar 11-12.30pm Wed 2-23 Mar 11-12.30pm WOMEN’S GROUP Thu 4-25 Feb 11-12.30pm Thu 3-24 Mar 2-3.30pm Fri 4-25 Mar 11-12.30pm GAMES GROUP Mon 4-25 Jan 2-3.30pm WORD GAMES Thu 3-24 Mar 2-3.30pm (inc Chess) Mon 1-29 Feb 2-3.30pm Fri 5-26 Feb 2-3.30pm Mon 7-21 Mar 2-3.30pm Fri 8-29 Jan 11-12.30pm IPADS FOR ALL Tue 1-22 Mar 11-12.30pm Thu 3-24 Mar 11-12.30pm Fri 8-29 Jan 2-3.30pm Fri 4 –25 Mar 11 -12.30pm JEWELLERY/CRAFT GROUP Wed 2-23 Mar 2-3.30pm

DESCRIPTIONS OF ACTIVITIES AND WORKSHOPS at RENDEZVOUS, WHITE LODGE Costs: All activities are costed at £14 or £20 per session. Leisure and Lifeskills ACTIVE GAMES – a variety of games including Wii Sports, giant Connect 4, bowling, NATURE WATCH - From gardens to the countryside, from farms to zoos and kurling, badminton, table top games. from land to sea we will discover animals and their lifestyles. We will also look CAFÉ CLUB – in café Bradbury, chat with friends, listen to the radio or just enjoy a cup of at the natural world around us to include habitats, flora and fauna etc. coffee. There will also be jigsaw puzzles, cards and games, iPads to use. NEWSLETTER & PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP – produce a newsletter with a variety of topics CARD GAMES – exactly what it says! Compete against other in all the favourite card games to be chosen by participants – places to visit, birthdays, recipes, jokes etc...Will include CARD GAMES AND BRAINTEASERS – as for card games but with the added challenge of a taking photographs and using IT to format newsletter. variety of puzzles to solve using reasoning and logic. QUIZ GROUP - a variety of quizzes either traditional question and answer or multiple CHILL OUT – a chance to relax and unwind in our sensory room. Use the water bed, bean choice. Some groups will have a particular theme, others will be general knowledge bag, mats or relax in your wheelchair in dimmed lighting with some light sequences, RELAX AND LISTEN TO AUDIO STORIES – An opportunity to relax in the sensory room bubble tubes and relaxing CDs. and listen to various audio stories. COOKING GROUP – a group for people who like to cook for pleasure and for fun. No prior SEATED FITNESS – A 30 minute seated group exercise session of moderate intensity for knowledge needed. There will be a charge for items taken home. people who have use of their upper body. The aim is to increase fitness and strength CRAFT GROUP – an opportunity to try a variety of craft activities either to give as gifts or and have some fun! for yourself. There will be a small charge for materials used. SENSORY GROUP - an activity based session to challenge your senses, be it touch, CREATIVE WRITING - explore short story writing and producing a finished piece of prose. smell, sight or sound, an ideal group for people with sensory impairments but suitable DISCUSSION GROUP – various themes including ‘the big debate’ discuss the decades, let’s for all. talk cards. SEWING GROUP – a chance to learn about clothes alterations including turning up GAMES GROUP – compete against others and have fun playing a variety of games hems and sewing on buttons or simply have some fun with various sewing projects. including chess, Triominoes, Rummikub, Connect 4 etc WOMEN’S GROUP - a group to discuss women’s health and beauty and indulge in some IPADS FOR ALL – discover the fun of I Pads, use various apps in groups or individually and retail therapy. enjoy learning to use up to date technology. WORD GAMES – an opportunity to work your brain on a variety of word games. Could JEWELLERY MAKING – make jewellery to give as present or keep for yourself. There will include scrabble, upwords, hangman. be a charge for materials used. MEMORY GAMES - a range of games for those who have memory difficulties. MENTAL MATHS CHALLENGE – are you good with numbers or would you like to improve your mental maths? If so, this group may be for you! Easy mental maths for beginners, or for those of you who just enjoy the challenge of number games. MESSY ART – unconventional art going beyond paint brushes. Making mess a new art form and having fun creating, using sponges, shapes, food, in fact anything to create art with. MIXED MUSIC MEDLEY - a variety of music sessions depending on choice of group members could be music appreciation - listening to and talking about music, or a music quiz or hands on music session. MUSIC GROUP – a variety of music sessions some with a theme and others more general. A listening, exploring and interactive session. MUSIC QUIZ – a variety of music based quizzes e.g. name that tune, name the composer/singer etc

Creative Arts IT OPEN ART DROP IN IT Skills and Troubleshooting drop in sessions are available on Mondays, This is for anyone who wants to have a go at visual art! A wide range of activities Tuesdays and Thursdays on request. Please call in advance to ensure that a is available, including drawing and painting, card-making, mosaic and textiles. member of staff will be available and to let us know how we can help you. Participants can explore the work of well-known artists through books and the internet. Open drop-in sessions can also be used to finish work such as mosaics from previous workshops. Fitness EXPLORING PRINT-MAKING Seated Exercise Group - A 30 minute seated group exercise session of These sessions will take you on a creative journey through the possibilities of moderate intensity for people who have use of their upper body. The aim is to print-making. No experience is required, but imagination comes in handy. increase fitness and strength and have some fun! EXPRESSIVE PAINTING If you are uncertain whether this is suitable for you please call and speak to The French painter Chardin once said: “Who told you to paint with colour? You Lisa. use colour, but paint with feeling!” In this session will be looking at the work of artists who have expressed their feelings in colour, especially painters from th th northern Europe in the 19 and 20 century. Participants can then try out what they’ve learned in their own expressive paintings. In addition we also offer: MOSAIC FOR THE HOME This is an opportunity to create mosaic art for your own home. You could MASSAGE THERAPY decorate a tile for resting tea-pots or pans on, cover an old vase with a new A range of treatments are available which include breathing control, pattern, or put a mosaic border around a mirror. All mosaic materials will be stretching, remedial exercise, kinesio taping, and reflexology. supplied, but please bring in anything you would like to cover with mosaic. Prices Monday to Friday by arrangement. to take home work will be adjusted accordingly. Treatments costs are: £35 for 45 minutes; £45 for 75 minutes TABLE TOP SCULPTURE Clay is an ideal medium for making small sculptures. In these sessions, we will be ____________________________________________________ looking at the work of ceramic artists who make sculptural work. Then we will All activities take place at experiment with clay, to make sculptures that can be displayed on a table-top or window-ledge. There is a small charge to take your clay home; this is calculated RENDEZVOUS per kilo of fired clay. WHITE LODGE Holloway Hill Chertsey Surrey KT16 0AE Please call 01932 577996 to visit or make a booking.