Isle of Whithorn – Computer Classes

The 6 weekly sessions have now come to a close, and 8 different individuals have benefitted from the intense 1:1 work that has been on offer.

The evaluation showed that all participants have enjoyed their experiences and learned new skills.

Comments from individuals:

“Happy with a class that can cope with a novice like me”

“I’m not quick with computing so need patient tutor”

“I am now able to carry out projects that I was unable to do previously”

There has been a request for more classes, and this is being looked into for 2015. Watch this Blogpage for further classes!

Many Thanks to Luke, the tutor for facilitating these popular classes and Samantha for her support throughout the delivery of the sessions.

Ashgrove Court – AccessArt Workshops

The recent set of workshops at Ashgrove Court have come to an end and have proved to be very successful. 7 residents took part and produced some great material around monoprinting, watercolours and abstract work.

Participants comments:

“Had a great time lovely to make a mess.”

“Enjoyed the chat and the company”

Thanks again to James from AccessArt for facilitating the sessions as part of the
Self Management Programme.

Cancer Awareness

To view the poster about Lung Cancer advice click here

Isle of Whithorn Computer Group

For the past 4 weeks Luke and Samantha have been at the Isle of Whithorn's new St. Ninians Hall, giving assistance to people with Laptop/Tablet problems. 

There has been a very successful turn out so far. Everyone attending has found new skills and made use of the information that has been provided.  With another 2 weeks left more members are joining to learn how to keep up to date with all the latest technology.

We have been able to update various programmes for individuals, solve problems and generally assist the group with all aspects of computing.

Arts and Crafts Fair - Monday Club

Please see poster below about an Arts and Crafts Fair to be held on Monday 17^th in aid of The Monday Club. Please come along and support this event.

Isle of Whithorn Art Group

The Isle of Whithorn Art group is continuing to flourish. Please see below the comments from facilitator James Galloway (AccessArt, Turning Point Scotland)

”The second block of sessions with 'Isle Inspirations' is currently taking place in the Isle of Whithorn. The concept of the sessions is to celebrate the artistic development of the group and introduce new participants to printing techniques. The development of the group has seen an increase in participant numbers with the group members taking more responsibility for driving the group forward. The group is informal and now has the capacity to welcome new artists.”

The group continues to 26th November.

Arthritis Care Open Day

The Arthritis Care Open Day was held on 31^st October and supported by Suzanne from Building Healthy Communities.

It was a well attended event and all participants enjoyed the event, trying out Boccia, New Age Curling and Tai Chi. 

Let's Cook

Today’s Let’s Cook session was our last one of our four week block. Today we made Bread and Butter Pudding and Pasta and Bacon in a Cream Cheese Sauce.

We started by preparing our bread, spreading the butter and then cutting it into triangles, layered with sugar and sultanas, added our homemade egg custard straight  into oven and cooked for 30-40 mins.

Next job was to start preparing the vegetables for our pasta and bacon dish. We chopped peppers (green, yellow and red), garlic and mushroom (if you liked them),  cut our bacon into strips (could take the fat of if you wished) and then added to the frying pan with our veg. Added cream cheese, yoghurt and passata sauce, then the cooked pasta and let our dish cool down before putting it into our containers.

At the end of today’s session we all received certificates for completing the course and a booklet of all the recipes that we had made.

We would like to thank Richard for his hard work and input throughout the sessions.

Quotes from our let’s cook participants.

“As I live alone, I have to cook all my own meals”   Ron

“Making proper food so my son has healthy meals” Emma

“I can cook for my family without constantly asking for help” Kathleen 

Boccia and New Age Curling - Monday 3rd November

The first of the taster sessions for Boccia and New Age Curling  took place at Penninghame Church Hall on Monday. There were 8 people in attendance and all took part and tried the activities. The group was facilitated by Suzanne and Samantha and the session was very competitive, with the Red team winning!! 

Next session Monday 10^th, same time, same place.

Monday Club, 3rd November

An interesting talk was given to the group by Shona Sneddon, Dementia advisor for Alzheimer’s Scotland, explaining all the stages of this progressive disease and how it affects the individual as well as the family and/or carers.

She used a great analogy of “Books falling off a book shelf” and how they cascade down with the short term memories being on the top shelf. This being one of the reasons why many sufferers still have memories of their younger days. (At the bottom of the bookshelf).

There was a good Q and A session to finish before Pam closed the meeting with another vibrant exercise to music session.

Wigtownshire Women's Aid Extended Service

Dumfries and Galloway Community Safety Survey 2014

Dumfries and Galloway Council, Police Scotland and many partners are committed to reducing or eliminating the threats to safety within our communities.

The Community Safety Partnership wants Dumfries and Galloway to be the safest place in which to live and welcomes your opinions on where you think the priorities are. Help us to achieve our aim by completing this short survey and telling us what issues affect you and how we can improve our overall service.

The results will be used by the Community Safety Team and partners to identify areas for improvement.

Link to survey - https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JBMQ76C

The survey closes on 23 December 2014