We told each other our news. We had to cancel the last meeting because of the storm so we had lots to catch up on We talked about Down’s Syndrome Awareness Week – this year it is about ‘We Decide’ So we talked about some big and small decisions we have made – here is […]
After watching a video of a fun hand-washing rap to help stop the spread of infection, this month’s Down2Earth was about a difficult subject: bullying. We all looked at an Easy Read resource the DSA is producing for our new Emotional Well-being Series. We read through the information in the leaflet and looked at the […]
We had an exciting time at our meeting last Sunday! A photographer called Richard Bailey came and ran a very special photography workshop for Down2Earth members in the beautiful Normansfield Theatre. After everyone had introduced themselves and shared their news, we had a slideshow of some of the photos that had been entered into the […]
We shared our news and we talked about Christmas. We talked about where we live. Some of us live at home with our families. Some of us live in supported living – on our own or with friends. Some of us have started thinking about leaving home. Some of us had seen the programme on […]
It was lovely to see so many members after the Christmas break! We caught up with all our holiday news of family gatherings, meals out and even a holiday to Goa! Our topic for the day was Housing and Where We Live. Firstly, we watched a DSA video from our Supported Living Film Series. We […]
We told each other our news. The DSA wanted to know what we thought about school. We started by sharing our school photos, year books and certificates. Here is what we said: Work is much better than school – Work is different Liked English, Geography & History Enjoyed Food, Technology, PE, Art & Drama School […]
It was great to see each other! To start the meeting off, we had a catch up and shared our news… ‘Went to see a show’ ‘Had my Birthday’ ‘Helped mum at home’ ‘Met friends’ ‘Visited gran who is poorly’ ‘Sung in a choir’ ‘Won some medals for skiing’ ‘Went to my brother’s wedding – […]
It was lovely to see everyone on Sunday after our summer break! We swapped news of our holidays and our members had been very busy with all sorts of fun activities, doing amazing drawings, going abroad, birthday parties and playing and watching football. We then talked about what it means to our members to have […]
We had a really great meeting on Sunday – our last before the summer break! As always, we started by sharing all our news of parties, work and how much people are looking forward to their holidays. We were very lucky to have a special guest this month, Andrew Self, who appeared on TV on […]
It was great to see everyone at Down2Earth this Sunday, we started the session by sharing our news. All of our members shared interesting things they had been doing such as going on holiday, going out for a meal and going to their favourite clubs and activities. The theme for this month’s meeting was social […]