Middlesbrough 1st

Hey all, quick post about last month's Brothers and Sisters meeting with our wonderful attendees!

The main focus of the group was activities surrounding what our group members think is important to them as well as their interests as well as drawing pictures of ourselves! We also had activies such as a gentle exercise session led by our own brilliant Amanda as well as a session around the subject of 'Safe Spaces' in Middlesbrough!

Amanda and the group either wrote or drew a responses to a series of questions in order to gauge what the group felt should be included in a safe space. All the responses that we received were brilliant, but highlighting the main ones, we found that:

-The group wanted a space that would be open to anyone who felt that they were unsafe in order to be as inclusive as possible.
-They also wanted a space that felt 'homely' to help people relax, suggestions including, snacks, drinks, games and appropriate decorations!
-A number of suggestions from our group members also stated that shops may be considered as good places for safe spaces, due to the members having their own favourite preferred shops or places that were familiar to them.

The session was then finished off with a few fun quizes, such as naming animals and matching them to letters of the alphabet as well as a quiz about naming Disney films and characters!

We've also included some pictures of what our group members came up with!

Our Brothers and Sisters group enjoyed the Cleveland Fire service visit about fire safety in the home with an opportunity to ask questions. Afterward the group did some paper exercises on fire safety and recapped on what they had learnt.

The afternoon session was cause for celebration as It was Claire's birthday! Claire is one of our beloved members and Trustees. Everyone enjoyed chocolate cake and sang Happy Birthday. Afterwards we had fun with a quiz game naming parts of the body by using the alphabet and going around the round the room therefore members taking it in turn to have a go. We followed this by doing dance exercises and exercise games with a ball.

We then asked our members to write down on post-it notes how they felt about the session to provide feedback!

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It may have been a wet night but Middlesbrough 1st members were well represented at the Boro v Norwich game last Friday

Be prepared for the 23rd!
Did you know the government are testing a mobile phone
emergency alert on the evening of the 23rd
April 2023?

https://www.mfc.co.uk/news/2023/april/13/boro-first-fanzine-now-on-sale/

Fanzine's will also be available at Larchfield

Boro First Fanzine Now On Sale Community project created by disabled people...

Another great event from our friends at Arctic Piranha

Coming soon...............

We hope you're able to come along and see the wonderful work by our Middlesbrough 1st members at our Sisters United & Brothers in Arms groups

Is your goal to eat healthier meals this year? If so, this could be the perfect prize for you 😃

Support Middlesbrough 1st on Middlesbrough Lottery Middlesbrough 1st is offering you the chance to win £25,000 and help raise much needed funds.

Support Middlesbrough 1st on Middlesbrough Lottery Middlesbrough 1st is offering you the chance to win £25,000 and help raise much needed funds.

Some great things going on at Arc in Stockton this week

Our Stomping Grounds - ARC | Stockton Arts Centre A Celebration of Learning Disability Culture in the Tees Valley ARC Stockton 1 & 2 February 2023 plus ​January 2023 Exhibition and lead-in workshop programme We are delighted to announce Our Stomping Grounds: A Celebration of Learning Disability Culture which will be taking place at ARC Stockt...

If you're looking for something new as we go into a new year why not get in touch about volunteering and being a part of the positive change for acceptance for neurodiversity.

Our self-advocacy and peer support network is quickly growing and we'd love for you to come on board and join us in creating a community where everyone belongs!

For more information contact [email protected]

‘STOMP’ and ‘STAMP’ - The Essential Role of the Health and Care Workforce in Reducing the Reliance on Psychotropic Medication - NDTi This project is a collaboration between the National Development Team for Inclusion, VODG, Learning Disability England (LDE) and Skills for Care and is funded by Health Education England.

After a few crazy days of scrambling around to find a new (temporary) venue, our community day is being held at The Community Hub at North Ormesby

Women’s Street Watch Boro and Middlesbrough's Helping Hands will be there with friendly faces, hot chocolate, Christmas games, soup, toiletries stalls and clothes stalls all free of charge and free of judgement.

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It's your last chance to win this amazing prize just in time for Christmas!

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'Tis the season for partying! We'd love for you to join us for our Christmas party on Tuesday 20th December at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints! Feel free to wear your most festive jumper, if you do, we might have an appearance from a certain St Nick 👀

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Would you like to see your favourite Boro players wearing a t-shirt that you've designed? Then this competition is for you!
Design a shirt (front and back) showing that FOOTBALL IS FOR EVERYONE!
You can either give your designs to Shelly or email them to [email protected]
Middlesbrough 1st will be holding a design session at our Monday friendship group later today at Holiday Inn Express (Cleveland Centre) at 3:30pm. Don't worry if you can't make it today, we're there every Monday from 3:30pm - 5:30-pm. Come along and join us - we'd love to see you there!

We need your help to design a new warm-up t-shirt that sends out a simple message that Football Is For Everyone.

Using the design in this graphic as a style guide, show us your creative side and design a warm up t-shirt for the Boro players during their RiverSideBySide game against QPR during Pride History Month (February).*

The winner will not just win tickets to the game, but see their t-shirt come to life, professionally made and worn by the players during the warm-up.

The competition will close on Sunday December 18th, the day of the World Cup final.

Please send your entries to [email protected]

*Should the game be moved for any reason, the warm-up shirts will be worn at a different game.

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We are holding a Health and Social Care careers fair next Thursday (December 1st) at the Riverside.