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29/08/2026

Last week our friends from TASC joined us for our monthly Brothers and Sisters day at Larchfield! We held our second book making workshop, this time welcoming illustrators Nic and Sox, along with workshop host Gillie. Gillie had drafted a story based on the group's ideas in workshop 1, and Sox and Nic had started to bring the story to life in pictures. After some fabulous acting and dressing up from the group, we had time to gather feedback on what everybody liked or felt could be improved. We're so looking forward to our final workshop when we'll get to read a full draft of the two books with completed illustrations!

After lunch Steve joined us to tell us all about 'Second Life' a virtual world which he has used to make short films. We heard about Skinningrove pier and the Zeppelin fly over, and even saw a flying mayor! Group members enjoyed having a go themselves and exploring. Finally we rounded off the afternoon with a fun reminder from Sophie and Mahek about healthy eating.

A huge thanks to all our wonderful workshop leaders, and we look forward to seeing you all again on September 17th!

27/07/2026

We had a wonderfully colourful party day at our Brothers and Sisters meeting for July! We started the morning making rainbow wraps, fruit kebabs and delicious mocktails, with Samia from Middlesbrough Environment City. Another fantastic opportunity to learn about how important vitamins and fresh fruit and veg are for a healthy diet.

After lunch we were joined by DJ Matty for a classic summer disco, with Hawaiian themed decor and plenty of tasty snacks and drinks! Everyone enjoyed the dancing and karaoke and thankfully the weather was pleasantly cooler than our June session!

Big thanks to Ruth for organising, and to Matt and Samia for helping us kick off the summer! We look forward to seeing everyone again on 20th August when we will be meeting the illustrators for our book writing project!

07/07/2026

We're back! With another Brothers and Sisters update!

For our June session we had a fabulous book - writing workshop at our Brothers and Sisters event. Local author and publisher Gillie Hatton facilitated the session, and we were joined by our friends from TASC who have their own Beyond Words book club.

Through interactive stations we started to think about characters, setting and a plot for our story. There was dressing up and mystery objects to help us make a plan! We also looked through pictures prepared for us by students from the Northern School of Art who are hoping to be selected to illustrate the final book. All very exciting!

In the afternoon the Elderly Brothers joined us for an excellent singing session, the perfect wind down after all our hard work!

Huge thanks to Mel, John and Gillie for delivering such a fun day despite the crippling heat! We look forward to seeing everyone again on July 16th when it will be party time!

15/06/2026

Today marks the start of Learning Disability Awareness Week, and as such we wanted to let you know about some lovely events happening over the course of the week! We're also doing our Pop Up Inclusive Book Club event tomorrow as well to help celebrate!

Wishing you all a wonderful week ahead!

09/06/2026

Hello everyone! We have a new event coming up next week! Information is included on the poster, we hope to see you there!

29/05/2026

Hello everyone, we've got another Brothers and Sisters update for you all!

Last week we enjoyed another colourful session from Samia at Middlesbrough Environment City, making rainbow pasta salad! We tried to add as many different coloured vegetables as possible: red pepper and tomatoes, orange carrot, yellow sweetcorn, green cucumber, purple onion and pink kidney beans. We didn't quite manage blue! The results were some fantastic healthy takeaway salads, thank you Samia!

After lunch Nuvo Dance returned with maracas and scarves for another invigorating seated dance session. Some great participation from our members, as always, and lots of fun! Thank you to Joanna, and to Larchfield for hosting, we look forward to seeing you all again on Thursday 25th June.

18/05/2026

Hello again everyone, we're bringing you an update from our April Brothers and Sisters meeting!

For our April session we started the day with a springtime session! Our speaker Dani shared some sunflower inspired art, we sampled roasted seeds, and all planted our own seed in compost. We'd love to see everyone's sunflowers grow and it would be amazing to share pictures of them in bloom later in the season! We then had some time thinking about bees and learning about their different roles in the hive. A good reminder of how important bees are and that planting flowers is one way to help them thrive.

After lunch Steve T returned with a workshop on AI. Steve reminded us that not everything we see and read online is true, before showing us fun ways in which we can use AI to make pictures and music. The result was a fantastic rock song and some fabulous football and Disney portraits. Lots of food for thought as always! A big thank you to Dani, Steve and the team at Larchfield for hosting us once again.

11/05/2026

Today marks the start of Mental Health Awareness Week. Taking care of your mental health is as important as ever, and we wanted to do our part to bring awareness to this event by sharing their message. Small actions make a large impact and taking these actions can help you improve your own mental health or give you the information you need to help a loved one that may be struggling. It could be anything from taking walks to talking with friends and family, the important thing is to remember that any action, no matter how small, can lead to change!

We'll provide the link to the event website for those that want to know more, and we send our love to those struggling and hope that they can find their own way to better mental health! Be kind to yourself and be kind to others!

https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/our-work/public-engagement/mental-health-awareness-week

01/05/2026

Happy 1st of May to all our wonderful followers and supporters! We have a small update today with a selection of photos from our March sessions to show you all! With summer just around the corner we're hoping you're all as bright and cheery as the weather has been lately; we'll have more wonderful updates for you all very soon!

07/04/2026

Hello everyone, we're bringing you our update for our March session, hope you enjoy!

For our March meeting, our Brothers and Sisters group enjoyed another cookery class with Samia from Middlesbrough Environment City. This time we made 3 different types of pancake - Crepes, American Style, and savoury waffles. After a helpful reminder about keeping an eye on our sugar intake we sampled fruit and syrup toppings. Everyone had the chance to make their own fruit salad too. The savoury waffles had spices and vegetables added into the batter and made a tasty snack on their own!

After lunch we had a singing session with Kaitlin and Si from Grass Roots Music. As ever, some fabulous song choices and beautiful solos too. Thanks to Larchfield for hosting and our guest session leaders for their brilliant input.

We look forward to getting together again on Thursday 23rd April!

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Thursday	9am - 5pm

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