Weekenders Decembers Event for Clapham Park

I am very happy to give you the list of events that we will be doing in December.

As some of you will know Our Mind Body and Soul Event was cancelled in November due to Homan House not having any Gas or Electricity. We will be now repeating the event on 8^th Dec
I hope you will be able to let you client base, staff, friends and family know about Weekenders events
I have enclosed a Word document that can be printed out and displayed

December Events

Weekenders social group is for South London especially the Clapham Park area. We plan events and activities for all adults over 16 year olds. This month includes Quiz night, Cambridge Market Day and Pamper Day.

To join us at one of our events please contact the project managers

Erica and Maxine
www.weekenders.moonfruit.com
cpweekenders@yahoo.co.uk
07950637695

Saturday 8th December
Prepare 4 Christmas
Mind Body & Soul+
Sat 8th Dec
1pm-4.30pm
1-4 Brixton Hill Place
(off Brixton Hill). SW2 1HJ
Weekenders understand that with Christmas coming we all need to prepare ourselves to minimize the stress that this time of the year can bring.
We will be bringing to you some experts to help with
Money Saving Tips
De-Stressing
De-Toxing
Be Stronger
Christmas Market
Workshops

December 16th Sunday
Cambridge Market Trip
Set in the heart of Cambridge City Centre, Close to Kings College and Great St Mary’s Church. This colourful and friendly market is open every Sunday. Here you can find an interesting mix of Arts, Crafts, Antiques,Specialty Stalls and Food Producers, And find something a little different.The Cambridge Sunday Market is open from 10am- 4pm and is situated near the Tourist information officeThe coach will leave from New Park Road Baptist Church at 8-45amCost for Trip £3 in advance First come first served.Please let us know if you can attend by 7th December 2007

December 29th Saturday
Quiz and Dance Night

December 29th Saturday
Running our own quiz will be great fun,
We will have a great international Dance night too.
Our questions will be as multicultural as will our music with the theme of Christmas running through it
Join us for this great night on Clapham park Estate
5pm – Midnight
Venue to be confirmed

Launch party 2days to go

Two days to go until the launch party. Yes that time has finally come! the grant is now in and the cheque has cleared. Weekenders will have it launch party on 7^th October Sunday from 2pm. We are nerves. All eyes will be on us. Have we ordered too much or too little food? Is the entertainment appropriate? We have planned this without the usual Clapham Party Staff members and all the rules are unfamiliar to us, but you know what we will try our best to do our best.

We hope the LAUNCH PARTY will be an area where the Clapham Park Residents can meet new people and where Weekenders and forge strong partnerships

Weekenders Saturday and Sunday Social Group hope to recruit new members at our LAUNCH PARTY and enjoy a huge choice of fantastic things to do… Parties, Dinner Dances, BBQ’s, Nightlife, Live Entertainment, Theatre, Concerts, Cinema, Themed Evenings, Quiz Evenings, Games, Treasure Hunts, Quiz Cross, Bowling, Skittles, Boat Trips, Football, Golf, Skiing, Canoeing, Quad Biking, Caving, Paintball, Riding, Walks, Cruise & Tour Weekends in France, & much more...

As the WEEKENDERS is run entirely by volunteers we hope to make it a constituted group and apply for future grants; thus enabling costs to be kept to a minimum.

Well wish us luck and I will sign I after Sundays event

Launch Party

Join us at Weekenders Launch Party Sip Caribbean Coffee and herbal teas. Listen to Soca, Calypso reggae and dance hall. Enjoy finger licking food.
We will have raffles Dominoes Ludo
The only thing missing from this fiesta is you so join us and the other Weekender for a whole load of fun. Sunday Oct 7th 2pm-7pm
4a Homan House, Bourke Close, off Kings Avenue, Clapham Park SW4 8DB

If we get the money soon

The event we are planning to do next as soon as the funding arrives is Weekenders Mind Body and Soul Event.
We hope to give relaxation tips, Festive Ideas, winter warmers.
The date hopefully for this event will be 29th Sept 2007. We hope then to link it with MIND BODY and Soul exhibition in London in late October
People from backgrounds where there isn't much money are sometimes more vulnerable. Money problems put a huge strain on adults, so they may always be arguing or constantly worry about how to pay the bills. This in itself might make you miserable. Weekenders will like to give residents a place to chill out and to unwind from the stresses of life
This will be a day to appreciate personal growth have a look at complementary therapies and have a sense of spiritual awareness, The Mind Body Day hopes to offer a vast array of therapies from Aromatherapy, to Reiki and Reflexology, Meditation and Yoga. These are just a few of the things you could see and experience at the event, together with lectures, workshops and stage demonstrations, not only are the events informative, but a great day for Clapham Park Residents.

DELAY STARTING

I had Planned to start events for Weekenders in July.The purpose of the group is to organize activities available at the weekend and during the holiday periods i.e. bank holidays.

I was planning a fantastic Carnival Celebration but SLAM (South London and Maudsley)
through CLAPHAM PARK TIME BANK have such a long process that giving out money the time has passed and I can not funtion until We have the funds.

The stupid thing is that SLAM have nothing to do with Weekenders other than We had to have a sponsor (as we are not a constituted group) to have the money passed through and I picked CP TIMEBANK.It have been 4 weeks since the invoice for the money was sent to SLAM and nothing.

Our aims for the group is to encourage the participants to attend other Clapham Park events and projects. The targeted group of people that we hope to cater for are those adults with few or no dependents and who feel isolated during this period as well as those who are not accessing CPH, CCP and NDC during the weekdays because of work, study or other commitments.

We would like to also develop a once a month “drop in” or workshops on a weekend. We hope that CPH. CPP, NDC as well as other practitioner in the Clapham Park area will be able display, talk to, and interact with the Clapham Park NDC residents at this “drop in”/ workshop meetings. I have already started dialog with Clapham Park Homes

We would like to bridge, from volunteers prospective. the gap that often occurs when other projects have finished and a new project starts. This we hope to use these activities as a great lead into active citizenship. We intend this project to be about co production and be 100% participant managed, acquiring services to deliver information only when needed.

We hope by keeping the activities of engagement fun we will be encouraging a higher levels of democratic participation and citizenship
I hope that our funds will be haere asap so that we can start our events.