The Centre Family Photo Album of 22

The Centre Family

Christmas of 22

Contents

Annual General Meeting (AGM) - p04

The Children’s Christmas Party - p06

Christmas Dinner - p13

Puzzles on the back pages

Editor’s Note

Welcome to the first issue of the all new version of Our Voice Magazine!

I have quite enjoyed getting Our Voice going again, attending meetings and parties to take some snapshots of proceedings and being with everybody. After the last couple of years with no Christmas parties at the Centre, getting back to normal, hanging out with people I thought it’d be nice to put together ‘The Centre Family Photo Album Christmas of 22’ for people to remember it all...

Coming back to The Centre feels great to be able to facilitate in my Clifftops Writing Workshop on Friday afternoon’s. My poster with all the details you need, if you’re interested, is on the Notice Boards.

Looking forward to happy and healthy 2023.

Malcolm ov@bucfp.org

“The greatest gift you can ever give another person is your own happiness”

- Esther Hicks

BUCFP AGM - November 22

There’s no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about...

- Margaret J Wheatley

Some Suggestions

from Centre Members put forward at the AGM:

Computer Room

What can be done to do it up and to make it nicer and less like a School Computer Room and more inviting to adults who are used to using Coffee Shops and Cafes?

A new lino for the floor for easy cleaning and to make it more welcoming. Has been agreed and budgeted for...

Case workers?

Could there be more one to one ongoing support? More support group sessions?

Allganics?

After an empassioned presentation from Kaz the Allganics volunteer and extrustee.

There’s great news, it’s to be reestablished. A welcome return as it was unable to function through the lockdowns.

Allganics buys in wholesale food at bulk costs and sells it at cost price in a pop up shop. Details coming soon...

Games room?

There’s no space for one, although people play computer games and we have several board games in the main area.

The Centre helps people engage with the relevant support and group sessions are being run again, and when we have the staff and volunteers the time will be increased.

Volunteer Counselling organisations locally would have to be contacted to see if they have the ability to help.

Solar Energy?

Malcolm asked if there was a flat roof and if anyone had ever looked into installing solar panels on the roof for cheap elecricity moving forward? Lisa has contacting the council and they’ve now carried out an Energy Assessment for the building..? What does this mean? More details to follow.

Setting up before the big event

CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS PARTY 2022!

“Even when you’d lost everything you thought there was to lose, somebody came along and gave you something for free.”

- Jenny Valentine, Broken Soup

Children’s entertainer - Potty the Pirate arrives!

Potty the Pirate’s roadies get his gear into the Party Room...

Paul gets to his Changing Room and gets his Father Christmas outfit ready for the party ...

On reception they were looking reading to burst into song!

“Christmas Crackers!”

“Do another one. What did I get? ”

Francesco waiting by the door with name badges as the party fills up and starts to get quite noisy!

Judy offers some grown-ups the choice of nimbles from the buffet? Yummmmie..!

Sue found a little squidger!

One little lady had her birthday on the very same day as the Children’s Christmas party and everyone sang happy Birthday to her...

...and wondered what her cake tasted like?

“Is that the B? No! It’s THERE!!!”

Potty the Pirate’s show begins...

Mary Christmas gives the gifting session a big two thumbs up for job well done where each child’s present is chosen for them by Santa and his helpers.

Two little ladies give Santa’s beard a tug to find if it’s real or no..? :D

Children were called up one by one to collect their presents by the Christmas Tree.

Christmas Dinner!

“Being gifted doesn’t mean you’ve been given something. It means, you have something to give...”

- please find this, I Wrote This For You

Some volunteers get a cuppa in and have a chat with Judy before it all gets going.

Everything’s racked, stacked, all lined up and ready to go!

See

Happy people getting big portions of Christmas dinner!

Jason, Viola, Mark, Lynette, Malcolm and Mark

Ron, Vlad, Michelle, Richard & Daven.

Sarah, Lea & Joy.

Declan, Emi Kaz, Rosie & Lou (The Players) having a jam by the Christmas Tree. :D

Rose, Heather & Eileen.

Bridget & Andy.

Andy. photo-bombing our table photo

Across

1. Water condensed from atmospheric vapour falling in drops. (4)

4. An assembly of persons called together for consultation, deliberation or discussion. (7)

5. To move over a surface by taking steps with the feet at a pace slower than a run. (4)

8. The science or study that deals with food and nourishment, especially in humans. (9)

9. Land next to the seahore. (5)

11. A well defined natural elevation smaller than a mountain. (4)

12. The business of buying and selling commodities, products or services; commerce. (5)

Down

2. A roofed passageway or lane, especially one with shops on both sides. (6)

3.The quality of being humane; benolence. (8)

6. This condition occurs during times of fasting, starvation, or while on a ketogenic weight-loss diet. (7)

7. A group of workers for a particular organisation or industry who come together for collective bargaining with their employers. (5)

10. A perennial woody plant having a main trunk and usually a distinct crown. (4)

Sudoku

- is a logic-based, combinatorial number-placement puzzle.

In classic Sudoku, the objective is to fill a 9 × 9 grid with digits so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3 × 3 subgrids that compose the grid contain all of the digits from 1 to 9.