Spring Edition

TEAM SPRING EDITION 2023

MAGAZINE

In this issue: Daniel conquers Europe

CONTENTS 03 EDITOR'S NOTE A welcome from the editor and an overview of what's in store in this edition

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11 BOOK REVIEW

COVER STORY

The book club review one of their favourite reads.

12 SO YOU WANT TO WRITE POETRY How to write poetry with Ian McGrath

10 EXCLUSIVE!

HOW WE RUN OUR DAY SERVICE 16 PRESCOTT'S PUZZLE PAGE More puzzles with Mr 'Prescottish'. This month we have a special St Patrick day jokes.

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VINTAGE REVIVAL

PROTEIN BARS

Visiting the charity shops is a great way to save money, reduce waste, recycle and look fabulous.

A tasty healthy snack full of protein and lovely stuff

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Hello I'm Sarah Mulhearn the editor of the magazine I'm responsible for putting the magazine together.

Inside you'll find the main story and a round up of our recent activities. Any ideas for the magazine just come to me.

We are supposed to be coming into spring but the rain and snow says otherwise ,so it's surprised us this month the weather . But that doesn't mean that we can't carry on with producing the magazine and bring some sunshine with our articles.

In this edition we hear from the YVYC Manager, Jenny Day and get some tips from Ian about how to write a poem.

EARLY SPRING

BIG EVENTS

By Sarah Mulhearn Photographs by Various Bugsy Malone We all went together to see the musical Bugsy Malone at the Empire theatre in Liverpool. It was amazing especially the whole cast that performed. We knew a lot of the music and had performed a dance routine to one of the songs. It was inspitrational.

Sefton Live Event Ellie P, Stevo and Dan T attended an event in Sefton and told people all about what we do at YVYC. They showed videos and presentations and sold 2 cook books.

Valentine's Surprise

On the 14th February during Valentine's Day we all got into couples and played Mr and Mrs and blind date. The winning couples had no idea that there would be a surprise in store for them and they had no idea until they arrived into the YVYC Valentine's Day restaurant it felt romantic and special and love songs were played and everyone loved it so much.

There are about eight of us and 2 staff that go to the farm on a Monday morning. We clean up the stables and brush hay off the floor and load it into wheel barrows.

When they are full we put it on the midden. We feed and groom the animals.We have to wear overalls and steel toe cap wellies to stop the animals stepping on our toes.

By : Terri-Ann

ROUND-UP

ON THE FARM

CHOIR AND DRAMA Monday mornings start with a

SPRING

good sing song! The choir practice their chosen songs to sing at our concerts. We plan to sing in a care home for the residents.The second part of the morning is Drama. We are doing a musical called 'Hair Gel' it will be performed on 17th May. Some people have speaking parts others are singing and dancing.

By: Terri-Ann

ROUND-UP

GREAT TO HAVE STEVE BACK DRUMMING WITH US!!

LIVERPOOL MUSEUM TRIP

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We recently went the museum in town.

We took the mini bus up and some of us got the train up.We went for a few birthdays. I was 23 We went to the Museum of Liverpool in the Albert dock. We had a good look round at everything, it was a good day out. . Also we had lunch in there and then I went for a coffee in the afternoon. I got it from Costa coffee on the Albert Dock in Town Liverpool.

We have had a few trips to the park and the shops.

By Luke Wall

GARDEN AND OTHER BITS The media group has been hard at work creating the new magazine and getting to grips with new technology. Matthew has created a brilliant new jingle. Check out our podcast on spotify, "Your Voice Your Choice Keeps Chatting"

Matthew's Jingle Work has started up back in the garden. Seeds have been planted in the polytunnel and new planters have been made. We have also made bird boxes. we just need it to warm up a bit.

ROUND-UP

Building planters

COOKERY GROUP

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What is our cooking group about?

Every Wednesday morning at your voice your choice we make healthy foods for the group at lunch time and we ask people on the Wednesday morning if they want to order from us and we charge £1. We learn cooking skills ourselves so we can cook at home, that’s our goal to achieve.

We learn about shopping and money which gives us confidence, the group are doing great, it was a challenge for me!

By: Joanne Thompson

FASHION VINTAGE My love of vintage started in my early 20's simply because I love the style of the 60's and 70's but mainly 60's. I get so much inspiration from the icons of that time because the style and fashion looks so lovely. I think vintage never goes out of fashion it's timeless. There are lots of vintage shops popping up all over but a good start is charity shops. Save yourself some money and be kind to the environment SHOP VINTAGE!!!

Eat well, regular exercise and plenty of sleep keeps you fit and healthy and is good for the body and your mind.

In my opinion Green Tea is good for you it's good for Detox and its anti-inflamatory.

Beetroot is good to lower blood pressure and spinach helps to lower cholesterol.

BEAUTY AND HEALTH SECTION

Beauty and other good tips Never sleep with your make-up on because it clogs up pores.

Concealer gets rid of dark circles under your eyes. moisturizing is really good because it stops skin from getting dry for men and woman.

AN INSIGHT FROM THE MANAGER Good day from the Manager and thank you for taking the time to read through Team Magazine. I’m very happy to take the opportunity to talk about YVYC and answer a question that I know a few of you have.

Q: How does each day work now we have increased our number of members?

Quite often I chat with parents/carers who are not sure what happens each day, the members won’t stop talking all day but soon as YOU ask the question “what did you do today”? That deadly silence or the reply is don’t know or a shrug of the shoulders .

So in short, now we have more members we actually work in smaller groups and have more activities! More choice and opportunities, of course this means we have taken on more staff and for those of you who don’t know Amy is our newest full time member and Ann is now full time. We have continued with all our regular activities such as for example on a Monday – Boxing, Gardening and the Pony Sanctuary and introduced Drama, the Choir, yoga, circuits, pool and circus skills, that's just Monday!

Each day is split in to 2/3 parts and there is always a choice. We have introduced 1 to 1 extra time for those who need more time and every lunch time there is a member of the Team available to chat 1 to 1 with anyone who wants to talk. A brand new exciting project just starting is “The Board” this is a platform for the group to assist with having their say and making decisions. This will be run by the group for the group and in particular will look at their business “No Limits” (yes they have a business with their own bank account) and make decisions on how they choose to spend their profits. What else they want to put forward to shape YVYC is down to the Members, I am excited to hear their ideas. Having a bigger group has also enabled us to introduce a new project called AI – Action and Impact. Explained simply, all the ideas, activities and community projects that we want to do which we are unable to fit in to our regular timetable, we have created time and provided the staff to deliver them. So as well as our regular time table we run 6/8 week projects that our members opt in to. Once complete hey can return to the regular activities. So far we have started “Team Magazine” produced a Cook Book, created a Visual Timetable, the Community Garden and The Big Clean Up. All of this has happened between Oct and now!

I hope this helps to give you an idea of some of the things we have been up to and we are hoping Team Magazine will be able to give you regular updates. Anything more you would like to know just ask, always happy to chat ☺ Have a lovely day. Jenny

Jenny Day

The Wednesday Book Club Review Sophie’s Pick "There Once Is A Queen "

by Michael Morpurgo

There Once Is A Queen is a non-fiction story written as a modern fairy tale.

The story is about the Queen and about her whole life from when she was little. She travels to lots of different countries and places, she opens buildings, parks and hospitals. We see her coronation working as a mechanic in the war and giving her Christmas speech.

We really enjoyed the story! It was easy to read, it was Interesting, it was well written. We thought the illustrations were colourful and very detailed.

It was a good read and it was a real page turner.

We would recommend this book to everyone and anyone who likes to read.

Our rating:

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Well, this is really exciting!

Now that you’ve decided to try your hand at poetry, I can hopefully write a nice and simple guide that makes the process really easy for anyone to follow. Poetry is really all about letting out all of those feelings that would otherwise keep bouncing around inside us and become a problem later. It’s a way to turn everything into a nice finished piece.

Poetry can be about anything, anything that’s going on, my only tips are to try to rhyme at first, pick something that is relevant to you, and keep the language simple.

Start out with any basic idea, find two lines with end words that rhyme:

WITH IAN McGrath

Example poem: 1) I wrote a poem and made it rhyme, 2) All in rhythm and all in time 3) I looked at the words and made them fit 4) Seeing the syllables from where I sit

You’ll notice from the example that lines 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 all rhyme, that’s the trick to try and find words that rhyme. A poem can be any length and it’s really up to you how long you want to make it. I do suggest a minimum of 8 lines for this taster though and maybe try and see what you can get written down in under an hour.

Try not to over think it! And if you want to share your poems please submit your poem to: yvycmembers@outlook.com along with your name and how you found the activity!

CHAMPION CHAMPION DANIEL WINS IN EUROPE DANIEL DALEY ONE OF OUR FOOTBALLERS RECENTLY WENT OVER TO LISBON FOR A FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT. YOUR PARAGRAPH TEXT

HE WENT WITH EVERTON IN THE COMMUNITY IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE. DANIEL GOT A BLUE MEDAL

Daniel Wins in Europe Report By: Luke Wall The tournament was made up of mixed teams of disabled men and women. He played with all different teams in Lisbon.

He really enjoyed going there.

He played a few games and won the first game.

Daniel scored two goals all together. He got man of the match and won a medal.

His team wore the royal blue Everton in the community kit and he played with white outdoor balls.

There was lots of substitutions all together in every match and fans were allowed into the stadium He plays for us in our red team and is a brilliant player. Daniel, me, John, Stevo, and Jake, Sean Pimlott we are really good.

He has done really well in Lisbon we are dead proud of him going there. He went on the airplane there.

NEXT EDITION UPDATE ON DARTS, FOOTBALL AND BOTCHA RESULTS

VEGAN

MAKES QUITE A FEW

20 MIN

INGREDIENTS Half cup of oats Half cup of chickpeas 6 dates Big dollop of peanut butter For Topping Chocolate of choice

DIRECTIONS 1. Blend oats in a food processor for 30 seconds 2. Add all the other ingredients . 3. Blend together then mould to your size.

4. Melt chocolate and drizzle on top of bars.

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NOTES

If required place bars in fridge and allow chocolate to set.

The amount you make will depend on size of bars

PRESCOTT'S PUZZLE PAGE

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What's Irish and sits outside all night?

PATTY O' FURNITURE

"Ben walked into the local pub all a fluster and orders 7 shots of whiskey and a pint. When the barman arrives back all the shots have gone.

The barman says, "you've drank them fast".

Ben replied" If you had what I had you'd drink fast". Barman asks," What have you got?"

"A tenner", replies Ben

PRESCOTT'S PUZZ LE PAGE

Happy Mother's Day!

M IS FOR THE MILLION THINGS YOU DO O IS FOR OPENING YOUR HEART AND SHOWING US LOVE T IS FOR TEACHING ME LIFE SKILLS H IS FOR HAVING A HEART OF GOLD E IS FOR ALL THE ENERGY YOU GIVE US ABLE TO RELY ON R IS FOR ALWAYS BEING YOU

Right what do you call a bulletproof Irishman" RICK-O-SHEA

Can you find the 11 hidden Easter objects ?

Meet the new Fashion Editor,Sarah and the new Editor Terri-Ann

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