3 days to go!!!

Look at the wonderful things we are selling, already sold a couple of things, so we have started really well. Thank you to all who are supporting us!!

Four days to go and the sandwhich board is out!

Well it's 4 days 'till the Stafford Centre Summer Fete.  The sandwich board is out the front telling all the passerby's whats happening and what's in the tombola.  some fantastic prizes, many thanks for all the kind donations.

The Count down has begun, only 5 days to go until the summer fete extravaganza! Chant after me:
NO RAIN, NO RAIN, NO RAIN.

Our New Logo

Hi folks, this is our new logo, thanks to all the Centre Users that took part in helping us create this, and we are looking forward to hearing everyone's thoughts!

Anyone for strawberry's?

Well it's official summer is here, just look at the lovely strawberry's we have growing in our garden.
Granted there isn't enough to make jam, but at least we have them, last year was so wet we didn't get any fruit at all. We are currently fundraising for our fruit and veggie plot all donation gratefully received and maybe next year we'll be making jam!

Goodbye!

Our fantastic admin volunteer, Wendy, leaves us today for pastures new- The Isle of Skye no less.  Thank you Wendy for all your super work and for brightening our Thursdays!

Centre Users Fundraising Group

First meeting  of the Centre Users Fundraising Group- and what a day for it, sun shining, out in the garden, coffee in hand and some fantastic ideas.  Poster agreed for the annual summer fete and letters written to all our partners and supporters.  What a fabulous meeting.  I'm already looking forward to the next meeting.

What a fantastic walk the walking group have had in Figgate Park, a wee hidden gem in Edinburgh, and the sun was shining!!

Today the Stafford centre has increased its media footprint by adding a twitter button to the website.
Check it out Click the birdy! 

Lovely day

Well it's another lovely day, temperature excepted to reach 25 degrees, our garden is looking fantastic.  Our new BIG sun umbrella is up and ready for  today's centre users to enjoy.

DJ Mog

Here is DJ Mog advertising DJ Keith's  radio dance show on his facebook page- with instuction how to listen on your mobile!  For those instructions and to listen Radio Stafford 103 just check out our web site www.staffordcentre.org.uk

                                           Some members of the Writing / Newsletter Group

The Stafford Centre produces a newsletter each month which you can subscribe to on this page.  Today we started a writers / Newsletter Group to involve more people in the production of the newsletter.  Five people came along and chatted about what they could contribute to the newsletter on a regular basis.  We then spent 20min on short exercise writing a piece related to the weather.  Check below for some samples:

                                          
 Summer BBQ AT The Royal Edinburgh Hospital
It all happened one sunny June afternoon at a social hub called The Hive.  I was there with a few friends and other hospital patients.  There was plenty of food and music.  A band called after the Hive provided the main entertainment.  This included, songs, guitars and even a mean trumpet.  All ages attended both male and female and the event ran for two hours.  This was a new initiative created by "the powers that be" (or the high chief)
It was like a mini festival but exclusively arranged for the Royal Edinburgh Hospital, part of a social events calendar.  They are hoping to repeat this idea next year.               (Jean 2013)

Attended the Stafford Centre at 11am for newsletter meeting.  Five of us attended with John taking the chair.  The meeting had to be moved from the garden due to another day of sunshine.  We all headed up to the Art room and replaced the brushes etc with pens to highlight our experiences of the writing group. (J 2013)

Eric displays the gym painting

What a beautiful day in Edinburgh scorchio!
The Art Group do many great pieces of art work and one of our art group members has just sold a painting to one of the Support In Mind Scotland board members.  Eric decided he like the painting that much that he would donate it to the Royal Edinburgh Hospital Gym.  "Because the picture had a gym theme I thought it would be good to donate it to the gym at the R E H.  The staff at the gym and the people who use the gym were delighted with the painting, and hung it up straight away.  Everyone appreciated the work that had gone into the painting and thought it was very well done."

Birthday wishes

Birthday wishes to Keith, one of our DJ's who celebrated his birthday with us.  Many happy returns and keep those tunes coming Keith!

Volunteer Training Day

We were awarded a grant from the Food Standard Agency for our Centre User volunteers to have RIPHH food hygiene training,and today is the day.All  12 volunteers, arrived for coffee and biscuits and to learn all about cross contamination.  But off course it's not all work, as you can see, lunch was a big hit! Thanks to Jeanie from Edinburgh Cyrenians for facilitating this event.

Wow Art!!!

This is a cover from Hawkwind album Master of the Universe.  John wanted to work with the wood, (wood group 9 Tuesday's 1.30 - 3.30) and paint ( the Art Group (Wednesday's 1.30 - 3.30)  and he has worked very hard, Great job John.

It was a breezy walking group this morning.  We walk round Arthur's Seat, were we spotted, a heron, swans, ducks and a squirrel.  Our wild life pictures will be up on the web site soon, eat your heart out David Attenburgh!