How to join: If you would like to join our project as a member or volunteer, or would like some more information on anything in this issue, please contact us on: 0208 592 2020 or 07506 783 037 or alternatively email us at c_beckwithpp@btconnect.com progress.ruth@btconnect.com progress.bradley@btconnect.com

SPECIAL 2012 ISSUE!

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This year has been a busy one

for the Progress Project, with our members getting involved in a variety of different projects and activities – many of which you can read all about in this issue! They have all worked so hard in expressing their opinions and getting their voices heard about things that matter to them – so a big WELL DONE to you all! This is our 2nd Annual Newsletter and we have all enjoyed putting it together! We have 2 parts to the Progress Project: The YPD Forum meet monthly to talk about things relevant to their lives. They may be things that they see as important or that we have been asked to give feedback on. The forum is fully inclusive and finds new ways for disabled young people to give opinions and express themselves. The Futures Programme works to give disabled young people Skills for Adulthood, as well as Training and Employment sessions and Healthy Lifestyle courses. Part of this project offers training to organisations about how to participate well with young people.

Don’t forget to enter our competition, where you can win a Vue Cinema Gift Card!! Please see page 8 for more details...

Carron Beckwith

Participation Officer

Registered Office Kingsley Hall · Parsloes Avenue · Dagenham · Essex · RM9 5NB

Charity Number : 1102465

Company Number : 4574234

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Facilities at Kingsley Hall Games

Recipes

Reviews continued Interview

Consultations

Relationships Volunteering Programme

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Competition Time!

Reviews

Our organisation is based at Kingsley Hall, Parsloes Avenue, Dagenham and we are busy making it a great resource for other organisations in the community, as well as for ourselves. Our facilities include: A medium sized meeting/session room A ‘messy play’ room Accessible toilets A large garden with grassed area, and a fenced off area with accessible swing Facilities for Sensory Play We also have access to a range of technology within the centre, including a Flat Screen TV, DVD Player, Projector and Screen, and Laptops. If you would like to find out more information about using our premises, please get in contact with us via the details on the front page.

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FACILITIES OF OUR CENTRE

WORDSEARCH

Words to find..... Consultation Smoothie Chocolate Cake Bowling Progress Project Forum Future Talking Friends Happy Love Boyfriend Girlfriend Trust Honest

C H F B O Y F R I E N D K W L

S P R O J E C T B N M E D T O

G R L I B Y P F U T U R E E V

I O A N G J D W O U N K C R E

R G H F R I E N D S A F H Y C

L R C A Q H E V Y C A C A K S

F E N W X G E E E P N T P Q M

R S P Z T R U S T Y U A P O O

I S H W U L A W Q J B L Y A O

E S P H C L R N E D U K W X T

N Q U B O W L I N G A I K E H

D D W C A J T V W I B N S S I

B F O R U M C R L Q A G W G E

U H A Q H V E S H O N E S T I

C O N S U L T A T I O N A C E

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GLUTEN-FREE CHOCOLATE CAKE Mmmmmmmm..........delicious! Ingredients

120g dark chocolate

120g butter

150g caster sugar

80g cocoa powder

3 eggs, beaten

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

What to do Preheat the oven to 150 degrees C (gas mark 2). Grease an 20cm round cake

tin, and dust with cocoa powder.

Melt the chocolate and butter in a bowl over simmering water. Remove from

the heat, and stir in sugar, cocoa powder, eggs and vanilla. Pour into the cake

tin.

Bake in the oven for 30 minutes. Let cool in a pan for 10 minutes, then turn out

Breakfast Smoothie

What goes in it?

1 banana

1 cup of milk

A handful of oats

Some strawberries

How do I make it?

Put all the ingredients into the smoothie maker

Blend until smooth

Pour into a cup and enjoy!

How is it good for me?

This smoothie will give you a l o n g - l a s t i n g energy boost, as well as containing two portions of fruit,

which count towards your 5-a-day! The milk is good for your bones and teeth, and the oats provide a huge

range of health benefits, from helping digestion to reducing the risk of heart problems!

Going to the Paralympics Trip was great, we really enjoyed seeing Wheelchair Rugby! We took a train to Paralympics. We say thanks to Ruth and Progress Project for taking us to the Paralympics! We so enjoyed this event so much! Progress Pro-ject made our day! ADAM KASPAR

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PARALYMPICS 2012

REVIEWS 2012

Paralympic Trip – it is fun! We went in the

bus and saw Wheelchair Rugby.

Alan Cranmer

We got the train to the Olympic Park. Joanie forgot her

packed lunch!” We watched wheel-chair rugby, I filmed some of it.

It was the 8th September. I enjoyed the day! I would give it 10

out of 10! Michael Wallace

BOWLING

We went

bowling in Dagenham

Bowl—Romford is quite

good too! I walked from

home and met the group

there. All my friends were

there with me. I went

because I enjoy Bowling

and I really enjoyed the

night.

Ryan Martin

I went to Bowling in Dagenham Bowl with Progress Project. We got there by bus and I went on a bus home. We played 2 games of Bowling. Neffaterri

Spooner

Bowling was great! At Dagenham we had lots of fun! We enjoyed it so much! We went as a group and we all love going out as a group! Adam Kaspar

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INTERVIEW

Here is an interview between 2 of our members......Adam Kaspar and Jack Taylor

Q. How often do you come to Progress Project A. Every week when group is on Q. What do you enjoy doing at the Progress Project? A. Chatting, Going Out, Playing Games Q. How do you get here? A. Mum and Dad drop me off in the

car Q. What was your favourite activity? A. Going out, and meeting people!

REVIEWS 2012 continued....

We went to the Barking Town Hall with the BAD Youth Forum and gave a presentation to everyone about what we do. We met Margaret Hodge MP, Cllr Rocky Gill and John Biggs AM from the London Assembly. We got to ask them a few questions, and it has got us a bit more interested in Politics!

3 of our group took part in Takeover Day where we got to spend an afternoon

with some Directors in the Council. We really enjoyed

ourselves and loved seeing what they do!

We organised a Skills 4 Adulthood Day in October where we did lots of workshops about Relationships, Goal Setting, Assertiveness, and Healthy Living! We also got a very nice lunch, and we are hoping to run something similar next year!

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CONSULTATIONS

So far this year we have spoken about 4 main things that are important to us within our Forum Sessions and how we can change the things that we are not happy with. We may have even come to your youth club to talk to you about what you think too! We are now writing up what everyone has said about these things and putting it into a report. This will be available on our website in the near future, or you can ask for a copy from your Youth Club Leader. We spoke about......

Barriers to Participation We did a puppet show which told everyone what are your favourite places and what you like doing in your spare time. My character was based on a Chinese person. The show I did was funny because I tried speaking in Chinese. I really enjoyed doing this and I would do it again. Daniel Howell

Short Breaks We got split into 2 groups to look at different Short Breaks and decide which ones were good and ones that were not that good. This was a very good activity. I found some of the Short Break DVDs good and some Short Break DVDs not that good. Daniel Howell

Lifestyle Cards We did an Activity where you had to sort out Lifestyle Cards which included ‘to be rich’, ‘to be good looking’, and ‘to have good friends’. My top one was ‘to have good friends’. My least important one was ‘to be good looking’. This was a really fun activity! Daniel Howell

We did Lifestyle Cards. We had lots of cards to sort out. Some of the cards were ‘being rich’, ‘having friends’, ‘having a job’. We enjoyed doing this and we did it in groups. It was fun doing this! Adam Kaspar

Police Talked to the Policeman about what we think about Policemen. We stayed in the Kingsley Hall bit of Progress Project to talk to the Policeman. I liked it when other people talked and cared about the riots. Jack Taylor

We have just started planning our BIG campaign for 2013, which is all about NO SPITTING! Our slogan is ‘Don’t Spit It, Don’t Spread It, Don’t Catch It’ - look out for this soon!

NEWS FLASH!

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RELATIONSHIPS

VOLUNTEER PROGRAMME

What 8 words can you find in the Wordsearch (page 2) which describe GOOD relationships? Write them into the shapes here............

Can you think of anymore? Write them here.....

Since the Summer we have been designing our brand new Volunteer Programme. We hope to get this started in 2013. We will have special T-Shirts and Awards to work towards, and have opportunities to Volunteer. The photos show us Volunteering at the Molten Festival in Barking Park in September with Greenshoes Arts.

I like Volunteering , helping things, whats going about. Its cool! Its great doing them! It stops you getting bored.

For your chance to win a Vue Cinema Gift Card, please enter our competition! Please find below 3 questions. You will find the answers to these in this Newsletter. 1. How many eggs go into the Gluten-Free Cake? _____________ 2. What sport did the group see when they went to the Paralympics? _________________________ 3. Where did the Volunteers work in September?__________________ So, you have now completed all of your answers to the quiz. Once you have found the answers that we are looking for, please email your entries to c_beckwithpp@btconnect.com, or phone your entries in to 02085922020. Please include your name and contact details so we can get in touch with you if you are the winner. We will be putting all of the entries into a hat, and picking a winner on Monday 11th January 2013, the winner will be notified on Monday 14th January 2013.

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COMPETITION