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KEEP UP TO DATE WITH EVENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA

PUBLIC FACEBOOK PAGE https://www.facebook.com/DownsyndromeTSS/ For more general and formal information.

CLOSED FACEBOOK GROUP Our closed Facebook group provides information on day to day activities https://www.facebook.com/groups/DSTSS/

TWITTER https://twitter.com/DownsyndromeTSS

Registered Charity Number 1130994. Company registered in England and Wales 6915555 Telephone 01274 561308/07816465845

OUR ONLINE CHRISTMAS RAFFLE

Join our online Christmas raffle using the link below, SHARE, SHARE, SHARE and help us to raise lots of funds for our charity

https://form.jotform.com/202814388636361

The draw will take place on Saturday 19th December at 12pm

1st Prize: Christmas hamper

2nd prize: Designer leather handbag

3rd prize: Bottle of Champagne

4th prize: Afternoon tea for two at a place local to you

Plus lot of runner up prizes

Tickets can also be purchased by contacting the Office so that you can pay by card or direct to our bank.

MONTHLY UPDATE….Christmas is a coming….

Dear families We are making plans to help celebrate Christmas in a safe way. Firstly we are very excited to be able to sell raffle tickets for some wonderful prizes using an online form or by contacting the Office.….AND…..SECONDLY…….. We are even more excited about our Christmas Grotto where families can visit Father Christmas, enjoy a mince pie, take part in our tombola and browse our Christmas gift stall. The Grotto will be open the last week of term, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 15th, 16th and 17th December between 10am and 2pm. Families will need to book a 30 minute slot and will be restricted to one time slot per family. This will be in place of our usual Christmas party at the church hall which was booked to take place on Saturday 19th December. COST is FREE with refreshments and gifts donated by Robert Kennedy and Asda, Keighley. To book please contact the Office.

SIBZ ZONE ON

ZOOM. We are delighted to let

you know that our

online Sibz group will

take place on Saturday

14th November, 7 til

8pm with Elanor Murray. Please contact the office to book your

place. You will then be sent the zoom link and a list of items

you need to collect for the evening.

This group is ONLY for brothers and sisters (age 6 upwards) of

people with Down syndrome.

NOVEMBER 14th SATURDAY FAMILY ZOOM

SESSION, 10.30am to 12pm All families are welcome to join us on Saturday 14th November between 10.30am and 12pm for an online coffee morning. There will be breakout rooms for singing, chat around any educational/developmental concerns and an online craft session. If you would like to join us please follow this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87210825678?pwd=WWRYWjNMLy9yeGd3cUV3Tks1NUhaQT09 Meeting ID: 872 1082 5678 Passcode: 880983

For the craft session you will need paper, scissors, an empty egg box, glue/Sellotape and something to decorate with, for example stars, felt tip pens. We will be creating items to hang on your Christmas tree.

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dance21• These sessions will continue online for the foreseeable future. Every Monday 6.30 to 7pm with Lauren via Zoom for all aged 11 upwards. Currently funded from our reserves.

ZOOM LINK ID: 825 286 5744 PASSWORD: Dance21

TWIRLY21s

(age 5 to 11) The younger dance lessons continue online with Claire from Footsteps Theatre School every Saturday 2.30

on zoom; ID 736593163, password 8rxuqq. Currently funded from reserves.

SPEECH & LANGUAGE

SESSIONS Groups are delivered by Lauren Drake on Saturdays and Wednesdays and by Jessica Foley on Saturdays. Sessions are currently a mixture of face to face and online. Everyone will be contacted by text to confirm style of delivery two days before the session. Please keep an eye on your phone!

LAUREN DRAKE: SATURDAY 7TH NOV AND WED 11TH NOV JESSICA FOLEY SATURDAY 14TH NOVEMBER

ORAL MOTOR AND FEEDING SUPPORT Jo Gallagher, specialist speech and language therapist and Verena, specialist dietician, will be providing 30 minute one to one consultations online via Zoom. Booking essential. Please contact or text 07512346717.

FUNDED BY PEOPLE’S POSTCODE LOTTERY

SURVEY Please can you help us review the delivery of these sessions and the activities we provide by following the link below. Thank you: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/KPPYSP5

DELIVERY Our WisH Club sessions during November will be online via zoom between 7 and 9pm.

ZOOM To join the online session visit:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85949082051?OG9EQWdqdXR3dlMyWkpKaEUyaWkzUT09 Meeting ID: 859 4908 2051, Passcode: 677227 (no limit to places)

NOVEMBER THEMES 6th Nov - Bonfire night with a Volcano theme 13th Nov - PJ party with movies and make your own popcorn 20th Nov - Magic night 27th Nov - Winter craft night with hot chocolate

FACEBOOK GROUP Join our private Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/wishclubyouth/.

FUNDING The WisH Club is currently unfunded and we are having to draw on our reserves to deliver the sessions. We had a wonderful Halloween, Super Heros evening on Friday 30th October.

EARLY DEVELOPMENT

GROUPS

We continue to support all of the children and parents involved in these sessions as best we can. Our delivery is as flexible as possible offering a mixture of online and face to face delivery. Izzi will be delivering online sessions and Wendy face to face.

We have a code of conduct in place for delivery at the centre and all families should have received a copy. This is to ensure everybody’s safety while

at the centre.

The groups are currently one hour long and involve just 2 to 3 children per session; it is much easier having smaller groups whatever method of delivery.

All families are contacted with reminders the day before their session. Transport is available if required.

FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL LOTTERY

Private Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/earlydevelopmentgroups

DOWN SYNDROME LEARNING SUPPORT PACKS

All children new to the groups are being provided with learning support

packs containing a Numicon kit, the first two See & Learn kits, our

Signing book and Pathway to Education book and a magic bag. These

are funded by Albert Hunt Trust.

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ONE TO ONE COUNSELLING SESSIONS AVAILABLE ONLINE OR DIRECT

Please email the office for more details or to book an online/ face to face session with Tara Fox. Sessions are free and funded by the Edward Gostling Foundation.

OUR HISTORY Highlights from 2012 At the beginning of 2012 we received £382 259 from the Big Lottery

Fund. This was to ensure the sustainability of our charity over the

next 5 years, funding the majority of our projects and helping us to

expand our team and increase capacity.

We celebrated in style at the Cedar Court Hotel in March with a

weekend full of dancing, eating and relaxing together as families and

friends.

Our speech & language sessions re commenced and we again ran six

trips during the summer break. We employed new admin staff and a

new early years practitioner;

Isabel Ashman.

In April 2012 we started weekly street dancing sessions at

Nabwood Sports Centre, with Karen from MESH ..this was

eventually to become our dance troupe, dance21.

During the year we trialled a Playing Out Club but due to

poor attendance, it was not continued.

In May we became charity of the year for St Bede’s

Grammar School. They were amazing at raising funds and provided a number of inclusive

activities in their school for our young people.

In October we held a reading development conference at the Thornbury

Centre to promote the newly developed Reading Language Intervention

programme.

As we approached 2013 we

were busy planning the move to

our new premises in Bingley

with so much more space to

deliver our training and early

development groups.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Our AGM took place on Saturday 10th October via zoom. It was

lovely to see so many friendly faces. Thank you to everyone who

joined. The business was swiftly delt with; all Directors were

re-elected for another year and highlights from our progress

report were shared and celebrated.

If anyone would like a copy of the reports please contact the

Office. Thank you.

OUR WORK PROJECT - RELAUNCH IN THE NEW YEAR We are busy making plans to relaunch our ‘I can work’ project in the new year. The project will be open to young adults with Down syndrome age 18+ and it will be based at our centre. It will involve attending our centre over a number of sessions to take part in work related life skills such as appropriate dressing, conversations, time management, money skills and various job taster sessions. More details next month but if you are interested please contact the office.

The beginnings of dance21

An inclusive cooking session in St Bede’s

These youngsters are now in secondary school, how time flies! We have been based in Bingley since January

2013.

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ONLINE TRAINING with Dr Wendy Uttley

We are delighted with the uptake of our online training sessions with schools and parents

from across the country and beyond joining us live or downloading the recordings to view

at a more convenient time.

All of our training this term is being offered via Zoom. The majority of our courses have

been split into 60 minute bite size sessions so that one topic is covered over several

sessions.

PRE RECORDED AND NOW AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD:

• Including children with Down syndrome - an introduction. 2 HOUR PRE-RECORED AVAILABLE + LIVE ZOOM FOLLOW UP

SESSION. Cost £25 family member/£50 professional

• Teaching basic number skills to children with Down syndrome using the Numicon approach. 4 ONE HOUR SESSIONS NOW

AVAILABLE + ZOOM FOLLOW UP Cost £20 family member/£40 per professional

• Let’s make it visual — using visual resources to develop the language, communication and literacy skills of children with

Down syndrome, 2 ONE HOUR SESSIONS NOW AVAILABLE + ZOOM FOLLOW UP Cost £10 family member/£20 per

professional

• Reading, Language Intervention for children with Down syndrome 6 ONE HOUR SESSIONS NOW AVAILABLE + ZOOM

FOLLOW UP Cost £30 family member/£60 per professional

SESSIONS LIVE VIA ZOOM NOVEMBER/DECEMBER

• The inclusion of children with Down syndrome - expectations of behav-

iour (4 sessions), 4th, 5th, 11th, 12th November, 10am to 11am. Cost £20

family member/£40 professional, (postponed)

• ME, my body, my friends, my life - SRE and Down syndrome (5 sessions),

13th, 20th, 27th Nov, 4th, 11th December, 10am to 11am. Cost £25 family

member/£50 professional, (limited to 10 participants)

TO BOOK: Please see our website www.downsyndromebradford.com/training/

All details are contained in our training booklet. This can be downloaded from the training page of our website.

Community Stars Awards 2020, Bradford Community Stars Awards are now open for nominations. Visit: bit.ly/CommunityStarsAwards2020 There are 9 categories. The annual ceremony gives everyone the chance to recognise people, groups or organisations they know who make a positive and valuable difference to the lives of Bradford’s people and their wellbeing.

Face Mask Exempt Badges Euan’s Guide are providing badges and cards for disabled people that can’t wear a face covering or mask. https://www.euansguide.com/

The Kidz to Adultz From Venue Floor to Virtual Tour! 9th – 13th November 2020

https://www.kidzexhibitions.co.uk/venue-to-virtual/

Venue to Virtual is dedicated to children and young adults with disabilities and additional needs, their parents, carers, and the professionals who support them right across the UK and much further afield. This free virtual event will take place during week commencing 9th November – 13th November 2020. The online platform offers visitors virtual access to the many exhibitors, companies, voluntary and support organisations who will be showcasing their products, equipment and outlining details of their services at various times during the week-long event.

The online facility will showcase a number of live videos at various timeslots throughout the week. You will also be able to download their pdfs and brochures, with the additional bonus of an online chat facility where you can ask the experts questions and their advice on a wider range of products, issues and concerns (anonymously if you prefer). There is also the opportunity to take part in live polls and interactive quizzes.

SPECIAL OLYMPICS To read news from the SPECIAL OLYMPICS VISIT: https://www.specialolympicsgb.org.uk/news-media

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TRAINING WITH IPSEA

Visit https://www.ipsea.org.uk/Pages/Category/ipsea-virtual-webinar-sessions

Introduction and Further SEND Law • Introduction - 11 November. Designed specifically for parents

and carers, this training introduces you to Special Educational Needs law and will empower you to secure the right education for your child.

• Further - 9 December. A perfect next step for those that have completed our introduction to SEND Law training. This session looks at maintaining and reviewing an EHC plan, ceasing to maintain an EHC plan and making a complaint or challenging a decision.

EHCP Masterclasses 25 November. For those with an EHCP in place this training aims to help you get the best out your plan, looking at annual reviews, re-assessments and appeals to the SEND Tribunal.

There are also lots of courses for professionals visit the link above. SLEEP GUIDELINES

Because disorders like obstructive sleep aponea are much more common in children with Down syndrome, Mattress Clarity have created a Down syndrome & sleep guide that includes tips on how to reduce the effects of sleep aponea and get quality rest. You can check it out here: https://www.mattressclarity.com/blog/how-to-overcome-down-syndrome-sleep-challenges/ This is not an advert for mattresses but a useful guide to promoting a good nights sleep for your child.

Ingleborough Hall Short Break offer

Due to the situation at the moment Ingleborough Hall are unable to offer group residentials for families, so they are offering individual household short breaks Friday to Sunday with a tutor on Saturday with catering.

If you would value a short break and are able to travel to Ingleborough Hall please contact our Office and we will pass your details onto Nicola Norris the Coordinator. Weekends are funded through Bradford short breaks so no cost to the family.

MIND THE GAP To read Mind The Gap’s latest news bulletin visit: https://mailchi.mp/mind-the-gap/october-2020-newsletter?e=db2a9d07a8 Thanks to funding from ESF Groundwork, Mind the Gap will be running a new employment programme, for people with learning disabilities aged 16+, called Future Me. The programme will help people move towards employment, education and training.

BABY WEEK BRADFORD Baby Week Bradford returns for a third year from 9-13 November 2020, this time focusing on the theme 'Why Wellbeing Matters'. For families there is a host of story times, music sessions, starting solids workshops, baby massage, a film screening and a special event for grandparents. The week kicks off in style with a virtual baby rave which will premiere on YouTube channel at 10.00am on 9 November. While this is primarily for families with babies and toddlers, we encourage everyone (young, old and everything in between) to start the week with a boogie! Download the full programme www.babyweekbradford.org

BRADFORD & DISTRICT DISABLED PEOPLE’S FORUM COVID, LOCKDOWN AND DISABILITY Share your experiences. The Forum want to hear about your experiences of dealing wth Covid, the restrictions imposed during lockdown and your feelings about the current ‘Covid-safe’ measures. The meetings will take place on Zoom • Tuesday 3rd Nov, 6 to 8pm • Tuesday 17th Nov 11am to 1pm To book your place of for more details: Email sandraB@equalitytogether.org.uk Phone 01274 594173 Text 07949869497 Visit: http://disabledpf.org.uk/

There is also a survey you can complete: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScYYja5Ivaov27Kl7J01BAxWOA7aX5ojCTr6AUwIaotvFWSUA/viewform

THE TAILFEATHERDANCE ONLINE DANCE CLASS EXPERIENCE.

With 20 years experience teaching inclusive dance, choreography and performance skills to young dancers aged 18+ with Down Syndrome and additional learning needs, this is the home of INCLUSIVE ZOOM DANCE… Online sessions include: Dance Fitness (including the Thursday Night Disco) Musicals Dance Creative/ Contemporary Dance Ballet Monthly Theme Dance Party Watch the video to learn more: https://vimeo.com/471779258 Visit: https://www.tailfeatherdance.com/classes https://www.tailfeatherdance.com/book-online

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CONTACT Wendy Uttley or Heidi Shepherd Website: www.downsyndromebradford.com The Pamela Sunter Centre, Down Syndrome Training & Support Service Ltd, 2 Whitley Street, Bingley, Bradford, BD16 4JH Tel 01274 561308 Mobile 07816465845 /07512346717 office@downsyndromebradford.co.uk

VIRGIN MONEY Donate direct to us today or set up a sponsored event: https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/donation-web/charity?

charityId=1010463&donationAmount=5.00&

Is it nearly your birthday? Facebook gives people the opportunity to create fundraisers for their birthday. Last year we raised over £700. It’s really easy to do and 100% of the money raised comes to us. To set up your Birthday fundraiser, visit https://socialgood.fb.com/charitable-giving/birthday-fundraiser/ Virtual birthday cards Visit www.DontSendMeACard.com where you can send an e-card and again help raise more funds for us.

Our new target for 2020 is £100 000 so about £8000 each month. This month we raised £3390.75. Total this calendar year £66035.63 Thank you to: Elizabeth McLean, £100 donation Lucy Standing, £57.28 collection tin Mobility Solutions, £6.28 collection tin Elena Kayamy, £40.90 collection tin Maureen Wakelin, £100 monthly donation Elizabeth McLean, £7.60 donation from our 100 Club Avril Dear, £19 donation from our 100 Club Shirley Padley, £120.50 in memory of Harry Pedley Alison Bailey, £136.22 collection tin G Sweaney, £5 monthly donation John Cain, £25 monthly donation Janet Astle, £25 monthly donation Mrs Fletcher, £15 monthly donation Peter Todd, £25 monthly donation Gift Aid claimed, £2306.77 (HMRC) Wendy Uttley, £257 from a birthday fundraiser on Facebook Issimo concert in March, a further £441.20 bringing the total raised to £880.78

OCTOBER’S FUNDRAISING Amazon Smile. Visit smile.amazon.com. Sign in with your Amazon.com credentials. Search for our charity - Down Syndrome Training & Support Service Ltd. Shop as normal through Smile.Amazon and Amazon will donate a portion of the profits to our charity.

SEPTEMBER FUNDRAISER - Our 100 Club Our 100 Club is a monthly subscription raffle. You donate £2 every month and then have the opportunity to win 50% of the amount raised every month. SIGNING UP TODAY Visit https://cafdonate.cafonline.org/12038

Our target for 2020 is

£100 000

GIVE AS YOU LIVE

Give as you live is a free way to raise money for our charity when shopping online.

Sign up and browse and shop at over 4,000 stores through your browser or the app – make sure you visit the stores website through give as you live to raise money for free.

https://www.giveasyoulive.com/charity/downsyndrometraining?utm_campaign=CTOnlineButton&utm_content=163075&utm_source=charitytoolkit&utm_medium=charitygaylbutton

KAREN WING WALKS FOR US

The amazingly brave Karen Bickerton finally did her wing

walk for us on Saturday 17th Oct. We’ll let you know how

much money she raised next month. You can still donate by

visiting: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/karen-

bickerton?

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