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Summer Holiday Activities 2020 :)

So that's the summer holidays wrapped up for another year and our first month of being reopened we are closed next week for service users but re-opening on 7th Sept for our next phase of opening it has been amazing and we are so very proud of how everyone has adapted to the new way at Involve Check out these amazing photos of some of our guys enjoying the activity bags that we have been delivering throughout the summer in conjunction with The Department for Education and Suffolk County Council and a huge thank you to Team Involve for making it all possible!

🚛 Storage Container 🚛 delivered to the Involve Centre!

Exciting things happening! 😍 We finally got our 🚛 storage container 🚛 delivered to The Involve Centre 🚛
🙂Thank you so much to Need 2 Store Ltd Self Storage and MRA Transport for your amazing support and kindness in getting this to us 🙂
🙂Thank you to Gary Charity Bennett from Lauren Lou Recycling Yard for the kind donation of storage baskets 🛒so we can get organised! 🙂
🙂 and last but not least thank you to everyone that has supported us in our fundraising events to help raise the money towards the container! If you would like to get involved in future fundraising events please join our fundraising group Friends of Involve - Fundraising 😍

New Sessions!!

We are really 🎉 excited 🎉 to be able to offer you all some new sessions. We have added 3 ✨NEW✨ after school activities, 2 ✨NEW✨ daytime projects and our ✨NEW✨ Community Buddies Schemes, which means there is now an activity EVERY day of the week for people to get involved with 😁😍 All places MUST be booked in advance 😉

Fundraising Meeting
We will be holding a fundraising meeting on November 29th, 6pm at The Involve Centre. It will be a brief meeting to discuss our continued fundraising for Involve. We hope that many will be able to attend and put forward some great ideas :)

Going For Gold!!!

So very proud of Rory Lark, for participating in the World Championships of Martial Arts in Florida! Despite all the obstacles he had to overcoming including being there at the same time as hurricane Irma... Rory amazingly came home with 3 gold medals!!! Rory is a highly valued member of our team here at Involve and we all send him a massive congratulations!!

Fundraising Meeting!

We will be holding a fundraising meeting on September 20th, 6pm at The Involve Centre. It will be a brief meeting to discuss our way forward with fundraising for Involve. We hope that many will be able to attend and put forward some great ideas :)

Involve Bug Hotel NOW OPEN!
Look what our group made at the Minding the Gap 'taster' session on Friday! What a brilliant job 😊 🐜🐝🐞🐛🐌 and I have heard we currently have reservations for 5 snails and a spider!
More details about our Minding the Gap project on the poster!

Involve Birthday Celebrations 'Open Day'
Friday 7th April
Thank you to all who came to our open day celebration today! We had a great day with lost of yummy cakes and sausage rolls as well as a visit from our local MP Peter Aldous who had a go on our raffle whilst meeting all everyone at the centre. It was lovely to see some new faces that we hope to see again soon! 😊

Suffolk community organisation to improve skills for young people with learning disabilities
We are really excited to announce our success in a partnership funding bid to support young people in Suffolk who are long term unemployed or economically inactive, to gain and sustain employment and education.
As part of this programme, Involve Active will be providing workshops and one-to-one support for 16-24year olds, focusing on those with learning disabilities, improving their independent living skills and progressing towards volunteer/work readiness.
Community Action Suffolk is the lead partner of a partnership with 8 other organisations across Suffolk who will jointly deliver the ‘Minding the Gap’ project.
The project has been supported through the Building Better Opportunities programme which is funded by the Big Lottery Fund and European Social Fund (ESF).
If you know of any young people that would be interested in taking part in this exciting new project please contact us on 01502 501542 or [email protected]

Asda Green Token Scheme

We were lucky enough to be chosen earlier on in the year to be one of the groups that shoppers were able to vote for with their green tokens. Unfortunately we didn't win but we still received a fantastic amount of £200 for being runner ups! Today Bev Shipp fom Asda came to the centre with our cheque!

Halloween party at the Involve Centre!

Cantors Theatre School held a Halloween party at the Involve Centre and it was a huge success! Hope to see even more of you next year!

Thanks to the help of Lowestoft Lions our outside space has been transformed into a fantastic sensory garden!

Thank you to everyone who attended the Springtime Fayre. We raised £203.00 which will help us to purchase some outdoor seating.
We would like to say a big thank you to our volunteers, the stall holders and sponsors.
We had craft stalls, sand art, animals from
Zoo-Tastic, games, food and a visit from the
South Lowestoft fire service.
The event was even attended by the mayor and mayoress!

Hi everyone,great news to share with you all, Involve have received funding from various organisations

CAS for the new Get2gether evening club run by the Young People for the Young People
Adnams Brewery for staff & volunteers to carry out first aid training and food hygiene courses
South Lowestoft Fire Station donated from their Carol service which we have purchased a hoist for the bathroom
Activities Unlimited for continuous funding for activities

A Big Thank You to All

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HI ALL
Well the summer is over and what a summer we have had at INVOLVE!!!!
We have had great fun at our summer workshops and been really busy. Thank you all for supporting us, we hope you all have had fun.

BIG THANKS to Steve and Emma,Steven, Luke and Euan they have been working through the summer and have transformed the garden area. It looks amazing
THANK YOU!!!!

Thank you to Barclay's GIVE A DAY, we now have our shed up and a shingle patio at the front of the building

hanks to everyone who come on Friday 1st May to our FAMILY QUIZ NIGHT.
We raised an amazing £230 and Simon Patnell completed the Tough Mudder Assault course and raised a grand total of £180.
All the raised money will go a long way to the development of the sensory garden. So a big THANK YOU to you all!!

WELL WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE INVOLVE CENTRE??
There has been lots going on, the large mound of topsoil has now gone and the landscaping is beginning to take shape.
THANK YOU ANNE FOR GETTING THE MINI DIGGER AND THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO GAVE UP THEIR TIME LAST WEEKEND TO WORK ON GETTING THE SITE LEVELLED.

OTHER FANTASTIC NEWS IS THAT WE HAVE SECURED THE LOTTERY FUNDING AND COMIC RELIEF FUNDING AND A DONATION FROM ROTARY TOO!!!!!!

So this means we can deliver THE JIG-SAW PROJECT 4 days a week 10am-3pm, for 16-25yrs. see the attached poster.
PLEASE BOOK NOW. Young people can attend Monday and Tuesday or Wednesday and Thursday. the normal cost would be £35 a day but due to the funding the cost will be JUST £10.00!!

THE BIG MOVE HAS HAPPENED!!!!!!
We have safely removed our building and
it is now on the new site.
A huge thank you to the guys from Lincs Cabins, Wavetrade, AKD and S&C Fabrications.
It will take two weeks to finish, then when the utilities are connected and the ramps and landscaping are done we will have a party!!!!

I will be putting out a "Can your HELP" list of things to do to get the doors open, so watch this space!!!

Hi All,
Just to say.
Thank you for bearing with us and for all your support over this difficult year.

BUT The building will be on the move early January!!!

LOOK AT OUR NEW SITE!!!!

GREAT NEWS!!!!

Hi Everyone.
I would just like to thank everyone who came to our first quiz night on Wednesday. It was a great success and you all raised an amazing £280 So THANK YOU ALL for your support.
We hope you had a fun evening.
Thanks to Ron and Sue for their hard work too and Livingstones for the use of their bar!
The money raised will help to furnish the new INVOLVE Centre.

News UPDATE!!!!
Hi everyone hope you are all well.
Just a quick update for you.

We are hopefully soon on the move, I am just waiting for the go ahead from the solicitors. Then we can get our building back!! The doors should be open in January.
As you can imagine the costs for moving and setting up again are huge, so we are applying for funding and fundraising to meet the extra costs. Any idea or help would be great. We are having a Family Quiz Night on Dec 3rd at Livingstones Kessingland. Check out the fundraising page!!
We have been successful in a bid to the lottery and will be running a two day a week transition programme as from Jan 15 to Nov 15, called the Jig-Saw Project. This will run term time and also through the holidays costing £10 a day, for 16-25yrs. Contact B.Patnell for more information.
We are also having a meeting on Dec 8th to invite anyone along that is interested in getting involved with INVOLVE. See poster.
Exciting times a new era for INVOLVE begins, thank you all for your support and belief in my vision for INVOLVE, over the last difficult few months.

March 24th: THE DREAM IS HAPPENING!