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Community News
Saffron Walden Mencap Society has a vibrant community of more than 100. This is made up of young people and adults with learning difficulties, carers, trustees, staff and volunteers. Members of the community have a vast array of interests and talents. Read on to find out what some of them have been getting up to!
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Side by Side Club: Wednesday 14th May 2025
Side by Side celebrated their 10th birthday this week! Singing, dancing, fun and birthday cakes! Club leader - Steve - prepared all...
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May 161 min read
Week 3 of the Music Man Project - how we have grown in confidence already!
Our voices are joyful, the drums are a-booming, the tambourines a-jangling, the bells a-ringing and the blocks a-tapping!! Nicky was...
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May 141 min read
SW Mencap Member’s Spring Disco
Dancing fun with LD Sound Machine! Then an amazing buffet spread! Thank you to all our wonderful volunteers for organising this event!...
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May 111 min read
GWOF Friday Nights: Friday 9th May 2025
Dinner Bella Italia Leisure Park Cambridge tonight to celebrate Freya’s birthday Pizza or pasta? What would you choose? #mencap ...
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May 91 min read
GrowAbility: Wednesday 7th May 2025
A much needed weeding session today in the onion bed. We also prepared a bed by sieving the stones out of the soil ready for some carrot...
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May 91 min read
Side by Side Club: Wednesday 7th May 2025
Tonight was a fun animal bingo. To start off the members had to describe the animal and we had to guess it. Then we changed it to the...
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May 91 min read
Music Man Project, Saffron Walden: Monday 5th May 2025
Week 2 of our Music Man Project! Our group is getting used to the instruments and they are learning the songs - Cath helped us all to...
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May 91 min read
GWOF Friday Nights: Friday 2nd May 2025
Dinner at Nando’s in Cambridge tonight! #lovinglife A great choice for some of our members. #localmencap #bringingsmiles ...
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May 21 min read
GrowAbility: Wednesday 30th April 2025
We arrived to see the beautiful new floor in the summerhouse..this will help to keep us warm on cooler days and altogether easier to...
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May 11 min read
Music Man Project Comes to Saffron Walden!
Oh wow what a night we had! Wonderful singing and playing - our lovely musician Nicky New leading our group through everything from the...
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Apr 301 min read
GWOF Friday Nights: Friday 25th April 2025
Pizza and cake at Fairycroft House to celebrate Freya’s 19th birthday! Also, Summer Holiday trip planning! #Mencap #inclusion ...
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Apr 251 min read
GrowAbility: Wednesday 23rd April 2025
The rainclouds didn’t stop our group, led by our lovely @lisa.harper11, from working the plot - Weeding the raised beds getting them...
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Apr 251 min read
GWOF Friday Nights: Friday 11th April 2025
Two trips out tonight! A bowling trip to Tenpin and a karaoke session in Cambridge tonight! Then dinner at Tenpin or at Five Guys ...
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Apr 131 min read
Side by Side Club: Wednesday 9th April 2025
At Side by Side Club this week, we created some fabulous Easter crafts and the lovely Barbara handed out Easter chocolate for everyone!...
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Apr 101 min read
GWOF Friday Nights: Friday 4th Apri 2025
Adventure Golf at Golf World Stansted tonight for some of the members! We are very competitive Who will win? #Mencap #inclusion ...
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Apr 51 min read
Growability: Wednesday 2nd April 2025
Fabulous sunshine again at our GrowAbility session - working on preparation for spring ~ pricking out and planting beetroot seedlings,and...
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Apr 41 min read
Go With OUR Friday Nights: 28th March 2025
Tonight we had a fabulous get together at Fast Eddie’s Bar, at Fairycroft House in Saffron Walden. It’s a perfect place for us to meet!...
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Mar 291 min read
GrowAbility Wednesday 26th March 2024
We had a fabulous time this week, planting flower seeds, and Dahlia tubers, clearing weeds and old celery and chard from the raised bed...
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Mar 291 min read
GWOF Friday Nights: Friday 21st March 2025
Dinner at The Temeraire tonight! Everyone had a £15 budget to spend! We worked out the cost of the meals and decided if we could afford a...
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Mar 211 min read
GWOF Friday Nights: Friday 7th March 2025
A trip to Harlow Leisurezone’s Adventure Trampoline Park tonight for Hamoude’s birthday! Great fun at the ultimate indoor obstacle arena....
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Mar 81 min read
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