Community News

Late Night Shopping tonight! £319.70 raised, which is amazing! Thank you to everyone for buying a Tombola ticket or two! #mencap   #supportlocal   #MakeADifference   #fundraisingevent   #gratefulheart   #lovinglife

Full House for Arthur!  What an incredible night! Huge thanks to everyone who came out for our Side-by-Side Club Movie Night tonight. It was a full house! We had an absolute blast watching Arthur the Movie! It was lovely seeing so many of our club members gathered together for some laughs and good times. Thanks to Kitty and our lovely volunteers for making our night a massive success. Not a fan of the movie? No problem- there was still crafting fun with friends - don’t they a

Merry Magical Music Man Mondays !!! T’is the season to be jolly!!!   Everyone was in fine voice this evening, for our final practice before our first big public concert!! We will be performing alongside Music Man Projects from Bishops Stortford and Cambridge as guests of Prime Brass, at the West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge, this coming Sunday! Tickets are available from https://www.adcticketing.com/.../family-christmas.../ We are sooooo excited!! Thank you, Nicky New, for

Our members’ Christmas meal and dance at Newport Village Hall, Essex    Fabulous meal, drinks, raffle, dancing and laughter! A huge thank you to Quinntessential Catering  for the amazing service!    Thank you to all the volunteers who made the event possible! #christmas2025   #localmencap   #bringingsmiles   #seasonalcelebration   #abilitynotdisability   #lovewhatwedo   #makeadifferencetogether

What a fabulous night we had at the ‘Christmas at Wimpole 2025’! Our whole group of 30 members, companions and volunteers enjoyed a magical night!   An truly amazing experience we had at the trail that brings the estate to life with over a million twinkling lights and seasonal sounds. Thank you so much to the Crocus Sapphires for enabling the trip! Supported by The National Lottery Community Fund  and #lotteryplayers #localmencap   #abilitynotdisability   #bringingsmiles   #l

Today was the last day of our GrowAbility year. We had a lovely gathering in our summerhouse, with lovely food - (including mince pies and sausage rolls donated by the lovely team at COOK  in Saffron Walden). Our wonderful team of members were awarded certificates by our Chair Patrick Draper, in recognition of their achievements this year - we’ve all learned so much and can’t wait until next year- we were already making plans! Charis got cake and a card to celebrate her Birth

With Christmas just a month away, and a special concert to perform at on 7th December, we have been hard at work practicing some special festive pieces….the bells are so Christmassy aren’t they?! We love helping, supporting and encouraging each other, and we love to celebrate special occasions and achievements. So many reasons why Music Man Mondays are so Magical    Supported by People's Postcode Lottery  awarded by the Postcode Trust and #stanstedcommunityfund  ( London Stan

Quiz night at our Side-by -Side club on Wednesday - two teams and so much knowledge between them… the scores were so close at the end and the night was such fun - lovely to see new members and volunteers settling in, friendships blossoming, and so much FUN and Laughter! #mencap   #lovewhatwedo   #inclusion   #quiz  night #abilitynotdisability   #bringingsmiles   #saffronwalden

Karaoke Tenpin  in Cambridge tonight for the birthday girl, Isabel!     Followed by dinner Five Guys ! Supported by The National Lottery Community Fund  and the #lotteryplayers #bringingsmiles   #abilitynotdisability   #mencap   #fridaynight   #FridayFeeling   #outandbout   #livinglife   #lovinglife

Bees - dahlias - and soup!! Well winter feels like it’s here already as the temperature drops and our lovely dahlias were hit overnight with a hard frost. We found some warmth in the summerhouse- our lovely volunteer Katie brought along some bee hotels, some new ones and some which needed doing up a bit! Katie showed us pictures on her laptop and told us all about the red solitary bees we would be nurturing next year! We learned all about their life cycle - that they are all