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IN THIS ISSUE:
OUR LATEST NEWS
- Magpie Mission takes off
- Our branding gets a makeover
- Lord Lieutenant pays a visit
GROW, EAT, COOK - Bringing our community together through the Big Soup Share
ON YOUR MARKS, GET SET, BAKE! - A review of our bake off to raise money for the flood appeal
March 2020 All the latest news at Pennine Magpie
Our Vision
Our vision is one of a society which values us all.
Our Mission
We support and encourage adults with learning
disabilities to lead fulfilling lives.
Welcome
From Amanda Goulding The last few months have certainly been very busy at Pennine
Magpie. This newsletter offers the opportunity for us to share
with you some of the exciting things we have been up to and
have coming up, but of course this is only a glimpse!
We have recently had the pleasure of attending some fantastic
awards nights, such as the Community Spirit Awards where we
were shortlisted for Charity of the Year. We also attended the
Halifax Neighborhood Awards and returned with a posh new
trophy for our contribution to work and training! These awards
are all about celebrating the work done to improve the lives of
people within our community, which we take great pride in
doing at Pennine Magpie.
I would also like to take this opportunity to say a huge well done
to our members of staff, Dawn and Jorden, who have recently
completed their PTLLS Level 3 Award in Education and Training.
This is an amazing achievement which means they are now
fully-qualified to teach adults at a nationally accredited
standard.
With so much happening, the future is looking bright with lots to
look forward to! As I’m sure you’re aware, we aim to provide the
very best facilities for our students, and so we will be
introducing a new personal care bathroom which will allow us to
deliver personal care to the highest standards.
We are also excited to announce that we are currently working
on refreshing our brand. A lot has changed since Pennine
Magpie first opened its doors over 20 years ago and so it is
important that our brand evolves to reflect who we are and
what we do. We are only at the beginning of this process, but
we can’t wait to share our new look with you later in the year.
Amanda Goulding, Chief Executive Officer
Where to find us
Pennine Magpie, Unit 4A, Calderdale Business Park,
Club Lane, Halifax, HX2 8DB
Telephone: 01422 383550
Email: [email protected]
COMPANY NO: 4498986, REG CHARITY NO. 1147911
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On your marks, get set, bake!
The Pennine Magpie Bake Off took place on
Friday, 28th February, where there were
over 20 different bakes made by students,
staff, parents and carers.
The bake off was held to raise money for
Community Foundation for Calderdale for
the flood appeal.
The sweet treats were then judged by a
panel made up of Amanda Goulding,
Pennine Magpie CEO, Andrew Hutchinson,
Pennine Magpie Trustee, Bernadette
Mazurke, Business Relationship Manager,
and a parent.
Steve Duncan, CEO of the Community
Foundation for Calderdale, said:
"Pennine Magpie do such incredible and
important work and the Foundation is
pleased that we can support their work, so
for them to be able to make time to help us
raise money for the floods is brilliant.
It's heart warming to see so many groups
fundraising and making a difference helping
us to raise £1 million to help flood victims."
Once the bakes were judged and winners
announced, all bakes were sold to raise a
fantastic £115 for the flood appeal.”
We were blown away by the amount of
cakes and how much talent was in the room.
We would like to say a huge thank you to
everyone involved in helping us raise some
serious ’dough’ to help those affected by the
floods.
Cook
Eat!
Grow
The Big Soup Share was a chance to celebrate the work we do in our garden by harvesting
our own crops, whizzing them up into a delicious soup and sharing it out with others.
We grew a variety of vegetables and enjoyed learning about where our food comes from.
We then visited Lee Mount Care Home to share our homemade soup. The Big Soup Share
was a great opportunity for students to engage with their local community, as well as
leaning lots of new gardening and cooking skills. Enjoying this delicious meal with one
another was a great way of bringing different generations in our community together.
After harvesting our crops, it was time to get cooking! As well as having fun making it,
we learnt lots of key cooking skills and experimented with what ingredients work well
together. We decided to make a mixed vegetable soup and a pumpkin soup.
A Spotlight on Sing and Sign
This new session has proved hugely popular! Some songs
they have learnt so far include, ‘Oliver - Food Glorious
Food’ and ‘The Greatest Showman - A Million Dreams.’
Sing and Sign currently takes place on Wednesday
mornings and is ran by Jen, who is on a student placement
with us. Songs are learnt using Makaton which supports
the development of essential communication skills. It also
offers the opportunity for team building, community
engagement and makes music more accessible to those
who can’t hear it.
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Love is in the air
This Valentines day, we set up our very own
craft stall with gifts for sale to treat that special
someone. Everything was handmade by our
talented students and the money raised will
help expand on our arts and crafts facilities.
Our branding gets a makeover
We are excited to announce that we are currently
working on refreshing our brand. A lot has changed since
Pennine Magpie first opened its doors over 20 years ago and
so it is important that our brand evolves to reflect who we
are today and what we do. We can’t wait to share our new
look with you later in the year!
AROUND PENNINE MAGPIE...
Magpie Mission takes off Mission accomplished! Well done to everyone who
passed our Magpie Mission. Their goal was to figure
out how to travel there and back from a destination,
learning key research skills and how to travel safely.
The next mission has now started and is all about
money and working with numbers.
Lord Lieutenant pays a visit
Thank you to everyone who joined us at our Open
Day and helped make it happen. We had a fantastic
day and met lots of great people, which included
Deputy Lord-Lieutenant, Virginia Lloyd, who loved
seeing our service in action and hearing about all the
great things we get up to at Pennine Magpie.
Christmas Jumper Day
On Friday, 13th December, it was time to bring out the most
eye-catching, festive jumpers we could find! We even jazzed
up ordinary sweaters by adding sequins and sparkle to
create a festive masterpiece. We also played lots of fun
games and sung our hearts out with some Christmas
karaoke. Christmas Jumper Day is always good fun but it's
even better when it is helping to change the lives of children.
We raised £43.85 for Save the Children, a charity which
helps transform the futures of children all over the world.
We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone involved
and supported this great cause.
Join our team of Trustees…
As we are at an exciting time of development, we are looking for new Trustees to join the team.
If you are interesting in applying, please contact us.