Big Lottery Funding for our ‘Tip Top Day Care’ project.

 

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Douglas Drive are very excited to have received a grant from the Big Lottery Fund for our ‘Tip Top Day Care’ project.

The grant will pay for new

  • Chairs for the clients
  • Blinds for the main hall
  • Carpets for the office and corridor
  • Safety flooring for the kitchen and utility room

plus re-decoration of the corridor, office, kitchen and utility room.

The work should be starting week commencing the 14th December 2015 so we look forward to starting the New Year in our new ‘tip top’ surroundings!

Volunteer Recruitment Days – 14th & 16th October 2015

Volunteers play a huge part in the service we provide here at Douglas Drive and we are now looking to recruit a number of new volunteers.

If you think you could help support this service by becoming a regular volunteer, please come along to the centre during the times mentioned below for further information or telephone for a chat… It will be great to meet you!

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What a fantastic day!…

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Thank you to everyone who supported our Macmillan Coffee Morning last Friday.

The atmosphere was fantastic and it was great to see so many friends and new faces.

We raised an amazing £109 to date for Macmillan Cancer Support and a further £191 from the raffle, craft sales and pot of gold for Douglas Drive.

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Thank you all again for your support with this event and to the volunteers and staff for all your hard work … couldn’t do it without you!

Macmillan Coffee Morning – Friday 25th Sept 2015

210820151865Douglas Drive will be holding their annual Macmillan Coffee Morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support on

Friday 25th Sept 2015

The kettle will be on between 10am and 1pm with plenty of sweet treats on offer to tempt the taste buds!

The friends of Douglas Drive will also be holding a craft stall at this time to raise funds for Douglas Drive with lots of cards and gifts for sale.

All welcome… look forward to seeing you!

 

 

 

Douglas Drive Summer Trips 2015

Hartford Mill, Huntingdon.

Hartford Mill, Huntingdon.

This summer has been busy for Douglas Drive with our three groups headed off to three different places for their summer trips which spread over three consecutive weeks… phew!

Monday group visited Furzton Lakes in Milton Keynes, Tuesday group popped over to Poplars Garden Centre in Toddington and finally, Wednesday group chilled by the water at Hartford Mill In Huntingdon.

The weather was good to us as were the venues who looked after us well!

And now, time for a rest before starting to plan for next years summer trips!…

Stroke Awareness Day 2015 – A great success!

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We had another successful Stroke Awareness Day yesterday … great to see the place buzzing!

It was lovely to see so many take the opportunity to have their blood pressure checked as this is very important in the prevention of stroke.

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The weather was in our favour for the sponsored walk which clients, staff and volunteers took part in.

Final figure raised to be announced as money still coming in.

Many thanks to everyone who supported our event… …we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!