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Avon Tyrrell - December 11
01 December 2011

Theend of year draws near and we are now preparing the Avon Tyrrell House for thefestive season. The Housekeeping team will undoubtedly decorate the Houseamazingly and with our beautiful Christmas trees the House will look very festive.

Wewill have a Christmas Fayre starting at 4pm on the 7^th December andthen at the weekend we will be hosting a family Christmas weekend withactivities supported by HCC that will enable children and young people with disabilities and/or additionalneeds to experience and participate in a host of outdoor and arts and crafts activities as well as evening fun activities. Wealso have it on really good authority that Father Christmas will make bothevents, yippee…..

Wildlife WatchGrouphaverecently visited and there was a really good turnout for the volunteer groupwith some new faces and some old. The group carried on clearing the bracken atthe Avon Tyrrell SINC site and clearing the ground back to bare soil. The areais really starting to take shape and the group made a fire to burn all of thebracken and to keep warm. The group were still a little cold so they had acompetition to warm them up! This involved using a Kelly Kettle to boil waterso they could all enjoy a hot chocolate. After initial difficulties getting thekettles started they were soon blazing. The hot drink was very much appreciatedby all. Finally to wrap the day up the group made bird feeders using PineCones, seeds and peanut butter. It was a fun day and everyone enjoyedthemselves.

We have nowestablished an Activity Instructor post to Coordinate Inclusive Activities forall visitors to Avon Tyrrell.

As part of Alex Robert’s 2011 NVQ 3apprenticeship at Avon Tyrrell, Alex chose to work with groups and individuals withdisabilities, working towards making their even more accessible and inclusivetime whether participating in adventurous activities or not. Based on thesuccess of his work and the great feedback he was receiving from groups, Alexwas able to demonstrate how important having someone with these skills is tothose who visit us.

His time required him to manageresidential short breaks for families who have someone with a disability, andcreate an experience that is assessable to the whole family by coordinating anadventurous and non-adventurous residential programme for up to 150people. He also worked with specialist groups gathering informationbefore they arrive, liaising with them during their visit, working with them asthe lead instructor and seeking feedback post visit to ensure that the entirecentre is growing and learning with each and every group that visits.

Groups have commented on how usefulit is to have someone passionate and skilled enough to work directly with thegroups to guarantee every part of their visit has the requiredattention. Groups have also observed how much Avon Tyrrell is developingover time with the accommodation and access becoming more accessible providingpositive feedback on the “Can do” attitude the entire Centre has when aiming tomeet the needs of all groups that visit the centre.

We have some very excited groupslooking forward to their next visit here at Avon Tyrrell and we are veryexcited to see these develop with particular interest in looking forward to thenext inspirational residential in two weeks' time.

We havealso had an enjoyable visit from a group of young people from Ringwood SheilingSchool. Earlier in the year they had createdsome lovely flowers that are currently brightening up the Field Studies Avon Tyrrell Garden having participated in a competition with other local schools to design something for our Garden. As a thank you for their lovely craft workwe provided them with a tour of our site, a chance to re- look around theGarden that now displays some of their work and take part in some fun activities such as making rainbow cards andspotting some animal tracks. We had a lovely day with the young people and hope to see them again soon.

You are mostwelcome to visit and see what we are up to or to find out more about AvonTyrrell Outdoor Activity Centre and the many varied opportunities we offerplease contact us on Tel; 01425 672347 or email info@ukyouth.orgor view our website www.avontyrrell.org.uk

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