Spring
Newsletter
2016
LINCOLNSHIRE HOUSE ASSOCIATION
Brumby Wood Lane, Scunthorpe, DN17 1AF
Fundraising Events
Vintage Tea Party
14th February 2016
Our first fund raising event of 2016 and a huge success it was.
There was a big turn out and everyone enjoyed their
afternoon tea. Everyone was treated to handmade cakes and
sandwiches alongside pots of tea and coffee. After the food
we had a big raffle where prizes included chocolates, bottles
of wine and a big Valentines cake in the shape of a heart…..
(Read on to find out some really exciting news!)
We raised £577!
A big thank you to everyone who helped out.
Activities Report
With Christmas now behind us and
Easter looming close on the horizon,
our attentions turn towards the Easter
Fair, which will take place 22nd March.
Dawn’s creativity group are already
busy looking for interesting items to
produce and sell at the fair. Dawn and
Ela continue to bring new and
interesting ideas into the sessions for
our residents and day users to
undertake. The department has proved
very successful in raising money to buy
further equipment in order to expand
its scope, but both Dawn and Ela are
fully committed to ensuring that
creativity sessions are fully accessible
by everyone.
The baking department continues to
prove extremely popular, with Anna
undertaking several sessions every
week, along with day to day cooking
sessions on a Wednesday morning. Staff
who are working on a one to one basis
can also use the kitchen, which makes it
accessible and enjoyable for all.
Mandy’s health and beauty sessions
continue to thrive, and Mandy now
oversees a more formal approach to
monitoring weight of all our residents
and day users, to assist Irena; our
Catering Manager to help promote
healthy eating and diet. This has
proved to be a success with residents
and day users at Lincolnshire House, as
most have become involved with
improving their health and wellbeing.
The iMuse and Rebound Therapy
continue to be extremely popular with
everyone at Lincolnshire House and we
hope in the near future more staff can
be trained to use these facilities and
extend use for everyone here at
Lincolnshire House.
We believe we continue to offer a
varied program for residents and day
users here at Lincolnshire House and
really hope we can expand our services
and facilities to promote interest in the
wider community. We do currently hire
iMuse and Rebound Therapy, if you are
interested please call us on 01724
844168.
I am pleased and excited to say that we
will be going ahead with our MultiSensory room. It will be kitted out with
new décor, furnishings and equipment,
which will provide us with an up to date
and more interactive environment.
We continue to have a good
relationship with North Lindsey College
and students continue to visit
Lincolnshire House on a Wednesday to
hold games sessions with the residents
and day users. We also have a talk held
by one of our residents to promote
Disability Awareness. We also continue
to attract students from other colleges
for work experience.
I am already booking events for the
Summer Fete and we will be planning
more in the near future. Busy and
exciting times continue for activities at
Lincolnshire House.
Eddie Galpin
Activities Manager
Activities News
Valentines Tea Party
After we all filled ourselves on delicious
egg mayonnaise sandwiches and French
Fancie cakes we were surprised with a
very generous donation of £50,000
from our friends at the North East
Lincolnshire Cerebral Palsy Trust. Once
again a huge thank you to everyone who
attended and for all your help and
support.
Wheelchair Football
When we go to Bottesford sports hall
every Friday to play Wheelchair
Football, we also play other sports such
as tennis. Each side consists of three
players in wheelchairs, each of whom
control his or her area of the court. The
objective of the game is to score a point
in the opponent’s half and to prevent
the other side from scoring. As we are in
wheelchairs, we do not have a net
across the court, but a dividing line
through the centre, which each side is
not allowed to cross.
Arts and Crafts
Fund Raising Events
Horse Racing night will be held 8th April,
there will be pie and peas served and
tickets cost just £5.00. Food served at
6.30pm and racing at 7.30pm There will
also be a licensed bar.
Since our last newsletter it has been as
busy as ever with residents making
crafts for events and celebrations,
starting with Valentine’s Day. Residents
made decorative boxes to hold
chocolates to give to their loved ones.
They are currently busy making things
for the up and coming Easter Fair.
The Midsummer’s Walk will be held 25th
June with a new start time of 4pm. This
will start from The Three Horseshoes in
Scotton and participants can choose a 2
or 8 mile walk to complete. After the
walk there will be a BBQ and the chance
to relax with a drink, in what we hope
will be a gloriously sunny afternoon! If
you are interested in joining us, you can
get an information leaflet from
reception
or
visit
us
at
www.lincshouse.com
batteries and used an electric
screwdriver to tighten the nuts and also
counting out the terminal bases”.
The Summer Fete will be held 31st July
between 11am-3pm.
On Saturday 3rd September a group of
staff and residents are undertaking the
gruelling challenge of the Three Peaks in
Yorkshire.
October sees the return of the
Halloween Bingo, with a date yet to be
confirmed.
50th Anniversary
This year sees the 50th Anniversary of
our home. It was on April 18th 1966
when the first individuals moved in.
Back then there were only 10 residents
living at the home, now we have 35.
What follows now are the memories of
some of the individuals who live here…
Michael Burnett has been here 45 years
he shares some of his memories.
“I remember being in the workshop in
the 1970’s, where I used to put screws
and bolts into terminal bases for
“I have been on holiday to various places
both in the UK and abroad, including
Ayr, Caistor-On-Sea and Minehead”.
Another one of the residents, Peter
Bromley remembers some of the
famous visitors we’ve had over the
years including, Desmond Decker,
Jimmy Young, The Small Faces and Tony
Jacklin, amongst many others.
Peter Bromley shares some of his
memories with us.
“I myself came to our home in 1969, I’d
like to share some of my memories from
the past 47 years starting from the
1970’s. In those days there were no
activities as such. Instead the place
where we went was the workshop
where contract work was carried out
and even those who could not
undertake the work were also paid. I my
myself was unable to work so I spent my
days reading and talking to my friends”.
“Moving onto the 1980’s. I remember
the local adult education people came
and not only did they help me with
reading, writing and arithmetic, but also
some of my friends”.
“In the early 90’s along with some of my
friends I moved into my bungalow and
into my own bedroom, at the time of
writing this I now have my own en-suite
as well. Coming up to date I have been
on many holidays. I can remember being
in Cornwall with my friends, Michael,
Marie and Debbie. One night I got a little
merry and laughed that much when the
ladies came to put me to bed, it was
virtually impossible to lift me into bed”.
“I hope the home will be going for
another 50 years continuing to provide
high quality care for individuals with
cerebral palsy and related disabilities”.
Fascinating Facts
1. A butterfly can see in three
colours, green, yellow and red.
9. The last Tudor Monarch was
Elizabeth the First.
10.Butterflies taste with their feet.
2. The only animal that can get the
common cold is a hamster.
3. A shrimp’s heart is located in its
head.
4. A cockroach can live nine days
without its head.
5. In 1967 Stamford in Lincolnshire
became the first place to
become a conservation area.
6. In Sweden princess love cake has
green marzipan.
7. In the county of Suffolk there are
no cities.
8. Cuba is the largest island in the
Caribbean Sea.
11.A snail can sleep for 3 years.
12.Sir Thomas Beecham founded
the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra.
13.Groucho was the youngest of the
Marx Brothers.
14.The first British gold open
started in 1860.
15.In the TV show the Teletubbies
Noo Noo was a vacuum cleaner.
16.One of Winston Churchill’s
hobbies was bricklaying.
Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is not far away
And loved ones will have waited
For a card or a present or maybe both
Will be anticipated.
Maybe you could go for a meal
And have roses on the table,
But watch out for Cupid’s arrows
He will pierce your heart if he is able.
The day is for loved ones and special friends
So enjoy the happenings.
It only happens once a year
So make the most of things.
Easter bunny soft and white
Hopping quickly out of sight.
Thank you for the eggs you bring
At Easter time to welcome spring.
Yellow eggs and blue and red
In the grass and flower bed
We will hunt them everywhere
Is it really you who put them there?
So far this year we’ve had two draws, with March due at the
end of the month.
January 2016
Mrs Ward No. 67
£250
John Northall No. 170
£100
Carol Dickinson No. 34
£50
February 2016
Terry Cooper No. 88
£250
Weightman RJ No. 09
£100
Nicos Sofroniou No. 99
£50
March 2016…. Watch this space.
If you would like to join the 200 club, or know of anyone who would like
to join, members are asked to pay £5.00 per month by standing order
(or cash to cover one year). The draw takes place on the last Friday of
every month and the prizes are £250, £100 and £50,
with a £1,000 every six months.
Please contact Laura or Dawn on
01724 844168 for more information or visit us at www.lincshouse.com
What is astronomy?
It is the scientific study of the universe, stars and planets. How old is the science? Astronomy dates back to the
ancient Egyptians when the Pharaohs always aligned their pyramids to the Pole Star, also known as the North
Star and Polaris.
The solar system
Our planet is one of eight. It is 93,000,000 miles from the sun. Six planets including earth have moons, others
include Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Mars and Uranus. Our moon is particularly important to us, as it effects the
tides of our oceans and seas. All moons have different characteristics, for instance Jupiter has four moons,
Ganymede, Io, Europa and Callisto, each moon has a different terrain. Io for instance is volcanically active in
fact Io is the most volcanically active world in our solar system.
Constellations, Stars and going back in time
There are 88 official constellations in our solar system, all are different and each individually named after
characters, animals and objects from Greek Mythology. For instance, one constellation is called Cassiopeia
named after a vain queen who boasted of her unrivalled beauty. If you look up to the sky for Cassiopeia, you
will see it in the shape of a ‘W’.
Sirius, apart from the sun is the brightest star in the night sky. It is 8.7 light years away. When we look up at the
stars we are travelling back in time. For instance, when we look up to Sirius we are seeing it as it was 8.7 years
ago! That is how long the light takes to travel through space, pretty fascinating stuff!
Tim Peake
Tim Peake is the first British Astronaut to go to the International Space Station. He was launched into
space on 15th December 2015 and will work on the ISS for 6 months undertaking experiments and tests for
the European Space Agency (ESA). During launch Tim was allowed to pick three songs that could be
played to him, he choose Queen- ‘Don’t stop me now’, Coldplay’s ‘A Sky full of Stars’ and U2’s ‘Beautiful
Day’.
Here are a few stars, constellations
and planets you can spot in the night
sky during March and April 2016.
Constellations
Orion- ‘The Hunter’, is a big
constellation that dominates our winter
skies. He stands proud with his bow and
arrow and holds a sword in his belt.
Orion has a distinct star, red in colour
called ‘Betelgeuse’. This star is a red
giant and one of the largest stars
known.
Ursa Major- ‘The plough’ or ‘Big Dipper’
is another prominent constellation in
our night sky. The Great Bear is visible
throughout the year. Look for an upside
down pan, and underneath you will see
Polaris- ‘The North Star’, as though it
has fallen from the pans bowl.
Throughout March you will be able
To see the planet Jupiter. Jupiter
Appears as a big bright light in The
night sky. If you have a Telescope or
binoculars, you will be able to see
Jupiter’s moons.
On April 22nd if you’re lucky you will
Be able to see the meteor shower
called The Lyrids. If you look towards
the constellation of Lyra, you can see
up to one meteor a minute. Although
this isn’t the best meteor shower of the
year you can still see stars shooting
across the night sky. The best meteor
shower of the year will be Perseids,
which are present during August. The
Perseids always put on a fantastic show
with a clear sky and can produce up to
100 meteors an hour!
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