The arrival of the Year of the Rooster found many of our service users showcasing their talents to mark this year’s Chinese New Year celebrations.
Dozens of members turned up at our Alan Shearer Activity Centre to join in a special Chinese New Year themed arts and crafts session. Magically, an intriguing assortment of odds and ends were cut and coloured, glued and pinned to make some pretty fearsome dragon staffs and everyone was thrilled to be able to take one home with them.
Meanwhile, staff and clients at our Parkhead Resource Centre in Ashington for adults with learning disabilities pulled out all the stops to lay on a feast to welcome Chinese New Year. Everyday lunch was replaced with chicken and sweetcorn soup followed by tasty stir fry before three very talented ladies – Claire, Christine and Sharon – proudly served their hand-made fortune cookies
“Our Centre looked incredible!” said Parkhead Manager, Claire Graham, “Everyone helped to make all the red and gold decorations and there was something wonderful hanging from every available space! We had Chinese music and made dragon masks, but I think the fortune cookies may have stolen the show. We couldn’t wait to open one to see what the future holds.”