Waltham Forest Disability Resource Centre

Waltham Forest Disability Resource Centre and Disability Action Reaching Out Project are holding an open day for you to find out more about volunteering.

Come to 90 Crownfield Road E15 2BG on Wednesday 13th June from 10am to 3pm and meet people who use the services, the staff who work here and the people who give their time as volunteers.

Find the answers to questions such as:

Do you want to meet exceptional people and make a difference to their day?

Do you want to feel good about yourself and gain new skills and experiences?

Telephone 0208 509 0812 for more information

Come to our Coffee and Craft Afternoon we have cards, cakes and crafts for sale, all made by our service users and volunteers.

Friday 25th May 1.30 to 3.3o

Come and join us at the DRC  on Saturday 19th May for our first Jumble Sale at our new premises.

50p admission with children free 

The action starts at 1pm and finishes at 3pm

Refreshments will be available

Clothes, Books, DVD’s, Bric a Brac and a whole load more!!!!

SafeScoot

Click on the link above to see the poster advertising scooter training for people who use mobility scooters.  You don’t have to own one to do the training but with deaths involving mobility scooters on the increase year by year, this training is worth thinking about.

The DRC will be holding a fundraising Pamper Event celebrating Mother’s Day the Centre will be open from 7-9pm, with a variety of stalls , for example nail treatments, threading, plants and candles for sale, refreshments will be available throughout the evening.

A sample of edible treats on sale:

Hope to see you there

On February 1st the DRC in partnership with the Reaching Out Project held an information event which included a presentation, question and answer session and a drop-in.

The event aimed to give service users and the local community information about the Digital Switchover in London during April of this year. Including information on how to contact the help scheme and who was eligible for low or no cost help with installing equipment.

It was very well attended and the feedback from people attending showed how useful the event had been and everyone enjoyed the day.

The DRC has an information stall in the main hall for people who still need the information and a member of staff is always on hand to answer questions about the switchover.

Welcome back everyone, I know it can be difficult to get back into the routine of normal life after the fun and excesses of the Christmas and New Year celebrations but it is surprising how quickly life does get back to normal.

We are all looking forward to an exciting year, on our return to work we had a letter saying that we had been successful in applying for a small amount of money to help us and Disability Action to put on an event informing people about the Digital Switchover which is happening this year so keep an eye out for the information on the event which will be advertised in the centre and in newsletters and on our website.

Another exciting bit of news we had was that we had been accepted by the pilotlight board.  Pilotlight is a scheme which helps voluntary organisations to gain skills in business planning by having mentors called Pilotlighters from all walks of the business world to help achieve this.  It is going to be hard work but we hope it will enable us to improve the Centre.

Remember if you have any news you want to let others know about please contact the office and we can see if we can include it on the website.