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PODS May Activity Sessions & Lots More...

PODS May Activity Sessions

Join PODS this May for a variety of activities! Bookings via Ticketsource. Parent/carer attendance required. To book, please click on the links below:

Cake Making 

Blists Hill 

Games 

Crafts 

Inflata Nation 

Enginuity 

Wolf Yoga 

Active Session 

PODS King's Coronation Crafts

Join PODS this Saturday for some crafting to celebrate the King's Coronation! A variety of crafts will be available, including the opportunity to take part in seed planting. Parent/carer attendance required.

To book, please click here: PODS King's Coronation Crafts

PODS Sensory Sessions

Bookings for our sensory sessions and private hire are now available! New dates are added regularly. Please visit Ticketsource to book or email jeannie@podstelford for further information. To book, please click the links below:

Private hire 

Preschool 

All ages 

Ages 0-6 

Ages 7-11 

Ages 12+ 

Ice Rink Skating NEW Friday Evening Session 5-6pm

We are delighted to let you know that after parent carers and wider families feeding in about their experiences, and the Leisure Services Team making a commitment to become more inclusive of our communities, the Ice Rink session will be a permanent fixture in the timetable moving forward.

We welcome ongoing feedback and there will be lots more news about local leisure services coming over the next few months.

PODS Blists Hill Family Group

Wednesday 26th April 2023 from 10am-12pm at Blists Hill Victorian Town, Telford, TF7 5UD

Come and join us at PODS Family Group in Blists Hill Victorian Town for a chat, relax  and meet with friendly faces. Ask us for some advice or just enjoy a walk around the village. Please note a facemask is required in some parts of the village. Tickets are available at a subsidised cost of £3 per person. PODS will provide 1 tea/coffee/soft drink to each person booked, however you will have to purchase your own other refreshments if required.

Places are limited and booking is essential, open to all PODS members living in Telford and Wrekin. Please note that the tickets are non-refundable. Children, of any age, are welcome however if they are under 2 years old, no ticket is required. We will be meeting at the entrance at 10am, please let us know if you will be late or can no longer make it so as the group can enter on time.

To book your place, please click here: PODS Blists Hill Family Group

PODS After School Clubs 

Please see the poster below for details of PODS After School Clubs held at PODS Hub during Term Time. Costs £3 per child.

To book, please click on the links below or use the QR Code.

PODS Code Club

PODS Minecraft Club

PODS Lego Club

Beam - May Half Term Workshops 2023 

Please see the poster below for Beam's May Half Term Workshops, they are all run on a drop-in basis and are held at their Wellington base.

Save the Date for PODS Picnic in the Park at a New Venue!!

Monday 7th August 2023 from 10am-4pm at Charlton School, Apley, Avenue, Wellington, Telford, TF1 3FA

Please see the poster below for PODS Picnic in the Park at a new venue, further details will follow soon.

Taylor Support's Therapy Services

Please see the poster below for details on Taylor Support's Therapy Services.

Information from Telford & Wrekin Community Champions

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week from 24th April - 30th April

24th April-30th April is Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week. MS Society’s website shares information about MS, including some information below:

Facts about multiple sclerosis:

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a condition that affects your brain and spinal cord. In MS, the coating that protects your nerves (myelin) is damaged. This causes a range of symptoms like blurred vision and problems with how we move think and feel.

Multiple sclerosis a neurological condition, meaning it affects your nerves.

Once diagnosed, MS stays with you for life, but treatments and specialists can help to manage the condition and its symptoms.

More than 130,000 people in the UK have MS. In the UK people are most likely to find out they have MS in their thirties, forties and fifties. But the first signs of MS often start years earlier.

Everyone's MS is different so no two people, even if they’re closely related, will have the same type of symptoms, or have them as badly.

Did you know that exercise and physical activity can be very helpful in managing many MS symptoms? Speak to your health professional to find out which type of activity is best for you. Find out more at MS Society

International Dance Day- 29th April

We know that dancing is good for our flexibility, weight loss, core strength, cardiovascular (heart) and lung health, coordination, strength and balance, but did you know that dancing can also improve our memory and brain health, minimize stress and anxiety, and reduce depression and loneliness?

Added to that are the benefits of socialising, meeting new people and making new friends, plus more self confidence and self-esteem that joining a dancing group can bring. In fact, it has so many benefits to our general health and wellbeing, that some people have described dancing as ‘the secret to eternal youth’!

Find a dance class near you via Live Well Telford

Cancer Champions

Wellbeing Café- The Hub, Newport

Every Wednesday from 1pm until 3pm the Hub Community Cafe in Newport hosts a Wellbeing Cafe which is a space where you can relax, chat, do a craft activity or play a word game or a board game or do nothing! Everyone is welcome to participate or just relax and watch. All activities are free.

Address: 139 High St, Newport, TF10 7BH

Contact number: 07984 171065

Action for Happiness Calendar - Active April 2023

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