Free Draught-proofing Workshop

Free Draught-proofing Workshop: 10:00am - 1:00pm Saturday 22nd Nov 2014, Chapel in the Garden, Bridport 

Learn how to draught-proof your windows and doors using professional draught-proofing strips. Materials and tools will be provided and are on sale for half the normal retail prices.  Once you get home, all you will need to draught-proof your home is a pair of secateurs a small hacksaw, a tape measure and hammer. For further details or to book a place contact: admin@transitiontownbridport.co.uk Chit Chong: 07970 483188

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Read Easy training – Tuesday 25 November 9.30am to 12.30pm at Dorchester Library

Do you know people who struggle with reading?

Read Easy can help your customers/clients/service users improve their reading skills with free one-to-one support.

They can help your organisation:

•             identify people who struggle with reading

•             understand their difficulties

•             put them in touch with a reading coach who can help

•             improve two way communication with them

Aims of the short course:

To increase awareness of the difficulties faced by people who struggle with the written word

To improve services to people who struggle with the written word

Objectives:

At the end of the session participants will be able to:

•             Describe the difficulties faced by people who find it difficult to read and write

•             State why some adults find it difficult

•             Identify people who may need help to improve their reading skills

•             Support people to get help

•             Identify areas for improvement in personal and organisational practices in relation to people who need help with reading.

If you would like more information or would like to book a place on the course please contact Jane Hunt at caid@shelter.org.uk

Places are limited so please register your interest as soon as possible. Please note that due to the high demand of places, a maximum of four places per organisation can be booked.

Island Community Action – Auction of Promises Night

Friday, 14 November 2014

Your Nanny Needs you!  Come along to support ICA's fund-raising Auction of Promises.

Every fancied being a farmer for the day, trying scuba diving or archery, learning to speak Italian or having a go at glass blowing?  Here’s your chance.  All of these and many more exciting offers are up for grabs at ICA's Auction of Promises Night. Local businesses and individuals from across the Island have offered a fantastic range of services, days out, experiences, meals and more.

The auction is taking place on Friday, 14^th November at the Jubilee Hall in Easton.  Doors open at 7:00pm, and a licensed bar will be available to help the evening along.  Entry to the event is £3.00 and includes a sausage and chip supper, from the CodFathers Fish and Ship shop in Weston.

All the lots will come under the hammer of experienced auctioneer, Matthew Denney, from Duke's Auction House in Dorchester, who has generously offered his services free of charge for the evening.

Tickets are available from the ICA Office in Easton and from Elite Hair Salon in Chiswell.

The event is being held to raise money to help older people across the Island. ICA's Helping Hand project, funded by the Big Lottery’s Reaching Communities programme, supports Portland’s older community, particularly those impacted by isolation, ill health or disability.  Helping Hand currently delivers a wide variety of activities and services, including befriending, community transport, DIY and gardening.  Activities include lunch clubs, singing groups, exercise classes and a regular memory cafe for those suffering from dementia.

So, if you are looking for an unusual Christmas gift idea for that hard to buy for loved one, or simply a well earned treat for yourself, then come along, bid and support a fantastic cause.

Should any individuals or local business wish to offer sponsorship or a lot for this event or any of the ongoing activities ICA offer, we would be very please to hear from you. 

For further information about the Auction of Promises and Island Community action, contact Katy Pascoe on: 01305 823789 / islandcommunityaction@btconnect.com.

Reading Made Easy

A new reading scheme, which aims to help adults who struggle to read, has been launched for the Gillingham & Shaftesbury area by volunteers.

"Most of us take reading for granted" says Murray Walker, chairman of the group's management committee. " But it is estimated that one in twenty adults in England has a reading age at or below the level expected of a five year old, so we can help change lives with this free literacy service".

Read Easy Gillingham & Shaftesbury will use a simple, proven system based on phonics to help new readers ‘crack the code’ in one-to-one learning as part of Read Easy UK www.readeasy.org.uk. This registered charity has grown quickly from the first group in Dorchester four years ago and currently new groups are being set up in North London, Leeds, Winchester and Oxford among other places.

The Gillingham & Shaftesbury group is now looking to appoint a volunteer Co-ordinator who will match readers with coaches, organise and keep records, arrange training and meetings, and provide support throughout, linking with the management committee of the group. If you can spare a couple of days a week, and share the group’s commitment to make a difference, please phone the Secretary David Honey for more information on 07775 175 762 or email 

readeasy.gillinghamshaftesbury@gmail.com