The Turning Tides Project
  • Home
  • Blog
  • About The Project
    • Profiles
    • What People Are Saying (Social Impact) >
      • Individuals
      • Our Community
      • The Wider Community
      • The Company
    • Supporters
    • Who We Work With
    • Developing an Equal Access Workforce
    • The Social Model
    • Company Structure
    • Code of Conduct/Core Values
    • TTTP Charging Policy
    • Why We Are Called TTTP
    • Copyright
  • What's Happening
    • Sessions
    • Sports Sessions
    • Current Projects >
      • #Inclusive Journeys
      • Crediton Railway Heritage Project
      • Equal Access to Music Programme >
        • Jam Buddies Junior
        • Jam Buddies: Crediton
        • Jam Buddies: Okehampton
        • Family Jam >
          • #Grlpwr
          • Loud Tuesdays
          • Jedi and The Winstons
        • Bursaries for Individuals >
          • Bradley
          • Kira
          • Kier
          • Amy
          • Toby
        • Accessible Music Tech
        • Developing Equal Access Music Leaders
      • Turning Tides @ The Palace
      • Page Turners >
        • Ideas and Reads
      • Healthy Living
      • Turning Tesco #Inclusive
      • #Inclusive Sports Qualifications
      • EPIC MW
    • EPIC (Enabling Service)
    • Out Of The Box (Virtual Enabling)
    • Turning Tides Support Network (TTSN)
    • The Archive >
      • Making an Exhibition of Myself
      • Inclusive Music Session
      • Festival Tour 2017 >
        • Festival Preparation and Band Practice 2017
        • Exeter Respect Festival 2017
        • CredFest 17th June 2017
        • CredFest 24th June 2017
        • Ellen Tinkham Open Day 2017
        • D'ArtsFest 2017
        • LapStock 2017
      • QECC Project
      • Radio Vibe >
        • Around the World in 80 Waves
      • School Rulers
      • Twenty One Zombies
      • Bam-Ba-Lam Jam
      • Better Than...
      • The Songwriters
      • Morpheus at Arnos Vale
      • Okehampton College
      • Gallery
  • Products & Services
    • #Inclusive >
      • #Inclusive Endorsement
    • Turning Tides @ The Tea Rooms >
      • Shop
      • #InclusiveInk
    • Small Talk (Accessible Communication)
    • Training
    • Evaluation Services
    • Volunteering with TTTP
    • Employment Services
    • Mentoring
    • Catering Service
    • Another Root (Gardening Service)
  • Films & Music
    • Vimeo
    • YouTube
    • MixCloud
    • SoundCloud
  • Contact Us
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Twitter
    • Subscribe to Newsletter
  • Out of The Box Festival

Blog

Come here for regular updates on what we're doing and other related news

Fun and Games

28/1/2015

Comments

 
Fun and games Hey, Hey! This week with Epic has been mighty good fun. On Tuesday we went ten-pin bowling where strikes and splits were doled out amongst the group, everyone had a terrific time and lots of laughter filled the alley. We all enjoyed a nice meal with our friends and the end result was that the last game was won by three people: you don’t see that very often. Well done to all the winners.

Thursday night- slight change of plan. Stuart’s house wasn’t ready but we'll go next time. Instead we hung out at the Pavilion and played pass the bomb - what a cracking game such fun and very funny but aaaarggghhh it’s soo infuriating. We all had a fantastic time.

Saturday saw us catch the bus to Exeter, a history day in mind, we did some girly shopping and poor Stuart was not amused by this, but what man is when it comes to women and shopping?

Then we walked around the Roman wall. Some very interesting facts were to be found including the fact that the wall was built in 200 ad. The route we took was very interesting we saw some beautiful parts of Exeter that we didn’t even know existed. We finished off with lunch at The Harvester; We were all ready for a spot of grub and more shopping ("You didn't do that to Stuart did you?" "Oh yes we did and in a right proper fashion too!")

Sunday saw us off to Trago Mills, an interesting car journey aaarrrggggghhh squishee heeeelp. When we got there we went and had a real good time on the arcades including a trip to see the model railway, we stopped at a restaurant for some grub at the garden centre then we looked round the shops and brought various goodies to come home with. A great day out.

Thanks to Vicky and Jan for this week out

That’s all for now folks - See you next week tootlepip.

Written by Jennifer Baines, Published by Dom Palfreman

Comments

Dining and Drinks

13/1/2015

Comments

 
Picture
This evening we met up and went to J Street Diner for tea and on our way there we were supported to do a few things in town that we needed to do. We all enjoyed our food, "nice food very relaxing thank you Vicky and Jan" said Ross, Paula said "I really enjoyed it even though I have a bad cold". Afterwards we went to the pub for a drink and planned next months activities.

I really like the fact that we get to plan the activities ourselves as it means that it is things that we want to do not what others think we should be doing. Many thanks to a kind gentleman who bought the gang a round of drinks.

Written by Jennifer Baines,
Published by Dom Palfreman
Comments

Pantos and Pampering = Perfection

13/1/2015

Comments

 
Picture
On Wednesday evening a group of us went to the panto called The Snow Queen and we had a right old laugh, it was really nice to meet up with the Turning Tides group and to have our friend Michelle who used to do shortbreaks join us for the night. We all had lots of fun and barrels of laughter.

One lady particularly found it amusing and really enjoyed Granny Fanny Annie (the panto dame) "this was my very first panto". Another lady said that she really enjoyed the wicked Snow Queen's act, "she was very good". Michelle commented "it was very funny", we were even given the privilege of meeting the cast and had our pictures taken with them - For an amateur dramatics production it was very good!

On Thursday evening we had a lady called Rachel come and do a pamper night with us. The products are made by Mary Kay and has been going in the UK for 10 years but 50 in America. It was set up by a lady called Mary Kay who wanted to feel empowered and good about herself. They have some of the top 10 best beauty products in the world! We thoroughly enjoyed pampering our skin whilst learning how to look after it. One lady said "I loved the way it made my skin feel", someone else went on to say "my skin feels very soft". The difference was incredible and even now my skin still feels really nice and soft.

Written by Jennifer Baines, published by Dom Palfreman
Comments

Getting 2015 Off The Ground In Style

11/1/2015

Comments

 
Happy New Year ! We got our work for 2015 off the ground in style this week. At Okehampton College we are engrossed in research about the acoustic properties of up-cycled materials... Aka making a load of noise hitting things with big sticks :0). We're well on our way to completing the junk band rig and will be using it very soon to create a soundtrack for an animated film we're making. Joseph tried out the new recording set up and chose the music that we'll use as inspiration for our own composition.

Before Christmas we reached the decision that January just had to start with pantomime; 16 of us went to see The Snow Queen - oh yes we did! We had a fabulous time - loads of laughter, amazing costumes, scenery and special effects, lots of lovely songs to sing along with and a very warm welcome. We think we might be available as a professional pantomime audience if anyone there would like one - hissing and booing being a particular speciality!
Getting to meet the cast and have our photos taken with them was brilliant and a great end to our night out. Thank you Pinhoe Pantomime Society - we're already looking forward to next year and quite fancy joining you on stage .

Picture
In addition to everything else that is going on, to start 2015 with a bang, we collected a cheque for £200 to go towards the local running costs of the Turning Tides Project! The cheque received was all part of the Waitrose Community Matters green coin collection - If you have shopped in the Okehampton Waitrose and put your green coins that you receive after doing your shopping in the transparent collection boxes enroute to the exit then THANK YOU! It's great being recognised as a valued Community Interest Company within the community that we are actually part of!

Keep your eyes open for the article in the Okehampton Times!

Written by Jane Williams and Dominic Palfreman
Comments

    RSS Feed

    Categories

    All
    Equal Access To Music
    #Inclusive Journeys
    Sofa Apart: COVID 19

    Archives

    November 2020
    October 2020
    August 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    November 2019
    October 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    March 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014

© 2014 - 2020 The Turning Tides Project Community Interest Company. Company Number: 9053146.
Click here to visit the copyright webpage

Picture
  • Home
  • Blog
  • About The Project
    • Profiles
    • What People Are Saying (Social Impact) >
      • Individuals
      • Our Community
      • The Wider Community
      • The Company
    • Supporters
    • Who We Work With
    • Developing an Equal Access Workforce
    • The Social Model
    • Company Structure
    • Code of Conduct/Core Values
    • TTTP Charging Policy
    • Why We Are Called TTTP
    • Copyright
  • What's Happening
    • Sessions
    • Sports Sessions
    • Current Projects >
      • #Inclusive Journeys
      • Crediton Railway Heritage Project
      • Equal Access to Music Programme >
        • Jam Buddies Junior
        • Jam Buddies: Crediton
        • Jam Buddies: Okehampton
        • Family Jam >
          • #Grlpwr
          • Loud Tuesdays
          • Jedi and The Winstons
        • Bursaries for Individuals >
          • Bradley
          • Kira
          • Kier
          • Amy
          • Toby
        • Accessible Music Tech
        • Developing Equal Access Music Leaders
      • Turning Tides @ The Palace
      • Page Turners >
        • Ideas and Reads
      • Healthy Living
      • Turning Tesco #Inclusive
      • #Inclusive Sports Qualifications
      • EPIC MW
    • EPIC (Enabling Service)
    • Out Of The Box (Virtual Enabling)
    • Turning Tides Support Network (TTSN)
    • The Archive >
      • Making an Exhibition of Myself
      • Inclusive Music Session
      • Festival Tour 2017 >
        • Festival Preparation and Band Practice 2017
        • Exeter Respect Festival 2017
        • CredFest 17th June 2017
        • CredFest 24th June 2017
        • Ellen Tinkham Open Day 2017
        • D'ArtsFest 2017
        • LapStock 2017
      • QECC Project
      • Radio Vibe >
        • Around the World in 80 Waves
      • School Rulers
      • Twenty One Zombies
      • Bam-Ba-Lam Jam
      • Better Than...
      • The Songwriters
      • Morpheus at Arnos Vale
      • Okehampton College
      • Gallery
  • Products & Services
    • #Inclusive >
      • #Inclusive Endorsement
    • Turning Tides @ The Tea Rooms >
      • Shop
      • #InclusiveInk
    • Small Talk (Accessible Communication)
    • Training
    • Evaluation Services
    • Volunteering with TTTP
    • Employment Services
    • Mentoring
    • Catering Service
    • Another Root (Gardening Service)
  • Films & Music
    • Vimeo
    • YouTube
    • MixCloud
    • SoundCloud
  • Contact Us
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Twitter
    • Subscribe to Newsletter
  • Out of The Box Festival