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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY - COME AND MEET THE PLAY RANGERS

Every Monday 4pm - 5.30pm at St. Marys Church Hall, Sherrards Green Rd, Malvern. Under 8's must be accompanied by an adult.

Friday 1st Feb at Jacomb Close, Lower Broadheath, from 3.30pm-5.30pm. This is an outdoor session, everyone welcome.

Friday 8th Feb at Jacomb Close, Lower Broadheath, 3.30pm-5.30pm. Again outdoors and everyone welcome.

Monday 11th Feb Upton park/play area from 12pm - 2pm, an outdoor session, everyone welcome.

Tuesday 12th Feb Leigh and Bransford School (Leigh Sinton) 1pm-3pm (venue to be confirmed). Indoor session

Wednesday 13th Feb Leigh and Bransford School 1pm-3pm (venue to be confirmed). Indoor session

Thursday 14th Feb Jacomb Close, Lower Broadheath 1pm - 3pm. Outdoor session.

Friday 15th Feb Leigh and Bransford School, 1pm - 3pm. (Venue to be confirmed). Indoor session.

Thursday 21st Feb Upton play area 4-6pm (outdoor session)

Wednesday 27th Feb, Jacomb Close, Lower Broadheath, 4pm-6pm. (outdoor session)

Wednesday 5th March Upton play area 4pm- 6pm (outdoors)

Monday 10th March last session at St.Marys Hall, future sessions to be outdoors.

Wednesday 12th March Jacomb Close, Lower Broadheath 4pm-6pm (outdoors)

Wednesday 19th March Upton play area 4pm-6pm (outdoors)

Tuesday 25th March Leigh and Bransford School (to be confirmed) 1-3pm (indoors)

Wednesday 26th March, Jacomb Close, Lower Broadheath, 12-2pm (outdoors)

Thursday 27th March, Upton play area 12-2pm (outdoors)

Tuesday 1st April, Leigh and Bransford School (venue to be confirmed) 1-3pm (indoors)

All of these sessions are free to attend. Play Rangers offers Children and Young People of all ages and abilities opportunities to play. We facilitate den-makling, mud pie making and sculpture, camp fire cooking (where appropriate), crafts, using tools, games or just the chance to socialise. Play Rangers are experienced and trained Playworkers and Youth workers.

For more details contact Beck Boucker at The Toy Library on 01684 891081 or on 07944 352935

Pickersleigh Summer Fun

During the month of August the Borrowers Toy Library ran 11 days of fun and frolics for the young people of the Pickersleigh Estate aged 9-13.

Through partnership funding from Malvern Extended Services Programme, Community Safety Partnership and Festival Housing we were able to offer fun packed days of:

Mask making, circus skills, junk fashion shows, cartoon drawing, D.J mixing and Breakdancing to name but a few.

The grand finale of the summer was the “Pickersleigh’s Got Talent Show” where the young people put on eleven different acts to a packed audience of around 60 people. This included Parents, professionals and local residence including some from the local sheltered accommodation.

Summer Fun saw 37 different young people attend and a total of 264 places were offered over the eleven days most children wanted to attended every session but this was over subscribed so the places had to be shared.

Both young people and parents filled in comments sheets with the following outcomes:

Young People

Most Liked activity DJ mixing, Fashion Show and Talent show

Have you tried Something New? 100% put more than one thing

Would you like Summer Fun again 100% said yes

Parents

What would your children of been doing

If they had not come to Summer Fun? 100% Watching T.V

What did the parents think? Value for money

Educational

So much for them to do

One parent commented “it has been so much fun for my children it has made the summer holidays so much more enjoyable and easier on the pocket”

One of the sheltered accommodation residence said: “we have had a lovely afternoon we don’t get out much and it was lovely to see the children doing something really worth while and their homemade cakes were lovely”

Meet the Monday Mob

Loan Equipment

Single buggies – Double buggies - triple buggies – travel cots – high chairs – stair gates – fire guards – play pens – sit in baby entertainers – baby swings.

Workshops and Training

The Toy Library offers a variety of workshops and training opportunities for children and for adults in locations throughout the county to suit your needs. We have already developed some workshops. They are: Mask making – clay – sensory play – circus skills – junk music – story sacks – parachutes – lantern making – DJ mixing – scrap it challenge – early years music – five minute games – T-shirt printing – badge making.

Services on offer also include: Stay and Play sessions – practical play ideas for parents – An early ears music programme designed to give interactive, fun music and brain gym activities for building balanced bodies and bright brains. We are also able to facilitate Animalmania, a hands on opportunity to meet small animals and reptiles.

Arts and Crafts

The Borrower’s Toy Library is a resource for a variety of art and craft supplies together with work books to enable creative play for all ages and abilities. Bulk purchase is available.

Paint and Brushes - paint pots - - Aprons – sponges – pencils – crayons and wax – clay – sand – mod roc – plasticine – Paper, crepe, tissue, sugar paper, card – pipe cleaners – stars – glitter – wiggly eyes – pompoms – glue and glue sticks – large PVA – erasers – rulers – sharpeners – scissors.