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Principal's welcome
This term, and year, has been a good one. I’m delighted that the number of people participating in Guild activities has increased by comparison with last year and the pandemic-years. Whilst the charity will always face new challenges; it’s great that we now have a feeling of normality. I am always delighted to see faces, old and new, happily engaged in their chosen Guild activity. The half-term holiday is now here and the weather forecast for the bank holiday weekend is a good one; fingers crossed that this is the beginning of a fab summer.
I hope that with an improvement in the weather more people will opt to walk or cycle to the Guild, we have a cycle rack near the rear entrance. I understand that some people have to drive to the Guild and we have three dedicated disabled parking bays for those who need them. If you are unable to find a space in the Guild’s carpark, we recommend that you use a local public one; Spring Street is the nearest. Some local residents have been complaining about inconsiderate on-street parking, whilst I’m sure that this isn’t caused by Guild participants, please park considerately wherever that may be.
We have a wonderful programme arranged for September onwards. The new prospectus will have an ‘at a glance’ guide and full details of what’s on will be on the website; please remember places are always allocated on a first-to-book basis.
I look forward to seeing you after a relaxing break.
With best wishes,
Paula
All autumn term activities (courses, groups, clubs and societies) will be visible on our website and available to book from Tuesday 6th June.
Term dates for all courses and other activities:
- Summer term will end on Monday 17 July
- Autumn term commences on Monday 4th September and will continue until Friday 1st December 2023. We will pause for half-term from Monday 23 to Friday 27 October.
Fossils day school Tuesday 27 June
The one day course will investigate how fossils are formed and how they are classified into Phylum, class, order, family, genus and species and the labelling of the main features.
Day of Calm with Dr Sheila French
Saturday 15 July 10-4pm
This retreat offers an experiential day of relaxation with like- minded people. You can step out of a busy life and enjoy a mindful day. During the day you will be invited to try out some core practices and techniques from Mindfulness, Neuroplasticity and Positive Psychology and learn how they can help us to cultivate a more mindful, positive live style.
Who is this retreat for? This retreat is for anyone who would enjoy a 'Day of Calm'. If you are new to these techniques you can discover what it is all about and decide if you wish to bring them into your life.
The day is also suitable for more experienced meditators and those who have previously completed a 6/8 week course in Mindfulness it will be a day to refresh your own practice and try out new practices.
This day will give you a taster for the Autumn Course - Manage your Stress and Overthinking a 10 week course commencing in the September term. Numbers are limited to 15, so book your spot early.
Huge Congrats to Beks and Jude on their sporting achievements
"What a day @londonmarathon 😍 I enjoyed it even more than the first time and so happy I knocked my PB from 4.45 to 4.07 🥳 proudly running for my club @veganrunnersuk.
As always, an incredible event run by amazing volunteers and everything just ran so smoothly, the crowds were insane and a huge thank you to my supporters who came to watch me. Thank you also to my training buddy and fellow London Marathon finisher @srmell - you absolutely smashed it! ❤️- Beks
"With just over a weeks notice to booking onto my first triathlon @wilmslow_triathlon it brought home that you don’t need to do crazy hours of training, compete for the best times, travel miles, have all the perfect gear, you just need to change your mindset, turn up, go out & enjoy the experience … it really was empowering. The friendly chatter and support along the way from competitors, marshals and community was amazing. Here’s to my next one" Jude
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Gardening Club Plant Sale
A very big thank you on behalf of the committee to all those who helped with the Plant sale either by donating plants, helping on the day or buying plants.
The sale raised over £500 which is a splendid amount. Our particular thanks must of course go to the organiser, Eileen Clayton who worked tirelessly in making the event such a success.
The photo is of the plants laid out in the Hall just prior to the sale start.
We are the Guild Youth Theatre, providing young people with a space to learn performance techniques and develop their love of theatre.
If your child is an enthusiastic actor, singer or allrounder, get in touch via Facebook.
Find out more through the link below:
https://guildlifelonglearning.org/.../youth-theatre...
Sunday's 11:00 - 12:30
1 Bourne St, Wilmslow, SK9 5HD
Ages 8 to 16
Guild courses and social activities commence again during the week beginning Monday 4 September 2023 and will continue until Friday 1 December 2023.
The courses will pause for half-term from Monday 21 to Friday 27 October 2023.
Volunteer opportunities at the Guild
Dementia social group volunteers
Administration/desk volunteers
Vacancies at the Guild
Permanent part time Café Supervisor
Please get in touch for more information info@guildlifelonglearning.org
Free community classes at the Guild
Check out our events: guildlifelonglearning.org
🎨 Online art with Sabine - Tuesdays until 11 July 9.30am
💪Total body toning with Maria - Monday 12 June 9am
🌍 International evening - Thursday 29 June 7pm
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Art with Sabine free online sessions, May to July
If you are interested in trying a new online art class, this free taster session is for you.
In this class, we discover different drawing and painting techniques by looking at and responding to work by other artists.
All media can be covered. Plenty of choice for painting techniques (working with acrylics/oils or watercolours) and drawing techniques to the learner group that fall into particular topics like ‘landscape & buildings’, ‘animal silhouettes & colour background textures’, ‘abstracts & flowers’
Sabine gives plenty of demonstrations in class.
This online art course on Tuesday mornings (9:30 till 11:30) takes place in Google Classroom. Please join Sabine on any of the following dates:
May 23
June 6,13,20,27
July 4,11
Learners will need to have an internet connection with Google Chrome (our online meeting format, Google Classroom is based on Google Chrome) Sabine will contact you prior to class.
International Evening 29th June
Last December, we held our first international evening, which was designed to bring all learners from all the language classes the Guild for Lifelong Learning offers to celebrate their learning, but also to use their acquired language skills in a social setting.
Around 70 students joined the event, which filled the Community Café with lots of conversations in a range of languages, with laughter and enjoyment and even German Christmas carols, all sweetened by food and drink from Germany, France, Italy and Spain.
Following the success of this first event, we will be holding a second international evening on Thursday 29th June from 7.30pm in the main hall at the Guild. Apart from hopefully welcoming again many existing language learners, we are also looking forward to being joined by many individuals who have studied German, French, Italian and/or Spanish at some point and who would love to restart their language learning journey with the Guild or who would like to start afresh with one of our beginner classes.
Apart from celebrating language learning through conversations in many languages in a friendly setting, we will also be having a foreign language book fair. Language teachers will be present to answer any questions.
Please feel free to BYO drinks, soft drinks can be purchased from our community café and there will be food :)
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FREE Total body Toning taster class
Monday 12th of June at 9am
Total body toning with Maria is a high rep endurance strength workout targeting the whole body. The routine alternates groups of lower and upper body exercises and ends with a core section.
This class is suitable for everybody as Maria can adapt all exercises to suit the individual. Maria has taught this class in a range of settings for a variety of clients.
For this taster session we encourage you to bring your own weights if you have some (1, 2 kg dumbbells or ankle or wrists weights) If not, maybe bottle of water or tinned goods. You can do the workout without equipment also.
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A huge thank you to everyone who turned out to see @jewelleryatthewilmslowguild Wilmslow Festival of Writing Guild Youth Theatre and @majofitness_04 on Sunday. You made it such an awesome day! The atmosphere was amazing.
What's ON Saturdays
Life Drawing 24th June 10-1pm
This life-drawing half-day Saturday session is a great opportunity to spend time in a relaxed and friendly half-day class to explore life-drawing away from the commitment that comes with a continuous life-drawing course
Emergency First Aid at work 17th June 10-4pm
Approved by the First Aid Industry Body (FAIB) this is a 1 day Emergency First Aid at Work training course. It consists of 6 classroom hours with a mixture of theory, individual and group work, and practical sessions. No prior knowledge or experience of first aid is required.
The course syllabus is as required under the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981. On successful completion this gives the learner the right to be an ‘Emergency First Aider in the Work Place’.
A Day of Calm 15th July 10-4pm
This retreat offers an experiential day of relaxation with like- minded people. You can step out of a busy life and enjoy a mindful day. During the day you will be invited to try out some core practices and techniques from Mindfulness, Neuroplasticity and Positive Phsychology and learn how they can help us to cultivate a more mindful, positive live style.
Jewellery making group sessions available
Enquiries welcome for private sessions with a group of friends or family.
Text Hannah for available dates and information 07855 371548
Father’s Day is coming! This year please help us provide celebratory packs for children in poorer households to give to their dads. Hygiene poverty takes away so much choice but together we can make sure this isn’t added to the list. We always need more male toiletries and receive fewer boy/ man specific donations. Can you help? Could you pop a Lynx spray, a hair gel, an anti dandruff shampoo, or maybe a Sire or Dove male deodorant into your shopping trolley for us this week? #fathersdsy #everybottleeverytubecounts #keepitlocal #hygienepoverty #toiletrybank #makeadifference
