Outings and Events
Christmas Fantabulous
19th December 2011
Children from the society spent an evening at Bristol Zoo Christmas Fantabuolus event where they got to visit Santa in his magical grotto and meet and feed his reindeer.
The children got to watch an ice sculpting demonstration, listen to and sing along to the brass band play Christmas carols and enjoy a variety of festive entertainment and activities.
Sandford, Poole
September 2011
Members from 18+ Club enjoyed a week’s holiday at Sandford Holiday Park in Poole. We stayed in top of the range caravans and enjoyed all the park had to offer including swimming pool, adventure golf and go karts. The evening entertainment was popular with the members and we enjoyed cabaret shows, a magician and comedian, an Abba tribute act and a Michael Jackson show.
The group enjoyed days out to local attractions such as Monkey World, sea life centre, a trip on a steam train and Paulton’s Park and we had a pizza take away night and dinner at Poole harbor.
A great time was had by all.
Brean
July 2011
9 members of 18+ Club spent the weekend at Pontin's in
Brean.
The weather stayed nice for us and we enjoyed visits to Brean Leisure Park
and Animal Farm and we spent an afternoon at the beach where some of the
group went horseriding.
We enjoyed the on site activities such as the swimming pool and evening
shows and cabaret.
A great time was had by all!
Millfield
Mencap Day
Saturday 25th June
With over 50 activities to choose from, our 18+ members had a great time at Millfield school on 25th June.
A private school in Street, Somerset, Millfield holds an open day every year for all of the Mencap groups in the South West. Despite the sun only shining for part of the day, the group had a fantastic time meeting other Mencap societies and trying new activities including trampolining, penalty shoot out, softball, croquet, drumming and percussion and dance aerobics.
A delicious lunch was provided in the school canteen and the day ended with everyone taking part in a fun run around the school field.
Finlake,
Devon
June 2011
16 members from 18+ Club enjoyed a week’s holiday at the beautiful Finlake holiday park in Devon. We stayed in wooden lodges surrounded by the beautiful countryside.
The sun shone for most of the week and we enjoyed days out to local attractions such as Crealy Adventure Park, Living Coasts sea life centre, a trip on a steam train and Woodlands Theme Park.
The on-site pool and waterslide were popular with the members as was the award winning restaurant! We had a very special 40th birthday whilst we were away and had great fun celebrating the special day. It was a busy week with lots of fun had by all that attended.
Puxton
Park
Saturday 14th May 2011
With the sun shining and plenty of volunteers on hand, the children of Keynsham Mencap Society enjoyed a fun-filled day out at Puxton Park near Weston Super Mare.
Thanks to the help and support of the Keynsham Lions, 30 children from the Society along with volunteer helpers, spent the day playing in the adventure park and making the most of the many attractions available such as the animal displays, tractor rides and giant soft play.
The day out was organised by Keynsham Lions, many of
whom were on hand during the day. A hot lunch was provided by the café and
a great time was had by all.
