Last Friday Jackie Robinson took a mixed group of young people to Hollingworth Lake for a Kyaking session.

The group was a good mix of gender, ages & ethnicities from Lower Falinge.

The session worked very well as our older teenagers all helped the younger ones to combat there fears as some could not swim.

After the session the group had enjoyed it so much they wanted to go again

Giants Foot Youth Group went to Flamingo Land on Thursday. 

Despite the heavy rain all day the group had a great time.

The group meet every Monday & Wednesday 6.30pm till 8.00pm, they young people enjoy a game of pool, playing on the play stations, arts & craft and weather permitting they go onto the field & practice football.

The course includes, how to create your own leaflets, newsletters, cards, calendars and more…

The course will run over 6 weeks: Wednesday 3rd, 10th,17th, 24th September 1st & 8th October between 1—3 pm.

Course will be held at the RoFTRA Resource Centre 20/22 Newgate at the RoFTRA Resource Centre.

Contact Paul Dixon on 01706 764815 for more information or to book a place.

TAG (Triangle Action Group) has booked the doorstep bus on Tuesday 26^th August at the Triangle Play Park, Newbold.

The bus will be there from 9.30am to 11.30am.

The bus is open to children between the ages of 4 and 14, who live within TAG’s area of Milnrow Rd, Kingsway and the railway line running in front of Morrisons.

For more information contact Nichola on 07842 208557.

TAG (Triangle Action Group) is having weekly Arts and Crafts sessions at St Ann’s Church on Brocklebank Road. 

The sessions are held every Tuesday from 1pm to 3pm, with a £2 fee to cover costs. 

Anyone interested or wanting more information can contact Nichola on 07842 208557.

As the Hollin estate is an area of high unemployment Jay law is working with Sharon Worsley of Hollin EMB to identify ways of supporting unemployed people to take steps into work.

A project will be developed to support people to build confidence through using IT to job search or develop their CV’s. IT tuition will be informal and focus on peoples needs on a one to one level

Anyone wanting further information can contact Jay Law on 01706 764814.

Jay law has been attending the meetings for the development of the Middleton Joint services Centre. The proposed centre will merge township Staff, RBH staff and the PCT amongst other agencies and services.

If anyone would like to ask any questions or feed into the decision making group, about the future of the centre they can contact Jay law on 01706 764814.

Hare Hill Court have been successful with their Awards For All Bid from the National Lottery. With the help of Lucy Salisbury of RoFTRA the Group which was set up and constituted last Summer, identified the need for I.T Equipment, Training and Internet within the scheme and local community.

After a Free Consultation with Paul Dixon of RoFTRA and Hare Hill Courts Secretary, Brian Sayers, on several options of equipment and training packages, one was chosen which ensured all residents who shared an interest in I.T could get the maximum for what they wanted to spend. A plan was put together with agreements from both parties for the completion of a successful bid and within 10 weeks of the application being submitted by Lucy, Hare Hill Court had been awarded £5,116.

Hare Hill Court , Littleborough have now had their first month on the IT Connect Training package using both their own newly purchased I.T equipment and up to 10 laptops provided by RoFTRA which Paul will setup before each lesson.

The Tuesday afternoon sessions are at full capacity with a wide range of age groups participating in the activities, over the past few week we have even had the grandchildren taking part with it being school holidays.

Hare Hill Court have kindly allowed local residents within the community to attend their computer classes to improve social interaction between residents and the local community and to reduce isolation which has been a great success for all concerned.

We have stared the training at the deep end learning basic IT skills then straight into using email so all students can start using electronic communications to keep in touch with family and friends around the world.

The classes for 2008/09 have grown considerably due to the RoFTRA investment of modern Training Aids like portable projectors & pull out screens so all training can be demonstrated and seen on the large screen by everyone, and up-to-date Laptops with the newsiest of operating systems prevents valuable time wasted watching the hour glass!

For more Information on these courses please telephone Paul on 01706 764815 or telephone Lucy on 01706 652361for information on the Groups.

Over the last few weeks Jackie Robinson has been working in partnership with Julie from the Hebron Church and Cheryl from Healthy Living on ‘time together' Sessions.

The Sessions take place on Monday mornings from 10.00am till 12.00noon.

So far we have covered Swimming; Heath walks in the Falinge Park, Aerobics, and a trip to the gym we are also going to do Salsa dancing, and First Aid training.

For more information contact Jackie Robinson on 07739974980 or Julie Mellor 07988855571.

On Thursday 31 July Jackie Robinson and Beate from Link4Life took a group of young people from Lower Falinge to the Wheatsheaf Library to see a Poet, Craig Bradley.

The young people had a great time & recited poetry with Craig, they also tried on different wigs & hats.

The performance that Craig gave was very entertaining & funny.