Poetry & Jewellery

At Poole group we had Baz and Louisa from Poetry The Story Works come and deliver a creative writing workshop with our young people who really enjoyed the session and some of their work will be published in a document the Poetry The Story Works are working on. The SYP team were blown away by the creativeness of the young people. See a couple of examples below.

Home away from house

Behind the bush, behind the eyes in the forest

An open space of bliss and calm.

Trees which provide a roof for a guest,

Old broken logs which share a seat

The cat that visits, much like a ghost

It always reminded me that I love most.

Behind the bush in forest. In the lands of calm.

Or surrounded by bushes in a garden.

The calm chaos I’ve always loved.

The ghost of the cat or the ghost of love.

This forest has one for us.

Jump over the gap of the earth,

Walk further into the past.

A forest is like a garden cat and all.

In the opening push into the bushes again.

Find a home of tree-like roofs and log-like seats.

Share the bliss with yourself, or bring a friend.

This calm can’t end.

By Ash

Hospitals. They take away my mum. They keep her. She goes in, in that loud painful machine. The one that carries dying people to the place they’ll take their final breath. I hope she doesn’t take hers. I can’t do anything any more, it’s in their hands. I have gone to sleep in a quiet, sad house, her presence gone. I have to be strong. A reminder of her helps me to sleep, her perfume on a toy maybe. Also helps me cry. One day. She will come home.

By A Young Person

For the young people that didn't want to do creative writing they opted to make some jewellery

Healthy Cooking and Badge Making at Bournemouth!

At Bournemouth group they did healthy cooking and badge making. For the cooking they decided upon Bombay potatoes after they had researched healthy recipes. They then worked out the budget, then prepared, served and cleared up food. The aim of these session are to promote healthy eating but also about the many benefits of cooking from scratch. All the young people really enjoy these session, especially eating the food once it is ready!

Making Fidget Charms at T-group!

At T-group in January the young people learnt how to make fidget charms with beads and recycled ring pulls. Many of our young people are neurodiverse and find fidget charms / toys a great comfort, however they can be expensive to buy. By doing this activity the young people learnt about how most items can be recycled and how by make things yourself from scratch you can save money.