November Newsletter

The November Newsletter has just been sent out.  Have a look at it by clicking here. or on the Newsletter tab at the top of the page.

October Newsletter

Our October Newsletter has now been published.  You can see it by clicking on the Newsletter Page Tab at the top of this page, or by clicking here.

Here are photos of two of our groups. The first is the swimming group, which meets every Friday at Prestwick Baths. 

The second is the Coffee Buddies Group.  They meet every second Thursday at Sainsburys in Prestwick. The new time is 2.00 to 3.00 pm. Please come along and join us if you can – the group varies but there is always a warm welcome.

Just click on the picture and you can see a larger image.

New Season Starts This Week

Tomorrow sees the start of Enable's clubs for a new season.

The Pool Group starts on Tuesday 5th September.  The Disco and Wednesday Club are on Wed 6th September and the Drama Group on Thursday 7th Sep.

The Swimming Club has to wait another week until Friday 15th September.

There will be a Newsletter later this week with all the details and Membership Forms are ready to be sent out. We will also be sending out Forms to update Medical Requirements.

Mentoring Project

We have been very busy over the summer and have secured sufficient funding to start our Mentoring Project.  There will be an Awareness Meeting to start things off on Tuesday 19th September at 2.00 pm at Sutherland House. If anyone wishes to attend, please phone the office on 01292 266121 or email enq@enablayr.org.uk.  

We are also delighted to let everyone know that we have appointed Christine McMillan as Project Manager. Christine has been helping Enable for some time on Tuesday nights and she is the ideal person to lead this new initiative.

She will be in the Office every morning and most afternoons. We'll let you know any further details later.

Dates for your Diary

Coffee Buddies starts this Thursday at Sainsburys.  Please note the new time of 2.00 - 3.00 pm.

Two theatre trips are being planned for the Autumn.  Details will be provided later.

Our annual Christmas Dance will be held on Wednesday 13th December and this year we will be back at the Carlton Hotel in Prestwick.

This year is also special because the dance will mark 60 years since Enable was formed.  The Christmas Dance will be a Special 60 year Anniversary Dance.

Summer Barbecue

We wish to thank our regular bus companies Cameron Travel and SHM Travel  for supplying the burgers, sausages and accompanying rolls for our bar-b-cue last night.  This was very much enjoyed by all our members.

We would also like to take this opportunity to thank Eddie, Stevie and Shona for going above and beyond their transport contracts.  We notice and really appreciate when people go out of their way to help our members.

June Newsletter

The June Newsletter, with details of our start and finish dates has now been published.  It can be found here.

Volunteer Week

Today is the start of Volunteer week. We're delighted to celebrate this by giving our volunteers a certificate prepared by the Big Lottery Fund.

At present, we have no paid workers and therefore the volunteers are essential for our activities to continue to function. For example, on a Wednesday evening we run a disco, have two pool tables operating, four computers in use for tuition, craft activities and we also serve teas/coffees. On other evenings we have a pool, swimming and drama group. It takes a lot of people to facilitate these activities.

Our volunteers come from all walks of life which helps them relate to our members. They are very good at treating the members as equals. They take time to listen to them and to encourage them if they are having a difficult time and laugh with them when something funny occurs. Some of our volunteers give up two or more evenings to help. There are also short excursions lasting three or four days, a visit to the cinema or theatre. There are also regular Pool Competitions in a local league.

Most of our volunteers do not have a direct link with a person with a learning disability but come to us through a friend, a church or via the Boys Brigade as a youth carrying out his service award and then staying to help after it is complete.

We have nothing but admiration for the dedication of our volunteers.

Today also is the start of Facebook for Enable Ayr. Make sure you click on our page, like and share so that everyone can see what we're doing.