A FREE workshop at the Newlands Shopping Centre aimed at ages 2-12 years old, helping children to relax and reduce anxiety.
Monday 30th March – Sunday 5th April is World Autism Awareness Week – a worldwide campaign designed to spread awareness and increase acceptance for autistic people.
To support this, Newlands Shopping Centre are providing a ‘Calming Bottle’ workshop on Saturday 4th April, created for children with sensory processing difficulties.
The workshop will allow children to fill a plastic bottle with water, glue and food colouring and then decorate it with sequins and glitter.
The shapes and glitter move slowly around the bottle when turned upside down, which is very therapeutic to watch and acts as a calming tool.
The sessions are pre-bookable only to help provide a calmer and more organised experience for the children. To book a session, please call 0121 770 1775.
***Sensory Hours***
During World Autism Awareness Week, Newlands Shopping Centre will be hosting a sensory hour every day at 11am. During this hour, the centre will not be playing any music through the speakers and will be generally trying to make the centre a quieter and calmer place.
An increasing number of us are spending more time at home, either working or isolating.
So, it’s important to get thinking about ways of staying active, eating healthy and maintaining good mental health.
Below are 5 top tips on how to best stay healthy whilst at home!
Staying physically active is more important than ever right now, even if this is mostly done in comfort of your own home, there are plenty of ways you can still do this! To support you, we have provided some information on how active you need to remain, alongside some useful exercises for keeping you active in and around your home.
Here are some useful links to a range of exercises, classes and so more much:
Through this difficult time its important to stay social with family, friends and colleagues. Social interaction has a significant effect not only your mental health but your physical too! There are plenty of easy ways to stay socially active, and there’s a couple below.
Many of us are more stressed than usual at this time of uncertainty so it’s more important than ever to engage in positive behaviours that support your wellbeing.
Thinking about a balanced diet during this time is important! As we are spending more, likely sedentary, time at home we probably aren’t going to need the same calorie intake as normal. Below are some useful links to how you can track your calorie intake and how to stay on top of your nutrition.
My Fitness Pal is a great way to track your daily calorie intake alongside your energy expenditure to ensure you stay on track to meet your goals! You can join for free and download the app straight to your phone, allowing you to scan foods and products easily, as well as find some recipes.
The Eat Well Guide shows how much of what we eat overall should come from each food group to achieve a healthy, balanced diet. Take a look at the guide and try match your meals to this, to help you achieve the recommended guidelines.
Volunteering your time to support others in a time of need its great for the local community. This can be anything from helping family and friends to older neighbours in your street. A number of charities and food banks still need support, particular during this time, is there a way in which you can help?
If you are interested in supporting your community, or if you’re already offering support as an organisation and would like access to funding page sure you visit our website.
You can also contact the British Red Cross Community Reserve Volunteer scheme, as they will be acting as a central co-ordinating point via their website.
Friends of Kettering Library will be holding a FREE Children’s Film Club at Kettering Library, Sheep St, Kettering NN16 0AY with a recently released, Cert U or PG film.
All children aged 4 -11 are welcome but must be accompanied by an adult.
FREE refreshments will be available for children, so come and let your children enjoy some Saturday afternoon fun.
Title available from Library.
Friends of Kettering Library will be holding a Rock and Roll Class at Kettering Library, Sheep St, Kettering NN16 0AY.
If you would you like to learn to learn Rock and Roll then this is the class for you. Entrance is FREE.
Spaces are limited so please book your place at the Library Pay Point or email: ketlib@firstforwellbeing.co.uk
All ages welcome but children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.
Don’t miss the opportunity to attend a whole month of *FREE* sports sessions in your local area, led by qualified leaders.
No booking is required, just turn up and play!
2pm – 3pm: 8-12 year olds
3pm – 4pm: 13-17 year olds
Build your team and compete in football, basketball or dodgeball at our end of summer tournament to be crowned Kettering Sports champions.
To view the full timetable, click here.