The Drop Inn hosted a private NYE party with The Wireless Sound System. We raised £580 to start the new year with. The comments people made were "It was the best NYE Party in Belper," Which is amazing for saying it was our first! Play NYE 2009 Recording
Thursday 31 December 2009
Sunday 27 December 2009
3rd Generation Website
Tom and Adie have designed a new website scheduled to launch near the end of January. The new site will have loads more information about the Drop Inn. We have decided it will have 10 pages to browse through instead of only 4. You will be able to see some of the attractions and read about why we built them. On the existing site there is no information about the training we do, nothing about the Jamjar (which accounts for the music side of the Drop Inn), and there is no information about the national award winning safe raves and interactive graffiti wall. The new site will also include the new SYC (Skate Youth Collective - indoor skate park). The new expansion of the Inclusion project will be explained in detail with links to our partners. The new site will take over a month to produce but we are really excited with the new idea's, so look forward to the launch at the end of Jan!!
Tuesday 22 December 2009
Indoor Skate Park
This is the a full view of the mini ramp under construction.
The first surface for the ramp has been screwed into place.
This is the Jig being used to get the right transition on the ramp.
Construction of the Skate Park in the first stages. Nick and Theo have made a professional job of the frame work!
The first surface for the ramp has been screwed into place.
This is the Jig being used to get the right transition on the ramp.
Construction of the Skate Park in the first stages. Nick and Theo have made a professional job of the frame work!
Thursday 17 December 2009
Bag Packing
We partnered up with the Rotary Club at Morrisons to help shoppers pack their bags. We raised quite a bit of money and had a cheerful time. Some of the Young Freshers were absolute star's and became really quick at packing bags. All the participant said they would like to do it again, because it was a lot of fun. So A Big Thank You to everyone that helped out!
Wednesday 16 December 2009
V50 Achieved
There are a few of our young people who have achieved the V50 from Vinspired. We are trying to get 20 of our Young people through it first. The staff are on their Vimpacts. It's all really positive work!!
Tuesday 15 December 2009
Freshers Xmas Party
The freshers Christmas Party was just as crazy as the other party. There was less people but an equally crazy and fun atmosphere. There was all the silly games, like the eat as much chocolate as you can wearing hats, gloves, and scarf before the next person roles a six on a dice.
The Freshers also played the forfeit pass the parcel with some of the worse forfeits replaced with merry Christmas messages. No drinking a cup of water through the person on your lefts sock. Although there was the drinking a cup of water upside down.
The Freshers also played the forfeit pass the parcel with some of the worse forfeits replaced with merry Christmas messages. No drinking a cup of water through the person on your lefts sock. Although there was the drinking a cup of water upside down.
Whitemoor Centre Visit 2
The first visit was so enjoyable, The Drop Inn team was kindly asked to bring their staff and drums again for another session.
Monday 14 December 2009
Christmas Party 2009
The Drop Inn Christmas Party wouldn't be right with out the infamous Forfeit Pass the Parcel. It was a really busy night with more people than last year joining in all the silly games. It was a brilliant atmosphere, and lots of fun.
Yeah, winner of pass the balloon through the legs relay!
Yeah, winner of pass the balloon through the legs relay!
Thursday 10 December 2009
News Bullet
This will be the Drop Inn's News Bulletin. From the last Trustee meeting the secretary Ann Ward came up with the idea of posting out a news update every month in the new year. This idea has come about because of the struggle to arrange meeting for everyones convenience. We are thinking of changing the structure in the new year, to having only two meetings instead of 6, any other meetings will be arranged in groups by appointment. Everyone voted for this great new idea of giving everyone an update each month via email, post and downloadable pages form the Blog. This way the updates are accessible for everyone involved and interested in what the Drop Inn is achieving each month. The new system will be more convenient all round. Look out for the News Pages in the New Year!! D-i x
Christmas @ Beaurepaire Gardens
The Drop Inn Teamed up with Peter Davies to help him do the Christmas festivities. There was a tea room, a few stalls and lots of carol singing.
It was a really good turn out. With young and older people flocking from everywhere. It kept all the Drop Inn people on there toes handing out sweets and carol sheet to everyone that entered. The tea rooms were the busiest though with Libby and Syeven rushed off there feet with orders of warm drinks and soup. It was such a good atmosphere, so if you missed it make sure you don't miss the next one!
It was a really good turn out. With young and older people flocking from everywhere. It kept all the Drop Inn people on there toes handing out sweets and carol sheet to everyone that entered. The tea rooms were the busiest though with Libby and Syeven rushed off there feet with orders of warm drinks and soup. It was such a good atmosphere, so if you missed it make sure you don't miss the next one!
Monday 7 December 2009
DJ Shookz Workshops - Recordings
The start of the Recordings for the DJ Workshop broadcast. In the next couple of weeks the three selected Young People will be recording their 20 minute sets ready for the radio broadcast on Kindafunkyradio.com. The radio broadcast times will be released and promoted at a later date so keep a look out for the times the sets are sounding amazing.
Wednesday 2 December 2009
Forensic Night
The forensic night was really interesting. A team of forensic scientists came in to demonstrate what they do to help solve what happened at a crime scene. It started off with a presentation. Them everyone was split into four groups and shown different techniques in finding evidence on different surfaces. It was truly amazing to watch. This was a linking lives, Derby university and Derbyshire constabulary partnership project.
The Drop Inn was decorated with these "do not enter" banners everywhere. It was a really good set up. With loads of different thing for people to do.
This activity was to simulate a crime scene investigation. The lights were off to start with so you could only see what the light from a little touch was pointed at. Once the main lights were turned on, everyone was feeling queazy toward a rotting body (Model of course) in the corner, with added maggots. The whole demonstration was so interesting.
Here are the forensic scientists of the future. After all the training and demonstrations they all experienced, they can now go out and solve some mysteries! Looking forward to doing this night again, thank you, and please come again.
The Drop Inn was decorated with these "do not enter" banners everywhere. It was a really good set up. With loads of different thing for people to do.
This activity was to simulate a crime scene investigation. The lights were off to start with so you could only see what the light from a little touch was pointed at. Once the main lights were turned on, everyone was feeling queazy toward a rotting body (Model of course) in the corner, with added maggots. The whole demonstration was so interesting.
Here are the forensic scientists of the future. After all the training and demonstrations they all experienced, they can now go out and solve some mysteries! Looking forward to doing this night again, thank you, and please come again.
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