10th December 2015


Hi there,

Firstly, the Carnival Preview show was a sell out! The show was amazing and after all the hard work from everyone it all came together in spectacular fashion. Everybody was really impressed with the performances. We will be posting some photographs next time so that you can get a flavour of how fabulous the Carnival was. It will be going on tour in 2016 too, so keep your eyes peeled for dates as you may get an opportunity to experience it for yourselves.

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Secondly, our Christmas Fair was a huge success. It was fantastic to see everyone having so much fun. We raised £1,029.24! Really BIG Thank you to everyone that supported us for this event, we really appreciate all your help. We will have photographs for you next time.

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What a night! Christmas Party 2015...



It was a fantastic night. The food was really good, loads to go around. The atmosphere was excellent, very Christmassy! It was really nice to see people that we haven't seen for ages. It was great to see new faces enjoying the fun too. The music was a great mix so that everyone's taste was catered for, as well as the necessary Christmas Tunes that we all love and really get us all in the mood for this wonderful time of year.
Thanks to Wendy for arranging the festivities and to Terry for making sure that everything went smoothly on the night.
Special thanks to our regular Christmas Party DJ, Sonia.

Lovely to see Tracey enjoying herself on the dance floor.

Richard showing Lesley his photo's.

Shaun, looking very dapper, getting ready to hit the dance floor.

Paula stole the show (or was it the microphone) for a bit of a sing a long!

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Friday 11th December, DJ Deacon proudly presents his Christmas Disco here at Marquisway! Christmassy dress will add to the atmosphere! 1pm - 2.30pm

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Psssst............!

18th December 1pm - 2.30pm £1.00 per ticket!

Do we need to say more?

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Finally, a sneaky bit of info about something new for 2016 at Marquisway...

Special Olympics Table Tennis!

More news on this when we have it.

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And that's it for this week.

Have a good week,

The Bloggers!

PS Don't forget if you have anything that you would like to BLOG about for you drop us an email and photo's to marquiswayblog@gmail.com

26th November 2015


Hi there and welcome back to our BLOG.


Firstly, we'd like to tell you about our Carers meetings. These are held at Marquisway and they are an opportunity for parents and carers to meet each other, help make decisions about things that affect Marquisway and our service users. There are guest speakers invited along to offer advice and information for carers.

This was the last carers meeting on 19th November. Guest speaker was Bernie Cowans.

The next meeting will be held in January 2016, we'll let you know of the date and time.

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The Carnival

Well, not long know until the Marquisway Carnival is unveiled. Everyone is working really hard to ensure that it will be a success. The first performance will be on 1st December at 1pm. Tickets for this special preview event are available for £1.00 each. Well worth it. There will also be our Caribbean Café serving Mocktails and Smoothies with the flavour of the Caribbean!

A taste of the flavour of the Caribbean!

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Don't forget that next week, 3rd December, is our Christmas Fair. Loads of bargains to be found, prizes to be won and fun to be had! We will have Raffles, Tombola, Cake stall, White elephant stall, Books and DVD's, Face painting and a Craft stall.

We always have room for your donations and of course we are very grateful for you support.

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The tickets are selling fast! If you want to come to what promises to be a fantastic night you'll have to get your tickets soon. Marquisway service users' tickets are free but parents/carers cost £6.50 each. We look forward to seeing you there! You should have had a letter about how to get your ticket, if you can't find it why not just give us a ring? 0191 433 6066.

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Christmas Lunch

December 17th is the Marquisway Christmas lunch for service users. Anyone that would normally bring a packed lunch will need to pay £3.40 if they would like to have the Christmas lunch complete with all the trimmings. Our kitchen staff work very hard to ensure that our Christmas lunch is lovely and very enjoyable.

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Last but not least.....

marquiswayblog@gmail.com

... will be in our building!

We have, by popular demand, the Elvis tribute act performing for us on December 18th from 1pm until 3pm. Tickets cost £1.00 and 50's style dress is optional!

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Don't forget that if you have any news or an event that our service users would be interested in you can email us the details so that we can advertise it for you on our BLOG.

marquiswayblog@gmail.com

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And that's it for this week. Next week is fair day and as we are all usually really busy preparing for all our visitors there won't be a BLOG next week. We will be back on 10th December with photo's of the fair and the Christmas party for you.

Hope to see you at one of our events!

Your BLOG team.

  

Hi Everyone,
welcome back to our BLOG, we've missed you!

We're sure you're desperate to know all about our fundraising venture for Children in need. We managed to raise a staggering £350.00! Well done to everybody involved.
Here are some photo's from the day.

John thought this was a hoot!

Deacon aka Tigger bouncing up for a go!

Stuart really getting a good swing going there!

Martin took his time for the best shot!

Chloe called in Super Mario for back up!

Terry was a really good sport. Thank you Terry!

 

There were photo's taken in our booth, these will be on sale soon for 50p.

Sally-Anne won the chocolate raffle and very kindly gave it to her friend who is poorly in hospital.

 

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Special Olympic Gateshead scooped another award on Saturday 14th November, when the sporting club beat off 7 other finalists to win the "Putting People First/Personalisation" award at the NE Care Awards. The win allows the club to represent the NE region in going forward for the Great Britain Care Awards in London and Birmingham in June 2016. Congratulations to all involved.

 

 

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The Carnival

 

The performing arts team has decided to review this years production on 1st December at Marquisway. Tickets will be on sale soon.

As you know this years theme is "Carnival". Our performers with flamboyantly created costumes and energetic dance routines present an amazing Caribbean party complete with sounds, sights and explosive dance music. Below are some pictures to give you a flavour of how colourful and vibrant carnivals are.

Our Carnival promises to be quite a spectacular!

 

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Xmas Fair 2016

 

Our Christmas fair is fast approaching and we still have room for donations. So if you have anything to donate please send it in.  Thank you.

The Christmas Fair is on 3rd  December.

 

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And finally...

 

Paris

 

As you may know there was a terrorist attack in Paris, France on Friday 13th November. There were 129 people killed and over 350 injured. As a mark of respect we held a minutes silence at Marquisway on Monday 16th at 11am. We  hope that you join with us in sending our deepest sympathies to the people of France.

 

 

  

Some of the tributes from around the world in response to 13/11 in France.

 

 

 

 

 

See you next time

 

 

Your BLOGGING Team.

 



 

 





 

 





 

 

 

 



Thursday 12th November 2015


Welcome to the first Thursday update. There will not now be an update on a Mondays.

Here we go ....

11th Hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month

This was the display that Team 2 had made in honour of our fallen heroes past and present. Everyone at Marquisway fell silent for 2 minutes to show our respect.

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The Christmas Fair is fast approaching, we still need donations to help us make it the most successful fair. Whether it is a prize for a raffle, cakes for the cake stall or items for one of our other stalls we will be very grateful. Your support on the day is always greatly appreciated as well... 3rd December 1pm, we look forward to seeing you all there!

 

 

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Another reminder to get your party tickets, they're in high demand so get yours soon. They cost £6.50 each. If you  attend Marquisway then your ticket is free but carer has to buy  a ticket. (Numbers are limited due to size of the venue).

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Carnival Update

 

 



 

 

 

There will be a Carnival Preview on 1st December at 1pm. It promises to be a fun afternoon featuring, not only the Carnival show itself but also a Carribean Cafe and Zumba Disco. 

 

 

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Last reminder for our Children in Need fundraising activities tomorrow. We have lots of fun stuff planned including raffle, quiz, cakes, fancy dress and not forgetting, one of our favourites, the custard pie in the face of our very own 'Good Sport', Terry.

 

 

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Breaking News!!!

 

 

Is coming to Marquisway!

 

Friday 18th December at 1pm - 2.30pm

 

Tickets will be £1.00 (a bargain!)

 

So get your Blue Suede Shoes out, leave your Wooden Heart at home and lets Viva Las Vegas!

 

 



 

That's it for now, see you next week

 

The Bloggers!

 







 







 



Monday 9th November 2015


Hi everyone,

We have some important news for you. Starting from this Thursday, we will be updationg the blog on a Thursday instead of a Monday. 

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On Wednesday 11th November, team 2 will be displaying their Poppy project in honour of our fallen heroes, past and present.

 

 

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Don't forget on Friday 13th November it is Children in need day. There will be lots going on at Marquisway to raise money for this very worthwhile charity.

 

 

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You  may not know this but its that time of year when many people think that the countdown to Christmas starts. Fenwicks window is unveiled!!!

 

 

A definite must see for all you 'animatronics' fans!

 

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We have a funny story to share with you. The person involved has given us permission to tell you all about it.

This is what can happen if you get dressed in the dark.

 

 



 

 









 

Paula gave us permission to tell you about her mistake.

 

 

Can you spot the difference in Paula's shoes?

 

 

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A little reminder to book your Christmas Party tickets as soon as possible. Numbers are limited, so best to get in early. It's a great night and you'll enjoy yourself.

 

 

 

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Remember at the beginning we told you that we would be blogging now on a Thursday instead of a Monday? That's why this BLOG is a little shorter than usual, so that we can start gathering your information for Thursday.

 

See you on Thursday.

 

Have a good week,

best wishes from

 

Your BLOGGERS.

 

 

 

 

Monday 2nd November 2015


Hello, welcome back.

Remember last week we told you about the Halloween Disco that was on Monday night 26th October? Everyone had a great time, there were prizes for the best costumes.

 

Fancy dress entrants. Really scary bunch, especially when we turned the light off!

 

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Still on the Halloween theme, the disco on Friday afternoon was a huge success.The whole place was buzzing with 'Spookiness'. Chris and Deacon did a fantastic job of DJ'ing for us. 

 

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Next up is PUDSEY update. Our Children in Need event will be on Friday 13th November. There will be a Disco, Quiz, Raffle, Cake Sale, we're also trying to persuade someone to let us 'splat' them, well it is for a good cause!

You could bake us some cakes or donate a raffle prize everything will go towards Children in Need.

 

 

Also, do you have any ideas for a fancy dress theme? See Laura in Team 4.

Where's Wally?



Food items, love this Baby Burger!

Pairs!

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We have news about our Special Olympic Ten Pin Bowling team, they are travelling all the way down to Sheffield on Saturday 14th November to take part in a tournament. They attended the same event last year and were very successful, coming away with lots of medals.

We would like to wish them luck for this event and we're sure that they will do Gateshead proud again. 

 

 

 

 

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Autumn/Winter

 

 

 

You may all have noticed how nice the weather has been lately, unusual for this time of year. It's important that we remember that it is November and the weather could change quite quickly and become cold, wet, windy, foggy and even icy. Please don't forget to make sure that you have suitable clothing and footwear on at all time so that you are prepared for any sudden changes.

 

 

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"Remember, remember the 5th of November!"

 

Bonfire night.

 

 

Last week we suggested that a safer way to watch fireworks would be to go to an organised event. We did some research for you and found a list of firework  displays in the Gateshead area. This information is available on the council website.

 



Bonfire and firework displays

Be safe on Bonfire Night and attend an organised display. Here’s a list of organised events this November in Gateshead.

Thursday 5 November

Saltwell Park, East Park Road, Gateshead, NE9 5AX
Live music and entertainment with Metro Radio’s Steve and Karen

This is a pre-booked ticket event only.

5.30pm - Gates open
7.30pm - Fireworks display

Admission: £2 per wristband – these must be purchased in advance at intu Metrocentre and intu Eldon Square Customer service desks, Saltwell Towers and Gateshead Leisure Centre.

www.metroradio.co.uk

Barmoor Ryton, Adjacent to the Ryton Rugby Club (B6317)
7pm - Fireworks
Admission: Free
Made possible by Crawcrook and Greenside Local Environmental Group 'Our Villages'

Saturday 7 November

Blaydon RFC, Crow Trees, Hexham Road, Swalwell, NE16 3BN
5pm - Fairground
6pm until late - Bonfire and Fireworks and in-house music
Admission: £5 Adults, £2 children under 16, under 3 yrs free, family tickets £10 (2 adults and 2 children)
www.blaydonrfc.co.uk

 

Sunday 8 November

Blackhall Mill Community Association, Riverview, Blackhall Mill, Gateshead, NE17 7TL
6.15pm - Fireworks Display
Admission: No entry charge, but donations on the evening are welcome