http://e-voice.org.uk/crest/noticeboard/ Noticeboard OpenACS 5.0 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:28:18 GMT http://e-voice.org.uk/crest/noticeboard/one-entry?entry_id=2467127 http://e-voice.org.uk/crest/noticeboard/one-entry?entry_id=2467127   Thanks to funding from the Primary Care Trust the Cambridge Road Estates Community Group were able to provide two weeks of free summer activity sessions for 8 – 11 year olds. These sessions were lead by Community Halls Manager Jason Rogers and run by Damian Wood, gym instructor at Surbiton YMCA .  They were aimed at encouraging the youngsters to learn about health and fitness in a fun way. Jason reported that children enjoyed activities including dodge ball, indoor ... Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:28:18 GMT http://e-voice.org.uk/crest/noticeboard/one-entry?entry_id=2467126 http://e-voice.org.uk/crest/noticeboard/one-entry?entry_id=2467126  Wednesday July 30th saw the start of our new format coach trips. The Community Group committee decided that , rather than hire just one or two large coaches each year, in future we would make use of the mini buses available from RaKaT. In this way we hope that we will be able to afford to offer a greater number of excursions to residents each year.  The first of these trips saw two mini buses driven by Des Gordon and Jason Rogers leave Piper Hall headed for Brighton. Fortunately the... Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:16:01 GMT http://e-voice.org.uk/crest/noticeboard/one-entry?entry_id=2467140 http://e-voice.org.uk/crest/noticeboard/one-entry?entry_id=2467140   Should anyone have ever doubted the commitment of the Cambridge Road Estates Community Group towards the residents they represent or our ability to work as a team in the most difficult of circumstances they will have dismissed such notions after attending our 2008 Fun Day. Saturday September 6th saw the fifth annual Cambridge Road Estates ‘Fun Day’ which was a real partnership effort organised by the Cambridge Road Estates Community Group, the Royal Borough of Kingston Resid... Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://e-voice.org.uk/crest/noticeboard/one-entry?entry_id=2467139 http://e-voice.org.uk/crest/noticeboard/one-entry?entry_id=2467139   Residents gathered on the green outside Queen Mary’s Hall at Cambridge Gardens and sat on their balconies on the mercifully rain free evening of the 16th August, to enjoy the 'swing' and ‘Big Band' style music of Kingston Youth Big Band. This event was organised by the Cambridge Road Estates Community Group in partnership with the Cambridge Gardens Residents Association and Kingston Resident Participation Team to celebrate Cambridge Gardens 60th Anniversary .Invited guests i... Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:22:26 GMT http://e-voice.org.uk/crest/noticeboard/one-entry?entry_id=1538740 http://e-voice.org.uk/crest/noticeboard/one-entry?entry_id=1538740 On Tuesday May 27th we took a few young people from the Cambridge Road Estates to experience indoor climbing at Craggy Island, Guildford.Craggy Island is designed to offer the ultimate artificial climbing experience for all abilities and everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves.To see photos of the activity click here.  Tue, 27 May 2008 15:42:05 GMT http://e-voice.org.uk/crest/noticeboard/one-entry?entry_id=1451234 http://e-voice.org.uk/crest/noticeboard/one-entry?entry_id=1451234 April saw Piper Hall once again the focus of a CREST organised event. The Spring Fun Event saw almost 50 CRE parents and children enjoy a rare spell of sunshine whilst also participating in a variety of activities. These included an estate quiz, won by Joshua Parry of Willingham Way, a competition to design the 2008 Fun Day poster won by brothers Rivan and Dilan Kader plus a hugely successful 'Pot a Plant' session , during which youngsters were helped and encouraged to create their own pot pla... Fri, 09 May 2008 15:04:41 GMT http://e-voice.org.uk/crest/noticeboard/one-entry?entry_id=1451236 http://e-voice.org.uk/crest/noticeboard/one-entry?entry_id=1451236 The 25th January saw almost 80 residents converge on Piper Hall on the Cambridge Road Estates for a Food Feast. This was an event co-organised by CAP, CREST and Refugee Action and saw a wonderful display of foods donated representing foods from countries such as Somalia, India, Italy, Greece, Ireland, England, Pakistan, Arabia, Morocco, Afganistan and many other countries. For just £1 per person, young an old were able to help themselves to a kalaiedescope of cuisines backed up... Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:11:28 GMT http://e-voice.org.uk/crest/noticeboard/one-entry?entry_id=1451307 http://e-voice.org.uk/crest/noticeboard/one-entry?entry_id=1451307 It was a little disappointing after all the hard work and planning that the turn out was not as good as we hoped for. However, on the positive side,  we welcomed a couple more volunteers, cleared out the garage a bit and raised funds largely thanks to the efforts of Denise and Des with the Giant Teddy Raffle.Last, but not least we worked as a team – between us we had fun on what could have been a pretty rotten day -  well I did !  Sat, 03 Nov 2007 15:16:52 GMT http://e-voice.org.uk/crest/noticeboard/one-entry?entry_id=1451309 http://e-voice.org.uk/crest/noticeboard/one-entry?entry_id=1451309 More than 75 children and their parents enjoyed the hospitality provided by the Cambridge Road Estates Community Group and the Community Action Partnership at the most recent event provided for local residents on the Cambridge Road Estates.Fancy dress, food and entertainment in the form of popular children's entertainer Charley Farley combined to make this the most successful event held to date. A delighted CAP Manager, Mary Graham stated ‘It has taken us three years but we are fina... Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:19:37 GMT http://e-voice.org.uk/crest/noticeboard/one-entry?entry_id=1451313 http://e-voice.org.uk/crest/noticeboard/one-entry?entry_id=1451313 Despite the absolutely terrible weather, a number of families attended bringing their picnics and beautifully dressed teddy bears.  Special thanks must go to Jason Rogers who offered the use of Piper Hall and saved the day.  Feedback from those services who stuck with it was that they made some useful contacts.  At the request of those families who did attend we now intend to offer a similar event (this time indoors) during the October half term.Photo's of the event Wed, 09 May 2007 15:22:22 GMT