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Building Bridges

 the Friendship Group newsletter      Issue 1 October 2003
Web-site    www.ontheside.org/bridges        Email    bridges@ontheside.org
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The New "Whitmarsh"
Exciting News
East Berkshire Mind's  brand new purpose-built drop in centre is to be opened at Coopers Hill in the New Year.  This will replace the temporary facility at the Haven  and will last until a completely new  Mental Health Resource Centre is built.

You can get cooked meals and snacks.  Learn arts and crafts and play board games, Pool and Darts and have aromatherapy, not forgetting physical games etc. .  There is also an evening service 3 days a week, or just visit the  Advice Centre. 
Please phone 01344-449755 for more details

Tick your Activities

Here is a first list of activities in which you might be interested. We will work closely with the Whitmarsh and other Day Centres to avoid any duplication.

  □ Acting
  □ Basket-Ball
  □ Bingo
  □ Counselling
  □ Computing
  □ Cinema
  □ Creative Writing
  □ Dancing
  □ Darts
  □ Day-Trips
  □ Drama
  □ Evening Trips
  □ Football
  □ Golf
  □ Green Bowling
  □ Gym
  □ Internet
  □ Poetry
  □ Pool
  □ Quiz Nights
  □ Snooker
  □ Swimming
  □ Table-Tennis
  □ Tennis
  □ Tenpin Bowling
  □ Theatre
  □ other.......................................
  □ other.......................................
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  □ other.......................................

If there is any thing missing that you would like to do then please add it to the list before sending it back to our address (see page 1). We hope to see you soon.

The results of this survey will be announced in the next newsletter.

My Dad

My Dad was the champion of the world

When he was my age

I will never forget that first day
He said he would teach me to play

I beat him in 15 moves
My father said Son
You will go on to win the championship of the world
And take over from me one day soon

I would and could not believe it
But some years later it all came true

Thanks Dad
This and other poems by David Ariss are published at £3.99
(phone 01344-305174)
For our next newsletter
We would like to publish material from you.
Send us anything - opinions,   poems,   grouses,  compliments, stories, articles....

We will give a prize for the best article from a Whitmarsh user about their Isle of Wight holiday.

Send hand written contributions or floppy discs to our address above or email to bridges@ontheside.org
this newsletter is published by Building Bridges - a social network for people with mental health needs in or around Bracknell Forest