DOWN YOUR WAY
Every Tuesday in your Echo
GRINDON Ring John Whiteoak on 077 587 32506 or email jgwhiteoak@gmail.com
Grindon Church Community Project in Galway Road has a wide range of activities on offer. Get in touch and go along to make new friends and have some fun. There’s something going on every day, and you are guaranteed a warm welcome. Phone 0191 534 2519, or visit www.gccp.org.uk to see what’s going on. The Project is also on Facebook. Little Rainbows toddlers and families group meet in Grindon Church Community Project in Galway Road, on Sundays from 10.30am to 12.30pm. More details from Little Rainbows on Facebook, or Littlerainbowsptg@gmail.com. The organiser, Chelsea, can be reached on 07565 867 582. On Saturdays at GCCP there is a self defence class for women and teenaged girls from 2pm to 3.30pm. The five-week course costs £2.50 per week. For more details, ring Rob on 07792 104 853. Some sessions at GCCP are not running during the school Easter break. Check with your group leader.
GRANGETOWN AND ASHBROOKE Ring Chris Dixon on 0191 551 7090/07950828272 or email cmdixon@hotmail.co.u
The International Community Organisation of Sunderland (ICOS) organised another successful event for schoolchildren when thirtyfour Year 4 pupils from Grangetown Primary School, (pictured), once again went along to Backhouse Park. ICOS involved local artist Anna Glover worked with the pupils on art and craft, while they were also able to learn more about recycling and upcycling. Healthy snacks were provided for all their hard work. A meeting of committee members of the Sunderland Men’s Probus Club, to review the life of the club, will be held in Ashbrooke Sport’s Pavilion, West Lawn, at 9.30am on Tuesday, April 10. It will be followed by a talk to club members by John Gibson, from Durham City, on the Charge of the Light Brigade. Visitors are welcome. Sunderland Floral Art Club will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, April 17, at St Cecilia’s RC Church hall, at 2pm. There will be a flower demonstration, their first, by Angela Walsh, Sue Elsdon, Jessica Langley and Allan Raby, four students currently studying with Rebecca Hough at Peterlee College. Thornholme Residents’ Association will be holding a quiz and fund-raising evening in the Ditchburn Suite, Ashbrooke Sports Club, on Saturday, April 14, from 6pm to 9pm. All funds raised will be re-invested in activities to maintain and develop the areas covered by the association in St Michael’s and Millfield. Tickets cost £7, which includes hot food, while the quiz is £10 per team, maximum of four people. There will be cash prizes, a champagne raffle and football cards. For ticket details, contact Adele GrahamKing on 07711085965 or adele.graham-king@sky.com. They are also available from the Ashbrooke Sport’s Club Bar. Local Explorer Scout Myles Robertson, from St John’s Church, Ashbrooke Scout Group, is raising funds to attend the World Jamboree in the Netherlands this July. The Rotary Club of Sunderland has made a donation towards his expenses. A pupil from the Barbara Priestman Academy in Meadowside will be sponsored by the Sunderland Club to take part in the Tall Ships Race from Sunderland to Esbjerg. Meanwhile the club has donated to the Rotary North East Games for People with Disabilities and to the Mayor of Sunderland’s three nominated charities; Alzheimer’s Association Sunderland, the Phoenix Unit at Sunderland Royal Hospital and Castletown Scout Group. If you would like to join the dedicated team of fundraisers and have a good social life, go along any Thursday at 12. 30pm to the Rosedene Hotel Sunderland Conservative Women’s Organisation is to hold its Spring Fair on Saturday, April 21, from 10am to noon, at St Cecilia’s RC Church hall, Ryhope Road, next to Southmoor School. Admission is £2 with children free and includes coffee and biscuits. There will be a door prize of £25 and also a raffle with plenty of prizes, the first being £50. There will be many stalls including cakes, books bric-a-brac, greetings cards, costume jewellery and handicrafts. Everyone welcome. The Friends of Backhouse Park and Barley Mow Park will meet on Tuesday, April 10, at 6.30pm, at the Back on the Map building, Toward Road.
SOUTHWICK Ring Jackie Brazier on 0191 56182723 or email southwickforum@hotmail.com
Healthy Eating sessions are held every Monday during term-time. Go along and enjoys new recipes. The session runs from 10.15am in The salvation Army. Cost is £1 and everyone is welcome. Every Monday a healthy walk leaves the Salvation Army at 11am. Everyone is welcome. The Salvation Army’s The Daily Bread Café is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 1.30pm. Mondays enjoy freshly cooked pies, Fridays a full English breakfast for £2.50. There’s lots’ going on in the centre including: Monday to Friday, term-time, breakfast club from 8am; Crafts: Monday, sugar craft 10am to noon, Tuesday, Crafty 49ers (various crafts ), Wednesdays, Art (painting), Thursdays general crafts, 10am to noon. The Cameo Club meets every Wednesday from 1pm to 2pm at Austin House and it is a chance to meet new friends and there is lotto, quizzes, refreshments, bible thought and much more. Kids Alive meets every Tuesday and Thursday from 3.30pm to 5.30pm. For more information, ring 0191 5618272.
FULWELL, ROKER AND SEABURN Ring Connie Bulmer on 0191 548 6066
Wearside Field Club will meet on Tuesday, April 10, at 7.30pm in Fulwell Community Centre, Chapman Street, Fulwell. Speaker Stuart Miller will talk about William Bell Scott and the Wallington Murals. The next walk is on Saturday, April 21 (6 miles) Richmond circular, led by John Heath. Sunderland Philatelic Society will meet in Roker Methodist Church, at the junction of Lonsdale Road and Roker Park Road, tomorrow at 7pm. Talk and display by Mr B Burns, Middlesbrough PS, on South