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At Bournemouth group they did healthy cooking and badge making. For the cooking they decided upon Bombay potatoes after they had researched healthy recipes. They then worked out the budget, then prepared, served and cleared up food. The aim of these session are to promote healthy eating but also about the many benefits of cooking from scratch. All the young people really enjoy these session, especially eating the food once it is ready!
At T-group in January the young people learnt how to make fidget charms with beads and recycled ring pulls. Many of our young people are neurodiverse and find fidget charms / toys a great comfort, however they can be expensive to buy. By doing this activity the young people learnt about how most items can be recycled and how by make things yourself from scratch you can save money.
On Saturday we held our Space Family Day in Wareham. On these days we support the families with trans children. The day is open to trans young people, their siblings and parents / carers / guardians. Each day there is a different topic, such as healthcare, education, and legal transitioning. During the day along side the discussion topic the young people and their siblings do arts and crafts, and as you can see there is a lot of talent amongst them.
We often have visitors to these days who are representatives from other organisations, for example we have had a community police officer, MP's and NHS Dorset representatives. On Saturday MP Vikki Slade came along.
Each session Space Youth Project provides a lunch for all attendees. On this day unfortunately we had 2 families cancel at the last minute meaning we had food left over, and rather than take it home ourselves we decided to donate this to the community fridge the venue has. We did this because where we can Space Youth Project likes to support the whole Dorset community as well as the Dorset LGBT community.
