The April edition of the HASSRA Leeds Newsletter is now available online at:

https://hassraleedsnewsletter.com/

Hard copies will arrive at Quarry House soon.

Thanks,

Phil

HASSRA LEEDS IS GETTING QUARRY HOUSE ALL SPORTY FOR SPORT RELIEF 2018

FRIDAY 23 MARCH

Including – (No Compulsion but if you want to) – Wear your sporting shirt to work day – Your team’s shirt/the shirt you wear when you play sport-or just wear jeans for the day – Pay £1.00 to Sport Relief for the privilege – Collecting tins on the day in the Quarry House staff restaurant and the Forum Leisure Centre Reception (Please dress appropriately if you have meetings that day)

Free lunchtime Zumba Class at the Forum Leisure Centre – 12:00 – Retiring collection to Sport Relief – To Sign Up contact The Forum Leisure Centre Reception

Also – free Forum Leisure Centre Day – Free Swim/gym session for HASSRA Leeds members on production of their HASSRA card – All day on Friday 23^rd March

Craft Club Update: March 2018
Photo City Safari: 11 and 12 April
If you want to pick up some tips on how to take interesting pictures of urban life and learn how they can be manipulated and posted on Instagram, we have just the jaunt for you! Join Stephen Thorp on our first ever city safari at lunchtime on Wednesday 11 April.
Dress for the British weather and bring a digital camera or Android phone. Stephen uses Instagram to manipulate his photos so a mobile phone with access to Instagram would be perfect. Check out Stephen’s work #thesnapper
Timing:
11 April – Depart from West entrance at 12:15pm, returning just after 1:00pm.
12 April – Meet in the Restaurant at 12:15pm to see how the images can be manipulated and share what you took
Cost:
All fees will be donated in full to Action for Children, a charity working with disadvantaged children in the UK.
 £1 for HASSRA Leeds Craft Club members
 £2 all others
Time to Talk Day: #frogonarock
We started our crafting fund-raising off with a successful lunchtime craft and chat, marking Time to Talk Day on 1 February.

We set up our stall alongside colleagues from DH and DWP Wellbeing teams and had a paint-a–frog table. People stopped to fill their tea and biscuit boxes, paint a pebble frogs, make an origami lily pads, taking them away in their decorated goody bags in return for a donation to MIND.

The frog theme came from a story from one of our members about something that helped her when she was in a really dark period. A friend had been ringing and texting, but she couldn’t cope with answering and switched off her phone. When the friend saw her a few days later, she said she’d been really worried and our member explained why.
The friend told her, “I’m going to give you a phrase that helped me. It might sound silly, but you’ll never use it anywhere else. If you’re okay but can’t cope with talking, just text me back ‘Frog on a rock’ and I’ll know why.”

This sparked ideas from our creative members. We went with a frog theme and got people to paint pebbles to look like frogs – the idea being that you warned your colleagues that, if they saw the frog on your desk, it meant you were just about coping with work, but couldn’t deal with talking.

The noise and giggles coming from the frog-painting table was really great. We talked to people about taking the time talk and the story behind the frogs. In return, people shared their own stories of how they coped.

We thought we might have beaten last year’s donated amount because we had a few notes. When we counted up at the end, we’d raised £94.46! We were giddy enough about that, but one of the ladies on the Wellbeing stand topped it up to £100 for us. We’ve since received another £4 – £104 in total.

So if you’re in Quarry House and see a green frog-pebble on a desk, you’ll know why!
Creating a ‘Work of Heart’ at our Crochet and Chat drop-in sessions

Elizabeth Letaief, Jan Legge and Hazel Mullinger set up our first off-site Crochet and Chat session at Meanwood Valley Urban Farm on Saturday 3 February.

Jan received lots of ‘oohs’ and ‘aahs’ about her fabulous crocheted blanket and gave an impromptu lesson on making chains and double crochet. Elizabeth started making little crocheted hearts for the RHS Malvern Spring Festival’s Work of Heart Garden appeal – knitted or crocheted hearts to join among 10,000 ‘Works of Heart’ created by local knitters, community groups and celebrities.

Visitors to the Festival will be invited to place them on trees around the ‘Work of Heart’ garden in return for a donation to Sue Ryder Leckhampton Court Hospice, making this a living and growing display over the course of the festival.

Visit http://files8.design-editor.com/94/9404018/UploadedFiles/C0E280FC-054E-76DA-1594-4E43594FCFCE.docx to download the knitting pattern or http://files8.design-editor.com/94/9404018/UploadedFiles/4F900984-1255-F95E-6C93-D8C1A2BB9084.docx to download the crochet pattern to create your own ‘Work of Heart’ for the display.
Our next Crochet and Chat is on 3 March at Meanwood Valley Urban Farm Barn Café from 2:30pm.
Origami Hearts
Following the success of the origami lily pads, Trish Sames, one of our new members, showed us how to make origami hearts in time for Valentine’s Day.
We started out fine, but our adult fingers needed a bit of persuasion with the tinier folds and there was lots of giggling and sighing. Folds were being described as ‘oh, you mean like an ice-cream cone’ or ‘Ah, a kipper tie!’
By the end of the session, we’d all managed something that looked like a heart and took away the instructions and more paper to have another go.
Twiddlemuffs
Our efforts making Twiddlemuffs continues. These intriguingly named items are to help dementia patients.

Each knitted twiddlemuff has items such as buttons and ribbons sewn on, so any help attaching these would be appreciated. If you’d like to help, please email Janet.Reid@dwp.gsi.gov.uk.

Here’s a link to a pattern and more information about what they are and how they help patients: http://www.repod.org.uk/downloads/Twiddlemuffs_Instructions_24-01-15.pdf.
Moray Supports Refugees

Anne Brown is supporting Moray Supports Refugees (MSR), along with a group of fellow crafters on the Facebook group ‘Hookers and Clickers (do it for charity)’. They’re making knitted/crocheted items for MSR to send to the refugee camps overseas that they support:

 blankets – 36” x 36” for children and single bed size for adults
 warm items of clothing for children and adults

If you’d like to donate any items you’ve made, Anne can include items in her parcels. Anne’ is also happy to take 12” knitted/crocheted squares to join into bigger blankets. This initiative will run until mid-May. Please contact Anne.P.Brown@dwp.gsi.gov.uk for more information.
Calendar of Events
We still have places on some of our events – if you’d like to attend, please email HassraLeeds.CraftClub@dwp.gsi.gov.uk and we’ll get back to you.

See Full Document for Details

Exclusive Invitation for HASSRA Yorkshire and Humberside Staff Members – 75% OFF

This year, the team of professional stylists at Pierre Alexandre Colour Bar Leeds would like to welcome you with this Pamper Experience. You are being invited to come and indulge yourself over 3 separate visits to the salon and sample a range of services at this exclusive spot in town

VISIT 1 – CUT & FINISH

Personal Style & Colour Consultation
Skin Allergy Test
Shampoo & Conditioning
Cut & Finish

VISIT 2 – HI/LOW LIGHTS OR RE-GROWTH COLOUR

Colour Consultation
Hi/Low Lights – (up to 10 foils)

OR
Re-Growth Colour
Shampoo & Conditioning

VISIT 3 – CUT & FINISH
Follow up Style & Colour Consultation
Shampoo & Conditioning
Cut & Finish

Additionally, with each visit you can make the most of our optional UPGRADE TREATS section which includes additional great value treatments on all Colour Services for e.g: Full Head Colours, Full/Half Head Highlights, Balayage/Ombre (can be found printed on your voucher)

***ADD ANY COLOUR SERVICE TO ANY OF YOUR 3 VISITS ABOVE FOR JUST £29!!***

Toner – £5

This extensive package is normally valued over £200. This ENTIRE exclusive pamper experience can be purchased for just

£39.99​!

This promotion is valid to new guests only​. Those valued existing clients are welcome to purchase these certificates as gifts for friends & family members instead.

Why not take advantage of the below offer: 
1 x Voucher – £39.99
2 x Vouchers – £74.99 (saving £5)
3 x Vouchers – £109.99 (saving £10)
4 x Vouchers – £124.99 (saving £15) 

How to purchase an Exclusive Pamper Experience or to en​quire further:

Give our marketing representatives Megan and Elena at Salon Select a call on the numbers below. Payment can be taken over the phone and all certificates will be sent directly to you. They will be happy to answer any questions you may have.

 Office Line: 01992 248 040 ​(Office: 9 am-5 ​pm Monday to Friday)
or Mobile: 07437 709 838 / 07932 636 213 (Office hours, Evenings & Weekends)

Email: elena@salonselectlondon.co.uk 

megan@salonselectlondon.co.uk

Website: www.pierrealexandre.co.uk

We only have a limited number of Exclusive Pamper Experiences available so don’t miss out!!

Thursday 15th February – Café Vita – 16:00-18:30

Glass of Prosecco and chocolate for suggested donation of £3 – and Valentine’s music – Bar open as normal for other drinks

All proceeds from the evening to go to Guide Dogs For the Blind

If you’d like to attend please e-mail Simon Jarrold HASSRA Leeds to give us an idea of numbers

For more information please contact Simon Jarrold, HASSRA Leeds: e-mail – simon.jarrold@dwp.gsi.gov.uk

That’s Amore!!!

Hi all,

February’s HASSRA Leeds Newsletter is available online at:

https://hassraleedsnewsletter.com/

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Thanks,

Phil

AGM Pages

Willing Helpers for HASSRA Leeds

HASSRA Leeds is run by volunteers like you. If you want to be involved as a member of the Board of Management, or help organise events, clubs, activities, or communications, now’s your chance! Our Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 20th February at 12:30 in the Woodpecker Bar when we’ll be voting on roles and responsibilities in the club for 2018.

If you are interested, complete the relevant nomination form, have it nominated and seconded by HASSRA Leeds members. E-mail the completed nomination form with a brief pen portrait of yourself to Simon Jarrold SIMON.JARROLD@DWP.GSI.UK or by post to: Room 3S25, Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7UA by 9th February at the latest. All nominations received will be used in the election process at the AGM.

Click here for more information and relevant forms…

Hi there,

The preliminary HASSRA Leeds January Newsletter is now available at:

https://hassraleedsnewsletter.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/january-newsletter-template-small-2.pdf

There will be an update and hard copies in January.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year to all.

Christmas Walk and Lunch 2^nd December 2018

Killinghall Harrogate with Xmas lunch at The Knox

The Walk

The walk, organised by Carol Rutherford and Mick Morby, will be of easy grade and tailored to the weather on the day, taking us through country lanes and fields to Killinghall and likely to be back along the disused railway line, now a “Greenway” that takes us over the stunning viaduct by Bilton Beck Wood a “Site of Importance to Nature Conservation (SINC)”.  Weather and mud levels will determine the length of the walk which will be between 5.5 and 6.5 miles.

Time and place

We meet in the Car Park of The Knox Arms, Knox Lane, Harrogate HG1 3AP where we can leave our cars and will be returning for lunch. Meet at 10:15 for a 10:30am start. There are toilet facilities in the pub. If you want to come for lunch only the tables are booked for 13:45pm.

Travel

If you would like a lift on a petrol sharing basis, please contact the organisers. We will let you know if someone is travelling from your area.

There are public transport options to this walk:

• The no 36 Transdev Leeds to Ripon bus. These run every 30mins to and from Leeds via Harrogate bus station. Transfer to the 2b bus below. Good departure times from Leeds are 0815 and 0835. Alternately, you could catch a train and transfer to the 2b bus. The 0859 train service from platform 1a would be good.
• 2B buses from Harrogate bus station (Stand 4) stop on Knox Lane adjacent to the pub. Buses run every 30 minutes up to early evening. It takes around 20 minutes, traffic permitting. The 0940 service is perfect for a good arrival time.

Clothing

It will be cold and also muddy in places. Stout shoes or walking boots, several layers of clothing and as always wet weather protection may be needed.

The Pub

The Knox is a converted a 300 year old former farm house and farm building in a quiet suburb, on the fringe of Harrogate. It is a very attractive ‘Local Community Pub and is well known for its home cooked food. The Christmas Meal menu is attached, 2 courses for £16.95, 3 for £19.95. Let us know your selections. We will need a £5 deposit per person when booking. Thank you.

Please send your deposit (£5 per person) Mr M. Morby, 16 Fieldway, Harrogate. HG1 3JZ.

The closing date for the meal reservations is 17 November 2017. Contact me for information concerning any reservations requests beyond the closing date.

There will be a £5 subsidy for members of the Walking Club.

To book a place

Contact Mick 07948 381876, email mix.morby@gmail.com or Carol Rutherford, mumwee1962@yahoo.co.uk with your menu selection(s), also for alternate payment methods or additional information.

FESTIVE MENU

2 COURSE £16.95

3 COURSE £19.95

(A £5.00 deposit per person is required for group bookings)

STARTERS

MULLIGATAWNY SOUP WITH BROWN SODA BREAD (V)

HAM HOCK AND WENSLYDALE TERRINE WITH HOMEMADE SPICED CRANBERRY CHUTNEY

PEAR AND BLUE CHEESE TARTLET WITH A PORT SYRUP (V)

PAN FRIED QUEEN SCALLOPS AND BLACKPUDDING WITH CRISPY KALE AND WARM VINAIGRETTE

MAIN COURSE

TRADITIONAL ROAST TURKEY WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS

BEERY BEEF WITH CRANBERRY AND THYME DUMPLINGS

GRILLED SEABASS FILLET ON A CRAB, LIME CHILLI AND MANGE TOUT LINGUINE

PAN FRIED GNOCCHI WITH PESTO, GRILLED VEGETABLES AND LEMON DRIZZLE (V)

CONFIT DUCK LEG WITH ROASTED PEARS AND SHALLOTS, CREAMED KALE AND A RED WINE JUS

ALL DISHES SERVED WITH SEASONAL VEGETABLES AND POTATOES

DESSERT

HOMEMADE TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS PUDDING WITH BRANDY SAUCE

BAILEYS CHEESCAKE WITH HAZELNUT CRUNCH SERVED WITH CREAM

CHOCOLATE TART WITH RASPBERRY SORBET

TRADITIONAL SHERRY TRIFFLE