Examples of what could take place there.
The poster below and -
for clarity and ease of reading -
further explanation below that,
(the content of the yellow boxes, writ large)
aims to clearly show
the very large numbers of
social, community and
learning opportunities and events
which could centre on
a properly set up,
community organised and run,
Community Centre.
It would need to be jointly funded by
the NHS, Local Authority
and other national and local funds -
all of which are our public funds.
It would operate by and for the Community itself,
using a rolling committee
with adequate encouragement and education
to allow all members of the Community
to serve at some time
and at some level -
and thus increase
the general public awareness
of democratic dealings.
This poster, showing changes which would build a more cohesive community which takes charge of its own affairs, uses pictures gained from the internet, which are all believed to be usable under 'creative commons'.
We all learn life skills, which we could pass on to others, with a minimum of fuss.
For instance: How to cook nutritious meals for a family.
Perhaps this might be the key to reducing obesity?
Please read on.
All of these things could happen within our central Community Centre.
We all learn life skills, which we could pass on to others, with a minimum of fuss.
For instance: How to cook nutritious meals for a family.
Perhaps this might be the key to reducing obesity?
Please read on.
All of these things could happen within our central Community Centre.
Come and learn to
make scones
Meat meals and salads
Thick soups for the winter
Come and learn to make scones
Meat meals and salads
Thick soups for the winter
Come and learn to make scones
Come and take part
in life
Meet our MP and
Talk to our
Councillor
Come and take part
in life
Take the chance to
talk back
Ask all our
questions
And offer opinions
Take the chance to
talk back
Join the Dads and
the Mums
Organise crèches
And learn about
babies
Join the Dads and
the Mums
Form opinions on change
Practice our
tatting
Or take up the
challenge
Form opinions on change
Claim our space to
make friends
Meet old and new
friends
Drink tea and go
shopping
Claim our space to
make friends
Catch the bus into
town
Straight to The
Centre
For coffee and
friendship
Catch the bus into
town
Volunteer with the
books
Charity swop shops
Recommendations
Volunteer with the
books
Join the groups who
give help
Monday or Tuesday
Weekday or weekend
Join the groups who
give help
Learn to move with
aplomb
Cha-cha-cha
quickstep
Or freedom of
movement
Learn to move with
aplomb
Crafts and riches
of life
Speakers and
painting
Great dramas and
singing
Crafts and riches
of life
Find informative
stuff
Health stuff and
social
And accurate local
Find informative
stuff
Volunteering for
life
Take what we’re
needing
Give time for the
living
Volunteering for
life
Plan community ways
Skate parks and
buses
And pavements and
dustbins
Plan community life
Change the things
we don’t like
Gather together
Weight of opinion
Change the things
we don’t like
Bring our party to
town
Celebrate summer
And ‘bring and buy’
winter
Bring our party to
town
Tell the Council our
mind
Potholes and
playgrounds
Accountable actions
Tell the Council our
mind
Join Committees and
serve
Influence living
By learning and
giving
Join Committees and
serve
Make the spaces our
own
Pride in appearance
Keep healthy and
stronger
Make the spaces our
own
Local service and
need
Healthy lives
succeed
Don’t lose out to
their greed
Local service and
need
Join the Meetings
and speak
Someone will help
us
And we’ll pass that
help on
Join the Meetings
and speak
Don’t be lonely
again
Live in the minute
We will all benefit
Don’t be lonely
again
This will work in
the end
Living life as a
friend
Everyone will
depend
This will work in
the end
Find a way to
change life
Changing our own
ways
And changing for
their ways
Find a way to
change life
Make our mark where
we can
Our mark’s needed
now
All democracy’s
ours
Make our mark where
we can
Pick our place in
the sun
Social and sunny
Silly and funny
Pick our place in
the sun
Pioneering’s our
right
Work to shift the
blight
Keep our will in our
sight
Pioneering’s our
right
Welcome into the
space
Welcome our self
and
Make everyone
welcome
Welcome into the
space
This Community’s
ours
Bringing our pride
back
And working
together
This Community’s
ours
In The Centre
they’ll fit
Surveys and changes
And our
Consultations
In The Centre
they’ll fit
Eyes and teeth and
GP
Short walk to fix
them
Appointments to
greet us
Eyes and teeth and
GP
See dementia –
Support
Help friends – they
help us
Care and knowledge
to spread
Catch dementia -
Support
Tailor life to our
need
Shape the world
anew
Don’t give up but
bring in
Tailor life to our
need
Teach the child how
to knit
Girl child or boy
child
No reason we
shouldn’t
Teach the child how
to knit
Save our wool and
our jam
Putting back is good
Bring it in to give
out
Save our wool and
our jam
Bring the
photographs in
Line the wall for
show
Paintings poems
turned wood
Bring the
photographs in
Run the Promenade
Day
Groups for this and
that
Dressing down or in
style
Run the Promenade
Day
Guerrilla knitting
for trees
Hats and scarves to
please
Flags to wave in
the breeze
Guerrilla knitting
for trees
Traffic counting
for change
Bus preferment in
town
Top road bottom
road - walk
Traffic counting
for change
Tell the stories of
youth
Using our knowledge
To move knowledge
onward
Tell the stories of
youth
Learn to sign for
the deaf
Slow our speech - lip-read
Understand others
need
Learn to sign for
the deaf
Show historic
research
Learn to research
too
Bring old
photographs in
Show historic
research
Swop the widgets
and games
One half day each
month
Jigsaws books and
skateboards
Swop the widgets
and games
Learn to play the
guitar
Drums on silent or
low
Pennywhistle and
flute
Learn to play the
guitar
Entertain if we
will
Jokes and stories
too
Join a group or
compete
Entertain if we
will
Sing the songs we
once sang
Teach them once
again
Music cheers on the
bus
Sing the songs we
once sang
Make our mark on
the wall
Leave our spare
fruit and veg
Give a thought to
the old
Make our mark on
the wall
Warmth is more than
a fire
Care and thought
makes well
Friendships keep us
alive
Warmth is more than
a fire
Don’t be snooty or
tight
Gifts are good both
ways
Give in generous
way
Don’t be snooty or
tight
Make the time to
join in
What we give is
good
Isolation’s no joke
Make the time to
join in
Everybody brings
life
Reach for life and
win
We just need to
begin
Everybody brings
life
Hold the bus for a
friend
Catch the bus to
see
Friends who need
our help
Hold the bus for a
friend
Sit and listen for
once
Make the time to
see
All those things
that we missed
Sit and listen for
once
Learn philosophy
too
Yoga for calmness
Tai Chi for
suppleness
Learn philosophy
too
Take ‘Empowerment
for All’
Still with
politeness
Make plans for
completeness
Take ‘Empowerment
for All’
Teach the things
that we know
Cooking and
language
Renewing and sewing
Teach the things
that we know
Clubs and groups
joining in
Central or distant
From their space or
our space
Clubs and groups
joining in
Help our Councils
to plan
Bring information
And take
information
Help our Councils
to plan
Make our services
work
Volunteer knowledge
Change health for
the better
Make our services
work
Find those things
that we lack
Bring to consider
And work to include
them
Find those things
that we lack
Show the rest how
its done
Every idea
Across all the ages
Show the rest how
its done
Recycle -
make-do-and-mend
Those who still
have to
Can show those who
need to
Recycle –
make-do-and-mend
Every one has some
skill
Don’t discourage
skill-will
Bring and use it
for good
Every one has some
skill
Stamp collecting
for all
Many hands to clean
Organising good
will
Stamp collecting
for all
Lift the people who
lose
They will lift in
turn
Bring you winning
and bright
Lift the people who
lose
All thought into
the pot
Stir it round for
soup
Flavours seeping
between
All thought into
the pot
Don’t rule anyone
out
All input is good
Modify to include
Don’t rule anyone
out
Save the world
where we live
Pass it down
through time
Keep Democracy in
Save the world
where we live
Take the peace and
preserve
Add the vital touch
Thinking out of the
box
Take the peace and
preserve
Back to basics for
us
Firmly rooted feet
Ranging grasp of
the truth
Back to basics for
us
Satisfaction is won
Over greed and
doubt
Learning over again
Satisfaction is won
Find our right to
be free
Guard it as you can
Pass the baton
right on
Find our right to
be free
Don’t depend on the
State
We pay the money
So take the control
back
Don’t depend on the
State
No more waste of
our time
We need to live
right
And pass on our
birthright
No more waste of
our time
Public Servants are
ours
Paid to serve the
need
We need good
services
Public Servants are
ours
Turn the State on
its head
Our pay covers need
Make it work for
our good
Turn the State on
its head
The 4 line work above is not intended to be poetry - just 'little parcels of ideas'
This is not intended to be a definitive list but only a list of suggestions about what could take place in any given Community Centre.
I am sure that you can think of many more?
I am sure that you can think of many more?
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