Available Groups

 

Toddler Group                          Zumba

Yoga (Adult-Chair based)           Priory Youth                            Elm Day House Nursery             Food Pantry

Miss Clair Dance School             Pensioner Lunch Club Bingo

Lucy - Baby Sensory                 Tai Chi

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1. Toddler Group - This group meet each Monday 9:30am-11:30am. People tend to stay in the session for as long as their child requires the social interaction and stimulation. Nevertheless, children then leave to attend nursery, pre-school or infant school. This group is facilitated by a qualified Childminder and a Primary school Teacher, they facilitate sessions for 46 weeks of the year. The session costs 1.50 the Deysbrook Management boards pay their insurance, staff training and for their DBS clearance. When the centre receives additional funding for parties or celebration events this group is allocated some of the budget for their group celebrations/parties.

2. Priory Youth - This group facilitate youth provision at our centre 2 evenings per week. During the school holidays they extend the provision to 2 evenings and 2 days per week, over 48 weeks of the year. This group work with between 15-30 young people per session. Over the last 2 years because of government restrictions and strict rules on space and Bubbles Priority have only been able to work with 15 young people per session (in our centre) however, they are now extending their numbers to work with 30 young people aged between 8-19 years. The young people will stay with the provision if they are enjoying the sessions, needing the support from the youth staff and often if their group/friends are attending the sessions. Priority Youth ensure that all their youth workers are trained to a high standard and have up-to-date DBS clearance. This work was initially done by centre volunteers, and they were supported to set up a professional, qualified provision who now offer youth services across the East of the City

3. Elm Day House Nursery - This organisation has 42 children per day aged 0-4 years accessing both paid and free childcare provision 5 days a week. The nursery is open 50 weeks per year and children move on at the age of 4 into pre-school/infant school provision. The nursery is very well used by local families, and this has a very positive impact on the economy of the local community (parents can access affordable childcare to go to work) and those parents that don’t work can access free childcare provision for their 2-year-olds to ensure their development is supported by trained practitioners. All the staff are trained in an accredited childcare qualification, and all have enhanced DBS clearance. This nursery was initially run by qualified volunteers from Deysbrook Centre and because of its success it was then leased out as a private business to a tenant and the income this generates in rent is used to pay the running costs and maintenance of the building.

4. Miss Claire Dance School - This group facilitate accredited dance sessions for children aged 4-18 years, 2 days per week. There are 6 dance sessions a week for 42 weeks per year and 100 children and young people attend the sessions weekly. This session is facilitated by a self-employed instruction hence we can generate income through rent on room hire.

5. Lucy Baby Sensory - This group facilitate 4 baby and parent sessions, 1 day a week at the centre, over 40 weeks of the year. They work with 58 babies and parents per week. This group is part of a private franchise hence we can generate income through rent of their room hire.

6. Zumba - This session is facilitated 1 day per week for 1 session over 46 weeks a year. There are currently 12 people attending the class, this group had been meeting at the centre for 7 years prior to Covid Lockdown 2020, due to risk assessment of the activity it had to be postponed and only resumed in September 2021. The instructor is a qualified fitness instructor.

7. Yoga (Adult) (Chair based) - The session has been facilitated at the centre for a year, there are 10 adults (mainly elderly, disabled or people who want to remain active but cannot commit to high impact exercise). This is a free session for 1 hour per week over 42 weeks per year. This session has been growing steadily and has helped previously isolated vulnerable, elderly and physically disabled people to participate in an activity that helps them to relax and relieves stress. The instructor is a qualified to facilitate this session.

8. Food Pantry - The Deysbrook Centre operate a food pantry in partnership with The Big Help project 2 mornings per week over 50 weeks per year, on average 40 – 45 people access the pantry weekly. The pantry was established to help to stop the cycle of dependency on the Free Fare Share provision that we had in place and that people felt was quite demoralising to access. People told our team that they did not like accessing a food bank to feed their families because they wanted to have the choice to choose their own shopping and to pay for it. The small fee that people now pay for a bag of shopping has had a big impact on their self-esteem and confidence and has helped our team to create a thriving food pantry.

9. Pensioner Lunch Club and Bingo - The Deysbrook Centre facilitates a pensioner lunch club and bingo session 1 day per week for 3 hours, 50 weeks of the year. This club was created to support and encourage our communities most vulnerable, elderly and socially isolated residents to come out of the sanctuary of their homes and get back to day to day living and socialising in their community. As a result of the success for this club we have been able to organise 4-day trips for this group out of Liverpool and a great time was had by all. We have a lot of similar trips arranged for this coming year.

10. Tai Chi – free activity in connection with LFC foundation and Red Neighbours, we have around 20 adults who attend each week. The session is on Wednesday 12 – 1pm. Tai chi is often characterized by slow movements in Taolu practice, and one of the reasons is to develop body awareness. Accurate, repeated practice of the solo routine is said to retrain posture, encourage circulation throughout students' bodies, maintain flexibility, and familiarize students with the martial sequences implied by the forms. Usually performed standing, solo forms have also been adapted for seated practice.