The following Zoom activities were delivered over the past two months and continue to be delivered by Nora and Paul who have kept the Remember Us participants entertained throughout the lockdown.Amongst the activities which took place over the past 43 days were:
a Disco, the wonderful Paul & Nora show ( make a video ) x 8 times, A Quiz x 5 times, Yoga x 2 times, Bingo x 8 times, 2 x Dance sessions, a Virtual trip to the Zoo, Crafts: DIY Key Wind Chimes, Play Your Cards Right/Mini disco, Lantern making, 2 x Exercise sessions,Crafts: Stress Ball making,Night at the movies, a Virtual tour of Ripley’s Aquarium,Body Percussion, a Cookery session, a Treasure Hunt,an Art n Crafts session,a Magic Show, and a Treasure Hunt. Nora Roban said , “I open the zooms at about 6.45 so members can come in and have a chat with us and activity starts at 7.30. when it finishes we have another chat. Weekly Webt exts to all members & their families /volunteers to see how they are getting on and to say we are at end of phone if they want to call for a chat etc.,Daily posts on Facebook/Instagram since we broke up of photos sent to me via e-mail from our members. Each day if there is a member’s birthday, we post it on Facebook.- Emails/phone manned everyday /weekend.” She added.“ Regarding the Paul n Nora show many of our members and their families say it’s the highlight of the week for them as we dress up and act a little silly!! We also announce the theme for the following weeks Facebook photos. Zoom activities for our younger members before they went back to school some were one to one sessions and others were small group sessions.Tuesday afternoons - Chat exercise or music time Thursday morning afternoon - Chat Puppets and story time-And whatever else will work for them. - Approximately. 7 members took it up, two one to ones and a small group.” This has poven highly successful so well done to Nora and Paul on their hard work.