Tom's 20th Birthday

Weeks before my 20th birthday, I designed my own yearbook for the Centre's 20th anniversary, and it had 50 pages.

On my 20th birthday, the presents I achieved were sweets, money, stationery, car books, cards, etc.

I was down in County Clare, in Ireland on my holidays, with my family.

NEW KITCHEN

There will be a new training kitchen at the centre. Three people will be helping with the cook to serve soup and sandwich meals. Everybody seems to enjoy working there and hopefully it will help them find work in the future.

ELLON THROUGH OUR EYES BOOK PUBLISHED

The Ellon Through Our Eyes books have finally been published. There will be 100 copies, priced at least £4. The launch of the book will be on Wednesday 1st August. Lots of people want to buy the book. We're very proud and relieved!!

Ellon Editors Updates

• The "Ellon Through Our Eyes" book has been sent to the printers.
• Work has started on the garage.
• We are now working on the Centre Scene June newsletter.
• Last week, Colin's Workshop was at the Kirk Centre.
• We're planning which photographs we'd like to take for Life Through A Lens.
• We're getting a display ready for the Open Day on next Wednesday.

Life Through A Lens Update

This morning, we met with Colin Tennant and volunteers involved with the Life Through A Lens Project.

We will discuss possible ideas for photos which will represent the things which are barriers to inclusion and society for us.

Our Wednesday morning college course has now finished. We enjoyed learning about using the internet with Dhugal.

Our book Ellon Through Our Eyes is now at the printers and we are keeping our fingers crossed it is going to be ready for the centre's 20th anniversary.

The garage conversion has started because they're doing it now.

Next DALNIA Meeting

The next DALNIA meeting is held next week, on Thursday 7th June.

The points are:

• Updating the blog
• The blog is about Ellon Community News
• The Bumper Edition Of Centre Scene
• The Brewery and The Bakers Are Our Next Stories
• Ellon Through Our Eyes Book Nearly Finished Printed By The Council And Launched On Our Birthday Week
• New Cameras
• Colin's Workshop, How To Use The Cameras

Ellon Through Our Eyes Redesign

I am redesigning the Ellon Through Our Eyes book by adding some pictures, including Reminiscence Group, and adding some text. We won't have page numbers until the book is finished. The book would have approximately 50 pages.