Dear Members
As we move into a new year, we are hopeful that life will
gradually become a bit easier for all of us with a vaccination programme on the
horizon and new hope for better times to come. The past year was a real
challenge for the whole of society and for many of us individually it hasn’t
been easy. By working together with members, Gateway developed a
meaningful response in the community to the changes resulting from the pandemic
and public health measures to contain it. We were able to do that in 2020
because we worked together and came up with creative solutions for people to
connect – thank you!
We now need to plan for this new year and hope that everyone
can take some time to give us your feedback on what it is you want from Gateway
in terms of activity and education and training options. We’ve put
together a short survey to help us gather your feedback so we can then make a
plan based on Gateway’s ethos and want members need and want from their
project. When the feedback is put together and a basic plan drafted, we
can discuss it at the next members meeting and of course, I will send this
around for further input and development so we can all have real input into
what lies ahead for us as a project this year in terms of best case
scenario! Here is the link to the survey, it only takes about 5 minutes
to complete it and please do add in any extra ideas you might have into the
suggestions boxes under each question: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QNRS7HX
Wishing everyone a good new year with more potential to come
together as a group. I’ll send on the schedule for January on Monday but
please bear in mind that while numbers are high we are concentrating our meet
ups in the outdoors instead, going for daily walks from 2pm from Gateway and
for those staying at home we will host a daily zoom at 11am – we will send
texts out each day to keep everyone up to date. Starting Monday (in Gateway)
we will have meditation on Monday 11th january at 3.30pm and Art
returns in person on Thursday at 2pm, along with Gateway’s photography group
(Wednesday), men’s discussion group (Tuesday/Friday TBC) and a return of the
ukulele players on Friday – any indoor activity will be limited to no more than
five people and the space will be ventilated so dress warmly please. Walk n
talks with takeaway hot drinks will run from 2pm meeting outside Gateway each
day until the virus numbers settle down in the community. Please keep
safe and if anyone wants or needs a peer support chat over the phone during the
week, please let us know and a member of the team will arrange to call you.
Thanks for everyone’s well wishes and feedback over the
Christmas period and to date – we all really appreciate your support, kindness
and encouragement.
In solidarity,
