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Our creative writing group have been busy pondering the heatwave 🔥

It's so hot today! They've been thinking about how to keep cool; eating an ice lolly and icecream is a great suggestion 🍦🥰

Big thanks to Share students: Harish, Tariq, Joyce, Charles, Robert, and Gus who wrote these poems, and to our volunteer Janice who makes the sessions happen 🙌

🎭 Looking for a new opportunity and a chance to give back to your community? We might have the perfect volunteer role for you!

We’re looking for friendly, sociable volunteers to support adults with a learning disability and autistic adults to express themselves, build confidence, and have fun through drama.

✨ No previous drama or performance experience needed; just a positive attitude, a willingness to get involved, and a desire to make a difference.

👉 Find out more and get in touch via our website if this sounds like you: https://www.sharecommunity.org.uk/jobs/drama-volunteer

🌱 Pop-up plant stall in Springfield Park – Monday 22 June 🌱

If you happen to be in the Tooting/Earlsfield area on Monday 22 June, swing by to visit our pop-up plant stall from 11:30am–1:30pm at Toast Stores Café in the beautiful Springfield Park.

This is a great opportunity to pick up some young vegetable plants for your garden, including courgettes and tomatoes, along with a selection of indoor and outdoor plants.

Students from the Share Garden Centre will be there to sell the plants they've grown and nurtured, learning gardening, employability and customer service skills while building confidence and independence.

So whether you're looking to brighten up your home, grow your own vegetables, or simply support a worthwhile local cause, we'd love to see you there!

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Cloud gazing ☁ We're so impressed with these fabulous photos taken by our students in photography sessions with volunteer Steve. The brief was simply to include clouds as a backdrop to the subject. Mission accomplished!

This Volunteers' Week, we're celebrating the incredible people who give their time, skills, and enthusiasm to support our students.

Steve has been volunteering with us by running photography sessions, helping students learn new skills, build confidence, and express themselves creatively. From exploring local parks to capturing colourful plants and special moments, students have embraced the opportunity to see the world through a different lens.

Volunteering has had a positive impact on Steve too. He says it has helped him reconnect with creativity, build new connections and reengage with the world.

💬 'I’ve really enjoyed getting to know the students. Together, we’ve had great fun looking at the world in different ways, capturing its beauty (sometimes in unexpected places), and sharing our adventures with others.'

Steve's story is a wonderful example of how sharing a skill can create meaningful experiences for disabled adults while also enriching the lives of volunteers themselves.

Big thanks to Steve, and to all our volunteers for everything you do. ❤️

Read more about Steve's story and see the amazing photographs the group have taken: https://www.sharecommunity.org.uk/story/steve-brings-photography-skills-share-students

It's Volunteers' Week and time to say a huge thank you to all our wonderful volunteers at Share who selflessly give us their time, compassion and expertise. Without them we simply couldn't do what we do!

People like Alex, who volunteered on our Out and About project this year. Our tutor said, 'It was such a joy having Alex in the class. Not only was it helpful having an extra pair of hands, but she built unique and genuine relationships with each student. Alex took the time to get to know their interests and sense of humour, as well as the things they find challenging and the ways they like to be supported.

'She has been a consistently warm, patient and enthusiastic presence in every session.'

Reflecting on her time volunteering, Alex said she 'can’t think of a better way to spend your time.'

Big thanks for your support, Alex!

Read more about Alex's story here: https://www.sharecommunity.org.uk/story/alex-volunteering-our-out-and-about-programme

Scorchio! 🌞 It’s been hot, but lovely weather for our horticulture students to spend some time at The Woodfield Pavilion on Tooting Common. Quite a contrast to our visit last December, when we planted fruit trees in the orchard.

It was lovely to come back to water and add woodchip mulch to the 30 young trees now taking root.

And special mention to Tomika’s bougie gloves, bringing a touch of style to the task 🤩

Huge respect to Share student Charlie who recently ran the HOKA Hackney Half Marathon in an impressive time of 02:29:09. What an amazing achievement! Charlie was super excited to tell us and share his photo, and we're incredibly proud, well done indeed! 👊🙌