Havering Half Marathon
Thank you to all our runners on Sunday who took onthe challenge of the new Havering Half Marathon. It was an honour to meet you all and we felt inspired by your energy. We were super lucky to have...
London City Airport Fund Project at H.A.D.
Honoured to have been awarded by London City Airport Community Grant
H.A.D. applied and were excited to be awarded £2700 as part of London City Airport Community Grant after consultant with our clients we are planning to host a series of workshops to improve well being and social inclusion.
Updates about upcoming events will be published shortly
For further information see London City Airport press release
H.A.D. on tours visits Olympic Park, Stratford
We have had the best day ever, thank you to everyone that came on H.A.D’s Olympic Park trip… We did not stopped laughing all day 💚
Hiring 7 scooters and a golf buggy tour we got have a tour of the park, stopping for coffee along the way
Thanks to the Park Mobility Service for support us for the visit.
See the website and plan your visit
Magic Little Funds
A massive thank you to http://localgiving.org/Magic-Little-Grants for supporting us with 3 new classes held at H.A.D recently.
Crystal Helen, who visited and gave a talk
and shared her wide knowledge about the benefits of crystal healing. Helen also brought along Crystals and Gemstones which our clients were able to purchase. This proved to be a popular class which everyone seemed to enjoy.
Mind, Body and Soul was our 2nd and 3rd class held, our tutor Nancy was able to teach us chair based yoga moves, which in turn will help with better concentration, improved flexibility and reduced joint strain. This was a very calm and relaxed environment and was enjoyed by complete beginners to yoga.
We will be continuing with the Mind, Body and Soul classes, check our calendar for future dates.
Mike Brace CBE, DL
Today we had the absolute pleasure of meeting and give Mike Brace CBE, DL and his lovely wife Mo a tour of our centre and the opportunity meet our clients. Havering Association for People with Disabilities decided to approach...
First Ever Patrons Join H.A.D.
H.A.D. were keen to appoint Patrons for H.A.D. and approached two people we knew would be an asset to our organisation. We were honoured and grateful when they said yes.
Julia Lopez MP has always been a welcome and engaging attendee at many of our events taking time to talk to clients, staff and volunteers. Julia is a member the Parliament for Hornchurch and Upminster and campaigns for many important issues ones of special interest to H.A.D. include step free access across the whole of Upminster Station and Older Peoples Rights. https://www.julialopez.co.uk/
Mike Brace CBE, DL Mike a former Paralympic skier, social worker and leader of disabled charities was Chief Executive of Vision 2020 UK and served as Chairman of the British Paralympic Association. Well deservedly he was awarded an OBE in 2005 and a CBE in 2009 for Services to Disabled Sport and was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of London in 2016. See http://www.mikebrace.co.uk/ for more information
We are looking forward to working in partnership with Julia & Mike and are excited for the future.
H.A.D Art Exhibition
H.A.D Art Exhibition As part of H.A.D.’s 50th Celebration we have been challenging our members to #TrySomethingNew and one of these challenges was to host an Art Exhibition. Lots of planning, hard work and sleepless nights (mostly staff, thanks...
Bike Ride for HAD
One of our youngest volunteers Jacob has set himself a challenge. He cycled from the location where out hut was originally located and used as a dispersal hut.
He then rode his bike to its location now in Woodhall Crescent. To celebrate HAD’s 50th year
Thanks for fundraising for HAD and for all the volunteering you do for us
Service User Evaluation Week 2019
Our annual Service User Evaluation week will be taking place Monday 9th September through to Friday 13th September.
All members are kindly asked to fill out a questionnaire via survey monkey (link below).
These evaluations are important to us at H.A.D, it lets us know what you think of the service we are providing, and where we can improve. It also gives you the chance to ‘have your say’.
You can either fill out a questionnaire online following the link in your own time. Alternatively, come into the H.A.D office, where a staff member will be able to show you the link using the H.A.D tablet.
On Friday 13th between 10am – 12.00pm, we are hosting our ‘Feedback Friday’ event, this is again your chance to put forward any ideas that you have for the service. A buffet lunch will be provided at 12.30pm. Please let us know if you are able to join us.
Complete survey here
Art Exhibition at Queens Theatre
We are proud to announce that an exhibition of art work by our Art Group members will be showcasing at the Queens Theatre, Hornchurch, Essex, RM11 1QT
Please join us to celebrate on our grand opening day: Wednesday 4th September 2019 between 10 am -12 noon for preview of artists work.
All welcome – Free entry (Exhibition date runs from 4th -18th September 2019)
Here’s a sneaky preview of couple of the submitted pieces 💚👍👏🤩🎨🖌