Wednesday 15th January. 2023 4pm-8pm
Valentines party and Mikes birthday.
You don’t need a date to join in the fun, there will be music, karaoke and dancing. Along with food cooked lovingly for you and snacks from the coffee bar.
£2 entry or free entry if you buy a £5 meal deal. You can bring your own alcohol, but drink sensibly & DO NOT share.
So lets get the year off to a great start and party like we love to do
Valentines party and Mikes birthday.
You don’t need a date to join in the fun, there will be music, karaoke and dancing. Along with food cooked lovingly for you and snacks from the coffee bar.
£2 entry or free entry if you buy a £5 meal deal. You can bring your own alcohol, but drink sensibly & DO NOT share.
So lets get the year off to a great start and party like we love to do
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Wednesday March 8th, 4pm-8pm.We have a joint birthday party for Sarah, Jackie, Patrick, Dean & Mark…..any excuse to party and we take it!!…..yeay!
Karaoke, dancing and lots of fun to be had Free entry with £5 meal deals available. So come along and celebrate with us. |
Wednesday 5th April, 4pm-8pm. Come and join our Easter party, It is also Ryan & Kai’s birthdays, so even more celebrating to be had.
We will have games, karaoke, dancing with tombola & raffle.
Hot food will be served along with sacks form the coffee bar.
£2 on the door or free entry if you order a £5 meal deal.
We will have games, karaoke, dancing with tombola & raffle.
Hot food will be served along with sacks form the coffee bar.
£2 on the door or free entry if you order a £5 meal deal.
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15th April fundraiser. 11am start. 10pm finish.
We have a fantastic day of fun organized at The Grit on Old Nelson Street Lowestoft. There will be a fashion show to start with, where we will be showing some of the amazing new clothes that have been donated, these will be for sale. We also have music with Bang and Crash, open mic & acoustic sessions ending with music from some terrific local bands. We have tombola, raffle with small prizes at £1 a strip & some larger prizes at £5 a strip. We also have talented people auctioning off their talents for you. Free entry, The grits coffee bar will be open for food. |
Wednesday 10th May 4pm-8pm.
STOP PRESS!!….it’s my birthday (I’m Jacs, Chair btw) It’s also Toni & Haydens birthday too….but did I mention that it’s MY birthday…..yeay! So lets party. We have the fabulous Steve Hall coming to entertain us between 5-7pm and then I’m sure we’ll break out the karaoke. We’re having a 60’s/70’s theme, so best I raid my huge fancy dress collection.
£2 entry on the door, kids free.
STOP PRESS!!….it’s my birthday (I’m Jacs, Chair btw) It’s also Toni & Haydens birthday too….but did I mention that it’s MY birthday…..yeay! So lets party. We have the fabulous Steve Hall coming to entertain us between 5-7pm and then I’m sure we’ll break out the karaoke. We’re having a 60’s/70’s theme, so best I raid my huge fancy dress collection.
£2 entry on the door, kids free.
Wednesday 28th June 1pm…till we drop!
We have 3 birthdays in June and one is our lovely Nancy so we’re starting off earlier than usual with a tea & cake party to celebrate the amazing woman that she is…a true inspiration.
Later we will fire up the karaoke and dancing will no doubt will take place, especially by me!
Usual rules apply, you can drink alcohol but no sharing and be sensible.
We have 3 birthdays in June and one is our lovely Nancy so we’re starting off earlier than usual with a tea & cake party to celebrate the amazing woman that she is…a true inspiration.
Later we will fire up the karaoke and dancing will no doubt will take place, especially by me!
Usual rules apply, you can drink alcohol but no sharing and be sensible.
Events for 2022
March 16th Pie and mash quiz night. Start time 5pm. £5 entry includes home made pies and quiz entry. You don’t have to book, but it would be helpful if you do.
March 16th Pie and mash quiz night. Start time 5pm. £5 entry includes home made pies and quiz entry. You don’t have to book, but it would be helpful if you do.
March 21st - 25th National Lottery open Week. Woohoo, this is going to be a fun week. If you play the national lottery or buy scratch cards of theirs, you will be able to join in our activities for free all week and come to our party on the Monday evening and get free teas and coffees. Because of your ticket purchases, we are able to apply for grants to carry on our great Unity life, so like a lot of other organizations, we are saying thank you. All you need to do is turn up and show us a lottery ticket or scratch card. We also will be holding an open afternoon on Monday 21st for people to view some of our activities in action. The weeks itinerary will be:-
The Centre will be closed in the morning of 21st and will be opening at 12pm
1pm karaoke, 2pm Bang & Crash demo, 2.30 Groove demo, 3pm art cafe demo, 3.30 Nutritional and wellbeing services info, 4pm BBQ food on sale, 5pm party begins.
Tuesday Morning karaoke with Col and Carol. Come along and request a song, we have access to thousands of backing tracks so there’s a really good chance your favourite will be there. We schedule to finish at 12.30 but often go on a lot longer.
Wednesday Bang & Crash 10am-12pm with Jacs and Lou. Come and join our gang for music fun, we have done many performances in Lowestoft as well as the London Palladium and The Royal Albert Hall as part of The Music Man Project . At some point we are hoping to return to these venues.
Thursday am, is mental health morning with Jacs & Toni, we relax and do whatever everyone feels like on the day, this may be activites, sorting out donations or just relaxing and chatting. It’s all in aid of getting some quality time together in a relaxed way and feeling supported.
Thursday 1.30-2.30 Groove dance movement with Jacs. You don’t have to be a dancer to Groove, just someone who loves to dance. This requires booking as space is limited. If more people book than there is space for, we will hold another free session the following week.
Friday 9am-12pm Art Cafe with Lorenzo & Col. You can join in with the humour and support in our very popular art session. Art materials are provided.
Friday 1pm-3.30pm Arts and crafts with Lou, this usually entails making decorations for the next party, in this case it will be Easter.
For more information on any activites, please look under our activity button above.
The Centre will be closed in the morning of 21st and will be opening at 12pm
1pm karaoke, 2pm Bang & Crash demo, 2.30 Groove demo, 3pm art cafe demo, 3.30 Nutritional and wellbeing services info, 4pm BBQ food on sale, 5pm party begins.
Tuesday Morning karaoke with Col and Carol. Come along and request a song, we have access to thousands of backing tracks so there’s a really good chance your favourite will be there. We schedule to finish at 12.30 but often go on a lot longer.
Wednesday Bang & Crash 10am-12pm with Jacs and Lou. Come and join our gang for music fun, we have done many performances in Lowestoft as well as the London Palladium and The Royal Albert Hall as part of The Music Man Project . At some point we are hoping to return to these venues.
Thursday am, is mental health morning with Jacs & Toni, we relax and do whatever everyone feels like on the day, this may be activites, sorting out donations or just relaxing and chatting. It’s all in aid of getting some quality time together in a relaxed way and feeling supported.
Thursday 1.30-2.30 Groove dance movement with Jacs. You don’t have to be a dancer to Groove, just someone who loves to dance. This requires booking as space is limited. If more people book than there is space for, we will hold another free session the following week.
Friday 9am-12pm Art Cafe with Lorenzo & Col. You can join in with the humour and support in our very popular art session. Art materials are provided.
Friday 1pm-3.30pm Arts and crafts with Lou, this usually entails making decorations for the next party, in this case it will be Easter.
For more information on any activites, please look under our activity button above.
Easter party 13th April (Also Kayleigh’s birthday)
Yeay! Another party, we do love our parties. We will be starting at 5pm. There will be food, music, karaoke, raffle, fun and games…..and dancing, lots of dancing. There is no set time to finish, but if you have to arrange to be picked up, can you please make it by 9pm at the latest. We haven’t set a dress up theme for this one, but if you want to wear and Easter bonnet, you’re more than welcome, you may even win a prize.
As always you can bring your own alcohol, but you are not allowed to share for safeguarding reasons.
Yeay! Another party, we do love our parties. We will be starting at 5pm. There will be food, music, karaoke, raffle, fun and games…..and dancing, lots of dancing. There is no set time to finish, but if you have to arrange to be picked up, can you please make it by 9pm at the latest. We haven’t set a dress up theme for this one, but if you want to wear and Easter bonnet, you’re more than welcome, you may even win a prize.
As always you can bring your own alcohol, but you are not allowed to share for safeguarding reasons.
AGM Monday 25th April at 10am
Quiz night 27th April 5pm start, £1 Everyone welcome, we can make teams on the night. come and join our dynamic duo with their fun quiz |
Food tonight £4 by our 3 lovely ladies is Bangers & Mash or curry & rice, both totally delicious. Let us know in advance if you have any dietary requirements |
Jubilee fundraiser outside of the Centre May 11th (Also Jacs birthday…she’ll be old!!! I can say that because it’s Jacs typing this…lol!)
Our day begins at 11am outside of the Centre. We will be having our bang and Crashers and our groovers, giving their all in entertaining, along with singing from Lou and Jacs. We will have spare percussion instruments if people want to join in and if you’re brave enough, you can join in the Groove too, it is very simple.
We would appreciate any help with holding buckets for us and someone to stand at the tombola table selling tickets.
As always, we will go on and have a party at the Centre from 5pm…as ya do!, any excuse…oh and it’s my birthday, did I mention that already?
Our day begins at 11am outside of the Centre. We will be having our bang and Crashers and our groovers, giving their all in entertaining, along with singing from Lou and Jacs. We will have spare percussion instruments if people want to join in and if you’re brave enough, you can join in the Groove too, it is very simple.
We would appreciate any help with holding buckets for us and someone to stand at the tombola table selling tickets.
As always, we will go on and have a party at the Centre from 5pm…as ya do!, any excuse…oh and it’s my birthday, did I mention that already?
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Our Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebration BBQ! Wednesday 1st June 12pm.
Our usual party atmosphere will be in full swing with outside karaoke, Bangers & Crashers and dancing….and if it decides to chuck it down with rain, then we’ll just do it all inside. No dress code, but feel free to dress up in bright red, white and blue or anything you consider to be Royal and smart…..lets see what we can dress our Colin up in for this one, we know he loves it! This will probably be the last jubilee celebration with our Queen, so lets make it a good one xx
Our usual party atmosphere will be in full swing with outside karaoke, Bangers & Crashers and dancing….and if it decides to chuck it down with rain, then we’ll just do it all inside. No dress code, but feel free to dress up in bright red, white and blue or anything you consider to be Royal and smart…..lets see what we can dress our Colin up in for this one, we know he loves it! This will probably be the last jubilee celebration with our Queen, so lets make it a good one xx
Wednesday 15th June 5pm!
£1 for quiz, £5 if you would like food too. Check back closer to the date to find out what the food will be or check out our ‘Unity Centre’ Facebook page to take part in the vote of what we could have. These nights have become very popular, so we suggest that you book in advance if you would like to secure a place as places are limited. As always you may bring your own alcohol, but you are not allowed to share it with others.
£1 for quiz, £5 if you would like food too. Check back closer to the date to find out what the food will be or check out our ‘Unity Centre’ Facebook page to take part in the vote of what we could have. These nights have become very popular, so we suggest that you book in advance if you would like to secure a place as places are limited. As always you may bring your own alcohol, but you are not allowed to share it with others.
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Barn Dance Wednesday 13th July. Start time to be confirmed.
Here we go again, it’s yeeeeeha time! We had so much fun when we did this a few years ago and by popular demand, we’re going to do it again., so get your cowboy & cowgirl gear out and lets do si do your partners. As always, we have a stock of fancy dress outfits, so just let us know if you want to borrow something. |
Yeay, we can finally announce our Unity Big Gig which Shaun and the Mariners Rest are very generously supporting us with in their pub. We will have our very own Bangers & Crashers starting the day, with a tribute performance to our Steve who we lost over a year ago. following that we are delighted to say that many local bands are supporting us by playing, and headlining is the amazing Lincoln Skins, with Love songs for Losers, Michael Le Fleur and Stamos. We will also have some karaoke going for a little while. There will be a BBQ running, face painting and a few stalls. Keep checking back for running order, additional bands performing and any other fun activities that we add to the schedule of events. We also have a “Unity Big Gig” facebook page where there will be constant updates and announcements over the course of the year.
Come and join us for a bopping night to the sounds of Ryan & Mark. Get your club moves a goin and your hip hop a happening! Only £1 to join in. 5pm start and you can dance until you drop.
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Saturday 17th December
Family Christmas Party. 2pm-8pm Everyone is welcome from our community. We realize that a lot of families are unable to enjoy a Christmas party & parents can’t afford a night out, so we are putting on this party. £1 adults, 50p kids to help cover electricity. There will be food available at £5 meal deals if wanted and people can bring their own alcohol if they wish. There will be childrens fun and party games during the afternoon, arts and crafts on the tables, lucky dips and all kids attending get a present to take home. We will go onto to disco and karaoke for parents later on. In true Unity Centre style, if the party is going well we carry on until we drop. So come along and join in and make new friends while having fun. Booking not essential, but it would help to know numbers. |
This night is for those that couldn’t attend the “Lets Rock Festival with us and to celebrate our very energetic Sean’s birthday….lets see who can keep up with him, I’ll give it my best shot!
The Fort, ( the unit the other end of our building) our gaming esports centre, will also be open on the 17th for children to game in if parents would like a little alone time, depending on the age of the child. Or, if you like, parents can game too. This is £2 per hour on a computer to game, £5 for game console station which can be shared by up to 4 people. Virtual Reality is the same deal. You pay into an account so if the hour isn’t used, the time left is saved for another time.
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Past events |
Woohooo, here we are, myself and Lou with our ten Bangers & Crashers who are taking part in the Music Man Project show at The London Palladium on Sunday 15th October 2017.
The gang have been working really hard every Wednesday afternoon for the past 18 months to learn all the songs. It hasn't been easy for them as we have had to learn it from videos from either the last show, Southend Mencap rehearsal videos or video we have taken from When the music man himself Mr David Stanley, has come along to teach us, but they did it and we couldn't be more proud.Some of the gang are getting a little nervous now, it is a huge adventure for them, many have not travelled far outside our area and only one of them has performed on a big stage before. Thank you to all that have supported us by donating to help fund the coach to get us there, donations of instruments and coming along to fundraisers. Your support has been truly appreciated. We had a wonderful surprise in that The Waveney Project have paid for the coach on the understanding that the money we raised for it will go toward the coach trip to our next big performance. Another big thank you goes out to A Piece of Cake, who are kindly donating packed lunches for everyone as it will be a long day and no time to go out and find food.
The gang have been working really hard every Wednesday afternoon for the past 18 months to learn all the songs. It hasn't been easy for them as we have had to learn it from videos from either the last show, Southend Mencap rehearsal videos or video we have taken from When the music man himself Mr David Stanley, has come along to teach us, but they did it and we couldn't be more proud.Some of the gang are getting a little nervous now, it is a huge adventure for them, many have not travelled far outside our area and only one of them has performed on a big stage before. Thank you to all that have supported us by donating to help fund the coach to get us there, donations of instruments and coming along to fundraisers. Your support has been truly appreciated. We had a wonderful surprise in that The Waveney Project have paid for the coach on the understanding that the money we raised for it will go toward the coach trip to our next big performance. Another big thank you goes out to A Piece of Cake, who are kindly donating packed lunches for everyone as it will be a long day and no time to go out and find food.
Music Man Project
As a lot of you are aware the Unity Centre is now apart of The Music Man Project. Since joining the Music Man Project, Lowestoft Mencap has been given the opportunity to go to the London palladium to perform with The Music Man Project from Southend.
Lowestoft Mencap and all of their musician would love to take them up on this opportunity to perform on one of the biggest stages in London.
To perform we will will have to raise enough money to get there. we are aiming to raise £2000 so this can cover coach hire, driver, equipment and all other expenditures.
Any help is greatly appreciated, all donation to our Trip can be either brought to The Unity Centre or online via our "My Donate" page
Total Raised: £1,057.80
https://mydonate.bt.com/events/musicmanproject/419850
http://themusicmanproject.com/
Lowestoft Mencap and all of their musician would love to take them up on this opportunity to perform on one of the biggest stages in London.
To perform we will will have to raise enough money to get there. we are aiming to raise £2000 so this can cover coach hire, driver, equipment and all other expenditures.
Any help is greatly appreciated, all donation to our Trip can be either brought to The Unity Centre or online via our "My Donate" page
Total Raised: £1,057.80
https://mydonate.bt.com/events/musicmanproject/419850
http://themusicmanproject.com/