RBH Celebration and Information Day

Date published: 01 September 2009


All RBH tenants and their families are invited to the RBH Celebration and Information Day Saturday 3 October 10am to 3pm at Rochdale Town Hall. It's an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of tenants and residents and find out more about RBH.

Demonstrations and activities cannot be pre-booked. However, we recommend you arrive early as some activities are popular and space is limited. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

All day events include:

  • "Where it’s at” youth bus (internet, computer games, videos and a chill out zone)
    Police Pod (for information and any local policing enquiries)
  • Environmental Management (Love Food Hate Waste - 6.7 million tonnes of food is thrown away by households in the UK every year. Find out how you can help reduce food waste)
  • Face painting
  • Henna Art
  • Hairbraiding
  • Badgemaking
  • Make a mask
  • Tombola
  • Road Safety (test your road awareness on the driving simulator)
  • Health & Fitness zone with equipment and advice from Link4Life and brain training tests
  • RBH Information Area (Find out more about RBH and what we do. There will be plenty of our staff there too to chat about our services and answer any housing queries you may have)
  • Information stalls from a whole host of local organisations
  • Hot and cold drinks served all day with light refreshments provided at lunch time

Demonstrations and activity sessions:

  • Backdoor Music Project - Create your own music on the computer and take it away on CD
  • Pop-Up Art - Get creative and help build a pop-up community with artist Paul Pickford
  • Stone Decorating and the Thoughts Tree - An activity for children by the Children's Council from RMBC
  • Try your hand at DIY with the Jericho Foundation including wallpapering, hanging shelves and wiring a plug
  • Silk Flower Arranging demonstration and activity with Sheena Rai (Azalea, bespokefloral designs)
  • Healthy cooking demonstration by Crofters Catering
  • Hebron Church Choir
  • Castleton Dance Academy (including the World Street Dance Champions)
  • NESTAC African Dance Group
  • Bhangra Dhol Music Group

Award Ceremonies

  • Sunflower and Photography Competition Prize Giving
  • Communities First and Good Neighbour Awards
  • Charity Raffle

It would be helpful if you could let RBH know if you are attending, so they can order enough refreshments.

Tel: 01706 273820

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