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WHAT’S ON WEEKLY @ DERIAN HOUSE (January 24th – January 30th)

VOTE FOR US

                   

  • Our friends at Chorley Building Society have shortlisted us to be their Charity of the Year for 2022.The vote is open to the public and will close on Friday 29th January, so please share with all your friends and follow the link below to vote.

 

Vote for our Charity of the Year 2022 | Chorley Building Society (chorleybs.co.uk)

MONDAY 24th                  

 

  • Sensory Story Time with Caroline will take place in the Seaside Room from 1:30-3:00pm for Derian families.

 

TUESDAY 25th

 

  • Individual sessions of Music Therapy with Martha will be taking place in The Snug from 3.00-5.00pm this afternoon.

 

  • Derian Play Group will take place in the Seaside Room from 10:00-12:00 for our 0-5 year olds and their families.

 

WEDNESDAY 26th

 

  • Join our music teacher Rachel Toner in from 11am for a sing-a-long in The Snug.

 

  • The QSI Sub-Committee will take place virtually this morning.

 

  • The first spade will be put in the ground at Green Hills, Blackburn, for a ceremony celebrating the start of the Great Big House Giveaway house being built. Freddie Hewitt and his family will be coming along to officially mark the start of the build and be interviewed by ITV Granada Reports.

 

THURSDAY 27th

 

  • Our Patron, Kiki DeVille, will be on site to start planning The Keepsake Circle 2022.

 

  • Everyone’s favourite Pets as Therapy dog, Shuna, will be arriving at Derian with her human Linda for their weekly visit.

 

FRIDAY 28th

 

  • Mick Croskery (Fundraising Manager) is off to Walney Island to visit our 75-year-old super-grandad Ralph White who’s been walking two miles a day for the past 10 days to mark 10 years of living with cancer… just 10 days after being discharged from the Christie Hospital following major surgery. He’s raised over £3,000 for us and was even featured on BBC’s North West Tonight last week.

 

ANY OTHER BUSINESS

 

  • It’s the final week of our January SALE across all five of our stores in Chorley, Preston, Blackburn, Leyland and Horwich, as well as our online store, with up to 75% off every single item!

 

  • January is Make a Will Month, so visit our Intranet article for how you can use our free Will facility to write your Will and support Derian House in the process.

 

  • If you would like to share with the rest of Derian what your department is up to in the next 7 days, please send an email to cameron.murray@derianhouse.co.uk before Thursday the week before.

 

Have a great week everyone 🙂