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Diverse Leicester

• Improved self identity
• Improved citizenship
• Improved confidence
• Improved self esteem
• Greater knowledge of heritage and its importance
• Members able to express their opinions more clearly
• Acknowledgement of members opinions and achievements by the wider world
• Empowerment
• Improved reading skills
• Greater knowledge about the internet and how can it be used for research
• Improved knowledge of computer skills
• Improved problem solving
• Better understanding of different cultures
• Improve and develop team work skills
• Greater abilities to negotiate
• Improvements in making decisions
• Recognising their ability to be able to learn something new
• Gaining knowledge of their heritage
• Becoming more connected to their place in the world
• Promote better physical health
• Increased motivation
• Social skills
• Confidence to communicate

Art & Culture

• Increased confidence with own abilities
• Improved ability to use art as a form of self expression
• Learning new skills
• Recognition of own skills
• Concentration
• Problem solving
• Better understanding of the way different materials can be used
• Improved fine motor neurone skills
• Relaxation
• Socialising
• More conversation between members
• Sharing of skills and knowledge
• Improved dignity
• Displays for the whole Centre
• Learn how to research
• Learn how to adapt ideas
• Improved motivation
• Improved levels of independence to have a go or visit places
• Better understanding about how to plan, practice and do drafts
• Improved physical health
• Better understanding of the positive aspects of diversity

Walk & Talk

• Improved physical health
• Improved mental health
• Develop & improve communications skills
• Improved co ordination
• Motivation to do more exercise
• Positive experience that encourages motivation
• Understanding why exercise is important to our health
• Understanding what happens to us when we exercise

Knit & Stitch

• Recognition that we can all learn a new skill
• Recognition we can relearn and improve our skills
• Improved communication skills
• Building relationships and trust
• Working in a methodical way
• Problem solving in groups and individually
• Improved patience
• Reduced stress levels and increased calmness
• Positive experience that encourages the individual to return and try other new things
• Improved confidence
• Motivation
• Learning everyday stitches helpful to mending clothes
• Increase independence to do tasks with very little help

Advanced Exercise

• Improved physical health
• Improved mental health
• Improved co ordination
• Motivation to do more exercise
• Positive experience that encourages motivation
• Learning new ways to exercise
• Understanding exercise is not all about ‘running marathons’
• Understanding why exercise is important to our health
• Understanding what happens to us when we exercise
• Better communication skills
• Relationship building
• Improved working in a team skills

Womens Group

• Improved confidence
• Improve & develop relationship skills
• Improve & develop communication skills
• Improved physical health
• Improved mental health
• Learn new ways how to stay healthy
• Improve and develop team work skills
• Greater abilities to negotiate
• Improved self esteem

Confidence Building

• Improved confidence
• Improve & develop relationship skills
• Improve & develop communication skills
• Improved physical health
• Improved mental health
• Improve and develop team work skills
• Learn tools to help combat stress, anxiety and depression
• Greater abilities to negotiate
• Improved self esteem

Basic Fitness

• Improved physical health
• Improved mental health
• Improved co ordination
• Motivation to do more exercise
• Positive experience that encourages motivation
• Learning new ways to exercise
• Understanding exercise is not all about ‘running a marathon’
• Understanding why exercise is important to our health
• Understanding what happens to us when we exercise

Basic Cooking

• Knowledge on cooking, baking cakes and puddings
• Confidence to have a go
• Better understanding how to work a gas cooker
• Knowledge of using various utensils and electrical equipment
• Better understanding of why we have and how to maintain hygiene in a kitchen
• Better understanding of how to stay safe in a kitchen
• Using knives safely to chop
• Understanding things do not always turn out how we plan and that it is okay
• Patience
• Improved numerical skills
• Improved knowledge of how we can use technology to research recipes and for demonstrations of how to cook and bake

Independent Living Workshops

• Improve confidence and self esteem
• Improve and develop skills required to live a more independent life
• Learning the skills needed to maintain their own accommodation
• Learning more about how to manage finances and basic number skills
• Learning more about official letters and how to respond
• Learning about safety in the home
• Improvements in making decisions
• Better time management

Music Therapy

• Confidence in using their voices
• Improved awareness and understanding of others needs
• Improved listening skills
• Improved constructive evaluation of own and others singing
• Improved confidence
• Enjoyment
• Recognition of members performance
• Improved concentration and focus
• Recognising we can all learn a new skill
• Learning or relearning a skill
• Positive experiences that improve motivation
• Improved coordination

Living with Technology

• Increased knowledge of technology
• Improved skills in operating a pc
• Improved confidence with technology
• Improved concentration and focus
• Motivation to find out more and increase skills
• Improved hand, eye coordination
• Improved confidence to communicate
• Better knowledge of how technology can be used
• Better knowledge of how to connect different types of technology
• Information on how to safe with technology
• Better knowledge of how technology works
• Understanding what to do when something goes wrong

Mens Group

• Improved confidence
• Improve & develop relationship skills
• Improve & develop communication skills
• Improved physical health
• Improved mental health
• Learn new about how to stay healthy
• Improve and develop team work skills
• Greater abilities to negotiate
• Improved self esteem

Baking

• Knowledge on baking cakes and puddings
• Confidence to have a go
• Better understanding how to work a gas cooker
• Knowledge of using various utensils and electrical equipment
• Better understanding of why we have and how to maintain hygiene in a kitchen
• Better understanding of how to stay safe in a kitchen
• Using knives safely to chop
• Understanding things do not always turn out how we plan and that it is okay
• Patience
• Improved numerical skills
• Improved knowledge of how we can use technology to research recipes and for demonstrations on how to cook and bake