Liberdade Community Development Trust

22/11/2023

This term Health & Wellbeing are focusing on their Basketball skills 🏀
We have been working on our dribbling, shooting and defence skills. Just look at those actions shots 📸🔥
Look out NBA, we’ll see you on the court!

07/11/2023

Our Alexandra had her first shift in the cafe today 🙌🏻
You can read all about it below…

Meet Alexandra!

Today is her first day behind our cafe as the first person taken on to our new Work Placement Programme for young people with additional needs that we are embedding as part of our front of house and cafe bar offer.

Over the next few weeks on Tuesday afternoon, Alexandra will be learning valuable skills as part of our front of house team, working closely with our Work Placement facilitator Kirsty.

We’re very excited to have her part of the team.

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27/10/2023

Whooosh! Just like that another Liberdade term is ticked off ✅

We have been back in our sparkling newly refurbished theatre Gosforth Civic Theatre and in true Liberdade fashion we are full of busy!

Rehearsals are well under way for our big Freedom Moving show on Friday 8th December!

Health and Wellbeing took on volleyball, rode 10km in the gym and learnt cookery and mathematics skills on the Digital Voice Nourish Food School Recipe4Success programme.

The Twisting Ducks Theatre Company joined GCT Collective for a skills sharing workshop.
Heather is back teaching young people Dance Outreach sessions in local SEND schools and colleges.
We linked up with Project Art Works exciting residential takeover at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art and took part in 'Come on Down' festival with Headway Arts.

We need a lie down! See you all next term…

19/10/2023

We have are having the best time learning how to make tasty new food recipes with Joanna from Nourish Food School👨‍🍳

Yesterday, we also took a trip to the local supermarket to learn how much our recipes cost to make from scratch and how to shop on a budget.
Thank you Digital Voice!

04/10/2023

Our Health and Wellbeing group started their four week cookery sessions with Nourish Food School today.
First up is a delicious Tomato and Basil soup and we even made our own soda bread!

This opportunity is thanks to Digital Voice and their Recipe4Success course funded by North of Tyne Combined Authority

28/09/2023

Over the last couple of months we have had the pleasure of being part of the workshops put together by Project Art Works.

Their "exhibition increasing the visibility and presence of neurodivergent artists in contemporary art" is currently on show at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art.

It is completely free to view the exhibition, so pop down and take a look for yourself 🎨🎨

Project Art Works present Residential, an exhibition developed in collaboration with Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead.Following a year-long project of awareness raising and relationship building in the North East of England with Baltic, neu

20/09/2023

𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝?

We are looking for a number of people to join our Board as new trustees as we embark on an exciting time with the re-opening of our newly developed building, Gosforth Civic Theatre.

We are looking for people who can strengthen our Board and enable us to fully realise our plans for the future and that our Board more fully reflects the diversity of the community we are based in and the wider communities we work with.

We are looking to recruit trustees with one or some of the following skills, knowledge and experience:

Lived Experience - We are looking for people with lived experience of; being a parent or a carer of someone with a learning disability; being a person of the Global Majority (someone disadvantaged by systemic racism); or have been disadvantaged by disability discrimination.

Facilities Management (arts/hospitality) – Although we have good skills within our staff team we would like to find a trustee who can bring facilities management skills to the board.

Youth Work/ Young People – We will be focusing more on work with young people and youth groups and would welcome someone with skills and connections in this area of work.

Community Fundraising Events - To bring skills, knowledge and connections to help us develop communityfundraising campaigns.

HR – To support the senior staff team with looking over and advising on HR policies and procedures

Find out more
https://www.gosforthcivictheatre.co.uk/post/become-a-trustee-of-gosforth-civic-theatre

13/09/2023

We had such a great day yesterday with The Twisting Ducks Theatre Company "Game Over" workshop. Thank you for inviting us to be part of it.

12/09/2023

THEY DID IT! 💪🏻🔥

Kelly and Heather smashed the Great North Run on Sunday. We are so proud of them both. Shout out to The Greener boys too!

Thank you soooo much to everyone who sponsored them. You raised an amazing £1004 for Liberdade!

09/09/2023

Howay the lads and lasses! 🏃🏼🏃🏼‍♀️
Good luck to everyone running tomorrow. If you see one of our team running give them a wave and a cheer 👋🏻

Thank you so much to everyone who has sponsored us so far. Your support is amazing!

https://greatnorthrun2023.enthuse.com/pf/lcdtgct

06/09/2023

It’s September which means one thing…
We are back!
And we are back in our theatre! 🙌🏻🙌🏻

We are so happy to be back home in GCT. Ed is back watering the plants like he’s never been away 🪴

03/09/2023

🏃‍♂️ONLY ONE WEEK TO GO! 🏃‍♂️

This time next week Kelly, Heather, Kev, Rhys, Paul and Steve will be getting ready to start the Great North Run. Final prep is under way!

Thank you to everyone who has sponsored them so far.
If you would like to sponsor them, hit the link!

https://greatnorthrun2023.enthuse.com/pf/lcdtgct

28/08/2023

A couple of months ago we took part in the 5K Color Obstacle Rush.
Well, that was just the warm up!

In just under two weeks time, Heather and Kelly, along with Kev, Rhys, Paul and Steve are taking on the worlds biggests half marathon, the Great North Run! 💪🏻💪🏻

If you would like to sponsor them - follow the link below where you can also leave messages of support! Thank you 💛

https://greatnorthrun2023.enthuse.com/pf/lcdtgct

Keep an eye on our socials to see how their training is going.

27/08/2023

You may have heard… Gosforth Civic Theatre is back!

It was wonderful to be back performing in our theatre again.
Thank you to everyone who came down to support us this weekend.

It’s soooo good to be back! 🙌🏻

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24/08/2023

We are beyond excited to get Gosforth Civic Theatre back open again this weekend!
Our Company Members will be performing on Saturday.

Come say hi and have a look at our makeover! 👋🏻🤩

11/08/2023

How it started vs how it’s going…

Gosforth Civic Theatre

The countdown is on - 25.08.23 ⏳

01/08/2023

Barbie mania has hit Liberdade!

You just know we weren’t going to miss an opportunity to strike a pose! 😎💞

28/07/2023

It's the end of a Liberdade year once more!

What a year we have had! Thank you to everyone we have worked with -
Rendez-Vous dance, Mathieu Geffré-Gardiner, Tyneside Badminton Centre, The Marley Gym, Claire Whittaker - Personal Trainer, The Modern Yoga, TIN Arts, Dance City, Newcastle Vikings Handball Club, One Dance UK, NUCASTLE, Newcastle Futsal, Digital Voice, Nourish Food School, Project Art Works, Coquet Trust.

Thank you to all the schools and colleges we have worked with through our Outreach classes and our health and fitness tour!
Westgate College, Hilltop School, Gateshead College, Barbara Priestman Academy, Thomas Bewick, Hexham Priory School, Collingwood School and Media Arts College, Journey Enterprises, Tyne Metropolitan College and Hadrian school Pool.

Have a great summer and see you all in September back at Gosforth Civic Theatre!

21/07/2023

What a busy busy week!

On Tuesday Rob, Kelly, Ed, Ozzy and Phil were invited to 10 Downing Street and had a dance class with the National Theatre!
Our Dade group took part in their third cookery session with Nourish Food School, Tomato soup and garlic flatbreads were on the menu.

All week we linked up with Project Art Works for an upcoming exhibition coming in September by and about Neurodivergent people Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art.

Finishing off on Friday night with our Youth Dance group performing at Dance City for One Dance UK U.Dance National Festival!

21/07/2023

Our Youth Dance group are so excited to be performing at U.Dance National Festival tonight!

19/07/2023

So, this happened yesterday! 😲
Such a privilege to be invited to 10 Downing Street by National Theatre.

Yesterday we had the privilege to be at 10 Downing Street thanks to a special invite from National Theatre, who were celebrating their 60th birthday!

Our CEO Rob, Deputy CEO Kelly and three of our original Company Members (Ed, Phil and Ozzy) who started it all with Liberdade 20 years go this year, travelled down yesterday and were treated to a sneak peek of new work and shown the impact National Theatre make.

It was an amazing and inspirational day! Thanks so much for having us.

18/07/2023

A very Happy Birthday to the man, the myth, the legend - Steady Eddy!

You’ll all know Ed. You’ll see him working in the Gosforth Civic Theatre cafe, performing in our shows, keeping Donna and Steph right at Health & Wellbeing and running the show at our beer festival.
He’s an original company member, joining us 20 years ago!
Long story short, he’s a Liberdade & GCT hero!

15/07/2023

Look! 👀
Who’s that behind our fancy new bar?
It’s only our Company Members! 👋🏻👋🏻

They popped down to Gosforth Civic Theatre yesterday to see how things are getting on. On Thursday night the lovely Abbie Finn Music played our first gig this year!
Thank you to everyone who came down to see the work so far, it was amazing to see some familiar faces.
Is it August yet? 🔜

09/07/2023

Last weekend we were invited by TIN Arts to perform at Best Foot Forward at Gala Durham. Thank you for having us!

07/07/2023

Liberdade Company Members take Cumbria!
🌳🪵🧘‍♀️🥾

04/07/2023

Today we welcomed Digital Voice and Nourish Food School for our first cookery session.
On the menu this week is Tomato and Vegetable Tagliatelle. Just look how delicious it looks! 😍🤤

Throughout July we are taking part in the Recipe for Success Project. Have a little read below to learn more about it!

https://www.digitalvoice.org.uk/news/recipe-for-success-why-were-going-back-for-seconds-and-thirds?fbclid=IwAR0cgsP5D2ahtINnmh3mAmWefxDeNZSAsqvp4L0yMLuyOOLz87MrI6lqlRU

16/06/2023

A HUUUGE THANK YOU to everyone who sponsored us for the Color Obstacle Rush UK. We had an absolute blast, even if we did spend half the course on the floor! 🤦‍♀️
A big shout out to our cheerleading team for providing half way ice cream 🤣🍦

15/06/2023

U.Dance (One Dance UK) WE’RE BAAAACK!

Our triumphant winners from last year - Liberdade Youth Dance will be performing at the U.Dance National Festival 2023 next month!

We are so unbelievably proud of this group and cannot wait to be back on stage soon! 🙌🏻🙌🏻

12/06/2023

This term Health and Wellbeing are taking on football!
Over the last two weeks they have been mastering their dribbling skills. Premier League defenders don't stand a chance against this lot 💪🏻😎😉

10/06/2023

It’s Colour Run Day! Color Obstacle Rush UK 💪🏻🙌🏻

Thank you to everyone who has sponsored us so far!

If you would like to sponsor us, hit this link - https://wonderful.org/pay?ref=1163955&utm_source=Donation%2BPage

This lovely and slightly silly bunch are taking part in Color Obstacle Rush UK at Newcastle Racecourse this Saturday.
Thank you to everyone who has sponsored us so far. Here's a little sponsor link reminder - https://wonderful.org/pay?ref=1163955&utm_source=Donation+Page

P.S. Despite how it looks, they have not completed the 5K already, they had to have a little practice throwing the paint at each other 🤣🤪

08/06/2023

This lovely and slightly silly bunch are taking part in Color Obstacle Rush UK at Newcastle Racecourse this Saturday.
Thank you to everyone who has sponsored us so far. Here's a little sponsor link reminder - https://wonderful.org/pay?ref=1163955&utm_source=Donation+Page

P.S. Despite how it looks, they have not completed the 5K already, they had to have a little practice throwing the paint at each other 🤣🤪

06/06/2023

“Aw was that not it?”

Noooo Steph! Not quite!

This Saturday, Kelly, Donna, Heather, Steph and Ed are taking part in a 5K Colour Obstacle Rush course at Gosforth Park Racecourse.

We are raising money for Liberdade, if you would like to sponsor us, follow the link below. Thank you!
Keep an eye out for updates at the weekend and if you’re there, come say hi to us 👋🏻

https://wonderful.org/pay?ref=1163955&utm_source=Donation%2BPage

26/05/2023

Our theatre might be closed but we are still bringing Liberdade joy to the community!

Over the last few weeks we’ve been weeding, we’ve been mowing, we’ve been shovelling, we’ve been digging, we’ve been cutting trees and just look at the transformation! 🌿

We christened the court at Fawdon Community Centre this week with a friendly game of kick rounders. We won’t talk about Steph & Nicky both kicking the ball out of the court and losing it 🤦‍♀️

24/05/2023

A very happy happy birthday to one of our Company Members, James 🎉
He hit the big 4-0 on Friday but we think he doesn’t look a day over 21 😉

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAMES!🎈🥳

15/05/2023

Dust of those trainers, dig out the basketballs and grab the tennis rackets because…
HEALTH AND WELLBEING IS BACK!

Donna & Steph have missed you! 🙌🏻👟🏀🎾🎉

12/05/2023

📣 ALERT! 📣

A little theatre update…
We’re getting there! We cannot wait to be back in our theatre soon 🤞🏻🤞🏻

05/05/2023

𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠!

Liberdade run courses and classes for young people and adults who have a learning disability or who are autistic.

Our arts and health activities can form part of a learners study programme offering valuable additionality to post 16 SEN students. They can also be an alternative to social and further education provision for learners leaving college.

We raise everyone's expectations about what people with learning disabilities achieve through our our arts and health programmes and provide opportunities to perform and training, volunteering and work opportunities in our cafe and at events at Gosforth Civic Theatre.

People come to Liberdade to work, learn and perform, but mostly, to belong.

Find out more and contact us for more information at liberdade.co.uk.

03/05/2023

We absolutely loved performing at Coquet Trust awards night last week. It has been soooo long since our Company Members last performed.
We love showing off what we can do! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

28/04/2023

Phew! What a week... We've had a busy old time this week working with new people, making new connections and telling people about the work we do.

On Monday we had a great healthy eating session with our GCT chef Dyonne who gave our H&W group some brilliant healthy breakfast alternatives.

Tuesday saw our Dade group head to Tyne Metropolitan College to perform and deliver a workshop to two classes of young people with learning disabilities.

On Wednesday, our outreach coordinator Heather was at Hexham Priory School working with a group of 16 year old SEND students around chance choreography and exploring bodies and movement.

Thursday was packed full of great stuff! In the morning some of our groups played football at Newcastle United Foundation with Ability Sports, then on Thursday afternoons our Dance Development Students are working with Heather and Gateshead College students to choreograph a piece of their end of term performance and staff conference.

On the evening our Company Members made a special appearance at Coquet Trust's Star Awards night with a performance!

And today they were at ESPA College in Kenton performing a special presentation to a group of Students, showing what makes Liberdade special and the types of classes and groups they can join after college.

It's been so good building relationships and getting out and about.

Remember if you have any questions or want to know more about what we do, head to liberdade.co.uk or drop an email to [email protected].

26/04/2023

Dade hit the road again yesterday on our 'Far Far Away' tour to Tynemet College.

The group have been delivering their health and fitness workshop to schools and colleges around the North East 🏐💪🍎

Get in touch if your school would like us to visit and learn some new, fun and exciting ways to get fit and be healthy!