What It Means to Be Comfortable in Your Own Skin — Chateau Cherie

No matter who you are regardless of ability we must strive to seek out the ‘real’ me in us all.
Cherie

To become comfortable in your own skin, it takes several years and plenty of life lessons and experiences. It takes being knocked down enough times by enough people before you can finally say, enough is enough and choose to be happy. And when we choose to be happy, despite our imperfections and what others think […]
What It Means to Be Comfortable in Your Own Skin — Chateau Cherie

Extending support to our Volunteer Online Chum Mentors

Today we discovered we had been awarded support from the Coronavirus Community Support Fund (National Lottery Community Fund) made possible from Government. Increasing help to our Digital Befrienders is critical towards enabling our beneficiaries to overcome the barriers that thwart getting online, especially in the present climate where many socially essential services are only accessible online in order to accommodate the new working practices. Many older and disabled residents experience digital poverty, lack confidence or do not have basic digital skills to maintain their independence in the home. Our Digital Befrienders are there to help guide and facilitate individuals to adopt a take control attitude while acting as a listening post. There overall aim is to ensure you feel safe and secure online, while creating traditional community connections to tackle social isolation. You can find out about mentoring on our community website: https://www.parkviewprojectne.com/online-chums

If you live in North Tyneside, UK and you feel you can offer people digital support then get in touch with us.

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This is one of my favourite actors he’s called Lee Mack. I think he’s really funny in Not Going Out and Would I Lie To You. I think he’s really good and just so funny.

North Tyneside Disability Forum Newsletter September 2020

Here is our community partner newsletter featuring some important local updates for residents of North Tyneside.

The Intercity Express (commonly known as ICE

The Intercity Express (commonly known as ICE (German pronunciation: [iːtseːˈʔeː])) is a system of high-speed trains predominantly running in Germany. It also serves some destinations in Austria, Denmark, France, Belgium, Switzerland and the Netherlands mostly as part of cross border services. It is the highest service category of rail and the flagship train of the German state railway, Deutsche Bahn. There are currently 259 trainsets in use. ICE trains are the highest category (Class A) trains in the fare system of the Deutsche Bahn. Their fares are not calculated on a fixed per-kilometre table as with other trains, but instead have fixed prices for station-to-station connections, levied on the grounds that the ICE trains have a higher level of comfort. Travelling at speeds up to 320 km/h (200 mph), they are tailored for business travellers or long-distance commuters and are marketed by Deutsche Bahn as an alternative to flights.Intercity Express

Apart from domestic use, the trains can also be seen in countries neighbouring Germany. There are, for example, ICE 1 lines to Basel and Zurich. ICE 3 trains also run to Liège and Brussels and at lower speeds to Amsterdam. On 10 June 2007, a new line between Paris and Frankfurt/Stuttgart was opened, jointly operated by ICE and TGV trains. ICE trains to London via the Channel Tunnel were planned for 2018, however DB has stated it is awaiting new class 407 rolling stock before it can run the route. DB received its certificate to run trains through the tunnel in June 2013.^[3]^[4] While ICE 3M trains operate the Paris-Frankfurt service (with the exception of trains 9553/9552, which operate with TGV Duplex equipment and are cross-crewed with both SNCF and DB staff), SNCF’s TGV runs from Paris to Munich (via Stuttgart), with mixed crews on both trains.^[5]^[6] German and Austrian ICE T trains run to Vienna. On 9 December 2007, the ICE TD was introduced on the service from Berlin via Hamburg to the Danish cities of Aarhus and Copenhagen. The ICE service between Copenhagen and Berlin was replaced by Danish IC3 trains on 2 October 2017. The stated reason was a much higher cost of the ICE trains compared to the IC3 trains. ICE service will likely resume when the tunnel beneath the Fehmarn Belt between Denmark and Germany is complete around 2029.

The Spanish railway operator RENFE also employs trains based on the ICE 3 (Siemens Velaro) called AVE Class 103 which are certified to run at speeds up to 350 km/h (220 mph). Wider versions were ordered by China for the Beijing–Tianjin intercity railway link (CRH 3) and by Russia for the Moscow–Saint Petersburg and Moscow–Nizhny Novgorod routes (Velaro RUS).

This blog was made by Simon Schofield

The Strongest, Bravest, and Purest Souls on Earth: The Mentally and Intellectually Disabled. — Chateau Cherie

Acknowledging people with Learning Disabilities is vital to understand how communities work. We all have a role to play!
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If you’re from my generation, I’m sure you remember the series from the early ’90s, “Life Goes On.” And if you remember this television series, then you automatically think of Corky Thatcher, the mentally challenged middle child of the Thatcher family, played by Chris Burke. He, in real life, has Down’s Syndrome. I’m not writing […]
The Strongest, Bravest, and Purest Souls on Earth: The Mentally and Intellectually Disabled. — Chateau Cherie

The Shakespeare £2 coins have been released into circulation…

It’s been confirmed that the Shakespeare £2 coins have been released into circulation, and this is your chance to find one… or all three!

After the exciting news last month that the Peter Rabbit 50ps had been released into circulation in certain parts of England, it seems to be happening again.

Getting your hands on a brand new coin is an achievement, and we’re certain these Shakespeare £2 coins will be just as popular as the Beatrix Potter 50p’s, so it’s best to be quick.

To mark the 400^th anniversary of the most influential literary figure in British history, three £2 coins have been released to honour the work of William Shakespeare.

The brand new Shakespeare £2 coins have been amongst the favourites of the coins due for release in 2016 and when the designs were revealed back in November, the Skull design received a lot of attention, not just from collectors.

The three different £2 coins honour Shakespeare’s tragedies, comedies and historical works and have been released into circulation just in time for the 400^th anniversary of his death on the 23^nd April 2016.

The coins have gone into the tills at the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon where Hamlet is currently being performed.

Stratford-upon-Avon was where William Shakespeare spent the beginning and end of his life. It is where he was born and bought up, and it also appears it is the place in which he spent the last three years in retirement, with his wife and three children before he died in 1616.

The coins pay tribute to each of Shakespeare’s major genres and the reverse designs take inspiration from his most famous plays, including Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Macbeth.

This blog was made by Simon Schofield

History of the United Kingdom during the First World War

Great Britain was a leading Allied Power during the First World War of 1914–1918, fighting against the Central Powers, especially Germany. The armed forces were greatly expanded and reorganised—the war marked the founding of the Royal Air Force. The highly controversial introduction, in January 1916, of conscription for the first time in British history followed the raising of the largest all-volunteer army in history, known as Kitchener’s Army, of more than 2,000,000 men. The outbreak of war was a socially unifying event. Enthusiasm was widespread in 1914, and was similar to that across Europe.