MONDAYS
Choir: 10.30am – 12pm, cost £5.
7th April 2025
Knit and Natter: Fortnightly, 1pm-3pm. BSL Interpreter available, free entry.
7th and 21st April 2025
Lip Reading Class (advanced): Fortnightly, 10.30am-12.30pm, free entry.
14th and 28th April 2025
Lip Reading Class (beginners): Fortnightly, 1.00pm-3.00pm, free entry.
14th and 28th April 2025
Lip Reading Peer Support: Fortnightly, 11am-1pm, free entry.
14th and 28th April 2025
Talk & Sign Social Group: 3rd Monday of the month, 7pm – 9pm. Deaf/HoH Social Group. Cost – £2. Visit FVSC Talk and Sign.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/563620681215344/ for more information.
Voices Off (held in the Centre and delivered in partnership with Falkirk Sensory Team): Weekly, 6.30pm – 7.30pm. Open to all. Conversational
British Sign Language class. Beginners welcome, free entry.
21st and 28th April 2025
TUESDAYS
Book Group: 3rd Tuesday of every month, 10.30am-11.30am. Hybrid in-person/online. Audiobooks and print, free entry.
15th April 2025
Clacks Club: Last Tuesday of every month at Alloa Community Hub. 2pm-3.30pm, free entry.
29th April 2025
Cookery Classes: Three week blocks with David Black. 11am-1pm.
Register interest now, free entry.
Craft Group (mental health and wellbeing group): weekly, 2pm-4pm. Bring your own crafting and come along for a chat, free entry.
1st , 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th
IT Class: weekly, term time, 1pm-3pm and 3pm-5pm, All welcome, cost £5.
1st, 8th, 15th and 29th April 2025
Stirling Group: 2nd Tuesday of every month at Bellfield Centre. 11am-1pm. Social group, new members welcome. Transport available, cost £2
8th April 2025 – on location
Voices Off (Stirling): Information to follow
Register your interest by contacting our Wellbeing and Activities Coordinator, Caroline, by phone on 01324 590888 or by email at CarolineNisbet@forthvalleysensorycentre.org
WEDNESDAYS
Art and Craft Group: fortnightly,
10.30am-12.30pm and 1.15pm-3.15pm. Tutor led class. Cost £5.
2nd, 16th and 30th April 2025
Falkirk Deaf Club: weekly 12.30pm-2.30pm. £3 entry, £5 for Bingo.
2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th April 2025
History Group: 2nd Wednesday of every month, 10.30am-12pm. Interpreter provided, free entry.
9th April 2025 – on location
Lip Reading Class (online): fortnightly 7pm-9pm, free entry.
2nd (pre recorded video), 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th April 2025
Parent & Carers Peer Support Group: free peer support for parents of Deaf/Hard of Hearing Children, last Wednesday of each month.
Please visit Facebook @FV Sensory
Slimming world: Weekly 5.30pm-7.30pm, all welcome.
2nd , 9th ,16th, 23rd and 30th April 2025
Voices Off (Elim Church – Alloa): weekly 6.30pm-7.30pm. Open to all, free entry.
2nd, 23rd and 30th April 2025
THURSDAYS
Braille Class: weekly, term time. 10am-12pm. College class, free entry.
3rd and 24th April 2025
Voices Off (FVSC): weekly, 10.30am-12pm. Open to all, beginners welcome, free entry.
3rd, 10th, 17th and 24th April 2025
IT Class: weekly, term time. 1pm-3pm. College Class, free entry.
3rd, 10th and 24th April 2025
Macular Society Social Group:
Last Thursday of the month. 1.30pm-3.30pm. Contact Iona on mobile 07517 543998, if you would like to attend.
24th April 2025
FRIDAYS
Braveheart Walk: weekly, departs from the Sensory Garden at 11.30am. All welcome, Sighted Guides available, free entry.
4th, 11th 18th and 25th April 2025
Falkirk Deaf Club: weekly, 7pm-10pm.
4th, 11th 18th and 25th April 2025
IT Class: weekly, term time, 11am – 1pm. One to one support. All welcome, cost £5.
4th, 11th and 18th April 2025
IT Class: weekly, term time, 1pm-3pm. All welcome, cost £5.
4th, 11th and 18th April 2025
For information about activities for young people impacted by Sensory loss, please contact
melissacondie@forthvalleysensorycentre.org
SATURDAYS
Lego Group: 26th April 10am-12noon. Cost £5 (includes refreshments). Please note that our Family Day for Hearing Loss is taking place at the same time so the car park will be busier than usual.
This month we introduce you to Laura, Forth Valley Sensory Centre Sight Loss Ambassador
If you won a million pounds, what would you spend the money on?
I would go on lots of holidays, definitely to Australia and Hawaii. I think I would probably buy a holiday cottage somewhere in the north of Scotland, as we love going there for weekends away.
Invite a dinner guest, alive or not – who would it be and why?
I would like to invite 2 if that’s OK. I would invite my Dad’s Mum, she would have been my Nanna but she died in her 40s, before I was born.
I have heard many stories about her and would have loved to have known her. She loved Elvis and I like his music too, so I’d invite him too and think it would be a nice wee dinner party.
Cat or Dog?
No surprises here, I prefer dogs! I have always loved dogs. I am a proud Guide Dog owner and Sadie is my third Guide Dog after Pixie and then Rolo. I have had quite the collection a Lab/Retriever, then a Golden Retriever and now a Black Lab.
If you could instantly become an expert in something, what would it be?
Dress making, so I could design and make my own clothes.
Science or Science Fiction?
Science, I’m not really in to Sci-Fi.
Growing up, I wanted to be….
I think the first thing I ever wanted to be was a dancer on the Generation Game! Lol!
Sporting legend?
It has to be Sir Chris Hoy. An amazing cyclist, a lovely man and a hero.
In January’s What’s On, we introduced you to David, who is the Forth Valley Sensory Centre Cook and is responsible for preparing fresh soup and tasty specials every day.
This month, David delights us with his own recipe for Carrot Cake.
DAVID’S RECIPE for CARROT CAKE
Ingredients (8 generous slices)
One (1) cup of plain flour.
One (1) cup of Caster Sugar
Four (4) carrots.
Two (2) eggs.
Half cup of olive or (sunflower oil).
Half teaspoon (one sachet) – bicarbonate of soda.
Half teaspoon (one sachet) – baking powder.
One teaspoon of cinnamon powder.
Equipment
One (1) 2lb loaf pan (or medium cake tin).
One (1) box or hand grater.
One (1) wooden spoon.
One (1) mixing bowl.
One (1) cup to measure ingredients.
One (1) teaspoon.
Baking paper to line loaf pan/cake tin.
Pre heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
Line the loaf tin with baking paper or with a coating of margarine.
Peel and remove tops from carrots, grate each carrot and place in mixing bowl. Too the mixing bowl
Add cup of plain flour.
Add cup of caster sugar.
Add cup and half of grated carrot.
Add 2 eggs.
Add half cup of Olive (Sunflower) oil.
Add half teaspoon (or sachet) of baking powder.
Add half teaspoon (or sachet) of bicarbonate of soda.
Add one teaspoon of Cinnamon powder.
Mix all ingredients together until consistency is gloopy. Pour mixture in to loaf (cake) tin, leave in oven for approximately 45 – 50 minutes. Check cake occasionally, test centre of cake with temperature probe or knife to ensure centre of cake is baked (probe/knife should have no wet cake mix residue), cake should by dry in the centre.
Leave to cool for 15 minutes, then remove cake from tin.
Enjoy slightly warm with a cup of tea, custard or ice cream (optional extras)
ENJOY!
Forth Valley Sensory Centre Events
Wednesday 2nd April 2025: 1-1 Home Service Consultation
Friday 11th April: Easter Egg Hunt (book ticket to avoid disappointment)
Saturday 26th April: Family Day – Hearing Loss
If you would like to know more about any of the events mentioned above, please call us on
01324 590888, email a at sensory@forthvalleysensorycentre.org
Text/WhatsApp: 07341 560709
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