We are SO getting there

I can hardly wait to get up to Scarborough to see the the gardens at Stepney Hill Farm. The progress has been absolutely amazing. And I simply have to thank Yorkshire Coast Homes, Jewsons, and HESCO who have come up with the goods and how. I really really do hope that these companies realise what a massive difference they are making and how we are so incredibly grateful. How about these for some raised beds?! We are going to have such a celebration when this work is completed - see below.....

Dance Day UK launch

Well despite the weather forecast, which had been dire, Scarborough sort of put out the bunting - well at least it did not rain although it threatened it. But most importantly we all had a great time.

Matt Flint did us proud. After Mayor Andrew Backhouse with Mayoress Sue Backhouse opened proceedings, events were kicked off to a lively start with Jonathan Blazer teaching some Zumba to the fabulous young dancers who turned up from Stage Coach and Dance Warehouse....... I so wish I was not so old and crook! Then it was Matt's turn who coaxed, inspired and bribed us into well, almost strutting our stuff......

Miracle worker

How can I ever thank Phil, and M J Builders for doing this work? It is such a massive step for us in creating gardens for the Veterans and for us to run our occupational therapy programmes from. A heartfelt thank you.

A nearly blank canvas.....

A massive thank you to Phil the miracle worker on the digger - what a day's work and on a Bank Holiday.... thank you so much....

Now we only have to get rid of the pig pen, remove that interior fence, build a bund, paths, fencing.... but oh the joy of seeing soil!! Thank you guys.

The gardens......

At last..... and thanks to the massive perseverance of Gill Taylor, Viki Bayes, Andy Scholes, with the assistance of Yorkshire Coast Homes, and Jewsons (how can we ever, ever thank you enough) the work has started on the gardens at Stepney Hill Farm. And just in case he thought I had forgotten, none of this would have been possible without Ashley Tyson whose willingness combined with Gill's vision this is. A picture conveys more than one thousand words, so here they are.... the bottom garden before the digger gets to work........

Scraping the bottom garden:

The top paddock before work starts with the digger......

What a difference!

We are open for business

What a great day! We have opened our first FirstLight charity shop in Scarborough, at 63 Newborough on one of the main roads down to the front. Tra and Terry Kennedy have just about worked all the hours that are possible to work in the last few weeks to get us up and running. And what a fantastic day we had; we had the mayor elect and his wife to open the shop; Yorkshire Coast radio running pieces in the news and The Scarborough taking pictures... and we had a fantastic day with a packed shop .

This is the Dance Day UK team who put the video together.... So many many thanks to you guys. Let's hope the whole event goes viral......