Get Sorted ACL sessions.

Get Sorted do regular work with Adult and Community Learners. Paul Hopewell is a particpant.

Paul Hopewell started attending Get Sorted's ACL sessions over a year ago, and has been learning DJ-ing and MC-ing skills as well as learning how to use the REASON recording programme and about music technology in general... although "I'd still like to learn more" says he!

Paul is one of 8 people who have been coming to Get Sorted, all studying the same thing and all have becoming good friends since. As Paul says, the ACL sessions are not all about learning, they are about "building a good group dynamic".

About his plans for the future, while he would like to perform, he says he'd prefer to produce and 'work behind the scenes'. Paul says he would like to help people learn about music, and that if it weren't for the ACL sessions he'd "be at home watching Coronation Street - I've not got a bad word to say!"

Get Sorted's very popular ACL sessions still have limited spaces at £3 a sessions (that's £1.50 an hour) per person. Please get in touch on 01709 513 099 or email info@getsortedmusic.co.uk

Under the Stars

Get Sorted have done work with Under The Stars, a 'learning disability friendly nightclub run by people with a learning disability and their friends'.

For only 6 months initially, Get Sorted helped Adult Learners to do a performance event to over 300 people at the Liquid nightclub attended by over 300 people. there were Bands, DJ's Dancers and singers, allof whom were Adults with learning disabilities performing.

This pilot project has now developed into part of Get Sorted's ACL (Adult and Community Learning) group sessions.

Get Sorted "get physical with Lottery grants"

A news release from the Big Lottery Fund about how some of the money has been used in the Yorkshire and Humber region, and how Get Sorted are involved.

Groups in Yorkshire and the Humber are kicking off a health and fitness drive as the Big Lottery Fund (BIG) distributes more than £422,000 in grants across the region today.

The money from BIG’s Awards for All small grants programme is being shared among 54 groups across Yorkshire and the Humber including Huddersfield, Bradford and Rotherham.

Vanessa White, Big Lottery Fund Head of Yorkshire and the Humber region, said: “Keeping active goes a long way towards improving one’s quality of life and we are proud to be able to support groups that are encouraging a healthier and more active lifestyle. There are 54 groups in Yorkshire and Humber receiving more than £422,000 in grants this month so here’s hoping they inspire others in the region to get their applications in too.”

...Meanwhile in Rotherham, Get Sorted Academy of Music will use the award of £3,740 to introduce fit ball to adults with special needs. This involves gentle exercise to music using various pieces of apparatus, including a Pilates ball...

BIG’s Awards for All programme launched on 1st April 2009 and, with £45million to distribute across England, it is the Fund’s biggest-ever commitment to a small grant scheme supporting community projects. The scheme offers grants of between £300 and £10,000 to social and environmental projects that will benefit local communities and make a difference to the lives of those most in need.

Adult & Community Learning

Adult Learners recently enjoyed 3 days of fun at Get Sorted.

South Yorkshire Community Fund recently funded 3 mornings of activities at Get Sorted. The Adult and Community Learning (ACL) group have been singing and dancing to a variety of karaoke.

Their favourite track being Ronan Keating's "Rolercoaster", with everyone joining in!

Get Sorted's work with ACL groups is part of the Extended Services activities offered at Get Sorted.