Our Blog

Firstly, we need to apologise for the lack of any social media use over the last few months. We have been so focussed in settling back into ‘some kind of normal’ we haven’t had much time to focus on social media, but also, we felt that we wanted citizens to settle in...

It is with the greatest pleasure and honor that we have some wonderful news regarding our service and we would like to share this with as many people as possible.     Many of the citizens, parents and carers we work with will know that this has been an idea in our...

It is hard to believe that just over a year ago we had to close our physical service at Open Wings which is based within the beautiful Sherwood Community Centre. At the time we had no idea that we would be working from home and that running the service would change...

March 23rd, 2020, the world changed as we knew it in Britain. Shops closed, restaurants closed, schools and nurseries closed, churches closed, parks closed, garden centres closed, not to mention many other small and large...

We would like to share our past and present story with you about our Open Wings journey. As with all business ventures right now it is a time of great uncertainty but we remain committed to supporting members who attend Open Wings and beyond. If you know anyone who is...

It has been some time since we released a blog post. There are various reasons for this, the main one being that we are so busy running our service giving all we possibly can give to our citizens to make sure that they have the support they need from us, that...

Opening up on my hearing loss:- Five years ago, I was diagnosed with quite a severe unexpected hearing loss. It was a shock as I thought I was managing but all my family and friends knew I had a problem. Unfortunately I was the last person to believe it until a...

Every Friday morning Open Wings is proud to be supporting and working with Music for Everyone to run their Open Voices choir. Every week a group of adults with learning disabilities meet at St Martin's Church in Sherwood. . Each person attending is a unique individual...

We are proud to promote to you our up dated website. It now tells a better story of exactly who and what Open Wings is and why it was formed. We hope you like it and if you have any comments that you would like to share about it please feel free to get in touch. ...

Our workshop at Rumbletums last week provided us with some ideas about what confidence means to adults with learning disabilities.  Being happy Walking big Using hands to communicate Body language Smiling Having friends Feeling important Looking at people Not...