Winter 2018 Update

The beginning of January saw us busy with the usual Winter jobs of painting and filling in potholes in the carpark etc.

We've also been making some welcome new developments at the Centre

 

The dining room now has special acoustic muffling panels installed on the ceiling to reduce the noise of voices in the room. So far visiting staff are very pleased with the improvement!

 

The dining room also has a nice new heater on the wall that even just visually helps to thaw you out after a chilly morning outside!

We've added some new emergency torches to all the staff bed rooms that are on a constant top up charge and flash on in the event of a powercut

We've already welcomed our 9th group of 2018 to the Centre and groups have been enjoying their activities and getting back to a warm and cosy house. Spring however  is hopefully just around the corner...

DFSC Spring 2016 Update

Spring came early to The Dean Field Studies Centre and we had Daffodils in bloom in January. As elsewhere Spring has then lasted a long time!



We made good use of the cold weather to get lots of indoor jobs sorted like painting the Dining Room & the whole of the First Floor accommodation.

We also got some new carpets laid in some of the bedrooms.



The stairs and landings got a full make over with completely new treads and nosings etc.

All the bedrooms on the first floor now have new ceiling tiles to compliment the modern bright flush fitting LED light units.



The Staff Shower on the First Floor was completely refurbished from floor to ceiling.

 

The world class Forest of Dean Bluebells are just coming into their prime now (they should be at their best this weekend if you can make it over to see them) Summer is just around the corner and we're now on to a list of outdoor projects that need doing.

 

First on the list is a new bridge over our stream in the Centre Garden.

Subscribe to our You Tube Channel to see the latest videos we have published. This one is of doing our Zip Wire and a Ropes Course Swing with a wheelchair user.

DFSC Early Winter Update

Coracle Building & Relay Racing is a new activity we introduced this year, but it has certainly now got too cold for what you will see in the following 2 minute video!:

 

The lawn mowers are now locked away for the Winter and we've got the Christmas decorations up:

We are presently in the process of changing all of the Main Centre lights to LEDs to save energy. We are also installing PIR sensors in many areas so that they switch on and off automatically.

The Garden Room now has some new disco lights for those last evening discos and karaoke/talent shows. Also great for our outside groups booking parties.

At this time of year the garden lights have also been useful when finishing afternoon sessions as it gets dark

Some of them act as feature lighting that can change colour, like the ones illuminating our bamboo

The Roundhouse has also had it's Christmas makeover with fairy lights to brighten it up inside and out

Meanwhile the Common Room now has 2 new table football machines and a new air hockey machine. All 3 are durable arcade quality machines

The Air Hockey is proving particularly popular with students when they have a few spare minutes

We have more purchases planned for the Common Room/Games Room. Watch this space...