Craft & Chat - Ground Rules

[jeshyr]

These are the standard guidelines for my craft and chat afternoons...

What Is It?

Just low key social stuff and bring along any knitting/stitching/art/craft stuff you'd like to do while we chat. I don't do anything that involves being stressy, so it'll be very laid back. If you don't have any art/craft stuff, that's cool - showing up to just chat is fine too.

If you want to show up and not talk and just sit in the corner and watch that's fine too - there will be no pressure to "be sociable". I know lots of my friends have anxieties of various levels around social stuff so I want to make this an environment that's as low pressure as possible.

When Is It?

You're welcome to turn up any time after midday and stay until I kick everybody out - which is usually around 4pm, depending on everybody's levels of health and ability (including mine!).

Who's Invited?

YOU.

Seriously, anybody who wants to come, even if I don't know you really at all! New friends are always welcome. If you can make it to near St Kilda on the right day you're welcome.

Where Is It?

Contact me ASAP via any of the ways listed on my profile page if you need the address directions - I can provide phone number and address and public transport type directions. We're very near public transport of all types.

Caveat Salutator

(this is my probably bad fake latin for "Let the Visitor Beware")
As you probably know if you're reading this, I'm perpetually sick. So this might end up having to be called off at the last minute. I suggest you phone me just before you start getting ready to leave to check I'm still OK for visitors. I know it's crap that visitors have to deal with this level of uncertainty, but that's just my life. I won't even know the night before if I'll be healthy enough to cope with visitors.

Access Stuff

This is a ministry of housing flat set up for wheelchair users, so it's fully accessible to wheelchairs and mobility devices (all entrances plus kitchen and bathroom).

We're smoke free and relatively scent free.

NB: The scent-free part means please don't wear perfume of any type, and wear the absolute minimum of deodorant of it has any fragrance at all. Preferably, use non-frgranced deodorant.

There is a Burmese cat here who loves to cuddle all visitors. If you have a service dog we can shut the cat away in the bathroom for a few hours so he doesn't die of fright - he's very scared of dogs! Would be happy to shut the cat away for any other reason if needed, too.

Any other access-related stuff, just ask.

Whose fault is all this anyway?

synecdochic started having them at her place and I got all envious I couldn't go so I started my own.


If you have any other questions, just leave a comment or contact me any way you can.

Cheers,
Ricky