Tuesday 4 December 2012

Extreme Clowning 2012



2012 was our best year yet
Arranging over 40 events in total
from shows to concerts and zoo's to museums
we have been in cages with zoo animals and stroked wolfmens faces - 
ive had a ten minute conversation with Karl Pilkington about Jimmy!

We are always on the look out for new ideas - or events that we can bring our service users to
whether it be a show, or an event we will always find someone suitable that ill gain something from the experience 
( if we cant then we will bring Jimmy! he will do anything and go anywhere - hes just glad to get out )

so if you can help in anyway
by donating tickets (preferably 3 )
or helping us arrange a meet and greet or a touch tour of  costumes and props 
please let me know

extremeclowning@hotmail.co.uk

Or even if you wish to donate money to go towards our trips and days out
this can be done via our website
www.extremeclowning.co.uk


Thank you Chuy - one of our highlights for 2012 

Monday 3 December 2012

Jimmy Visits Santa 2012 - Re-united with Tom Stone


What an amazing day we had!
Jimmy was finally re-united with a childhood toy
that has taken around 10 years to find
The day was made extra special by meeting the Real santa plus all of his friends
And Jimmy also met Phil who came along for the day
Phil is one of our main sponsors and without him
none of this would have happened.


Wake up you lazy bugger!


Jimmy drinking milk on the train - he looks like an old wino!


Trouble with the tubes but Jimmy managed to hold it together


unusual suspects!





BACKSTAGE




Jimmy meeting baby rudy








Three cheers for santa



Pizza express at Canary Wharf presented us with a braille menu!
I was very impressed normally we have to ask and then they can never find it!


as nice as it was after 6 lines of words Jimmy didnt understand like
 pancetta and  grana padano
he just said hame and pineapple pizza!
Which it turned out that they dont do! so he had pepperami


Then they got his order wrong so he had to wait while we all ate!


Father Christmas Happy hands


The train Home
Knackerd!



The full santa visit uncut



The santa visit - nutcracker edit

Ahuge thank you to everyone who made this day happen
inc
my wife
Phil Rubery
my parents
SANTA
The Fantastic Jem Fraser
Alex Winters - cbeebies
Suzanne Kaye-Vaughan.
the Toy Maker
pip
pop
baby rudy
Rockin Robin


http://www.jemfrazer.com/characters/santa-clause/

Friday 30 November 2012

Cadburys world - 2013


Jimmy loves chocolate
so as part of his Christmas present we got him tickets for a coach trip to Cadburys world
Jimmy last went on a coach in 2000
I wrote to Cadburys before hand to tell them of the situation
and just to see what they had that we could touch, the lady that helped us was called Yvette
and she was amazing, she sent us 2 brochures a few weeks before so i could start filling jimmy with vital information before we got there.



Jimmy in starbucks - having our chocolate bar conversation, by doing this i discovered 3 bars that he did not know about
and they were Double Decker, Bourneville and Time out



Cadburys also refunded Jimmy's tickets admission.
They also informed the various departments about our visit, to see what they could do extra to make Jimmy's visit a bit special.



On the bus after picking Jimmy up
you can see how excited he is



Playing at the bus stop waiting for the coach



Claire mannualing to Jimmy with a stick!



Jimmys face after claire told him he has to walk!



Jimmy excited and playing



I see the coach



on board







Coffee break







19 miles to go



Not only was this going to be a fun day but also a day of taste , smells, learning and discovery.
Jimmy learnt how chocolate is made, and everything i told him was backed up by taste or smell or an object to feel.
we learnt how the coco beans come from a pod, which jimmy felt, he was able to feel and smell the coco nibs, he could also smell the coco butter and the coco essence.
He was able to smell the amazing chocolate through the entire factory.
He also tried filling molds with the chocolate, and banging a cooled mold to get the chocolates out.
He also learnt how they used to temper the chocolate many years ago.
We went from start to finish, through the whole process he also told me at least twice how interesting it all was.
Before this visit he had no idea or concept about chocolate making.
i suppose it just sort of appears in a shop and he buys it, he did tell me that he thought all the different chocolate bars was made by the same people, he was shocked to learn that there was 3 different manufacturers (Cadbury,nestle,mars)



This turned out to be Jimmys favourite
He remembers it from his childhood
although he calls it Daisy milk - for some reason!
He was amazed at the different sizes that was available


small



bigger



even bigger



even bigger



Jimmy laughing very loud!




Massive!




"this is JJ" - Cheecky sod



The shop was an event in itself!
so much to feel
and discover























Jimmy making a list of what he wants to buy!



Jimmy loves Easter eggs




As things tend to take a little with longer with Jimmy
we managed to get in half an hour before our aloted time, which really helped

Aztec Jungle


This took some explainig





 Journey to Europe



Approached by 2 friendly pirates



Smelling the co co nibs


Bull street


Learning the Cadburys story
Jimmy loved how the cadburys brothers looked after there workers
and that they was like one big family


Jimmy chose to be inside an easter egg!


the packaging plant


a few stairs...



This was the moment when the smell had really hit us
it was really strong here
so strong jimmy stopped and had a chat about it

i tried to explain the packing machines to him, but i wasn't really sure he was interested until we got on the coach to go home and he talked about them for ages
he was so interested

i dont think he had ever experienced machines like that before
just small household machines
nothing to this scale and versatility


WATCH THE PACKING MACHINE HERE

Cadabra
Jimmy loved this ride, he loved the movement
and we had no problem getting in and out
unlike some rides we have been on!












WATCH THE RIDE HERE


demonstration Area

This is where we met Elaine
and she was an angel
she signed to Jimmy and totally took control
she let him feel her face
and really made him feel happy
















Feeling the co co pod



shaking the pod to feel the co co beans







smelling some co co nibs













Her we go....



This was so messy and so much fun









Now thats tactile











as you can imagine Jimmy loved this












Covered!







Jimmy feeling a reel of wrapping
which he told me on the way there that he remembers it is purple





feeling one of the old chocolate molds
these was not very practical as they would burn in the oven







Jimmy smelling a chocolate from a mold





Jimmys apron
Chocolate developement quality






Tempering the chocolate



Jimmy picked this up no problem and was able to do without my help








By feeling and doing, this is how jimmy learns.
i can sit and talk to him all day
but unless there is any objects of reference, nothing really sinks in.
By doing the task he is able to Gage size and weight, even materials.
He would not have known the word pod or mold
he may know what they are, but he may not link the name with them.
so by telling him about the chocolate making process and then letting experience it himself
this completely emerges him into the process and by touch taste and smell he finds out everything he needs to know



Having a rest and waiting for the coach



Thank you Cadbury world



Who helped Jimmy make chocolate
he really loved you to bits
and didnt stop talking about you all the way home
you was fantastic

thanks for making our day extra special



we had an amazing day
and this was thanks to the love and commitment of the staff
nothing was to much trouble
thank you all once again



for helping us to arrange everything
and sending us information prior to our visit
thank you for going that extra mile for us x


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