Staff Matters
May 27, 2016- Issue 56 Week 48
Belmore Hosts Renowned Performer And In this Issue Choreographer Caroline Bowditch Page 1
•Belmore Hosts Renowned Performer And Choreographer Caroline Bowditch
Page 2 • Staff Profile • Afford Rock Les Powell Gala • Introducing Staff Changes
Page 3 •Afford Eager To Fight The Flu This Winter
As a result of Afford Belmore’s reputation in the Canterbury Area as well as links within the community the Lifestyle Centre was asked to host a workshop facilitated by performer and choreographer Caroline Bowditch. Clients from Belmore and a number of other organisations who visited the site had a great time participating in the dance theatre workshop learning different moves with assistance from professional dancers and interpreters. The workshops were offered as part of Caroline Bowditch’s Falling In Love with Frida Australia tour, which is based on Universal Design in dance and performance pioneered by Jürg Koch at the University of Washington, Seattle and tells the tale of the reclaiming of a disabled artist, a love like obsession and an enquiry into how we shape what we are remembered for. This event is only one of many examples of the reputation Belmore Lifestyle Centre has built within the local community as well as the important role that they have in providing services to people with a disability within the area, well done guys and keep up the great work!
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Page 4 •Belmore Families Discuss NDIS • Afford Selfies • Have A Laugh
Fun Fact A flea can jump up to 200 times its own height. That is the equivalent of a human jumping the Empire State Building.
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May 27, 2016 - Issue 56
Staff Profile
Afford Rock Les Powell Gala
Recently Afford attended Les Powell Special School Gala to raise money for the School to purchase a new sensory room.
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Lifestyle Assistant Penrith Lifestyle Centre Favourite Song: Do not have a favourite Favourite Movie: Man from snowy river Favourite Hobbies: Eventing, Equestrian competitor
Our clients had a great time in a fun filled night of entertainment including a Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley impersonator. Client, Ricky, was lucky enough to be chosen by the Michael Jackson impersonator up on stage to show him his best dance moves, then later all our clients were treated to photos with both performers.
Introducing Staff Changes
Favourite Foods: Ice cream If you could be an animal what would you be: A Horse What is your dream holiday destination: Going to visit my family over seas If you had the power what would you change about the world: Mind control, so I could stop the wars What is the nicest thing someone has ever done for you: Give me a horse If you had to teach something what would you teach: I already teach people with becoming a better person through Horse therapy Something no one knows about me: I’ll keep that a secret
We would like to welcome and congratulate the following staff members. Secondments: Kerrie Hopwood has stepped up into the position of Acting H.R.Officer from 23 May 2016 Michelle Bell has stepped into the Acting Carer, Support and Events Co-Ordinator position from Monday 23 May 2016 Sue White has joined us on a temporary basis as our Receptionist from Friday 20 May 2016 Thomas Due will be stepping into the position of Acting District Manager – North West from Monday 30 May 2016 New appointments: Janette Henderson – Casual Lifestyle Assistant at Cherrywood Village – starting 27 May. Ayla Whitney – Permanent Full Time VSO / Warehouse Supervisor – Marrickville ADE – started 25 May Congratulations and good luck to all staff on their new roles and a very big welcome to the new staff coming in, we look forward to working with you all!
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Afford Eager To Fight The Flu This Winter
Over the past 5 weeks 197 staff and employees have undergone flu vaccinations in a fight to stay healthy this winter. Vaccinators were surprised as statistics show only 15% of employees take up the flu vaccinations, however Afford more than doubled that figure with an uptake of 23.8%. Although needles can be very terrifying for most, all staff who had injections had a great time receiving a lollipop at the end for being brave, vaccinator Kay Davies was blown away by our friendly staff stating “I would just like to say what a great group of staff and clients you have in your facilities. I really enjoyed my time at Afford and have already put in my request to do your vaccinations again next year!� Due to the success this year we will be starting the vaccinations earlier next year so stay tuned and beat the flu!
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May 27, 2016 - Issue 56
Belmore Families Discuss NDIS Recently Belmore Lifestyle Centre held an NDIS meeting to provide families and carers from the site a relaxed environment to learn about the NDIS and how Afford services can be most beneficial to them thanks to generous funding from Carers NSW. Approximately 40 people attended the session which was led by District Manager Robert Mauceri and Customer Care Coordinator Nancy Elnajar and involved a very insightful question and answer session followed by a light dinner, giving families and carers an opportunity to socialise. Many parents mentioned how appreciative they were learning in such a comfortable environment only surrounded by people they were familiar with and the informal and ‘simply presented’ style of the discussion “in language they can understand” as quoted by many who attended. The presentation was such a great success that many parents and carers have asked for more events like this to be arranged at the site. Many thanks to Gautam, Nancy, Sarah, Vinod, and Judy who were required to stay back much longer on the night than was originally planned due to the overwhelming success of the evening.
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In this Selfie Above: Clients and staff from Campbelltown Lifestyle Centre enjoying a day out in the sun.
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