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October 28, 2016- Issue 77 Week 17
Afford Put The Fun In Funathon
In this Issue Page 1 • Afford Put The Fun In Funathon
Page 2 • Staff Profile • Staff Have A Blast At Training • Belmore Meet The Bulldogs
Page 3 • Join The Club!
On 21 October 2016 Afford held the long awaited Afford Funathon at Blacktown Olympic Park which proved to be a huge success! The day featured a number of fun activities including soccer, netball, rugby league, jumping castle, disco, rock climbing, obstacle course, henna tattoos, face painting, bowling, a guest appearance from Wheelie Warriors, a dunking station and of course the traditional flug tug race!
Page 4 • Letter From Camden MP Chris Patterson • Afford Selfies • Have A Laugh
Clients had a fun day in the sun and particularly loved getting the chance to dunk their Afford staff in the water. As the day was drawing to a close clients and staff geared up for the traditional flug tug race which consisted of two finals, a variety of creative floats and some very competitive clients. Congratulations to Campbelltown ADE and Mt Druitt who were the winners. A huge thank you to Rhiannon O’Brien and all the staff involved in making this wonderful day possible for our clients, who all can’t wait for an even bigger and better Funathon next year!
T 02 8805 3700 E info@afford.com.au 12 Marieanne Place, Minchinbury 2770 afford.com.au
Reminder Don’t forget to send your/clients achievements and good news stories & photo’s to CELEBRATE@afford.com.au
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October 28, 2016 - Issue 77
Staff Profile
Staff Have A Blast At Training
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Recently Afford Staff participated in a Leadership- Assertiveness training session with Bounce to learn how to confidently communicate with clients and staff.
Favourite Song: RnB, love songs
The day consisted of a series of fun exercises and role play activities in which staff learnt their weaknesses and how to effectively overcome them.
Lifestyle Assistant Belmore Lifestyle Centre
Favourite Movie: Horror and Action Movies Favourite Hobbies: Singing, Dancing Favourite Foods: Asian Foods, Italian foods If you could be an animal what would you be: A lion, because they are independent like me, I am able to work alone and with others successfully What is your dream holiday destination: Europe and USA If you had the power what would you change about the world: Peace for all, poverty, educate children. What is the nicest thing someone has ever done for you: When I’m struggling with money, whenever I need comfort and give me some advice when I am going through something. If you had to teach something what would you teach: I would teach how to respect and love everybody Something no one knows about me: I don’t like cockroaches and my feelings get hurt easily
Although there were many fun times shared throughout the training session, staff who attended stated their highlight of the day was getting anonymous feedback from other staff members as to what they perceived them to be of the assertiveness scale which varied from passive to aggressive. Stay tuned for more sessions to be carried out over the next couple of months.
Belmore Meet The Bulldogs Belmore Lifestyle Centre clients Hiba Naaman and Rana Chmeis enjoyed their weekly coffee at the Bulldog’s café. This particular afternoon, Rana and Hiba, were lucky enough to meet with the Bulldogs mascots and a former Bulldogs player, who were promoting the NRL Canterbury Bulldogs in their Semi-Final game. Hiba and Rana are avid Bulldogs supporters and loved dancing and singing with the Bulldogs mascots.
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Join The Club!
Club Afford continues to grow in popularity with over 125 supported employees and clients signing up. As our membership base grows so will the activities we offer our members to cater for their varied interests. Membership packs and club cards are being shipped to our members and we are waiting on delivery of more shirts in various sizes. Members receive a Club Afford backpack, insulated drink bottle, lanyard, wristband, photo membership card and our highly popular Club Afford polo shirts. Membership also guarantees discounts on our varied activities which have included day trips to museums, steam train rides and wrestling shows. Monthly discos are being held in North West and South West districts and are growing in popularity. Zumba is being held weekly at different sites and our monthly weekend trips continue to grow. November will see a weekend trip to Madam Taussauds wax museum in Darling Harbour along and for December we are planning on going to a Christmas Spectacular show at Sydney Olympic Park. In the new year we have a night outing to the Guns n Roses concert and tickets are still available. Also stay tuned in the new year as we look to start a weekend gardening and bushwalking group at our Cherrywood Village hub. Club Afford is open for EVERYONE to join so bring your friends and join the club. For further information on Club Afford activities please contact Paul Mitchell at paul.mitchell@afford.com.au
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Letter From Camden MP Chris Patterson A few months ago Afford were named winners of the NSW Business Chamber’s 2016 Macarthur Regional Business Awards in the Employer of Choice category. The category highlighted all the wonderful services we provide our clients in the Macarthur area through our lifestyle centres, TTW programs and ADEs. Due to this success Afford recently received a letter from Camden MP, Chris Patterson, who commended our Afford staff in the Macarthur region for their achievements and continued success in the future. Once again a big well done to all our services in the Macarthur region for all the hard work they put in everyday to provide the best service for our clients and supported employees.
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In this Selfie Above: Staff Members Steve Herald and Nikita Gupta at Eastern Creek Racetrack before Steves big race.
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