Staff Matters 82

Staff Matters

December 2, 2016- Issue 82 Week 22

TTW Graduate In Style

In this Issue Page 1 • TTW Graduate In Style

Page 2 • Staff Profile • New South Wales Business Awards • Blacktown’s Christmas Cleanout

Page 3 • Afford Get Their Groove On • Belmore Awarded Christmas Treat

Page 4 • Commit To Be Fit With Afford • Afford Selfies Afford TTW 2016 Graduation was an amazing night yet again, 7 of 21 graduates attended the evening receiving their certificates of completion from • Have A Laugh Greenacres and Community College presented to them by CEO Steve Herald and Chairman of the Board, Neville Barnier.

The night consisted of lots of fabulous food including a marvelous cake which Board Member Eva Ballai helped with cutting, followed by trainees, their families and TTW staff displaying lots of fabulous moves on the dance floor.

The highlight of the evening went to Alex from TTW for winning the Trainee of the year award which was presented by Board Member, Eva Ballai and Vocational Services Manager, Paul Thomas.

A big thank you to the staff and board members who made this a wonderful night to remember for all who attended and congratulations to TTW graduating trainees on another fantastic result!

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Reminder Don’t forget client free week: 3,4 Jan – training days 5 Jan– conference at Cabravale Diggers 6 Jan– Team building activities

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Staff Profile

New South Wales Business Awards

Sarah Chick

On the 25th of November Afford attended the NSW Business Awards held at Luna Park.

Lifestyle Assistant Kings Park Lifestyle Centre Favourite Song: Bring it all home to me – Sam Cooke.

Favourite Movie: Rock of Ages.

Favourite Hobbies: Arts and Craft, thrift shopping for bargains, dancing and having fun.

Favourite Foods: Many foods, too many to pick one.

After great success winning the MacArthur Business Awards Employer of Choice category Afford were chosen as finalists in the category for NSW. The presentation features the selcted best businesses spanning across 13 geographic regions all over the state.

The night featured a range of great entertainment including performances from The Veronica’s, comedian Dave Hughes who was MC on the night and speeches from various personnel including NSW Premier, Mike Baird.

If you could be an animal what would you be: Snow Leopard. I love their look and their patterns.

Although we were unsuccessful in winning the award a big congratulations goes once again 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.

What is your dream holiday destination: Love to go to America and go on the Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Blacktown’s Christmas Cleanout

If you had the power what would you change about the world: People’s kindness and consideration for others.

What is the nicest thing someone has ever done for you: Look after my kids for me when I needed a break.

If you had to teach something what would you teach: Teach people the Maori Alphabet.

Something no one knows about me: That I was a real tom boy until I started High School.

Recently Blacktown Lifestylle Centre held a garage sale to raise funds for the clients leading into Christmas.

Clients Jasmin, Melek, Dimutu and a visitor from Kings Park lifestyle centre George worked very hard making it a successful day selling large amounts of perfumes and various brand items.

We would like to thank all clients and staff who made the day such a great success and to all the families who donated and purchased items.

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Afford Get Their Groove On

On the 1st December Afford partnered with Burwood City Council for the GroovAbility Festival at Burwood Park celebrating International Day of People with Disability.

The festival featured fun-filled entertainment with films, a free bbq lunch, photo booth, airbrush tattoos, face paint, hands on experience with Australian wildlife and of course the main headline, many groovy dance performances from our Belmore, Ashfield, Green Valley, Chipping Norton and Campbelltown Lifestyle Centres.

The fabulous dance moves were practiced each week by Jeanette Briggs from Jeanette Briggs Dance Academy at various Afford Lifestyle Centres.

All clients who attended had a great time celebrating with everyone while participating in the festivities, making plenty more great memories to share with their families and friends.

Thank you to staff member Nancy Elnajar for partnering with Burwood City Council to provide such a memorable day for everyone who attended, in particular our clients. We would also like to thank Jeanette Briggs for all her efforts and hard work providing fun dance classes each week for our clients and to Marrickville ADE, Belmore, Ashfield, Green Valley, Chipping Norton and Campbelltown Lifestyle Centres for joining the celebrations.

Belmore Awarded Christmas Treat

Every week a group of clients from Belmore Lifestyle Centre participate in the Meals on Wheels program.

Meals on Wheels is a company that delivers meals to individuals at home who are unable to purchase or prepare their own meals.

The clients really enjoy interacting with the people in need and the people are always happy to see the clients.

As a result of all their hard and generous work, the clients were invited to the Meals on Wheels Christmas lunch.

It was a beautiful sunny day and the clients enjoyed a nice meal and socialised with the other great volunteers. As you can see in the picture they all had a great time!

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Commit To Be Fit With Afford As part of our Employer of Choice initiative, we have already commenced on-site staff massages; building onto our commitment to the Health and Wellness of all our staff, we are conducting a survey to see if we can partner with Fitness Passport to host a gym program.

The program aims to encourage staff to keep fit and active by attending a gym or leisure centre in your chosen area.

As an Employer of Choice Afford will be reimbursing part of all single membership costs associated with this program, with the final price reflecting on numbers of staff participating in this program.

In order to achieve the best possible outcome we are asking all staff to complete a survey by the 9th of December which will be sent by Nikita Gupta shortly.

Filling out this survey will ensure that we provide not only the cheapest possible deal for staff but also the most convenient gym locations for everyone in your chosen area.

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In this Selfie Above: Lurnea staff members Idoia and Shirley enjoying some time out in the sun with clients.

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