Staff Matters 88

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February 3, 2016- Issue 88 Week 31

Working Together Towards NDIS Success

In this Issue Page 1 • Working Together Towards NDIS Success

Page 2 • Staff Profile • Chipping Norton Ready To Per-Go-La • Ice Block Break At Minchinbury

Page 3 • Tips To Find A Happy, Healthy Work Life Balance

Page 4 • Lurnea Step Back In Time • Afford Selfies • Have A Laugh On the last day of client free week two Afford districts came together for an awesome Teambuilding Day. Ready to tackle the challenges that the NDIS has to throw at them, they decided to warm up the year with a bit of healthy competition in basketball, volleyball and cricket.

Everyone had a really great time participating in the sports, but there could only be one winner. The Kings Park Mean Machines took home the spoils on what was a memorable day for all.

After the sport activities staff indulged in a lovely BBQ at Canley Vale Lifestyle Centre.

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, good news stories & photo’s to CELEBRATE@afford.com.au

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Staff Profile

Chipping Norton Ready To Per-Go-La

Lisa Chantler

Lifestyle Assistant Jamisontown Lifestyle Centre

Favourite Song: Very hard to pick a favourite, love all types of music from all kinds of genres.

Favourite Movie: Having been a dancer for 30 years of my life, it would have to be Dirty Dancing!

Favourite Hobbies: I love anything creative, arts and crafts, sewing cooking and recycling things.

Favourite Foods: With so many delectable options out there, I don’t really have a favourite, but love creating healthy fresh and tasty food for my family. Love making delicious desserts.

If you could be an animal what would you be: I would choose a Butterfly Beautiful , free and whimsical.

The Pergola from a community grant project for our Chipping Norton Lifestyle Centre has now been completed.

This now allows the clients to enjoy being out under the pergola in any weather as there are blinds that can be closed to keep out the wind, rain and heat.

It has turned the area into an extra room where clients can utilise the shaded outdoor area to do their programs in, or sit and socialise with each other.

Ice Block Break At Minchinbury

What is your dream holiday destination: Santorini in Greece.

If you had the power what would you change about the world: Well that’s a no brainer, it would be that everybody respected other people’s choices. Peace, Love and Harmony.

What is the nicest thing someone has ever done for you: It would be my local community donating all sorts of items, local businesses included, to myself and my 4 kids, when we lost everything we owned in a house fire in 2010. Beautiful, unexpected and very thankful.

If you had to teach something what would you teach: It would be to teach my kids to be respectful, compassionate and empathetic.

To be givers not takers.In a general sense, it would be anything dance related.

Something no one knows about me: That I’d love to live in a gypsy caravan.

Whenever the mercury gets over 36 degrees, our hard working Supported Employees in our Minchinbury factory like to enjoy an extra break time in an air-conditioned lunch room, which they have dubbed, ‘The ice block break’.

As you can see in the photos everyone loves chilling out in the kitchen with their ice blocks.

Water intake breaks are also encouraged on these super-hot days!

Keep cool everybody!

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Tips To Find A Happy, Healthy Work Life Balance Now that Fitness Passport is off and running, below are some easy steps on how to keep fit and healthy!

INDULGE YOUR HEART WITH WELLNESS Follow these 5 simple steps this valentine’s month for better health Take ten slow deep breaths first thing in the morning and centre your energy for the day ahead (all before reaching for your phone!)

Drink water with a squeeze of lemon for a refreshing start to the day. It's great for flushing out unwanted toxins.

Get moving - do some stretching, yoga, go for a swim, a brisk walk or hit the gym to get the blood pumping. Increase your incidental exercise by taking the stairs.

Eat some protein such as eggs, chicken, fish or meat at every main meal to fuel your body - even better if you can share at least one meal a day with family or friends.

Reflect on all that you are grateful for as you prepare for at least 7.5 hours sleep per night.

JOIN YOUR FITNESS PASSPORT PROGRAM TODAY

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February 3, 2017 - Issue 88

Lurnea Step Back In Time

All rise, court is in session for the Trial of John Vane the Bushranger on April 15 1864 at the Supreme Court of NSW. Lurnea Lifestyle Centre clients and staff stepped back into the dark side of Sydney’s past and explored Sydney’s Justice and Police Museum where both the guilty and innocent have left their stories to tell and you can enter a world of crime, punishment and policing from bushrangers, sly grog and razor gangs to the early days of forensics.

Guilty or not guilty that is the question asked to client, Jamy, from Lurnea Lifestyle Centre as he was on trial for murder playing John Vane the Bushranger and he didn’t have any help from client, Aaron, who was Edward Grainger Senior Sergeant and staff member, Tracy, who was John McGeorge.

Bullock driver but on his side was student, Carol, who played Mr W.B Dalley for defence and all the rest of the clients looked on as this mock trial with all its drama and evidence found Jamy “NOT GUILTY”.

This was such a fun and educational day out for our clients and we are pleased to see Jamy is an innocent man!

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In this Selfie Above: Staff members Skye, Kathy and MJ, from our new Oran Park site stirking a pose.

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