Stables Newsletter - Winter 2104/15

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Winter 2014/15

Latest news on...

•The Royal Visit to the SFHT •Christmas Celebrations •The Stables garden open for NGS •New Forest Spectrum – Music Festival •Opening of Gifted our Garden Centre & Gift Shop

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Jan Mills, CEO

WELCOME to THE STABLES Newsletter Winter 2014/15 It seems strange to think that March is already here and Spring is just

and we are pleased with the level of local interest it has already raised,

around the corner. The last couple of months have been so busy that

particularly with local people who have come into the shop wanting to

people have had little time to feel the Winter blues.

support the Trust by becoming a volunteer.

In November last year I celebrated reaching my decade as CEO of the

As you will no doubt all be aware by now, we had a Royal Visit in January.

Trust. It really is impossible to believe that so much time has passed. As

This was a first for the Charity and we were delighted to welcome HRH

I look back over the last ten years I can honestly say they have been the

Countess of Wessex. She met many people during her two hour visit,

best years of my working life. Of course, some days are very stressful and

spending most of her time talking with service users and was able

difficult as we seek to find ways to provide the same high quality service

to enjoy a short scene from the drama group’s ‘Love in the War’ and a

in a care sector that is seeing increasing cuts; sometimes I lay awake

demonstration of Makaton. She was presented with a lovely piece of

trying to find solutions to problems or different ways to do things; but I

pottery made by Jonathan Mills and a posy by Charlaine Scott. She

have never found my job to be less than extremely fulfilling. I have always

was charming and very knowledgeable about learning disabilities and

felt it a privilege to work with such wonderful people – service users,

everyone she spoke with said how delightful and down to earth she was.

colleagues, volunteers and family members.

We have numerous photographs, a plaque and three Countess of Wessex

We launched our new service ‘Gifted’ on 9th January. We were delighted that the Mayor of Highcliffe, Councillor Denise Jones, formally opened the

Rose bushes to commemorate her visit, but I don’t think anyone will be forgetting this very special visit for some time to come!

shop and made a very heartfelt speech welcoming us into the area and

New Forest Spectrum will be held at Foxlease in Lyndhurst on the

pledging to support us in our new venture. Gifted is a small garden centre/

weekend 10th – 12th July. This is a three day, national music festival for

gift shop located in the main street of Highcilffe. Many of the items for sale

people with learning disabilities and their families and carers. The £120

are made in pottery, craft and woodwork at the Stables and most plants

ticket includes camping with a free place for a carer. It is the first festival

are either potted at the Stables or at the shop itself. This new service

of its’ kind with workshops, stalls and stage performances and promises

will offer day opportunities, learning and employment for the people

to be a very exciting event. Please promote this opportunity to support

who attend. They will be able to develop skills in horticulture, retail and

the Festival. It will be a unique experience and opportunity to meet new

customer service. Gifted will complete our suite of day opportunities

friends. For full details go to: www.newforestspectrum.org

y r a 2 i 015... d r u o y r o f s e Dat 16th May

Horse/Cycle/Walk sponsored event organised by New Forest Rotary Club for all local charities, Burley Park in the New Forest

13th - 14th June

NGS Open Garden at The Stable Family Home Trust, Bisterne Manor Garden will also be open on the same days. 2.00-5.30pm

10th - 12th July

New Forest Spectrum Music Festival at Foxlease, Near Lyndhurst, Hampshire

5th September

The Stable Family Home Trust Country Fair 2-5pm at The Stables, Bisterne

Other events are being planned so do check regularly on our website www.sfht.org.uk for the latest updates on all that is happening at The Stable Family Home Trust.

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NEW FOREST ROTARY CLUB HORSE, CYCLE OR WALK 2015

16th May

New Forest Rotary Club is once again organising this really enjoyable sponsored fundraising event and the SFHT will be taking part.

The event takes place on Saturday 16th May at Burley Park, adjacent to the Queens Head pub in the New Forest. The main start is at 10am when the horses set off followed by walkers and cyclists at staggered times. However, it is also possible for walkers and cyclists to start slightly later during the morning. The routes are mainly off-road through open forest; horses and walkers about 6 miles, cyclists a choice of about 6 or 16 miles. Start and Finish at Burley Park.

We had a wonderful day last year and raised just over £1,000 and this year we want to do much better and get more people involved. It really is a great day out, with food available on site and the Queens Head pub adjacent to Burley Park so no need to feel hungry!

Please do try to join us for this fun day. For more details and to register go to www.horseorcycle. co.uk – once you have registered your £10 registration fee can be paid on the day and everyone receives a commemorative medal when they finish.

The SFHT will have walkers, cyclists and perhaps one or two horse riders so if you would like to join us please let me know, you will be most welcome.

Marion Davies, 01425 485090 or email: mariondavies@sfht.org.uk

Thank you!

Volunteering at SFHT As an organisation we are extremely fortunate to have such a dedicated and enthusiastic Volunteer team.

During 2014 the total number of hours that Volunteers contributed amounted to an outstanding sum of 6,158.

Members continue their amazing support and regularly attend to support our Stables Day service and special events – including Horse of the Year Show at Olympia, Wizard of Oz performance at the BIC, German Market in Bournemouth Town Centre, Submarine Museum in Gosport, together with our Christmas Celebration Event and Christmas Carol Service. Since January we have received numerous enquiries for volunteering with us. At the beginning of each year it seems that people wish to fulfil their New Year Resolutions as many potential members come along saying that they want to give something back to society. We always welcome new Volunteers on board as there are extensive prospects to offer within the Trust – especially with our additional Day Opportunities of Cornerways and Gifted - we are always extremely grateful for extra support which enables us to provide the excellent range of activities that we do. Volunteers certainly feel rewarded from their

voluntary roles with us – they often say that they “go away with a smile on their face” and say to themselves “today was a good day” after their experiences with us.

If you would like more information on volunteering with The Stable Family Home Trust please contact Teresa Hunt, Volunteer Manager on 01425 485089 or email: teresahunt@sfht.org.uk.

Volunteers meet HRH The Cou

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News from the Stables Flat With the spring rapidly approaching we are pleased to see the back of winter. All in the Flat had great Christmases with their families and friends. The staff put on an early Christmas lunch for all in the Flat to celebrate together before people went off on their visits.

We have been supporting individuals to stay in contact with family members via the use of Skype and email which has been a great way of people staying in touch. We are also in the process of upgrading the service user computer to enable them to research points of interest and hopefully plan days out with their inspired ideas.

The service users continue to make the most of the alternative day provisions based from the Stables Flat. Simon has been spending time at the library and visiting local historical sites. Stephen has been accessing the local community and Nick, Andrew and Paul have been making the most of having some quiet time during the day as and when they wish.

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“We were privileged to have HRH The Countess of Wessex visit us in the Flat on 28th January. Andrew and Stephen welcomed her to the Flat and HRH was very interested to learn that Andrew had been presented with a bottle of Moet champagne as a long service award from his part-time job. We were all blown away at her friendly approach and genuine interest in the service users and their lives.�

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On a very cold and windy December afternoon service users, staff, volunteers, Trustees and the Mayor of Ringwood gathered in Bisterne Church for our Carol Service. The church was almost full and looked beautiful with a wonderful Christmas tree and floral displays all ready for the Christmas services.

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Revd. Henriet Miell, from Ringwood Parish Church, arranged the service and a number of service users, staff and volunteers took part: Nathan James (service user) & Lynda Gillies (volunteer) lit the Christ Candle. David Mowinski read the lesson, Val Smith (staff), Liz Holmes (volunteer) & Libby Bellhouse (volunteer) said the prayers.

A number of service users made the crib, all went well with this, at first, Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus, Shepherds, all safely placed in the crib together with various animals including one lamb. “Who has the other lamb?” asked Henriet Miell... silence...

“Where is the other lamb?”... silence. We proceeded without the other lamb but all was well.

We finished with a rousing “Oh, Come all ye Faithful” led by Stephen Freemantle from the front of the church. A wonderful Carol Service and many people said how much they enjoyed it and hoped it would be a fixture in the SFHT calendar.

Many thanks to Revd. Henriet Miell, the service users, staff and volunteers, the Organist and to Norman & Betty Light from Bisterne Church who ensured that the church was warm and the lights were on when we arrived.

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We took a collection of £150.

P.S. We then returned to The Stables for afternoon tea and guess what?

The lamb was found, in a coat pocket and returned to Henriet! What a happy end to a wonderful afternoon!

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News from Harleith & Abbotsford Mark Wells says “Everyone had a great Christmas either spending time with parents, in a hotel or at Abbotsford/Harleith with plenty of food and parties going on.” Now that Spring is not far away Service Users are looking into holiday choices for the coming Summer. As usual Butlins is still a favourite, also Blackpool has been mentioned, along with canal holidays, Isle of Wight, Theatre trips and Thorpe Park. Staff are also looking at the possibility of renting a beach hut for summer week-ends.

Harleith has now got a new dining table and chairs and this has encouraged Service Users to sit and eat together.

Julian is about to have his room completely redecorated and Service Users hope to have some new garden furniture in time for, hopefully, those hot summer days.

Abbotsford is looking forward to having a bigger lounge with the construction of a new conservatory where everyone can sit together and funding is being sought so that this work can begin as soon as possible. Some of the rooms are being redecorated and new carpets fitted. Finally, new fencing will be installed in the garden to provide greater privacy.

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Service Users have a Wonderful Christmas Party!

This year’s Christmas Party for the Service Users was again a huge success, attended by over 100 people!! The party was held at the same venue as last year, Hurn Bridge Sports Club, as this was such a popular choice from many of the Service Users due to last year’s brilliant party there.

Leading up to the Party everyone was very excited discussing what they would be wearing as this year’s theme was ‘SPARKLE’. Themed events are always very popular with everyone and lots of fun!!! We had a disco playing many favourite songs and taking lots of personal requests throughout the evening and also a raffle providing many lovely prizes. This year’s food was a choice of several different basket meals, this being a popular change to the normal buffet style refreshments.

All this was made possible by donation from Fundraising of £686 together with a further donation of £200 from Donaldson Ross & Co. towards the event, which was very much appreciated and enabled all Service Users to have a very special party together.

Thank you to everyone for making this event such a special fun night!

Diana Shearer

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Christmas Celebration Event Our Events Committee decided that we would celebrate our Christmas in 2014 early in the hope of

promoting the festive spirit. Our goal was to offer our visitors entertainment and refreshments. We were extremely honoured that the Mayor of Ringwood, Barbara Woodifield, joined us to officially open the event on the last Friday in November. Father Christmas also thrilled us by attending and had a very cosy and exquisite “Grotto” in the Dance & Drama Studio. Several children visited Father Christmas during the afternoon and advised him that they were very eager to receive the presents that they had wished for.

The atmosphere was cheerful and vibrant. In the Courtyard the Beer Tent was elaborately decorated. Our Service Managers Jo Gibbs, Kevin Forward & Mark Wells served mulled wine and hot cider, together with beer from the local Ringwood Brewery - all very welcoming! Our Dance & Drama group made us feel very proud when they performed and sang Xmas songs, together with some from the “Sister Act” medley.

Volunteers Micky Chilman & Pete Thompson were selling Hot Dogs, and what a great team these two make.

Colin Parish (Supported Living Worker) was close by with his outstanding stall selling stained glass items.

Our Dance & Drama Studio accommodated our Craft, Pottery & Woodwork stalls. Volunteers Rob Taylor and Marina Caines ran a Games Stall creating a bit of fun and Marisia Zdrochecki (Domiciliary Care Team Leader) and sister Alina were selling some amazing jewellery.

In the Stables dining-room, we offered refreshments and tasty stollen and mince pies. A small group of service users from Cornerways very kindly came to help serve our visitors. This was to promote their catering skills and they all did a fantastic job!

In the Tea Bar Marion Davies & Val Smith sold some beautifully decorated cakes. Our Stables Flat Team Leader Diana Shearer organised and ran the Tombola Stall selling items that had mainly been donated to the Trust. We were delighted that our former driver Sheila Orr came and manned the “Glow In the Dark” stall. Sheila had made some fantastic Christmas decorations which all sold and helped to raise funds.

Our volunteer Lynda Gillies efficiently took great charge of the Raffle Stall and was assisted by volunteer Liz Holmes. We were very grateful to RMDS (Ringwood Music & Dramatic Society) who came along and sang some festive carols and to the Men’s Group of Ringwood Parish Church who manned the car park for us.

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HRH The Countess Of Wessex visits The Stable Family Home Trust On Wednesday 28th January Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex visited The Stable Family Home Trust.

Nigel Atkinson, the Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire escorted her during her visit, accompanied by Mrs. Atkinson, Hallam Mills and Jan Mills and members of HRH’s personal staff.

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Her Royal Highness was given a very warm welcome by service users, staff, trustees and volunteers as she arrived in the Courtyard at The Stables.

The Chairman of Hampshire County Council and New Forest District Council and the Mayor of Ringwood were waiting to be presented to her along with Cllr. Steve Rippon-Swaine a Hampshire County Councillor, New Forest District Councillor and Ringwood Town Councillor.

Jan Mills invited Her Royal Highness to tour the garden and meet a number of staff, service users and volunteers who work there. Although it was raining HRH was so interested in all that she saw and took her time and spoke to everyone.

The Royal Party then moved into the Dance & Drama Studio and HRH enjoyed a short performance by service users of their “Love in the War” production. She spent time talking to service users, staff and volunteers before heading for the Dining Room to see more of our work.

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David Mowinski spoke to HRH about Woodwork and she was able to see items that had been made by our service users and Suzette Knight had an impressive range of pottery items to show her. Richard Tatum presented HRH with an item of pottery and she spent time talking to service users about their work. There was also time for her to enjoy a Makaton sign language demonstration with Helen Ellis, Rose Lavender and some fifteen service users before she visited the Stables Flat.

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The three Home Service Managers were waiting to greet her along with Mandy Harris, Service Manager: Domiciliary Care and two service users, Andrew Buckingham and Stephen Freemantle. Her Royal Highness spent a relaxed time speaking to everyone and having her photograph taken before signing our Visitor Book and making her way back to the Dance and Drama Studio.

Several groups were waiting to meeting her including service users, volunteers, staff and trustees and HRH took time to speak to everyone and was so interested in what people had to say. Hallam Mills then invited her to unveil a plaque commemorating her visit and three Countess of Wessex roses will be planted in our garden.

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Hallam Mills thanked Her Royal Highness for taking the time to visit us and as she left Charlaine Scott presented her with a beautiful posy made by two of our volunteers, Carolyne Chapman and Glynnis Stirton.

Although HRH had another engagement after her visit to The Stables she took time to pose with many service users and staff for several photographs and spoke to as many people as possible.

What a wonderful day and as Jan mentioned in her Editorial, we will remember this very special visit for some time to come.

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News from Domiciliary Care Your Voice, Your Say...

On the evening of March 30th we will be Launching the Safe Place Scheme.

Please contact Mandy Harris for more details Tel: 01425 475633 Email: mandyharris@sfht.org.uk This is a scheme to help people if they feel frightened, are lost, have been bullied or have lost something when out in the community. Wherever you see the Safe Place logo, there will be someone there who can help.

News

from Pinehaven

Skillsbase Chinese New Year Celebrations on 19th February 2015 Eating tasty Chinese food and spending time with friends.

Mandy Harris Domiciliary Care Manager

Kevin Forward wr ites – “Everyone re turned in high spiri friends over the Ch ts from visits to th ristmas period an eir family or time d al l had a great time.” spent with with a variety of ac Kevin says that Se tivities... rvice Users have be en very busy Grant has successfu lly settled into Pine haven and has mad recent being the Ka e some great new iser Chiefs. friends. He enjoys attending concerts Beverley has been , the most attending two cour ses at Cornerways in the kitchen. Be , relationship build verley says she lo ing and cookery so ves it at Cornerwa that she can be m ys .

Katie continues to ore independent enjoy horse riding an d she has recently socialising and m started dance class akes good use of , yoga and swimm her iPad to play m ing lessons. She us ic.

Justin has recently enjoys joined Cornerways , which he attends list and doing his once a week to de food shopping inde velop his cookery pendently. When skills. He enjoys to participate in th the weather improv making his shoppi e New Forest Hors es he is looking forw ng e, Cycle, Walk in M ard to getting his ay.

Cathy was recently bike out and hope s successful in gain ing a place on The experience, she th Stables Reception oroughly enjoyed for work this and did very we ll.

Ben has recently bo ught himself a ne w bike and has star He was successfu ted swimming twice l in doing a sponso weekly. re d walk for the char badminton twice ity Shelter. He attend a week and is look s in g fo rward to the Special Olympics this summer. Ben ho pes to bring home only gold m edals this year!

Julie enjoys baking cakes and breads for her other housemates and st aff. She also enjoys spending time at garden centres such as Stewarts and Haskins and eating lunch out at different cafes.

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NEWS from FUNDRAISING The last few months have been extremely busy for Fundraising with a Friends Event taking place at Bisterne Manor just before Christmas, a Carol Service at Bisterne Church and immediately after Christmas we were preparing for our Royal Visit by HRH The Countess of Wessex on 28th January 2015.

Grants & Donations We have received a number of grants and donations over the last few months including a very generous grant of £5,000 from Santander to help us establish a small Sensory Garden behind the Quiet Room at The Stables. We hope to have plans drawn up for this garden in the near future so that service users can enjoy the tranquillity of this space and learn how to tend the garden for themselves.

We all say a big “thank you” to Santander!

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We have had a number of generous donations from Family Members and Friends, Masonic Lodges, Church/Community Groups and local business. Some of these donations are specifically for the refurbishment of two of our homes, Abbotsford and Pinehaven.

We have a significant amount of fundraising ahead of us this year in order to do this work £160,000 plus VAT. We also want to provide our service users with a new Art Suite, on site at The Stables. This will be one large space with interconnecting doors so that smaller spaces can be created for group activities. We are waiting for the cost of this project at the moment and I hope to have more news in the near future.

If you would like to support us either with a one-off donation or become a regular donor you will find a Donation Form on page 15.

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The New Forest Rotary Club chose us as

The Stables Garden Open with NGS We hope that once again you will join us when we nction with the open our garden in conju on Saturday 13th National Garden Scheme 14th June 2.00 - 5.30pm.

their charity last year and we were pleased to receive a donation of £1,800 to support the purchase of an interactive projector for Skillsbase, our new satellite centre in Ringwood. We invited members of the Rotary Club to Skillsbase to view the new projector being used and they were very impressed by what they saw. At the same time they presented us with a cheque for £1,017, which was the proceeds of our efforts in the Horse, Cycle and Walk sponsored event that New Forest Rotary Club held earlier in the year.

Details of this year’s event are on page 3, it would

be great if you could join us!

& Sunday

special weekend, Do try to join us for this am teas, plant, there will be delicious cre rk sales. pottery, craft and woodwo 2015 will have the Visitors to our garden in adjoining garden opportunity to explore the extra cost. This of Bisterne Manor - at no for the National grand garden first opened d-1930’s but fell Gardens Scheme in the mi d after the war. This into disrepair during an progress but Andrew, garden is still a work in done much work the Head Gardener, has d the garden is now over the last few years an slowing taking shape.

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Friends of The Stable Family Home Trust We held our first fundraising event in December, An Evening at Bisterne Manor.

Thirty-two people supported the event and enjoyed a delicious buffet with wine and a guided tour of the beautiful Manor House. Many thanks to Hallam and Lal Mills for allowing us to hold this event in their home and for making us feel so welcome.

The event raised £408.

If you would like to join The Friends you will find a leaflet in this newsletter.

•Single membership is £10 •Joint membership £15 •Corporate member £25

Thank you to everyone who has so generously supported us by attending events, making donations and spreading the word about our charity, we would not achieve all that we do for people with a learning disability without you. Marion Davies 01425 485090 or email: mariondavies@sfht.org.uk

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Please Make a Gift and Make a Difference...

The Stable Family Home Trust supports people with a learning disability to live the lifestyle they choose by working with them in a way that builds up their confidence and practical skills. We support people to form friendships and relationships, get involved in social events, find a job or a training opportunity and to take control of their lives and personal aspirations. Your donation will make a difference and enable us to continue to give this personalised support to our people.

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