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QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL HOME
Local Charity profile by Lynn Smith
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Tropical Gardens
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April events
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Tickets to Petworth Antiques Fair ’Half Man Half Biscuit’ concert tickets
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Local Walks, Recipe, Prize Crossword, Local Groups, Local trades & services, Local Business Directory
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April 2016 Cover Photo Bluebells in Kingley Vale nature reserve by Sheila Mills
Welcome... As thoughts turn to outdoor activities with the more clement weather, we are pleased to introduce our new gardening writer Andrew Staib of ‘Glorious Gardens’. Andrew lists the main jobs for April and also gives advice on creating a tropical garden, see page 15. As usual we’ve prizes to give away and in this issue you can win tickets to see 80’s rock band ‘Half Man Half Biscuit’, see page 10. You can also win tickets to the Petworth Park Antique & Fine Art Fair (page 11) and a £30 beauty voucher in our prize crossword (page 24). Our recipe this month (p26) is a rich white chocolate and blueberry tart, perfect for a dinner party dessert or a family gathering. You can get rid of the extra calories by joining a guided walk, there are lots to choose from see p18.
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May Deadlines Bookings, editorial - 1st April Finished artwork, events - 7th April
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Win tickets to see ‘Half Man Half Biscuit’ At Southampton Engine Rooms Friday 13th May ‘16 Back in 1985, Half Man Half Biscuit sat comfortably at the top of the indie album chart. This may not seem so much of an achievement, unless you take a look back at the other contenders in the chart at that time. Acts such as Depeche Mode, New Order and The Cult were all on the scene, and you could guarantee that none of them managed to hit the number one spot with an album that had been recorded in just a couple of days and for around £30. Their latest album 'Urge for Offal', sees more of Nigel’s surreal observations on everyday life. A few shining examples are 'Old age killed my teenage bride' and 'Baguette dilemma for the Booker Prize guy". So grab your Joy Division Oven Gloves and don your Dukla Prague away kit, as The Biscuit are coming to town.
Tickets for the SOUTHAMPTON – Engine Rooms show taking place on Friday 13th May 2016 are available from: Box Office No: 0800 688 9311 Website – www.seetickets.com/event/half-manhalf-biscuit/engine-rooms/944057 Tickets (advance) - £20.00
Win a pair of tickets to see ‘Half Man Half Biscuit’ Q: What is the name of Half Man Half Biscuit’s latest Album? A: DHSS B: Urge for Offal C: Mondays Mornings Send answer and your name, address, daytime telephone and email to: ’Biscuit’ Competition, PO Box 2237, Pulborough RH20 9AH or email all the above details to: competitions@sussexlocal.net Winner will be first entry drawn after closing date 30th April 2016. Please indicate on your email or tick here if you wish to remain on our mailing list.
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Petworth Park Antiques & Fine Art Fair Friday 6th to Sunday 8th May Last May The Antiques Dealers Fair Ltd launched the first ever Petworth Park Antiques & Fine Art Fair which was hailed a great success by both the visitors and by the town, which benefitted from the extra buzz generated. Working with the support of the National Trust to ensure visitors can make the most of everything on offer within the 700 acre park, the fair returns from Friday 6 to Sunday 8 May. Brimming with the finest antiques and art, over 40 specialist dealers from around the country gather in The Marquee to showcase jewellery, ceramics, glass, contemporary and antique paintings and sculpture, town and country furniture, ancient fossils, silver, lighting, clocks, barometers, objets d'art and much more. The David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation is the fair's nominated charity. Savills and Anderson Rowntree Solicitors are generously supporting the fair. Parking close to The Marquee is free for antiques fair visitors and ticket holders have complimentary access to Petworth House to see its magnificent
art collection and its 'Capability' Brown 300th anniversary exhibition. Tickets are ÂŁ10 each (free for National Trust members) from The Antiques Dealer Fair Limited. Tel: 01797 252030, email local@adfl.co.uk or through Eventbrite. www.petworthparkfair.com
Win a pair of tickets! Q Name the fair’s nominated charity A: a) Oxfam b) St Barnabas c) The David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation Send answer and your name, address, daytime telephone and email to: Petworth Antiques Competition, PO Box 2237, Pulborough RH20 9AH or email all the above details to: competitions@sussexlocal.net Winner will be first entry drawn after closing date 30th April 2016. Please indicate on your email or tick here if you wish to remain on our mailing list.
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In Your Garden Monthly gardening ideas and tasks by Andrew Staib of Glorious Gardens Tropical Sussex Have you thought of introducing a tropical theme to your garden? Even in the UK you can create a lush and exotic garden if you choose your plants well and follow a few basic principles. Benefits .The benefits of a tropical garden are that it is generally a very low maintenance garden and has strong evergreen shapes all through the winter. They generally work best in smaller gardens as the plants are warmer and more sheltered and the design does not have to blend in with the wider rural countryside. Your Tropical Garden Design. First of all you need to think of how you will experience your garden. Will you mainly view it from indoors or a fixed seating area outdoors or will it be a garden you enter into?
Chinese Palm trees and Australian Tree ferns recently planted in a north facing garden
Even though a tropical garden design relies heavily on the patterns and colours of foliage you can also introduce some fiery colour with Canna lilies, Arum lilies and if you have a pond, water lilies.
If it is the latter think about pulling up the lawn and making the tropical garden a place that you explore on foot following soft, dark, bark paths or raised boardwalks where you never know what is around the corner and where you can never see the whole of the garden in one go but instead need to slowly experience the multi layers of the space you have created as you move around. Secondly you need to think about creating a structure to your garden design. With traditional English gardens, what makes up the foundations of a good design are hedges, topiary and the demarcated lines of planting beds and paths. With the tropical garden design it is the plants themselves and the combinations you achieve which give the garden the personality that you require. So you can first of all think about the bigger palm trees like Tracycarpus fortunei, Cordyline australis and the smaller, multi stemmed Chamaerops. Then you can go for the middle size of plants like the New Zealand Phormium range, Fatsia japonica, Yuccas, Astelia, Nandia domestica and Dasylirion.Smaller plants can provide lush groundcover like Asplenium ferns, Pachysandras and Hostas.
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16 Gardening When doing a tropical planting design and in particular when it comes to choosing your plants you may also like to consider these design tenents: 1) Don't go overboard on the variety of plants - the more you can limit your plant palette the less busy on the eye your garden will look 2) Make sure you know the eventual height the plants grow to and how long that will take (a Cordyline will take 20 years to reach 20 foot) 3) Plant in layers as you would find in a rainforest an arching canopy, a medium layer and then a very dense, lush ground level where all the soil is covered up
Other Plant Choices If you want to add a more contemporary twist to your planting you can add grasses -Black and Golden Bamboo are the obvious choice, as well as the taller grasses such as the Miscanthus range plus the wonderful pampas grass Cordaderia. This used to be a 1970’s front lawn monster but planted subtly amongst the more robust palms it can soften and brighten the garden design.
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CHICHESTER LOCAL Grasses will give your garden movement and grace when they are interplanted with the more structural tropical evergreens. Some people want more colour in their tropical garden design so I introduce a range of perennials such as Agapanthas, Persicaria, Hemerocallis and Red Hot Pokers- even the traditional Dahlia lends itself fantastically to a lush, hot colour scheme. If you want a spectacular and unusual display of leaf shape and colour look up Gunnera, Tetrapanax and Ricinus communis (seeds are poisonous so best not get it if you have toddlers about).
Preparation and Care Generally tropical plants like rich soil and good drainage. If you are on clay you can either enrich the soil with grit and compost or consider using
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Garden Tasks for April
Start hoeing any bare areas of earth before the weeds take hold – if you do this once a week you will be weed free all year
Also make sure you mulch the plants well as especially in strong winds they can dry out very quickly.
Mulch your beds with compost and bark chips to seal in the moisture from winter and prevent growth of new weed seeds
Feed all your shrubs and roses with a handful of bonemeal dug about an inch deep around the base of each plant
Feed iron loving plants that are grown in pots with some Iron Fertilizer
Not too late to give Dogwood and Willow a big cut back
You can apply both Moss Kill and Braodleaf weed killer to your lawns –wait a coupe of weeks then vigorously rake out all the dead thatch. You can also reseed the lawn where there are obvious patches
You can sow annuals indoors or in your greenhouse – rather than that trip to the supermarket you could try growing Marigolds and Lobelia in trays
Good luck with your tropical garden design! Andrew Staib 07880 742977 www.gloriousgardenssussex.co.uk
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Local Walks - April
These walks are supported by Chichester District Council, are led by volunteers and are designed to cater for all ages and abilities. No booking is required but please arrive 10 mins before the walk is due to start. Dogs are welcome unless otherwise stated but must be kept on the lead. If the weather is poor the walk may be cancelled, if unsure please check. 01243 534589 health@chichester.gov.uk www.chichesterwellbeing.org.uk. L = Walk Leader Fri 1st April 10:30am BOGNOR TO FELPHAM L: Jane Can also be a longer 2.5 mile walk. Meet: Bognor Regis pier on the seafront
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Mon 4th April 10.30am HAYLING BILLY L: Anne 2 hours Along the track to the Theatre and back. Ideal for beginners. Meet: behind the Esso garage
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Tues 5th April 10:30am MARINA TO DELL QUAY L: Janet Meet: Car park opposite the 'Boathouse Cafe' near the Chichester Yacht Club
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Wed 6th April 10:30am GOODWOOD PARK L: Peter 2 hours Meet: Free car park on the right after passing Goodwood racecourse, map ref SU897113 Fri 8th April 10:30am EAST DEAN L: Andrew Walk up through woods to Counter’s Gate Meet: East Dean village pond (SU904128)
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Tues 12th April 10:30am PETWORTH HOUSE L: Gerald 1 hour 30mins 3 miles Magnificent 40 acre Spring Garden. Meet: The Horse Guards Inn, Upperton Road, Tillington GU28 9AF Wed 13th April 10:30am ELSTED L: Bruce 2 hours 4 miles Moderately strenuous with one steep climb to Pen Hill for glorious views. Meet: Elsted Church SU816196 Thurs 14th April 10.30am AMBERLEY VILLAGE L: Peter 2 hours A circular walk through Amberley village. Meet: Car park at Amberley Station. MAP REF TQ026117
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Fri 15th April 10:30am SOUTH HARTING L:Jane 2 hours 30mins 5 miles A hilly walk not suitable for beginners. Meet: Small c/p on your left as you enter the village on the B2146 from Chi Tues 19th April 10:30am HARTING L: Andrew 2 hours Walk along the South Downs Way. Meet: Harting Down National Trust Car park (SU790181)
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Weds 20th April 10:30am DROVERS ESTATE EAST L: Fiona 1 hour 30mins 3 miles A rambling walk through woods & fields finishing at Levin Down. Meet: bus stop outside Singleton primary school Thurs 21st April 10:30am SLINDON BLUEBELLS L: Janet 1 hour 30 mins 3.5 miles A walk through woods and up onto the downs. Meet: National Trust car park, Park Lane, Slindon Fri 22nd April 10.30am HIGHDOWN HILL L: Jane 2.5miles A hilltop walk with gentle slopes and good views. Free chalk garden to visit and a cafĂŠ Meet: Car park Mon 25th April 10.30am LAVANT L: Andrew 2 hours 4 miles Walk Chalkpit Lane, over Hayes Down, and back along Marsh Lane. Meet: Sheepwash Lane, Lavant Green Tues 26th April 10.30am AROUND BIGNOR L: Simon 1 hour 30 mins 3.5 miles Some stiles but apart from one short climb the walk is mainly on the flat. Meet: Bignor Roman Villa Thurs 28th April 10.30am STOUGHTON DOWN L: Jane 2 hours 30mins 5.5 miles Not suitable for beginners. It is a hilly walk with great views but can be muddy and slippery in places. Meet: Stoughton Down car park - Forestry Commission car park east of Stoughton on the sharp bend (SU815126)
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20 Charity & Community Sussex Snippets Six weeks after their plight made the local and national news, eight lucky ducklings, rescued after their mother and three siblings were killed by a car, are nearly ready to be released back into the wild. The brood has been cared for by the Born Free Foundation in Horsham. www.bornfree.org.uk Pavilion Blues: Disability and Identity is an new exhibition at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, that uncovers the story of how Brighton’s Royal Pavilion became a specialist hospital for amputee soldiers during the First World War, giving over 6,000 servicemen treatment, rehabilitation and training from 1916 until 1920. This tale of adversity and opportunity is revealed through photographs, poetry and objects from the Pavilion Military Hospital, as well as insights into the lives and experiences of three patients, and runs until 20th November. http://brightonmuseums.org.uk/ discover/events/event/pavilion-blues-disability-and -identity Most of us enjoy a scrumptious slice with a cup of steaming tea, but, for ten local, creative ladies,
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CHICHESTER LOCAL they don’t just have their cake and eat it: they can also ‘sew a cake.’ Local textile group ‘Calico and Cake’ will be showing their diverse work in a craft exhibition at Horsham District Council’s Horsham Museum that runs until 7th May – they will also be serving their celebrated cake on Saturday 2nd April, between 10am and 12 noon. Horsham Museum & Art Gallery, telephone 01403 254959, or send an email to: museum@horsham.gov.uk www,horshammuseum.org The School of Global Studies at the University Of Sussex has launched a new audio narrative podcast series, The Glass Bead Game, with the first, two-part, episode in the series featuring David Attenborough and Naomi Klein. Oriented towards those who are curious of mind, this twelve part series aims to creatively engage listeners on complex geopolitical issues in a monthly podcast and is directed and presented by award winning filmmaker Will Hood, a research associate at the University of Sussex. To stream, download or share: theglassbeadgame.co.uk/archive/ www.theglassbeadgame.co.uk People who have committed themselves to making a change or setting themselves a challenge in 2016 are being encouraged to sign up to Natures Way Foods Chichester Triathlon Series, which celebrates its tenth anniversary this year. Suitable for all abilities, the event will take place on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd July: with events for young people (aged 8 to 16) taking place on the first day; and the events for adults taking place on Sunday – all competitors will receive a T-shirt, medal, and water bottle once they cross the finish line. Telephone: 01243 534857, or you can send an email to: triathlon@chichester.gov.uk or see www.chichester.gov.uk/triathlon Windlesham House Preparatory School hosted a unique youth conference recently. Focussing on leadership, and social responsibility, and attended by 40 junior and senior schools from across the South East – including Steyning Grammar School, St Wilfred’s Secondary School, Crawley, and The Littlehampton Academy – the conference aims to inspire pupils to become leading citizens and influential leaders of tomorrow, and the event is working in partnership with ‘Step Up To Serve’, a campaign launched by HRH The Prince of Wales and the Prime Minister to generate greater youth social action. www.windlesham.com Step Up To Serve: www.iwill.org.uk/ or #iwill on Twitter
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The Arundel Castle Cricket Foundation is hosting a charity golf day on Monday, 25th April, on The Downs Course, Goodwood, by kind permission of The Earl of March. The day offers 18 holes 4-Ball Stableford with a shotgun start at 9.30am; prizes for the first three teams, longest drive & nearest the pin, and lunch at The Kennels after play has finished. Golf clubs and Woody Buggies may be hired for the day if required. The entry fee is £500 per team of four players or £125 per player and includes coffee & bacon rolls on arrival, plus a two-course lunch, excluding wine. All proceeds will go to The Arundel Castle Cricket Foundation. Contact by email: atkinannie@gmail.com www.arundelcastlecricketfoundation.co.uk
Money Management Courses CAP (Christians Against Poverty) is a money management and debt advice charity with over 290 debt centres helping more than 21,000 people a year out of debt and poverty, and is the largest provider of face-to-face financial education in the UK. The CAP Money Course teaches better money management and budgeting skills through
CHICHESTER LOCAL a simple cash-based system, giving people control of their finances. The Course consists of three, free and informal, sessions each lasting two hours; although an abbreviated single session course can be arranged. The course also provides access to the CAP Money Plus debt counselling service, if needed. Tailored courses for Students, Youth and Kids are available. There are three course running in Chichester this year, the first being April – 12th, 19th and 26th , at 7pm at Revelation Church Offices, 1-2 St. Pancras, Chichester, PO19 7SJ. Contact Peter Sutton; email: cap@immanuelchichester.com www.capuk.org/i-want-help/cap-money-course/ introduction
A27 Northern Route Dropped
The announcement by Highways England that they are no longer considering building a new A27 expressway north of Chichester has been welcomed by the official “Friends” group for the South Downs National Park, the South Downs Society. The Society, and a range of environmental, business and other organisations, have been engaged with Highways England and their transport consultants for over a year, considering congestion, road safety and other issues along the A27 at Arundel, Worthing/Lancing and east of Lewes and how to address them. Options for improving the Chichester bypass will be the new focus when public consultation takes place in the spring or summer. Contact: Steve Ankers, Policy Officer, or Robert Cheesman, Chairman of the South Downs Society, 01798 875073
St Wilfrid’s Moonlight Walk
Registration for the 8th annual Moonlight Walk in aid of St. Wilfrid’s Hospice in Chichester is now open and there are still places to fill. Volunteers are also needed to act as marshals on the night and help keep walkers on the right route. The Moonlight Walk takes place on Saturday 7th May at 10pm, with the option of either a five or a ten-mile route. There is a £15 entry fee, which includes a T-Shirt and refreshments, and it is hoped that entrants’ own fundraising efforts will raise another £50 to £100. Contacts: moonlightwalk.stwh.co.uk or Fundraising Dept: 01243 755827, www.stwh.co.uk
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University Offers Critic Courses
THE art of becoming an international theatre critic is the subject of a new undergraduate programme at the University of Chichester. Musical Theatre Critique and Arts Journalism, launched at the institution this year, is the first of its kind in the UK to (The Producers at feature guest lectures from the Chichester University industry’s leading writers. The innovative module, which is part of a wider joint honours degree in Musical Theatre, has been backed by renowned critic Mark Shenton: an associate editor of national publication The Stage who will feature as part of the series. Course leader is Andrew Wright a.wright@chi.ac.uk. www.chi.ac.uk/music.
Cathedral Drone Flight
Chichester Cathedral has used a drone, to carry out a survey on the spire, damaged in 2014 by a direct lightning strike, making it necessary to carry out a close inspection of the
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Tools With A Mission
Tools donated to the Chichester branch of national charity Tools With A Mission (TWAM) are helping to transform schools in Zimbabwe, who said “With sewing machines and haberdashery we were able to introduce courses in garment making. With computers our school could teach e-learning and computers. With builders’ kits, brick and block laying became part of a new Technical Vocational Course. With plumbers kits we installed a water system in our school. With woodwork kits we added woodworking to our curriculum and donated books helped us start a school library.” To donate contact: Chichester Baptist Church office 01243 782582. www.twam.co.uk
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Chichester April 16 February 2016 solution shown below. ACROSS: 7) Fragment, 8) Avid, 9) Ingot, 10) Wrestle, 11) Smite, 13) Sangria, 16) Procure, 17) Later, 18) Assault, 20) Adorn, 23) Fail, 24) Denounce DOWN: 1) Wren, 2) Agnostic, 3) Beg, 4) Eternal, 5) Mass, 6) Hillside, 12) Marksman, 14) Grandeur, 15) Prelude, 19) Axle, 21) Rice, 22) Any Winner: Mrs M Judge from Chichester. Congratulations and thank you to all who entered. Entries to: Sussex Local Crossword, PO Box 2237 Pulborough, RH20 9AH or scan and email the page to crosswords@sussexlocal.net.
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White Chocolate and Blueberry Tart A lusciously rich pud with the healthy addition of fresh blueberries! 3 For the filling, Ingredients (serves 8): place the chocolate For the base: 150g walnuts, finely chopped; 1 egg, slightly beaten; 50g unsalted butter; 150g plain flour; 50g caster sugar; 1 teaspoon orange zest The filling: 350g white chocolate, in small pieces; 25g unsalted butter; 150ml double cream; 100g fresh blueberries
Method: 1 Place the base ingredients in a food processor, and mix until combined well. Press into a greased 22cm flan dish (the mixture may be quite crumbly). 2 Pre-heat the oven to 190C/375F/gas Mark 5. Bake the flan case blind, (filled with greaseproof paper and baking beans or bread crusts), for 25 - 30 minutes until firm and just turning golden. Set aside to cool.
and butter in a large bowl over a saucepan of simmering water and stir occasionally until melted (or microwave carefully on 30 second bursts, until well blended). 4 Remove from the heat and gently blend in the double cream. Cool for 15 mins. Stir in the fruit and pour into the prepared base. Chill for at least 3 hours until set. Garnish with walnuts or serve with a blueberry sauce. Cookery Courses in Tangmere Student Self Sufficiency, Men in the Kitchen, Learn the Basics and many more... Contact Alex 01243 532240 www.cookwithalex.co.uk
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Queen Alexandra Hospital Home Care that goes the extra mile in Worthing by Lynn Smith Sussex’s Queen Alexandra Hospital Home (QAHH) is one of the oldest charities in the country. Established in Roehampton in 1919 to look after servicemen disabled in the First World War, the QAHH moved to its current home in Worthing in 1934, and has pioneered medical and social care procedures that are taken for Valerie Walker - Director of granted today. Nursing and Operations Following the first steps in physiotherapy and occupational therapy helped the residents to re-train and to find employment. Valerie Walker, Director of Nursing and Operations, came to QAHH almost sixteen years ago, having previously worked at the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability (formerly the Home for
Incurables) in Putney. Valerie’s move to QAHH was timely, having married a West Sussex man she had been commuting between Worthing and west London when she heard about a vacancy at the hospital home, and she describes her first impression of the care home as “amazing.” As a member of the senior management team, Valerie has been instrumental in the development of the QAHH. Over the last ten to twelve years the home has updated its facilities and built the Alexandra wing, which houses 22 en-suite bedrooms and includes a large physiotherapy department. Residents cover a broad age range, from 95-year old Rene, who has been at the QAHH since 2009 after a stroke left her heavily paralysed on one side, to 28-year old Will, who is suffering from an Acquired Brain Injury following a serious cycling accident that left him with limited communication and mobility skills. Reading QAHH case studies makes it clear that a resident’s progress is down to the dedication of the staff and also the inspiration and encouragement of fellow residents. For instance, some residents will share double rooms, which can be useful in cases of those who have suffered a stroke or have Parkinson’s where the presence of a room-mate can be stimulating and have a positive effect. The QAHH approach is multi-discipline, addressing a whole care package, including speech and diet, tailored to the needs of each resident and their relatives, and each resident has a named nurse and key worker. Valerie “swears by” CQC (Care Quality Commission) standards and the setting of achievable (SMART) goals to see an improvement in a resident’s condition and, where possible, to get them back into the community. However, this is not always possible
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and some residents suffering from degenerative conditions will be long term. The QAHH’s mission statement is “… to provide a multi-disciplinary approach for the care and rehabilitation of those with Neurological and medical disabilities, predominantly for those who have served with HM Forces.” However, the QAHH is a care home and may, if it has empty beds, receive a referral from CCG to care for none service personnel. Valerie is pleased to confirm that having already achieved Commend Status in the Gold Standards Framework accreditation process for end of life care, the QAHH has recently learned that it has been conferred Beacon status, which is the top level of the award. Key to any residential home is its staff, and this is particularly so in the case of a care home where the residents require such specialist care. The QAHH currently has 150 members of staff, which may sound like a generous number for a 60-bed home, until you consider that residents need a lot of dedicated care and physiotherapy, with each resident requiring at least two members of staff. For instance, meals are taken in two sittings – diners requiring assistance can take up to an hour, with those able to feed themselves coming in thirty minutes later. Valerie is justifiably proud of her “excellent team, [who are] committed to disability care,” and comprises registered nurses, health care assistants, physiotherapists, occupational and speech therapists.” Valerie describes registered nurses as being in short supply “like gold-dust,” and they, along with the health care assistants, all have clear development pathways. To work in such a specialist environment staff, “need to want to be in slow-stream rehabilitation, end of life and disability. Which isn’t for everyone.” In the same way that each resident has an individual care package then so each resident will have a bespoke funding package, possibly from a number of sources. Residents are assessed from the time of the first phone call, with all aspects of their needs being taken into consideration. This assessment feeds directly into the QAHH’s own cost of care package, which will be reviewed every six months, or as often as agreed with the funding providers. The QAHH has a good relationship with both Continuing Health Care (CHC) and the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), who together provide roughly one third of
the hospital home’s funding – the remaining twothirds come from the QAHH’s own funding efforts with social services providing a third, or less. As a standalone home the QAHH works hard to attracting funding, and there is competition with other charities in the care sector. Running the care home cost around £5 million a year, the bulk of which comes from fees, but Valerie Walker says, “[the home] has to top up £1.3 million to stay alive,” adding, “Getting the money in is the biggest challenge.”
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32 Local Charity / Finance Along with most charities the QAHH relies on the support and generosity of volunteers in many areas. However, it doesn’t take a huge commitment to volunteer: Valerie Taylor says that many of the residents do not receive regular visitors and that anyone with just one or two hours to spare at the weekend to visit or read to residents who may not otherwise have visitors, would be welcomed. Elizabeth Baxter is Head of Fund Raising for the QAHH and leads a team of four, who each take care of different fund raising areas. In the past the home has relied upon monies from legacies and trusts, but is now taking a much more proactive approach to fundraising. In addition to the usual social events, such as open days, tea parties and the Christmas bazaar, dog walks and quiz nights, Elizabeth’s team is introducing sport and challenge events such as the absailing the Peacehaven cliffs
CHICHESTER LOCAL and the Bright10 – a ten mile run along Brighton and Hove seafront – to attract more adventurous fundraisers. Recently launched, the QAHH Lottery offers people a chance to win £25,000 for the cost of a £1 ticket, and has doubled its numbers since November. As Elizabeth says, the aim is to appeal to “as wide an audience as possible and to attract all types of people.” Based in the hospital home, Elizabeth Baxter and her team get to know the residents and their stories, which makes them feel very much part of the QAHH and, “[is] very motivational.” The home invites people to visit and see the work of the home for themselves, and Elizabeth says that the most regular comments from visitors are “how happy everyone seems” and “what a brilliant place this is.” Valerie Taylor sums up the ethos of what is clearly a special place when she describes working at QAHH as “ not just a job but a way of life.” The Queen Alexandra Hospital Home - Boundary Road, Worthing BN11 4LJ Tel: 01903 213458
Should you unlock your former employer pension benefits? By Richard Cohen JP FPFS ACII MCSI Chartered Financial Planner When was the last time you thought about your former employers? A strange question but I often ask clients to think back to previous employments. Why? Because quite often they would have had a benefits package in place, which ceased when they left that employment. In particular they may have had contributions paid into a pension scheme for them.
However, there are key considerations around these schemes, which can determine whether they are best left where they are or moved elsewhere. The level of death benefits they provide, the amount of control you have over the pension fund and how you can take it and also the financial security of your former employer are all important points to consider.
Many people have accumulated pension benefits via employer funded pension schemes, which are long forgotten once they move to a new employer. Whilst annual statements are sent for such schemes, if you have moved house since changing employer then you and your pension benefits can easily lose track of each other.
Worthing and the surrounding areas have been home to some large employers over the years who would have had such schemes in place. Companies such as London & Edinburgh, Smithkline Beecham and Lloyds Registrars to name but a few. If you have ever worked for any of these companies and/or you think you may have some accumulated benefits, take time to get them properly reviewed.
Often we find that the accumulated benefits can be much more substantial than the client first thought. Occupational Pensions Schemes – also called Final Salary or Defined Benefit Schemes work differently to personal pension plans and historically have had valuable benefits attached to them, which has meant they should be left where they are until you needed to access them.
We are running a free seminar on this subject, giving more information about how to find any benefits you may have lost track of, the importance of reviewing these benefits and an insight into the options available. Full details can be found on the opposite page. See www.nsurefinancial.co.uk or to arrange a free review call Sarah Gray on 01903 821010
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