Zest Bitesize - August 2020

For everyone at Voyage Care August 2020

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Welcome from Jayne Davey, Chief Operating Officer

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I’m delighted to welcome you to our second Zest Bitesize edition; an online only magazine to keep you up to date before our much-anticipated ‘Environment Special’ lands in September! Zest is always packed with inspirati onal stories, and this digital edition is no exception; the creativity and care shown in our services never fails to make me smile, so THANK YOU!

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Lets go to the zoo, zoo, zoo

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Show off your service

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Positivity campaign roundup

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A day in the life...

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How to host your own festival

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We still face some huge challenges, but I am imm ensely grateful for your efforts and the spirit you continue to show, no matter what. I see our ETHOS values in action throughout this issue – and I couldn’t be prouder!

As always, I hope you enjoy reading about what other services are up to and are inspired to get involved ! It would be lovely to hear from you, so please do get in touch with communications@voyagecare.com to share your own stories, or feedback on how Zest has spar ked new ideas.

Happy reading!

Jayne

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The nominations for this year’s Voyage Excellence Award’s have come to a close and we are overwhelmed with the response we’ve had.

We’ve received over 1000 nominations with the most incredible, inspirational stories of your hard work and dedication over the last 12 months.

The judges are now hard at work going through each and every nomination.

Thank you to everyone that nominated!

Keep an eye out on our social channels as we will update you along the way!

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Voyage Care’s very own

Travelling zoo There’s a zoo making its way round our services!

We’ve been following its progress as the people we support welcome their new visitors. They’ve all been adding their own animals too so the zoo is growing as it goes along!

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The Grange There’s now a panda and gorilla been added to the collection!

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The zoo has just been sent to the team at Falcon Lodge!

We can’t wait to see what gets added to the collection...

Follow the zoo

We’ll be following the zoo as it carries on travelling the country. Make sure you keep up to date with where it ends up on Hive!

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People we support have helped staff turn their storage shed to into a beautiful summer house!

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Over lockdown, the people we support decided to transform their ‘Quiet room’ to their ‘Arts and Crafts room’ - everyone got involved putting their own stamp on the room!

The Gardens Staff and people we support have been busy creating new environments for their homes!

Here’s their new sensory room at The Gardens!

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Day in the life…

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They start by mowing lawn and blowing away the leaves

Samuel and Martin have been doing lots of work on the grounds of Bronte View. They’ve given us a sneak peak into their day to see what they’ve been up to.

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Their next job for the day is giving the shed a bit of TLC!

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Samuel and Martin stop to take a little break before their next task!

3: What tool would you need to dig a hole?

A: Rake B: Axe C: Spade

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The biggest task of the day is building a new bench, but that’s no issue for Martin and Samuel!

Job well done!

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To finish off their very busy day, Martin and Samuel sit down and enjoy a BBQ. Oh... and try out their new bench!

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Creating your own festival

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4: What is the largest festival in the UK? A: Download B: Glastonbury C: Leeds

Lavender House & Primrose Lodge and Peel House created their very own festival in their services.

They set up different zones, including a rave tent, movie area, food and drink stall and a photobooth!

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Top tips on how to create your own festival!

Make posters for different areas of your festival

Organise some fun activities throughout the day

Make wristbands for the people we support

Order some festival themed food like hot dogs and burgers

Make a playlist of your favourite songs for the party tent

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Did you know?

All the issues of Zest magazine are available to download on Hive!