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Diploma in Health and Social Care

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Jonathan Brooks Sue Andrews Paulette Laine Ramota Onikoyi Rosemary Osei Valentina Jasper

for recently completing their Diploma’s, Congratulations !

New Team Leader

Femi Adediran has been appointed as the New Team Leader , he will be working at

Waldram Park Road on a fixed term contract.

Congratulations on your new post.

Hate Crime App

A new hate crime reporting app is now available. It has been approved by MOPAC

(Mayors Office for Policing And Crime). The app is free to download . It enables victims

to immediately report an incident, with the information going directly to the Police via a

secure server. Users can also upload photographic and video material as part of their

report, providing the option to submit a verbal statement or footage of the incident.

Festibility May 2019

See details for the next Festibility event in 2019.

Please register your interest with Kiran Chana on 0208 469 8103 or ad-

[email protected] by the 31st January 2019.

Above and Beyond Award

The Above & Beyond award for this quarter has been awarded to Diana Neil.

Well done for your outstanding work and contribution.

Issue 22/ December 2018

NEWSLINE AURORA


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AURORA’S NOTICE BOARD

Dear Colleagues,

With another year of hard work behind us I hope that we can all look forward

to the opportunity of spending some time relaxing with those who are im-

portant in our lives. I realise that not everyone will be able to celebrate on the

traditional days due to work commitments but I hope we will all find the time

to enjoy a festive celebration.

Thank you for the contribution you have made to Aurora’s success in the past 12 months. I wish

all of you a very merry Christmas and a happy New year.

Willie Scott

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Card Making Sales

The Cardmaking group have been working really hard making and selling Christmas cards. We

have been doing lots of Cardsales in Lewisham Shopping Centre since October and customers

have said how much they like the cards. Lots of customers have told us that they are sending

them to family and friends abroad to places like Australia, America and France. The students have

been brilliant with their

customer service and

money skills. Well done

to the Cardmaking

group and a big thank

you to Jon and Diana

who support.

Safiye Lawrence

Brockley Open Studio

On Saturday 24th November the Cardmaking Group was part of Brockley Open Studios

Christmas Fair. Dudley and David sold cards and we made £140 which was fantastic,

thank you to Yasmin and Bill for dropping and collecting Dudley and David. Lots of

customers had bought from us last year and said how much their friends and families loved

them. Mark and Glen popped by and it was great to see them. We are looking forward to

been part of

Brockley Open

Studios in the

summer. Thank

you Brockley

Open it was a

great event to be

a part of.

Little Nan’s Bar—Cards for Sale

We have designed and made Little Nan’s Christmas cards for the 2nd year running. The

cards are for sale at Little Nan’s Bar in Deptford and are £1.00 each. Tristan who runs Little

Nan’s has said how much he loves the

cards and how they are perfect for the

bar. Check us out on their Instagram

page.

https://www.instagram.com/

littlenansbar/?hl=en

CARD MAKING NEWS

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Gardening Project

The gardening group were commissioned to clear a garden in Grove Park by Lewisham

social services.

Richard and Vincent were supported by staff Jonathan to do this and they have done a

fantastic job. The garden was extremely overgrown when they first started and it was im-

possible to reach the back of it due to the amount of brambles.

They have all enjoyed working hard and

have been racing back from lunch to

continue with their work! If you look at the

before and after pictures , you can see

the effort they have put into this garden.

We see a promising future for this enter-

prise and its hard working participants.

Thanks to Richard, Vince and Jonathan

for their great work.

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BEXLEY

Paul’s 60th Birthday

Paul celebrated his 60th birthday in November. He got lots of gifts , food was

prepared by his staff and the cake had 60 on it. Paul thanked his mum and

friends for coming to his party. Paul said I am a young 60 year old.

Peter celebrates his 70th Birthday

Peter celebrated his 70th birthday last month by throwing a party with all his friends at the Bromley Court Ho-

tel. When planning his party, Peter made sure he incorporated his favourite things, he had a Shadows tribute

band, beer and a horse racing themed birthday cake!

Everyone had a great time. Peter says he particularly liked the food, watching his housemate Glen dance to

Elvis and listening to the band play. Thank you to everyone

who attended and helped Pete

celebrate his special day

BEFORE AFTER

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This newsletter featuring the articles and features of the service users is a publication of Aurora Options

Feature Highlights

WELCOME Index

Vince’s trip to Sweden …...4

Billy goes to Manchester…..4

Ruby’s trip to the USA …..…5

Gardening Project.……..….6

Peter’s 70th Birthday…….....7

Staff Section..…………….….8

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Birthdays Vince’s Trip to

Sweden Gardening Project

Welcome to the December

edition of NewsLine Aurora.

We are looking forward to

engaging in several new

projects as well as events

that showcase not only our

dedication towards

providing exceptional

service but also our

commitment to give back

to the community.

In this issue, you will find

articles about our

achievements in Quality

Management, and news

about Aurora, our service

users and staff.

NewsLine Aurora focuses

on the achievements of

the people we support.

I hope you find this issue

a pleasant read.

Kiran Chana

Editor

NewsLine Aurora


Ruby’s Trip to

Chicago (USA)

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Billys trip to Manchester

Billy went on a three day trip to Manchester with support staff, he

was very happy because it was his first time going to Manchester,

and also travelling on the train on a long trip. Billy went on a tour

around Man City and Man United stadium , where he bought Man

United football T- shirt and had pictures of himself whilst at the

stadium. Billy is a big fan of football, he enjoys watching

football games and playing and listening to music. Billy

had so much fun, he was supported by staff to visit Rock

of Ages a music theatre to watch the opera. Billy went

bowling which he enjoyed.

Welcome to Stockholm!

Vince and his Fiancé Teresa were supported by Michael to spend 6 days in

Sweden in November. Although the weather was frosty, they enjoyed visiting the

ABBA museum and singing.

They visited the science museum which had a virtual reality headset and a good

model railway which Vince loved!

Vince and Teresa eat out and had a giant pizza which Vince said he was very

impressed with.

They went on lots of trips to the zoo, an old Swedish village and the Natural History

Museum, all of which made this a holiday of a lifetime for Vince who has wanted

to go back to Sweden for many

years.

Album Cover

Aysen has designed the album cover for Electric Fire’s

new album EFX. Electric Fire are a band who are part of

Heart and Soul at The Albany in Deptford. They will be

promoting their album at The Welcome Collection on 6th

December.

Well Done Aysen!

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My holiday to the States

I had a lovely holiday to the states. This is one of the best trips I have ever had. I stayed with my aunt

in Bloomington a small village in Illinois Chicago. I was excited to see my nephew Alexander, Uncle

Dan and their little dog Tillie. My aunt drove me around whenever she had time and showed me

around, otherwise my support worker and myself strolled to different places. In America everything

is big. Their roads, their cars their houses and quantity of food is much bigger than ours. I saw a lot of

Halloween decorations which was really exciting. I am really looking

forward to going back to my aunts for my 30th birthday which will be in

two years’ time.

Ruby

Message From Ruby's Auntie: This is Pauline (Ruby’s Aunty). I just wanted to let you know how thankful and grateful we

are for sending Sheena all the way from the UK to fly Ruby to us, it meant the world to us. We greatly appreciate that

and we really enjoyed having her and Sheena here and we had such a great time.

When Ruby saw me at the airport, she came running and gave me a huge hug. It was so sweet, magical and I will never

forget that. I had tears in my eyes but of course they’re were tears of joy! Ruby loved helping me with chores around the

house. She helped with feeding the dog and giving the dog treats, took the garbage out, setting the table, putting dish-

es away, helped with cooking....she did it all and I miss her already!

My ten year old son loved spending time with Ruby and she loved watching him play video games. It was very cute to

see them both together especially that my son doesn’t have any siblings. Ruby has made plans already for her next visit

which will be on her 30th birthday! She wants to have a party outside our house with lots of balloons and a cake.

Sheena is such a hard working woman and has a heart of gold. She takes care of Ruby as though she was her own

daughter. Please, extend our gratitude to her as well. My husband and I are still in disbelief that you guys made this hap-

pen. We really appreciate everything that you did and everything you do for Ruby and again from the bottom of our

hearts thank you. We are very excited that we got to see her. You guys are amazing and we can’t thank you enough.

Best regards,

Pauline

Charlton Football Club

Jonathan and his dad David attended an event at Charlton Football Club to celebrate 20 years

since Charlton were promoted to the Premier League at the Play-off Final at Wembley Stadium.

Jonathan is part of Charlton Upbeats

Football Team and the event was to

raise funds for Charlton Athletic Com-

munity Trust who run various pro-

grammes including Charlton Up-

beats. Photographs of Jonathan and

his dad and Jonathan holding the

trophy with Alan Curbishley who was

the manager.

Jonathan said it was a really great night.

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