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December 2013 DECEMBER 2013 Inside this issue... Charity Bake off Charity Bake Off PaLS Antrim held a Coffee Morning on Friday 22 November 2013 for the Page 1 victims of Typhoon Haiyan which recently hit the Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan (known in the Philippines as Typhoon Yolanda) is the deadliest Simon McGrattan’s 3 natural disaster in the country's history, killing at least 5,209 people, with Marathon Challenge many more still missing. Page 2 Letter of Thanks for BSO Page 3 Certificate of Thanks Page 4 HR Hughnited FC v DLS Page 5 Video Conferencing Technology Page 6 BSO Board Meeting: January All of those present in PaLS Antrim were welcomed to taste our version of Page 6 the ‘Great British Bake Off’ and everyone enjoyed our varied fare. From the coffee morning a total of £175.00 was raised for this good cause and Health Advice we would like to thank all of those who provided food for the event and the Page 7 staff and visitors to Bretten Hall who donated. Chairman’s Lunch Pages 8-9 Change but Continuity of Service at ORECNI Page 10 Access Awareness Page 11 Created by Customer Relations & Service Improvement BSO Business Matters December 2013 Page 2 Simon McGrattan’s 3 Marathon Challenge BSO’s Assistant Director of Finance Simon McGrattan ran 3 separate marathons in under 6 weeks in order to raise money for children with Down’s syndrome in Northern Ireland. Simon received 54 donations and managed to raise £1, 265. All of the proceedings went to the registered charity Down’s Syndrome Association. “ My name is Simon McGrattan, and I work in BSO Finance. As part of my mid-life crisis I took up running, mainly marathons. I had the good fortune this year of obtaining entry to three marathons: 1. London Marathon, 21 April 2013; 2. Belfast Marathon, 6 May 2013; and 3. Derry/Londonderry (City of Culture), 2 June 2013. With the proximity of the events to each other I thought, ‘why not package the whole experience as a challenge and seek funding for a charity?’ The BSO charity this year is Down’s Syndrome Association. I met my wife at a Gateway Club, a youth club for disabled kids. Many of the kids had Down’s so I have a particular affiliation with this charity. I raised sponsorship a few years ago in BSO and was amazed by the generosity of staff, and I am confident that the spirit of giving continues.” - Simon McGrattan Simon sent sponsorship forms around BSO and set up a JustGiving page to allow online donations. You can visit the page and read the encouraging comments from the donors at www.justgiving.com/ Simon-McGrattan/ Simon McGrattan Encouraging comments from his donors: “Very well done Simon, a brilliant achievement.” - Pauline McVeigh “Well done; hope the legs aren't too sore.”- Alphy Maginness “Congratulations Simon - a great achievement - and for a very worthwhile cause” - Brendan Maguire “Champion! Well done!” - Paula Shields “Well done Simon, great running and a great cause!” - Michael Crawford “Well done Simon!!! 3 marathons in 6 weeks is some going!” - Bronagh Keatley “Good Luck in the City of Culture - two marathons in one week - you must be crazy!” - Norma Moore “Good luck Simon, what a worthy cause!” - Caragh Lynch “Running 3 marathons, very impressive. Good luck for all 3 and this is an excellent cause!” - Rachel Crothers Created by Customer Relations & Service Improvement BSO Business Matters December 2013 Page 3 Letter of Thanks for BSO Down’s Syndrome Association (NI Office) Unit 2, Marlborough House 348 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 6GH Telephone 028 9066 5260 E-Mail: [email protected],uk 18th November 2013 Business Organisation Services 2 Franklin Street Belfast BT” 8DQ Dear Mr Bingham and Staff, I am writing to thank you for the generous donation of £870.00 that you raised through various fundraising events. We appreciate all the time, effort and sheer hard work that goes into fundraising. The Down’s Syndrome Association aims to help those with Down’s syndrome lead full and rewarding lives and to provide advice and support to their families, carers and the professionals who work with them. Here in Northern Ireland we run numerous projects providing a wide range of activities, residential and social breaks for teenagers and young adults as well as organising events, conferences and providing training and support to parents and professionals. We also have 6 youth clubs throughout Northern Ireland. Again, very many thanks for supporting the Down’s Syndrome Association. Kind regards Fiona Wilson Admin/ Project Worker Created by Customer Relations & Service Improvement BSO Business Matters December 2013 Page 4 Certificate of Appreciation for BSO Created by Customer Relations & Service Improvement BSO Business Matters December 2013 Page 5 HR Hughnited FC v DLS Match Report Wednesday 11th December at Dub playing fields HR Hughnited were denied a much warranted victory over DLS when a late equaliser by DLS deprived them of a famous comeback. The final 4-4 scoreline did not reflect the total dominance of HR Hughnited throughout the game and after coming back from being 3-0 down due to the arriving presence of Coach Kennedy on the sidelines, HR Hughnited scored the next 4 goals to lead 4-3 before DLS undeservedly nicked a late goal (Peter Carson). Despite this, HR Hughnited produced a late onslaught in ‘Fergie Time’ with a penalty being denied, a post being hit and several goalmouth scrambles failing to produce a justified winner for the better team. Early DLS goals from Conor Cole and Andrew Fox (2) enabled the pre-match favourites to race into what seemed an unassailable lead. Coach Kennedy arrived at this point and after giving the HR Hughnited the hairdryer treatment (and threats of P45s being issued if this performance level continued), the team responded well to this motivational encouragement. Patrick O’Hara muscled off a few DLS defenders to reduce the lead to 2 goals. DLS defender Derek ‘chopper’ Brown then was then penalised for professionally fouling Patrick O’Hara in their box with Colm McGarry scoring the resulting penalty to close the gap to one goal. Mark Harvey then scored the equaliser after DLS couldn’t cope with the continuing pressure on their goal. The momentum was all with HR Hughnited FC at this point with the lead being taken by HR after a classy finish by Patrick O’Hara. DLS’s predatory strikers Alphy Maginness and Mark Scott were being well marshalled by HR Hughnited defenders Paddy Hanna and Dermot Scullion and the DLS midfield of Conor Cole, Andrew Fox and Peter Carson were easily contained by their HR Hughnited counterparts (Mark Harvey and Colm McGarry). In defence for DLS, Derek Brown and Terry Littlewood were always uncomfortable and struggled throughout against the HR Hughnited strike force of Bill Harvey and Patrick O’Hara. Conor Price performed heroically in nets for HR Hughnited and made a few excellent saves to deny DLS when they did manage to escape the clutches of the HR defenders. Conor did however flaunt team rules by wearing a Liverpool jersey. This will be dealt with internally by HR Hughnited FC. Another date is to be finalised for the decider between these two heavyweight teams and it may need to be moved to all ticket affair such was the crowd size at Wednesday’s game. Attendance – 1 (Coach Kennedy) Created by Customer Relations & Service Improvement BSO Business Matters December 2013 Page 6 Video Conferencing Technology As video conferencing technology continues to improve, there is more and more of a push for businesses to integrate this into their communication package. Communication Among Offices BSO has multiple offices, and many colleagues may have to occasionally partake in conference calls or regional meetings in which they have to travel to a specific location to take part. Often there will be a certain amount of paperwork which must be distributed, meaning it will have to be prepared before the meeting or sent via e-mail or postal mail to the offices beforehand. This means that you have to put a lot of preparation into your meetings. Think of how much time and money you could save if you were able to have most of your meetings via video, with all relevant information displayed on the screen when it is needed and true interactivity among the people at different offices. Video conferencing can allow you to set up a video system and microphones at each location letting them see and hear the points raised by the other offices as well as any material that you choose to display within the meeting– all without travel or excessive preparation beforehand. BSO has now 2 of these facilities, one on the 6th floor and one on the 7th and Bill Harvey ( Head of Counter Fraud Investigations) or his staff are more than happy to give instruction on the system. BSO has invested £18,000 into video conferencing technology for the 6th floor meeting room and the BSO Boardroom in 2 Franklin Street. This will allow staff based in the periphery of Northern Ireland to communicate face to face in real time with colleagues at meetings based in BSO headquarters (2 Franklin Street). Traveling from locations such as Derry/Londonderry to Belfast may cost up to £250 per manager and take on average 4 hours. Several managers may use the video conferencing technology simultaneously. It is therefore estimated that the cost to implement the video conferencing technology will be recuperated within 3 months. The technology was first used on 17/12/2013 which allowed David Bingham to communicate directly with Martin Bradley MBE.
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