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Empowering 0345 06 121 12 www.cais.co.uk Change Summer 2016 | Issue 38 Cyfle Cymru unlocks doors CAIS is delighted to be a key part of the consortium which new jobs, almost 400 gained a new qualification and 350 has been awarded a major new skills and employability people entered further learning. More than 2,000 people project supported by the European Social Fund and the achieved another positive outcome. Welsh Government. Alongside DACW partners, Hafal and Remploy Cymru, Effective CAIS will be the lead agency for the Healthy Working Wales DACW Chair and CAIS Deputy Out of Work Service — which we’ve named Cyfle Cymru. Chief Executive Lynn Bennoch The programme, to be delivered across five regions said these results proved how of Wales, will provide support for people with a history of effective the peer mentoring substance misuse and/or mental health conditions — helping approach could be in motivating them find the right job, training opportunity or qualifications. and supporting people in recovery. Cyfle Cymru will offer one-to-one guidance from a peer mentor who can draw on their own experience of substance “Peer Mentors are living proof misuse, recovery, or mental health conditions, as well as that abstinence and positive specialist employment support, including volunteering lifestyle changes can be opportunities and help and advice on how to apply for work. achieved and maintained,” Lynn said. “Cyfle Cymru will focus on training, education and personal Peer mentoring development to unlock potential and new opportunities. The award marks a return to the peer mentoring approach “We will encourage service users to become work-ready by which proved so successful for CAIS and CAIS service users instilling confidence and providing support and opportunity.” between 2009 and 2014. For more information contact the In delivering the forerunning Peer Mentoring Scheme Cyfle Cymru team on throughout North Wales, CAIS helped more than 3,300 0300 777 2256 or by emailing people to improve their lives — more than 350 people found [email protected]. CAIS aims to empower positive changes in the lives of people affected by addiction, adverse mental health, unemployment, offending and other life challenges, through a range of services and support delivered by skilled and experienced staff and volunteers. Recognising the efforts of our staff Our annual Staff Day offers the chance to reward and Dedication and dialogue recognise the efforts made by our employees as they help to empower change in the lives of people throughout Wales. on show at Staff Day 2016 One of the ways we show our appreciation is by presenting awards and certificates to those members of staff who have made a significant contribution through long or CAIS saluted four decades of service to the communities of Wales distinguished service. Beforehand, all members of staff were invited to vote for at a celebratory staff day in Chester — just the latest event to Scenes from Staff Day 2016: Roman tours of Chester, the colleague they thought had been the “most helpful” Service users in Wrexham and Flintshire marked four mark our big anniversary this summer! meeting the birds of prey and over the course of the last 12 months, and nominate the decades of CAIS with a celebratory afternoon at Glyndwr cutting the cake most committed team members who have “gone the extra University’s Catrin Finch Centre. mile” for their service area. Fun activities included rounders, karaoke and a football We tallied up the responses and were delighted to present match between a side representing Champions’ House and A legion of front line staff from across our services small tokens of our appreciation to a total of 28 staff. the Colwyn Bay-based CAIS Jigsaw Lions. joined managers, directors and board members for the Andrew Ruscoe, from Brickfield Rangers, presented a fun annual event – held this year at the Queen Hotel in Very many congratulations to our winners — and thanks to series of awards to players taking part in the Champions’ the beautiful surroundings of the Roman city. all our staff for their continued commitment. House football programme in partnership with the club and Activities included a city walk in the company of Roman Glyndwr. guides, quizzes and games, plus a chance to meet some Burger and ice cream vans provided much needed birds of prey at close quarters. nourishment for players and singers alike. The afternoon also featured presentations on the work Staff Day Awards 2016 of Wrexham recovery hub Champions’ House, efforts to tackle the use of the novel psychoactive substances Claire Williams Therapeutic and through the Denbighshire COMS project, and an outline of Young People’s Services the new Caniad involvement service. Amanda Harry Tier 4 Services Awards were presented to staff who have completed 10, Louise Evans Supporting People 15 and 20 years’ service, and to members of the CAIS David Vrint Veterans’ Services team chosen by their colleagues as deserving of special Julie Coates Recovery Coaching recognition. Wendy Williams Employment Services Olwen Evans Central Services Chief Executive Clive Wolfendale said the support of commissioners, partners and friends in the sector was crucial to the continued success of the organisation. Special recognition awards Lisa Sinnott Supporting People, Pembrokeshire “That success comes, I hope, through dialogue – but it Steph Young Data Quality Officer can only ever work where there is credibility,” he said. “The people who support CAIS know that every day in every way, we deliver.” Most helpful staff member He said the charity’s mission to empower change would Karen Evans Finance remain its guiding light. Runner up Danielle Bucknall Station Court “The next step on our journey is to bring service users fully into CAIS, from top to bottom, giving due influence and regard to their needs – in the expectation that that trust Long service awards will be returned with their support,” he said. 10 years Sandy Ackers, Lynn Bennoch Chairman Dr Dafydd Alun Jones reflected that many of 15 years Victoria Griffiths, Liz Jones, the staff in the room would not have been born when he Susan Pritchard, Carol Leather, led a small group to establish the body which would later Paul Staniland, Louise Morris, Bev Highton, Fiona Hughes Dozens of CAIS staff attended a special summer barbecue become CAIS in 1976. to mark the charity’s 40 years of service. 20 years Geraint Jones, Fiona Sherwin, He hailed the organisation’s “initiative, drive and Ken Jones, Brian Barnett, The social event, held at the Faenol Fawr Country House inspiration” over its 40-year history, before cutting a Peter Juckes-Hughes, Hotel in Bodelwyddan, also featured a fun photo caption specially-made cake to mark the occasion. Linda Walters, Margaret Jones competition – with prizes for the most irreverent! Affinity service users ‘Stand out’ praise for World Cup silverware for Onon top the of the world WesternYouth Justice Front Service Service users from the Affinity Conwy and Denbighshire Youth Justice Service has CAIS Jigsaw Lions programme in Wrexham been praised in a major report into the success of braved the weather to reach programmes designed to prevent reoffending. A pair of amateur footballers from North Wales have gone one better the summit of Snowdon. HM Inspectorate of Probation worked with a string of than their Euro 2016 counterparts Recovery Coach George James youth offending teams and others across England and – by bringing home some silverware said climbing the 3,560ft peak Wales to examine whether referral orders achieve their from a major international was the “closest to heaven any potential. tournament. of us had ever been before”. The Conwy and Denbighshire team were praised Wales lifted the Shield at the “As a recovery coach, it was for making efforts to enable victims to attend youth Homeless World Cup in Glasgow’s fantastic to see everyone working together, helping and offender panels, and for achieving high levels of victim George Square last week, sparking motivating each other to complete the task to get to the involvement and satisfaction. wild celebrations by beating summit,” George said. The team also attracted praise for adopting a positive Zimbabwe by eight goals to five in a “Although everyone was cold and wet, there was fun and approach to reparation orders while boosting the skills pulsating final. laughter along the way — even when it started hailing! base of offenders — and was described as “stand out” The Dragons made it to the third-tier watch the final Everyone took lots of good memories away with them and for its work to reintegrate and improve public perception knockout final after a qualifying tinyurl.com/CAISLionsHWC Rich (centre) and Kieran (right) celebrate with will remember this day for a long time.” of young people. round which featured four-a-side teammates in Glasgow’s George Square street football victories over Austria, Sweden, South Korea and Australia. International audience for Bangor Generous fundraiser remembers They went on to defeat Germany in “The amount of support and The Welsh teams were coordinated the quarter final and Finland in the recognition we were getting from by Street Football Wales, a social and Hafan Wen research CAIS support 12 years later! semi, before beating the Africans to around the city was incredible. inclusion charity which provides claim the cup. footballing opportunities for almost Research work carried out alongside CAIS service users A generous fundraiser has praised the impact CAIS “We had people coming up to us in 1,000 individuals affected by has been presented to an international audience at the counselling made on his life – more than a decade later! Vice captain Kieran Egan (21), from the streets to tell us that they would homelessness, substance misuse, European Association of Substance Abuse Research Colwyn Bay, said he was bowled over be cheering for us.” Nurse Gary Williams, 51, from Wrexham, raised almost to have been involved in a trophy- mental health and other issues.