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RossenA newsletter from @wecarehere The Rossendale Trust www.rossendaletrust.orgTalesWinter 2017 Fashion Show – see page 3! Oakwood News – see page 6! IT’S WHAT YOU CAN DO THAT COUNTS! Riverside tenants Mark The holiday was operated by the Calvert Goodwin and Trevor Kennerley Trust, an organisation which is well recently had a holiday in the known to quite a few Rossendale tenants. Lake District, supported by staff They have over 40 years’ experience of delivering challenging outdoor adventure members Lisa Law, Wendy Tilley holidays for people with disabilities. and Kate Edwards. (continued overleaf). CONTINUED RAY INTERVIEWS FIONA FROM COVER Trevor’s best activity was doing the swing rope, as well as cracking (terrible) jokes, like ‘you would not be-leaf’ whilst holding a leaf! For this issue Paddock tenant Ray Brookes puts the spotlight on Fiona Lindop, one of the Group Leaders in Buxton. How long have you worked here? When are you getting married? I have worked at the Trust since 1st I am getting married on Saturday, October 2009. 16th June 2018! When did you start being a Where are you getting married? group leader? I am getting married at the bandstand I started my role as group leader in the Pavilion Gardens in Buxton. in January this year. I am enjoying it Do you like taking me to see Dena very much! (my sister)? Do you like working here? I love taking you to Chesterfield to see Yes, I like working with everyone at Dena. It’s nice to go out or to have lunch Mark’s best activity was canoeing. The Paddock & Cavendale. with you both and have a chat with her. As you can see from the picture on Do you like farms? What is your favourite food? the front page, he was full of laughs I do like going to see the animals, I love Thai food, especially at Simply Thai and smiles. especially the cows. in Buxton. I also like Chinese food. Lisa said, “It was a fantastic holiday What is your favourite animal? Where do you like going on holiday? which both tenants thoroughly enjoyed. It was so rewarding to My favourite animals are the monkeys I like to go to Tenerife as my sister lives see how much they both got out at the Zoo. out there and I go and see her a lot. It’s of the activities.” nice and hot! What do you do when you are not working? Do you have any children? When I am not at work I spend time with Yes I have a boy and a girl, Oliver and my family and go and watch live bands Sophie. Oliver is 22 and Sophie is 19. with my fiancée. 2 AUTUMN FASHION SHOW Each year, as autumn comes Great care and attention went into dressing around… fabulous fashion each individual. A special thanks to Karen, bursts on to the catwalk at the the gents stylist from M & S who ensured Tytherington Club! that every gents outfit suited the person that wore it. “It’s great to see everyone Heavy rain did not deter supporters of our looking so smart,” was one of many eagerly anticipated Fashion Show, which comments. The fact that many of our male is the most popular event in our calendar, models bought what they were wearing after the fete of course! was testament to her skills. They were not disappointed. The show Fashionable ladies wear, accessories, opened to the theme from James Bond jewellery and beauty products from Clarins and outfits suitable for the cocktail hour. and Aroma Works, candles, cards and This was followed by a great variety of the Christmas puddings all contributed to a very latest fashions from SOS Boutique and shopping extravaganza. Marks and Spencers menswear, modelled The evening was a great success with by both our staff and tenants. £2,806 being raised on the night. The taste buds were definitely working well at the CafeBar WINE (AND WORK) TASTING Arighi recently. Working closely with Arighi Bianchi, the Trust took over the bar for an evening of good taste! Delicious matched canapés and cheeseboard were served during the evening, paired with wines selected by the Wine School of Cheshire. It was an evening planned to raise funds in support of the Trust’s supported employment project, WorkTaste. Our guests for the evening were able to see the project at work as two of the waiters for the evening were Chris Welch and Ben Hayes, who have been working in the cafe. Ben and Chris were supported by their WorkTaste coaches, Alex and Hayley, who guided and supported them throughout the evening. To date, Arighis have provided four Pictured (L to R): Richard Smith, Geoff Broomfield, Hayley Moss, Chris Welch, Sue Heaven, WorkTaste placements across the store. The Ben Hayes, Nick Bianchi and Alex Whitaker evening raised £630 which will go towards the continuation of our WorkTaste project. 3 The Farm Shop in Sutton has FARM SHOP CLOSES closed its door for the last time. Just a short walk away for the tenants who live at the Hall site – and an even shorter one for the tenants in Walker Lane – the shop has been not only a great source of organic and free range foods, but a long term supporter of the Trust. Pam and Geoff Skinner are retiring after 10 years’ of hard work, but have promised that we will still see them in the area! Oakwood attendees made a card to mark the occasion, and took it down to the shop on the last day. Pictured (from left) are Mel Riley (Oakwood); tenant Adam Hipwell; Pam, Oakwooder James Cook and Geoff. THE GREAT (FERRET) ESCAPE… AND OTHER TALES Andy Grainger has been coming One day someone left the ferrets’ pen to Oakwood at the Hall for open and they all got out. I left it shut but more than 14 years. Quite a bit somebody, I don’t know who, left it open. has changed, as Karl Downing We couldn’t find the ferrets, 2 or 3 of discovers! them were up in the field. Jason was chasing after them, he couldn’t catch Karl: What was Oakwood like when them and we had to get someone in to you first came? do it properly. Andy: At first it was where Riverside is Did the hens have names? now. Then a shed was built afterwards. Woodwork was Greg’s idea, making No we just called them hens…..We used benches and bird tables. First, we worked to collect the eggs and sell them.. in a shed, we had saws and tools and all What’s it like to come to that caper, we did woodwork and 5 or 6 Oakwood now? people worked in there. Amazing, personally, for me. I like the Then we had the animals… staff and we like to learn. Learn about What kind of animals did how to print, send an email to somebody, Oakwood have? learn a different skill. Things have changed since the hens. Goats, pigs, hens, ferrets (laughter)…we had to take them for a walk. Do you enjoy coming to Oakwood? Did you take hens for a walk? We have this room (Oakwood Arts and Media) I enjoy, I really do. It’s better for No, but we did take a goat! We walked Trevor in his wheelchair and Richard who it round Oakwood in those days. Jason Simba (that was a fast one) and two big come here you know. He comes and knows Blythe (now Oakwood manager) used to pigs. We were walking the pigs one day what he is doing, sits at the computer. do that with me. We had a goat called and one dropped dead, it did! 4 HARRIERS DONATE TO WORKTASTE TWICE! A recent donation of more than £7,200 from the Macclesfield Harriers was a real cooperative effort. It was a combined total from two events this autumn - the Macclesfield Half Marathon and the Langley 7. The latter is a road race which takes the runners past our charity’s HQ in Sutton and the former, a gruelling 13 miles over the undulating Macclesfield hills. This is only the latest in a series of donations made by the Harriers to support Rossendale. The Harriers are especially keen on funding the Trust’s supported employment scheme, WorkTaste, and this latest contribution will be used for this purpose. Sue Heaven, Head of Fundraising for the Trust said, “Every year the Macclesfield Harriers surpass their fantastic support of our WorkTaste project. Once again, their kind support means so much to Rossendale Trust and the work that we do. WorkTaste offers a taste of work to the people we support and it simply would not happen without fundraising by people like the Harriers.” Sue’s colleague Karl Downing added, “it’s so great to see how sport can really make a huge difference in the lives of not only the runners, but also for the people we care for and support at the Trust. Giving them opportunities of work that helps them to be part the workplace” One runner said, “We love the support and encouragement when we run past Rossendale Hall, it’s great to see the people we are raising money for cheering us on”. A runner in the Macclesfield Half Marathon said, “What an effort, but it’s so worth it for where the money goes”. 5 Oakwood News OAKWOOD UPDATE… WORKING WITH THE NATIONAL TRUST Winter 2017 sees the start of partnership working initiative between the Rossendale Oakwood is now currently extremely busy, Trust and the National Trust.