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YOUR TWICE YEARLY MAGAZINE FROM FAMILY MOSAIC WINTER 2012 NOW HAND IN HAND WITH TOUCHED BY GLORY Carried away by a summer of sports! Your stories, pages 4-7 editorial Call us news and events SUMMER OF FAMILY MOSAIC ESSEX SKY DIVE AND CAR WASH General enquiries INSPIRATION ✆ 01268 498 500 RAISE CASH FOR MENCAP Visiting support services Welcome to the latest edition, rounding up the news and Thurrock, Basildon, Castle Point, Residents and staff from Bramble Court in Essex events of the past six months. As you can see there has been Rochford, Rayleigh have been raising money for Mencap, starting ✆ 0800 288 8883 a lot going on in our services. We also saw Britain host a very ✆ with a car wash, writes Samantha Hampshire successful Olympics, followed by the Paralympics, and both Southend 01702 445 870 Havering ✆ 01708 776 770 2 thankfully with no disruption to our services. All staff were able Family, friends and neighbours boost Bramble’s reputation 3 to get in to work and our legacy seems to have been a big LONDON got involved in the car wash - and give some of us the thrill jump in activities among many of our customers. You’ve had - and all left with sparkling of a lifetime! sports days, set up healthy living groups and started lots of General enquiries cars. Local PCSOs Jen Adams Residents Louise Lloyd and new activity groups. This is all great and really gives a big boost ✆ 020 7089 1000 and Anna Groves also got their Joshua Hume and I did the to your health and wellbeing. We’re keen to encourage it so if Visiting support services police car washed. jump in September, with my you have any ideas for a new group in your area please talk to Hackney, Islington colleague Carolyn Orman your support worker. On page eight you’ll find a mention of ✆ 020 7241 7940 Helping hands joining us at the last minute. welfare reforms. There are more changes on the way for the Hammersmith & Fulham A barbecue kept our car Our fundraising was further benefits many of you claim. If you are worried about how ✆ 0800 123 1991 washers fed, and DJ Chris boosted with money raised by these might affect you, please talk to your support worker. Redbridge ✆ 0800 970 8401 Waite, who gave his services staff and tenants who packed I continue to be inspired by your stories and hope that they Kensington & Chelsea for free, played music to keep shoppers’ bags at Asda and inspire others. They really do show how a little support can ✆ 020 7351 2522 us motivated. Claire Philbrick Tesco, baked cakes to sell at help people to change their lives. set up a sweet shop and Rowan House, and lots more. www.familymosaic.co.uk kindly donated some of her We’ve now raised more than EDITORIAL PIC: CRISPIN HUGHES COVER PIC: EDDIE OLALEYE YVONNE ARROWSMITH, GROUP OPERATIONS DIRECTOR [email protected] takings. In the end all our £1200 for Mencap. Thanks to hard work raised £136. our backers and fundraisers, IN TOUCH Planning for our charity sky with a special mention for Other languages General enquiries dive started back in January. the Bramble Court tenants, ✆ 01273 468 010 As well as raising money for Carolyn, Serena, Sue, Martin, www.in-touchsupport.co.uk Mencap, we hoped it would Miko and all the Mencap staff. Above: Jasmine and Paul at [email protected] the car wash. Below: Joshua, Samantha and Louise prepare EDITORIAL PANEL 102 & COUNTING to take the plunge for Mencap reachout, Family Mosaic Konut Kurumu’nun Doğu Londra yöresindeki kiracıları Our thanks to the editorial panel Congratulations to Elsie için çıkardığı bir dergidir. Bu derginin Ingilizcesini okuyamıyorsanız ve herhangi for its help putting this edition of bir bölümünün Türkçe’ye çevrilmesini istiyorsanız, lütfen ✆ 020 7089 1069 Hurford who celebrated her numaraya telefon ederek ya da internete bağlanıp enquiries@familymosaic. Reachout together. 102nd birthday on 24 July. co.uk adresine mesaj göndererek bizimle iletişim kurun. Katrina Harmer Elsie moved to Beaufort Gemma Biddlecombe reachout Court in St Leonards in Sharine Goring 2002. Before retiring, Elsie Matthew Pickard was a nurse, working with Deleray Richards her husband at the London Warsidahan goboleed waa mid loogu talogalay ijaartayaasha, reachout. Hadii Allan Winstanley City Mission for 30 years. aadan warsidahan ku akhrin karin Ingiriisi, isla markaana u baahato in qeybo Daniel Hood lagugu soo turjubaano luqadahan halkan ku xusan, fadlan nagala soo xiriir [email protected] ama soo wac ✆ 020 7089 1069. Look out for our quirky Este es su boletín de noticias regional reachout. En caso de que no pueda Christmas facts all the leer este boletín en inglés y necesita que alguna parte de éste sea traducido a una de los idiomas que aquí se indica, le rogamos se ponga en contacto con way through this issue. nosotros a través de la dirección de correo electrónico enquiries@ Cover story: customers familymosaic.co.uk o llamando al ✆ 020 7089 1069. and staff posing with Errol Voici reachout, le bulletin régional des locataires. Si vous ne pouvez pas lire McKellar's Olympic torch. ce bulletin en anglais et s’il y a des articles qu’il vous faudrait faire traduire See story on page four en l’une des langues mentionnées ci-dessous, veuillez nous contacter à [email protected] ou téléphoner au ✆ 020 7089 1069. olympic fever TORCH RUNNER OLYMPICS AND ERROL SHARES PARALYMPICS OLYMPIC TORCH: HIS BRUSH CAST THEIR FOLLOWING THE WITH GLORY GLOW ON KENT Over at St Paul’s church On 17 July the Olympic torch FLAME THROUGH... hall in west Hackney, torch relay went through Tunbridge runner Errol McKellar Wells, with six junior and (pictured below) was sharing senior torchbearers, ...HATFIELD PEVERAL his experience with our accompanied by police floating support service for outriders and co-runners. Joshua Hume from Bramble Court was one of the lucky few 4 older people. Delighted 5 to be a steward for the Olympic torch relay at Hatfield Peveral guests queued up for photos Being there: handing over Warm up acts ‘Harry, one of our support We had to be in place by with Errol and his torch. the Olympic torch close to Before the torch passed by, workers, secured four places 6am to be ready for the torch The day rounded off with Starling Close in Hadleigh a trick cyclist performed and asked if he could bring to come through at 8.45am. singing and dancing, ten pin stunts and a bus passed three tenants with him,' We wore high-visibility jackets bowling and quoits. carrying a gospel choir. writes Joshua. 'We first had and I had a two-way radio for The flame then went to ‘I enjoyed the dancing, to attend meetings at emergencies. Tonbridge Castle, carried by the singing and most of Braintree Council. 'It was raining and cold double gold medal winner all holding the torch!’ 'We were asked if we really but as more people turned Dame Kelly Holmes, with a wanted to do it and they up it became livelier. The only torch bearer from the 1948 explained what we'd have to shocking thing was how London Olympics. do, told us how to look for quickly it ended – months of On 22 August a Paralympics terrorism suspects and what preparation over in a flash! tour came to Tunbridge Wells to do in an emergency. I had a great time and will on a double decker bus. 'Finally 6 July arrived. remember it forever.' There were photos and footage from the 2008 ...RAYLEIGH games in Beijing. In the park there were demonstrations of Later that same day the Olympic torch travelled past one of Everyone onto the bouncy wheelchair fencing and tennis. our schemes at Starling Close in Rayleigh castle in Havering to Two days later I saw the Essex visiting support team torch so we spent time with celebrate the Olympics Paralympics flame in Crawley. put the call out to customers the Chinese runner who took I hope you have all enjoyed to come to Starling Close, the torch further.’ Britain's golden summer! which is home to people with ‘Once the flame had Cheers: the torch gets a Allan Winstanley an acquired brain injury. passed, we had cake and Tunbridge Wells ‘The weather was appalling games in the Starling Close colourful welcome from but our luck was in,’ wrote gardens to find our own customers at Marsh Hill Louise Payne. ‘Our vantage champions at tough sports MANY THANKS TO point was the spot where the like Jenga, Connect Four and runners handed over the the exercise bikes!' MAISIE SHEED FUND The Maisie Sheed Fund is ...AND HACKNEY! owed a big thank you for funding the Bramble Court, The torch also passed our Earlier customers helped Starling Close, Marsh Hill, Marsh Hill centre where care out at the Family Mosaic stall Medina Road and Devon and support customers at Hackney's own Olympic House celebrations and the displayed torches and medals celebration at Mabley Green. tall ships outing. The fund made at their art group as The day rounded off with also paid for the trip to the they watched the procession. a tasty barbecue cooked by war museum (see page 12) A lucky few got to touch the customer Euan, assisted by and the jubilee party in torch as it was handed over support worker (and sous Braintree (see page 15). outside Marsh Hill. chef!) Ashni Bassi. olympic inspiration QUICK OFF FREE PASS TO THE YOU CAN HELP OUR HOME GROWN THE BLOCKS TO CHANGE A LIFE MEDINA ROAD OLYMPIC STADIUM BY BECOMING Staff and customers from A VOLUNTEER SPORTING SUCCESS Carlton Williams from Little Parndon in supported housing and Harlow pulled the trump card, landing a registered and nursing Feeling lonely is one of the role as an Olympic programme seller.