W & L editorial By Noel & Karina Hey everyone! Noel and Karina from Work & Learning here. 2018 was a great year for our Unit, with the Planning Day and Celebration being highlights. One of our proudest moments was when the Discuss For Action group successfully invited not one, but two politicians to Flourish House- including our Mental Health Minister Clare Haughey. This visit helped raise the profile of Flourish House and highlighted to the Minister what Flourish House means to the membership. The Work & Learning Planning Day was a resounding success, which will continue to have an impact on how we deliver the work of the unit for the rest of 2019. We’re already working on the feedback, making changes to TEP management, lifelong learning opportunities e.g. language classes & photography, and seeking opportunities to work with partners in the community to deliver a wide range of learning, volunteering & work opportunities. It was our first Work & Learning Celebration, and we felt incredibly moved by the personal stories of the members’ journeys which were shared. Since the Celebration, many members have already achieved a great deal and we anticipate this year’s celebration being just as successful and possibly even bigger! We handed out 118 certificates at last year’s celebration, showing the growing participation in the Unit and the ambition of the members. This year you might notice a difference with the Work & Learning Dinners. These will be focused on particular topics which we hope you’ll find of great interest. We want to encourage lively debate and meaningful conversation around diverse topics, that everyone can participate in. Have a look at the current schedule for 2019: Wednesday 27th February: ‘Personal Responsibility part 1: Within Flourish, daily and work life and in relation to H&S’ Wednesday 27th March ‘Personal Responsibility part 2: Active citizenship’ Wednesday 24th April ‘Personal Responsibility part 3: Barriers & Stigma, a See Me Presentation with Discuss for Action Group” Wednesday 29th May ‘TEPs: Sharing Journeys. A conversation with those who have completed a TEP’ Wednesday 31st July ‘Lifelong Learning part 1: Why is lifelong learning different from vocational learning?’ Wednesday 28th August ‘Lifelong Learning part 2: Sharing experiences of learning’ Wednesday 25th September ‘Lifelong Learning part 3: Peer learning in Flourish House’ Wednesday 30th October ‘Advocacy and exercising your rights: Guest Speaker TBA’ Wednesday 27th November ‘Reflections on 2019: What works and what next?’ Finally, a big thanks to all the Flourish House members who have participated in the work of the Unit and supported Noel and Karina to help shape Work & Learning into an accessible and inviting space. Here's t o 2019! Contents Upcoming Social Events Page 6 TEP Update Page 7 Stuarts Loch Swim P age 8 Cock-a-Leekie Soup Recipe P age 9 Valentines Poems & Letters P a g e 1 0 - 1 2 The Lost Boy Page 13 Getting to Know: Marie Page 14 Getting to Know: Karina P a g e 1 5 Who’s who: Caricatures Page 16-17 Film Review: Robin Hood P a g e 1 8 Burns Supper Review P age 19 Walk 1000 miles in 2019 P age 20 Wellbeing Update P a g e 2 1 Game Review: Yakuza P a g e 2 2 Film Review: Mary Poppins Returns P a g e 2 3 - 2 4 Hygiene First Aid Course P a g e 25 Food Hygiene Course Review P age 26 Interview with Jean: The Titanic P a ge 27-28 Robert Burns Article by Jean Page 29 The Fib Part 3 by Tommy D Page 30 Discuss 4 Action Page 31 Telephone Scams by Catherine M Page 32-34 Book Review: Buster the Dog who saved many lives Page 35 Crossword Page 36-37 Spring Jokes Page 38 Social Events 27th of February 19th of April W&L dinner Easter Day Trip 8th of March 24th April Karaoke Night W&L dinner 22nd of March 3rd of May Paesano outing Film Night 27th of March 17th of May W&L dinner Purple Cat Cafe 5th of April 29th of May Music Night W&L dinner And much more to come! 6 TEP Update Over the past month in particular, there have been a number of changes in our TEP’s. Firstly, we have a new TEP with Bike for Good at their depot on Haugh Road (on the other side of Kelvingrove Park). The job is for a Cleaning Technician and it provides 3 hours of work each week. For those who have been out on the bike rides with Bike for Good, or at their workshop, you’ll know how happy we are to be working with such a fantastic group of people! Congratulations to Peter Cox on his new job! Also, congratulations to Esther Kelly and Tosh who began the Restart Cleaning Technician TEP in January! And lastly, Following the end of the GAMH South TEP, Daniel C has moved to Stepping Stones. 7 Stuart's loch swim Hi my name is Stuart Campbell and I am a member of flourish house, recently I started a fundraiser on Facebook called ‘getting back into the water’ and also on 'just giving' with a target of £1000, I have been building up to my swim for about a month now having ordered a wetsuit and safety buoy. I have also joined a group called wild west swimmers who organise events swimming wild in Scotland and I have been to my local pool to train. On the 2nd of Dec 2018 I travelled to Loch Lubnaig and had my first Loch swim and winter swim to raise money for flourish house, I was with 3 others, 1 man in a wetsuit and 2 women who were in skins (without wetsuit) the temperature was 6 degrees and I stayed in the water for 15 mins staying in the shallows, I really enjoyed it, the scenery was stunning, the water was fresh and I was ready to brave the elements. After the swim I felt really good and I wasn’t as cold as I thought I’d be, all in all it was a very exhilarating swim and I will be doing it again, I have 102 more large lochs to swim and I will be swimming rivers and beaches as well, can’t wait for 2019, wish me luck! please donate to stuart's just giving fundraiser account 8 Cock-a-leekie soup (spring chicken soup) Ingredients : 1 tbsp vegetable oil 1 medium chicken jointed into pieces, 180g smoked bacon lardon 2 carrots, chopped celery sticks, chopped 1-2 leeks , washed and cut into thick rounds (tops reserved) 2 bay leaves 1/2 bunch thyme sprigs, bread, to serve Heat the oil in a large heavy-based saucepan until hot. Fry the chicken pieces in batches until golden brown, then remove and set aside. Add the bacon, carrots, celery, leek tops and fry for 5 mins until it all starts to brown. Pour off any excess fat. Splash in the wine and boil rapidly, scraping the bottom of the pan. Return the chicken pieces with the herbs and add enough cold water to cover. Slowly bring to the boil, then simmer for 40 mins until the chicken is tender. Remove the chicken to a plate, cover with foil and leave to cool slightly. Strain the soup into a clean saucepan and discard all the other ingredients. Leave to stand for a few mins and skim off any fat that rises to the top. Pull the meat from the chicken bones and tear into large chunks. Simmer the soup with the chicken, leeks for another 20-30 mins. Season to taste and serve with bread. 9 Valentine's Poems - Billi R 'three poems for sandra' 'Thought' 'Tried to find a way' thought i’d say i love you to say thought what how i feel what way how what i feel thought i’d buy something buy or think of you buy but what nothings that easy thought i’d sing a song lying looking at you or cook a meal sleeping thought can’t that’s not real thoughts of fights thought passion what can i do making up i’m thinking of you thought that’s it making me feel your i’ll make you something love something real undying thought what is it perpetual this something never-ending i don’t know everlasting love but when i do don’t know i’ll post it in a dream stick a sticky note in the sky what to say say high cept we seem to fit n high ah luv you i love you i love you i love you 10 'Taste' the taste the taste that taste that warm summer nightly taste your salinity kissed rivulets of sweat sweet sweat passion drenched lolling rolling on a salty beach neath a summer sky hungrily devouring passionately searching slowly silently crawling trawling my brain for the taste your taste that taste of you 11 Valentine letter to my darling children- Elizabeth I Hello love ones,this is a great opportunity for me to express my sincere love to my darling children Faith and Favour Iyanda. At this valentine period and forevermore this is to express how much I love you and care for you and some other children in my custody.i used you as a point of contact to my loved children both white and black that you will all live to fulfil destiny in life you will be lifted up on high. My jewels the Lord God almighty will bless and uphold you.