Join Shared Lives Week from Monday 17 – Friday 21 June 2019! This week, we are celebrating the amazing work that Shared Lives Carers all over the country do, as well as the teams of people who support them, like our very own Shared Lives team here at Surrey Choices. Make sure you follow our…
On Saturday 15 June 2019, Surrey Choices colleague Funmi is taking part in the Guildford Cathedral Abseil in support of our Local Charity of The Year. We sat down with Funmi to find out why she wanted to do the Abseil and what this means to her. Read the interview below! Why are you taking…
Our latest customer spotlight feature is on Lucy who attends Nexus Activity Centre. Read Lucy’s interview below to find out what her dream job would be, where her favourite place in the world is and more! What are your favourite hobbies or interests? I love painting and drawing, and I also enjoy baking and love…
Oliver attends one of three of our Office Projects. These vocational projects helps people to increase confidence, learn a range of admin skills and gain independence in a working environment. Our Good News Story feature will give you the chance to learn more about the individuals we support and see why our colleagues love working…
Our latest customer spotlight in our newsletter featured Jimmy who is a customer at our Camberley Community Group. Jimmy also attends the Growth Team who help preserve the Surrey countryside and public spaces. What are your favourite hobbies or interests? I am interested in Chelsea Football club. I like to watch Traffic Cops and Border…
Today we are thinking about how important it is to enjoy your job, especially after enjoying a long sunny Easter weekend. It can be easy to wish you were back at home in the garden so here are a couple of reminders from people who have enjoyed their jobs this week! One of the principles…
Our latest customer spotlight in our newsletter featured Gary who is a customer at our Bletchingley Activity Centre. Gary has hugely grown in confidence with the help of his friends and key work at Surrey Choices. Here is what Gary told us about himself: What are your favourite hobbies or interests? Running Solving puzzles Completing…
Steven is a customer who enjoys attending one of our Office Projects which is a vocational project to enable customers to improve their confidence, gain independence and learn new skills to prepare for the world of work. We wanted to find out a bit more about Steven and and share his story whilst we celebrate…
Jack is a customer from the Surrey Choices Growth Team, who preserve the wonderful Surrey countryside and many public spaces, working with lots of people on different projects. Whilst we are celebrating #NationalAutismAwarenessWeek, we had a chat with Jack about Autism and his life to find out a little bit more about him: How has…
At the end of February during one of the Farnham Community Group meetings, a customer named Justin asked if the group could do something for Red Nose Day. This quickly began an exciting discussion with Justin saying he would love to stand on the street and tell passers by his favourite jokes to raise money…
