Welcome to Issue 2 of Surrey Choices News. Inside this newsletter you can find out all about what has been happening around Surrey Choices and the exciting things ahead for the people we support and our staff. Did you miss our first newsletter in November 2019? Click here to see Issue 1 We hope you…
Disabled Adults visit Summers Nursing Home to teach elderly people sign language Disabled Adults who attend Surrey Choices Nexus Activity Centre have had the exciting opportunity to work with Summers Nursing Home on two occasions in the last year. Since then, Nexus has planned to give regular workshops to the elderly people so they can…
Surrey Choices Camberley Community Group joined Postcards of Kindness back in September 2019 when it was discovered on Facebook, writing to elderly, lonely and disabled people all over the country has transformed the lives of everyone involved. The Camberley Community Group initially joined the project out of curiosity to see what would happen and they…
As part of the commitment Surrey Choices have made to be a Mindful Employer, Surrey Choices colleagues undertook a Mental Health First Aiders Course held by Melanie Newnam from Mental Health First Aid England. As a result of completing the course, colleagues from Surrey Choices became Mental Health First Aiders, where they help colleagues and…
Surrey Choices have launched their Festive e-Cards where you can send your loved ones an e-Card via their email address or share it to them on Facebook and Twitter. The Surrey Choices festive card competition was a public competition to design a festive card. The winning designs have been selected, and are available to send…
Each year Surrey Care Association hold the Surrey Care Awards to celebrate and recognise exceptional individuals and teams who have contributed towards the care workforce across Surrey. We are delighted to announce that Carers from our Shared Lives Scheme have been shortlisted as exceptional finalists as well as someone who our EmployAbility team have supported…
Disabled people come together for a bowling competition to raise funds for The Fountain Centre. On Tuesday 12 November the Surrey Choices Farnham Community Group held a bowling tournament in aid of their Local Charity of The Year, The Fountain Centre. The Fountain Centre is a charity for cancer patients, their families and Carers located in the…
Surrey Choices has recently signed the Mindful Employer Charter to take lead in supporting the mental wellbeing of their employees. What is Mindful Employer? Mindful Employer is a country wide initiative run by Devon Partnership NHS Trust. The initiative provides employers with workplace mental health training, information and advice with the main goal of helping…
This year, the annual British Association for Supported Employment (BASE) Conference was held in Manchester from Tuesday 5 – Wednesday 6 November. Some of our colleagues attended and a very special award was highly commended by our colleague Martin Woodward, EmployAbility Team Administrator. Although Martin was not at the event, he was highly commended the…
This month, we sat down with Jill, our Senior Operations Manager here at Surrey Choices. In September, Jill celebrated 40 years of working in social care! When did you start working in Adult Social Care? After leaving school, I attended a pre-nursing course at Guildford College and had a placement at the age of 17…
