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…
A film aimed at changing the attitudes towards disability featured Surrey Choices’ very own Rhythmic Collision Dance Company. ‘House Finch’ explores the relationship between a mother and her son who has a disability and stars Adjoa Andoh, an actor who has previously starred in Eastenders, The Bill, Casualty, Doctor Who and much more, along side…
Welcome to the first edition of our new external newsletter. In this newsletter you can hear from our Managing Director Mette Le Jakobsen, on what we are currently working on and what is to come. As well as hear from our team across Surrey on the many great achievements the people we support have been…
Recognising You: Surrey Choices Colleague Awards 2020 are to celebrate outstanding practice and achievements by Surrey Choices colleagues, and to acknowledge those who are dedicated and committed to making a difference to the people that Surrey Choices support. The awards will highlight those who demonstrate outstanding qualities, embed our Core Values into their work and…
Festival of Ideas is an event for the people we support and their families and Carers, the people that we might support in the future, our colleagues and partners to collectively shape the vision of Changing Days. Throughout these events, we will discuss a range of topics such as understanding why Surrey Choices day services…
Festival of Ideas is an event for the people we support and their families and Carers, the people that we might support in the future, our colleagues and partners to collectively shape the vision of Changing Days. Surrey Choices Day Activities are going to be changing, and we want everyone who is affected to take…
As an organisation, we want to show support to charities that we know have contributed to improving the lives of people in Surrey. Since 2017, we have supported a range of charities including Canine Partners, Shooting Star Chase, Kent Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance and most recently, The Fountain Centre, Guildford a charity for cancer…
On Wednesday 4 September, Surrey Choices is celebrating #ProfessionalCareWorkersDay, a day to celebrate the fantastic care workers who go above and beyond to deliver quality care and support to the individuals we support. We spoke to our colleagues at Short Breaks in Banstead, Surrey, our respite service for those with care and support needs. We asked…
This month, we sat down with Emma, who works in our HR Department here at Surrey Choices. Scroll down to find out some interesting facts about Emma! Can you tell us something people would be surprised to find out about you? Both of my parents worked at the BBC, so as a child I appeared…
