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SATURDAY 12th FEBRUARY 201112-3PM VALENTINES MEALVENUE TO BE CONFIRMEDCome and join us! Some money will be needed for the meal and drinks. Please note the £2.00 administration cost

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Mencap are leading a national campaign against a government

decision to stop paying DLA mobility budgets to the 58,000 people living in residential care homes. This change will a" ect disabled people, who use this bene! t to access the community.

We believe that the government has made a mistake and has misunderstood how people use this important bene! t. Without this vital lifeline, people will lose their independence, be unable to take part in activities that they enjoy and be cut o" from

their friends and family. Please go to their website http://www.mencap.org.uk to sign the online petition and use the ‘write a letter to your MP’ facility. We all know times are getting di# cult with spending cuts, but this decision if implemented in 2012 will have a severe e" ect on people who use the Trust services and many more people nationwide.

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Hundreds of people had worked on art projects throughout the year to produce original animations, artwork, photography, knitting and a scarecrow sculpture to wow the public.

Over 1,200 people came to Expressions; it was featured on 30 websites, 9 magazines and a picture of the knitted caravan was even shown by Richard Anguin on the BBC Points West weather forecast.

There were a number of surprises during the week, perhaps the most exciting of which was a visit from Aardman Animator Steve Box, who sat down and had a drink with some of the service users who had made the Expressions animations.

Steve is an oscar-winning animator, who co-wrote and co-directed Wallace and Gromit:

Curse of the Were-Rabbit with Nick Park. “I’m a big fan of using simple materials,” said Steve, who also commented that the service users’ animations had inspired him.

Visitors also created huge lengths of French knitting during the week, and wrote a 35-foot Tall Story.

The week ! nished with a Hawaiian party for service users, with cocktail waiters shaking up fruity drinks and everyone wearing garlands of $ owers as they danced the evening away.

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It’s a shame that even more sta" and service users were not able to organise their time to be able to attend. The event demonstrated so well that many sta" and clients go the extra mile for each other and together achieve far more than anyone could alone.

The evening Wardrobe event was very moving and merited a bigger audience. Well done to sta" and participants. The Awards Ceremony demonstrated the self discipline of some sta" to increase their skills by training. The special awards also revealed the creativity of necessity in a variety of departments. Well done, everyone.

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to go up in $ ames at around 4.30am.

Mike Rogers, the Home Manager, was sleeping in the lounge and was roused by the ! re alarm. By this time, the room was half-full of smoke from the ceiling down.

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scary decorations.

They all took part in preparing food - some were very busy cooking. They wore some fantastic costumes and masks, and had great fun apple bobbing. Everyone had a good time. Well done to

the tenants at Priory Court for working so hard to make it happen!

su" ocated. However, all the systems worked, the ! re doors closed, and Mike was able to arrange a staged evacuation. “Having practiced our evacuation procedure was invaluable,” says Mike, who went on to describe how wonderful his team were in getting everyone out calmly, and making things as normal as possible for service users the next day.

Residents were able to stay in the front room overnight once the ! re brigade had left. The team then managed a series of visits the

following day, from the police, teams, and stacame straightaway in the morning, and Jan Gresham and Paul Butler also called round.

As the conservatory was also the home’s oall their paperwork and computer in smoke. They lost passports, care plans and bus passes, which are causing ongoing hassle to replace. However, no one was hurt, and Mike would like to thank his stabrilliantly.

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following day, from the police, ! re incident teams, and sta" . On-call Manager Sara Cryer came straightaway in the morning, and Jan Gresham and Paul Butler also called round.

As the conservatory was also the home’s o# ce, all their paperwork and computer ! les went up in smoke. They lost passports, care plans and bus passes, which are causing ongoing hassle to replace. However, no one was hurt, and Mike would like to thank his sta" for coping so brilliantly.

Everyone had such an awful time and we were so scared by a witch.

Then another witch and Dracula scared us even more!

The food was absolutely disgusting: we had to eat wing of bat, eye of newt and human brains; although somebody told me that the food was purchased at Morrisons. We thought that the brains tasted just like jelly.

Then a really horrible wizard turned up and threatened to turn us all into frogs; we were so petri! ed…We all screamed ever so loudly, especially when he took o" his disguise and we could see that it was James!!!!!

…Suddenly one of the sta" let out a blood-curdling scream: they had realised that they were late leaving…

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Late this summer, Kilvie House was lucky enough to receive some funding

from Quartet, and the parents of one of our residents, towards having the sensory garden laid. Mark Harrington from People/Plants/Places constructed the raised beds and planted lots of aromatic and sensory foliage.

The design was created by the mother of one of our residents. Jennie, who has her own garden design business. She can be contacted via email on jennifer.lauruol@btinternet.com

As you can see from the ‘before’ photo it was rather plain and uninteresting for the residents when they sat out in the warm weather.

It has made a vast improvement to the residents who can now look out and enjoy a colourful display of plants and, as we have bulbs planted, when spring arrives we will have even more colour.

Hazel says the garden is “alright”, and Frank likes it too.

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The building of our brand new, purpose-built nursing home, Mortimer House,

is on track, and due to be completed in April 2011.

Providing state-of-the-art facilities for people with learning disabilities and dementia, it will be the ! rst facility of its kind in Bristol. People with learning disabilities are more likely to go on to develop dementia, and

their very specialist needs are rarely met.

Every aspect of Mortimer House has been designed to enable its 28 residents to manage their illness independently, without the extensive use of drugs. There will be automatic lighting to maximise alertness at di" erent times of the day, for example, and individual kitchenettes so people are not dependent on institutional-style dining.

Thirteen residents from the current

Mortimer House will move over to the new facility, and then there will be 15 more beds to ! ll.

The roof should be on by the end of November, so watch this space for further news!

Louise Chambers and the builders

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A big thank you to all sta" at The Chestnuts for their hard work, dedication and $ exibility in supporting the service users over the last few weeks during the changes. Also a big thank you to the bank sta" who have supported the home - Sally Unsal and Ben Weston. - Kay Spray

I would like to say a big thank you to everyone who took the trouble to nominate me for the sta" awards, and to thank everyone for their lovely comments. - Louise Chambers

A big thank you to sta" at Hesding Close for their dedication and the extra time they’ve put in to make residents feel supported. As a result this has been the healthiest year on record for all at the home!- Ian Knowles

Congratulations and well done to the team at Graeme Close for being awarded 5 stars from Bristol City Council following the Environmental Inspection. Special recognition to Rubena Massiah, Teresa Humphreys and Jennifer Sharp.

Two service users of Stepping Forward Bristol, Chris Barrow and Clare Emmett, have recently completed their Emergency First Aid Training. “ I’m really pleased for Chris and Clare. They worked so hard throughout their training and should be immensely proud of themselves as ! rst aiders” - Becky Ali. Congratulations to you both!

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We would like to welcome Jacqui Hursey to Aspects and Milestones Trust as the new Home Manager at Tramways.

Best wishes to Sara Cryer, Home Manager, as she leaves to live her Gambia experience. ‘’We’ll be with you all the way’’. - From all your friends and colleagues at Elysian Villas.

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heard the news that as of 1 April 2011, we

are shortening our name to Milestones Trust.

Mostly, people have been supportive of the name change and seen the reasons for it, but we are aware that you might still have questions or doubts. We have had a couple of letters about the change, and have put together these FAQs to help explain some of the thinking behind it.

How was the decision taken and who was consulted?

The decision came about based on feedback from customers. Lots of people told us our name was too long and meant that we were called all kinds of things (‘AMT’, ‘A&M’, ‘Aspects’, ‘Milestones’ etc). Many of us found ourselves having to explain that we are not two organisations, and taking a long time to spell out email addresses. In an increasingly competitive environment, we could see tht the organisation would ! nd itself disadvantaged

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Are we doing away with Aspects then?

Not at all. Our learning disabilities services remain a central part of the Trust. The name change is happening purely because it will make us better equipped to cope with a challenging future, with increased competition and with personalisation. When more people or their advocates/family are responsible for buying care, we want to have a name they will remember. At the end of the day, we are one Trust, and need one name.

So why not come up with a new, neutral name?

Trustees carefully considered the option of going with a new

and more neutral name, that maybe would cause less internal politics, but cost a large amount in communications, advertising and publicity. When Norwich Union changed to AVIVA, they had to spend £80million to get customers to recognise this new name. Obviously this is an extreme example, but the same principle would be true for us. At a time of intense budget cuts, no one would appreciate money being spent on branding when it could be avoided. So we hope that those who feel piqued at losing the word ‘aspects’ will understand that this is about making the best decision to ensure the future of the Trust and all its sta" .

How will you keep costs down?

The marketing department will be working hard to undertake the rebranding in-house, thereby keeping costs to a minimum and within the existing marketing budget. We are allowing about 3 months for the change to be rolled out, ! rst internally and then externally. This means that stocks of stationery and

forms will be replaced as they run out, and very little will be thrown away. We will be creative about making the change and celebrate it as an opportunity to raise the pro! le of the Trust.

What happens now?

This is the ideal time to be thinking of ways to improve the Trust’s public image. Some new logos will be brought to the service user group in December, and we will be getting the opinions of service users, sta" and stakeholders on how we move forward, and how we want to be seen. The rebranding will be complete on 1st April 2011.

How can I be involved?

If you would like to be more involved in this process, whether in giving your opinion on logos or helping share the news, please get in touch. If you have comments, ideas or feedback, send them to heatherc@aspectsandmilestones.org.uk.

We’re all in this together - let’s make this change a milestone of our own!

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own blog! Click through to it from the Trust’s knitting page at www.aspectsandmilestones.org.uk/knitting.htm

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