tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-402186587395309022024-03-06T20:02:16.091+00:00SARH Community Involvement TeamSARH COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT TEAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17857644953499986698noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40218658739530902.post-33056378293945070462016-06-22T09:17:00.000+01:002016-06-22T09:17:59.556+01:00<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Looking for employment in Stafford?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Want to work in a fast paced retail environment?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Primark are coming to Stafford and are looking to fill 150
jobs for the new store located on Riverside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Primark is the biggest employer coming to Stafford and the recruitment
for jobs is happening now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To apply visit:</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.primark.com/en/careers/come-join-us"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">http://www.primark.com/en/careers/come-join-us</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you are interested in any of the other job opportunities
coming to the new development visit:</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.staffordbc.gov.uk/welcome/id/-10675"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">http://www.staffordbc.gov.uk/welcome/id/-10675</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you want free help with your application visit job club
run by SARH and Support Staffordshire at your local library.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;"><em><strong>So What?</strong></em></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">2016 SARH Garden Competition</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text2;"><span style="color: black;">The competition has become one of the highlights of the summer with
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text2;"><span style="color: black;">Applications are now being invited for this summer’s competition, which
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text2;">• Best Front Garden</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">• Best Back Garden</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">• Shirley Wheat Award –
Best Communal Garden</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">• Young Gardener of the
Year – aged 18 or under</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">
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Allotment/Vegetable Garden</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">
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Garden **<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New for 2016</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">• Best Shed **<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New for 2016</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">• Best Water Feature **<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New for 2016</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">
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via the SARH website. </span><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">The
deadline for entries is 1<sup>st</sup> July 2016. Judging takes place week
commencing 18<sup>th</sup> July 2016 and the winners will be announced during a
special Awards event on the 3<sup>rd</sup> August 2016.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The growing season is well upon us and the Growing Health
plot holders are beginning to reap the rewards of their new allotments!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After all the hard work that was put into developing the
allotments during 2015/16, over 20 families and community groups are now seeing
the fruits of their labour! Produce from beetroot to lettuce and carrots to
peas are being grown by people of all ages, from toddler to retirement age.
Communities have also been created, whether it’s plot holders helping each
other out or just sitting together relaxing and enjoying their surrounding
environment. Lasting relationships have been formed as part of the project, as
well and giving people to eat healthier and spend time outdoors!</span></div>
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in Stone!!</span></div>
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opportunity to spend time outdoors, increase levels of physical activity,
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task.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the tools you need to tend to
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</span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=343" title="Link opens web page with more information"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hoe borders regularly to keep down weeds</span></span></a></div>
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<li style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><a href="https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=672" title="Link opens web page with more information"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Stake tall or floppy plants</span></span></a></li>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><em>Garden equipment can be very expensive to purchase and may not be a priority to purchase when starting a tenancy. Tool bank provides a service to customers to give access to affordable tool hire to maintain outside spaces</em></span></div>
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wondered how to make your own compost, the Grow Your Own course is the one for
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tradespeople.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Courses are free to
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Course runs on the 23rd June 2016 2-3pm at the
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Email </span><a href="mailto:cp@sarh.co.uk"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">cp@sarh.co.uk</span></a></div>
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</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As a funding requirement for the Growing Health Allotment
Project it is essential that we report on a variety of outcomes set out as
targets for the project. Over the past 12 months we have seen positive impacts
on lifestyle and the surrounding environment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Below are a few of the positive outcomes which have been reported on as
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Over 1000 individuals engaged in the project</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Over 900 hours of volunteer time</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">97% of people increased levels of physical
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">100% feel proud to have the project within their
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">19 partner organisations involved in the project</span></div>
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3 Growing Health allotment sites are now being managed by the local community ,
however the Community involvement Team are working to secure funding to help
support the 3 Growing Health Allotment sites through their first 12 months of
growing.</span></em></span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text2;"><span style="color: black;">The competition has become one of the highlights of the summer with
dozens of SARH Customers opening up their gardens to our team of judges. 2015
saw top-class entries across the categories, which include window boxes,
communal gardens, allotments, and more traditional front and back gardens.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text2;"><span style="color: black;">Applications are now being invited for this summer’s competition, which
is open to all SARH Customers in Stafford and the surrounding areas.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">The awards give SARH the
chance to recognise and support the efforts customers are making to improve the
areas where they live whilst throwing the spotlight on some hidden garden gems!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text2;">• Best Front Garden</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">• Best Back Garden</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">• Shirley Wheat Award –
Best Communal Garden</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">• Young Gardener of the
Year – aged 18 or under</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">• Community Gardener of
the Year</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">• Best
Allotment/Vegetable Garden</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">• Best Wildlife/Eco
Garden **<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New for 2016</i></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">• Best Shed **<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New for 2016</i></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">• Best Water Feature **<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New for 2016</i></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">• Most Creative Use of
Space**<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New for 2016</i></span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text2;"><span style="color: black;">Online</span> </span><a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/garden-competition-entry-form/"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: blue;">entry
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deadline for entries is 1<sup>st</sup> July 2016. Judging takes place week
commencing 18<sup>th</sup> July 2016 and the winners will be announced during a
special Awards event on the 3<sup>rd</sup> August 2016.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">The Feel Good Food project will come to an end on 26<sup>th</sup>
May after a very successful 12 months. The projects aim was to change the
eating habits of families in some of the most deprived areas of Stafford. The
project delivered a variety of cooking and educational events to schools,
community groups, and Independent living schemes, the ‘6 week nutrition course’
being the heart of the project. A successful breakfast club and evening cookery
courses all added to the success of the project with all targets being met. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">- Recruitment of Volunteers </span><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">C</span></span><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><em><span style="font-family: "arial";">Through a range of activities the projects aim was to give
individuals and families the tools to make improved dietary and physical activity
behaviour changes to their lives. Most importantly to make those changes
themselves and to maintain them. Activities such as cooking sessions, menu
planning and budgeting were all put in place to empower the community to make
healthier life choices and reduce health inequalities.</span></em></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial";"><em>How people feel about themselves has a direct impact upon
lifestyle choices made by individuals and families. In helping people to lose
weight and take more exercise this helps people to feel better and lead to
improved confidence and self-esteem.</em></span></div>
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gaining employment.</em></span></div>
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Service (TPAS) awards in Birmingham. The Growing Health Allotment Project was
shortlisted for the Community Action Award, along with 7 other finalists from
the Central Region. Laura MacPhee (SARH Community Involvement Officer), Sam
Logan (SBC Health and Wellbeing Coordinator) and Jane Meyrick from the WhyCH
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everyone enjoyed a glamourous afternoon of entertainment and
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Volunteers, community leaders and local families turned out in force last week to officially open a new allotment in Blythe Bridge as part of the <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/sarh-customers/in-my-community/growing-health-project/"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Growing Health project</span></a> – led by Stafford and Rural Homes (SARH) in partnership with Stafford Borough Council.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Karen Armitage, SARH Chief Executive, officially opened the allotment and said: “This scheme has helped to bring communities together and has provided local residents with a sense of connection as they pull together to work on their plots. Planting and growing their own crops encourages families to eat healthily whilst getting out and about in the fresh air.</span><span style="font-weight: normal;">“Improving urban environments helps to create an atmosphere of engagement and pride which helps local residents to take control of their own neighbourhood.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">The launch event was kindly sponsored by Staffordshire Wildlife Trust, which provided stalls, games and activities whilst a team of ‘Community Champions’ from a nearby Tesco superstore were also praised for their help in clearing the site of rubbish and recycling discarded items by turning them into interesting allotment features.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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attend an event at Stafford job Centre to promote Apprenticeship opportunities
at Stafford and rural Homes. Customers
and Job Coaches at the Job Centre were able to learn about the wide offer Stafford
and Rural homes have in supporting local communities and people into
employment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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programme will deliver a range of free to attend courses that will improve
employability whether its confidence building, improving IT skills, or writing
your CV there is something for everyone to help you be the best you can be. For more details of the Community learning
programme go to <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/contact-us/events/" target="_blank">http://www.sarh.co.uk/contact-us/events/</a> or contact <a href="mailto:cp@sarh.co.uk">cp@sarh.co.uk</a> or call 0800 111 4554<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you are looking for further support to become work ready or improve your employability why not attend our Work Clubs - Based in three community locations across
Stafford work clubs give you free access to a computer to search for jobs. Support from an officer to tailor your CV,
identify your skills and strengths, help with you prepare for interviews. No appointment necessary,
just turn up to join this friendly group.</span></div>
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Activities in sessions include identifying your strengths and
skills, CV writing, starting to look for
work, interview practice. For a free
appointment (home visits available) contact <a href="mailto:cp@sarh.co.uk">cp@sarh.co.uk</a>
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people training and support at the start of their careers whilst working for a
Times top 100 company.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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through a network of volunteers to support people’s journey to employment. Training for volunteers was provided through
the Open College Network to gain level one in Volunteering qualification. Volunteers from the project will continue to
volunteer at SARH Work Clubs. Students
recruited from Stafford College Health and Social Care courses who took part in
the project have had valuable experience supporting those furthest away from
the job market and gained qualifications to support their own career
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week courses around 6 areas of nutrition. The first week involves looking at
the ‘Eatwell Plate’ and Public Health England have recently published a new
updated version of the Eatwell plate.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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whole-wheat cereal biscuits, two thick slices of wholemeal bread or one large
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as one of the recommended five portions of fruit and vegetables a day is now
extended to include smoothies. This is in acknowledgement “of the high sugar
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of fluids per day ideally from water, lower fat milks, and unsweetened tea or
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Courses are currently running at Hall Close, Rowley Park Academy and Jubilee Court. Check out our events diary <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/contact-us/events/" target="_blank">http://www.sarh.co.uk/contact-us/events/</a> for dates and times and to book a place or contact Kate Chester on 0800
111 4554 or email: <a href="mailto:cp@sarh.co.uk">cp@sarh.co.uk</a></span><br />
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and Rural Homes customers to make small changes to their diet to lose weight
and feel better. Any changes made by families will also influence children and
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The New Community Learning Programme launches in April with
a strong emphasis on improving Employability kicking off with the 10 week IT basics course starting on
the 27<sup>th</sup> April. This is a
great course for the absolute beginner covering sending and receiving emails,
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The Community Involvement team deliver a number of
activities to help people improve their employability and move up the career
ladder. Work Clubs and the 1:1 project
Branching Out has supported many into work, volunteering or training. Others have demonstrated improved confidence
and skills moving a step nearer to reaching their goals moving towards employment. The Community Learning Programme will further
support people to gain confidence and take part in a range of FREE training
(some accredited) that will give them the desired skills needed when looking
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February has been a
busy month for the Growing Health Allotment Project in preparation for the
project launch next month!! The local community have been extremely busy
preparing the sites by clearing, rotavating, plot marking, building sheds and putting
together raised beds. Very well done to those who have got involved, the hard
work is beginning to pay off!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Throughout February participants
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growing process! They have all been provided with starter kits of seeds and
pots to give them a head start. These
sessions have been essential for our inexperienced growers, as well as for
those who have a little more knowledge! The sessions are a great way for
participants to share their ideas, experiences and encourage groups to work
together as a community. A big thank you to Derek Hill for delivering these
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We would also like
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time or made donations to help support the project!!! Thank you to Tesco at Meir Park, Jewson at Baswich
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If you are
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learn new skills. The site will provided opportunities for people of all ages
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On Thursday 18 February Stafford and Rural Homes (SARH)
were invited to attend the 2016 <a href="http://www.housinginnovationawards.co.uk/">Housing Innovation Awards</a>
in London, Covent Garden. SARH were nominated for 2 national awards; Most innovative use
of community engagement and Most Innovative Regeneration Project. Laura
MacPhee (Community Involvement Officer) and Andrea Panayi (Project Manager)
attended the awards that were held at the <a href="http://www.grandconnaughtrooms.com/?gclid=CKPom8-u8MMCFQyWtAod4yYAZw">Grand
Connaught Rooms</a>. Everyone enjoyed a glamourous evening of entertainment and
delicious food. Unfortunately SARH did not come away with an award; however
being shortlisted for 2 national awards is great recognition for SARH hard work
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In addition to this SARH have been nominated for 2 awards
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(TPAS) including; Excellence in Community Action and <span style="font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Excellence in Employment Skills &
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The ‘Feel Good Food’ project is now up and running with 6
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<b><span style="color: #073763;">Mayor
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Jobseekers in Stafford and surrounding areas are
being offered even more help in their efforts to find work thanks to a new
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the Monday sessions are now up and running at Stafford Library, similar Clubs
are planned across the town. From the beginning of February there will be Work
Clubs at Holmcroft Library every Tuesday between 2.00pm and 4.00pm, and at
Rising Brook Library on Thursdays between 10.00am and 12.00 noon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Support Staffordshire has run similar Clubs across Staffordshire for many years,
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“We’re
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other issues that may hinder them in finding a job.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The Mayor of Stafford Borough, Cllr Peter Jones, and Mayoress Joy Jones were
special guests at the official launch of the Work Club and are pictured here
with (left to right) County Cllr Maureen Compton; Work Club volunteer David
James; Alison Poole, SARH Community Involvement Officer; Rob Arnold,
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Chinese New Year Cookery Workshops were held in communal rooms near to each
site. Everyone got together to learn how to make their very own healthy
takeaway to take home and share with family and friends. The aims of the
cookery sessions were to inspire plot holders to experiment with new
interesting recipes using the produce they will be growing on site this year!!!
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session!! Lots of fun was had by all and we received great feedback from the
people who came along!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the launch of each site during Easter half term. Look out for our next Blog for
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opportunity to spend time outdoors, increase levels of physical activity,
develop their knowledge and learn new skills. The site will provided
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new programme will have a fresh new look and be largely focussed around
employment, training and tenancy sustainment. There will be a variety of
courses including Confidence Building, Health and Safety in the Workplace and
Dealing with your First Days at Work. Many of the courses offered are
accredited, which will give attendees the opportunity to boost their CV with
nationally recognised qualifications!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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through external agencies. However, it would also be great to see people being
referred through other areas of the business….so if you know a customer who may
benefit from any of these free opportunities please share our CLP or come and
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Thursday 17 December the Community Involvement Team were invited to the Princes
Trust Team 4 Celebration Event. Our invite to the celebration event followed
Team 4’s involvement in the Growing Health Allotment Project.</span></span></div>
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Princes Trust run </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">a 12 week
personal development course for 16 to 25 year olds, offering
work experience, qualifications, practical skills, community project work
and a residential week.</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">During the community project week
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male student, aged 19 was unemployed and spent most of his time searching for
jobs, but wasn’t getting any response. This led him to join the programme where
he the hoped to improve variety of personal skills. Throughout his presentation
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helped to build his confidence. He has been inspired to start his own gardening
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the students volunteered approximately 780 hours of their time. This equates to
£7800 in total. As part of the programme the group also fundraised to help
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left overs’ batch cooking session at the Stafford Manor High School.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is that time of year when we stock up with
food for the Christmas party season; the only problem is we end up with lots of
uneaten food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The thing that we all
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addition of left over roast vegetables, the extra ingredients were an onion, an
eating apple, vegetable stock, flour, seasoning, honey as well as whole grain
mustard that are general store cupboard items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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each year is thrown away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For an
average household this is equivalent to £470 a year rising to £700 for a family
with children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By improving habits like
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We have worked with new and existing partners to deliver over 60 courses in our
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run from April 2016 to April 2017 and will be largely focussed around tenancy
sustainment and supporting our customers into employment, volunteering or
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">•<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Improve education:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>training, get a better education, learn
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Universal Job Match account, application forms, interview preparation and much
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">1:1 support for families and young people to improve employability - </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">If you are looking for your first job or looking to get back
into work after having a family Branching Out can help you by working 1:1 with
a work buddy at times and venues to suit you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Stafford and Rural homes has a range of volunteer
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Times top 100 company.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Volunteering is a great way to give something back to your
community. Sharing and learning new skills and helping others can give you a
great sense of achievement, enhanceyour CV and give you a reference for
future jobs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Stafford and Rural Homes are currently looking for volunteers for
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Tool Bank Assistant – to assist in the running of the Tool
Bank hire shop on Highfields. Duties include signing up members, managing hire
agreements and cash handling, all great skills to get you into customer service
and retail jobs.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/role-description-tool-bank.pdf"><span style="color: #0072b8;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Tool Bank Volunteer role description</span></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Branching Out Befriender – Volunteer as a work buddy in the
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applications, interview skills and support for those looking to get their first
job or returning to work after having a family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Feel Good Food – Pass on your cookery, budgeting and
nutrition skills to help families plan, shop and cook meals from scratch as
part of the Feel Good Food project.</span></div>
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out the roles. If you are interested in any of the above opportunities, please
complete a </span><a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Volunteering-Application-Form.pdf"><span style="color: #0072b8;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Volunteering Application Form</span></span></a><span style="color: #002d59; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">
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send it to Community Involvement, The Rurals, 1 Parker Court, Staffordshire
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">***We also have a monthly cooking session that takes place at Stafford Manor High School which is free to attend, we encourage anyone who has taken part in the six week course to attend (ingredients are provided) This hands on session gives the opportunity to cook a delicious batch cooked healthy meal with a portion to take home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">To book your place contact the </span><a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/customer-involvement/community-involvement-team/" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Community Involvement Team</a><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> on 0800 111 4554 or email cp@sarh.co.uk</span></div>
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land off Meadow Road, Barlaston is set to be transformed into community
allotments after the project received a welcome boost by a team of young people
from Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service’s Prince’s Trust Team programme.
Together they cleared the area of weeds and rubbish to help kick-start the
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/sarh-customers/in-my-community/growing-health-project/"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">The Growing Health initiative
is proving a huge success</span></a>, encouraging people to eat healthily whilst
getting out and about in the fresh air.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">This
project in Barlaston will give families and community groups all the seeds,
tools and skills they need to manage an allotment plot over the growing season
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helping them to spend more time with family and neighbours.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a successful bid for support from the Service’s Prince’s Trust Team programme,
which helps young people gain valuable work experience, the allotment has now
been transformed. Over eight days 16 young people, aged between 16 and 25,
filled four skips with rubbish and recycled other items to make interesting
allotment features.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Service’s Prince’s Trust Team programme for its support, and the young people
taking part for all their hard work!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Adamthwaite Drive at Blythe Bridge and Priory Road in Stone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>The ‘Growing Health Project’ will give local residents the
opportunity to spend time outside, increase levels of physical activity,
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Community allotments provide great opportunities for people of all ages
and increase levels of community cohesion!<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">On
Thursday 22 October, as part of the Community Learning Programme, SARH
delivered a Mental Health Awareness session. Our very own Paul Curran
(Independent Living Team Leader) delivered the session to a group of customers
at the SARH Community Resource Centre. The 2 hour workshop explored the way we
see mental health, how to respond to it and what the journey of recovery looks
like. With 1 in 4 of us suffering from metal health problems during our lives, we
believed this was a key subject area to cover on the programme!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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course received great feedback which included “The course was really
informative” and “I now have knowledge which will allow me to help others”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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purpose of these sessions of to help customers feel good and live well!<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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potato and rosemary soup which was ready for them to take home and eat for
their tea. Not only did they have a copy
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additional recipe cards for tasty healthy ideas for cooking using a slow
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">On 22<sup>nd</sup> October Stafford and Rural Homes (SARH)
attended the Ministry Of Defences Living and Working Fair to give housing and
employment advice and information to the armed forces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fair was held to support those leaving
the services find employment, housing and opportunities in the borough of Stafford.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over 60 local organisations attended.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">By visiting the SARH stand serving personnel and their
families could find out information on what SARH had to offer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From purchasing shared ownership properties
or renting a home, understanding the wide range of vacancies offered within the
organisation, a Times top 100 Company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How SARH could support job searching at the Job Club at the Community
Resource Centre and on the Branching Out project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Develop skills through training and learning
on the Community Learning Programme and volunteering opportunities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>SARH had it all covered at the one stop pop
up shop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> If you would like to find out more about Branching Out-helping young people get on the career ladder and parents back into work after having a family give us a call on 0800111 4554. Why not attend our drop in job club for support to improve your employability on Monday, Wednesday and Friday 10-12 at 56 Greyfriars, Stafford, ST16 2RG.</span></span></div>
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attending events, the wider community are able to find out the whole offer of
what Stafford and Rural Homes can provide, creating great places to live, work
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completing a mile long circuit around a carefully chosen route at Rising Brook
Baptist Church and neighbouring green space.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Community by any means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ranging from buggy
strolls to members of the local running club completing as many laps as
possible. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For each Community member that
completed the Well Being Mile it was counted up towards the total miles
completed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After the end of the event
the area with the most miles wins the community prize donated by Tesco.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The prize is a High Tea” afternoon where
Tesco provide supporting staff and all provisions, i.e. Tea, Coffee and
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community safety and wellbeing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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organisations were on hand to answer questions about their services in
Stone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Growing Health project (a
partnership project between Stafford and Rural Homes and Stafford borough
Council) was offered to Stone families local to Priory Road who wanted to learn
more about growing fruit and vegetables.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The project will see former wasteland transformed into allotment plots
for families and local community groups who will help clear the land then work
with a mentor to develop the skills to plan and manage a plot over the growing
season.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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can access services directly on their doorstep, events like this are great
opportunities for people to find out about projects they can get involved with
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attending these types of events great working partnerships are formed between
organisations enabling joint working to tackle common objectives.<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Stone residents who engaged in the Growing Health project
had a real Trick or treat taking part in an organised pumpkin carving session
at Trentham Garden Centre.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">The activity was a bit of fun for Halloween but also enabled
the group to come together and form friendships to help build the Growing
Health community allotment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">The project brings local families together to clear local
unused land to transform into community allotment plots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once the land is cleared it will be divided
into 10 plots for both local families and community groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over the growing season 2016 they will work
closely with an allotment mentor who will help families and groups plan their
plots and plant out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A number of
sessions will be delivered to instruct what to plant and when, how to deal with
pests and when to harvest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Other community allotment sites include Meadow Road, Barlaston and Adamthwaite Drive, Blythe Bridge.</span> </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial";">If you are
interested in an allotment plot please contact the Community Involvement team
on 0800 111 4554 or email </span><a href="mailto:cp@sarh.co.uk"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial";">cp@sarh.co.uk</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Remember you can eat carving pumpkins however this
variety is grown for size and strength for carving and the flesh is not considered to be as
tasty as other varieties- add some flavour with garlic, cumin or curry powder. Whilst in season why not try making some pumpkin soup.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">2 tbsp </span></strong></span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial";">olive oil</span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"> in a large saucepan, then gently cook <strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">2 finely chopped </span></strong></span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial";">onions</span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"> for 5 mins, until soft but not coloured. Add <strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">1kg peeled, deseeded and chopped </span></strong></span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial";">pumpkin</span></span><strong><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> or
squash</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"> to the pan, then carry on cooking for 8-10 mins, stirring occasionally
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into the pan, then season with salt and pepper. Bring to the boil, then simmer
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bring back to the boil, then purée with a hand blender. For an extra-velvety
consistency you can now push the soup through a fine sieve into another pan.
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> On Friday the 30th October we started our terrifying Friday off in the morning at Stafford Children’s Centre on Faraday Road with Creepy Crafts! The children had the opportunity to make two creepy Halloween decorations, a spider and a scary ghost. As well as the crafts there was bob apple, eat the doughnut off the ribbon and pin the spider on the web. In the afternoon we moved onto Stafford Manor High School for Spooky Cook! While the mum’s were cooking a vegetable curry the children were really busy making monster cress heads or constructing mini pizzas with muffin bases which were cooked there making a tasty snack!. They also made fruit skewers and for the very brave there was a scary food tasting going for everything from pomegranate, lychees, persimmon and papaya. You will be glad to hear that everyone survived this full on scary Friday!<br />At the end of each session every child went away with a zombie hand full of wicked sweets!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> If you want to know more please contact the Community Involvement Team on 0800 111 4554 or email </span><a href="mailto:cp@sarh.co.uk"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:cp@sarh.co.uk">cp@sarh.co.uk</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Feel Good Food calendar is brimming with loads of interesting sessions up to the end of January 2016. <br />November sees the start of the FREE ‘Healthy You’ group every Tuesday morning 10 to 11.30am at the Signpost Centre on Highfield. By supporting the group to make small changes each week to their eating habits the aim is to help the attendees to follow a healthy balanced diet while cooking on a budget and learning new tasty recipes. Not only will this improve health but also reduce waist lines!<br />There will be monthly cooking sessions at Stafford Manor High School with themes of ‘Cooking with Left Overs’ to ‘Batch Cooking for a Healthy 2016’. These will run 4.30 to 5.30pm with everyone leaving the session with a healthy meal to share with their family. <br />For a full breakdown of what is going on please look at the attached calendar.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> As part to the Feel Good Food project, Kate Chester the Community Nutrition Worker, is involved with a group of pregnant teenagers who meet up at Silkmore Children’s Centre. Kate will be helping these young mums to make healthy life style choices which they will pass onto their families. They will be encouraged to write weekly menus and learn to cook healthy meals on a budget. By eating a healthy and nutritious diet while pregnant this will be beneficial for both mother and baby plus reinforce healthy life style choices once the baby is born.</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Each day’s event was compared by Stafford Radio who helped the afternoons to flow smoothly from introducing the partners who were attending, announcing the winners of the two prize competitions to encouraging the Stoke City Football Club mascot Pottermus in his various antics.</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The competitions were an opportunity for all who attend to give their opinion via a questionnaire about Stafford and Rural Homes 5 key aims to help us in “Creating Great Places to Live, Work and Grow” or the less camera shy could visit our Video Pod to tell us “What makes a good Landlord” or “What do you get from the Fun Friday Events”.</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Lisa the Three Fairies face painting fairy always had a queue as did Magical Mayhem who did the balloon modelling for us. The bouncy castle, gladiator pit and the sumo suits were also a great hit with children of all ages! </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">We had an impressive range of partners who were promoting their areas of work with some offering interesting involvement opportunities from One Recovery and the Beer Goggle Walk to the Police Cadets and PCSO’s with a range of police hats and helmets to try on. At Woodlands Road the Police found most of the children queuing up to be finger printed.</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Age UK, Staffordshire Fire Service, Women’s Aid, LST, Stafford Borough Council Dog Wardens, Severn Trent, Mencap, CACH, INTO Stafford, Barlaston First Responders and VAST were other partners who also attended.</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The Youth Bus attended all the events apart from Barlaston (there were access issues for the vehicle). The bus was very popular, with the children being able to play computer games, gain access to the internet or make use of the chill out area with access to a drinks machine.</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The Bike Bus was well attended by the children, using pedal power to work the blender to create smoothies with a range of ingredients. Some of the combinations were a bit of an eye opener but at each event the fruit ran out before the imagination of the children! </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Our First Aid cover was provided by St John’s Ambulance, they also got involved giving those attending a chance to learn some basic CPR.</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><div>
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<span style="color: #365f91;">Thanks to generous funding from the PCC (Police and Crime Commissioner) as well as input from Stafford Borough Council we were able to put this event together. By holding events such as the 4 Free Fun Fridays SARH has a great </span><span style="color: #365f91;">opportunity to </span><span style="color: #365f91;">engage with local residents in a fun and friendly environment. As well as advising customers on the day, all feedback collected by SARH staff is extremely valuable and helps shape and develop our communities.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #365f91;">By working in partnership plus securing funding the Fun Friday’s can engage with people of all ages offering free enjoyable activities as well as ensure that advice and services are accessible to everyone within our neighbourhoods.</span></div>
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The Feel Good Food project is funded by Building Stafford
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The aim of the project is to improve the diet of adults and families
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This work will be done by the Community Nutrition Advocates,
30 volunteers recruited across the target areas who are supported by the
Community Nutrition Worker. Training
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eating sessions within their community.
Benefits for the Community Nutrition Advocates include being trained in
Level 2 Food Hygiene, access to a wider range of learning as well as empowering
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session during the school summer holidays. On the day 20 children, aged 7-16
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help develop and learn new skills. The session also highlighted that exercise
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along with the help of team players Jordan Tindall, Louis Royall, Chris Hickey
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If you want to know
more please contact the <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/customer-involvement/community-involvement-team/">Community Involvement Team</a> on 0800 111 4554 or email <a href="mailto:cp@sarh.co.uk"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">cp@sarh.co.uk</span></a>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">No matter what age you are exercise can be made fun and
enjoyable. With a bit of imagination, motivation and enthusiasm we can make
healthier life choices for ourselves and our families!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">All CLP courses are free of charge meaning that session are
available to everyone within our communities.</span></div>
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On Tuesday 11 August our very own Martha Cooper (SARH
Senior Customer Services Advisor) delivered a summer Cupcake Decorating course
as part of our <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Community-Learning-Programme-2015.pdf">Community
Learning Programme</a>. This enjoyable, practical session was designed to help
attendees develop their sugar craft and piping skills. Martha brought along
some fun summer designs for people to practice during the session. Attendees
were also encouraged to share ideas and have a go at some of their own designs.</div>
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If you want to know more please contact the <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/customer-involvement/community-involvement-team/">Community
Involvement Team</a> on 0800 111 4554 or email <a href="mailto:cp@sarh.co.uk"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">cp@sarh.co.uk</span></a>.</div>
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</b><span style="color: #365f91;"><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our Hobbies and Interests
courses on the Community Learning Programme are a fantastic way to help reduce
social isolation. By bringing members of the local community together for
informal and relaxed sessions, customers are given the opportunity to meet new
people and make new friends.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our Community Learning
Programme courses allow customers to socialise in a relaxed environment for
free.</span></div>
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The first Branching Out training took place on 15<sup>th</sup>
September. Those who have completed the
training are now fully trained Work Buddies who will be assisting young people
onto the career ladder and families back into work after career breaks. Volunteers will be helping with CV writing,
setting up email accounts, registering with Universal Job Match and supporting
job searching at a time and venue to suit the individual. </div>
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If you would like more information on what is involved in
volunteering to become a work buddy please contact the community learning team
on <a href="mailto:CP@sarh.co.uk">CP@sarh.co.uk</a> or tel 0800 111 4554</div>
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Volunteering is rewarding for the volunteer as it is a way
of sharing skills and experience to help others whilst developing their own
CV. Volunteers to the branching out
project can see the progression and transformation of those they work with,
seeing how their 1-2-1 help can change lives<br />
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By training volunteers as work buddies we are able to
support more individuals to feel more confident and empowered, improving
peoples employability</div>
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The job club opened its doors inviting anyone in the job
market to a free working breakfast.
Whilst the job club was open for people to do a general job search a
series of specialists were on hand to give advice and guidance on employment
related skills over breakfast.</div>
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<a href="http://www.sdvs.org.uk/favicon.ico"><b>Support
Staffordshire</b></a>- gave information on volunteer opportunities in the area
and how volunteering can enhance your CV and improve your employability.</div>
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<a href="https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/"><b>National
Careers Service</b></a> –information on Lifelong Learning and all aspects of
job searching.</div>
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<b>SARH HR</b> - Information and guidance on being the best:
Interviews, CVs and Application forms.</div>
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<b>SARH Community Involvement Team</b> -volunteering
opportunities and Community learning programme promotion.<br />
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Whist enjoying a free breakfast, customers were able to take
part in a free fun prize quiz where you had to guess the job of the TV
character to win a food hamper. </div>
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BBC Radio Stoke were in attendance to <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p031byx0">broadcast</a> the event. (Interview
approx. 46 minutes into broadcast, please note this link is only available
through iPlayer until 15.10.15)</div>
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If you would like help and support with your job searching
the job club is open to anyone Monday, Wednesday and Friday 10am-12 noon, no
need to book just come along.</div>
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The sessions are free of charge; we are a friendly and supportive
group who will help you 1-2-1.</div>
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Please note general job searches are available for customers
on the day.</div>
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By getting other organisations together in one place to help
people who are currently looking for work or wanting to improve their career
options free events like this are a great for people to drop in and get support
and advice.<br />
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By working closely with partners we are able to give value
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The leaves are starting to fall from the trees, the days are
getting colder and the nights are getting darker earlier, that can only mean
one thing… we are approaching winter.
Now is the time to start tidying your garden ready for the winter months. Make it your last mow, tidy borders and
edges, rake up fallen leaves, prune climbing roses. </div>
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All the tools are available to hire for £1 from the Tool
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The Tool Bank closes for winter on the <b>9<sup>th</sup> October</b>, so remember to get all those jobs done to
make spring in the garden an easier time.</div>
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Toolbank is available for all residents of Highfields,
please bring ID and proof of address if you wish to join to</div>
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72a Lilleshall Way, Highfields, Stafford, ST17 9FD</div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.4px;">It’s that time of year again when we start thinking about producing the SARH 2016 </span><a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Community-Learning-Programme-2015.pdf"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Community Learning Programme</span></a><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"> (CLP) and once again we would like to hear your thoughts!!! The CLP aims to provide a wide range of free courses, giving our customers the opportunity to develop, gain new skills and meet new people. The courses and workshops currently cover 6 key topics including hobbies and interests, my future, accredited, health and wellbeing, getting money smart and I’m online. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Thanks to extra funding from the Police and Crime
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coconut shy, there was lots to do and plenty to see or get involved with thanks
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breakfast club began on the 10<sup>th</sup> August offering hot and cold
breakfasts to residents at the independent living accommodation on Shakespeare
Road, Stafford. The club runs from 10 am until 12 noon and gives residents the
opportunity to have a cooked breakfast. This is an opportunity to get together
for a chat and also a planned nutrition activity such as quizzes and
educational talks on food labelling and healthy eating. The next breakfast club
will take place on Monday 14<sup>th</sup> September and will hopefully become a
weekly event in the future. The breakfast club is open to anyone living at the scheme. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">A breakfast club is a great social setting to make new friends and get to know your neighbours. Getting set up for the day with a good breakfast is a great way to start the day. Many older people may struggle to get to the shops and often have few visitors and a club like this can help combat malnutrition and social isolation.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Once set up the club will be sustainable and run by volunteers, any surplus monies from food bought will be re invested into stock and food to continue the club.</span></div>
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opportunity to attend the fortnightly shopping tours held in Asda supermarket,
Stafford. The tours take place from 10am until 11.30am are a great way for
individuals and families to look around the store in a different way. The tour
looks at how to get the most for your money and how to use those offers and 3
for 2’s to your advantage without waste. There is time after the tour for a
shopping basket price comparison and a talk on food labelling, menu planning
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Customers will be able to have more of their household budget to spend on other bills for example council tax, heating, rent and treats. Working with the Money Advice Team at SARH we empower our customers to make informed choices and make their money go further whilst meeting all the associated bills of running a home</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Brian was an active member of the job club; he was always full
of tips and advice for other attendees helping them in their search for
employment. Whether it was websites he had visited, local
companies he had seen advertising for staff or opportunities he had come across
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Josh had recently finished college and although he was a
whiz with the computer he wanted some support to really sell himself on his CV. Within a couple of sessions everything was up
to scratch and ready for his search for the first step onto the career
ladder. Josh only attended Job club
twice before he was offered a position at Staffordshire County Council as an
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in her previous role in the care industry.
Suddenly she found herself in the job market without the IT skills and
confidence to search online and apply for jobs.
With the fear of Sanction Janet attended the job club. The first thing was to understand the
computer and online searches. Through
exploring what was out there Janet decided she fancied a change in career and
started looking at different roles and opened up her search to other
possibilities. Although initially she
did not feel confident enough to search outside of job club she was committed
to handing out her CV, ringing round and, going into shops and trying to find
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back to the club with a card and chocolates for all the volunteers and staff
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scheduled are designed to bring the communities together, introduce
participants to people they will be sharing their allotment with, spend time
with family doing something a little different and, preparing participants and
the site for the Spring 2016 growing season. Activities have included cook and
eat evenings, scarecrow making workshops and mentoring sessions, all of which
have been enjoyed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">We have also held
second series of Community Clean Up Days, where over 50 volunteers came along
to lend a hand. Thank you to all those who have got involved and are working
extremely hard in helping us clear the site.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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months we will continue clearance work, while continuing to offer activities
for families to get involved in. Over the autumn we plan to deliver seasonal
activities such as pumpkin carving and soup making, and winter hanging baskets
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more please contact the <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/customer-involvement/community-involvement-team/">Community Involvement Team</a> on 0800 111 4554 or email <a href="mailto:cp@sarh.co.uk"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">cp@sarh.co.uk</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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outdoors, increase levels of physical activity, develop their knowledge and
learn new skills. The site will provide opportunities for people of all ages
and increase community cohesion!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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to get involved in. As part of the Community Learning Programme we have offered
courses varying from Football Skills to fun practical cookery sessions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">On Tuesday 4
August families gathered at St Peters Church Hall to get involved in an
exciting, practical DIY woodwork session. Over 30 parents and children came
along to make their very own bug box to take home. During the session children
were encouraged to build their confidence by learning basic joinery skills. A very
big thank you to Chris Davies from B&Q at Meir Park for coming along to
deliver this enjoyable session. It was great to see such excellent feedback
following the workshop, comments included…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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year again when the community get together to celebrate the outstanding success
of the Meadow Road Community Allotment Project. The allotment was launched 3
years ago and is the pilot for the ‘Growing Health’ allotment project (see
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August plot holders organised and held an open day allowing the wider
community to enjoy the open space, take part in competitions and take home some
of the fresh allotment produce grown on site. There was plenty of delicious
food to be enjoyed and the children had lots of fun challenging each other on
the coconut shy, making scarecrows and having their face painted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sites will be looking this time next year! Participants were able to speak to
plots holders and find out what they thought of their experience being involved
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more please contact the <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/customer-involvement/community-involvement-team/">Community Involvement Team</a> on 0800 111 4554 or email <a href="mailto:cp@sarh.co.uk"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">cp@sarh.co.uk</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">The Meadow Road
Community Allotment has given local residents that opportunity to spend time
outside, increase levels of physical activity, develop knowledge and learn new
skills. The site has provided great
opportunities for people of all ages and increased community cohesion!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and vegetables, therefore leading to healthier diets and improved quality of
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Why not follow the
community Involvement Team on Facebook?! Our Facebook page will be used to keep
customers to date with upcoming activities and events taking place in SARH
communities. Help us to get more followers by ‘liking’ and ‘sharing’ our page!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in their area for free. For customers who don’t have the internet there is
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I’m Alison Poole the new Community Involvement Officer. During my employment history I have had several jobs working in the community from Community Arts Development Officer, Health and Wellbeing Team leader and Workshop Coordinator, I have also taught Textiles at Lichfield College. My previous role as Health and Wellbeing Team Leader at Stafford Borough Council delivered projects addressing local Health and Wellbeing issues working with the Housing Team. I have a degree in Fine Art Textiles and a passion for anything creative; I have exhibited some of my work and sold some pieces too. In my free time I love being with my family and friends, going out to different places exploring. I also enjoy cooking, sewing, crafts, interiors and visiting art galleries. I look forward to working on the wide range of projects with the rest of the team.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Hi my name is Kate Chester and I am the Community Nutrition Project Worker. I will be working on the ‘Feel Good Food’ project to recruit and train volunteers to deliver healthy eating and cooking skills in the local community. I have just finished university and graduate in September, I studied the BSC Health Wellbeing and Nutrition Science degree at Birmingham City University. I have previously worked on nutrition projects in children’s centres and schools and I am a level 3 qualified personal trainer. I describe myself as a fitness freak as I do weight training, running and kickboxing in my spare time. I am looking forward to applying my nutrition skills to this new project and also getting to know Stafford!</span></div>
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Our Fit for the Future theme for 2015 is all about making the most of
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July,1-4pm Playing fields on Barnes Road, Highfields, Stafford,
ST17 9QR<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Fun Fridays are a great way for people to come together in the community and find out about local services in the Borough of Stafford. The events are a great showcase for local services to promote themselves and go out to the community rather than waiting for the community to come to them. A one stop shop for help and advice on the doorstep.</span></div>
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Out gives </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">1-2-1</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> support to help parents get back into
work after having a family or to those struggling to get their first job and a
foot on the career ladder. Working in partnership with Support Staffordshire the project matches people with a trained
volunteer work buddy who helps individuals gain employment and get work
ready. Sessions will help develop IT skills for job searching, identify
skills to meet job specifications, build CVs, identify suitable training and
volunteering opportunities and match talents to jobs, making those involved be
the best they can be.</span></span></div>
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and Rural Homes </span></span><br />
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living in the borough of Stafford, including Stafford and Rural Homes tenants
who meet one of the following criteria:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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not in employment, education or training or<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Don’t
worry if you are not in those categories we can still give you one to one
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 115%;">Branching Out works one to one with people in environments familiar to them. Befriending helps those involved gain confidence to access other services and improve their employability.</span></div>
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& Rural Homes has secured funding from Building Stafford and Surrounds' Healthy Future Partnership to deliver a community based project to set up a
network of volunteer community nutrition advocates who will enthuse and engage
the local community to improve their dietary behaviours through innovative
activities. The aim is to improve
knowledge, skills and confidence around cooking on a budget, menu planning as
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Meadow Road Community Allotment annual Summer Open Day will be taking place
this year on Saturday 15<sup> </sup>August from 12pm until 3pm. The Open Day is
a great, fun way for the community to get together and celebrate the success of
the Community Allotment. In 2012 the site was overgrown and derelict. Over a
period of 12 months SARH, SBC and the local community transformed the site into
a thriving free allotment which is now managed by the local community. There
are currently 11 plots on site, plus a community orchard. Plots holders
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true Meadow Road style there will a variety of fun activates taking place on
the day including guess the veg, wood work activities, face painting, scarecrow
making and much more! The community will also be able to enjoy an assortment of
delicious food and cakes handmade by plot holders.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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have a look around the allotment. There will be the opportunity to meet current
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">The Meadow Road Community Allotment is a perfect example of how a common
interest can bring a community together. Community members worked towards a
common goal of reducing ASB, improving the health and wellbeing, and making the
local environment a pleasant place to spend time outdoors. The community are
now reaping the benefits of all their hard work and enjoying the great space
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">On the 27-29 May, work got under way on 3 sites selected to become allotments under the Growing Health Project. Growing Health is a project that works with local communities to transform derelict unused land into community allotment plots. Over a growing season allotment holders are supplied all the tools, seeds needed to get growing. A local allotment expert is on hand to teach all the skills needed to plan, plant and manage a plot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">SARH and Stafford Borough Council worked with over 25 members of the local community to begin clearing the land. We would like to say a very big well done and thank you to everyone who attended and supported the events. The day was a huge success and we made a great start in clearing the land ready for the launch of the Allotments in spring 2016.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Upcoming spring/summer activities for Growing Health participants include a practical family cook and eat session, an allotment mentoring session, family scarecrow making, a visit to the successful Meadow Road Community Allotments, more community clean up days … and much more!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">By developing new allotment projects we are giving local families the opportunity to live healthier lifestyles. Removing the threat of Anti Social Behaviour, developing capacity to bring communities together whist providing health and wellbeing opportunities across SARH communities.</span><br />
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for the grass and plants that love lots of rain and sunshine to grow. Rapid growth means lawns can need cutting
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Tool bank offers customers a unique local service to rent everything needed to maintain gardens and outdoor spaces. When setting up home the cost of purchasing garden maintenance equipment is often low priority over items such as fridges, TV's and other expensive household goods. We are also offering volunteer opportunities to assist in the running this community hire shop (see the section can you make a difference in your community).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">On Friday 29 May, as part of the Community Learning Programme, customers attended an enjoyable, relaxed afternoon making their own personalised keepsake boxes. Customers used their imaginations to create individual boxes using a variety of fun materials which they could keep for themselves or take home as gifts. We had great feedback from the people who attended the course.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Our Hobbies and Interests courses on the Community Learning Programme are a fantastic way to help reduce social isolation. By bringing members of the local community together for informal and relaxed sessions, customers are given the opportunity to meet new people and make new friends.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">On Wednesday 20 May customers came along to our Community Learning Programme Course which was focussed around learning the basics of using the internet. Customers learnt how to use search engines to find information, as well as using a variety of different websites. The course was delivered in the SARH Learning Academy which was a great place for the customers to learn in a relaxed environment. We received really positive feedback from the course stating that customers have increased their understanding which will allow them to use their devices more efficiently at home.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The World Wide Web is an amazing place which comes with countless benefits. Many opportunities can be accessed through the internet and SARH like to encourage customers can take advantage of what the internet has to offer.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Courses such as the above help to ensure that customers are ‘financially fit’. Being able to use the internet allows customers to access on-line services for example online banking and shopping.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Tool Bank Assistant</b> – to assist in the running of the Tool Bank
hire shop on Highfields. Duties include
signing up members, managing hire agreements and cash handling, all great
skills to get you into customer service and retail jobs. For more details see <a href="file://srh-srv-fs1/data$/Customer%20Participation/Anna/Tool%20Bank/role%20description%20tool%20bank.pdf" target="_blank">role description</a><span id="goog_1552024675"></span><span id="goog_1552024676"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Branching Out</b> – Volunteer as a work buddy, giving 1:1 support with
CV writing, job searching, job applications, interview skills and support for
those looking to get their first job or returning to work after having a
family. For more details see <a href="file://srh-srv-fs1/data$/Customer%20Participation/Branching%20Out%20Befriending%20Project/Volunteering/role%20description%20branching%20out.pdf">role
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Feel Good Food</b> – Pass on your cookery, budgeting and nutrition
skills to help families plan, shop and cook meals from scratch. For more details see <a href="file://srh-srv-fs1/data$/Customer%20Participation/Feel%20Good%20Food%20Project%202015-16/volunteer%20specification%20feel%20good%20food.pdf">role
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please complete the <a href="file:///P:/Customer%20Participation/Volunteer%20Pack%202015/Volunteering%20Application%20Form%20version%202.docx">application
form</a> and email to <a href="mailto:cp@sarh.co.uk">cp@sarh.co.uk</a> or send
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Park, Beaconside, Stafford, ST18 0WP.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Volunteering can improve confidence and mental wellbeing and give skills and experience to improve employability whilst giving something back to the local community.</span><br />
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Safety and Health ), </i>this partnership has been forged over a period of 5
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The event, co-ordinated by
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SARH COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT TEAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17857644953499986698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40218658739530902.post-32824124834968218822015-05-13T08:56:00.000+01:002015-05-13T09:28:37.724+01:00<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
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(English for Speakers of Other Languages) has been running each Thursday
morning at the Community Resource Centre at Greyfriars since 2011. Not only have those who attend improved
their English but many have gone on to make new friends. <o:p></o:p></div>
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In the next edition
of the SARH magazine, Opening Doors to Better Homes, there will be an article
about one of our volunteers, Marta Gruszczhiska, who is helping out at the
group as part of her degree in Linguistics and TESOL (Teachers of English to
Speakers of Other Languages) at the University of Wolverhampton. Marta, from Poland, is helping Varuna Muddam,
a qualified doctor from India, improve her English ready for her first exam in
June to prove her competency in English before she can go on to qualify to
practice as a doctor in Stafford.<o:p></o:p></div>
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two young women working towards a better future and see their confidence grow
as they get closer to their goal.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #365f91;"><i>This group not only helps
people improve their English but helps them integrate into the local community,
making a contribution to society.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #365f91;">Volunteers allow
us to run many of the sessions at the Community Resource Centre. This benefits community as well as the
volunteers.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></i></div>
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The Growing Health Project is based on the success of the
award winning Meadow Road Community Allotment Project that was launched in
2012. This site was once overgrown, unused and blighted by fly tipping. SARH
and <a href="http://www.staffordbc.gov.uk/">Stafford Borough Council</a> (SBC)
worked in partnership with the local community to clear and prepare the land
into an allotment site for local residents and community groups to enjoy. The
allotments were officially opened by the Mayor of Stafford in April 2013. The site is now a thriving allotment with a
significant reduction in criminal behaviour and substantial improvements in the
health and wellbeing of local residents.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Growing Health Project is centred on culture change
culminating in a series of allotments developed and managed by the local
community. The impact of the project will raise awareness of the benefits
allotments can bring to healthier lifestyles, exercise and healthy eating. It
will also act as a catalyst for healthy community cohesion and provide
opportunities for intergenerational family development.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We will be developing allotments in the following areas:</div>
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<li>Priory Road, Stone</li>
<li>Adamthwaite Drive, Blythe Bridge</li>
<li>Brookhouse Drive, Barlaston</li>
<li>Greenway, Littleworth</li>
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There are huge benefits to delivering this project in SARH communities,
these include:<br />
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<li>Healthier lifestyles</li>
<li>Community cohesion</li>
<li>Community pride</li>
<li>Environmental benefits</li>
<li>Improved physical wellbeing</li>
<li>Enhanced skills and abilities</li>
<li>Higher levels of physical activity</li>
<li>Greater levels of family cohesion</li>
<li>Improved employability</li>
<li>Reduced levels of ASB</li>
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The project is now well underway with participants recruited at each
site. Next steps for the ‘Growing Health’ Project include on site Community
Clean Up Days and mentoring sessions with an experienced grower! We will update
you on how we get on in next months edition of the blog!</div>
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<span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><i>The Growing Health Project will give local residents the
opportunity to spend time outdoors, increase levels of physical activity,
develop their knowledge and learn new skills. The site will provided opportunities
for people of all ages and increase community cohesion!<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><i>Allotment sites provide local communities with a cheap,
sustainable source of fruit and vegetables, therefore leading to healthier
diets and improved quality of life.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="OLE_LINK1"><b><span style="color: #365f91;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mencap Job Club</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></a></div>
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The Community
Involvement Team were approached by Mencap who were looking for a venue to run
a six week Job Club for adults with learning disabilities. We were happy to help out by suggesting they
use the large meeting room at the Community Resource Centre at Greyfriars. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The course will
cover employability skills, through this training it is hoped that the group
will gain an understanding of their skills, how to communicate at work, how to
deal with a problem at work, health and safety, interview techniques and how to
produce a good CV. The group will also
visit different employers in the Stafford area to gain an understanding of the
different roles available.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mencap tutor, will help the group in their job search and with applications
also offering support in the work place until the individual feels settled in
their new job. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #365f91;">T<i>his support is vital for
people with disabilities as only 2 out 10 will find employment despite them
wanting to work and have the satisfaction of contributing to society</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><i><span style="color: #365f91; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mencap got funding to
run this short course which is also benefiting individuals who also attend the
IT/Job search sessions at the Centre.</span></span><span style="color: #365f91; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></i></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="OLE_LINK1"><b><span style="color: #365f91;"><span style="font-size: large;">Get on the Web with Barclays Digital Eagles</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></a></div>
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Community Learning Programme offered a series of ‘Get on the Web’ sessions.
SARH worked in partnership with the <a href="http://www.barclays.co.uk/P1242690118168">Barclays
Digital Eagles</a> to deliver drop in sessions at 3 of our
Independent Living Schemes. Customers were given the opportunity to learn how
to get online and were given advice on using their tablet, laptop or kindle. The
sessions were a great success with customers feeding back that they were more
confident in using their devices.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #365f91;"><i>With more and more services becoming available online,
courses such as our ‘Get on the Web’ sessions are an excellent opportunity to
help more of our customers get on the internet. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #365f91;"><i>The internet is a great way to access services for free,
for example social networking, online banking and shopping.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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announce that once again SARH will be hosting the <b><span style="color: lime; font-size: 14.0pt;">F</span></b><b><span style="color: #ff0066; font-size: 14.0pt;">O</span></b><b><span style="color: #00b0f0; font-size: 14.0pt;">U</span></b><b><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">R</span></b><span style="color: #1f497d;">
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this summer. We are asking SARH staff and partners to come along to give advice
to the community and signpost to free services that are available to them.</div>
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The events were a
huge success in 2014 with over 800 local residents attending!! Following this,
the 2015 roadshow will ensure that communities are ‘Fit for the Future’. This
includes being financially fit, fit for a good quality of life, fit for
welfare reform, fit for digital inclusion, fit to fight the cold, fit
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On the day there
will be a variety<b> </b>of fun FREE activities to entertain families including
a fun inflatables, coconut shy, football skills and face painting.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="color: #365f91;">By holding events such as the
4 Free Fun Fridays SARH has a great </span><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">opportunity to </span><span style="color: #365f91;">engage with local residents in a fun and friendly
environment. As well as advising customers on the day, all feedback collected
by SARH staff is extremely valuable and helps shape and develop our
communities. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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ensure that advice and services are accessible to everyone within our neighbourhoods.</i></span><span style="color: #365f91;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The community Involvement Team are excited to introduce
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with upcoming activities and events taking place in SARH communities.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #365f91;"><i>Social Media such as Facebook
is a great way for SARH to communicate with customers…for free!<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #365f91;"><i>Facebook allows customers to
keep in touch with SARH without having to make any phone calls. Providing they
have an internet connection they can be kept up to date which activities and
events taking place in their area for free. For customers who don’t have the
internet there is always the option of attending a local library and using the
computers they offer to access social media.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">If you would like to know more about any of the above please contact the <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/customer-involvement/community-involvement-team/">Community Involvement Team</a></span></b></div>
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On Thursday 11 December we held a
Christmas Crafts course as part of our <a href="http://c7a525ec8f27ce40c33b-17cc442f3bdc1a6a49b2e34cd88d773f.r31.cf3.rackcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Comunity-Learning-Programme-2015.pdf" target="_blank">Community Learning Programme</a>. 13
customers attended the event at <a href="http://www.haughton-staffs.org.uk/page4.html" target="_blank">Haughton Village Hall</a> and had an enjoyable
morning getting creative.</div>
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Customers started to
get into the Christmas Spirit making Christmas wreaths and table decorations
which they were able to take home with them. All materials used were provided
by the course trainer Peter Dutton from Whitebeam Holistic. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Courses like these
are always a success and we receive excellent feedback from our customers.
Peter has been booked again for this year’s Christmas Crafts course where we
are sure plenty of customers will once again have a great creative session and
the chance to make some lovely Christmas decorations.</div>
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<span style="color: #365f91;">By allowing customers onto
courses like these we are not only offering them the chance to make some
Christmas decorations for FREE we are also giving them the opportunity to get
out of the house and socialise with each other. A lot of our feedback shows
that customers enjoy meeting new people and making new friends.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #365f91;"><b><i>Courses like these offer a lot of social value which is encouraging people to find new hobbies and interests whilst preventing loneliness and isolation.</i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #365f91;"><b><i>It was also the perfect opportunity for us to promote and market the 2015 Community Learning Programme to attendees, and we also gained valuable customer feedback at the end of the 2014 Community Learning Programme courses.</i></b></span></div>
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As our
regular readers will know we were delighted that SARH’s <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/customer-involvement/customer-inspectors/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Customer
Inspectors</span></a> (CIs) won a <a href="http://csiawards.org/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">national award</span></a>
last year for their hard work and commitment to improving services for our
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informed that a joint nomination between the <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/customer-involvement/customer-board/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Customer Board</span></a><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span>and the
CIs had been shortlisted for a Housing Innovation Award!
The Housing Innovation Awards are the most prestigious awards that
celebrate pioneering spirit and highlight innovative approaches to housing
schemes and services.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In 2014 the CIs worked closely with the Customer Board to
assess the ‘value for money’ of their work.
This is the first time, so far as we are aware, that this approach has
been taken by customer groups. Their
findings were that both groups offer substantial value for money which means
that they deliver a lot at little cost to Stafford and Rural Homes.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We will find out whether we have been successful in
February but to be shortlisted is a fantastic achievement given the
competition. Keep your fingers crossed
and good luck to our Customer Inspectors and the Customer Board! <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Stafford and Rural Homes have
always aimed to empower customers through the various Community Involvement
opportunities on offer. The Customer
Inspectors and the Customer Board are two such opportunities that require the
highest level of commitment from customers and deliver the greatest impact to
the way services are run at SARH. It is
great that once again our volunteers’ commitment is recognised by others.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #365f91;">Customer Groups
of this kind offer great customer feedback and suggestions for
improvement. External consultants offer
similar services at a huge cost, but the CIs and Customer Board deliver quality, robust feedback at minimal cost.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #365f91;">Learning Something New – A First Step to a Better You!</span></b></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">The Community Involvement Team are delighted to
introduce the </span><a href="http://c7a525ec8f27ce40c33b-17cc442f3bdc1a6a49b2e34cd88d773f.r31.cf3.rackcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Comunity-Learning-Programme-2015.pdf"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2015
Community Learning Programme</span></a><span style="line-height: 115%;"> (CLP)!!!</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">The 2014 Community Learning Programme (CLP) saw over 400 customers develop new skills, build new relationships and become more involved with SARH. Taking into account </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">the results of our Customer
Feedback Survey, we have developed lots of new and exciting courses for our
customers and members of the local community to enjoy, alongside repeating
popular sessions from 2014.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">This year the programme will follow 6 essential key
themes: My Future; Get Qualified; Health and Wellbeing; Getting Money Smart;
I’m Online; and Hobbies and Interests.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The wide range of over 75 <b>FREE</b> courses and workshops offer a way to develop new skills,
increase employment opportunities, gain recognised qualifications, improve
health and well-being, increase confidence and make new friends!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #365f91;">The CLP gives community
members the opportunity to learn in a relaxed, friendly and informal setting.
The wide range of courses available means that there is something to suit
everyone!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #365f91;"><i>Courses on the CLP are FREE to all customers and members
of the local community. This means that the cost barrier to learning is broken,
therefore encouraging more people to try something new.</i></span></b><span style="color: #365f91;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #365f91;">Gough & Crispin Christmas Fund Raising</span></b></div>
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Independent Living Co-ordinator, Carol Evans, with the support of the Community
Involvement Team, had organised a fundraising event in aid of the Salvation
Army. This took the form of an outdoor
musical spectacular with the Salvation Army Band, the Military Wives Choir,
Stephen White and Alex, the daughter of Stafford & Rural Homes CEO,
starting the musical proceedings. Karen
Armitage, CEO of Stafford & Rural Homes opened the event with the
Worshipful Mayor of Stafford, Councillor Ray Sutherland, in attendance. Stafford Radio compared the event, there was
face painting by Lisa the Fairy and Father Christmas made a guest appearance. We had elves helping out with the raffles,
tombola and refreshments. Over £500 was
raised on the night and will be put to good use in the local community.</div>
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<span style="color: #365f91;">Bringing people together strengthens communities, and an event like this can be made</span><span style="color: #365f91;"> a success
thanks to interdepartmental working and great partnership work plus the
engagement of the local community. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #365f91;">The good will of
the residents supported an event to benefit the local community, giving more
value to the time given by those who volunteered and attended.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #365f91;">“Musica” Christmas</span></b></div>
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afternoon at </div>
Marston Court, one of our independent living schemes, with the
Musica Wind Ensemble. Lucy-Ann
Simmonds, who works as a Customer Service Advisor, is a member of this musical group, she
arranged the programme of Christmas songs as well as a game of “musical
bingo”. For those new to musical bingo
your bingo card has song titles rather than numbers, as each song is performed
you mark it off if it is on your card.
The Penkside Community choir came along to support the event providing a
rousing support to Musica. There was
also a raffle which raised £40 for Childhood Cancer Parents Alliance. Father Christmas made a special appearance to
help hand out the bingo prizes. The
customers who attended enjoyed the afternoon requesting a similar event
including musical bingo!<br />
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<span style="color: #365f91;">Some individuals at </span><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">our independent
living schemes find it difficult to travel and can become isolated sometimes
even struggling to socialise at the scheme.
This event brought people together who found that they enjoyed the
entertainment as well as interacting with those around them.</span><span style="color: #365f91;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #365f91;">The smiles on
the faces of those who attended gives greater value to the work done and cost
cannot be put to it. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #365f91;">TPAS Awards 2015</span></b></div>
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We have submitted three nominations in the TPAS (Tenant
Participation Advisory Service) Central region awards all of which have been
shortlisted. Our Customer Board &
Customer Inspectors have been shortlisted for “Excellence In Tenant Led
Scrutiny”, the Meadow Road Community
Allotment Project has been put forward in the “Excellence In Community Action
Award (Richard Crossley Award)” while David James, one of our involved
customers, has been nominated for “Tenant of the Year (Cliff Whiteley Award). I am sure you will join us in wishing them
all good luck on 6<sup>th</sup> March at the St Johns Hotel, Solihull where the
Central Region final will be taking place.
We will let you know how they go on.
If you would like to know more about TPAS go to <a href="http://www.tpas.org.uk/">www.tpas.org.uk</a></div>
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<span style="color: #365f91;">It is important to recognise
the hard work done by our customers and the huge contribution they make in to
the local community and the running of our business. By highlighting their work this can inspire
others to volunteer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #365f91;">Volunteers
contribute many hours of their time which is as valuable as their experience
and skills.</span></i></b><br />
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Laura and Christy are responsible for ensuring all of our Community Learning Programme courses are organised and run smoothly. Contacting customers, tutors and venues and ensuring all paperwork is produced are just a few of the tasks involved. Please take a look at the course list below to find out what courses are coming up soon.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #365f91;">Customer Inspectors scoop National Award<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Stafford and Rural Homes’ Community Involvement Team are
proud to announce that their Customer Inspectors have won a National Award in
Excellence in Inspection and Mystery Shopping.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Inspectors Project</span></a> was set up by the Community Involvement Team in
2008 and since then have developed and changed to meet the needs of the
business and its customers. The
Customers, who volunteer their time to the project, are specially trained to
inspect the services offered to customers and have completed many different
types of inspection from the Repairs System to Estate Walkabouts.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Earlier this year the team nominated the CIs for a <a href="http://csiawards.org/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Customer Scrutiny and Inspection Award</span></a><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anna McLauchlan who set up and manages the Customer
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“Nominating them for the award was a great way of showing
the Customer Inspectors just how much we appreciate their hard work and
commitment. Some of them have been involved since day one of the project and
are always keen to share their knowledge and experience with the newer members
of the group. They are a great bunch of
customers who really care about what they do and I am so pleased that their
work has been acknowledged at such a high level.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Karen Armitage with SARH Customer Inspectors</td></tr>
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If you are interested in learning more about the Customer
Inspectors and their projects or want to get involved please contact the <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/customer-involvement/community-involvement-team/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Community
Involvement Team</span></a> on 0800 111 4554 or email <a href="mailto:cp@sarh.co.uk"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">cp@sarh.co.uk</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #365f91;">So What?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkBWrWxnGZ4RVo7DQnxdo8y0b2d8IyWUXQxXyUGEQc9xXsUKFzwJ2UqF9WfEJpcjsOpiAkt870UsqH22prwrMSGQlgU-RGEh2XDzy3cL6I5oWqVU_n-lV56xUm3TNRJueahxr6U8uK1g/s1600/SERVICE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkBWrWxnGZ4RVo7DQnxdo8y0b2d8IyWUXQxXyUGEQc9xXsUKFzwJ2UqF9WfEJpcjsOpiAkt870UsqH22prwrMSGQlgU-RGEh2XDzy3cL6I5oWqVU_n-lV56xUm3TNRJueahxr6U8uK1g/s1600/SERVICE.jpg" height="200" width="200" /></a><span style="color: #365f91;">It is excellent for this team
of committed customers to be acknowledged nationally for their hard work and
quality inspections. Their work impacts
on the lives of all SARH customers by improving the services provided to them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #365f91;">By customers giving their time freely to help SARH
improve services we are getting real feedback on what matters to customers and
suggestions of ways to improve services at minimal cost which reflects customer needs and expectations.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #365f91;">Halloween Spooky Special<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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On Thursday 30 October we held a Halloween Spooky Special
course as part of our Community Learning Programme. 13 Children had a fun
filled morning at <a href="http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/education/childcare/families/ccentres/StaffordDistrict/stafford/events/CalendarofEvents.aspx" target="_blank">Stafford Children’s Centre</a> taking part in a number of
different activities. Activities included; making a scary trick or treat bag,
decorating bonfire cakes, making ice cream cone witches hats and Halloween
crafts. Children also had fun competing for first prize in an apple and
marshmallow bobbing competition. </div>
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Overall the children, parents and staff had a great 2 hours.
The <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/customer-involvement/community-involvement-team/" target="_blank">Community Involvement Team</a> received great feedback for their efforts and we
would like to say a big thank you to Kate Broad from SARH Finance Department for helping us
make this event a success.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #365f91;">By running free courses like
these we are offering parents and children the opportunity to get out of the
house in the holidays and spend some time together, meet new friends and have fun at low cost.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #365f91;">This event was organised and ran by the Community
Involvement Team. This meant that we didn't have to pay any tutor costs and the
room at the Stafford Children’s Centre was free. The room hire cost was waived as there is an understanding that the event provided added value and meaningful community engagement.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Throughout
spring/summer 2014 SARH have been working with <a href="http://www.staffordbc.gov.uk/">Stafford
Borough Council</a> (SBC) to
develop new allotment sites across the Borough - keep on checking the Blog to find out more as these existing projects develop. We have been scouring
Stafford and rural areas in search of unused, derelict plots of land. Based on
the real success of the <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/in-the-community/community-projects/meadow-road-community-allotments/">Meadow Road Community Allotment Project</a> we intend to develop at least 3 more allotment
sites, to be launched in 2015.
The sites we have identified for development are at Priory Road, Stone;
Exeter Street, Silkmore and Adamthwaite Drive, Blythe Bridge.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Above - Laura with The Mayor of Stone<br />
Below - A successful drop-in session</td></tr>
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During the last few months we have carried out door-to-door engagement. Feedback evidenced that a significant
number of households are interested in getting involved in the proposed
projects. Following such a positive
response we held a series of drop-in sessions in October. Local residents and community groups were
invited to come along to find out what the plans may look like, how they can
get involved, the benefits of an allotment and see a case study of the Meadow
Road Project. We were pleased to welcome a number of community members to the
drop-in sessions who expressed and registered their interest in getting
involved.</div>
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If you want to find
out more about this project please contact the <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/customer-involvement/community-involvement-team/">Community Involvement Team</a> on 0800 111 4554 or email <a href="mailto:cp@sarh.co.uk"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">cp@sarh.co.uk</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #365f91;">So
What?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvypYhMdbckkKEqQBTr7uH25GQ1x-2DwpDktYNkKt5RJIYhJRxJlqMztylMzIFZjMrlPSGuw5Fotm3TIm2zfGCS6r5hRhfYSI46mlZwh94MSMNySruRZ8XisP_d29F6Cws0x-WLNUwQQ/s1600/ENVIRONMENTAL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvypYhMdbckkKEqQBTr7uH25GQ1x-2DwpDktYNkKt5RJIYhJRxJlqMztylMzIFZjMrlPSGuw5Fotm3TIm2zfGCS6r5hRhfYSI46mlZwh94MSMNySruRZ8XisP_d29F6Cws0x-WLNUwQQ/s1600/ENVIRONMENTAL.jpg" height="200" width="200" /></a><span style="color: #365f91;">By developing more allotment projects within Stafford
Borough we are able to encourage communities to make sustainable, positive
lifestyle changes. Evidence has shown that having an allotment leads to
healthier diets, improved fitness, mental well-being and community cohesion<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Allotment sites
provide local communities with a cheap source of fruit and vegetables and contribute
to improved quality of life. From a business perspective, these locations allow SARH to turn over underused areas of land to local community members, which helps reduce fly tipping and other anti-social behaviour at the same time enabling positive change into these communities.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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On Wednesday 1<sup>st</sup>
October the <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/customer-involvement/">Community Involvement</a> and <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/in-the-community/neighbourhood-services-team/">Neighbourhood Services</a> team took part in a Community Well-being Day
organised by <a href="http://www.staffordshirefire.gov.uk/">Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service</a>. The event was held in Stone Market Square and
fire service were focusing on preventative work, as well as providing chip pan
fire demonstrations. Various partners
attended the event to promote Community Well-being. The event gave SARH an opportunity to get out
and about in the community and engage with local residents on a variety subject
areas including; money advice, health and well-being and digital inclusion.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #365f91;">Events such as the Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service
Community Well-being Day allow partners to work effectively together. By
attending events SARH are able to come out to customers and give useful advice
and information and encourage community responsibility.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #365f91;">By working in partnership with other organisations and
offering free advice, SARH ensure that information and services are accessible
to our communities and key measure are delivered to a wide audience from a variety of agencies for a combined low cost.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #365f91;"> Two afternoons of
Digital fun<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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On Wednesday 12<sup>th</sup> November and Thursday 13<sup>th</sup>
November we held afternoons of digital fun with the <a href="http://www.barclays.co.uk/P1242671738729" target="_blank">Barclays Digital Eagles</a> (as
seen on TV). Sam Leggett from the
Stafford branch of Barclays and his colleagues, joined SARH Community
Involvement Team at Tithe Barn Court, Stafford on Wednesday and Lotus Court,
Stone on the Thursday. Both these
Independent Living Schemes were keen to get involved. As part of the Stafford and Rural Homes “I’m Online” campaign we partnered with Barclays Digital Eagles with the aim of
providing two informal sessions to introduce customers to the benefits of
having access to the internet. Some of
our customers already have access but found the sessions helpful, answering
queries as well as picking up leaflets on Skype, how to stay safe online and
other related topics. There was also a
chance to use an iPad - it was clear that some of the customers would be putting iPads on
their Christmas lists this year!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #365f91;">By giving customers the
opportunity to try a new skill SARH are empowering people to make a real change
to their lives.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #365f91;"><b>Working in partnership with a
company with a high profile helps both of us get our ‘digital message’ across
to a hard to reach group. From a customer perspective, shopping and ordering services on line can make significant cost savings when compared to the high street.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #365f91;">Coming soon...Community Learning Programme 2015</span></b></div>
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<o:p>We are happy to announce that after months of planning and designing we have almost completed next years Community Learning Programme! A lot of time and hard work including consulting with customers on the content, has been put in to ensure we have a varied range of courses to suit all audiences. Courses will be held at a number of community venues around the borough to ensure customers can take advantage of what we have to offer.</o:p></div>
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<o:p>Look out for more information launching the Community Learning Programme 2015 in the coming weeks and we'll be sure to let customers know how to get their copy when you have the chance!</o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">On Thursday 25
September the Community Involvement Team attended </span></span><a href="http://www.staffordbc.gov.uk/"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">Stafford
Borough Council’s</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> (SBC) Eco and
Active Day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The event was targeted at
councillors, SBC staff and other organisations based within the Civic Centre
building.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Various departments across the
council, along with SBC partners exhibited their work on health and
sustainability related initiatives.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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exhibited our work on the </span></span><a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/in-the-community/community-projects/meadow-road-community-allotments/"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">Meadow Road Community Allotment Project</span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> and the SARH Eco House.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also held an interactive competition with
a chance to win a veggie basket containing locally grown produce!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The event gave SARH
the opportunity to engage with local organisations and individuals who are
involved in a wide variety of other ‘Eco and Active’ projects that are taking
place across the Borough.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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What?<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></span></div>
<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="color: #365f91;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">By attending events such as the SBC Eco and Active Day,
SARH were able to meet and share ideas with teams working on other green
projects within the area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The event was
an excellent way to encourage more local people to live as ‘Eco and Active’ as
possible.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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for your Money:</span></span></i></b></span></div>
<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #365f91;">Attending free events is a fantastic way
for SARH to get out and encourage local people to live sustainable healthy
lifestyles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the more people
we can encourage to grow their own veg, the more money they will save on
supermarket costs, which leads to a reduction in food miles, thus helping
protect our environment. It is also much healthier and active to 'grow your own'.</span></b></span></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #365f91;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Customer Inspectors Project Shortlisted for a National
Award!<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Stafford and Rural Home’s (SARH) Customer Inspectors
Project was set up in 2008 and we are delighted that it has been shortlisted to
win a national award! <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The </span><a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/customer-involvement/customer-inspectors/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Customer
Inspectors</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"> (CIs) are a group of our customers who have been trained
to look at the way SARH communicate with and deliver services to all our
customers across the Borough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The CIs
are a fantastically committed group of customers whose work impacts on the
services received by all SARH customers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The CIs are currently involved in on-going inspections of empty
properties to ensure that they are in a suitable condition to be let to new
customers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are also helping us
review a scheme we run to help elderly or disabled customers maintain their
gardens.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The </span><a href="http://www.lindalevinpartnership.co.uk/site/news.php?readmore=56"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Linda Levin
Partnership</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span>set up the </span><a href="http://csiawards.org/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Customer
Scrutiny Inspection Awards</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"> this year to celebrate and highlight best
practices in tenant scrutiny and inspection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are more than 500 panels and projects that are running in such a
way across the country so it is a great achievement to have been
shortlisted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The category that the
project is shortlisted in is ‘<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Excellence
in Tenant Inspection and Mystery Shopping’</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">One of our Customer Inspectors will be attending the
Awards Ceremony (where the winners will be revealed) on the 30<sup>th</sup>
October alongside Chris Plant, Head of Housing Management.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whatever the outcome it will be a great
opportunity to learn more about how other groups work and build new links.<span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #365f91;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">So What?</span></span></i></b><br />
<span style="color: #365f91;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Customer Inspectors
Project is led by customers, for customers and the value of its work can be
felt by all without even realising it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is a privilege to have the customers’ hard work acknowledged by the
judges and we wish them the best of luck for the ceremony.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #365f91;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">More for your Money:</span></span></i></b></div>
<span style="color: #365f91; font-family: Arial;"><b>Customer Inspectors provide an insightful perspective to ensure services are delivered to customer requirements. Inspectors have made over 90 service improvement recommendation. Undoubtedly, this way of working offers great Value For Money.</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #365f91;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Cooking for one – Love food: Hate waste</span></span></b><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzGUF3jL8PaSB_CEpDhsT2H9HCqnjlJV0vr1efSyGSZP35ZZ3bRs05kVWV2FsQKehpgYsVeGOhDP9J4HtG2r_opkWYUzZXbg-sC3BCFwYIuZuCvwVsU1a1vwFTOL-QqhQuh61TCWmeBA/s1600/Healthbox.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzGUF3jL8PaSB_CEpDhsT2H9HCqnjlJV0vr1efSyGSZP35ZZ3bRs05kVWV2FsQKehpgYsVeGOhDP9J4HtG2r_opkWYUzZXbg-sC3BCFwYIuZuCvwVsU1a1vwFTOL-QqhQuh61TCWmeBA/s1600/Healthbox.jpg" height="56" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial;">On Thursday 18 September we held a cooking for one course
as part of our </span><a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CLP-20143.pdf"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">Community
Learning Programme</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"> at the Silkmore Children’s Centre.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">6 customers attended the course ran by Mark Gleave from </span><a href="http://www.healthboxcic.co.uk/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">Healthbox</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;">. Customers enjoyed using
fresh ingredients to make a lasagne and bread and butter pudding from scratch.
Customers and staff enjoyed the session and all of the fun and informative information
which was provided in the way of games and quizzes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">These courses are always so popular with our customers
and as always we received excellent feedback. Customers feel more confident to
buy fresh ingredients and make their own meals instead of buying ready meals
from the supermarket.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #365f91;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">So What?<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCreWDN4vdRkp9JkBNLv5kQz2t3kyaT4HX8pcks6A94nsRwyi19zNq7qdjS7_NzVH6aBEe2XVhyU50zDIxO43CWVXP9HWXwLfXX6z1dk7dz6WsAbkd_BaO8RcONK-8N3LSEZ8cYESWEg/s1600/SOCIAL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCreWDN4vdRkp9JkBNLv5kQz2t3kyaT4HX8pcks6A94nsRwyi19zNq7qdjS7_NzVH6aBEe2XVhyU50zDIxO43CWVXP9HWXwLfXX6z1dk7dz6WsAbkd_BaO8RcONK-8N3LSEZ8cYESWEg/s1600/SOCIAL.jpg" height="200" width="200" /></a><span style="color: #365f91;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">By running these sessions we
are giving our customers the confidence to go to their local supermarkets and
buy fresh produce to create their own meals from scratch and enabling them to
cook for others and widen their social circle. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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Money:</span></span></i></b></div>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #365f91;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">SARH are able to run these free courses customers thanks
to venues and tutors providing their services at a discounted price – and some
for free! <o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #365f91;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Chase Against
Crimes of Hate - European Award Shortlisting</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">As many of our more avid readers
will know one of our Community Involvement Officers is seconded to coordinate
the local hate crime partnership </span></span><a href="http://www.cachpartnership.org.uk/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Chase Against Crimes of Hate</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">(CACH).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">CACH offer support to victims of </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_crime"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">hate crime</span></span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> and discrimination across the borough of Stafford and districts of
South Staffordshire and Cannock.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
also carry out proactive work in schools and communities to educate people
about the impacts of hate crime and raise awareness for the support they offer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Last year CACH saw fantastic success at the
National Diversity Awards winning the </span></span><a href="http://www.nationaldiversityawards.co.uk/2013-winners/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Community
Organisation Award</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">and have followed this up by being
shortlisted for a </span></span><a href="http://europeandiversityawards.com/shortlist-2014/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">European
Diversity Award</span></span></a><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alongside huge companies such as Channel 4
Television CACH are hoping to win their category of Community Project of the
Year. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #365f91; font-family: Arial;">Stafford and Rural Homes have
supported the work of CACH for more than 5 years and seen them develop into the
award winning organisation that they are now.</span><span style="color: #365f91; font-family: Arial;">
</span><span style="color: #365f91; font-family: Arial;">During that time the partnership between CACH and SARH has helped many
customers overcome the challenges of experiencing hate crime and enjoy living
in our community.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Community Involvement Team believes it vital to build
strong working partnerships to enhance all our projects. A prime example of this is the working
relationship we have developed with the Department of Works and Pensions at the
Community Resource Centre to enhance the work we do at the three weekly Job
Search sessions. With all the changes
coming in with the soon to launched Universal Credit we need to ensure that the
support we offer our customers gives them the correct skills to empower then in
the future. The DWP helped us a couple
of years ago with a training course for selected staff when Universal Job Match
was first launched so that we understood how the system worked and pass these
skills on. Now the DWP will be helping
us understand what will be expected of all Benefit Claimants so that we can
support our customers on their journey to employment and off benefits. We will have a nominated contact at the Job
Centre who can answer any queries as they arise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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at the Job Search session, at the Community Resource Centre, continue to
thrive. These sessions take place on a
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 10am to 12pm.
We offer support with CV writing, setting up and using Universal Job
Match accounts, creating email address’s, support with job searches and
applications forms as well as hints and tips to give you the edge at an
interview.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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make the transition into work ensures confidence grows, empowering them for the
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the SARH September 2014 AGM
our Community Involvement Worker Christy Maud received the Apprentice of the
Year 2014 Award for her work in the Governance Team. Christy came to the
Community Involvement Team in April 2014 after carrying out a Business and Administration
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">As the winter Highfields Community Tool Bank is winding down for winter we have had </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">chance to take in what has been an incredibly successful year! We have seen our membership double and the number of hires increase to 4 times what it was in the first year! Even though the nights are drawing in there are still some Autumn tasks to be done and so we will be open a while longer (weather dependent).</span><br />
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Stafford and Rural Homes (SARH) have held a series of Fun Friday road shows
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activities including balloon modelling, face painting, hook a duck, tin can
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shows SARH and partners were able to advise the community on a variety of
subjects including; welfare reform, money advice, health and well being
and digital inclusion. SARH received excellent community insight from local residents on what matters to them
in their community. The Neighbourhood Services Team aim to tackle key issues
raised to help develop communities into cleaner, safer more pleasant
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a great </span><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">opportunity to </span><span style="color: #365f91;">engage with local
residents in a fun and friendly environment. As well as advising customers on
the day, all feedback collected by SARH staff is extremely valuable and helps
shape and develop our communities. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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7 customers attended the course. Throughout the morning
we made earrings, bracelets, necklaces and brooches. Customers were given the
chance to be creative and make items with all sorts of different materials
including beads, buttons, cotton, lace, wire, feathers and felt. Some customers
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during Summer Holiday time we are allowing children to get out the house and
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<span style="color: #365f91;">As this sporting event is a benefit to the community <a href="http://thegroveprimaryschoolstafford.com/" target="_blank">The Grove Primary School</a> offered us the venue free of charge! Thank you to them for their generosity.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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Community Allotments</span></a> held their Summer Open Day which was attended
by the Mayor, Ray Sutherland. After days
of rain the sun shone and lots of fun was had by all. The plot holders and local community enjoyed
taking part in a range of games, crafts and competitions such as guess the veg,
face painting and raffle to win a delicious cake baked by Maria Campbell
(allotment plot holder). We were also
joined by the <a href="http://www.staffs-wildlife.org.uk/wolseley-centre"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Staffordshire
Wildlife Trust</span></a> and <a href="http://www.diy.com/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">B&Q</span></a>. Thank you to Kerry from the Staffordshire Wildlife Trust for advising people about the different activities that happen around the borough and sitting with the children colouring and learning about the different types of animals they would see in the wildlife. And also a big thanks to Chris and Rob from B&Q
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Due to the success of the Meadow Road Project, Stafford
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<span style="color: #365f91;">The Meadow Road Community Allotment has given local residents the opportunity to spend time outside, increase levels of physical activity and develop new skills. The site has provided great opportunities for people of all ages and increased community cohesion. Allotment sites such as the Meadow Road provide local communities with a cheap source of fruit and vegetables, therefore leading to healthier diets and improved quality of life.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #365f91;">The Meadow Road Community Allotment Project has enabled a piece of fly tipped and unsightly land to be turned over to community use. This has reduced site management costs for SARH significantly. </span></div>
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It’s that time of year again when Stafford and Rural Homes (SARH) start
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following year. The CLP aims to provide
a wide range of free courses, giving our customers the opportunity to develop,
gain new skills and meet new people. The courses and workshops currently
cover 6 keys topics including hobbies and interests, my future, accredited,
health and well being, getting money smart and I’m online. We have asked staff, customers and partners
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<span style="color: #365f91;">The long studying nature of the CLP (in existence since 2008) enables SARH to negotiate reduced training costs and low cost venues. Customers and SARH staff deliver a percentage of the courses annually meaning further cost savings.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #365f91;">Laura and Christy are responsible for ensuring all of our Community Learning Programme courses are organised and run smoothly. Contacting customers, tutors, venues and ensuring all paperwork is produced are just a few of the tasks involved. Please take a look at the course list below of what courses are coming up in September. </span></strong><br />
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bouncy castles<o:p></o:p></div>
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face painters<o:p></o:p></div>
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football skills
sessions with Staffordshire Football Association<o:p></o:p></div>
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and for older
children and the young at heart:<o:p></o:p></div>
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an inflatable
gladiator set to take on your friends<o:p></o:p></div>
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fairground games
like Hook a Duck! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Meanwhile there will
be lots of local agencies for you to talk to who will offer you free, practical
advice about your health, finances, housing and many other things to set you in
good stead for the future!<o:p></o:p></div>
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All events are held
from 1pm-4pm:</div>
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8<sup>th</sup>
August – Merrey Road, Burton Manor (behind the Coop between the doctors and
library)<o:p></o:p></div>
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15<sup>th</sup>
August – Sycamore Road, Stone (next to the play area)<o:p></o:p></div>
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22<sup>nd</sup>
August – Perrin Close, Silkmore<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNMvCUtpXeSbJIe9mHaR7nqypqnFUruHXP7rbs-6FuxSUndCesMVOD6CA63_91ri61HSrWaNyaFfn_OJXcvxrd7nJjHxkak_9OwOduk5aAKxOMkAx8Cwe8BH6nNP1OGBGANAVG-5h6sg/s1600/COMMUNICATION.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNMvCUtpXeSbJIe9mHaR7nqypqnFUruHXP7rbs-6FuxSUndCesMVOD6CA63_91ri61HSrWaNyaFfn_OJXcvxrd7nJjHxkak_9OwOduk5aAKxOMkAx8Cwe8BH6nNP1OGBGANAVG-5h6sg/s1600/COMMUNICATION.jpg" height="200" width="200" /></a>If you want to know
more please contact the <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/customer-involvement/community-involvement-team/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Community Involvement Team</span></a> on 0800 111 4554 or email <a href="mailto:cp@sarh.co.uk"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">cp@sarh.co.uk</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #365f91;">So
What?</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">These activities give SARH a
chance to talk to customers and find out more about the day to day issues that
may be concerning them or they may like to be involved in helping change. It
allows SARH and our partners the opportunity to engage with customers in their
own communities on their own terms whilst having some fun in the sun!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #365f91;">More
for your Money</span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">:</span></i></b></div>
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<b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #073763;">Speaking
to customers and gauging opinion about services received or gaps in service
delivery enables SARH and partners the opportunity to target services at
customer priorities.</span></b></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #365f91;"><span style="font-size: large;">Glebelands Troops Annual Water Fight</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Glebelands Troops prepare to be soaked!</td></tr>
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On Monday 14<sup>th</sup>
July the Stafford and Rural Homes Community Involvement Team held the 4<sup>th</sup>
annual Glebelands Troops Youth Group water fight! It was held, as always, on the playing field
near to the Glebelands Meeting Room where the Troops get together monthly. The water fight marks the start of the summer
break for the group before getting together again on the first Monday in
September. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The photographs
speak louder than words and you can see we had a really fun and soggy time!<o:p></o:p></div>
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If you want to know
more please contact the <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/customer-involvement/community-involvement-team/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Community Involvement Team</span></a> on 0800 111 4554 or email <a href="mailto:cp@sarh.co.uk"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">cp@sarh.co.uk</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmXZTngdq0q99OpiPbAgj3tkMBhERYDbvBdqSdP4z6rbVAm1iFSF-Zrkhnv8sxBbCstVvA8FbXXEOMQvJcWjoTFCwuNTTW9ipAcXer0Nco3GjOT3WSX5l_qjo-SVwWcbDshdi8DQzm4w/s1600/SOCIAL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmXZTngdq0q99OpiPbAgj3tkMBhERYDbvBdqSdP4z6rbVAm1iFSF-Zrkhnv8sxBbCstVvA8FbXXEOMQvJcWjoTFCwuNTTW9ipAcXer0Nco3GjOT3WSX5l_qjo-SVwWcbDshdi8DQzm4w/s1600/SOCIAL.jpg" height="200" width="200" /></a><b><i><span style="color: #365f91;">So
What?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Glebelands Youth Group provides a useful diversionary activity for local
young people, at the same time providing SARH with a platform to speak to young
people about their concerns and aspirations and neighbourhood improvements they
would like to see.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #365f91;">More
for your Money: <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #365f91;">Investing time into a low cost activity
prevents higher costs being incurred if young people were involved in less
positive activities. It also provides a free consultation opportunity with
customers of the future and provides a unique perspective to engage..<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="font-size: large;">Launch of the Interact Arts Project DVD - Behind Closed Doors</span></span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 'Behind Closed Doors' Team</td></tr>
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After weeks of
preparation we are happy to announce that the<span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span><a href="http://sarhcustomerparticipation.blogspot.co.uk/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Interact Arts DVD</span></a>
was launched at the <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/customer-involvement/the-sheltered-alliance/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Stafford and Rural Homes Alliance</span></a> meeting on Monday 7<sup>th</sup> July. If you have been following this project in
previous Blogs you will know that the volunteers chose 2 topics that were close
to their hearts; these were Safety in the Home and Isolation. With the guidance of Frank Conlan the project
leader and Creative Director for<span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span><a href="http://interact-arts.org.uk/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Interact Arts C.I.C</span></a>, they worked on the story boards as well as
acting in the film. The DVD is called
‘Behind Closed Doors’, it is 17 minutes long and delivers a very powerful and
important message. It will be used by
some of the volunteers in the group to deliver workshops for their peers to
make sure that the message reaches a wider audience. <o:p></o:p></div>
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What?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="color: #365f91;">A great piece of
intergenerational work with a solid outcome – a film that raises awareness of
Health and Safety issues and illness related to loneliness and isolation. It
has enabled new friendships to be formed and customer groups to be more aware
of issues in their own homes and communities.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #365f91;">More for your
Money: <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Working in partnership with Interact Arts has meant low cost working
with an outcome that will continue to be of value for months and years to come</span></b><span lang="EN-US">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #365f91;"><span style="font-size: large;">An Introduction to Social Networking</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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On Wednesday 16 July we held an Introduction to Social
Networking course as part of our <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CLP-20143.pdf"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Community
Learning Programme</span></a> at the Holmcroft Youth and Community Centre.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Tim Keeling from the <a href="http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/education/adultcommunity/home.aspx"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Adult and
Community Learning</span></a> department at Staffordshire County Council led
the session for 6 customers who were shown a range of social networking sites
and how to use them. They went through the registration and signing in process
and were shown how to navigate the <a href="https://twitter.com/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Twitter</span></a><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span>and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Facebook</span></a> sites including how to ‘Tweet’
and update statuses and how to tag people. Customers were also given advice on
what things they should and shouldn’t be tweeting and were told stories of
people being arrested or even imprisoned for inappropriate posts. We also spent
some time comparing different social networking sites so customers could decide
for themselves which site would be more suitable for them to use. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We received excellent feedback from all customers. Thank
you Tim for running the course and we look forward to the next. <o:p></o:p></div>
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If you want to know more please contact the <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/customer-involvement/community-involvement-team/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Community
Involvement Team</span></a> on 0800 111 4554 or email <a href="mailto:cp@sarh.co.uk"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">cp@sarh.co.uk</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #365f91;">So What?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="color: #365f91;">By running courses like these
we are enabling customers to learn about sites on the internet which they could</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">use to keep in touch with family and friends…for free! Some customers will feel the benefit of using
social media by reducing feeling of isolation or loneliness.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #365f91;">More for your
Money: <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #365f91;">Customers no longer need to spend money making phone
calls to family and friends. So long as they have an internet connection they
can register onto a social networking site and keep in touch with loved ones
for free. For customers who don’t have the internet there is always the option
of attending a local library and using the computers they offer. General IT skills will enable people to find
lower cost products and services as well as enhance their employment prospects.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #365f91;"><span style="font-size: large;">Unity Fest 2014</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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On Saturday 26 July the annual Unity Fest was held at
Stafford Rugby Club with the aim to promote unity in the community. The event gave Stafford and Rural Homes
(SARH) a fantastic opportunity to engage with the community and promote the
work of SARH. Many partner organisations
such as <a href="http://www.staffordshirefire.gov.uk/"><span style="color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;">Staffordshire Fire Service</span></a>, <a href="http://www.healthwatch.co.uk/"><span style="color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;">Healthwatch</span></a> and <a href="http://www.vast.org.uk/"><span style="color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;">VAST</span></a> also attended on
the afternoon. There was also lots of
fun in the sun for all ages including live music, bouncy castles and a wide
selection of foods from around the world.<o:p></o:p></div>
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If you want to know more please contact the <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/customer-involvement/community-involvement-team/"><span style="color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;">Community Involvement Team</span></a><span style="color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;"> </span>on 0800 111 4554 or email <a href="mailto:cp@sarh.co.uk"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">cp@sarh.co.uk</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #365f91;">So What?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="color: #365f91;">Events such as Unity Fest
allow SARH to engage with a variety of people from different communities and
gauge</span> <span style="color: #365f91;">opinions and exchanges ideas and
thoughts about service delivery. It was also a great promotional activity with
a number of customers signing up to CLP courses.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #365f91;">More for your
Money: </span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #365f91;">Over 1,000 people attended the event and this provided an
excellent promotional activity for SARH to convey the core work it undertakes
and answer customer questions and queries.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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and Rural Homes (SARH) Community Involvement Team have recently been working
alongside Independent Living Scheme Customers to film a DVD! The DVD is entitled ‘Behind
Closed Doors’ and covers the topics of Safety in the Homes and Isolation. In next months Blog we will be able to give
you the link so that you can enjoy ‘Behind Closed Doors’ for yourself! Some of the customers who have been involved
since the start of the project are having training this week so that they can deliver
workshops to other groups based on what they have produced. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Frank Conlan,
Interact Arts Creative Director, said “It has been marvellous to see this group
of people step out of their comfort zones, try something new and really enjoy
themselves. Friendships have started and
once the project ends the group still want to meet up on a regular basis”.<o:p></o:p></div>
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more please contact the <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/customer-involvement/community-involvement-team/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Community Involvement Team</span></a> on 0800 111 4554 or email <a href="mailto:cp@sarh.co.uk"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">cp@sarh.co.uk</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #365f91;">By giving customers the opportunity to get involved in
something new it empowers people to try something different whilst also producing a
piece of work that will help others.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #365f91;">By working in partnership funding has been available for a project which will have a positive impact on SARH Customers' lives.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #365f91;"><span style="font-size: large;">Milwich Community Allotment Update</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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This month we have
visited the <a href="http://milwich.info/news-reports/john-t-babb-memorial-garden/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Milwich Community Allotment</span></a>. The
allotment was launched in May 2012 after the Pre-School
approached us to help transform a piece of land into an allotment garden for
the children and community to enjoy. Since the Pre-School re-located
last year the plot has been taken over by local residents to grow a variety of
healthy food and veg. All the produce
that is grown is shared among the local community. It is great to see residents in a rural area
enthusiastic about working together to create a pleasant space for everyone to
enjoy.<o:p></o:p></div>
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more please contact the <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/customer-involvement/community-involvement-team/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Community Involvement Team</span></a> on 0800 111 4554 or email <a href="mailto:cp@sarh.co.uk"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">cp@sarh.co.uk</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0fSoYstfshv5FzZuneoxN4Pd6gb9gDfDwYQDJFxuQw_aktGWTLBm0F9B-wsbmuviI5dy_6IMfLMkboE1sji3oAcWx_tiSZ7Ki_fWWcXBCZ9ciZwD4QmNHrymGDRaDah0zNTLrt8JaxQ/s1600/ENVIRONMENTAL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0fSoYstfshv5FzZuneoxN4Pd6gb9gDfDwYQDJFxuQw_aktGWTLBm0F9B-wsbmuviI5dy_6IMfLMkboE1sji3oAcWx_tiSZ7Ki_fWWcXBCZ9ciZwD4QmNHrymGDRaDah0zNTLrt8JaxQ/s1600/ENVIRONMENTAL.jpg" height="200" width="200" /></a><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">The allotment
garden has given the residents of Milwich a great sense of community pride. The produce that is grown is shared among local
people including the elderly, who may otherwise feel isolated, struggle to use
the allotments themselves or even get to the shops.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Creating
an allotment has made best use of an unused strip of land at low cost that now
saves local residents money on fresh produce and helps improve diets.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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On Monday 16 June SARH’s Community Involvement Team held
a Sign Language taster session course at<a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CLP-20143.pdf"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Community
Learning Programme</span></a><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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10 customers came and joined in and all really enjoyed
the course. By the end of the session everyone could use sign language to spell
their name and could also sign the alphabet, as well as learning some day to
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Feedback received from customers was fantastic as they
all felt they could communicate better with people who use BSL (British Sign
Language). Some of our customers run sessions to support people with hearing
difficulties and found it useful to know they are using the correct method of
communication. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A big thank you to Mike Tyler from <a href="http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/education/ASSIST/home.aspx"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Assist
Specialist Support Service</span></a> for running the course and making it fun
for everyone to join in. We hope to work together again in the future!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Involvement Team</span></a> on 0800 111 4554 or email <a href="mailto:cp@sarh.co.uk"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">cp@sarh.co.uk</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #365f91;">So What?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="color: #365f91;">By running this course we
have given customers the opportunity to learn new skills allowing them to gain
confidence and knowledge on such an important means of communication.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #365f91;">There is a massive social value to people being able to understand
British Sign Language, it can help alleviate isolation and breaks down barriers
to communication for those living with hearing loss.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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The <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/customer-involvement/customer-inspectors/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Customer
Inspectors</span></a><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"> (CIs) </span>are busy getting out and about this summer! They
are inspecting 10% of all the empty properties on an ongoing fortnightly rota. They check to ensure that the
standard of these properties is fit for a new customer to move into. SARH do have a member of staff to carry out
these checks but it is really beneficial to get a customer perspective on this
sort of issue as well.<br />
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The CI work can help SARH staff to understand why a property isn't getting let as quickly as they would like. The CIs make suggestions on what could be
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The CIs have got other exciting inspections in the
pipeline and are always looking for new recruits to this project – if you think
you might be interested please get in touch with the <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/customer-involvement/community-involvement-team/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Community
Involvement Team</span></a> on 0800 111 4554 or email <a href="mailto:cp@sarh.co.uk"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">cp@sarh.co.uk</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #365f91;">So What?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="color: #365f91;">The Customer Inspectors are
empowered to help guide SARH to deliver an improved service to all
customers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #365f91;">Customer Inspectors are volunteers and the hours they
give up freely to projects like this are incredibly valuable to as they are
always seeking out ways to improve things for the all SARH customers.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wythenshawe Community Housing
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTUZYg2u-oLIVOSUMyUfV6LFuI9jnXnJ21cJadLLlLOtC1SB_CXn8i7XwXfTpNsiUfScAoucR5jIwO9GUBC5tFM5ziub5RcMnuZGDDWT9cwswfAiPetW4VFZv4dLhSbe_MCzoFIniIEA/s1600/wythenshawe+logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTUZYg2u-oLIVOSUMyUfV6LFuI9jnXnJ21cJadLLlLOtC1SB_CXn8i7XwXfTpNsiUfScAoucR5jIwO9GUBC5tFM5ziub5RcMnuZGDDWT9cwswfAiPetW4VFZv4dLhSbe_MCzoFIniIEA/s1600/wythenshawe+logo.png" /></a>Laura (Community Involvement Officer) recently visited <a href="http://www.wchg.org.uk/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Wythenshawe Community Housing Group</span></a> to see how
their Resident Involvement Team engages with their communities. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“I spent the day learning about what community
involvement means to them, how the team dealt with their new group structure
and the processes they use to ensure they work as effectively and efficiently
as possible. It was useful to see
another Involvement team in action and learn what processes work well for
them”.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQO4hxkfdnNpm6URE1fJ9vyQHH7XnUQ_ojogRpjtaPhiE-vIz4Y9PNMLFoFNYxCqQa-yXbtQUfcZG6ATEFKhcdAJQp62nscP_1G0EbmANgBEutyh5lzyhuLERbqbcp0Ez8xVYBqPyXw/s1600/SERVICE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQO4hxkfdnNpm6URE1fJ9vyQHH7XnUQ_ojogRpjtaPhiE-vIz4Y9PNMLFoFNYxCqQa-yXbtQUfcZG6ATEFKhcdAJQp62nscP_1G0EbmANgBEutyh5lzyhuLERbqbcp0Ez8xVYBqPyXw/s1600/SERVICE.jpg" height="200" width="200" /></a><b><i><span style="color: #365f91;">So What?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">It important for Stafford and Rural Homes to work with
other Housing Associations to share best practice and learn ways to develop our
own Community Involvement Team.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">More for your Money: <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Sharing
experiences and ideas with other Housing Associations allows us to deliver and
develop projects that are beneficial and have a positive impact on local
communites.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="font-size: large;">E-Learning</span></span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">E-Learners at SARH Community Resource Centre</span></td></tr>
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With increased numbers of people getting themselves
online, Stafford and Rural Homes have added variety to the 2014 <span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/customer-involvement/customer-learning-programme/">Community
Learning Programme</a></span>.
E-learning gives customers the opportunity to study at a time and place
that suits them. There are 18 e-learning courses in total, ranging from
Starting Out on the Internet to Feeding a Family on a Budget. SARH also offer an IT Skills Suite (<a href="http://www.ecdl-training.co.uk/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">ECDL</span></a> Accredited) e-learning course which
allows customers to develop a variety of IT skills through various
modules. </div>
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of e-learning courses to
the 2014 <br />
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Involvement Team</span></a> on 0800 111 4554 or email <a href="mailto:cp@sarh.co.uk"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">cp@sarh.co.uk</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #365f91;">So What?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Stafford and Rural Homes are passionate about empowering
customers to learn and develop their skills in a variety of ways. E-learning is a great way to study, often
being more convenient and flexible to individuals that are not able to attend scheduled
courses.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">More for your Money: <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Offering online
courses gives customers a low cost way to study and saves money on transport costs
getting to and from venues.</span></b><b><span style="color: #365f91; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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As part of our <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CLP-20143.pdf"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Community
Learning Programme</span></a> SARH held a 2 day Paediatric First Aid course at
The Grosvenor Centre in Gnosall. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Rob Wallace from <a href="http://www.asao.co.uk/suppliers/salop_medical_services"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Salop Medical
Services</span></a> came and ran the accredited course for 6 SARH customers. Those
on the course had the chance to carry out practical lifesaving techniques such
as Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation and mouth to mouth on a <span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">‘<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resusci_Anne"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Resusci Anne’</span></a> </span>and
also how to correctly bandage a wound / injury. Everyone felt confident after
carrying out these exercises and felt they would be prepared if they were ever
to find themselves in such a situation that required first aid. <o:p></o:p></div>
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There was also a theory section of the course in which
the customers watched video clips of real life situations so they could think
about how they should respond. At the end of the course the customers were
tested on their knowledge and we’re happy to announce they all passed the
course and have gained an accredited qualification which will be recognised by
employers.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Thank you to Rob Wallace for running this course for us
and we look forward to the Emergency First Aid course in September.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #365f91;">Customers who attended this
session all feel confident that they would react positively to a medical
emergency and provide support to the injured parties until professional help
arrived. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Money: <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #365f91;">Attending a course like this can be very expensive. By
offering our customers courses like this we are saving them money, allowing
them to gain confidence and new skills that will benefit the community as a
whole and increase employment opportunities.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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working alongside partner organisations and other teams at SARH to bring you 4
free days of fun throughout August! Come along and get involved more details are available from the Community Involvement Team on 0800 111 4554 or cp@sarh.co.uk<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Community Allotments – 12 Months On!</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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12 months on from the grand opening of the <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/in-the-community/community-projects/meadow-road-community-allotments/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Meadow Road
Community Allotments</span></a><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span>there has been huge success in improving the
general health and wellbeing of local residents. The Meadow Road Allotments were opened in
March 2013 and the project has created a great sense of community, as
well as tackling issues of anti-social behaviour and fly tipping.</div>
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There are 10 plots on the allotment and all of these are
currently in use. This year the
allotment holders are creating a wild meadow and an orchard where they will be
growing a variety of fruit on the site throughout the year, the local children will also
be planting and growing walking stick cabbages.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Stafford and Rural Homes (SARH) are working in partnership
with <a href="http://www.staffordbc.gov.uk/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Stafford Borough Council</span></a>
to hold a series of events over summer to bring the community together and
celebrate the 2014 growing season. Our
spring event was held on Wednesday 28<sup>th</sup> May from 1pm, where <a href="http://www.diy.com/content/support/services/youcandoit_classes/index.jsp"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">B&Q</span></a>
held a workshop to make and take home your very own garden
trough. Watch this space as projects develop.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Following the success of the Meadow Road Allotment project, SARH's Community Involvement Team (CIT) are currently searching the borough for
unused green open spaces that could be transformed into new allotment sites.<o:p></o:p></div>
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If you want to know more please contact the Community
Involvement Team on 0800 111 4554 or email <a href="mailto:cp@sarh.co.uk"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">cp@sarh.co.uk</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">The Meadow Road Community Allotment has given local
residents the opportunity to spend time outside, increase levels of physical
activity, develop knowledge, meet new people and learn new skills. The site has provided great opportunities
for people of all ages and increased community cohesion!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">The site provides a community focal point and through their ownership has minimised fly tipping. graffiti, nuisance complaints and anti-social behaviour. Allotments sites such as Meadow Road provide local communities with a cheap source of fruit and vegetables therefore leading to healthier diets and improved quality of life e.g. surplus fruit and vegetables were given to the local schools.</span><br />
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group and some of SARH
Independent Living Customers are reaching the end of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8cWZbrc5XWJHfUv1g4Os8g"><span style="color: #376092; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #376092; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="color: windowtext;">SARH Youtube</span></span></a>
channel by the end of July. Those who
have taken part will be given the opportunity to train to deliver workshops based on
the DVD to other schemes and groups.<o:p></o:p></div>
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project to produce an
advice DVD on an issue important to them.
In the end they decided to have a dual topic after they had come up with
so many good ideas. The topics are Safety
in the Homes and Isolation. The filming
starts in the next few weeks and the finished article will be on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8cWZbrc5XWJHfUv1g4Os8g"><span style="color: #073763;">SARH Youtube Channel.</span></a><br />
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more please contact the Community Involvement Team on 0800 111 4554 or email <a href="mailto:cp@sarh.co.uk"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">cp@sarh.co.uk</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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to tackle issues important to them and come up with advice to offer to the
wider community giving them a sense of achievement. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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home and isolation can not only lead to expensive medical treatment and
personal distress. This simple advice
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20 May Christy, our Community Involvement Worker, visited </span><span style="color: #376092; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #376092; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><a href="http://www.peaksplains.org/"><span style="color: #376092; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #376092; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Cheshire Peaks and Plains</span></a></span><span style="color: #376092; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #376092; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Housing
Trust in Macclesfield to find out what they do to engage with the
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">It was
interesting to find out what projects they are working on and sharing ideas of
what we could do in the future. They
loved our </span><span style="color: #376092; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #376092; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/customer-involvement/customer-learning-programme/"><span style="color: #376092; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #376092; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Community Learning
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knows – they might start their own next year!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Housing Associations do within the community is a great way to come up with new
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another birthday coming up soon – that of the </span><span style="color: #376092; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #376092; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/news--information/news/community-tool-bank-launched-for-gardeners-in-highfields/"><span style="color: #376092; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #376092; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Highfields Community
Tool Bank</span></a></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">! Open since April we have seen a huge increase
in its use from last year – more than doubling in just the 2 months we have
been open in 2014!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in Highfields why not pop in and see if there is anything that can help you
beautify your garden this summer? We are
open Mondays and Wednesdays 10am-12noon and Fridays 2-4pm at 72a Lilleshall Way
ST17 9FD. All you need to do is come
along and join the membership scheme, (bring with your proof of your
identification and your current address), and don’t forget to bring £1 to hire
the equipment!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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illustration of our most commonly hired tools…. Currently the lawnmowers are
racing out front followed closely by the strimmers whilst the small hand tools trailing behind at the back! The smaller tools are ideal for those with
window boxes and pots – can you brighten any patches of patio with a plant or
two?</span></div>
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providing the community with an affordable way to take care of them. It has bought neighbours together who offer
to maintain one-another’s gardens and we now have our fingers crossed for some
of our members who have entered the <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/news--information/news/love-your-garden-this-summer-to-win-blooming-great-prizes/"><span style="color: #376092; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #376092; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">SARH Annual Garden
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earn its own money to keep it going – the charge that is made to its members
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and maintenance.There is also the benefit of the community minimising housing management costs of unsightly gardens.</span></div>
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Once again the <a href="http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/"><span style="color: #073763;">Prince's Trust</span></a> has carried out some wonderful work with us spending a week in the company of our residents at Lichfield Court Independent Living Scheme. The week revolved around intergenerational work, getting the young team working and playing alongside our customers running events such as games days.<br />
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Poppy seeds were planted as part of the<span style="color: #073763;"><a href="http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/news-events/calendar-of-events/general/armed-forces-day-2014"> Royal British Legion Armed Forces Day</a> </span>which this year, and for the next 4 years, will commemorate 100 years since World War I. This was a particularly poignant occasion as it is sadly the last Prince's Trust Team to be based in Stafford. <br />
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<span style="color: #073763;">For 5 years SARH and the Prince's Trust have had an excellent partnership which has seen many customers and many young people benefit - from landscaping gardens to karaoke and quiz nights. We are sorry to see them go but the work they have carried out will not be forgotten.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #376092;">Helping young people gain skills for life helps the community as a whole by making our young people more employable and prepared for a positive life playing a part in their community.</span><br />
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On Friday 9 May we ran a course at the Dixon Community
Centre which allowed attendees to create a personalised keepsake book. Everyone
really enjoyed making a scrap book of their memories and sharing their photos
and stories with the group. Thank you to Peter Dutton from Whitebeam Holistic
for running another fantastic course.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Everyone really enjoyed these courses as it gave them the opportunity to expand
their knowledge base and gain confidence and new skills. <o:p></o:p></div>
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This April Stafford and Rural Homes (SARH)
Community Involvement Team arranged a number of child friendly and fun sessions
for the <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/customer-involvement/customer-learning-programme/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Community Learning Programme</span></a> to help keep the kids entertained over
Easter. Following the success of
sessions in 2013, we have added 2 Multi-Sports Activity Days to the 2014
programme working in partnership with <a href="http://www.stokecityfc.com/club/community/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Stoke City FC Community Trust</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On Tuesday 22 April the first 2014 session took
place at Barlaston First School. Over 10
children of various ages had a fun filled day playing a variety of sports and
games including football, cricket, handball and dodgeball. We would like to give a big thanks to Wayne
Allerton and Jacob Toft from Stoke City FC Community Trust, who with their
enthusiasm and passion for sport, positively engaged with children from the
local community. Throughout the day the children were able to learn a variety
of new skills and were shown that exercise can be a fun, exciting
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At the end of the session we got some really
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limited activities going on in the area”</i><br />
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There will be another Mutli-Sports Activity Day
(Ages 5-12) taking place on Tuesday 12 August 2014 10am to 3pm at The Grove
Primary School, Stafford. If you are
interested in booking a place on this session please contact the Community
Involvement Team on 0800 111 4554 or email <a href="mailto:cp@sarh.co.uk"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">cp@sarh.co.uk</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #365f91;">No matter what age you are exercise can be made fun and enjoyable.
With a bit of imagination, motivation and enthusiasm we can make healthier life
choices for ourselves and our families!</span><span style="color: #365f91;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: #365f91;"><b><i>Community Value:</i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #365f91;">As the event was offering a direct benefit to the community the venue was provided to us free of charge!</span></div>
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Set up by community members in 2004, Highfields Estate
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Environment (HERaTAGE) aimed to
improve the living environment for the people of Highfields. 10 years on and it
has more than succeeded in its initial aim. The list of improvements they have
driven forward are endless! To name but
a few they have secured funding in order to fence the Eastern boundary of the
estate, introduced a Best Garden Competition, a Good Neighbour Award Scheme and
offered countless free Community Fun Days.
This isn’t even taking account individuals they have helped over the
years or the number of times they have supported SARH with various projects in
the neighbourhood.<br />
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Their hard work was recognised by the <a href="http://www.tpas.org.uk/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Tenant and Participation Advisory Service</span></a><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span>(TPAS)
in 2011 when they won the ‘Best Practice in the Community’ Category in the
central region of the awards after being nominated by SARH.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On Saturday 12<sup>th</sup> April SARH celebrated the
efforts of HERaTAGE with an event at The Grove Primary School. We would like to thank the HERaTAGE Group members
for all the hard work they have put in to making Highfields the community it is
today. If you would like to know more
about HERaTAGE please call 0800 111 4554 and speak to a member of the Community
Involvement Team.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">The success of HERaTAGE shows the massive impact that just
a few enthusiastic individuals can make to an area. By working together with neighbours and
agencies they have been empowered to make a real difference to the community.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><b><i>Community Value:</i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #365f91;">Many individuals and agencies volunteered their time to show their appreciation for the work HERaTAGE have carried out over the last 10 years. Committed volunteers are a priceless asset to both their community and agencies working in the area. </span></div>
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Stafford and Rural Homes have joined forces with local
Community Group, <a href="http://interact-arts.org.uk/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Interact Arts</span></a> who
have received funding from Staffordshire County Council for a project with the over 55’s. The aim is to make a short DVD to raise
awareness of older peoples health, wellbeing and safety in the home. To raise interest for the 10 week project, 4
‘Getting to Know You’ workshops were held at Hall Close, Shakespeare Road,
Lotus Court and Doxey House Independent Living Schemes. These fun informal sessions helped to
recruit our team of volunteers. The
volunteers will be identifying the issues they feel are of importance to them.
To get all aspects covered <a href="http://www.ageuk.org.uk/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Age UK</span></a>,
local PCSO’s, SARH’s Telecare and First Responders have been invited to one of
the meeting to talk about incidents they have come across as well as solution
to these issues. We will keep you up
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<span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Giving our customers a chance to voice their concerns, then
come up with the solutions is empowering. Partnership work across a number of
agencies strengthens the work being done.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Although staff time is put into this project by working in partnership we are creating a valuable resource in a DVD that will be used across the county at no cost to SARH.</span><br />
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part of our Community Learning
Programme. Children had great fun making hot cross buns, chocolate nests and
lots of mess! There was also an Easter egg hunt which had all the children
running around trying to find as many eggs as possible. <br />
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Thank you to Kate from Kiddycook for running the course for
us…everyone had a great time and really got into the Easter spirit. We all look
forward to the <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/customer-involvement/customer-learning-programme/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Halloween
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<span style="color: #365f91;">By running these courses we
have given children and their families something fun to do over the Easter
holidays…for free!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I am Laura MacPhee and I am very happy to introduce myself
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for Stafford and Rural Homes. I went to Keele University and have a degree
in Human Resource Management and Human Geography. I have worked for Stafford and Rural Homes
for a year and a half and prior to my role in the Community Involvement Team
was Assistant to the Housing Choices and Neighbourhood Services Teams. <br />
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Outside of work I enjoy visiting and exploring new places,
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I have very much enjoyed my first month in the team and am
settling in well to my new role. I am
definitely going to enjoy getting involved in various projects and look forward
to the challenges and new experiences that lie ahead!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hi, I’m Christy and I am the new Community Involvement
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Homes for 10 months now. For the
first 9 months I was an Apprentice for the Governance Team undertaking general
office administration duties and helping to support the SARH Board and Customer
Board. Whilst I really enjoyed working in Governance I felt I needed a change and the Community Involvement Worker role is definitely
going to give me that! After a month I have already been involved in a number
of projects and helped to run several courses from the SARH Community Learning
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children going on bike rides and walks and watching Disney films! I also
enjoying reading and I love listening to dance music.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Julie Harvey our new Neighbourhood Manager!</div>
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I have worked in social housing for over 20 years and have a wide range of experience working in Staffordshire, most recently working in
Newcastle-under-Lyme for Aspire Housing in the role of Deputy Neighbourhood
Manager. I have come to SARH to manage the
Community Involvement and Neighbourhood Services Teams, and was drawn to SARH’s
commitment to working with communities and empowering customers to make the
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We welcome Julie, Laura and Christy to the team and look
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">The Tool Bank offers an affordable way for community members to hire tools that will improve the appearance of the whole neighbourhood. The initial cost for the tools will start to self fund as the donations made by its members will pay for maintenance and repairs.</span></div>
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Stafford and Rural
Homes’ (SARH) <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/your-home/you-first-services/"><span style="color: #365f91;">Independent Living</span></a> Customers have been given the opportunity to
bid<o:p></o:p></div>
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Stafford and Rural
Homes have given The SARH Alliance (a group made up of representatives from the
Independent Living Schemes) £1,500 for them to distribute between the 19
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The Independent
Living Schemes applied in their droves for a share of the money by telling the
judges what they would spend the money on and by showing that they had worked
together to make a decision. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Shirley Wheat, Chair
of The SARH Alliance, said “We were overwhelmed at the response and how
everyone was thinking of their whole community in their applications. We are hoping this will become an annual
process and that over time more and more customers will benefit from it!” <o:p></o:p></div>
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It was a tough job
but the judges decided that items from toasters and tea towels to lamps and landscaping
were to be funded! Keep a look out in
later Blogs to see updates of how some of the items are being used! <o:p></o:p></div>
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If you want to know
more please contact the Community Involvement Team on 0800 111 4554 or email <a href="mailto:cp@sarh.co.uk"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">cp@sarh.co.uk</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #365f91;">By giving customers the opportunity to bid for low cost grants to
be used in their community SARH are empowering people to make a real change to
where they live.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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SARH’s <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/customer-involvement/customer-inspectors/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Customer Inspectors</span></a> (CIs) are a group of customers who are trained
to look at the way SARH communicate with and deliver services to all our
customers across the Borough. They are
just about to embark on a new inspection and review of the condition empty
properties are let in.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This is called the
Lettable Standard and sets out the level of cleanliness and repair that the
property should be in before somebody moves in.
By using the CIs to look at this we are getting customer opinion and a
fresh set of eyes to really help things develop.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #365f91;">Every customer living in a SARH property will have
experienced moving into an empty house or flat.
This is the first impression of their new home so it is important to get
it right!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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This session is being run by the Dogs Trust and will teach
you the basics of dog health care, the importance of stimulation and tips
around basic dog training. It will also help you understand the law around dog
safety.<b> No dogs are to be brought to this session</b>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Holmcroft Youth and Community Centre, Newlands Avenue, Stafford,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Become familiar with the layout of Microsoft Word and
practice typing, deleting and formatting, saving text and more using this
software. Build your confidence using
Word and find out what it can offer you.
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20<sup>th</sup> March 9.30am to 12.30pm<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Stafford and Rural Homes, Parker Court, Staffordshire Technology Park,
Beaconside, Stafford, ST18 0WP<o:p></o:p></div>
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This session is suitable for anyone looking to improve their
skills in applying for jobs. If you are finding it difficult to get an
interview it may be that your CV is letting you down. This practical workshop
will help you to turn your experience and qualities into a winning CV or
application form that will improve your chances of gaining an interview.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Before starting any home improvement, it’s important to
understand how to use the tools correctly. This course will give you the
confidence to correctly use the most basic tools for various DIY jobs.<o:p></o:p></div>
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There are lots of new and
exciting things coming from the SARH Community Learning Programme this year so
watch this space!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #365f91; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">The Community Learning Programme is used, enjoyed and appreciated by
lots of customers. Many have gained confidence, friends and skills and for some
customers it has even changed their lives e.g. by empowering them to find
employment or supporting them to manage their finances! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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To book on to a course or find
out more information, get in touch with the Community Involvement Team by
telephone 0800 111 4554 or email <a href="mailto:cp@sarh.co.uk"><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">cp@sarh.co.uk</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The 26<sup>th</sup> February was a sad day for the
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last day at
Stafford and Rural Homes. Christine has
been with the team for two and a half years,first as a Community Involvement Worker then as an Officer and in that time she has developed the
Community Learning Programme and was the driving force behind the double award
winning Meadow Road Allotment project to name just two of her many achievements
over this time. We wish her all the best
in her new role of Prince’s Trust Outreach Executive in Essex. <br />
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MacPhee,
Homes and Neighbourhoods Assistant, will be coming into the team as a Community Involvement Officer in the near future. We will keep you posted on how she is
settling in but we are sure you will join us in wishing her all the best in her
new and exciting role.</div>
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<span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">No matter what time you have on a project you can make a
huge impact if you approach it with enthusiasm, dedication and focus.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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happened or that are coming up in the future please do not hesitate to contact
us on:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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It’s been a great start to the year for the Stafford and
Rural Homes (SARH) Community Learning <o:p></o:p></div>
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Programme. In January, 4 courses took
place including Yoga, Benefit Changes, Budgeting and Money Advice, Chinese New
Year Cooking Workshop and a 10 week ‘Skills for working with children’ course
began. A total of 32 customers attended these 4 different courses. 19 of these
people had never attended a course through SARH’s Community Learning Programme
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There are lots of new and exciting things coming from the
SARH Community Involvement Team this year so watch this space!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CLP-20143.pdf"><span style="color: #0c343d;">CLICK
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Community Learning Programme is used, enjoyed and appreciated by lots of
customers. Many have gained confidence, friends and skills and for some
customers it has even changed their lives e.g. by empowering them to find
employment or supporting them to manage their finances! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and using the internet. There are lots of benefits that getting online can have
for people including searching and applying for jobs, finding the cheapest
deals for gas and electricity and keeping in touch with friends and family
across the globe. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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different Independent Living Schemes, Jubilee Court and Marston Court, to show
residents that getting online can be fun and social as well as have many other benefits
for them. The two schemes played a live online game of scrabble against each
other, <a href="http://www.skype.com/en/">Skyped</a> Karen Armitage (SARH Chief Executive) in her office, had a go on
an iPad and got tips on where to search for the best money saving deals through
websites such as </span><a href="http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 118%;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Money
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a number of ways through the SARH ‘I’m Online’ campaign. Things to keep an eye
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">Dedicating a Monday afternoon at the </span><span style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;"><a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/in-the-community/community-resource-entre/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Community Resource Centre</span></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;"> to
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">Inviting bids that will help customers to get
online in SARHs </span><span style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;"><a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/in-the-community/customer-initiative-scheme/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Customer Initiative Scheme</span></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">.</span></li>
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Champions’ who can support other people in their communities.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">Delivering ‘I’m Online’ </span><span style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;"><a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/in-the-community/mobile-office/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Mobile Road Shows</span></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">.</span></li>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 118%;"> If you would like any more information about the above
projects or have an event or activity SARH could get involved with getting people 'onnline' see </span><span style="color: #254061;"><a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/"><span style="color: #254061; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 118%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #254061; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="color: windowtext;">www.sarh.co.uk</span></span></a></span><span style="color: #254061; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 118%;"><span style="color: windowtext;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 118%;">or contact the Community
Involvement Team on 0800 111 4554 or email </span><span style="color: #254061;"><a href="mailto:cp@sarh.co.uk"><span style="color: #254061; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 118%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #254061; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 128;"><span style="color: windowtext;">cp@sarh.co.uk</span></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 118%;">.</span></div>
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demonstrated that there is a need for more to be done to support customers to
get online so they can benefit from all the opportunities that has. It enabled us to consult with customers and will help us to plan
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Stafford and Rural Homes (SARH) are proud to present our 7<sup>th</sup>
Community Learning Programme offering an incredible 75 free courses and
sessions throughout 2014. These courses are completely free and accessible to
all SARH customers and anyone living in SARH neighbourhoods. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">It’s designed so there is something to suit all ages,
learning abilities and personalities so take a look and see what’s on offer for
you!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">We have listened to customer feedback and introduced lots of
new and exciting opportunities including:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Benefit changes, budgeting and money advice
monthly sessions.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Accredited Skills for Working with Children.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Toy Making for all ages.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">How to get the most from your (SARH) tenancy monthly
sessions.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Introduction to Setting up a Business.</span></li>
<li><span span="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Multi-sports activity days with </span><span style="color: #254061; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><a href="http://www.stokecityfc.com/club/community/"><span style="color: #254061; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #254061; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 128;"></span></a> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Stoke City Football Club Community
Trust (age 5 – 12).</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Dog Ownership workshops with the Dogs Trust.</span><span style="color: #254061; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><a href="http://www.dogstrust.org.uk/?gclid=CMn4zuimirsCFeXnwgod8jMAoQ"><span style="color: #254061; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #254061; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 128;"></span></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Jewellery Making.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Paediatric First Aid.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Cook a Healthy Indian Takeaway.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">E-Learning – courses that can be done on a
computer at a time and place to suit you.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> And m</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">uch, much more...</span><br />
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page to see what courses are taking place in January and February. We hope you
make the most of these free opportunities and enjoy learning something new.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">From January, the full programme
for 2014 can be accessed on SARH website (<span style="color: #254061; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #254061; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 128;"><a href="file://fps1/data$/Customer%20Participation/Community%20Learning%20Programme%202013/2014%20ideas/Text%20for%20Document/www.sarh.co.uk"><span style="color: #254061; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #254061; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 128;">www.sarh.co.uk</span></a></span>)
or you can request a hard copy to be sent to you. To book your place or for
more information contact the Community Involvement Team on:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Email: <span style="color: #254061; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #254061; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 128;"><a href="mailto:cp@sarh.co.uk"><span style="color: #254061; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #254061; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 128;">cp@sarh.co.uk</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Alternatively, you can register
your interest through our Facebook page<span style="color: #254061; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #254061; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 128;"> <a href="https://en-gb.facebook.com/pages/Community-Learning-Programme/295532220558693"><span style="color: #254061; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #254061; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 128;">‘Community Learning
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #134f5c;">These
free learning opportunities have proven to benefit many lives by giving
people the skills to gain employment, improve families’ health and wellbeing, meet new people and provide an enjoyable learning experience.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #365f91; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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home of Stafford and Rural Homes </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Urban Gallery.
To brighten up the empty shop we put themed displays in the windows that
would catch the eye of passers by. The window displays kicked off again with Halloween Pumpkins and a ghostly grave yard in the Community Resource
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Teams have been making contact with customers who moved in to all of SARH’s New
Build properties such as those in Monks Walk at Gnosall and The Spinney in Burton
Manor. They have been finding out how
they have settled in and whether there is anything missing in the neighbourhood.
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">It is important for SARH to know how our customers are
settling into new communities and see if there is anything that we can do to
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We gave you the chance to tell us what you think about our
<a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/customer-involvement/customer-learning-programme/">Community Learning Programme</a> and what learning opportunities you’d like to see
in the 2014 programme. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over 20 of you took part in the survey and were entered into
the prize draw to win £50 high street shopping vouchers. Pictured is SARH
customer, Steve Breeze, who was the lucky winner!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many of you said you were happy with the wide variety
that we offer and you’d like to see more of the same in the future. All
feedback about courses and venues is extremely valuable to us and we take all
comments into account. Courses that
people are particularly keen to see in 2014 are cooking, computer skills and
sign language. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“The Community Learning
Programme is a fabulous idea to get people involved in the community and meeting
new people from all walks of life as well as learn new skills”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“All of the
tutors are excellent, and take into consideration each and every person who
goes on these courses”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I always enjoy
going through the learning programme to see what courses SARH are offering”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 2013 programme can be viewed <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Community_Learning_Programme_20135.pdf"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">here</span></a>. The 2014 programme will be available early in
the new year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So What?<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is important that customers have a real chance to shape
the services we offer and this includes the Community Learning Programme.
Feedback and suggestions help us to develop the programme and ensure we keep
offering courses that you, the community, want. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/in-the-community/community-resource-entre/"><span style="color: #365f91;">Community Resource Centre</span></a> on Greyfriars Stafford a Job Club is held for young people with additional needs. At one of our meetings a number of the young people talked about gaining more independence and having a flat of their own. It was from this discussion that we decided to run a series of <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/getting-a-home/find-a-home/pre-tenancy-training/"><span style="color: #365f91;">Pre Tenancy Workshop</span></a><span style="color: #365f91;">s</span> for them. We have done our first session on registering on the Choice Based Lettings system and how to bid on properties. This created a lot of interest and some really good questions. Later this month we will be covering money matters with Liz Pilley from the Money Management Team. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Hifsa Haroon-Iqbal MBE DL and Anna McLauchlan receiving<br />their award. Photo Jean-Pierre Magloire Inspiring Photography 2013</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As regular readers will know our partners <a href="http://www.cachpartnership.org.uk/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Chase Against Crimes of Hate</span></a>
(CACH) were shortlisted for a National Diversity Award. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are thrilled to announce that on Friday 20<sup>th</sup>
September CACH won the <a href="http://www.nationaldiversityawards.co.uk/#/community-organisation-multi/4579590008"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Community
Organisation Award</span></a> for the work they do promoting tolerance and
supporting victims of hate crime and discrimination. One of our very own Community Involvement Officers is currently seconded to the role of Coordinator for CACH so it feels like a double win!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The star studded event was sponsored by the likes of
Microsoft, The Cooperative, BSkyB and many more big names. Brian Dowling (from Celebrity Big Brother)
and Cerrie Burnell (from CBeebies) were the hosts for the evening. For more information see their <a href="http://www.nationaldiversityawards.co.uk/#/community-organisation-multi/4579590008"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">website</span></a>.
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partnerships. When all involved are
working towards the same goal there is a real opportunity to make a difference
and improve the lives of those living in our community.</span></span></div>
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veg nurtured in the first growing season at the
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over 40 people attended the event which included a fun scarecrow making
workshop and a woodwork session where staff from B&Q helped people make
wooden magazine racks. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Residents had a chance to show of some of their home grown produce in a
vegetable competition. Among the winning entries were a Turkish turban pumpkin,
a heart-shaped potato and a number of very large courgettes with certificates
awarded by the Mayor of Stafford Borough, Councillor Angela Loughran. B&Q
donated £100 in vouchers as a prize for winners. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All six veggie baskets entered were donated to the charity <a href="http://www.hobstafford.co.uk/">House of Bread</a>, which offers home-cooked meals for homeless and vulnerable people in
Stafford and the surrounding area. Allotment holders also prepared a buffet for
everyone including homemade quiche and cakes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the community together to showcase the wonderful work, achievements and
vegetables that have been grown in the first growing season. As well as create
community cohesion the project has improved health and wellbeing for many
people and created a safer, greener environment.</span><span style="color: #365f91; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the afternoons of the 9<sup>th</sup> and 12<sup>th</sup>
September the Community Involvement Team ran two events to promote the
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delivered to our customers living in the town centre area through to the North
End of Stafford. At the events we showcased the work
done at the Job Search sessions held on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 10am to
12pm. Also a display of work by the
Craft Club (Tuesday 10am to 12pm); which is the longest running group at the
centre. There was also information on
the ESOL group which meets each Thursday.
A book of photographs was available to show the range of events we hold
to celebrate Easter, Halloween, Christmas as well as any other excuse for a
celebration! Everyone who attended had
the chance to enter a prize draw to win a Bush Digital Radio; this was won by
Mr Reay who was presented with his prize by SARH Customer Board Member, Jane
Cannell.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was a great reminder to new and long term customers as to what services are on offer at the CRC.
It is also an excellent opportunity to look back over the year and see
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The<span style="color: #134f5c;"> <a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/news--information/news/sarh-tool-bank-opens-its-doors-to-gardeners-in-highfields/">Highfields Community Tool Bank</a></span> has seen a successful
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, strimmers and spades to the local Highfields
community. It has been great to see so
many people hire tools to improve their own gardens but even more wonderful
seeing how many people helped out their neighbours as well!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Earlier this month we had a massive give away of bulbs
that were donated to us by <a href="http://www.greenfingers-group.co.uk/"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Greenfingers</span></a><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span>who
manage the maintenance of SARH’s green areas. We will also be using some of
these bulbs to brighten up other areas of the Borough in partnership with youth
and community groups. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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hire schemes. If you have any ideas about what areas would really benefit from
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hire autumn and winter maintenance tools from us, such as rakes and
wheelbarrows, by contacting the Community Involvement Team. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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touch with the Community Involvement Team on 0800 111 4554 or email <a href="mailto:cp@sarh.co.uk"><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">cp@sarh.co.uk</span></a><span style="color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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to take pride in the appearance of their gardens by loaning equipment at an
affordable price. It is also helping to
build community spirit with members helping out their less able neighbours.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Midlands is the new Neighbourhoods Manager at
Stafford and Rural Homes (SARH).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Andy Crowson, 49, a married father-of-one, from
Lichfield, will head up SARH’s Neighbourhood Team which includes the Community
Involvement Team and aims to improve the lives of customers across Stafford
Borough.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“This is an exciting new challenge and one that I am
really passionate about. The main aim
for me is to build on SARH’s great efforts to better the quality of life for
SARH customers and building communities where they can thrive and prosper,”
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West Midlands Police in inner-city Birmingham, including most recently as a
detective inspector.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Government funded New Deal for Communities (NDC) regeneration programme in the
Aston area of Birmingham.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Working in areas such as Handsworth, Aston and Alum Rock
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Each month we work in partnership with the National Careers
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when job hunting. Octobers’ theme is
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The Tool Bank is a pilot project set up by SARH’s Community Involvement Team (supported by the Neighbourhood Services Team) that offers members of the Highfields community the opportunity to hire all sorts of garden tools from lawnmowers to trowels. This will enable them to give their garden anything from a little bit of TLC to a full on make over!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">If you want any more information please call the Community Involvement Team on 0800 111 4554 or email </span><a href="mailto:cp@sarh.co.uk"><span lang="EN" style="color: #365f91; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">cp@sarh.co.uk</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">. Come </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">along and sign up today! As the old saying goes “If you want to be happy for life, get a garden!”</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #365f91; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">The Tool Bank provides an affordable way for people to keep their gardens smart and tidy giving them even more pride in the area where they live. It also helps ensure that SARH communities are places where people want to live.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">A message from one of our valued volunteers…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">“Hi my name is DJ, I first volunteered at the Community Resource Centre at Greyfriars just over 3 years ago. In that time I have seen massive changes at the centre as well as in myself. When I first got involved I was shy, had no computer skills and had an ambition to work with children. In just a few years I have been on numerous Stafford and Rural Homes </span><a href="http://www.sarh.co.uk/customer-involvement/customer-learning-programme/"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #365f91; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Community Learning Programme</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> courses; learnt a range of skills from computing and CV writing as well as completing Accredited courses in Food Safety and have just finished one on Retail and Customer Services. Each Monday, Wednesday and Friday between 10am and 12pm I make use of some of what I have learnt at the IT/Job Search sessions where I help people looking for work, teaching them basic computer skills and supporting them in their efforts to find a job. My dream to work with children is becoming a reality as I am training to be a Youth Worker and have just returned from an adventure activity centre in the Dearne Valley where I was supporting one of the Youth Groups I work with. My life has changed for the better and can pass this message on to others.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Volunteering isn’t just about giving time to help others, it is about the effect on the community and that it can be a life changing experience for those who give as well as those who receive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOkn3kJs0GgLruIj3EfsCzjU-xkZ0bDw0pwl_m54UvNBwMU9oGMcunne8wLbC7lIdSPaeY8Ls2T9DvpWFg4riOmWigYMfzjr9Xx6k_vf_b6PYIdogtyYmYB6fF1AVhBkKYBCC2h1z3JQ/s1600/cach.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOkn3kJs0GgLruIj3EfsCzjU-xkZ0bDw0pwl_m54UvNBwMU9oGMcunne8wLbC7lIdSPaeY8Ls2T9DvpWFg4riOmWigYMfzjr9Xx6k_vf_b6PYIdogtyYmYB6fF1AVhBkKYBCC2h1z3JQ/s1600/cach.bmp" /></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">As regular readers will be aware SARH were fortunate enough to be shortlisted for several </span><a href="http://sarhcustomerparticipation.blogspot.co.uk/2013_03_01_archive.html"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #365f91; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">regional awards</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> recently. Riding high on the success of being highly commended in 2 categories we are proud to announce that our partner </span><a href="http://www.cachpartnership.org.uk/index.htm"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #365f91; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Chase Against Crimes of Hate</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #365f91; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">(CACH) have been shortlisted for an award in the prestigious </span><a href="http://www.nationaldiversityawards.co.uk/#/2013-shortlist/4567499256"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #365f91; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">National Diversity Awards</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">CACH, who helped out at our recent Celebrating Differences Day – see below, focus on stamping out hate crime and discrimination of all kinds. They offer support to victims who have been targeted due to their race, belief, disability, sexuality, gender etc. As well as offering this support they also do proactive work in communities and in schools. For more information visit their<span style="color: #17365d;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.cachpartnership.org.uk/index.htm"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #365f91; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">website</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #365f91; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">, </span><a href="mailto:selfreport@cachpartnership.org.uk"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #365f91; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">selfreport@cachpartnership.org.uk</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">or call 0797 149 7988.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #365f91; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">SARH’s partnership with CACH helps to reassure and support our customers and communities who can turn to CACH for support that will help them feel less isolated and alone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">The Celebrating Differences Day was a fun event for people of all ages and from all backgrounds to get involved in and enjoy. Over 25 people attended including youngsters from 10 years old through to people in their 70’s. The activities were designed to get people working together and they did just that. Each person learnt how to spell their name in sign language and experienced Brazilian arts and culture through a drumming workshop. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">A number of partner organisations came along to get involved and raise awareness of their work including </span><a href="http://www.cachpartnership.org.uk/index.htm"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #365f91; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">CACH</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> (Chase Against Crimes of Hate), </span><a href="http://www.richmondfellowship.org.uk/"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #365f91; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Richmond Fellowship</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">, Staffordshire Police, </span><a href="http://staffordu3a.org.uk/"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #365f91; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">U3A</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> (University of the 3rd Age),<span style="color: #365f91;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/education/ASSIST/home.aspx"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #365f91; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">ASSIST</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> (Autism and Sensory Support in Staffordshire), </span><a href="http://www.carehomefundingadvocates.co.uk/for-care-homes/"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #365f91; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Care Home Funding Advocates</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> and </span><a href="http://www.healthwatchstaffordshire.co.uk/"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #365f91; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Healthwatch Staffordshire</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">. There was a quiz which aimed to encourage people to network, raise awareness of the different organisations and encourage people to learn as much as possible about them. Maureen Andrews and her granddaughter Keira were the lucky winners of £25 shopping vouchers!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">The day was finished off with an art project where a wonderful black and white piece of art was created. This will go on display in Doxey House Independent living Scheme so that it can be enjoyed by plenty of people.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">A reporter from </span><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radiostoke"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #365f91; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">BBC Radio Stoke</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> attended most of the event and had a chat with staff, partner organisations and customers to find out what the day was all about. This was aired on the mid-morning and afternoon show which has thousands of listeners. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #365f91; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">The Celebrating Differences event was fun for all involved, creating community cohesion and it was a good example of intergenerational working. The activities got people interacting, building their confidence and trying something new and different. It was a good opportunity to network and raised awareness of some fantastic organisations and the work they do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">£50 VOUCHERS UP FOR GRABS. TAKE PART IN OUR SURVEY TO BE ENTERED INTO OUR PRIZE DRAW. ANYONE CAN ENTER!!!<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">We are looking for suggestions and honest feedback to help us shape our Community Learning Programme 2014. This will be our 7<sup>th</sup> annual Programme which offers a variety of free courses, workshops and activities to people living in the communities across Stafford Borough. The Programme is put together to give people opportunities to improve their lifestyle whether it is by gaining skills needed for a job, building their confidence, taking up a new form of exercise, gaining advice to save money on their bills, picking up a hobby or making new friends. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Since 2008 we have delivered around 250 courses across the communities of Stafford Borough. So far this year over 300 people have benefited from the Community Learning Programme and 49 people have achieved a recognised qualification. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">We are proud to say we offer something for everyone but want to make sure we continue offering sessions and courses that you, the community, will benefit from. Therefore we need your help! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Please follow the link to the survey below and answer the questions as best and honestly as you can. The survey will take around 5-10 minutes to complete and your feedback is really valuable to us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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