Headway Dorset Winter 2012/2013 Newsletter

Welcome to the Winter 2012 /2013 Newsletter from Headway Dorset!

Welcome to the Winter 2012/2013 newsletter and all of us here at Headway Dorset hope you had a brilliant Christmas! We are busy as ever, with new groups being planned, upcoming events and our social enterprise Headway Care. If you havent had a chance, please check out our Facebook and Twitter pages, have a look at our website and subscribe to our mailing list, we want to make sure that we make sure everyone hears about what we have got going on and gives us feedback on how we are doing!

Inside this issue:

Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Welcome Winter events at Headway Dorset New Groups for 2013 Carers Corner, Easter Quiz! 2012 in pictures! Bournemouth Marathon Festival 2013, Befriending Scheme Thank-yous! Volunteer Vacancies, Contact us

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Winter Events at Headway Dorset

Our BOLLYWOOD NIGHT on 17th November was a great success, everybody enjoyed themselves and we raised just under 1300!! A huge thank you to our band The Volatile Agents who were thoroughly entertaining and had the dance floor heaving all night, Kayak our dancers who put on a brilliant display, Usha who did some fantastic henna tattoos Group and to volunteers Sue Stanford, Kirsty Stanford, Jaine Logan and Kim Simmons who As the summer seems to be (finally) arriving, we are hoping to have a drop in day as soon as possible for Headway gave up a lot of their free time to help with Dorset service users to have a go at the planning and organisation to make the kayaking. We have two great coaches, night such a success! one of whom is also a physio so its an excellent opportunity for you to try it More pictures of the evening can be seen out and find out what the rehabilitative on our Facebook page!! benefits could be for you whilst also having some fun on the water! If there is enough interest we can then set up a weekly session. Please contact Kerry with your details if you would like to Headway Dorset was back in Sainsburys at Talbot Heath in the lobby on the attend 19th December! fundraiser@headwaydorset.org.uk

We raised over 300 with our Christmas raffle, watch this space as we will be back in store at Easter!! Bournemouth and Poole College presents Headway Dorset Charity Gig!!
Annas daughter Bea is holding a fundraising gig with her band and other bands from Bournemouth and Poole College on Wednesday 13th February. The gig will be held at the Winchester Pub, 39 Poole Hill, Bournemouth BH2 5PW from 6.30pm 9.30pm and tickets are a bargain at 2 each in advance or 3 on the door. The gig will be part of her coursework at college, and all proceeds will go to Headway Dorset. To get tickets, see Anna or Kerry 01202 606560 or fundraiser@headwaydorset.org.uk

NEW GROUPS FOR 2013 AT HEADWAY DORSET!

Mirror Image Womens Group Following a successful first year, we are pleased to be awarded funding for a further 18 months from Lloyds TSB. Headway users from all over Dorset have had fun taking part in sessions to improve their self esteem, confidence and body image and we are looking forward to bringing the project to other service users this year! If you want more information or to put yourself down to be involved, contact Maria or Kerry at Headway on 01202 606560.

Musical Therapy Group We are very excited to have also received funding for a Musical Therapy Group this year. The Radcliffe Trust has approved us funding for the group, which will be overseen by our Occupational Therapist Claire. The group hopes to help people with enhancing memory capabilities, alleviating depression and frustration, self expression, communication skills and self esteem to name a few! For more information or to let us know if you are interested in taking part, please contact Claire at Headway Dorset ot@headwaydorset.org.uk

Headway Dorset Mens Group

We are pleased to announce that we have been granted funding from Awards for All to run the eagerly anticipated mens group for a year. After the success of our ladies group, we didnt want our men to feel left out, so planning is underway to get a similar group off the ground in the near future. If you would like to hear more about what we have planned or to put your name down to be involved with the new group, please contact us at Headway Dorset!! The ladies from our Weymouth Mirror Image Group take on the climbing walls at Weymouth Outdoor Centre!

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Carers Corner!
Free Training Course offer to all Carers.
St Johns Ambulance Carers Support Programme will teach first aid techniques to adults who look after friends, relatives and neighbours. You can learn how to deal with bleeding, burns, choking, fractures, hypothermia and how to put an unconscious person in the recovery position. The course is weekly over four 3 hour sessions, running in Sturminster Newton, Ferndown, Purbeck and Christchurch, email kerry.course@sja.org.uk or ring 01305 751160 for more information or to book a place.

Web forum to hear the views of Carers.

An opportunity for Carers to give their views and experience to a Parliamentary Committee. The Joint Committee on the draft Care and Support Bill has set up a web forum that gives Carers a chance to be heard. You can comment on your experiences as a Carer and what impact you think the Governments proposed legislation might have on your own situation. Your comments will help inform recommendations made to the Government in the Committees report. To take part, please follow this link

http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/joint-select/draft-care-and-supportbill/web-forum/ A new edition of the booklet Caring for someone with a brain injury is now available. Ask at reception if you would like a copy.

Headway Dorset Easter Quiz!!

The Befriending Scheme would like to invite you to take part in our Easter Quiz. Its been a while since we had a quiz night, so we are all looking forwards to getting our thinking caps on!! The Quiz will be held at St Nicolas Church, Wareham Road, Corfe Mullen BH21 3LE on Saturday 9th March from 7.30pm 9.30 pm. We are looking for teams of up to 6 participants who may enter at 3 per person. If you dont have a team, dont worry, we will find you one! Contact Lynn or Kerry on 01202 606560 or fundraiser@headwaydorset.org.uk for an entry form or just turn up on the night! There will be refreshments and a raffle on the night and of course Lynns famous Easter Chicks will be available!!
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Lynns Easter Chicks!!

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As we start on a New Year, lets remind ourselves of what we got up to in 2012!!

Our Kayakers Mark and Jaine paddle the River Thames

Kirsty and Lynsay at the Befriending Group

The opening of the Holten Lee Accessible Garden

2012 in pictures!!
2012 has been a good year for Headway Dorset, with the opening of our Horten Lee Accessible Garden, the introduction of our domiciliary care agency Headway Care, the success of our Mirror Image Group, some pretty amazing fundraising events and lots more, what were your favourite moments from 2012?

The holiday winners of our Sainsburys Talbot Heath raffle

Lynns Easter chicks make it all the way to Kenya!

Gwen scales the rocks at Weymouth Outdoor Centre

Mark and Jaine celebrate raising nearly 3000 for Headway Dorset

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Jaine and Claire on the catwalk

Dancing at Bollywood Night

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Bournemouth Marathon Festival 2013

We were excited to hear that Bournemouth will be holding its first Marathon Festival in October 2013, comprising of a weekend of events including Bournemouth Marathon Half Marathon Supersonic 10k Speed of Light 3k Junior Race 1.5k Junior Race 1.5k Wheelchair Race 1.5k Handbike Race

So who is feeling brave then?!! Anybody who would be interested in taking part and helping raise money for Headway Dorset, contact Kerry at fundraiser@headwaydorset.org.uk or on 01202 606560!!

Befriending Scheme
We would like to thank wholeheartedly all of our volunteers who help with the Befriending Scheme. They really do a brilliant job and we couldnt do it without them! Here are a few pictures of some of their antics!

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Thank you!!
A big thank you to the following: Adrian and everyone else at Sainsburys Talbot Heath for their ongoing support The Volatile Agents for playing free of charge at our Bollywood night Asdas Canford Heath for a cheque for 100 from their charity nomination scheme All the lovely people who donated raffle prizes for the Fashion Show and Bollywood night Amanda Sands for her ongoing support with raffle prizes and selling tickets and manning the raffle stall at events! Coles Miller for their donations for our Christmas Hampers Hunter Personnel for their donations for our Christmas Hampers Ringwood Brewery for their donation for our Christmas Hampers All our volunteers and family members who donate their time and energy to us and without whom we could not deliver such a level of services.

Does anyone have poems, artwork or stories that they would like to submit to the next newsletter? Talk to Kerry or email them to her on fundraiser@headwaydorset.org.uk

The Volatile Agents

Asda present Kirsty with their cheque

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Volunteers needed
We currently have plenty of opportunities for anyone who wants to volunteer some of their spare time. Volunteering can be a rewarding experience, a useful addition to your CV and helps Headway Dorset to keep running the high level of services that our service users deserve. Current vacancies Drivers Befrienders Gardening group Mirror Image group Mens group If you think you might be interested in any of these vacancies or would like more information then please get in touch with Headway Dorset 01202 606560 or email buddy@headwaydorset.org.uk

Contact Us
Headway Dorset Unit 22 Albany Park Cabot Lane Poole Dorset BH17 7EX Headway Dorset (West) Whitfield Rural Activity Centre Poundbury Road Dorchester Dorset DT1 1SF

Telephone: 01202 606560/01305 257990 Email: office@headwaydorset.org.uk Or westdorset@headwaydorset.org.uk Website: www.headwaydorset.org.uk Facebook: www.facebook/headwaydorset Twitter: www.twitter.com/#!/HeadwayDorset

Do you have any news? If you would like to let the Headway community know what you have been up to, achievements that you are proud of or anything else, then get in touch with Kerry fundraiser@headwaydorset.org.uk and you may see yourself featured in the next newsletter!

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