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Stokesley & District Community Care Association will be at Stokesley Show
on September 20th 2014.
We look forward to seeing you all there, We will be providing information about all of our services as well as fundraising.
Fundraising Update
Bag-Packing
Volunteers from Community Care spent from 10am to 3pm on the 4th December at the big coop bag-packing.
The people in Stokesley were very generous and we raised a grand total of £221.
Thanks to both the shoppers and to our volunteers.
If you can help with further bag packs or are maybe interested in helping other possible fundraising initiatives, then please get in touch with Clare, Tel 01845 523115 or e-mail clare@tscca.org.uk, or contact our office direct.
Coffee Morning
On Friday 20th December, the CCA hired the Town Hall (main downstairs room) from 9am until 3pm. As well as our usual refreshments, we had a Tombola and a cake stall.
This event was very successful and raised a significant total.
Thank you to all volunteers who contributed, and to all who supported us by buying tickets and refreshments.
Craft Club Stall
Volunteers from the Community Care Craft Club held a stall in the Parish Church at their monthly tea/coffee and cakes morning (first Saturday in month).
We were really pleased to be able to hold our stall in the church and made over £150! A fantastic amount, which will go into the CCA funds to keep the craft club running and help all the CCA services.
The Community Care Craft Club was set up 2 years ago to help combat loneliness, we invite people to come along and enjoy craft sessions – volunteers are on hand to help. For more information give us a ring 01642 710085.
Befriending Service Success
Recently our Befriending service was given an award by the Newcastle Building Society.
The scheme gained the award for its contribution to the community. It is coordinated by Sarah Thorogood who has explained that there are two separate schemes, respite sitting, which provides a much needed break for carers who know their charges are in good hands, and the befriending scheme for the lonely.
Sarah said in an article prepared for the local press, “My role is to meet the client, ascertain their need and match these needs to our volunteers. Needs are various, shopping, an outing in the client’s wheelchair or just some company, simply chatting and listening. So many times I am told that the visit of a volunteer is the highlight of the client’s week, something they really look forward to.”
Notice for Organisations re New CRB procedures
CRB checks are now known as DBS checks (Disclosure & Barring Service) to get more details on this change and more visit :
Craft Materials Request
Community Care Craft Club meet on the 2nd & 4th Thursday of each
Month in the Community Rooms, Town Close at 10am – 12 noon.
We are always on the look out for donations of craft materials such as:
wool, material, card making items and our latest request is for
BUTTONS – if you have a tin of buttons in the cupboard and do
not think you will ever use them – We Will!! So please drop them
off to the Community Care Office – 1st Floor, Town Close, Stokesley.
Visit of Medical Student
We recently had a request from a 3rd year medical student to visit us to see what we do. Of course we invited her along and she visited the Community Care Craft Club, Chairaerobics and the Lunch Club.
Her brief was to identify the link in the community to both Primary and Secondary Health Care. As a lot of our clients are referred to us by the local G.P.’s and one of our main services is to transport people to hospital and doctors appointments, she felt that we were the ideal charity to visit.
We have copied the summary of her report below for your interest.
While visiting CCA I was struck by the importance of providing social interaction for isolated individuals in the community. I also learned about the ways in which the independence of individuals can be maintained. This is important as it allows people to live in their own homes and assists any carers. Therefore the burden on the residential care system is reduced, as well as increasing the qualify of life for the clients. The range of services provided catered for many groups of people in the community. The organisation was fairly fluid and so could adapt to fulfil the needs of the community. Many of the volunteers have been helping the organisation for a number of years. This was of benefit to themselves as well as to the clients. For example, most of the volunteers at the lunch club were over seventy years old. They enjoyed helping at the club and had become friends with the other volunteers. They appreciated feeling that they were useful to the community. This demonstrated how voluntary organisations can have a range of benefits to the clients as well as the volunteers.
CSV Make a Difference Campaign
We did make a difference to the poorest children across the world this year by taking part in the annual CSV Make A Difference Day Campaign.
We called on all our volunteers, the Community Care Craft Club and Stokesley Day Centre clients to get knitting!!
Between us all we knitted 60 teddy hand puppets and 6 purses to be included in Christmas Shoeboxes which are sent across the world to the neediest children at Christmas time.
WELL DONE EVERYONE THAT TOOK PART & THANKYOU!
Chairaerobics and Circle Dancing
We are looking for volunteers to help us run our exercise classes:
• Chairaerobics – a very popular session for people with limited mobility, runs each Thursday in Stokesley Town Hall.
• Circle Dancing – this is a new venture, we are looking for volunteers to get this up and running, we offer full training and support.
If you are interested or would like to find out more call 01642 710085 or email volunteercentre@stokesleycca.org.uk.