AUTUMN 2017 — ISSUE 5

ORMEROD NEWS

THE COVER STORY

PERFORMING ARTS

U-NIGHT GROUP

PEMBERTON’S FARM SHOP

SERVICE INFORMATION

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

HIGHFURLONG SCHOOL HYDROTHERAPY POOL

ST ANNES IN BLOOM

THE PRINCE’S TRUST

HEALTHWATCH

CHLOE’S CHARITY TEA PARTY

FAMILY FORUM

TEDDY BEARS’ PICNIC

INFECTION PREVENTION

EASY READ DOCUMENTS

CONTENTS

JAMES’ DRIVING TEST

SUCCESS

On behalf of us all at Ormerod, we would like to congratulate

James Roskell who passed his Driving Test on the 13th July!

We would like to share with our readers some inspirational

words (and driving tips) that James has written for us …

I started learning to drive on 10th February 2015 until I passed

my driving test on the 13th July 2017. It may have taken me a

long time, but you need to have patience when learning to

drive.

My driving instructor was Stephen Wild from Blackpool Driving

School. I had 125 driving lessons and zero hours of private

practice. The driving lessons were fully enjoyable.

Advice I would give out is:

Even if nothing is behind you keep checking the mirrors.

Patience.

Aspects I learnt with my Driving Instructor were:

Reverse park in a bay.

Reverse park at side of the road.

Reverse around a corner.

Turn in the road.

Advice for these is to be SLOW!!!!!!

JAMES’ DRIVING TEST

SUCCESS

A full driving licence is

something you have to work

hard to achieve.

I am very happy I worked hard

to achieve one of life's goals.

The theory test was the

hardest part of learning to

drive.

Ormerod offers opportunities

for all to succeed!

James buying his first car.

He told us it was a bargain!

Mr Stephen Wild, James’

Driving Instructor

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JAMES’ DRIVING TEST

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Passing your Driving Test is

a huge achievement. The

more superstitious of us

might have even quivered

when informed your

driving test was going to

take place on the 13th!

Everyone is extremely

proud of James for

achieving another of his life

goals and becoming even

more independent.

We wish James many years

of happy, safe and confident

driving and enjoying the

adventures that this takes

him on.

James has recently driven to

Wales and back . Here is a photo

of his car in Wales

Thank you for your story and

photos James

PERFORMING ARTS

Exciting news from Miss Lucy and her students from the

various performing arts groups that she mentors.

In preparation for our next production, Miss Lucy has

exclusively told us that auditions for the new characters and

roles are about to start. This is very exciting, as our last show -

Pantomania, was really, really good. We’ve tried to take a

sneaky peek at the new script, but Miss Lucy is keeping it all

very hush hush for now. Hopefully (if she’s not looking) we’ll be

able to bring you some inside information next time!

Also, the

Ormerod

Choir - Bright

Souls, have

recorded

some of their

songs and

Miss Lucy has

put them

onto a CD.

The CD also

contains extra

songs from our drama groups, including songs from our last 2

shows. If anybody would like to purchase one of these CD’s

then they can do so by contacting Miss Lucy in person or by

email at: lucy@take1pa.co.uk. The cost of the CD is £1.50 and all

proceeds will go to funding further performing arts projects.

Bright Souls choir

PERFORMING ARTS

Bright Souls and Fleetwood choirs have also helped provide the

voices on the newly released Brian House Children's Hospice

charity record which is called Golden Days. Bright Souls choir

also feature in the accompanying video. The video for Golden

Days was recently featured on BBC North West News, so the

members of Bright Souls are now entitled to call themselves

T.V. celebrities!

Golden Days features 14 choirs from schools and community

groups from the North West and has been written and

composed by Simon Cox from Lytham.

Miss Lucy has

posted the video

of Golden Days

on the Ormerod

Facebook page

so all of our

subscribers are

able to watch it.

All proceeds from the sales of the

single, which is available to purchase

on Google Play, Amazon Music, iTunes

and Spotify will go to Brian House

Children's Hospice.

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PEMBERTON’S FARM SHOP

Some people who live in the area will have heard of, or even

visited, Pemberton’s Dairy in Lytham. For a long time

Pemberton’s have been delivering milk, eggs and other fresh

produce in and around Lytham and St Annes. People have also

been able to call in to the dairy on Ballam Road in Lytham and

buy their own fresh milk , cream and eggs.

Recently, Pemberton’s have opened a brand new Farm Shop

and they now sell a much bigger range of produce including

their own raw milk, cream, eggs, meat, vegetables as well as

other locally sourced produce.

Mrs Pemberton

was looking for

local suppliers to

stock the Farm

Shop with

chutneys, pickles

and other

preserves. Spice

Up Your Life were

delighted when

she approached us

to ask if we would

be able to supply

her family’s new Farm Shop with our range. This was a huge

opportunity to grow our own enterprise and be able to sell our

products to a lot more customers.

Pemberton’s Farm Shop

PEMBERTON’S FARM SHOP

Our range is proving to be very popular with the customers of

Pemberton’s Farm Shop because Mrs Pemberton has already

been back twice since the Farm Shop opened to get more stock.

This has kept Spice Up Your Life really busy, but we don’t mind,

it’s a wonderful opportunity that many larger business owners

would be envious of. We are very fortunate that local

businesses are able to support each other in this way.

Mrs

Pemberton

chose to

stock our

range of

chutneys and

preserves

because they

are made

locally and

are made

from locally

sourced

ingredients.

Some of the ingredients are grown in our own garden at

Headquarters, and you can’t get much more local than that! We

don’t use any artificial colours, flavourings or preservatives

either, so this fits in perfectly with the fresh and natural theme

that a traditional farm shop like Pemberton’s offers.

The Spice Up Your Life range on sale

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PEMBERTON’S FARM SHOP

We recently took a trip to

Pemberton’s Farm Shop and

we loved it! Everybody

there was really happy and

friendly and we were able to

go outside and meet some of

the farm animals too. We

did a bit of shopping and

were also delighted to find

that the Farm Shop sells

Walling’s Ice Cream! We couldn’t resist, and suffice to say, we

can highly recommend the Eton Mess flavour (maybe we’ll try

the Irish Cream flavour next time).

We would definitely recommend you visit, we’re hoping to be

able to feed some of the animals and watch the sheep being

sheared next time we go.

Don’t forget, you can purchase Spice Up Your Life produce from

Headquarters, St Annes Farmers’ Market and Pemberton’s

Farm Shop. Our kitchen is rated 5 - Very Good by Fylde

Borough Council, and we’re unashamedly very proud!

We’re busy making more stock

Pemberton's Farm Shop and Dairy

Birks Farm

Ballam Road

Lytham

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SERVICE INFORMATION

Would you like to benefit from free

counselling?

Ormerod may be able to facilitate access to a

free counselling service.

This service is available to families, staff and

some service users.

In the first instance, please express an interest by contacting

Beverley so we can arrange an introduction.

bnotton@ormerodtrust.org.uk

Would you like to help us make improvements

to your support? We are looking for

people who we support who would like to

meet with others to find out

how well the organisation and the staff are supporting them.

Please come along to Ormerod Headquarters at 4.00pm on

31st August 2017. If you don’t have support at this time and

would like to come along please let me know so I can help you.

Kyla Hunter 07966622512

Staff and Managers, please can you ensure all your service users are

aware of this and have an opportunity to be involved.

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

Congratulations and a very happy birthday to Stephen Hayward

who celebrated his 60th birthday on the 8th July.

Stephen’s girlfriend Sarah, his

friends, his sister and other family

members joined in the fun at South

Shore Lawn Tennis Club where

Stephen’s birthday party was held.

Stephen had a live karaoke D.J. who

provided the entertainment and

Stephen enjoyed singing.

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Highfurlong School have a superb sensory, hydrotherapy pool

available to hire. They currently have lunchtime and after

school time slots available.

The cost is between £50.00 and £60.00 per hour.

Would any families or service users be interested in hiring the

pool either individually or on a shared basis? Families may like

to liaise with each other.

If families would like help

contacting other families to

agree a possible shared

session, please call or email

and we will try to help. Please

contact Karin if you are

interested.

kparkes@ormerodtrust.org.uk (please put Hydropool in the

subject line of your email).

Alternatively you may like to contact the school directly on

01253 392188

Please do not simply turn up. Booking is essential.

HIGHFURLONG SCHOOL

HYDRO POOL

Highfurlong School, Blackpool Old Road, Blackpool FY3 7LS

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St Annes in Bloom is a community group that represents

various organisations from the local area, all working together

to improve the town. Groups such as Ormerod, the Chamber of

Trade, St Annes Rotary Club, Fylde Borough Council and St

Annes Town Council are all involved in the project.

Some of the projects that St Annes in Bloom help to organise

and manage are maintaining the community allotments on

Blundell Road, participation in the annual North West in Bloom

competition and installing and maintaining new and existing

planters and displays around the town.

The people involved

with St Annes in Bloom

are all volunteers who

work hard to help

make St Annes look the

best it can.

They also support

other community

groups by offering

advice and help. St

Annes won Gold in the

2016 North West in

Bloom competition. The North West in Bloom Judges visited St

Annes (including our garden at Ormerod Headquarters) at the

end of July, this year’s winners will be announced some time in

October.

The 2017 North West in Bloom

Judges

ST ANNES IN BLOOM

ST ANNES IN BLOOM

St Annes in Bloom have recently helped to give the Peace and

Happiness Garden, next to the statue of Les Dawson near the

pier, a bit of a makeover.

Philip Chatterton has helped nurture the plants that were used

in the makeover, and in particular, the succulents which are

featured in the vertically framed living art exhibits on the walls

of the garden. Philip works at Ashton Gardens two days a week

and assists his colleagues from Fylde Borough Council’s Parks

and Gardens department by growing ( I think the correct term

is propagating!) a lot of the flowers and plants that you see in

the planters, parks and open spaces around the town.

Philip was

recently

invited to

attend the

official

opening of

the Peace and

Happiness

Garden

alongside the

Mayor of

Fylde. The living art exhibits at the

Peace and Happiness Garden

ST ANNES IN BLOOM

St Annes in Bloom

run a Gardening

Club as well as lots

of other activities

including Stone

Carving

Workshops, these

activities are free.

If you know of

anyone you think

might like to go

along and make

some new friends

and help keep the

gardens tidy and

loved, then please

get in touch with

Fiona on 07775

338057.

Green fingered Philip

busy propagating

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ST ANNES IN BLOOM

Philip making sure that the floral displays you

see around St Annes get off to a good start

Members of the Rambling Group enjoying the

Peace and Happiness Garden

THE PRINCE’S TRUST

The Prince’s Trust run a 12 week personal development

program to help groups of young people develop skills, gain

confidence and work towards employment and training

through organised programs of community service running in

conjunction with Blackpool Fire and Rescue.

They kindly invited us to a day of fun and games at Blackpool

Fire Station last year which everybody really enjoyed. This year

our friends from the Prince’s Trust invited us to play Crazy Golf

with them at the Mini Links course on the Promenade in St

Annes. The Rambling Group, along with Trish, had a lovely

morning and we hope to plan more future events and establish

strong links with the trust in the future.

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HEALTHWATCH

We had some very interesting guests visit us at the service user

forum, they were from an organisation called Healthwatch.

They are interested in how people with disabilities are seen in

the eyes of professionals, how they are approached, and how

they are supported when accessing health services.

It was great to see people listening to any concerns and issues

that people we support have, or have encountered in the past.

Our guests took any issues that arose seriously and some

interesting topics were discussed.

The Ormerod has participated in a questionnaire so as to

gather as much information on this subject as possible for

Healthwatch. The information will be fed back to professional

bodies within the heath service.

As well as attending the service user forum, Healthwatch have

also held pop-up workshops in some of our daily sessions

which were very successful.

We look forward to what outcomes are achieved from this

valuable and welcome research.

People can still share their views and any issues they may have

by filling in a questionnaire via the Healthwatch website.

Have your say on services for people with learning disabilities

and/or autism.

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CHLOE’S CHARITY

TEA PARTY

Chloe Riding organised and hosted a Charity Tea Party that was

held at Headquarters on Monday 14th August. The Tea Party

was to raise money for Brian House Children’s Hospice. Brian

House is a specialist unit within Trinity Hospice that specialises

in palliative care for children. It is a fully equipped children’s

hospice and caters entirely for children who live on the Fylde

Coast. Brian House is one of only a handful of local children’s

hospices in the

U.K. and it

currently

supports over

80 families.

Chloe chose to

raise funds for

Brian House

because her

niece Daisie

stayed there

before she

passed away. It

is very close to

Chloe’s heart.

Daisie, Chloe’s niece

www.trinityhospice.co.uk/brian-house/

CHLOE’S CHARITY

TEA PARTY

Chloe’s Tea Party raised a total of £178.73, Chloe is going to

visit Brian House to donate the money she has raised and will

be discussing what the money will go towards.

It was a very busy day, and lots of people came to support

Chloe’s fundraising from when it began at 10.30am right up

until 1.00pm.

Linda Spencer

and Gill

Satterthwaite

helped Chloe

by making lots

of lovely cakes

for her to sell

and Chloe’s

Mum and Dad

also donated

some cakes.

Bernard Greenroyd donated a delicious carrot cake. Bernard’s

efforts were later rewarded because he won the prize in the

Name The Teddy competition. Simone Sterry made sure

everybody was invited.

Trinity Hospice kindly sent their mascot, Hospuss, along to

enjoy the day too.

Chloe’s Tea Party was very popular

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CHLOE’S CHARITY

TEA PARTY

As well as all the marvellous cakes that were for sale, Chloe

made sue that there was tea, coffee, hot chocolate and

flavoured water available too.

There was also a tombola which was very popular and all the

tickets were sold.

At 12.00 noon, Chloe

and her family

released some

balloons in memory of

Daisie.

Trinity Hospices’

mascot, Hospuss

Releasing the balloons for Daisie

Well done Chloe and also to everybody

else that was able to help out, by

donating cakes and prizes.

Thank you to everyone who came to

support Chloe and her cause.

FAMILY FORUM

Forthcoming Family, Friends and Carer Forum Meeting Dates:

Tuesday 10th October 6.00pm

Park Club

West Drive

Thornton Cleveleys

FY5 2BL

Tuesday 12th December 6.00pm

Ormerod Headquarters

2 Headroomgate Road

St Annes

FY8 3BD

For more information please contact Rosemary Pomfret:

rpomfret@ormerodtrust.org.uk 01253 642815

TEDDY BEARS’ PICNIC

All hands were on deck to set up for the annual garden party,

this year with the theme of a teddy bears’ picnic. With great

planning & hard work, stalls were set up around the garden at

Headquarters. There was lovely, tasty special edition

marmalade for sale exclusively made for the Teddy Bears’

Picnic by our Spice Up Your Life enterprise. The jars featured a

Paddington Bear label and a quote by Michael Bond, the author

of the Paddington Bear books.

Arty Crafty had a selection of their beautiful hand designed

products for sale and also being sold were some vegetables that

had been grown in our own garden by the two Gardening

Groups. Our very own Teddy Bears Hospital was staffed by

members of our Sewing Group, who used their magic and

medical expertise to look after any bears that needed a bit of

TLC. The Sewing Group also sold some lovely items they had

made throughout the year.

TEDDY BEARS’ PICNIC

For all the committed teddy bear lovers, we had an Adopt a

Bear stall that proved to be very popular. The stall made sure

that any poor, lonely, unloved and unwanted bears found loving

new homes where they would be looked after forever. These

were just a few of the stalls

we had around the garden.

By 12.30pm the sun was

shining and people started to

arrive, bringing their smiles

and their picnics with them

ready to enjoy themselves on

the picnic rugs or under the

shaded gazebo seated area. It

was lovely to see so many

people. Lots of service users

assisted staff throughout the

day selling raffle tickets,

selling cakes, manning stalls

and making our guests

welcome.

Homeless teddy bears being

looked after by Sheila until

they’re adopted

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TEDDY BEARS’ PICNIC

There was lots of wonderful entertainment going on too, Grant

was the compere and D.J. for the afternoon playing lots of our

favourite music. The Children's Musical Theatre did a

performance of Goldilocks and the Three Bears along with a

singing and dancing routine to If You Go Down To The Woods

Today.

Other performances took place during the afternoon, we got to

see the Flash Mob dance routine being performed again

and the Yoga Group did a brilliant demonstration of some of the

exercises and disciplines that they have learnt.

The Children’s Musical Theatre

TEDDY BEARS’ PICNIC

We were also joined by one of our friends from St Annes

Library, who read us some delightful teddy bear themed stories

in the garden. Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service let us have a

fire engine from their St Annes

Fire Station for part of the

afternoon and people were able

to climb onboard and have a

good look around it if they

wanted to. This seemed to be a

very popular attraction with the

ladies, for some reason.

Thank you to everybody that came

and supported us - Gilbert

INFECTION PREVENTION

If you support someone who shows signs of having

an infection or is diagnosed with an infection it is

your responsibility to report it immediately to the

Infection Prevention Lead.

If you are showing signs of having an infection or

are diagnosed with an infection you must report it

immediately to the Infection Prevention Lead.

Do you have any questions about infection

prevention and control?

Kyla Hunter is the Infection

Prevention Lead, you can e-mail her

at:

mhunter@ormerodtrust.org.uk or

telephone her on

01253 723513.

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EASY READ DOCUMENTS

We have recently launched a new version of our policies and

procedures in the format of a one page easy read document.

They are a quick guide to key areas for staff. Pictures are

included, so staff can support service users to understand and

communicate.

Everyone can access them, including families, with just one

click on the Ormerod website.

Visit the Ormerod website at www.ormerodtrust.org.uk

scroll down to the bottom of our home page then click on

Download Easy Read Documents as shown in the picture below.

More policies and procedures will continue to be added so

please look out for them.

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Dear family members, carers and friends,

Please find enclosed our latest summer newsletter, I hope you

enjoy reading it and finding out what’s been going on.

Please find attached two other forms.

One is a survey which we hope you will take the time to

complete. We are committed to continuous improvement, and

would value your feedback, so we can learn and thereby

provide the best possible services to the people we support.

The second form is a contact details request with information

about our privacy notice. We are currently in the process of

updating our own records, and in light of new data protection

legislation, are also reviewing our policies and procedures to

ensure Ormerod remains compliant.

A stamped return envelope is enclosed to help everyone return

the completed forms quickly and easily.

Please don’t hesitate to contact me directly if you have any

queries, or if you would prefer to discuss anything personally.

Thank you in anticipation of your feedback.

Yours Sincerely,

Michaela Hunter (Operations Manager, Ormerod Trust)

INFORMATION REQUEST

We hope you have enjoyed reading our Autumn Newsletter. If

you have any stories or other articles that you’d like us to

include in our next newsletter then please let us know. If you

don’t tell us, we can’t put them in! We would also like to hear

any feedback you may have.

You can call in to Ormerod Headquarters to see us, give us a

ring, or the easiest way would be to write to us by email at

dmartin@ormerodtrust.org.uk (newsletter related items only).

We hope to have our Winter Newsletter ready for you all to

read at the end of this year (we can’t mention Christmas yet!).

Thank you to everyone for sending us your wonderful stories

and photographs for this issue and thank you for reading it.

The Editorial Team

Ormerod Group

2 Headroomgate Road

Lytham St Annes

Lancashire

FY8 3BD

Tel: 01253 723513

E-mail: info@ormerodtrust.org.uk

Charity no. 502203

www.ormerodtrust.org.uk

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