Photo Comp 2013 Poster

Closing date is now Friday June 28th.

The theme is 'Photos that Set you Free'.

Lots of great prizes already such as coffee grinders and rice cookers and steamers.....perhaps the theme should have been something to do with the kitchen. But more prizes to come.

Good luck.

Woodwork Display

There is an exhibition of woodwork done by Richard Duff’s lads on display in the Canteen, SHS from today until the end of the month.

The Bluebells are out on the Ballyraine Woodland Walk

PHOTO: Suzanne Bennett

This place actually exists. Get down there for a walk. Ballyraine Woodland Walk in Ballyraine, Arklow.

A Poem for Richard

Below are some examples of the work he helped create with the guys in the class.

Richard Duff, one of our woodwork instructors has been involved in Sunbeam for decades. I'm afraid he is retiring in a few weeks. He will be sadly missed as this beautiful poem from Steven Browne will attest.

Richard the lion heart, well he had to be to put up with me
He started when I was young and he hung around
At the start he was full of metal in the old sunbeam house
Then he left to fulfill his big dream of becoming a teacher
And he did it, fulfilled peoples big dreams in life
When he did all he could he came back to us to see what we could be
He changed the metal for wood and taught all of us what he could
He helped us achieve some real big goals
He kept us all on our toes
I remember in the old training centre he took us out on a long distance jog
He has done his best and now its his time to rest

R is for rock
I is for intelligent
C is for being composed on a life long road
H is for a hard working man
A is for always being there for the cause of all clients
R is for reliable when you need to talk
D is for being direct and straight to the point

We all wish Richard a very happy retirement and hope he stays in touch.

Steven Browne.

Dr. Karen Gaffney

Homeshare Meeting

Just to remind you our Home Share information evening is on this thursday, May 16th, in the Grand Hotel, Wicklow 7-9.30PM.

The meeting is open to existing staff, staff's family or friends and members of the general community who wish to provide home sharing. The meeting is also for the people in our service who wish to become a home share guest.

Don't know what Homeshare is?

The SHS Home Share Service supports people in the community to be a host to support an adult

with an intellectual disability for short periods of time and include them in their own life. People can

apply to participate in the service who are married, single, cohabiting or retired. There are no limits

once they are willing and meet the assessment criteria.

 

Aims of the Home Share Service

·        To provide short breaks to adults with intellectual disabilities

·        To expand individual client, social networks and experiences

·        To give natural families a break from caring & supporting

 

 

Interested in Becoming a Home Share Host?

For more information/application forms, contact Home Share Coordinator:
Geraldine Galvin  Mobile: 086 820 1389  Email: geraldine.galvin@sunbeam.ie

 

Tidy Towners

Aislinn and Barbara have joined Bray Tidy Towns and would like to encourage more people to join.

This year Bray tidy towns are focusing on maintaining certain areas of the town. One of these areas is the Florence road area. The Bray tidy town Volunteers meet up at the Florentine Carpark at 11am every Saturday.

You can keep an eye on their Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bray-Tidy-Towns/107053662673337 or sign up to their email list at braytidytowns@gmail.com.

Aislinn says that it is ‘important to help your community’ and Barbara says ,all the people are really nice’. Both ladies would like to encourage to join and help out. They would be happy to talk to you if you like.

Bilbao Respite Break

Michael Kirwan (Garden Team) tried out one of the new t shirts while I was over in Bilbao recently with some of our clients.

"I tried to get them to join me in the photo but they were having none of it".

Rays of Light Book Out Now

The book ‘Rays of Light’ has now been published, and we have a copy of it in Sunbeam if you would like to call by, have a look, and possibly place an order.  

The books cost €10 each, and would make a great gift.  They contain stories, poems and photos.  

There are entries from a diverse range of people, including John Lonergan, Pete Wedderburn (Bray vet), and our very own Patrick Power!  Please consider buying a copy of this encouraging book.

A Message from John Hannigan

Dear Colleagues

Yesterday CQL confirmed that Sunbeam House Services continues to be Person Centred Excellence organisation. We went through the accreditation review with a reviewer in the USA and at the end of the process she confirmed that we had retained our accreditation. This accreditation recognises the work that each member of Sunbeam House Services undertakes in making the lives of the people we support as individual and as good as we can. Thank you all for the contribution that your work makes to obtain this accreditation. I would also like to thank the team of people, led by Maura O’Loughlin and Suzanne Bennett, involved in pulling together the information and the examples of the great work that we do. While we still have lot of changes and work to do to achieve truly independent and individual good lives for the people we support, it is good to know that we are on the right road and that we are making progress. Thank you all for the support and hard work that goes into getting this accreditation. Please keep it up, your dedication and commitment to the people we support make a difference in their lives.

Kind Regards

John Hannigan,
Managing Director,
Sunbeam House Services.

Better Bray Challenge Competition

A joint entry to the Better Bray Challenge competition organised by Bray Lions Club by Sunbeam House Services and Takeda Ireland Limited. You might recognise some of the footage from our previous video, 'Better together 2012'. Stephen Deignan does a great job as interviewer. Also, well done to Eoin Buckley for working so hard on getting it all together. And last but not least our friends in Takeda who without them this wouldn't be possible.

The Hub Official Launch

Ray presenting some art he worked on to The Hub

Our new location in the heart of Bray was officially opened today, The Hub!

Rob and Laura from the Freshly Squeezed show on East Coast FM cut the red ribbon.

Original pioneer and top U.S. expert on supported employment to speak in Dublin next month

http://disability.ie/disability-ie-information-portal/site-sections/news/722-original-pioneer-and-top-u-s-expert-on-supported-employment-to-speak-in-dublin-next-month#.UYKsf-KnzVA.facebook

Don't Forget The Dogs!

Don't forget to get your ticket from James for the extra special night at the Dogs. Everyone is welcome, that means you! Contact James Doyle today.

Butlers Chocolate Factory

Just a few pics from a recent visit to Butlers Chocolate Factory in Dublin, by a group from the Training Centre in Bray.

More Great Photos From Job Shadow Day

Aaron looks pretty comfortable in there! A complete natural.

Hard-wired for Belonging

David Pitonyak on Belonging and how we are hardwired to behave in certain ways. Well worth a look.

Job Shadow on RTE

http://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/10139564/

Here is a link to Aaron Richardson and his Jobcoach Kian from Westlife Rob Sheridan who appeared on RTE television on Tuesday morning to discuss Job Shadow Initiative Day. The link is on RTEplayer for approx. 3 weeks. Both of the guy look and sound great. Fair play to you lads.

Immersion Conference

The Sunbeam Team

David Pitonyak

Pat Fratangelo during her presentation

The Federation of Voluntary Bodies has organised a coming together of Ireland's disability services to discuss change and the future. Delegates from many services include staff, service-users and family members. It's pretty fantastic so far.

All the speakers have been inspiring, humorous and thought-provoking. Sunbeam Media has been asked by the Federation to film the event for posterity.

Here are some photos from one workshop where David Pitonyak gave the most awesome talk. The audience was hanging on every word. Stay tuned for more info and hopefully video as we get it.

Kare

Here is a video from our friends at Kare, illustrating what they do. A different point of view.