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HILT NEWS

July 2004

A HARD DAY'S WORK

Phillip Alale was very excited to get a work experience placement at the Green Pepper café in Haringey, run by Haringey social Services and the Keston Day Centre.

Philip started working at the café in March and goes in every Tuesday from 10 am to 3pm. He does food preparation, shopping, cleaning and writing menus. In fact he is involved in everything to do with the running of the café. In return for his hard work he is paid his travel expenses and gets a free lunch.

The managers have now recommended that he start NVQ level 2 catering training at a café in a new health complex in Tottenham.

Phillip really loves what he is doing as it feels like a proper job.

Photo by Anthony Phillips


BATTLE OF THE BARBEQUES

HILT’s Outreach Team has been at the centre of a whirlwind of social activity as usual. Staff and volunteers organised a series of sizzling summer barbeques for service users.

Outreach volunteer, Lancelot Lefebvre, started the craze by inviting staff and service users over to a barbeque at the house he shares with Karl Purdon.

Karl, HILT’s resident actor, has recently started attending summer college classes. He was able to share his experiences and some great summer grub with friends including Irma, Clare, Derek, Simon, Kehinde, Jo and Hannah.

The barbeque also provided an opportunity for service users and volunteers to say a fond farewell to Ulrike Adeneuer-Chima, an Outreach Support worker who has worked for HILT for nine years.

Everyone at HILT wishes Ulrike good luck and best wishes in her new career in the Health Service.

Not to be outdone, Outreach service users, Nathan and Patrick organised a barbeque at the house they share with their volunteer, Adrian. In spite of the rain, this was another great success and was shortly followed………….by yet another barbeque over at Karl’s place.

We wonder if, after all these barbeques, exercise classes will be the next craze for Outreach service users!



OH BABY!

Service user, Nathan Hylton, successfully delivered his girlfriend's baby on Saturday 24th July at his home when she suddenly went into labour. He was helped by his flat mate Patrick Maloney. Mother, baby and Nathan then went to hospital by ambulance. Patrick stayed at home and tidied up Nathan's room.



FANTASTIC FLORIDA VACATION

Peter Peterson chose Florida, America for his recent summer vacation. He had a fantastic time during his 2 weeks and visited many attractions including Disney land, Seaworld and the Keys. He traveled with Options Holidays, who provided all of his support (click here to go to the Options Holidays website).