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HILT NEWS

September 2004

CRACKING CORNWALL

Kehinde and Joanna, both Outreach Service users, recently had fantastic week's holiday at Trevanion House, in Wadebridge, Cornwall.

The activities during their action-packed week included visiting art galleries; a wind-energy centre; strawberry, dairy and cider farms; Newquay zoo; a china clay museum; the Eden project; local shops; and of course the beautiful Cornish beaches. They also went on a number of mystery tours of the coast and a ride on a steam railway.

To refresh themselves they had
lots of picnics in scenic places and visited many local pubs, cafes and fish and chip shops. To relax from their packed schedule they had great fun at the local
bowling alley.

The highlight of Kehinde's holiday was her visit to the old mining village of Morwellham Quay, where she was able to dress up in authentic Victorian clothing!








LONDON DISABILITY TODAY EXHIBITION

Hilt will have its own stall at the prestigious Learning Disability Today exhibition on Wednesday 24 November this year. This dedicated exhibition brings together more than four thousand leaning disability professionals every year. The event provides attendees with the opportunity to get together with peers to learn, share and enjoy the latest developments, innovations and opportunities in learning disability care. Hilt will be giving away a Hilt information pack and lollipop to every visitor to the Hilt stall.

Click here to go to the Learning Disability Today events web page for more information on this event.

LEADERSHIP STARS



After many hours of hard work and long distance travel to York, Susan and Sarah have completed their Leadership for Change course. Susan is Hilt's director and Sarah is the Service Manager with specific responsibility for training.


INVESTORS IN PEOPLE

Hilt is proud to announce that it is working towards gaining the Investors in People Award.

The basic principle of the Award is that an organisation is only as good as the people who are working in it. It is only through those people being able to develop their skills and abilities and being able to work more effectively that success is usually achieved and with it job satisfaction.

All staff have recently been asked to complete a questionnaire on a number of important things that affect the way we work together. The responses will be looked at by the Investors in People adviser, who will collate the information given and feed back the general trends that the responses reveal.

NEW ACCOUNTANT

It was with great sadness that Hilt said farewell to one its longest serving members of staff, Uche Maidoh, the Finance Manager, at the end of July. Hilt will be recruiting a new Finance Manager in the near future; in the meantime the work is being covered by Samual Browne-Morgan, an accountant on a full-time temporary contract.