THE AKA NEWSLETTER ISSUE 11 – SUMMER 2011

Summer is upon us and its festival season too, so we're hoping for warm sunny evenings to get out and enjoy the fun. The last three months have been hectic here at AKA. We moved to larger offices in May within the same building and more people joined our expanding AKA community. Read on to catch up on what everyone has been up to.

AKA GETS A FACELIFT

Mid way through the year we took a long hard look at ourselves and decided we were looking a bit shabby. So thanks to Dill at Design Illustrated we rebranded, creating a fresher image to reflect who we are and what we do. Our re-launched website presents our new look throughout it's easy to navigate pages. Check out www.akacasemanagement.com as we would welcome feedback on how we look and are presenting ourselves.

New AKA Website

Chris at Ortemo Media has the website up and running with information about our services, an online shop, news and members sections are coming soon.

We are registered with the care quality commission (cqc)

AKA Case Management is now registered with CQC and regulated to provide personal care. This means our service meets the standards specified by the Health and Social Care Act 2008. We promise to maintain these standards to the highest level and welcome any feedback on how we are doing. Please feel free to contact us with your comments.

AKA has gone tweet-astic

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Not only are we on Facebook (AKA Case Management Community Group) but we are tweeting like mad. Follow us @AKA_CM and get tweeting it's great fun.

Upcoming Events

Bowling

We are holding a Bowling evening for all staff, clients and our friends. We know there are some champions amongst you (Becky and Kayden) so come along and show off your skills, it will be a laugh. If you would like to join us on the 27th August at Hollywood Bowl in Sheffield, please ring the office on 0115 9540167. We look forward to seeing you.

Sherwood Forest revisited

Forest Ranger, Ian Major has invited us on a tour of Sherwood Forest, to learn more about the forest and check on the little saplings we planted earlier in the year. The tour is on 4th September at 11am, everyone is invited so give us a call on 0115 9540167. It will be a fun day out.

Quote of the day

"After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working."

Client News

BECKY AND CLAIRE DO IT FOR CHARITY

On the 25th of June in Doncaster, Becky and Claire joined a whole bunch of people and ran 5k as part of the race for life event. A cool breeze helped them on their way. They did brilliantly by completing the course in 1 hours 6 minutes, raising £380.00 as a result. Well one girls, you rock and we’re proud of you. There is still time to help Becky and Claire raise more by visiting:

www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/BeckyJones-AKA

Getting to know you

Mairi Wake

Mairi qualified as an Occupation Therapist in 1999 from the college of Ripon and York St John. She worked for 7 years in neuro rehabilitation with people who had a range of disabilities from those with a stroke to brain injury.

For the last 4 ½ years she has worked in vocational rehabilitation empowering individuals with disabilities to take control of their own health needs and feel more confident to engage in employment.

Mairi joined AKA Case Management in February 2011 and has already enriched the knowledge base of the company with her experience.

The new kids on the block

AKA continues to grow and we welcome the following staff to our team!

June Buckingham

June Buckingham

Therapy Support Worker

Chrissie Callaghan

Chrissie Callaghan

Therapy Support Worker

Claire Wren

Claire Wren

Therapy Support Worker

To meet our new staff and indeed our existing staff, log onto our website at:

http://www.akacasemanagement.com/about/meet-the-team.html

Brain Training

  1. When was the first ever Glastonbury Festival held?
  2. Which hill is cheese rolled down in Gloucestershire each Summer?
  3. Which country is wife carrying World Championships held each summer?
  4. What is the current Welly Wanging world record?
  5. What date is the summer solstice held at Stonehenge?
  6. In which city is the Golden Bear film festival held?
  7. What is the name of the largest Music Festival in the world which lasts 11 days and attracts between 800,000,000 and 1 Million people each year?
  8. Occuring once a year in Britain, what is the modern day equivalent of the ancient Roman festival of Hilaria?
  9. At which festival would you compete in events such as toilet seat throwing, the mudpit belly flop and the big hair contest?
  10. At which film festival is the Palm d`Or awarded?

Click Here for the answers to this quiz >

STAMPS FOR SAMMY AND HIS PALS

We need your help as we are collecting used postage stamps to support Sammy and his pals at dogs for the disabled. Please send us as many used stamps as you can to Sarah in the office. Thank you.

If you would like to contribute to our next newsletter then please get in touch with Donna Devonport: donna@akacasemanagement.co.uk