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Can you believe it is already the end of the year? As we approach Christmas and 2016 draws to a close, I want to take the opportunity to thank each and every one of you for your continued hard work, commitment and support this year. Whilst we have faced a few challenges we have achieved so much together.
Thank you for contributing towards the recent staff survey, your views and feedback is very important to us an organisation going forward.
Have an enjoyable break and I wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas. For those of you on call and working over the Christmas period, thank you.
Carlton
Just a very quick blog to remind you please to take part in
the staff survey which closes this coming Friday evening. Your views and
feedback is very important to us so that we can learn and develop the
organisation going forward.
At the moment, we have the following returns which is good
but we’re keen to get even more feedback:
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Speak again soon. For daily updates, discussion, personal
opinion, comment or just to connect or keep in touch you can follow me on
Twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/drcarltonbrand.
Carlton
It was great to see almost 2,000 of you at the recent staff engagement forums which we completed last week. I hope the new format worked for you. Carolyn and I certainly felt it was a step in the right direction in terms of your direct feedback and questions which we could then address. We’re keen to develop a more open and transparent approach to everything we do in the organisation and this was one of a number of steps we are taking to do that.
As an ex-apprentice myself, I would like to congratulate apprentice Sarah Woolley who has made it through a national selection process to volunteer overseas with Raleigh on an International Citizen Service placement to Nicaragua in March next year.
Sarah will be staying with a local family in a rural village for 3 months where she will be working closely with the community to adopt positive hygiene and health practices, access clean water and help to empower them to manage their resources.
The first part of her placement is a challenge to raise £800 towards the work of Raleigh, ensuring they can continue sending youth volunteers to the developing world to make a lasting difference in disadvantaged communities. Sarah is also required to complete a self-directed ‘Action at Home’ project upon her return to the UK.
Sarah says:
‘This is an opportunity of a lifetime for me but I can't do it without your support. I will be doing all sorts of things to raise money in the next few weeks, so keep your eyes open. In the meantime, any donation big or small would not only mean the world to me but also make a real difference to the lives of people in developing countries. Thank you in advance and keep a look out for more of what I’m doing!’
You can help Sarah Woolley raise money for this great cause by donating to her fundraising page www.justgiving.com/SarahWoolley97 or text ICSR55 with the amount you would like to donate to 70070. To find out more about ICS or to apply, visit www.volunteerics.org
Speak again soon. For daily updates, discussion, personal opinion, comment or just to connect or keep in touch you can follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/drcarltonbrand.
Carlton
