December 2013 - Mainstay Trust

Issue
03
December
2013
NEWSLETTER
MAINSTAY
WEBSITE
LAUNCHED
Upcoming Events
Christmas Fayre at the
Southbrae Centre
Mainstay are part of the
group of providers running
the Christmas Fayre at the
Southbrae Centre, on Monday 16th of December from
10am—4pm, and Tuesday
17th from 2pm—8pm. The
craH groups are working
hard to have some quality
giHs / products on sale.
Strictly Mainstay
January 2014
We are s"ll looking for couples
to take part in the “Dance Off”.
So far we have 7 couples who
want to compete for the Mainstay Gli0er Ball
If you are interested or would
like to find out more informa"on, contact Sco0 Clark
Mainstay Annual Dance
Jan 19th 2014
Garden Centre at Southbrae P. 2
Annual dance at the Hilton
Grosvenor Glasgow (off Byres
Road).
We hope to repeat the success
of the 2013 Burns Day by hosng
the event again on Friday 24th
of January 2014 from 12.30pm
This popular dance is a chance to
meet up with friends old and
new.
Alasdair Merry will once again
perform his dramac address to
the Haggis.
For further informa"on contact
the Mainstay office.
Mainstay have printed an Ac"vity Directory, that contains lots of ac"vi"es going on around
Glasgow. If you would like a copy of the directory contact Sco0 at the office.
We would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our friends, colleagues and
family members a Merry Christmas and very happy New Year
Mainstay stage show “Gel” P. 3
The long awaited Mainstay
website has been launched it
can be found at
www.mainstaytrust.org.uk
The site is quite extensive
with lots of familiar faces on
it as well as informa"on
about the company. In the
future it will also contain a
copy of the newsle0er.
New Project for the
Mainstay Art Group
Issue 3 December 2013
New Management Structure P. 1
Burns Night / Day
We are also looking for
some volunteers to help out
at the stall on the days.
Mainstay Trust Ltd
Pavilion 6A
Moorpark Court
35 Dava Street
Glasgow G51 2JA
This Issue
The Monday Art Group have
started a new project based
on the seasons.
The group are also helping out
making products for the
Christmas Fayre, which will be
at the Southbrae Centre on
Monday the 16th and Tuesday
the 17th of December. See
upcoming events for "mes.
Upcoming events P. 4
TheinaleoftheGelshow
New Management Team
Members
There have been three new Service Managers
appointed, Michelle McCue and Frances
Brocke0 have been promoted from their previous jobs as Senior Support Workers with
Mainstay. The other Managers posi"on has
been filled by Andrea Savage.
Michelle McCue has worked with
Mainstay Trust since 2004,
star"ng as a Senior Support
Worker within the Community
Services. Michelle has also overseen packages within our Supported Accommoda"on Services, before moving to her current posi"on as Service Manager
in November 2013.
Prior to joining Mainstay, Michelle has
worked within Social Care since 1992.
Andrea previously worked with Vias (Values
into Ac"on Scotland), and she is looking forward to the challenge of her new role.
Frances Brocke0 joined Mainstay in
2002 as a Senior Support Worker
within the Residen"al Service. She
has also worked within our Community and Supported Services
over the last few years.
We also have a new Finance Administrator in
the shape of Mr. Stuart Ross.
Stuart worked as an Iden"fica"on officer for Disclosure
Scotland. He is currently
studying for his ACCA CharStuart Ross
tered accountancy exam.
In his spare "me Stuart enjoys playing football
HALLOWEEN
PARTY SUCCESS.
Once again Janis Robertson
excelled herself with the organising of the Halloween Party. It
was another fantasc success,
with standing room only in the
a9ernoon. The standard of the
fancy dress was very high.
Mainstay Gardeners
Star"ng work at
Southbrae
Garden Centre
Fantasc Turn Out for “Gel” Show
The Mainstay drama group put on
their producon “Gel” (the Glaswegian Grease) on the 30/10/13
Cammy Fraser , Stuart Ross and
Theresa Duffy judged the fancy
dress compeon. Kae
McCudden and John Russell
won overall.
Gardening Group
SAD PASSING OF OUR
FRIEND TERESA
Six keen gardeners from Mainstay
have started work on the site of
the old Southbrae Garden Centre.
In conjunc"on with four other
service providers the plan is to
have the Garden Centre open
again in early 2014.
The gardeners are working along
side the Hidden Gardens project to
try to get the site cleared up ready
for the next season of plan"ng and
prepara"on.
John Anderson, one of the gardeners said: “I have been passing the
centre over the last few years,
watching it go to ruin—it is about
"me we did something about it”
If you know anyone who may be
interested in joining one of the
Gardening Groups contact Sco0 at
the Mainstay Office
2 New Training
Courses Available
to Service users
In consulta"on with our service
users, it was suggested that we
run some training courses for service users .
Our Training Officer Alastair Merry
has come up with 2 courses that
have been broken down into easy
to understand sec"ons. The pilot
courses that were run already
have been well received by the
“Consultant Learners”. The courses last one hour, once a week
over 8 weeks.
Alistair has been very imagina"ve
and inven"ve in making the learning fun, memorable and easy to
understand.
If you or someone you know may
be interested in these training
opportuni"es contact Sco0 or
Alastair at the office.
Training Officer Alastair Merry
The was held in the Pearce Instute , it was a sold out show,
a@ended by friends and family
members.
The hard work put in by everyone
over the last few month really did
pay off, everyone had a great me.
Cammy Fraser introducing the show
Hughie is in a
Novo-wonderland
Hugh McSherry was over
the moon to meet one of his
sporng heroes, former
Rangers player Nacho Novo
at the Bristol Bar, on Duke
Street last Month.
Alec Waddell and John Madden in fine
voice
There was a surprise cameo at the
end of the show—we may well
print the pictures in the next newsle@er.
Some of the beau"es onstage
Our friend Teresa Mar"n sadly
passed away on 28.09.13 AHer a
short illness at the age of 60.
Brian Cunningham had a chance to
showcase his dance moves
STRICTLY MAINSTAY
Teresa was a popular and ac"ve
member of the community. She
had been supported by Mainstay
for over 20 years.
Mar"n’s Ironman Effort
Mar"n Rafferty ran the Great
ScoKsh run and the Half Marathon
back to back. In the process he
raised £483.00 for a homeless
charity.
Her friends had a “Grease”
themed night in her memory
(Teresa’s favourite musical)
We are hoping to put on our own
version of Strictly Come Dancing.
At the moment we have 7 couples
dancing. We are looking for people
of all experience and ability.
If you are interested in taking part
please contact Sco0 Clark at the
Mainstay Office.
Mar"n would like to thank his
colleagues at Mainstay who kindly
sponsored him.
Baby Joy for Sammy and Tracy
Senior support Worker Sammy
Madden and his partner, Tracy
Hogg celebrated the birth of
their first daughter, Sophie on
the 10th of September.
Sophie had decided to arrive
seven weeks early and
weighed only 4lbs 3oz, now
aHer doing the Madden ea"ng
plan she weighs 10lbs 13oz