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Community Development

Denton Island

Employability A new project has been launched this month called ‘Change Your Tomorrow’ supporting long term unemployed people in Lewes District. The contract is led by RBLI with SCDA Employability delivering the service. The Talent Match contract has now concluded – with a total of 65 young people supported and 46 young people completed AQA Level 1. Well done Suzi Laver and her team!

August 2016

Christmas nads

Ne SCDA 10 year anniversary!

Congratulations and a big thank you to Michelle Reid for her ten years of commitment and hard work at Denton Island Nursery!

HR News

Welcome to…

Issam Al-Najjar, Inclusion

Project Manager; Kirstie Coffin

and Kara Sultan, Community

Navigators, Advice Services;

Julia Holman and Madelaine

Bridges, Café Assistants

Farewell to…

Lottie Torp

Promotions/New Roles…

Mosunmola Animasaun,

Volunteer Coordinator Advice

Services.

The Youth Team have been busy with

a full on summer delivery in Lewes

and Newhaven – we enjoyed sessions

at Pells Pool and the cinema and lots

of other fun and exciting activities! The

Newhaven Families Forum have run

very successful workshops for local

families. 73 children and their

families kicked off the summer with a

Newhaven Treasure Hunt.

Just over 100 young people joined in

with a Skate Park Event which

featured Matti Hemmings, a record

breaking BMX Flat Rider. The afternoon

was a big success! We saw Skate

Boarders, BMX riders and Scooters

competing for amazing prizes.

Thank you to Matt Davey for hosting

the event and managing to get the

brilliant prizes and to Suzi Laver for

coming to help out our Youth Team.

Pat Hewson has decided to hang

up her Facilities hi-vis vest and

take retirement to spend more

time with her grandchildren. Pat

has been a familiar friendly face

at SCDA for almost seven years.

A very happy retirement Pat -

you will be missed!

Advice & Inclusion The new Big Lottery funded

Information and Advice Hub

service opens at the Hub on 12th

September. Information

Assistants and Community

Navigators will help people get

the information, advice and

access to services that they

need. For more information call

Alison Burrell on 01273 517375.

News items, comments and feedback to Lynda Clements Lynda @sussexcommunity.org.uk

Care & Support

Health & Well-being

And from the Haven Project (for people who have been sexually abused): ‘I feel so deeply grateful for

this amazing service you all so generously provide the community – myself. To work alongside another

who has special training and supervision has been something I’ve been looking for, for most of my life.’

A fun, free wellbeing event was hosted by Eastbourne Health Champions and Sussex Oakleaf in

collaboration with Eastbourne Borough Council and Creative Force at Eastbourne Town Hall. The event

was particularly promoted in the BAME community and provided ideas to promote a healthier mind and

a healthier body. Free taster sessions included yoga, bread making, singing, mindfulness, shiatzu and

calligraphy with tasty food and drink to sample too. The event was so successful that Jay and Sue from

Eastbourne Health Champions are planning an even larger event next year!

Staff Profile

Phoenix Centre clients enjoyed a

homemade lunch at the Gallery

Community Café in Crowborough this

month. A big thank you to the chef

Alistair and his team who made our

clients feel so welcome! The lunch was

delicious – homemade fish pie and

peach crumble. It was the first of a

series of days out the Phoenix team

hope to put in place.

An Open Spaces event for Steps into Wellbeing

- a great group of local families joined together

for a picnic and beach explore at Tidemills. It

was a fabulous day – though a little windy!

Some rewarding feedback from Counselling

clients: ‘For the first time for a long while I feel

OK (never thought I would say that again). Thank

you ever so much’.

Hi I’m Michelle Reid and I have worked at SCDA for 10 years, most of which

has been in the Nursery. My current position is as the Early Years

Professional in the Nursery where I work as part of the management team

ensuring that we are delivering high quality care and education for children

from birth to five years of age. I also work as part of the family learning team

supporting quality development of the provision for groups aimed in the same

age range. Most recently I have taken on a training role beyond the nursery

delivering SCDA’s Level One Safeguarding training and it has been great to

meet staff from the wider SCDA team.

Outside of work I spend free time in my garden where I have been creating a

wildlife friendly space filled with as many plants, trees and flowers as I can fit

into small space and looking after my sister’s loveable but over excitable

staffie!