Archive for March 25th 2010

Quality of Life Indicators for Those Attending The Beacon

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  • March 25, 2010
Clients experience an increased quality of life from attending the Beacon....The Beacon - Theory of Change to read click attachment at bottom of page. Specific aspects of these quality of life changes have been identified in focus group discuss...

Newsletter January 2010

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  • March 25, 2010
 by Lynne Parsons I sat down today in front of my laptop to look at our web page.  A pet hate of mine is to look at very ... old news, so I try to keep articles current. Reading the present articles it felt almost unreal and sugary ...

Reflections

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  • March 25, 2010
   On December 17 once again I was looking at the weather map to see if we would be able to have our Christmas party in the garden.  It was a cracker of a day with about 60 - 70 people enjoying the jazz band 'On the Lips' and ten tons of part...

Goodies in the Garden

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  • March 25, 2010
      On the Saturday of the Gala, the sky looked black and very threatening. I thought to my self,  we are in BIG trouble.   The phone rang twice with anxious stallholders. “Are we having it inside?”. Boldly I ...

Our Volunteer Lisa

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  • March 25, 2010
   On my first day volunteering I was nervous but the personality of people made me relax and it wasn’t long before I was my giggly self. I have kept coming back ever since. As it has gone on it’s a breeze; the people make it that way. It...

Sucking on the Lemon of Life Update

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  • March 25, 2010
We have had great feedback about the book.  Here is a couple. I have just read the wonderful book Sucking on the Lemon of Life.  It's brilliant, wonderful and outstanding.  I am very, very impressed.Ian McLeod Just a quick note to congratulate you...

Book Launch Sucking on the Lemon of Life

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  • March 25, 2010
    On Tuesday 2nd June at Elms House Hastings, our official book launch took place.  We did our own catering with huge basket platters of grapes, cheese and a selection of breads and dipping oils, with red and white wine to accompany it...

My Lucky Break

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  • March 25, 2010
by Anita Miller Nearly three years ago, when I was 33 years old, I had a brainstem stroke, which has left me with a little paralysis, down my left side.    I have been a client at the Beacon since I got out of hospital, which ...

Where There's a Will There's a Way

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  • March 25, 2010
By Lynne Parsons  I got a phone call over the Christmas break from Christine.  She had told me she was going for a blast on a huge jet ski with Sue, one of the maxi taxi drivers that transports our clients to and from the Beacon.  ...

Sucking on the Lemon of Life

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  • March 25, 2010
By Lynne Parsons  At last we have a date for our empowering self help book written by our people, 'Sucking on the Lemon of Life'.  It will be officially for sale from 2nd June 2009.  Just before Christmas we had our own private boo...