Advocacy In Wirral
Volunteering Award For Mick!
A volunteer working at Advocacy in Wirral’s West Kirby Drop-In Centre has scooped an award to recognise his contribution.
The Mayoress of Wirral, Cllr Moira McLaughlin presented the Silver Award for Long Service Volunteering to Mick Miller at an event at the Floral Pavillion, New Brighton on 19 January 2012. The award is for people who have been volunteering for 5 years or more, and was organised by Wirral CVS.
Mick was delighted to receive the award, after being nominated by Working Life. At the West Kirby Drop-In Centre, Mick helps out with preparations for lunch and organising activities, as well as keeping a record of everyone who attends.
“I really enjoy the book-keeping side of my role at West Kirby, as well as socialising with other people attending,” said Mick.
Quality Counts at AiW!Advocacy in Wirral is celebrating achieving the independently-certified ISO 9001 award for its management system.
AiW was subject to a rigorous assessment of its processes and procedures to demonstrate compliance with ISO 9001 requirements - an internationally recognised quality standard that specifies how organisations control the quality of products and services. Included in the standard is the requirement for monitoring and measurement, and continual improvement.
In At The Deep End!Advocacy in Wirral's Chief Executive, Chris Shaw, will be taking to the water to once again swim the Mersey from Liverpool to Birkenhead, raising funds for our APEx project.Last year, Chris raised £531 - and this year (with your help) he can raise even more!The 2010 Annual Mersey Swim takes place on Saturday 20 August, crossing from the Echo Arena in Liverpool to Monks Ferry on the Wirral side of the Mersey.
For more information on APEx click here. If you'd like to sponsor Chris, click here or drop into our Woodside offices.
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In Transition!At a time when Advocacy in Wirral is busier than ever, we’ve been investing a lot of time and energy in developing our staff to ensure we can continue to provide a quality service while resources in society are getting tighter.There’s no doubting that the current economic malaise is having a severe impact on people on the Wirral, and we are seeing this reflected in the increased workload carried by our staff and volunteers. Earlier this year, Advocacy in Wirral was fortunate to receive a large award from the Government’s Transition Fund to help us manage the uncertainties of contract changes that are affecting large parts of the third sector. The award was a public endorsement of the valuable work we do in helping vulnerable people with mental health, substance misuse and alcohol issues. Advocacy in Wirral is now almost half-way through our Year of Transition, so here’s an update on what we’ve been working on with our Transition Fund monies up to now:
So, as you can see – we’ve had a busy six months working behind the scenes to improve our infrastructure. Advocacy in Wirral is getting ready for the challenges ahead! A New Way to DonateOur partnership with Just Giving has already helped us raise hundreds of pounds for Advocacy in Wirral. Now, anyone who wants to donate to Advocacy in Wirral can also do it via a text message on their mobile phone...
Choose the amount you want to donate and text the code AIWA00 to 70070 (see example above). Every little helps!
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Chris said: "APEx is an exercise and wellbeing club and project set up to prove the massive benefits of exercise upon mental health and wellbeing - we want to raise funds to futher promote outdoors exercise as a great way of fending off the coming autumn and winter's impact upon how we feel". He added: "By next spring, lots of us will feel great after a winter out and about taking part in some group activities shared in the company of friends!"