Community Lives Consortium

Tenant's Information & Stories

Every 3 months I put together some articles from tenants showing where they have been on holiday, who has celebrated birthdays etc.

Here are some stories from the S.T.A.R.T. (Staff Tenants and Relatives Together)

Spring 2010 Newsletter:

Hi everyone, Well Christmas has come and gone and so has Easter. It’s good to have some milder weather and lighter evenings. We have some really interesting stories for you.   -  Julie Davies

Huw Gethins's story

Huw went to see Katherine Jenkins in concert at the Cardiff International Arena in March. Huw said it was a brilliant night out. Katherine is from Neath which is where Huw lives.

Katherine did a lot of dancing and had some very good supporting acts. Huw stayed overnight at the Hilton Hotel.
Huw was accompanied by staff member Peter
Williams who Huw always enjoys being with.

Tenants Assembly

We are holding our first Tenants Assembly on Tuesday, 15th June 2010 at the Manor Park Hotel in Clydach.

It will be a good evening - 6.00 p.m. to 10.00 p.m. We will be showing what the Tenants Lives Group do and telling you how you can get more involved in what Consortium does.

There will be lots of stands giving information. We have a free buffet and lots of raffle prizes.

Coastal Housing And Tenants

Coastal Housing Group held an event at the Liberty Stadium on Thursday, 1st April. It was a good event with lots of stalls giving information and a free lunch. There was a band playing music throughout the day and a prize giving session after the free lunch.

There were trips arranged around the Liberty Stadium. Here is a photo of Christopher Edwards and Paulo Sousa, manager of Swansea City Football Club.

Chris and Ashley Pope won goodie bags. Here are some photos of people who attended the event.

Learning Disability Week

Learning Disability Week runs from Monday, 21st June to Sunday, 27th June.
People with a learning disability experience poorer health and poorer healthcare than the general population.

Mencap is working in partnership with a number of organisations and healthcare professionals to work towards better health, well-being and quality of life for people with a learning disability.
There will be various events held through out
the week to highlight Mencap’s concerns. I will let you know about them when they have been planned.

Health Fair
Swansea People First (Peer Health Advocacy Project) are holding their 6th Annual Health Fair 2010 - 'Fit for Living' at the Liberty Stadium on Friday 18th June 2010 at 10.30am and ending at 3.30pm.

• It will be a fun packed day with stands and speakers. There will be displays on all aspects of health and well-being and a free buffet. If you want any more information please ring 01792 405333 or email: info@swanseapeoplefirst.co.uk.

Special Olympics 2009 – Leicester, UK

On Saturday 25th July last year, 2,400 learning disabled athletes from across Great Britain arrived in Leicester to celebrate the start of the 8th Special Olympics GB
National Summer Games.

The event is held every four years and provides a week of Olympic-styled sports competition for learning
disabled athletes from across the country.

Nineteen venues across the region will play host to the sporting events, with Leicester City football Club the setting for the Games Village and the Universities of De Montfort and Leicester housing the athletes during Games week.

The oath of Special Olympics is ‘Let me win, but if I cannot win let me be brave in the attempt’ and Swansea Stingrays hoped that their swimmers would go to the Games and try their best.

Nine swimmers who train with Swansea Stingrays Disability Swimming Club were part of the 30+ strong Welsh Swim Squad who were competing at the Games. Three of them are supported by the
Consortium. They are Phillip Davies, Leighton Parry and Victoria Smith all of who live in Killay.

All three swimmers performed extremely well during the competition and came away with various medals for each of the events they entered, so well done to you all and what an honour it must have been to represent your country at the Olympic Games.

Thank you for sharing your stories. If you would like more information on the
stories you have read about please
contact me on 01792 646640 or email me.
julie.davies@communitylives.co.uk