Residents from NET meet Newark`s Town Mayor

Winter Edition—2011/12
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professional staff team for young single homeless people aged 16 to 25 including parents and parents to be.
Residents from NET meet Newark's
Town Mayor
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Newark Town Mayor’s
Charity Appeal.
Christmas Party night
Friday 16th December 2011 at 7pm
Tickets are £15 each, which includes
supper and a glass of wine.
All proceeds are for
Newark Council’s
two chosen Charities.
A Charity Quiz Night that took place
on the 3rd October 2011 raised in
excess of £500. This was the first
Charity Event with Cllr Richardson
as the Mayor. What a fantastic start.
When NET residents Nicole and James met the
Mayor of Newark in his parlour they were amazed
with the splendour of it all. Amongst other
questions they asked the Mayor why the Council had
decided on NET for one of their chosen charities, to
which he replied; “There are two obvious Newark
based charities which I consider to do good for the
betterment of Newark and they are
Beaumond House and Newark Emmaus Trust”.
Nicole and James thanked Mayor Brian Richardson
for his kind invitation and for choosing NET, that is
home for both Nicole and James.
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Laser Tag by Liam
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There were 9 other residents besides me and two
staff members who went to the Adrenalin Jungle to
play 2 hours of Laser Tag. Everyone wore camouflage overalls, and a head band with three red sensors that registered if you were hit by your opponents. We were split into two groups and named Alpha and Delta and were given 10 lives each per game.
A DE-BRIEFING
The instructors showed us how to use the laser guns
which were named so at the end you could add up
who had shot who. When you had run out of lives the
gun would say man-down or call for a medic.
We played 7 different games in 3 fields, one was
the tank field and another the village.
The last game we played was everyone for himself.
After handing in our kit we ate our packed lunch.
It was a really good day and everyone enjoyed the
experience.
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TARGETS
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Mountain Biking
by Daniel
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I enlisted on the Trust’s day trip to Sherwood
Pines mountain bike adventure in June led by
Pete and Rachael who are project workers at
the NET. We chose to take on the 6 mile
Adventure trail which had some steep hills
and was rough and uneven in most places and
only really suitable for the Raleigh mountain
bikes we had hired.
Rachael and Natalie tried their hand at riding
a tandem but after their practice around the
car park they found that they couldn't balance
it between them and kept falling off, best laugh
I have had in ages. They made a wise
decision and swapped the tandem for two
bikes.
The weather held out until half way when it
decided to rain for a while, but we had about
dried out before we got back to the car park.
This day out really tested our fitness levels
and for me it showed me there is lots of room
for improvement. So I will be working on it.
We made it!
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“IN THE NET”
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Narrow boat residential by Alex
We started our “voyage” at Nottingham where
we were welcomed aboard the narrow boat
called ’Megan’ by our skipper. This was going to
be our 60ft floating home of steel for 3 days.
We first learned about the all important health
and safety and code of conduct and what we
would have to accomplish in order to pass our
OCN qualification. This certificate would enable
us to crew a commercial craft taking out community groups on inland waters.
The workings of the locks were explained and
we were to open them on our own in small
groups from now on.
We bought some healthy foods to suit the menus
we had planned, stocked our tiny cupboards
and sorted out sleeping arrangements.
I learned how to work all the paddles and the
gates quite quickly and so started to complete
some of the necessary OCN paperwork.
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We stopped for the first night
at Sutton-Bonnington in the
countryside where the loveliness and peaceful surroundings could be seen from both
sides of the boat
After breakfast we set off for Shardlow a lot
of today's work was practical with everyone
getting out to help each other at the locks, this
was good because we had to remember how
to do them from now on.
I steered the boat, managed to moor it and
pull in to and out of a lock, it was scary but I
managed it well.
We completed more paperwork on the
dangers of the locks, boats and the river so
that we would be able to tell a group of people
if were giving them a talk.
Katie piloting ‘MEGAN’
ESSENTIAL ENGINE CHECKS AS PART OF
THE NCBA ACCREDITED TRAINING
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“IN THE NET”
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Narrow boat residential by Alex
A Scary Moment….
At one point I was sat in the boat when we
were in a lock and it felt like there was
something wrong. Then all of a sudden we
were going sideways and this was happening
very fast, it felt like the boat was tipping up
and then it fell back in the water and flattened
out. The boat had got caught on the side of the
lock where a stone was missing out of the wall
and it had started to tip over. The Skipper and
Rachael had to push it off the side of the wall
and Jonno and Katie had to quickly close the
paddles to stop the water level dropping so
that we didn’t tip anymore. This showed us just
how dangerous the boats and locks can be and
how alert you need to be at all times.
On one of the river banks a lot of flat stones
were deposited and this gave the ideal
opportunity for a skimming competition.
Learning
the
Not quite the world
stone skimming
championship but
lots of fun…
All 8 residents gained the above
Putting our backs into it!
certificate. Well done to all.
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“IN THE NET”
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Edale Activity Centre Residential by Nicole.
In September this year I attended a residential with
NET to Edale Activity Centre. I overcame some
serious fears, that was of height. I conquered this
fear with encouragement from staff and my colleagues.
Who would have thought that I would be able to
abseil off a railway bridge, over a river, achieve a
leap of faith off what looks like a telegraph pole and
rock climbing, well certainly not me. I am so proud
that I achieved what to me seemed the “impossible.
Rock climbing on
Windgather rocks
Other activities I took part in were a night hike, a
plank challenge, obstacle course, canoeing, mountain biking, various team-building exercises and
orienteering. The whole experience was amazing
and I have learned such a lot
about the importance of discipline
and teamwork.
Abseiling off Millersdale Viaduct
Plank challenge
Comment from NET
Activity Co-ordinator.
Whilst in our care and support it is a crucial
transition period in which our young people are to take
Abseiling and Night Hike
increased responsibility for themselves.
Activity based centres combine a well structured
approach that can be an empowering and life-changing
experience for young people, as they push you out of your
comfort zone and teach team work, strategy and help in
controlling fears and emotions.
The experience increases social skills and the
Learning to handle a canoe
ability to get along with others and links in to City & Guilds
on the River Mersey
grades that are attained in NET training centre.
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“NET” Drama Project by Ed
I first got involved in the Trust’s drama project at Newark Magnus School where after a
few warm up exercises we set about working
out what characters we would play in “Bang
out of Order” which was a play about tackling
gang culture and anti-social behaviour. Following this the drama leader from Magnus
came to the Trust’s training centre where we
created a play about a girl who had lost her
father and I played the part of her mother’s
new partner who the girl didn’t get on with
and subsequently became homeless.
This play was acted out in front of an audience at the Holy Trinity Church in Newark.
Through participating in these performances
I managed to overcome my initial shyness,
fears and inhibitions and my confidence
grew.
This led to me to being able to take my
props and scenes in a
performance of the ‘Gringe.’
I have also taken part in the Coming of Age, at
the Newark town hall which was a celebration
of 18 years of the Trust’s work within the community; here I played a part in a performance
in front of over 100 guests. Following the
theme of emotions we wore different masks to
emulate different emotions that were being
read from a resident’s personal poetry on how
she has coped with her own homeless situation.
Emotion Masks
I have learned
so much by being involved in
the above, I
feel more confident, a better ‘team player’ and
Rehearsal time
more able to make new friends.
I believe that these new experiences are vital
‘Bronze Arts Award’ and a work placement
where I worked with 5 to 14 year olds at NITS qualities for success in any career. I am sure
this experience will help me such a lot in my
(nearly instant theatre session) here they provided sessions for children to create a play future.
that is partly pre-constructed and partly improvised, helping to develop their imaginaLeft
A
Play
put on for
tions and their confidence, it was very fast
Homeless service
moving and I helped out with making the
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Chairman’s Note….
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Could you be a Trustee/Director?
Our voluntary Management Committee makes a major contribution to the
Trust’s work in Newark
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We need to fill two vacancies.
Your commitment would be
NET Office and Northgate flats
One evening per month
Legal responsibilities for management of the Charity
Directors do not work face to face with our residents
Financial Protection of Directors
Your commitment would result in helping homeless young people to
regain self belief and start independent life in a home of their own.
This work can bring a deep sense of achievement.
If you would like to know more (without any obligation)
Please telephone Clive Morrissey, Chairman of the Trust,
On 01623860311
Thank you CRM Nov 2011