Sweet Tooth
A big thank you to Swizzels Matlow for donating loads of mini tubes of Love Hearts for us to give away at open days and events.
Week 12 – 16th January 2012
Hi Everyone,
Hope you enjoyed the weekend.
Next week’s plans….
Monday 16th January 2012
Morning – I have to go get a large amount of books, 300 to be collected and I need to do some recycling. Also I need to go and collect prizes for prize bingo.
Evening – prize bingo and I have had to sort out new venue for now as McHouse having a refit, so it will be in Whiston.
Tuesday 17th January 2012
On ward K2 with Lorna, Alder Hey.
Wednesday 18th January 2012
In morning I need to go to storage and get Hook a Duck stall for 01 clinic. All afternoon, meeting families and after that we are taking families from CHA for a meal at Frankie and Benny’s, a social event.
Thursday 19th January 2012
On ward K2 with Lorna, Alder Hey.
Friday 20th January 2012
Day off
Saturday 21st January 2012
Morning, we have a Trustee meeting
Sunday 22nd January 2012
Day off
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Alder Hey have been delighted I have been around to attending meetings. My presence at the meeting helps give a family insight and view and, when they need family input, I am in a position to get info from families of CHA and share with management. Ian’s assistant Jamie also attended our branch meeting last week, which was good.
See you all soon.
Val Frew
A very proud volunteer of CHA
Week 11 – 9th January 2012
Hi Everyone,
Here is next week’s secondment plans. Busy week ahead.
Monday 9th January 2012
Morning: going to view Hilton Hotel, Liverpool as a possible venue for Ball / Dinner Dance.
Afternoon: I will be at a meeting in Manchester Children’s for a North West Children’s congenital heart network. This is a new meeting I have been asked to join by Alder Hey’s cardiac general manager.
Tuesday 10th January 2012
Day off
Wednesday 11th January 2012
Day off – Matthew’s op
Thursday 12th January 2012
Hope this will be a day I can start being a ward buddy with Lorna. My application has been approved.
Friday 13th January 2012
Going to view venues for Ball / Dinner Dance. Aintree race course, Town Hall Liverpool, Crowne Plaza Liverpool, Catholic Cathedral Liverpool.
Saturday 14th January 2012
Book sale in Ormskirk market, fundraising plus we are seen in the community.
Sunday 15th January 2012
Roller skating in Stockport – family day out.
Again fabulous that I have this secondment or I would not be able to get all this done and in order.
See you all soon.
Val Frew
A very proud volunteer of CHA
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Week 10 – 2nd January 2012
Hi Everyone,
Hope you had a lovely Christmas and New Year. Well now we are in the last few weeks of my secondment. This week’s plan is:
Monday 2nd January 2012
Bank Holiday.
Tuesday 3rd January 2012
Today I will have to go for blood test first as this is part of the CRB check now.
- My CRB form I will hand in at Alder Hey today. (Anne, Gill Mc is seeing if she can get extra 2 (1 for you and 1 for Michele C).
- I need to make some phone calls to check out venues for Dinner Dance in May and Ball in Nov.
- I need to check menus from emails I already have for some venues. Hopefully by tomorrow I will have more to look at too.
- I need to do follow up letters to people who still owe money for Auction items from our Ball.
- I need to check availability for market stall for some book sales in 2012.
Wednesday 4th January 2012
Few hrs Mchouse and few hours at Alder Hey
Thursday 5th January 2012
I am working at Mchouse and in the evening it is my Liverpool branch meeting.
Friday 6th January 2012
I have an appointment at Empire Theatre Liverpool to check what we can use our credit on in 2012 if you remember back when I booked Chitty Chitty Bang Bang I was not happy with seating and we still have a £200 credit. Last year we could not use as every time I tried they kept saying we couldn’t use against shows I was looking at.
I will be looking into where we can do a first aid course and hoping to sort that out soon.
I want to find out more about auction houses. I have a few things in storage that may or may not be worth a bit more than we would get in charity shop. Worth looking into.
See some of you this week and some of you next week,
Val Frew
A very proud volunteer of CHA
Manchester Branch Meeting
The next Manchester branch will take place a week later, on Wednesday 22nd February 2012, due to half-term hols.
Week 9 – 26th December 2011
Got photos online showing what I’ve been up to…. here.
This week at Alder Hey I met 2 families so was able to briefly talk to them. 1 family raised some funds for us but does not want to join just yet but know where we are and I gave her my tele number in case she wants a chat.
Gill has commented on how good it is having me around so glad it is working.
Next week plans:
Mon – Bank hols
Tue – Bank hols
Wed – Mchouse
I have left Thurs and Fri open can I do anything for anyone? Do you need me to be anywhere? If not I will go to Alder Hey and just be around to meet families.
Have a wonderful Christmas and New Year.
Val Frew
A very proud volunteer of CHA
Week 8 – 19th December 2011
Last week I worked today at Ormskirk market, what a disaster couldn’t believe how empty it was and weather awful. 8 1/2 hrs today with travelling time.
Sunday 18th December 2011
I am doing hook a duck at local school 5 hrs.
Monday 19th December 2011
2 x pick ups in Liverpool as people want stuff out of their homes before Christmas – this is for our next shop. Around about 1 1/2hrs.
Tuesday 20th December 2011
I want to go and print stuff off that we need to put into bags that Gill Mc would find useful for in patients and day patients. Gill wants me to make up 2 slightly different bags with things in she thinks families might find useful and info on CHA. I will need to down loads pdf from cha web and I will input note pads for next to your phone and pens they will be done in our carrier bags. I will have Tommy and Tina colouring in pictures put in and I need to do a check of what newsletters we need printing again for clinic make sure they are up to date and plenty of them ready for our re launch in Jan. (Still awaiting confirmation from Ian ok for this to go ahead on date we discussed). I hope to be able to print these off from Alder Hey if not I might need to pop into my office and do them from there if systems will allow. Maybe I could take my laptop and connect to a printer will check this out. This maybe around 3-4 hrs.
Wednesday 21st December 2011
Mchouse doing preparation work for an evening meal. We the volunteers are cooking an evening meal for families who will be staying at Mchouse. I will also help with bedroom cleaning and ironing. Estimate 5hrs.
Thursday 22nd December 2011
I hope to be doing my ward buddy with Laura on K2.
That’s it for this week.
Happy Christmas
Val Frew
A very proud volunteer of CHA
Val’s Secondment Diary
Val Frew, chair of the Alder Hey branch is currently on a 3 month secondment from work. During this time she is directing all her effort and energy to supporting the CHA. Read what she’s been up to in her first 7 weeks on her blog at heartchild.info/web/category/vals-blog.
Week 7 – 12th December 2011
Just a reminder I am on hols this week. I still have a few things to do this week that were already in my diary so I will be doing them.
Monday 12th December 2011
Tonight I have prize bingo.
Saturday 17th December 2011
Awaiting confirmation if we have a book stall in Ormskirk, if so I will do that Sunday – we have been invited to a school in my area to do hook a duck were I will be doing that as well this week.
See you all soon.
Val Frew
A very proud volunteer of CHA
Update: just to let you know I have had confirmation we do have a market stall on Sat at Ormskirk so I will be doing that on Sat this week.