Quotes from clients and staff
Judy Trodahl - client, Community Connections - enjoys the snow! August 2011
"A good support worker knows your weaknesses, but shows your strengths; feels your fear, but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties, but frees your sprit; recognises your disabilities, but emphasises your possibilities. Working for Community Connections has opened my eyes and gifted my life with the tools to make a difference, come join my plight!"
Tracey Whale – staff member, Community Connections
"A fantastic, positive, flexible organisation – a true leader in their sector. Able to create, support and give us the opportunity to gain knowledge and training along the way..."
Jaynie Clark-Collier – staff member, Community Connections
"The service is good and I have a good team around me. I need them in my life..."
Colin – client, Community Connections
"I have made lots of new friends and skills with my support worker"
Jane – client, Community Connections
Round the Bays 2011
Art Exhibition held for a Community Connections' client (left), held at the St James Theatre.
His artwork is in the background.
"Pauline Carson (who we support) said to me earlier this year, 'If you change my support worker, I'll have to kill you! She's the best one I've ever had!' She then went on to reassure me that she was joking. However, not with regard to the wonderful support she receives!"
Tanya – staff member, Community Connections
'What I think ought to be stated loudly and clearly is how well the collaboration between your carers and me, as Louise's only family, works. Your team supports Louise and, in the process, they support me.
"The peace I think she has at still being at home in her familiar surroundings – its worth can't be measured – and the opportunities she has to still do things in the wider community, ones appropriate for her interests and level of physical fitness, and the warmth and acceptance your carers bring to her as a human being, irrespective of some of the quirky things that happen(!), it's a wonderful testimony to home-care at its best. It's pretty amazing!
"When I hear of the struggles of other dementia sufferers and their families from the support group I belong to – they have only stories of woe, because they don't have enough support or the wrong sort of help."
Philippa Woodcock – sister of a Community Connections' client
"Barbara Kiernan has said to me today that Megan Anderson and Wendy Biddle have become almost friends of the family – they're completely trustworthy, keep the family well informed and always go the extra mile. They are both superb!"
Tanya – staff member, Community Connections
David with one of his support workers, Tracey Whale
"Thank you for the excellent support you provide for David – you're just like family."
David's ex wife
"I love having your support. It's always nice to know I have support."
Client – Community Connections
"Thank you for the support, I don't know where I'd be without it."
Client – Community Connections
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