Steven Brock working at Myatt's Field

Steven has been working as a volunteer at the Myatt's Field gardening project once a week since April this year.  He is holding an award, because the greenhouse he works at on a Thursday won an Edible London award for their success in growing vegetables. It was a great achievement for Steven and all the other volunteers.

TOUCAN PICNIC AT THE ALLOTMENT 28TH AUGUST

We went   Toucan's   allotment garden  at One Tree Hill  in Honor Oak for a  picnic.  It was a nice  hot day.  Lara, John D, Kenny E, Liz, Freda, John B,  James the gardener, Daniel,  Sangeeta   and Sian all came.  We looked at Toucan's garden and took photographs.  There is  still a  lot of work to do in the garden.

This blog was written by Lara.

MEETING ON 20TH JUNE 2013

 

We talked about changes that were happening at Toucan. There is a new Employment Worker starting in June called Declan.  We will also be employing a learning disability employment worker.  Toucan is getting some more computers so that more people will be able to come in to the office to use them.  The new café, No 178, is going to open very soon in June. Sian told the meeting about the Fit 4 Life aerobics class run by Emma.  Kenny is interested in this.  There is also an allotment project and people are welcome to come along and volunteer with growing vegetables. There was some talk about arranging a summer picnic to a park and Roger is going to make a poster. Freda requested that Toucan buy some folding chairs for meetings so that everyone can sit comfortably.

This blog was done by KENNY.

MEETING 5TH FEB 2013

We welcomed Toyin to the meeting as this is the first time she has been.

We talked about the changes to the benefits system, housing benefits and council tax benefits.  Everyone is worried about how this will affect them and would like someone to come to Toucan to talk to people and explain what is going to happen. 

Freda said that she has sent away for information on Healthy Eating/Living.  We decided it would be a good idea to have a walking group which Themoulla would lead.  To be organised when weather gets a bit warmer.  We will do posters to let everyone else in Toucan know about it. 

David D told everyone about the Valentine’s disco organised by Westminster Society and we gave information to people.

Toyin suggested that we keep a record of people’s birthdays and have a celebration at the meeting.  Everyone thought that was a good idea.

Feedback on Christmas Party:  everyone enjoyed it and Freda thought that the venue was much better because it was smaller and that the party went off well.

 

 

 

TOUCAN CHRISTMAS PARTY

Meeting on 6th November 2012

 

We had a good discussion about the cuts.  Everyone was worried about the changes and cuts to services and benefits and what this will mean to them.

Anthony P brought in some information about the changes that will be happening in Southwark when people have a personal budget.  There is a Provider Fair on November 9th  which some people will be going to.

We talked  about Toucan'S Christmas party.  Invites will be sent or given to everyone.  Lara  suggested that we  should  have a raffle.  The  party will be downstairs at Pullen Hall this year.

Next meeting will be after Christmas.

This Blog was  written by  Freda Nixon.

(About me  : I work Parliment , I have been there  for eight years, working at PICT.
I have  been  coming to Toucan for  nine years)

David Dryden - Volunteering at the Southbank Centre Festival of the World

I was a volunteer at the Festival of the World from June to September.  My job was to welcome visitors to the Festival, hand out leaflets,  give out badges, stickers and games  to the children.  I also helped Paul water the gardens on the roof of the Queen Elizabeth Hall.  I enjoyed the job and met a lot of new people and  Maria,  Simon and Andrew  Reed from the Southbank Centre.   Lara and Themoulla joined the team and volunteered for the Unlimited Festival, during the Paraolympic
games.  At the end of the Festival we had a big party  which everyone enjoyed and we were able to keep our TShirts and  bags.  I would like to do it again next year.

This BLOG was written by David Dryden.


Service User meeting 4th September 2012

June's Meeting

Gary Woods and Sam and Mary the two social workers from Southwark came to the meeting.
We all talked about looking for a job and about personal budgets and the cuts.
We enjoyed the meeting and a lot of people came. After we talked about places we would like to
go with the service users group. We would like more people to come to speak at the meeting again.

This Blog was written by KENNY

May's Meeting

Kasia from Southwark PCT joined the meeting to talk to the group about healthy eating and living
(what people eat and what exercise they do) and showed everyone some examples of information leaflets they had written.  Everyone was asked for their feed back on which ones gave the clearest information.

Mark is going to ask the community police to come to talk to the meeting about security in the home and on the street.

Anthony told the group about his new job at the Olympics

David D is starting as a volumteer at the Southbank Centre Festival of the world.
The group decided to arrange a picnic at the end of the summer(after the olympics)-Horniman Museum was suggested.

This Blog was written by KENNY

(About me: I'm working at Peckham Pulse 3 days on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.  I play the  piano on Sundays at St Georges The Martyr with St Hughes. I go to the Riverside every Tuesday and Friday and do music with Mark and Lucy.  Also I play We Got the Whole World in his Band with Rob and the group)

April meeting at Toucan

Our meeting at Toucan was on April 17th.  Tom from Speaking Up come to talk to the group about hate crime.

The next meeting is on Tuesday 22nd May at 5pm.  We are going to ask  Kasia from Southwark PCT
to come to the meeting to talk about healthy cooking and eating.

Congratulations to Aaron Reed who has just finished a gardening skills placement at Hornimans Museum and has done so well that he is continuing to volunteer there  and has been encouraged to apply for the apprenticeship later in the  year. 

See you next meeting!

This blog was written LARA
(About me.  I have started classes at the City Lit  to improve my reading.  I am part of  South wark Speaking Up in the Health sub-group.  I talk to people about health and any problems they have and I go to meetings at Southwark council.  I work in the Front of House Team for Heart 'n Soul at their club nights and events).   

Tom McDonagh, Southwark Speaking Up visits our meeting

At our meeting on February 9th Tom McDonagh from Southwark Speaking Up came to talk to Toucan Service User group.  Tom and Lara told the group about the Volunteer jobs with the project and explained what they do and how to apply to work for them.

Toucan's Christmas Party 2011!

 

 

Andrew Reed from the Southbank Centre visits Toucan

Andrew Reed, Head of Corporate Responsibility at the Southbank Centre, visited Toucan on Tuesday 29th November.  He met people who come to Toucan and told us about volunteering at the Southbank Centre next summer.  There are a number of events that people can take part in (including being part of an art work in the Hayward Gallery) and he will send us the details over the next few weeks.  Several people were interested in taking part.

November's meeting

We will be going to the Heart n Soul Beautiful Octopus Club at the Royal Festival Hall on Friday 2nd December.  Toucan will be having a Christmas Party on Tuesday 20th December and invites will be sent out soon.