We are holding our Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 16th July 2008 at the Pilgrim Centre in Swindon. It will start at 12.00pm and will include lunch and some entertainment from One Step Ahead. If you would like to come please let us know you can ring Rachel on 01793 542266.
We have recently been lucky enough to have had two volunteers helping in the office on a Friday morning Lorraine and Dawn, a big welcome they have already been a great help in the day to day running of SAM.
On the 22nd February 2008 we welcomed three new members of staff, James Whittome, Teresa Hardman and Deborah Hunt. They will be employed as the new Information Workers, their role will be making all SAM's publicity and information materials more accessible for people with learning disabilities. We are very excited about the new posts as this is the first time that SAM has been able to employ people with learning disabilities. We aim to develop their involvement to make our service more fully inclusive.
01/01/08 We welcome another new member of staff today, Rachel Hill will be the new administrator.
29/10/07 We welcome a new member of staff today. Richard Horner has joined us as an Advocacy Worker. We hope Richard enjoys his time with SAM.
29/10/07 We are losing Peter our administration worker on the 2nd of November. We are now recruiting for a replacement. If you are interested please call the office and request an application pack. See Contact Us page for the address and phone numbers.
09/07 A significant landmark in SAM's history as we move offices to first floor in the VAS building in John Street. We would like to thank our new landlords for the help they gave us in making the office space available and for making us welcome in SAM's new home.
01/08/07 Today SAM welcomes two new members of staff joining Dawn and Peter. Raudha Ghaurama joins SAM as our new Parent Advocacy Coordinator taking up the role left by Carol Martin. We also welcome Cat Murphy who joins SAM as our new Transitions Advocacy Coordinator. This is a new service being offered by SAM. We wish both Raudha and Cat all the best. They will both be reporting to Dawn who has taken on the new position of Advocacy Manager.
Raudha Ghaurama
Cat Murphy
25/06/07 The first meeting of the new committee of Swindon Advocacy Movement was held and the members of the committee are:
Sandra Knox - Chairperson
Tom Viddler - Co-Chair
Helen Tily - Secretary/Treasurer
James Cosgrove - Co-Secretary
Tammy Peapell - Co-Treasurer
Mark Court
Angie Cooper
Liza Bewick
John Phipps
Angelena Hill
18/06/07 SAM's AGM went well and we were happy to have the Mayor and Mayoress as our guests. The Mayor was kind enough to present the certificates to our volunteers who successfully completed their training.
It was with much sadness that we said goodbye to Sylvia Blacklock. Sylvia has been involved with SAM in one capacity or another for over ten years. The mayoress presented her with a bouquet on behalf of all at SAM. We also said goodbye to Carol Martin our Parent advocacy coordinator. She was presented with a bouquet by Sharon White.
29/06/07 A reminder that our AGM is on the 18th July at the Pilgrim Centre at 12:00. We have been informed that the Mayor and Mayoress have confirmed they will be attending and we hope that the mayor will do us the honour of presenting certificates to our volunteers.
