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August 2018August 2018

Newsletter August 2018

Advocacy

Remember that you are able to bring along an

advocate or support person to any meeting that

you have with Compass.

An advocate is someone who is there to support you

or represent you and your interests in

circumstances where you feel this additional

support is required.

Please ask us if you need more information or

assistance with organising for an advocate.

Continuous

Improvement Plan

At Compass we are committed to on going service

improvement.

If you have a suggestion about how we can improve

our service, please write your suggestion on one

of our

Service Improvement Suggestion Forms

Available from the office, our centres, or website

www.compassinc.org.au

16 Jul Term 3 Start

13 Aug Ekka Holiday - (Caboolture Centre Closed)

24 Aug Compass Golf Day

27-30 Aug Health and

Wellbeing

Power Week

21 Sep End of Term 3

01 Oct Queen’s Birthday

02 Oct Start of Term 4

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August Birthdays

OPEN TUESDAY TO FRIDAY 9.30—2.30

Take a stroll through the beautiful and peaceful

botanical gardens then pop in for an iced

coffee, chocolate or iced tea.

We also sell yummy locally made

gluten free, vegan slices

OPEN MONDAY TO FRIDAY 7AM—2.30PM

Pop in to try any of our home-made delicious

treats or menu items. Sit down and take away

available - serviced by the friendly Trainees of

The Compass Institute.

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David’s Round Up

David

luxurious. It also means every centre now has a good quality vehicle to

transport trainees to activities in their community. All thanks to Lisa

Bathersby who tirelessly built and led this campaign from start to finish. If you

get a chance give her a pat on the back for an incredible concept and great

job. Next up we have our Charity Golf Day on Friday 24th August with the

great people at Cricks Sunshine Coast again coming on board as our major

sponsor. This year will see our largest field of 32 teams and it should be an

amazing day.

On the subject of passionate support from our Corporate Partners I have to

mention John Cranley, John Williams and the team at Mix and Sea FM. Just in

these past few months they were our Platinum Sponsor for the Gala Dinner,

are one of the key media sponsors for the Charity Golf Day, have provided a

prize valued at $8,000 for auction on the day… and are the main sponsors of

our soon to be launched “Dollar a Day” project to raise funds for Compass

Assistance Dogs. In addition to the 2 Johns, Caroline and Mark, Barrat and

Jess and Todd and Sami along with the whole promo team have all put up

their hands to help us this year so a BIG THANK YOU on behalf of all the

trainees, families and staff for your care and generosity. Make sure you come

along to the Mix FM Outside Broadcast with Todd and Sami at the Maroochy

RSL from 3 – 6pm on the 17th of August where we launch the Assistance Dogs

month.

It’s been great to see the uptake for the NDIS pre-planning meetings. It’s a

huge effort by Helen, Jess and Jayne to attend all of these meetings with you

but they’re so passionate about making sure you get all the help you need in

this transition to a new funding scheme. I’m really proud of the way the

whole team are doing everything they can to make this as stress free as

possible. To those of you who may already have arranged a plan make sure

you still take advantage of a meeting. Speaking to parents who’ve done this

I’ve been told they learned a lot and in some cases had to make considerable

changes to their existing plan because Jayne was much more knowledgeable

in the area than others who’d assisted.

Thank you as always for your support and I look forward to catching up with

more of you over the coming months.

I don’t know about you but I’m loving the weather

at the moment… that mix of cold mornings and

warm sunny days is just so invigorating and I see

lots of smiles on the faces of the young people out

and about. I’ve been out and about the centres a bit

over the past couple of months and it’s been

wonderful to see the way they have been

developing.

Late last year

Compass was able to

purchase the venue

we’ve been based at

in Gympie and work

there has progressed

so well since then.

Floors sanded and polished, partitions for activity

areas erected, office space built in, green house

constructed, deck covered, new driveway & car

parking… and most recently they’ve taken

possession of their first commuter bus. This will be

a whole new start for Compass in that community

and I’m really proud that we will be in a position to

make a positive contribution to the lives of families

and people with disabilities living there.

It’s very much a case of ‘Watch this Space’ regards

the Caboolture centre. I was hopeful of being able

to provide some long awaited good news about

progress on a new centre down there… but it will

have to wait another week. Stay tuned…

I’m sure you’ve all

seen the myriad of

promotion around our

new buses. This was by

far our most ambitious

fundraising effort and

certainly our most

successful. We have recently taken possession of

two new Renault Master buses that are simply


Helen’s Happenings

Helen

Every August it seems to be my practice to reflect on how many days we have remaining in the year. So as not to disappoint you all, you will be interested to know officially we have 147 days remaining until Christmas. I have calculated this from 1st August, 2018.

July has been a fantastic month for Compass, as showcased in the July Newsletter, we are now the proud owners of two amazing commuter buses; the trainees are ecstatic about the new vehicles and enjoy travelling to and from their destinations in safety and comfort. The staff at the campus’s where the buses have been allocated have embraced the orientation training in the driving requirements of the vehicles.

Next month we will be announcing the dates of the Open Days to be held at each campus and/or enterprises in October. Once the dates are confirmed, please do not hesitate to invite all of your friends and acquaintances to attend these events. The Open Days provide the opportunity to promote Compass as the preferred pathway for young people exiting school at the end of 2018 and looking at opportunities for continued learning, development and enrichment.

Jess and I have been meeting with Jayne Southgate from Just Better Care and family members as part of the pre-planning process in preparation for the roll out of the NDIS in January 2019. These meetings have provided the space for families to explore the many options available to them under the NDIS framework. If you have not yet received contact from Alison at our Palmwoods Office who is responsible for scheduling the meetings, please contact her on 07 5457 3716. If you have any questions, feel free to call either Jess or myself at the Farm Office on 07 5445 9116.

I will be taking my annual leave from Monday 3rd September to Monday 17th September; this year I will be absent for two weeks. If you have any enquiries, please do not hesitate to contact either the Farm or Palmwoods Office/s and the professional management and staff will be able to assist you. I will look forward to catching up with you all on my return.

Until next month,

Warm regards,

Jess


Just in with Jess

Term 3 is well under way and there is activity buzzing around the Compass Centres as usual. There is always something fun happening. Have you eaten a meal from Harvest Kitchen and had an ‘Around the World’ experience? Have you signed up for the Sunshine Coast Marathon, you can do a 2km, 5km, 10km, a half or even a full marathon? Have you checked out the Tie-Dye heart shirts from Caloundra? Have you met ‘Bonnie’ and ‘Nutmeg’ our new arrivals at the farm? If not, come on in and meet Bonnie and Nutmeg, get your lunch order in shout yourself a shirt! We would love to see you.

This month we welcomed Roxanne Colk to our staffing team. You will see Roxanne working from Connections Café, The Farm and Palmwoods when you visit.

We are also in search for a Cook for our Connections Café. If you or someone you know is looking to work with a fabulous team with a Certificate III in Commercial Cookery, please send your resume to [email protected]. We would love to hear from you.

Sadly, this month we have said farewell to Kathy Charlson from the Caboolture Centre. We wish her all the best in the future.

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The latest

with Lisa The weather may be getting a bit chilly but we are all staying warm and cosy

in our 2 new Master Renault buses that arrived. The Trainees have chosen

their seats and are very impressed with all the gadgets. Think the drivers are

pretty happy too !

We always love a celebrity visitor and this month we were lucky to have Caroline Hutchinson from 92.7 MIX FM visit the

Farm. Caroline was blown away with the incredible work being done in a supportive and creative environment. She

made lots of new friends and I think she may have bought a few items as well.


The latest with

Lisa cont’d

Friday 17th August, 92.7 Mix FM’s Todd and Sami will be launching our $1 per day

campaign for CAD (Compass Assistance Dogs) with an Outside Broadcast at the

Maroochydore RSL from 3pm – 6pm. Come along to join in the celebrations and meet

our newest recruit (yet to be named).

The Compass Charity Golf Day is on

Friday 24th August at Twin Waters

Golf Club. We have 6 teams still

available at $880 (team of 4).

There are some wonderful prizes to

be won on the day, lots of fun on

the course, breakfast, lunch and

drinks are included. Cricks Sunshine

Coast are our major sponsor for the

day and you will also have the

chance to win a car if you are lucky enough to get a hole in one. Money raised will go towards Compass Assistance Dogs.

Sponsors from the Bus Campaign joined together for celebratory drinks at Rib Kai @ The Concept in Maroochydore to toast the 2 new

Renault Master buses from Cricks Sunshine Coast, fully signed and ready to go. Extra thanks to the Sunshine Coast Daily for buying 2

seats on the bus, JPG Design Print & Signs for signing both buses free of charge and also to AIB Insurance who have donated the cost

of insuring both buses. These generous businesses have added almost $20,000 to the bus campaign. Well done and thanks again.

Below are some very happy sponsors next to their bus logos.

John and Audrey representing

Heritage Community Branch

Palmwoods

Steve Hirst from the Sunshine Coast

Daily Dan Hunt from Cricks Sunshine Coast


Compass Farm

The Farm moves at a steady pace forward; in the past year and a half we have planted over 90 fruit and nut trees, extending the citrus orchard with mandarins and oranges. On cow hill we have planted macadamia, avocado, persimmon, plum and nectarines to add to the existing mango and custard apple trees. Up on the hill with the bamboo, we have planted around 1500 pineapple tops, 10 fig trees, mulberry, star fruit, elderberry, and tamarind trees. We also have 12 blue berry bushes and a number of rosella bushes. Down the hill we have multi small crop row with different types of beans, lettuce, rocket, beet root, corn, pumpkins etc. We also have a 50 metre bed of sweet potato runners and in the raised beds up the hill we have mature ginger and turmeric and sweet potatoes. Other beds down near the car park have small crops of tomatoes, herbs and turmeric. In the near future we are planting 3 citrus and 3 stone fruit trees between the office and the kitchen. We are also looking into growing coffee, tea, cocoa, olives and industrial cannabis (no THC). We are preparing a bed to put in 50 blueberry bushes and hopefully will be able to get 3 lychee trees to add to the existing mature lychee tree on the farm.


Our “Stares and Whispers” mosaic structure is finally finished and sitting outside our Farm Art entrance; and our mandala painting put on the shed wall in our garden. Many trainees contributed to these pieces but a huge effort by Cavell, Shaun, Damien and Genna. Thank you and jobs well done! Michelle - Farm Art

Congratulations to Chris and Jodie for winning the 2018

chicken tractor

Compass Farm

Cont’d


Harvest Kitchen

The introduction of the second team into Harvest Kitchen 10 months ago has dramatically changed the way in which

Harvest Kitchen operates. It has made us more efficient, more capable, and more fun! It’s given us the opportunity to

embrace some more rewarding programs as a team, some of which have been implemented over the last two terms.

Around the World with Harvest Kitchen is well and truly up and running, and is a more

complex lunch program put together, and executed by some of the Trainees who work in

HK. There is great enjoyment in researching the recipes, understanding cultural differences,

language and even listening to the music! A lot of passion and work goes into this event

each week and we are very proud of how it is progressing. So far we’ve been to Italy, U.S.A,

Tropical Islands (Indonesia, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Cuba) and China!

Another program we have been working on putting together is the 4 Week 5:2 Fasting Challenge. This is a program

available to Farm Trainees to assist with better health, fitness and weight. The Challenge kicks off on August 13th and

there will be weekly events/activities to support the Challenge! More about this one next month.

The Jams and Chutneys are still continuing with Cricks, and keeping us busy. Lunches

continue throughout the week with a different menu available each day, all tailored to the

skill sets of each group of Trainees each day. We even get to make hot chocolates for

morning tea on Wednesdays.

Always open to any suggestions or feedback regarding the menus! Get in touch if you have

anything you would like to contribute!

We would also like to welcome Alex to the HK Team. He will be working with the Jam/Chutney Team every Thursday!

Kylie will continue to work with the Team Monday – Wednesday. Welcome Alex!


Compass Gympie

Break-up Day last term saw Gympie Compass visit the Air Museum in Caloundra, very interesting dis-

plays. Fish and chips by the beach.

A local hospitality training company has offered our team free morning tea for 6 weeks! So it is

Zumba and then a fine demonstration of

Hospitality service straight after. The trainees are treated like VIP’s by the students so it is smiles all

round.

Gympie Compass has been the recipient of a Fiat Bus from Head Office so we are now a very visual

presence around G-Town!


Compass Palmwoods

The Palmwoods trainees were very excited to arrive to

the centre for the start of Term 3 and find a brand new

bus waiting for them.

It has some great features such as plenty of room and

we can all stand up in it. There is a reverse camera,

satellite navigation and CD.MP3 and multimedia player.

We have all returned fresh and ready for Term 3 and

were able to celebrate Cameron’s birthday on the first

day back.

Tuesday’s group have introduced

train travel to their program

travelling from Palmwoods to

Nambour for their literacy session.

This has been met with much

excitement for trainees and their

families


Compass Caloundra

The Trainees enjoying one of the new Compass buses.


Compass Caboolture The Caboolture team have been visiting and enjoying spending time at the

Whiteridge Farm each week. There was some interest in doing some volunteer work

at the farm and we are grateful the groups’ idea was accepted by the owner. We will

start this new program next week.

The chicken program is well

underway for the term with a

focus on the Auracuana breed.

These chickens lay green eggs

which are very pretty.

Compass Farm

Compass Caboolture

Celebrating our Compass Trainees and Staff

Compass Connections Café

Compass Palmwoods

Celebrating our Compass Trainees and Staff

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