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Welcome to the autumn edition of your news.
It’s been a busy year so far, so read on to find out what has been and will be happening. Thank you all for your support.
Calvert Trust Kielder, Kielder Water & Forest Park, Hexham, Northumberland, NE48 1BS Tel 01434 250232
Fax 01434 250015 Email: [email protected] Web: www.calvert-trust.org.uk Charity No. 511851
YourNewsAUTUMN 2010
It’s what you CAN do that counts!
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New Faces------------------------------------Once again faces have been changing at the
centre. We have bid farewell to our volunteer
Florian over from Germany, and wish him the
very best of luck in his studies and the future.
Earlier in the year our new Australian and New
Zealand gap students arrived, a big welcome to
Anna, Kate and Tess. Joining us this year from
Germany is Thomas & Terje. Amy Richardson is
also with us; Amy is our long term volunteer.
We have also given a big welcome to Linda
Squire, our new Development Manager, Mick
and Nathan in the Catering Team, Margaret,
Steve, Alan & Jeanette in the House Team,
Reggie and David in the Activity Team and to
Lana who has joined our Care Department.
Last Minute 2010------------------------------------Theme weeks still available:
Halloween 25th Oct - 1st Nov
Northumbrian 8th Nov - 15th Nov
Scottish 29th Nov - 6th Dec
Christmas 6th Dec -13th Dec
Star Camp 13th Dec - 17th Dec
We still have a few spaces left available
on our Centre Activity holidays during
November & December.
2011 Theme Weeks------------------------------------We have had a shake up of our theme weeks
for next year. Along with our old favourites,
we have added some new, and swapped and
chopped a few.
Blokey Week (men only)
31st January - 7th February
Pamper Week (ladies only)
7th -14th February
Go Wild Week Winter 21st - 28th February
Scottish Week 28th February - 7th March
Irish Week 14th - 21st March
Go Wild Week Spring 4th - 11th April
Bush Craft Week 25th - 29th April
Water Week 2nd - 9th May
Sailing Week 9th - 13th May
Go Wild Week Summer 6th - 13th June
Under 25’s Week 20th - 27th June
Star Camp Week 7th - 10th October
Halloween Week 24th - 31st October
Northumbrian Week
31st October - 7th November
Go Wild Week Autumn 7th - 14th November
Christmas Week 5th - 12th December
Winter Relaxer 12th - 16th December
Baby Boom------------------------------------This year has seen the arrival of two Calvert
Trust babies. Congratulations to Mark
(Activity Team) who has a beautiful baby
boy and to Zoe (Customer Service Team)
who has a beautiful baby girl and to both
their partners. Well done!
We can also expect another patter of tiny feet
in the New Year. Catherine our Fundraising
Manager is expecting her second baby which
is due in January; we wish her all the best,
for a quick and safe arrival.
World Cup Wonders------------------------------------Love it? Hate it? This year saw the return of the World Cup. To celebrate we had a World Cup village set up in our games room complete with flags and banners, two large TV’s and seating for all our avid fans. Every match was LIVE, with special snacks and drinks available throughout.
A raffle was organised for guests and staff
to have the chance to win Zakumi, the World
Cup mascot, with the winner drawn after
the final match - well done to Fiona, one of
our carer’s who’s lucky number was drawn.
A special big thank you to our gap students
for organising and running the whole event.
It’s lovely when we hear that you, our guests have had a great time with us. It lets us know that we are doing a good job. Over the past few months we have had some lovely feedback - here are a few of your comments:
“We collected Ian after his week’s holiday
at the centre on Saturday. It was immediately
apparent to us both how happy and relaxed
he was and how well he looked. It was
thrilling for us to see him like that and thanks
must once again go out to all the staff who
had given him such a good week’s holiday.
We are always confident that he will be well
looked after and his weeks up at Kielder do
make a big difference to Ian and he always
looks forward to the next one. Well done to
all your wonderful staff and big thanks from
us and of course Ian, keep up the good work.”
Hollingsworth family - Activity Holiday
“I would just like to write and say thank
you for making our break away so memorable,
we only stayed for 5 days but felt we could
have stayed a little longer. It was our first
visit to the Calvert Trust and it was just what
we needed, a nice combination of beautiful
scenery and walks with an amazing choice
of activities if we wanted to take part in.
I have never been sailing before and I really en-
joyed it there are not many places where you
can be hoisted into a sailing boat and it was
wonderful to have this opportunity, I also had
an hour’s session on the zip wire which
Thank You------------------------------------------
Have Your Say On Theme Weeks------------------------------------Blokey week:
This year we had our first Men only week
- Blokey week. During the week the guys
designed and built a squirrel platform that
would then be erected during a go wild
week. They also had a curry night, a trip
out to watch the Newcastle Vipers and
a very informative talk on brewing and
tasting beer which they all enjoyed, and
some enjoyed a bit more than others!
Things the guests said when asked how
to make this week better and what was
the best thing about the week...
“You couldn’t explain how to make a
perfect week better”
“The extra effort put in by the staff was fabu-
lous”
“Letting my hair down on beer tasting
night”
was exciting exhilarating and amazing this was
two fantastic activities that I have never done.
I would love to come back and visit you again
and we will definitely be booking up to come
back. Thank you all once again, the staff were
outstanding”.
McMahon family - Self Catering Holiday
“Just to say a big thank you to the team at
Kielder for supporting our children and making
it such a great weekend for them. They had a
wonderful time”.
Balliol Primary School - School Residential
“I recently attended your sailing week for
the first time and absolutely loved it! My
favourite boats are the Challenger and the
Wind Rider because I could sit in them without
an Aquaback. I have always felt that because I
require an Aquaback to sit in the boat to keep
my balance I am restricted, because of all the
straps. This week I was able to lean forward
to grab hold of ropes and really reach the tiller
to steer the boat myself. I also had to get used
to pushing the tiller the opposite way to the
way I wanted to go, for example if I wanted
to go to the left I had to push the tiller to the
right so I had to get used to using opposites.
Although my muscles ached and I was tired
every night it was a good tiredness because
I felt I had achieved something, all the guests
helped each other out and worked well
together as a team so well done everyone!
Thank you Calvert Trust”.
Chris Harris - Respite Care Holiday
Thank You-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fun Stuff------------------------------------Q. What did the fish say when he swam
into the wall?
A. Dam!
Q. Have you heard the joke about the
butter?
A. I better not tell you, it might spread.
Did you know?
The largest flower in the world, the rafflesia arnoldi, weighs 7 kg (15 pounds) and grows only on the Sumatra island of Indonesia. Its petals grow to 1.6 ft (1 metre) long and 1 inch (2.5 cm) thick.
Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating.
A cockroach will live nine days without it’s head, before it starves to death.
Picture perfect
We all love taking photos and showing
others our fun moments. Email us your best
Christmas snap shot and if we decide your
picture is the best it will be published in our
spring 2011 news. (Photo’s must be in jpeg
format and reach us by 31st January 2011)
Email [email protected]
subject: Christmas photo
Charity Golf Tournament
On Friday 2nd July 13 teams took to the golf
course at Close House to raise funds for the
Trust. This year’s winners were Siemens Energy
who walked away with the Calvert Cup. The
day raised over £1,500. We would like to say
a huge thank you to all those who helped to
make the day a success.
Kilimanjaro
Our Fundraiser, Hazel Munro has been training
and preparing for her climb up Africa’s highest
mountain, Kilimanjaro. Later this October,
along with nine other climbers, she will be
jetting off to Tanzania to tackle the mammoth
climb. Hazel is hoping to smash her target of
£3,000 and has been gathering sponsorship,
doing raffles and various collections to raise
the funds for the challenge. You can help by
visiting her Just Giving page
www.justgiving.com/hazelskilimanjaroclimb2010
Fundraising-------------------------------------------
Spring 2010 Competition Winner------------------------------------Congratulations to Linda Dickinson
who was the lucky winner of our Spring
Newsletter competition. Linda received
£100 off her next holiday with us. Thank
you to all who took part. The correct
answers were: Indoor Climbing Wall,
Velcro Olympics and Archery.
Unwanted gifts make perfect prizes:------------------------------------Do you ever receive a gift that is just not what you wanted or you would use? Does it go straight in the bin?
If you answer yes, then you could help.
Please send us your unwanted gifts or
bring them with you on your next visit.
All gift donations can be re-used as
prizes for our quiz nights, bingo nights,
raffle prizes, or used for pamper weeks.
School Support
Newcastle School for Boys have adopted us
as their charity of the year. Back in July they
completed a Kilimanjaro climb of their own,
but they didn’t go all the way to Africa, in-
stead they worked together to do enough
climbs up a climbing tower to match the
same height.
A group of students from Mowden Hall School
spent the day at the centre helping with the
gardening. The children prepared and painted
over 20 hanging baskets which have really
brightened the place up!
How can you help?
Make a Donation by Post: Send a cheque
made payable to ‘Calvert Trust Kielder’. Please
include details of your fundraising activities,
your name, address and telephone number.
Donate Online: You can make a debit/credit
card donation by logging on to our website
and following the link ‘Donate Now’.
Donate at the Centre: On your next visit you
can leave a donation, just ask reception for
a gift aid envelope.
Leave a Gift in Your Will: Once you have
provided for your family and friends, would
you please think about remembering Calvert
Trust Kielder in your will.
If you would like further information about
how you can get involved with fundraising
activities with your company, school or
independently then please contact the
fundraising team on 01434 250232 or
email [email protected]
Fundraising-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
What’s New------------------------------------Check out our brand new website www.calvert-trust.org.uk for up to date news, prices and offers.
Open activity days have been held during
the year and have proved to be a huge suc-
cess, so much that they will be ongoing
through 2011. Check out our website for
up to date days.
Coming soon
Look out for two new activities coming
soon in the new year: Laser Clays and High
Ropes Course.
Contact Us------------------------------------General and Booking enquiries:
Customer Service Team
Support Us and Fundraising enquiries
Calvert Trust Kielder
Kielder Water & Forest Park
Hexham
Northumberland
NE48 1BS
Tel: 01434 250232
Fax: 01434 250015
Website: www.calvert-trust.org.uk
Registered Charity Number 511851
Final Note ------------------------------------It has been a great year so far at Calvert Trust Kielder for both our guests and staff. It is flying by so quickly that the festive season will soon be approaching. We would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy and safe time and look forward to seeing you all in the New Year, or perhaps beforehand for all those last minute pre-Christmas breaks.
See you all soon
Peter CockerillCEO