Month: March 2023

A Trip Down Memory Lane

Posted on | by Briony Philips

If you enjoy looking back and discovering some of those memories you might have forgotten, we would like to invite you to join us for a ramble across 2022.

SIL has just published its latest Yearbook which is now available as a download from the website, or we can send out a print version on request.

The Yearbook is a lovely booklet capturing those moments which make a year so special, focussing on the things our service users and staff got up to from January to December. With lots of pictures it’s an easy and enjoyable read, whether or not you are already a member of the SIL family.

To download a version visit www.s4il.co.uk/sil-yearbook/sil-yearbook-2022/

If you would like a hard copy posted to you, either email your address with the request to shelagh.callaghan@s4il.co.uk or call 01568 616653.

We started our Yearbooks in 2016, and copies of all previous editions are available on request.

SIL Yearbook 2022

Posted on | by Briony Philips

Our 2022 yearbook is here!

2022 was the year were things started to feel a bit more normal with the office reopening and face to face mettings resuming,

2022 also saw the year that SIL was awarded Best Place to Work in the Hereford Times Health and Social Care Awards. (It’s easy to see why looking through this yearbook!

If you would like the yearbook printed and posted to you please let us know by emailing shelagh.callaghan@s4il.co.uk or call 01568 616653.

Click on the image to our view Yearbook 📖💙

Leominster May Fair Announcement!! 

Posted on | by Briony Philips

The Morris Family of Leominster May Fair would like to invite children and adults with any special needs, disability conditions to have the freedom of Leominster May Fair on Friday 28th April at 10.30am. There will be free candy floss and the chance to experience the May Fair rides for free. Abie Morris started this tradition over 40 years’ ago and although sadly he has passed away, his family would like to keep this tradition going. The family said: “This is always a special event for us and we would love to see as many people as possible come along and let their hair down and have fun at the May fair and experience the rides with old and new friends and meet us.”

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Career and Property Ladders Scaled Thanks to Apprenticeship!

Posted on | by Briony Philips

Success in his AAT level 2 exam has given Tobi Watts a leg-up on the career ladder at Services for Independent Living (SIL).

Tobi joined the Finance Team at SIL in June 2021 after choosing an apprenticeship in accountancy. His initial role was the finance apprentice/assistant while he studied for his AAT level 2 at Herefordshire and Worcestershire Group Training.

SIL was so impressed with Tobi’s attitude to work, his commitment to his studies and his understanding of the work involved, that after qualifying, he was promoted to Trainee Finance Officer. Tobi is now studying for his AAT level 3.

Tobi said: “The qualification will take between 12 to 18 months to achieve and once I have completed it, I am keen to enrol in the AAT level 4 course which is deemed as a professional diploma.

“I enjoy working at SIL because of the healthy work environment and because they have supported me throughout my studies. I believe an apprenticeship was definitely the right way forward for me because not only have I gained the skills and knowledge relevant to my qualification, but also because the “earn while you learn” perk has enabled me to get onto the property ladder a lot sooner than I would have been able to do if I gone down a different path”.