Hello to all who read our Next Stage News Letter, this is my first time in writing an item of this kind and I wasn’t sure what to write or where to start, especially as people keep telling me I am too serious!!!

So I was thinking about Next Stage and how we are nearly a full 10 years old and where we have come from….. and where we are going.  But never quite are we there yet!!!

The point I am making which is similar to all our own adventures or challenges in life, we shouldn’t get too concerned about Simply Getting There, or Finishing! Maybe we should think more about how well we can do along the way and remain open to new opportunities, personal growth and development. Next Stage has experienced a great deal of changes in the last few years, mostly because of the way all Services who support Adults have had to get better and deliver more honest and decent value. Be more accessible, flexible and responsive to people’s needs and not elite or beyond the reach of any individual. I would like to think Next Stage has been doing this, achieving more standards, awards, achievements and bench marks along our  Journey and today our service is being shaped and formed more than ever before by those who use the service and want to benefit, it’s because of those people I want to say thank you and I look forward to our on going journey!

Paul O’Rourke

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Welcome to our first addition of the Next Stage News letter, may I take this opportunity  to thank everyone who has helped and contributed to it. As you will see from reading the articles it is full of useful information and handy helpful tips. I have really enjoyed getting out and about listening to what everyone has had to say, it is pleasing to hear so many positive  comments about the service that you receive. I have particularly enjoyed the Service User        Forums, they gave us all an opportunity to meet and talk about real issues that are happening in your lives and I hope solve some problems. It amazes me that regardless of the number of people that turn up to the forum we always manage to eat a box of biscuits. I look forward to seeing many more people at our next Forum.

Jeremy Alston

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News Letter January 2012