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Thank you to everyone for their interest and participation in the Workplace Health and Safety Representative role. Blayney Pearson is the new Workplace Health and Safety Representative (Support Staff) for RCS.

Congratulations Blayney!

To the other candidates, we appreciate your interest in the role and encourage you to continue participating in future opportunities with RCS.

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In memory of Matthew Gilbert, Angela bravely shaved

On Saturday 17th March 2012 , Angela Brentanos, partook in the “World’s  Greatest Shave”. We would like to thank everyone for their support and words of encouragement for Angela, whom bravely shaved off her hair in support for the Leukaemia foundation.   She managed to raise just over $1100, which has  exceeded her goal. Well done !

Angela has been working as a support worker for RCS, since 2007. Her motivation for taking part in the “World’s Greatest Shave”, is one from the heart. In June 2009, Matthew Gilbert a close friend of  Angela ‘s, passed away from cancer. It was Matthew, also an employee of RCS, whom convinced Angela to leave another organisation to come and work at Real. She has described Matthew as “a really beautiful person”, and the reason she decided to “do something a little crazy, like shave her hair for the World’s Greatest Shave’.

So once again, congratulations Angela, and thank you to the RCS community whom donated to the cause and offered words of encouragement. Angela has also been kind enough to send through images from the day.

Continue reading »]]>  Noel is a charming gentleman that is regarded by family and friends as a natural athlete.

 He has always had a deep interest in sport, both as a spectator and competitor where he excelled at both, but particularly in boxing and rugby league. Real Community Services has had the pleasure of supporting Noel since April 2007.

In life everything Noel has done, he has done exceptionally well. For Queensland he has won four Championships in boxing and many district titles. During this time he was an accredited referee and judge for amateur boxing. In school, his love of sport led him to captaining the intercity rugby league team and playing for premiership winning teams in both soccer and basketball. Noel also loved the wa-ter and attained his bronze medallion for Lifesaving.

As a young adult, Noel’s talent in boxing brought him to Brisbane to pursue his goal of representing Australia. He left his job as a trainee clerk at the Bundaberg Magistrates Court and moved to Brisbane where he worked for the Department of Main Roads.

These days, Noel says he likes to take it easy, enjoying fish and chips at the Wynnum water front and having a chat to people in the shops and passers-by. He still appreciates excellence in sport and was spotted only a few weeks ago at the Wynnum Rugby Leagues Club having a good old chat to Wally Lewis about the Brisbane Broncos. (As pictured above).

Noel is always remembered and well liked by many, staying in contact with his sporting and school friends. He has also made plenty of friends in the Wynnum community where he now resides. Socialising is something that comes easily for Noel and he has certainly made a lasting impression on all of us here at Real Community Services.

Noel has a way with words, a good joke to tell or a comment he throws your way that reminds you why he likes you so much (Along with the occasional outburst of song). He always has something good to say about the people in his life. This is perhaps the reason why anyone who knows Noel can’t help but smile. He makes us smile, always !

Compiled by Caroline Rolender

(Lifestyle & Quality Management Coordinator)

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Hi my name is Josh, I am 29 years old and have a condition called Morquio’s Syndrome. I use an electric wheelchair, about 4 foot tall, wearing hearing aids and glasses. I also have a couple of earrings in one ear and a half sleeve tattoo which I am looking to expand upon at the next available opportunity. I have a Bachelor of Multimedia Studies which I completed as an external student part time due to barriers, lack of access and challenges with my health and full-time study.

The idea behind Axess.com.au was first thought of at the start of 2010. As a man with physical limitations knowing what is available and being able to easily access information and resources for my situation is extremely important and from experience you are not told of what is available unless someone you know has already accessed it.

Being an avid Internet user and a professional in the field of Internet media I have noticed upon my surfing Safari’s that there are limited resources online for disabled people and what is available is not very comprehensive and I want to fix this.

Axess.com.au is all about bringing physically challenged people, their family and their friends together in an online community to offer support to each other through sharing information, experiences and advice from their own travels. Axess.com.au is also about giving its users more comprehensive access to information from non-profit organisations, what’s happening in the news, the latest information concerning the world of the challenged and information and reviews for accommodation and entertainment venues around Australia.

Well this is just stage one. In the future I hope to have medical professionals interacting with the forum, keeping us up to date with blogs and articles on the website as to what they are doing in the field of medical research for various disabilities.

Visit Josh’s website:

Welcome-to-Axess

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David receives support coordinated through Real Community Services. David has been asked to provide his views and how he has benefited from formal training as his achievements are highly regarded.

This is a brief summary of his experience with tertiary study.

“ In 1981 I first undertook technical studies. This was at South Brisbane College of TAFE. The nature of the study was basic Computer Science, and Data Processing.

As I didn’t have anyone in my family who had gone out on a limb by starting technical study, it was an enormous challenge for me.

My mother was a hair dresser and my father a mechanic and service station proprietor. So it was up to me to learn how to do it. Now nearly 30 years later I have an Applied Science Diploma in Computing and a Degree in Computer Engineering (2000) and a half to two thirds complete Advanced Diploma in Electronics. I was awarded with a Rotary Club Award for Academic Achievement(1998).

So if you’re wise at how you plan your studies, you will be successful, and others I have found will notice it.”

David

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An Online link to Axess ‘s latest posts and articles focused on bringing insightful news and information to the individuals and families living with physical challenges. www.axess.com.au

 Axess.com.au provides the following online tools:

Articles

Blogs

Interactive Forums 

Links to other webages

Axess founder Josh, established the website “to bring physically challenged people, their family and their friends together in an online community to offer support to each other through sharing information, experiences and advice from their own travels”.

 Check out Josh’s story “Josh’s Success“.

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RCS Lifestyle Support has introduced an online copy of the annual Client newsletter. This newsletter is designed to share information with clients and provide updates and feedback opportunities.

Please find below recent publications. These newspapers are available as hardcopies, for enquiries please contact Nicole on ndoyle@realcommunityservices.com.au

Lifestyle Newsletter December 2011 Issue 25.11.11

Lifestyle newsletter August 2011 Issue 19.08.11

Lifestyle Newsletter May 2011 Issue 26.5.11

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RCS is dedicated in supplying our team members with correct and educational information. The Field staff newsletter provides all team members with policy and procedural updates, current events, new opportunities and office news.

So if you are apart of the RCS team, ensure you obtain a copy today. ndoyle@realcommunityservices.com.au

Nicole Doyle – Service Development Facilitator

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We have designed an email letter, with the aim of keeping contacts up to date and well informed of our week to week office news. The “Real Community Services E-Letter” is sent out to our valued readers, each week with office updates, training news, feedback and various other interactive activities.

So if you would like to receive our weekly E-letter, just send your enquiry to ndoyle@realcommunityservices.com.au to join the emailing list.

E-Letter samples:

E-Letter Tues 8.11.11

E-Letter Tues 12 July 2011

E-Letter Tues 19 July 2011