Winner of the first prize in our raffle
March 2015
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The winning ticket was drawn at our Social Night on January 6th
Stephen Gosling, one of our volunteers at the Comco Skills Training Centre has won the first prize in our raffle, a £250-00 voucher. Stephen was a trainee and has completed the DIY, Bricklaying and Woodwork course achieving a total of 15 qualifications. This has come at a great time for Stephen as he is currently moving from supported living into his own flat in a sheltered accommodation scheme. Stephen will be leaving us soon and has really enjoyed his time at the Centre and thanks everyone
Service users and staff enjoyed their christmas dinner at the Tavern Fayre Bolton
Simon went to Newton Heath Train Maintenance Depot with Zak's which is a youth club he goes to on a Tuesday. He said they let him drive a train for a short period.
Simon gets the chance to drive a train
Picture Feature
Richard and his Father enjoyed their
Trip to Kenya
Pictures of members enjoying the March social night at the Railway Club
Krystal Ralphson
A social night for anyone with any kind of disability from 7pm till about 10 pm. There was kareoke, bingo and dancing that went on. I loved it. I can't wait to go to the next one. I felt so welcome. These events happen on the first Tuesday of every month
Comco staff travel to far away places for adventure
Rona Batigan, Finance Officer ...... New Zealand
Isabel Seddon, Executive Assistant ..... India
Quote from Krystal Ralphson the newest member to join our social nights.
Phil Schofield Director of Operations...Australia
Rona... This picture was taken at Fox Glacier on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island during my recent holiday in New Zealand. Like its twin, Franz Josef, the glacier descends from the Southern Alps down into temperate rainforest just 300 metres above sea level.
To see the glacier, you can walk to the terminal face, arrange an ice-hiking adventure or book a sightseeing flight; we chose the heli-hike excursion. Flying in by helicopter and landing on a remote part of the ice we were able to access and explore a part of the glacier. After being supplied with crampons we dutifully followed our guide who cut out ice steps for us to climb as we explored the amazing formations and ice caves, this being one of them.
Isabel... the picture was taken in Orchha in Madhya Pradesh. We had just visited the Ram Raja Temple which is a sacred Hindu Pilgrimage. We had been sitting watching the devotees bringing offerings of food and flowers and had both been well and truly blessed, for a donation! We were just walking through the square and had been followed for some time by the child on my left who unlike most was not asking for money, school pens or chocolate. When the other child joined in just looking at me as if I had landed from Mars I couldn’t help bursting out laughing. I don’t really understand why Rick and I were such a source of fascination to adults and children alike but it happened wherever we went even although we were surrounded by other tourists.
Phil ...Highlights of Australia were : Cricket at the M.C.G. where England got their expected beating, Sydney Harbour Bridge and The Opera House and great wildlife including Koalas, Kangeroos, Wallabies, Dolphins and a Sting-ray that swam right past me. The photo is a Kookaburra
We also visited Bangkok, Thailand and Ho-Chi-Min City, previously known as Saigon where we learned the horrors of the Vietnam War and visited the museum that preserves the Tunnel system used by the Viet-Cong to hide from the Americans
< Phil coming out of the tunnel system
