Milton Park Summer Party, Friday 28th June, Park Centre, 12.00-14.00. – complimentary lunch – cocktail bar – steel band – surf simulator – jet ski simulator – fun fair stalls
Turn your unwanted jewellery, watches, etc into a donation for the centre
‘Recycling for good causes’ – Please donate your unwanted, gold, silver, costume jewellery and watches towards our recycling appeal. Damaged, broken and incomplete items will help, so all the odd earrings and broken chains are a great start! Old and foreign banknotes, any currency UK or foreign and of any age or condition.
Please ask you friends and family to participate in this Recycling Collection and thank you for your support.
URibag available on prescription
URibag – is a discrete pocket sized reusable urinal if you’ve got to go! Leakproof cap means once sealed it can be emptied when convenient. URibag is available for Ladies and Men and is available on prescription. I have one of each at the centre for you to see, also a leaflet.
Next Independent Living Centre Open Day
The next ILC Open day will be held on 3rd July 10am to 3pm. Theme: Wheelchairs and Mobility Scooters. To be held at Abingdon Resource Centre, Crabtree Place, Audlett Drive, Abingdon, OX14 3GD. Tel: 01235 524857. Drop in for a Coffee and chat.
Immune training MS trial ‘safe’
Source BBC:
An experimental treatment to stop the body attacking its own nervous system in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) appears safe in trials
Disability Living Allowance replaced by PIP Scheme
Here is some information as a PDF document regarding the PIP Scheme which is replacing Disability Living Alliance. Continue reading >>
Skills – We need your help!
Please let Sue know what skills you can offer, so we know who to ask for help.
Maybe you could approach your Rotary club and ask them to organise an annual event for us, or you could have a cake sale at your home, or maybe your know someone else who belongs to a club who can organise an event for us?
Perhaps you have family or friends who could help?
Gym Project Update June 2013
In excess of £23,000 needed to fund the whole project:
£9,000 applied for from Postcode Lottery
£2,000 Oxfordshire Community Foundation
Doris Field Charitable Trust – awaiting application form
£10,000 Gannett Foundation
Carers: Prepared to Care
Guideposts Trust Independent Living Centre, Carers Oxfordshire and Abingdon Health & Wellbeing Centre Open Day.
Wednesdy, 5 June 2013 10am – 3pm
Many organisations will be attending including The Oxfordshire Community Bladder and Bowel Service.
Spend and Raise
OMSTC is now registered with ‘Spend and Raise’
What does this mean?
Which means when you shop online you can help provide the centre with commission paid from many of the retailers registered with the scheme.
Its’s easy!
1. Click on this link www.spendandraise.com/omstc.
2. Search the A-Z list of retailer
3. Purchase your item/s
4. Commission will get automatically paid to the centre
Please share the link with as many friends and family as possible, the more they spend the more we raise!
