WELCOME TO WRAP
Warwickshire Reminiscence Action Project
Charity Number 1135981.
The Chapel Stratford Hospital
Arden Street
Stratford upon Avon
Warwickshire CV37 6NX
The Trustees of WRAP wish you all a Happy New Year and look forward to providing
our excellent service again this year.
NEWS UPDATE
Joining WRAP
Our Extensive resource centre with 32 themed boxes all containing artifacts from the past
are available for the same price as last year.
To join WRAP costs just £38.00 per annual membership.
Each resource available encourages memories using the five senses
By Joining WRAP you can borrow a box or item for up to 21 days before you need to return it.
Items can also be borrowed and returned on a weekly basis as the resource centre is open every
Tuesday from 9.30 until 4.30 in the afternoon.
You can book your request by telephone enabling you to collect or exchange with a minimum of fuss and time.
If you wish to have more information please telephone 01789 262062 .
SEE TRAINING PAGE:- for latest news on training courses:
New Partnership
WRAP are currently working in partnership with the British Museum of Folk Law on producing memories of bonfire night, the mop and street fairs, Whit sunday celebrations and the river Avon.
Already we have discovered that in Stratford upon Avon before the town had a swimming pool there was a mass swim down the river from the old bathing place to the bridge on the Bancroft.
So watch this space for more reminiscences.
Stratford Hospital (Nichol Unit).
The grand opening of the Nicol Unit took place recently and the transformation is excellent.
Great news we have moved into the old Chapel on Stratford Hospital Site near the Nichol Unit.
We are open Tuesdays 9.00 until 4.30 p.m So pop along and meet us.
The Nichol unit will be linking with WRAP's training packages that are available for staff and volunteers.
It is hoped that a future stay in the Nichol Unit will be a stimulating experience and improve well-being.
For further information on this project please contact liz.gould@swft.nhs.uk or Mike at wrap1@hotmail.co.uk
Vacancies:-
Volunteer vacancy
We are looking for a person that can use XP together with Excel for a Tuesday morning in the first instance. This could lead to a paid post for the right candidate. For further information please telephone the office 01789 262062.
Trustee vacancies
WRAP is always looking for like minded volunteers to join the Trustees. In particular we require a trustee that has expertise in Marketing. If you feel that you can contribute and would like further details please contact the secretary 01789 262062
What have we been up to?
Prior to Christmas WRAP have been planning the new work to be carried out with local residential and sheltered housing providers.
This will consist of reminiscence workshops and some filming of individual memories.
We are hoping to link with students from Kineton High School and the Stratford College.
The results of this work will be exhibited in Stratford upon Avon in June 2012.
Dementia Conference - Stratford upon Avon
Wednesday 21st March 2012
This conference is being organised by Jan Roberts and Stratford District Council. It will be held at Stratford Race Course.
for further details please contact Jan Roberts. jan.roberts@stratford-dc.gov...
WRAP Newsletter Re-recruits editor and producer Colin Sheldon. Colin who has developed WRAP's Newsletter over the last 18 months is back on board.
I am pleased to say that he will continue to produce our newsletter.
If you have any articles you would like to contribute please contact Colin via the office 01789 262062.
Reminiscence Therapy.
W.R.A.P is a limited company by guarantee that has recently acquired Charity status and become a centre for the Open College Network. Our objectives are to promote Reminiscence therapy work and to provide on going training for people working with older members of the community and carers who work alongside people living with dementia.
Additionally we aim to provide reminiscence therapy training for carers and volunteers who work in schools through the community.
We will also carry out projects on intergeneration work within schools linking them to community groups.
We also wish to establish a centre for the development of reminiscence work in Warwickshire.
What is Reminiscence?.............................
Reminiscence work or therapy is excellent at developing well-being in people. It is an enjoyable experience, It brings people together to discuss a memory or memories of events that have been shared by those participating. Holidays, work, family, the war, festivals and the seasons, are some of the themes that can be used to reminisce.
All memories are assisted by the six senses. Touch smell, taste,sound and sight, and physical action.
Our trigger boxes are full of items that use the five senses to promote memory recall and the enjoyment of discovering something from your past that had not been seen for a long time.
TRIGGER BANK
We have a selection of triggers mostly themed in boxes for loan. To join the trigger bank it costs £38.00 per year. You will be able to loan each trigger box for up to 21 days. We have a choice of 32 boxes all themed and including artifacts that will stimulate the five sense. The trigger bank is open every Tuesday from 10.00 a.m. until 3.30 p.m. in the afternoon.
Sue Parr our trigger bank co-ordinator will look forward to meeting you. or you can telephone . 0770 414 7316
If you are interested in supporting WRAP, we would welcome you to become a member of one of our committees and encourage you to attend our next meeting please telephone for date and time.
Alternatively you could just become a friend of wrap.
To become a friend send ten pounds together with your name address & post code to our secretary. In exchange you will receive a copy of our newsletter and invites to attend at a discount our organised events some of which are social occasions.
Sometime in the future we are intending to open a centre of excellence for reminiscence, which will be a centre for well-being and provide an Alzheimer’s café together with a trigger collection that will encourage interactive displays. There will be themed rooms depicting triggers that can be borrowed for group work. We hope that the building will be a period building that will reflect the 19th and 20th Century. We wish to preserve the history of Stratford upon Avon and the surrounding countryside and how it contributed towards the war effort in both wars. To do this we would need a building and lots of money. If you have those items and would like to donate them please speak to our secretary.
WRAP has been funded by
NATIONAL LOTTERY “AWARDS FOR ALL”,
STRATFORD UPON AVON TOWN TRUST,
STRATFORD DISTRICT COUNCIL
WARWICKSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL.
FOREST FIREWORKS CHARITY BIKE RIDE.