Our Newsletter

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Welcome to the first issue of our Newsletter. We recognise that our clients and support workers rarely get to know each other beyond their own support teams, and so we wanted to share news with you across Northern Lifetime, on the progress of clients, updates from other support teams - including recruitment - and to look at some of our cool and curious hobbies.
Going Down a Storm
You may be surprised what some of us have as hobbies. Case Manager Correen, for example, joined us in April 2022 and in her spare time enjoys nothing more than chasing a tornado.

She draws a direct line between her listening to the thunder and lightning as a child to her chasing the northern lights, climbing mountains and storm-chasing as a grown up.
 Case Manager,  Coreen Cetinturk
Correen visits Tornado Alley in the central USA, but ‘Storms build up and disperse so quickly you really have to be in the right area at the right time’ says Correen, adding that ‘We follow the data each day and head off
to the area showing the most activity’.

Even with the latest technology the chance of seeing a tornado is only about 30%. Even so Correen will usually see dramatic supercell thunderstorms, amazing lightning displays, and 'hopefully' will get caught in a super hailstorm of some kind.
 The are shaded in red is the USA's infamous Tornado Alley
The storm chasing companies have back up activities, as even in Tornado Alley there will be calmer days. Back up activities include exploring nearby national parks, visiting the National Severe Storms Laboratory, the Tornado Museum, the natural wonders to explore of the prairies, or even Denver.

Has Correen been in a dangerous situation? ‘Erm, not yet, hopefully I will one day. I think that’s the thrill of it. Though I once did come off a snowmobile whilst driving at the top of a mountain on a frozen lake that wasn’t quite as frozen solid as they had hoped.’

Client and Support Workers - Save the Date!
You may have already seen our Save the Date invitation to our next social. It will be held on the 13th of June at Sheffield's Quay Hotel and we look forward to seeing you there in June. Please do let the office know if you can come along so that we can plan the catering. And don't feel left out if you live further North; we have a social gathering in the pipeline for you too later in the year, so watch this space... 

Gone to Grounds

Did you know that there are 92 football stadiums in English Football leagues - from the Premier League down to League Two? Our Support Worker Team Leader Lee Brown certainly does – he’s walked to every single one of them, virtually. 

 

Lee is a Support Worker Team Leader, father of one, and cancer survivor; and despite several surgeries, chemo and Covid, and while at his lowest ebb, he began a love affair with walking when he discovered lejog (Lands End to John O’Groats Virtual Challenge).   

 

Like many of us in these tricky times he re-evaluated what mattered most to him and how he wanted to spend his time, focussing on getting out into nature and the simple pleasures of walking, jogging and cycling.   

Lee Brown and his beloved Sheffield Wednesday. Photos from Lee and Sheffield Wednesday

Cue Lee and his son’s love of football, and in particular their support for Sheffield Wednesday, where he and his son go to watch games whenever they can. Lee bought his son a map of the 92 stadiums for Christmas ’21, and it sparked the idea of knitting together the 92 into a healthy and fun quest. 

 

And so he developed The Virtual 92 Challenge.

 

The idea is that every time you go for a run the distance is logged and added towards the journey length to the next football stadium on the list, until you arrive virtually triumphant from your 2,222-mile homage to the beautiful game. 

 

If you feel that you and your colleagues and clients might benefit from a goal to aim for, as it were, you can learn more and register at virtual92.com  

An Inside Job
You've probably already seen our job adverts on Indeed, Facebook, Twitter and/or our website's Recruitment page. If not though, do keep an eye on whichever suits best, as we currently have eight support worker roles on offer across six northern towns. We've hours from five hours a week to full time, which could be just right for you or a friend/colleague looking for some extra hours.   

It would be great to hear from you


My name is Richard -  I'm the communications person at Northern Lifetime and I've put this bulletin together.

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If you have any inspirational client and/or Support Worker stories, ideas of what we can cover in the future, or even an unusual hobby that you would like to share, please do drop me a line at - richardgreen@northernlifetime.co.uk

Also, we use our own photos for all the images on the website and if you have a shot that you'd like to be featured on the site (and the Gallery page too), do send it over. Scenic images of the North of England would be especially appreciated, roughly with 1,000 x 500 pixel dimensions.

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