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Newsletter
Spring Edition 2015
Perthshire’s first innovative charity and social enterprise partnership
CHECKIN CELEBRATES
ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY
CheckIn Works is delighted
to be reaching the significant
five year milestone in early
May 2015 and is looking
forward to celebrating with
a series of events over the
upcoming year.
This follows on from the firstever music concert at the
Ladeside Garden Centre on
Friday 8th May in conjunction
with its neighbours, local charity
CATH and featuring a number
of popular bands including the
Carloways.
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BIRTHDAY
BASH
SPRINGLAND
PLANTS NOW
ON SALE
Our new range of plants
grown in Perth by residents
based at Upper Springlands
or working at the Ladeside
Garden Centre can now be
clearly identified by our
new logo.
The charity which now has
merged with its partner, the
community interest company,
Giraffe Trading was started by
James Alexander back in 2008
when he identified a work-based
gap in provision for people
with learning disabilities and
mental ill health in Perth and
Kinross. CheckIn then gained its
charitable status in 2010.
To start off the celebratory year
the charity is holding a Grand
Raffle with a huge number of
prizes generously donated by its
many local supporters. Tickets
are on sale at all the venues
and the draw will be held on
Saturday 9th May.
Scottish Charity no: SC041642
These plants are grown or
nurtured to suit hardier
conditions here in Perth. They
are tenderly cared for by a
new team of horticultural
trainers and assistants.
Available now at all our venues
and other shops in Perthshire .
Dougie at Mill Street
learning to be a barista
Other events over the year
currently in planning include a
fashion show, pamper night, golf
competition and flower and apple
festival.
We do hope that other local
businesses and organisations will
consider CheckIn and Giraffe and
the important work it is doing
locally and run some small, fun
fundraising events. To discuss
any ideas or options further,
please contact James Alexander
on 449227.
The 5th Anniversary Bash will be held at the
Ladeside Centre on Friday 8th May and include
a range of local bands. Tickets are £10 (£6
concession) including food and are available
from all Giraffe venues and through CATH.
BUY YOUR CHECKIN 5TH
BIRTHDAY RAFFLE TICKETS TODAY
FROM ANY OF OUR SITES - LOTS
OF FANTASTIC PRIZES!
YOU CAN ALSO DONATE VIA
www.
.com/checkinworks
CheckIn Works is a charity registered in Scotland (no. SC041642) and a company limited by guarantee (no. SC380888).
Giraffe Trading is a Community Interest Company Registered in Scotland, SC354022 51-53 South Street, Perth, PH2 8PD
www.checkin-giraffe.uk
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Tel. 01738 449227
Newsletter
Spring Edition 2015
Perthshire’s first innovative charity and social enterprise partnership
Employment - it’s for everyone!
NEW EMPLOYMENT
COORDINATOR
JOINS TEAM
Sarah Bradley has recently
joined the CheckIn-Giraffe
team as the new Employment
Skills & Support Coordinator
funded by the Big Lottery and
Henry Duncan Awards.
Sarah’s new role is to help
prepare jobseekers for specific
work environments, arrange
accredited training if required
and buddy jobseekers into new
roles. Sarah has been involved
in a number of local Perthshire
businesses including most
recently as Manager of House
of Menzies, at Aberfeldy and in
other local hospitality settings,
and also been a volunteer with
people with disabilities.
These varied experiences give
her a broad understanding of
coaching and supporting people
with some barriers to work.
Sarah will have a particular focus
as part of her time on Customer
Sarah Bradley joins the
team at CheckIn–Giraffe as
the new Employment Skills
& Support Coordinator
Service and will be running
workshops and an ASDAN
training module with a particular
focus on customer awareness.
Sarah will also be running two
Job Clubs every week and
supporting other groups like our
literacy and numeracy activities.
Sarah hopes also to be working
with a range of local employers
and be on hand to liaise with
them to see if they can benefit
from the diverse range of
services that CheckIn-Giraffe
can offer. For more details on
Sarah’s work please contact her
on 449227 or download the new
employers’ leaflet at our website
www.checkin-giraffe.uk
First Fundraising Dinner a Huge Success
Giraffe was delighted to
hold its first Fundraising
Dinner at its popular
venue on South Street.
Regular customers and
suppliers were key to its
success raising over £600
from the evening.
Jobseekers were trained and
prepared for the event and
enjoyed ‘dressing up’ and
showing off their skills.
Scottish Charity no: SC041642
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in all our
venues.
Why not order
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this great local
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NEW COMMUNITY JOB
ROLES FOR CHECKIN
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Natalie and Edward are two of
our new members of staff that
have taken on varying roles
with community benefits in the
social enterprises under the
highly-successful Community
Jobs programme, funded by
the Scottish Government
through the SCVO.
The programme is designed
to allow young people to get
a foot on the job ladder and
also contribute to Third Sector
organisations across Scotland.
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Tel. 01738 449227
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