What happened in 2007 (see below)
DISH is 15 years old this year. Celebrate with us by coming to this year's events!
Events Programme 2007
This programme will evolve as the year goes by. Watch this space!
Bookings for the Disability Sports Festival on Sunday 7 October, from 11am – 4pm at St Ivo Indoor Leisure Centre, Westwood Road, St Ives, can be made by contacting David Reeve, Huntingdonshire District Council, Pathfinder House, St Mary’s Street, Huntingdon, Cambs, PE29 3TN, on 01480 387098 or by email to David.Reeve@huntsdc.gov.uk.
Please be aware that there are limited spaces on the activities, so please return this form before the deadline on Friday 21 September 2007 to guarantee your place on the day. You will then be sent your personal timetable before the event. Friends, family and carers are welcome to attend, and can join in if there is space
20th May 2007: Mark Griffen raised £150 for his favourite charities one of which was DISH at the Lions Grafham Water sponsored walk.
24th June 2007: Trustees Chris Evans, Keith Millen and Mark Griffen set up the DISH stall at the Rotary Club event "Tea in the Trees". They introduced the "Wheelchair Challenge" in which Mark (a wheelchair user) invited members of the public to try out an obstacle course using a wheelchair. It proved to be great fun.
28th June 2007 RAF Wyton "Healthy Living Day". Trustee Jane Curr and DISH member Pauline Denham brought the DISH information stand to this event arranged for the 3,000 staff working on the base. The display attracted the attention of many who were either disabled themselves or who were carers.
7th July 2007: Gala Day in Godmanchester was the next venue for the DISH stall. This time the trustees Chris Evans and Mark Griffen were assisted by DISH part-timers Gill Taylor, Jackie Newman and Olly Cooper (with his labrador puppy Nora). The "Wheelchair Challenge" was turned into a time trial. The winner was Terry-Anne Walker with a time of 22 seconds. Her prize of four cinema tickets was contributed by CineWorld. The Police contingent (see below) tried but couldn't keep up with Terry-Anne's quick getaway!
cones provided by URS-Carillion
Racing at Huntingdon Racecourse 4th August 200. Thanks to ARO Racing supplying free tickets, DISH has been able to raise funds by selling tickets to supporters. Great fun was had by all who attended. Some of us even picked a winner!
For Steve and Dale Russell it was their first race meet ever!
OUCH! BBC website....... it's a disability thing......
Annual General Meeting
The next AGM will be at 11 a.m.Tuesday 4th December 2007. The speaker will be Professor Simon Baron-Cohen on the subject of "Autism and Asperger Syndrome". All members are encouraged to attend. (Please contact Olly Cooper tel 01480 830833 if you wish to nominate somebody for election as either a Trustee or Officer) Non-members please apply early as there are limited places. Venue to be announced.Next Trustee Meeting
Green Paper on welfare reform proposes changes for disabled people Click here to read more.
Lesley King moves to Connexions
Lesley has worked for DISH for over four years in a variety of roles. She has made a great contribution to the development of our service and will be sadly missed.