It would have been easy for Ruben Carril to "turn his face to the wall" when he lost his leg in a motorcycle accident five years ago. For Ruben though it was the age old adage of "get busy living or get busy dying".
They are coming up to their twentieth year and yet the pace of fundraising continues to gather apace. It is a credit to the team led by Marilyn D'Battista that in these difficult times, they have been able to raise their game while other organisations have struggled to keep pace with the demands.
The Fund Raising Evening is taking place on Tuesday 1 June 2010 between 7.00pm and 11.00pm at Partyman World of Play, Repton Close, Burnt Mills, Basildon. There will be a live band, dancers, face painting, craft for children, fun photo shoots, games, cakes to buy, a prize raffle and much, much more. Tickets are £5.00 each for adults and children under 16 years go free! Please come along and support this worthwhile cause.
The teams will be taking the Vitality Mobile Unit into Grays this Thursday (27 May), outside Morrisons supermarket, between 10am and 4pm. The aim of the event will be to highlight the effects of smoking, particularly on women.
Ruben has had a full and active life since then. We interviewed Ruben about the life he is living now but before we show what Ruben is doing in Thurrock, here is a film which explains what happened on that day five years ago.
A selection of advice and information books for parents are now available which cover all manner of parenting-related subjects, from providing an insight into effective social and interpersonal skills, to coping with learning difficulties and ADHD.
THE WRVS are looking for volunteers who would like to get involved with the Meals on Wheels service to help them deliver a lunchtime meal to elderly
residents all across Thurrock.
When asked what his favourite activities were at the hospice, Archie said: “I love the swimming pool at Little Havens. It’s a place I love to be and I can have lots of fun. I especially like it when my carer Brian takes me swimming as I really like the big splashes he can do!”
IS SET to go ahead next month. The event will start from the Civic Hall, Blackshots at 9am on Sunday June 13th. The courses range from 7, 21 and 42 miles around the Bulphan and Orsett countryside.
Decisions will be made in the coming months about services for your area and service users and carer views are to be put forward at the beginning of that process.
Thurrock Mencap Society will be hosting their first Triathlon, sports activity day on Sunday 13 June at Impulse Leisure and Thurrock Harriers Athletic Ground, Blackshots Athletic Stadium, Springfield Road, Grays from 9.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.
The meeting will start at 1pm with a brief explanation of commissioning. It will then consider the needs of disabled people in Thurrock, breaking into workshops to discuss the issues, priorities and challenges in the coming years taking the key themes from Putting People First
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