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    Rachel McFee

    Centre Manager of
    OSCAR Sandwell
    INTRODUCTION
    OSCAR Sandwell Co Ltd
    (Organisation for Sickle Cell Anaemia Research
    and Thalassaemia Support)
    Who We Are
    Our Mission Statement:
     Working together with voluntary and statutory

    services and stakeholders to improve the


    quality of life for people affected by Sickle Cell
    and Thalassaemia in the Sandwell area.
    Our Office
    The Team at OSCAR
     OSCAR Team – Directors and co-opted members,
    Committee members, Staff (Rachel McFee, Lorna
    Patterson, Khudeja Khanom, Abdul Alim, Latoya
    Malcolm, Stan Simms and Mary Millard), we also
    have support from Clients, Volunteers and Members
    of the organisation.
    WHAT WE DO
     OSCAR Services – advice and support to clients and
    carers and the general public, information giving,
    home visits and hospital visits, social events, referral
    to other services, raising awareness about the
    conditions and social research

     We are funded through SMBC, Sandwell Primary


    Care Trust, other supporting charities, also our own
    fund raising.
    RECENT PAST
     From 2005-2008, we had two major pots of
    funding, from New Deal for Communities and
    The National Lottery.
     New Deal – locally targeted community
    project, looking at health, EPP and Level
    Advance.
     Lottery – nationally targeted project,
    specifically targeting Thalassaemia patients,
    family and carers
    RECENT PAST cont’d
     Early 2009 – long term staff have left, long
    term funding ended!!!
     April 2009 new staff, recession, only core
    funding.
     Assess infrastructure and operational processes
    etc. (top to bottom)
     Away Day, expenditure, activities, core work.
    Getting On With The Work 2009
    MAJOR ACTIVITIES/EVENT
     Conference
     Snow Dome Trip – for Thalassaemia patients
     Thalassaemia Talk at OSCAR
     Strollathon in Smethwick
     Attending conferences and forums in Leicester,
    Manchester and London. (De Montfort Uni, Sickle
    Cell Society, UKTS.
     IT training for clients, Summer Project, Christmas
    Party.
    Getting On With The Work 2009
    CORE ACTIVITIES/EVENT
     Total number of clients using advice and info
    centre (330 pa) -1,405
     No of Volunteers (10 p.a.) Student placements - 17
     Network: voluntary and statutory organisations -
    list each quarter (6 p.a.)-45
     Meetings attended (8 p.a.) -107
     initiatives undertaken (2 p.a.) -10
    Getting On With The Work 2009
     Funding applications submitted (6 p.a.)-4
     Level of funding to raised to maintain
    services for the year (£25k p.a.)-£13,088
    Getting On With The Work 2009
     Agreed Activities Set Targets Professionals trained
    75 (165 )
     One to ones (Counselling,Home/hospitalVisits)100
    (205)
     Health Promotion Activities 10 (16)
     Screening 60 (15)
     Children summer workshops 1 (1)
     Advice & Information 120 (254)
     Support group meetings 12 (12)
    Charity Event - Strollathon
    IT training for Level Advance
    Christmas Party
    PRESENT 2010
     Continue level of work set in 2009, review and
    update our client database, look towards
    sustainability.
     New Development Worker in post, able to
    visit clients at home. Support from Steve
    Swoffer (Swoffer Media) and created an
    Access database of our clients, to keep track of
    support given.
    Present Work 2010

    HOLLY LODGE SCHOOL COMMUNITY EVENT APRIL 2010


    Preeti - Thalassaemia patient at our event on
    International Thalassaemia Day
    International Thalassaemia Day –
    Chairman doing the Bolly dance
    International Thalassaemia Day Finale
    TASG at OSCAR B’ham meeting
    with Elaine from UKTS
    OSCAR in Cambridge for THAL
    GOES TO THE OSCARS Event
    Abdul with his Award
    OSCAR Sandwell Annual
    Conference 2010
    Sickle Cell patient personal
    testimony
    Sickle Cell patient personal
    testimony
    PATIENT SUPPORT NETWORK
    GROUP
    END OF SUCCESSFUL
    CONFERENCE 2010
    YOUNG DANCE PERFORMANCE
    SUMMER PROJECT 2010
    Present
     New Facebook Page
     New Website
    The Future
     Sustainability- PCT’s are going
     Fundraising – Roald Dahl
     Social Activities – Dinner and Dance
     Trading Arm – Social Enterprise
     Partnership working
     Any Questions?
    End
    OSCAR SANDWELL
    120 LODGE ROAD, WEST BROMWICH,
    WEST MIDLANDS, B70 8PL
    0121 525 0556
    www.oscarsandwell.org.uk
    Join us on Facebook at oscar sandwell

    THANK YOU!

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