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European Award for Quality in Rehabilitation prese
Date Posted: Tuesday 24 February 2004
The pioneering work of The Cedar Foundation was recognised today at a special award presentation in The Drumcoo Centre, Enniskillen. Mr Clive Gowdy, Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health & Social Services presented the European Quality in Rehabilitation Award to Dr Victor Patterson, Chair of The Cedar Foundation, for The Foundation''s Training Services for people who have physical disability and/or brain injury.
The Cedar Foundation is the first organisation in Northern Ireland to receive this Quality Mark and shows the determination that the Foundation has to provide the very best service it can to its users. Working in Partnership with The Drumcoo Centre and The Sperrin Lakeland Health & Social Care Trust, the Brain Injury Programme was developed in the Enniskillen area and has already helped many people.
Speaking at the Ceremony, Mr Gowdy said:
"This award gives an assurance to those who access the service, and to their families and carers, that the training provided by The Cedar Foundation is of the highest standard."
Mr Stephen Mathews, Chief Executive of The Cedar Foundation added:
"We are delighted to have achieved this prestigious Quality Mark. It is a reflection of the hard work of all those who have been involved in the Development of our Brain Injury Services, not least of which has been the pioneering work taken forward in partnership with Drumcoo Resource Centre. Together I think we have made a real difference to the lives of disabled people".
The Socio-Vocational Brain Injury Service in Enniskillen concentrates on four core areas. Focusing on individual strengths and training needs and agreeing an action plan. Understanding the strengths and difficulties an individual experiences in use of memory, attention, concentration, planning and organising. Promoting awareness of interpersonal relationships, especially in work and training environment and work tasters, which are designed to give individuals samples of different types of work.
Marius Rooney, a service user with the Brain Injury programme explains:
"The road was like a dead end with nowhere to go, I really thought I was going nowhere. The Cedar Foundation has worked me through the programme and look where I am now, just about to finish my HND in Building & Engineering. It just shows you what The Cedar Foundation can do. Without The Cedar Foundation I wouldn''t be where I am today."
The Cedar Foundation Brain Injury programme is based at the Drumcoo Centre in Enniskillen and covers all of the Sperrin Lakeland Health and Social Care Trust. Referrals to the programme are received from the Community Brain Injury Team based at the Drumcoo Centre. Contact Anita McCreary or Amanda Galna on Tel: 028 6632 4400 or E-Mail: bisenniskillen@cedar-foundation.org.
Gayle Campbell
PR Officer
The Cedar Foundation
31 Ulsterville Avenue
Belfast BT9 7AS
Tel: 028 9066 6188 , or e-mail: g.campbell@cedar-foundation.org
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