SO SORRY TO SEE YOU GO

IT WAS A BIT OF AN EMOTIONAL WEEK LAST WEEK AS WE SAID GOODBYE TO TWO MEMBERS OF STAFF WHO HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR MANY YEARS.

I HAVE KNOWN LIZZIE SINCE I STARTED HERE FOURTEEN YEARS AGO AS A SENIOR AND SHE HAS WORKED WITH MARGARET FOR MANY MANY MORE. SHE TOOK A LITTLE SABATICAL AND RETURNED FIVE YEARS AGO AS OUR ACTIVITIES COORDINATOR. LAST THURSDAY WAS HER LAST DAY AS SHE MADE THE DIFFICULT DECISION TO RETIRE. WE WILL MISS YOU LIZZIE AND WISH YOU WELL IN YOUR HAPPY RETIREMENT X.

WE COULD NOT HAVE FELT PROUDER WHEN TERRIE INFORMED US SHE WAS GOING TO UNIVERSITY. AGAIN TERRIE HAS WORKED AT ASHFIELD FOR MANY YEARS IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES AND WE ARE ALL SO PROUD OF HER AS SHE HAS BEEN ALLOCATED A PLACE AT WORCESTER UNIVERSITY TO STUDY OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY. TERRIE TOLD US THAT IT WAS FROM WORKING WITH THE RESIDENTS THAT HELPED HER DECIDE ON OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY . SADLY, SHE HAS TO STEP DOWN FROM HER ROLE AS SENIOR AS HER STUDIES WILL KEEP HER BUSY, BUT YOU WILL SEE HER FROM TIME TO TIME. WE WISH YOU LOTS OF LUCK TERRIE AND ONE DAY YOU WILL BE VISITING ASHFIELD AS A FULLY QUALIFIED OT INSTEAD X.