posted: 04/12/2009

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We have a number of Volunteering options for 2009. Download the volunteering menu. [23k]

posted 19/06/2009

The Street People Voucher intitiative

Click here to find out more about U-turn's new voucher initiative.

posted: 26/03/2009

U-turn's Projects for 2009

At our planning meetings held in January we decided on 9 projects for the year. This will help us become more focussed in the work we do. We are excited about some of the anticipated outcomes.

1. Volunteering programme

2. Staff to learn Xhosa

3. Constructive alternative initiative

4. Sheltered employment - Computer lab

5. Sheltered employment - H4H Work team

6. Structured rehab programme

7. Secure long term use of suitable building

8. U-turn airmiles concept

9. Charity shop

Click here to see more about each project and how you can get involved

posted: 24/11/2009

Anneke to take over as OT!

Anneke Buys has joined the U-turn team as of the 16th of November. She has taken over from Roxy Garvey as the U-turn Occupational Therapist.

Anneke was recently employed in Wellington and will bring with her experience of working amongst communities in that area. We look forward to her input and perspective to help with rehabilitating homeless people in Cape Town.

posted: 24/11/2009

Who is doing what service? How do you create boundaries?

On Tuesday 3rd November U-turn hosted the quarterly practioners' workshop. Partipants came from a host of different organisations to discuss.

No single organization can take a client all the way from dependence through to becoming fully empowered without ever resorting to the help of other organizations. Instead we all rely at one point or another on the input from other service providers.

In Discussion topic 1 we explored this journey of empowerment (aka value chain) and we mapped out the different role players that we are aware of in Cape Town and the services that they offer.

Looking both at services provided to vulnerable clients as well as services provided to charities, it proved to be a great opportunity gaining a new perspective on the part that each of us are playing in the Cape Town Charitable sector and it's bound to open up opportunities for greater collaboration.

Discussion topic 2 was facilitated by Danelle Hatting who amongst other things runs her own coaching and training company and also coaches and supervises students at the South African College or Applied Psychology.

During this session we turned our attention to the role that boundaries play in the work that we do. Complex issues such as how to balance compassion & a desire to help people in need, with the desire to teach responsibility and consequences were tackled.