April 2009
Sorted has had a positive start to the year working with partners old and new, and with support coming from The Henry Smith Charity and The Gannochy Trust we are optimistic about the coming months.

Sorted has a long history or working in partnership with Turning Point Scotland, and Maddie has been working alongside the team running the CARS programme. Maddie said “I’ve delivered a full 8 week series of confidence building workshops and I’m delighted to have received excellent feedback from service users and staff.” This is what some of the men and women had to say about their new learning:
''Something that the Sorted confidence session did was help me to realise that other people think like me. I am not alone.'

'One thing that made me think is the way people see me. I was very surprised to find that people like me! I had a totally different view from what other people think about me. It was a good surprise and I will try to remember it!'

'Writing my action plan really made me think about what I need to do to move on, were I need to go and what I want to do.'

'The group today was about 'what we are good at'. I thought I was good at nothing, but it turns out I'm good at lots of things. I have lots of strengths. I'm going to remember that.'
As a result of the positive feedback Sorted will be fully integrated in to the CARS rolling programme.

Another long term partner is the Drug Referral Team and Maddie started delivering life skills workshops on the 2nd April.

A new partner for The Sorted Project is Work Directions. The Sorted Project will be delivering a series of Motivational Employability Workshops for Work Directions clients. The workshops will run over a period of 4 weeks, and the fist workshop is planned for 15th April.

So, the clocks have changed, the evenings are lighter and a sense of optimism is present in the Sorted camp. More updates soon following our board meeting in May.

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