A reflection on the year
What a year it’s been!
I can’t believe it’s nearly the end of 2024 already, where has this year gone!
It’s been the most amazing year, and I am so thankful to the hard work and support of the Chinara Enterprises team, and of course to all of our clients, suppliers and members.
This year I was honoured to receive an honorary Doctorate in the Arts from the University of Kent, for services to the community, as well as another award for services to the community.
It was such an honour to be recognised in this way, as I am very passionate about what I do for my local community.
We have had quite a busy year this year, with our programmes to support overseas Social workers, Occupational Therapists, and care workers.
We have been pleased to continue our partnership with Frontier consulting for the delivery of the overseas programmes for West Sussex, and Leeds councils.
We have also delivered training programmes for Merton Council and Nottinghamshire as well as a continued programme of training for agency social workers and allied health workers for Liquid Personnel and Acacium group.
We were thrilled to take part in the Compass Jobs Fair at Manchester and London this year, where we hosted CPD workshops for social workers on meeting the CPD requirements for Social Workers, running these workshops, I get to learn a lot about some of the challenges social workers face in finding time not just to undertake CPD, but to record and reflect on it, this learning is something that we will share with Social Work England.
As I reflect on the highs and lows of this year, I think about how easy it is, to let the negative far outweigh the positive, so a few months ago, I started sharing on my social media things that bought me joy each week. It’s not always about the big things, but some of the small things that for some may be insignificant, such as getting to see each day, or enjoying having a day off!
What are you thankful for? Find the time each week to think of things that bought you joy and see the difference it makes to your well-being.
So, as we close off for the Christmas break, I wanted to take this moment to say that I hope that whatever you are doing this holiday season that you enjoy it, and to everyone who is working over the holiday season, thank you.
We are back on the 6th of January, but if you have any urgent queries, please message us.
Thank you for all your support.
