It is with great sadness that I am here to let you know of the passing of Andrew Chappell, the SWIG chairperson, in July 2016. If anyone is wishing to make a donation in his memory: Andrew’s preferred charity is the Portsmouth & District Cerebral Palsy Association, so any donations in his memory should go…
Good morning! I hope everyone has a great, and careful, summer. Remember the SWIG away day is happening tomorrow. If there is anything that you want mentioned at the meeting, please let me know and I can pass the message on. Enjoy the breather between all the sporting events and be kind to each other….
Good Afternoon. I apologise for the severe lateness in my posting about what SWIG are up to this month. I have, personally, had some rather surprising news this month that turned me into more of a scatterbrain than usual. There is nothing planned for SWIG to help out with at the university at the moment,…
Hello. Tuesday 10th May I went into the Civic Offices to help with assessing prospective social work students for PCC. They have an interview with a service user in the first instance (me) then they have more discussions et al this afternoon. The candidates I interviewed this morning were some of the loveliest people I’ve…
Hello again. Now that all the fun of ‘Star Wars’ day has passed us by, normality, or something resembling it, has returned. The SWIG meeting we had on May 4th was very animated, to say the least! There is a very exciting project involving Richard, Lucy and Andrew coming up. I am personally looking forward…
Good morning. I trust everyone had a relaxing bank holiday weekend? If it was anything like mine, I did absolutely nothing. We are having our monthly SWIG meeting on Wednesday 4th (Star Wars day) after which I shall be updating you with details of what we will be doing during this month. See you then….
Good morning! Welcome to April. The end of the academic year draws ever closer. I hope everyone has had a fabulous Easter break. SWIG will be having it’s monthly meeting on Wednesday 6th at the Oasis Centre. It looks like being a busy month for all those involved with Create. Good luck to all of…
Hello and welcome to what we will be doing in March. I am a tad late in doing this so apologies. Thursday 10th will be a day devoted to planning the Debate Days with Annabel Tremlett. Tuesday 15th is The International Federation of Social Workers sponsored ‘World Social Work Day’ The students will be promoting…
During February we will be involved in Admissions interviews and working with students for the Create project.
Greetings and Salutations!! Welcome to the new improved SWIG website. This is where you will find details of all SWIG members and what we are up to on a monthly basis. You will find examples of filming and photographic work we have done in conjunction with drama students and social work students. The lecturers have…