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Kirstine Mackay Kirstine Mackay is the managing director of Option Holidays. She began with Options 15 years ago working on the canal boats. She now runs Options and Greyhound Care homes helping out on the odd holiday when she can often with one or other of her children Jack and Luke. |
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Wendy Williams Wendy Williams has taught children with learning disabilities since 1960, initially in the health service then with local education authorities, eventually becoming the head mistress of two schools in Bedfordshire. In 1983, after having children, Wendy started running holidays in Gloucestershire for adults with a learning disability, which then turned into a full-time care home. The holidays did not stop though and Wendy has been running Options Holidays, expanding as she went along, and still runs a lot of the holidays herself, in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world. |
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Geraint Williams Geraint Williams has been running holidays with Wendy since 1984. He started work with people with a learning disability in the late 1970s where he worked in a ‘rehabilitation unit’ in a hospital – things have changed a lot since then. He is most frequently seen driving the Options Holidays mini bus as he is a PSV qualified driver, and also trains drivers under the Midas scheme. |
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Kirk Anderson Kirk Anderson has been helping out with Options Holidays for 15 years now, visiting many places including France, Spain, Portugal, the USA, Tunisia, Lanzarote, and, most recently, Kenya. He has also helped on a Cruising holiday and spent many a summer on the canal boats. Kirk currently works as a Children’s Community Learning Disability Nurse, but still enjoys the occasional holiday with Options. |
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Mike Warren |
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Debbie Warren |
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Paula Santos Paula has been a member of the Options team for nearly 10 years and runs our holidays in Portugal. Being a native of this beautiful land, her knowledge of the regions and language make for a stress free and relaxing holiday. |
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Terry & Avril Nixon Terry and Avril have worked for options for the last four years. Avril is a school librarian and Terry is retired, after a career of working with young people. |
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Delia Lawless Hi, I'm Delia Lawless. I've been working with people with learning disabilities for over 20 years as a support worker in various settings, also as a volunteer in a day centre where I got my first job. I was asked to help at an Options holiday in Bournemouth for two weeks, and loved every minute of it. After the holiday Wendy asked me to become a regular member of the team and I was thrilled to accept. Since then I have helped in Corfu and am looking forward to many more Options holidays. My motto is "life is for living". |
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Jenny McKnight |
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Paul Edmond |
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Emma Hall Hey, I’m Emma Hall I’ve been working for Options Holidays for about a year now, I also work at Greyhound Care homes. Working with adults with learning disabilities has been my ambition since I was around 13 years old; I have had work experience with adults whom have learning disabilities for about 5 years now. I went to college to study AS/A2 Health and Social Care and just as I was finishing college I was asked if I’d like to help on a Options Holiday, I instantly knew that Options Holidays was what I wanted to do, I then went on to help on holidays in Bournemouth, Blackpool and Brighton. Each holiday is a new experience and full of many different characters, I am looking forward to helping on many more Options Holidays =) |
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Jane Nye
Recently retired from full-time work as an
instructor with a WSCC Day Centre for Adults with Learning Disability,
Jane is still actively involved in Respite Care and 1-1 Support Work. |
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Alex Shankly I have over 21 years experience in nursing and care field. I have worked in rehabilitation and young chronic wards, learning and physical disabilities and elderly care In the community. I have successfully obtained and SVQ level 3 in promoting independence and care 8 years ago. I joined Options last summer.
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Elaine Powell My name is Elaine Powell.
I have worked in the Care Sector for the last 15 years. |
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Jo Currie - Work Experience Having been on several Options holidays we noted that Jo is very good at caring for those with greater disabilities so we asked her if she would like to help. She has done a great job. |
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Jane Gaunt - Work Experience Jane has been on several of our holidays and has been working in the elderly care sector and achieved her N.V.Q level 1 in caring. Last year she asked if we could give her some work experience . We tried her at New Year and she did so well we offered her some work this summer too . We will be giving her more work. |
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Celia D'Elia - Admin |
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