The end of a long but very satisfactory week. Following the big launch on Tuesday off to meet staff and Trustees on Thursday at our N Wales Centre in Colwyn Bay. Before the meeting took a phone call from Sue Barnes who had just finished giving evidence to the Legislation Committee: she feels she and Lee McCabe had got the key messages across and this is confirmed enthusiastically by many who saw it streamed on-line.
My meeting went very well - fantastic plans for "Road to Recovery" events when the bus tours N Wales from mid June. Trustee Ceinwen Rowlands gives me a microbus key-ring (picture) with the legend "Happy Hippie" (does she mean me?) which I will cherish. In the evening motor up to Llandudno for a stroll on the prom with Chair Elin Jones and then fish supper at Enoch's in Llandudno Junction (recommended for food, service, and price).
On Friday visit our base in Porthmadog including the prospective new "Recovery Centre", currently a bit of a wreck but plans are in hand for 9 en-suite bedrooms. This unique new project, inspired by Trustees with personal experience of illness, will provide therapeutic short stays where patients from all parts of Wales can methodically plan their path to recovery. Watch this space next Spring.
