ARRCC in Rye, members page

This piece was written by one of ARRCC's members and gives an impression of the work we do:

A HAVEN IN RYE

A little 'soiree' takes place every week in a new building ouside the town of Rye.

The building contains about six or seven rooms, each holding an assortment of activities specially designed
to meet extraordinary and specialist needs of people who, through no fault of their own, have contracted
disabling illnesses and physical anomalies, namely Parkinson's disease, muscular dystrophy, brain
tumour-related illnesses, strokes, spina bifida, Thalidomide and a few patients with other similar illlnesses.

The building where these people are housed is called the ARRCC Centre. This means 'Activity, Respite,
Rehabilitation Care Centre' which gives these patients - or members, as they are called - the chance to
work together in art, craft, computer skills, creative writing, recreational games, quizzes, massage and
beauty treatment, therapy rooms, outings, etc. There is a general feeling of camaraderie, friendship and
well-being which gives the members confidence in themselves and something to look forward to in their
lives and also gives friends, carers and family a chance for some respite time on their own.

The staff who look after the members in the ARRCC centre are a mixture of experienced people who have
been hand-picked for the amount of years caring, handling and knowing the needs of the members, when to
encourage, react, assess situations and generally look after the members needs, and to enhance the
well-being of everyone involved in the ARRCC project.

The members get picked up and dropped off at their homes with transport provided to suit wheelchairs and
mobility aids.

This project is a success story through hard work, vision, faith, good leadership, endeavour and willlingness
to help people who are less fortunate than themselves and carers who enjoy doing this type of work.

This short story is a thank you from a member who is proud to be associated with this project and
recommends to any other organisation to look at ARRCC and what it has achieved in such a short time, and
the forty or fifty members (now nearly 100) who attend daily who have had their lives enriched by this whole
experience, to take up the challenge like we in Rye have.

Onwards and upwards the ARRCC Angels!

Jonah Graham