Being connected through Quotes! iv

Being connected through quotes from our
Meeting of 'MINDS' charity tour.

“Any chance for me to ride my motorbike, is a chance never to be missed. It was great to be able to support BRACE in their extensive efforts to create funding for Alzheimer’s research.”  

Supporting BRACE - Funding Research into
Alzheimer's.

ONA, specialising in Fibre, Cat 5e and 6
or the #liquoricestrands we love so much.

Being connected through Quotes! iii

 

Being connected through quotes from our Meeting of 'MINDS' charity tour.

“Being on my bike gives me a buzz. I am singularly focussed on the road ahead. For a keen biker, each mile of the 2,500 miles was a personal pleasure, made even more so by creating awareness for BRACE. ”   

Supporting BRACE - Funding Research into
Alzheimer's.

ONA, specialising in Fibre, Cat 5e and 6
or the #liquoricestrands we love so much.

Being connected through Quotes! ii

 

Being connected through quotes from our Meeting of 'MINDS' charity tour.

“We created a unique opportunity to raise

awareness for BRACE by simply doing

something I love, riding my motorbike!”



Supporting BRACE - Funding Research into

Alzheimer's.


ONA, specialising in Fibre, Cat 5e and 6

or the #liquoricestrands we love so much.

Being connected through Quotes!

 














Being connected through quotes from our

Meeting of 'MINDS' charity tour.


“2,500 miles, 11 days, 70 hours in the saddle;

Bristol, Cardiff, London, Dover, Dunkirk, Lille,

Dijon, Briancon, Genoa, Castellane, Montpellier,

Limoges , Caen, Portsmouth and Bristol.”


Supporting BRACE - Funding Research into

Dementia.


ONA, specialist in Fibre, Cat 5e and 6 or the

#liquoricestrands that we love so much.

Apprenticeships: A coming of age!

 

Back in 2012 the business growth for ONA was such that we took on Kyran, our apprentice. The concept worked well for where the business was currently at, at that time. It offered an opportunity for new blood to come into ONA, plus supported young talent in the I.T./Electrical marketplace.

I.T. is fairly unregulated [LACK of ACCREDITATION] and so at ONA

we try to stay one step ahead with training and development and

took the option to get Kyran onto an electrical course.

These things are always an experiment, but we are glad to say that our ‘apprentice has now come of age’, has completed his training and is now a qualified Electrician to 17^th addition, 3^rd amendment standard as well as having been trained on Data installation; fibre optic and copper. All we now have to do is pick up his certificates.

For ONA, we now have new talent within our team.

For us that means we can offer our clients a greater capacity for

our installation service, and can help with some of the additional

requirements that may have normally been subcontracted to

other suppliers. We can offer more of a service provision, by

simply using us as a One Stop Shop; one quote, one purchase

order, one contact.

The apprentice has now become the master!

We have extended the experiment and now have a new Kyran. Thomas has started with us and is now on a 3 year apprenticeship in Electrical and Data installation.

We wish him the very best for his future growth with ONA.

Maintaining connection with Dementia Friendly Cities

“The gift of the brain” says Professeur Florence Pasquier, “is something to be cherished!”

On day five of our A Meeting of ‘MINDS’ motorbike tour, we were very pleased to meet and interview Professeur Florence Pasquier. One of a dedicated team based in Lille (France) and working towards a greater understanding of and a future cure for Alzheimer’s. She works in one of 30 centres in the north of France, all very collaborative and motivated towards achieving their end goal.

All of the people we have been lucky to meet and interview have all confirmed that Alzheimer’s is an extremely difficult condition to research, especially compared to many other conditions/ illnesses.
Prof. Pasquier is a very humble clinician based in the Neurology Dept of the Hospitalier Regionale et Universitaire de Lille (CHRU). The facility not only researches the condition, they also directly treats out patients, which creates an opportunity to see theory and practical expertise coexisting. She was keen to point out that the environment of Clinicians and Researchers works extremely well. She kindly shared her thoughts for the future and her grand vision for Dementia Friendly Cities, where dementia sufferers can co-exist in an all inclusive environment.

Prof. Pasquier highlighted a need for society to have a greater understanding through education. This of course is no cure, but the condition is very much with us and is a growing economic and social issue. A general understanding of the condition, even on a very limited basis, will help the carers and suffers within the world they currently find themselves in.  Her vision is shared by many of her team and community peers.  

What we need to consider is to spend less on care, but involve the community and then reallocate the funds into more research - “Better to find a vaccine than build more sanitariums!” Her vision is someway off from being completed, but her conviction to achieve this is undaunting and is infectious, as others take on the mantle of creating an Alzheimer’s free world.

Unlike the UK, where the government partially funds research and the rest is created by organisations such as BRACE (BRACE– Funding Research into Dementia http://www.alzheimers-brace.org/), research in France is totally created by the ‘public purse’ through standard government taxation. So for the UK it is essential that organisations such as BRACE are fully supported by the general public. As you may not know, for every £10 spent on dementia health and social care only £0.08 is spent on research.

 

A Meeting of 'MINDS' Charity Motorbike Tour



A Meeting of 'MINDS' - Une Reunion de la Tour 'MINDS' -  Alla riunione della tour in moto 'MENTI'



The Start

The Brain Bank - Bristol

School of Psychology Cardiff

Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute
Kings College London

Dover en route de Frances



Professeur Florence Pasquier Centre Hospitalier Regionale et Universitaire de Lille