Vicki Youngson talks about her role as Head of Wellbeing at Friends of ANCHOR, and we find out about charitable support that came from the North Sea as well as discovering the story behind ‘The One with the Ducks’!

The following points are among those covered in this episode:

• Erica Banks reports on a record-breaking Gala Golf event in September and shares details of a further batch of varied and impressive fundraising endeavours that are happening this month. [00:52]
• Vicki Youngson, Head of Wellbeing at Friends of ANCHOR, talks about her role and describes some of the ways in which patients currently benefit from the services provided by her team and how that provision is about to expand. [05:34]
• This month’s ‘From the Archives’ instalment notes that support for the charity has not always been exclusively land-based as fundraising donations have included contributions from the crews of North Sea oil platforms and also of a Floating Production Vessel! [17:38]
• In the ‘Finding the Words’ feature, Mike tries to convince Alison that being known on the ward as the ‘the one with the ducks’ was a good thing! He argues that it not only acted as a helpful ice-breaker, it also made him feel more in control of the situation. [18:46]
• For this month’s ‘And Finally’ item, Mike dips into the world of metaphors [22:32], first of all providing an example of ‘cancer’ itself being used as a metaphor:

"Fools" said I, "You do not know

Silence like a cancer grows”

‘The Sound of Silence’ Paul Simon

He then describes and comments on Rochelle L. Colón’s use of ‘fire’ as an extended metaphor in her poem, ‘Scorch’.

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