NON-PROFIT / HEALTHCARE

We are a team of 4 Austrian students. Our names are Katharina Achammer, Daniela Fellner, Katharina Steiner and Lisa Wimmer and we are all studying Nonprofit-, Social- and Health Care Management at the Management Center Innsbruck. We are staying at Solent University in Southampton for 2 weeks. During this time we are working on a project about support to cancer patients. We are analysing the provision and availability of benefits and support to cancer patients. We would be delighted if you take action and post on our weblog. As soon as possible we will refer to any of your comments.

Wednesday, 5 September 2007

First excursion


Today Carolyn took us to the CIS (Children's Information Service) which is a free service that provides family information to everyone in Southampton. If it's about children or childcare, they are your one-stop shop to finding out everything you want to know. All their advice is impartial and regularly updated.
CIS is part of a network of organisations both in the city and nationwide, so if they can't answer any questions by themselves, they'll do their best to find someone who can. There is also a free call service line which is 24 hours available.
Although this trip didn't concern our project we found it very interesting. We were surprised by the huge amount of services in the field of child care offered in Southampton - especially in contrast to Austria.
After lunch we worked on our weblog and listened to the rest of the prepared presentations.
During the afternoon sessions Carolyn and Jo talked to us about quotation rules. This is a complicated but also very important topic. As we have to write a report on our project about support to cancer patients we found these regulations very useful.

1 comment:

Carolyn said...

What's wrong with "theirselves"?