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BARCLAYS KIT BOOST FOR BIRCHFIELD YOUTH SPORTS GROUP
BARCLAYS has
supported the work of local sports club, Birchfield Youth Sports
Group, by donating a complete set of coaching kit and equipment. The
award to the club, which has members aged between six and
17 years old, has been made as part of the £30m grassroots sports
programme, Barclays Spaces for Sports.
The donation is 1 of 1,200 packs being awarded each year to ensure
teams across the UK will benefit from the 3-year scheme.
The club has used the coaching equipment to attract more members and
to provide a better range of sporting opportunities. The increased
participation has even led to the establishment of a new 5-a-side
football league. The club has also had a surge of new volunteers,
who are working towards coaching qualifications.
Michael Salla, the Head Coach for Birchfield Youth Sports Group,
said:- “Before Barclays sent us the kit, all we had was a
pitch but no facilities or equipment. Now we have everything we
could possibly need and the children are really enjoying the
sessions. As a result other local teams have joined us and we are
now able to have matches, leagues and events together.”
Barclays Head of Community Sponsorship, Michelle Smith, comments:-
“Barclays are delighted to be supporting Birchfield Youth
Sports Group and hope this coaching kit will encourage their
interest in sport and lead them to even greater success.”
Barclays Spaces for Sports, a partnership between Barclays, the
Football Foundation and Groundwork, will create sustainable sports
sites and provide coaching kit and equipment to communities in most
need of help across the UK.
Science is vital to Britain's future
THE PM has
insisted that it's time to bring science back to the people and
"galvanise the young" into showing interest.
Scientists should be as celebrated and famous as our sport stars,
actors, or business entrepreneurs, Tony Blair said in the fourth of
his Our Nation's Future lectures.
His speech came on the second day of a visit to Oxford where he
shone the spotlight on the importance of science to the UK's
economic future.
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EDGE HILL TO TRAIN NEW EARLY YEARS PROFESSIONALS
EDGE Hill
University, which delivers school workforce education at Wirral
Education Centre, has won a bid, potentially worth £7 million, to
deliver the training and assessment for new professionals working in
the early years sector. As part of the Government aim to
improve outcomes for children, the new role of Early Years
Professional (EYP) will be in place from January 2007 to recruit and
develop more people into the children’s workforce.
Edge Hill is one of the country’s largest providers of teacher
education and potential Early Years Professionals will be able to
access its training at a range of centres across the North West in
Lancashire, Cheshire, Greater Manchester and Wirral, as well as
Shrewsbury and Telford and Wrekin
Robert Smedley is Dean of the Faculty of Education:- “As a new
university we aim to be the pre eminent provider of training and
education for the children’s workforce and this contract will
provide a significant shift towards achieving that ultimate aim. Our
work with the Children’s Workforce Development Council is pivotal in
ensuring the quality of training and assessment for this new
professional status.”
By 2010 the Government aims for Early Years Professionals to be in
place in every children’s centre that offers early years provision
and in every full day-care setting by 2015. Currently those who wish
to achieve EYPS must be graduates, however their practical
experience of working in children’s settings may vary.
From January 2007 Edge Hill University will be offering 4 pathways
to EYPS ranging from a 3-month part time route for those close to
demonstrating the standards, to a 15-month part-time model for those
with more limited experience. Edge Hill already offers a range
of programmes aimed at the whole school and children’s workforce and
Robert Smedley is confident that the university’s portfolio, which
includes flexible routes towards entry to EYPS, will ensure that
more people who wish to join the sector, or develop their roles will
find a suitable route towards this new status:- “As the
largest provider of Foundation Degrees and short programmes for
teaching assistants in the UK primary and secondary sectors, we are
pioneers in the training and development of the whole school
workforce. We have experience of guiding people towards developing
their professional status and can offer potential graduates working
in the early years sector a range of pathways to meet the required
entry criteria.”
Tunnel Police recover
stolen £100,000 Aston Martin
EAGLE eyed Mersey Tunnels Police
officers swooped on a suspected thief in a stolen £100,000 sports
car last night, as it tried to enter the Wallasey entrance to the
Kingsway Tunnel.
The swoop came just
minutes after Merseyside Police issued a report of an Aston Martin
Vantage matching its description that had been stolen from outside a
house in Warren Drive, Wallasey.
Following the swoop, a 24 year old woman from Liverpool was arrested
by Mersey Tunnel Police Officers on suspicion of burglary and
unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle.
Mersey Tunnels Police returned the vehicle to its grateful owner.
Neil Scales, Chief Executive and Director General of Merseytravel,
which owns and operates the Mersey Tunnels, said:- “The
response from our officers was swift and effective. This is a
fantastic example of our officers working with Merseyside Police to
apprehend suspected car thieves. The owner was relieved to get
their vehicle back and delighted with the response of our officers.”
The female driver of the vehicle is currently helping police with
their enquiries. |
