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West Coast Crash
wheelchair rugby unveiled as Sainsbury’s Southport’s new Local
Charity partner
A local charity is set to
benefit from a year’s fundraising thanks to Sainsburys Southport
customers and colleagues. West Coast Crash Wheelchair Rugby has been
chosen as Sainsbury’s new Local Charity partner Southport for
2012/2013. The announcement comes after the store asked Southport
customers which local charity they should provide a year’s support
to. Customers were able to vote for their favourite local charity .
The partnership officially launched on 5 July 2012 and customers can
now choose to make a donation in-store to West coast crash
wheelchair rugby, who are situated on Hall Street Southport. The
charity was founded in 2008 and gives sporting opportunities to
people with disabilities. To be eligible to play wheelchair rugby,
individuals must have a disability that affects all 4 of their
limbs, quadriplegic’s. Spinally injured, cerebral palsey, polio,
amputees, menengitus and various other disabilities are included.
Over the next 12 months, the charity will benefit from Sainsbury’s
Local Charity partner scheme, now in it’s fourth year.
Last year, the initiative supported over 1000 charities and
organisations across the UK through fundraising and volunteering and
gave more than £1.5 million of support to local communities.
Sainsbury’s Southport Local Charity partner last year was YMCA
Gymnasics club .
During the next 12 months, colleagues will be providing fundraising
support for West Coast Crash wheelchair rugby and raising awareness
of the charity with the local community. Sainsbury’s Southport Store
Manager Marc Gordon said:- “West Coast Crash Wheelchair Rugby
is such a worthy local cause and we’re pleased and proud to be
supporting it over the next 12 months. We’ll be letting our
customers know of our fundraising plans in-store and we hope they
can join our colleagues in helping support them.”
Lee Stutely of West Coast Crash wheelchair rugby said:- “I’d
like to thank everyone at Sainsbury’s Southport who’s nominated us
to be the store’s new Local Charity partner. I hope this partnership
will raise awareness to Southport residents about what we do and the
impact we have in the community. We now look forward to a successful
year working with the store’s colleagues on this exciting
initiative.”
EU and US united
in call for strong transparency rules for oil, gas, mining and
logging companies
ARLENE McCarthy MEP for North West England, who is drafting the
EU transparency rules for the extractive industries will be holding
a joint event at the US Congress with Senator Cardin (co-author of
the bipartisan Cardin-Lugar Amendment) and the NGO Coalition Publish
What You Pay USA.
The US law currently requires all listed companies as well as large
private oil, gas, mining and logging companies to disclose the
payments they make to governments around the world on a project by
project basis.
On the 22 August 2012 the US Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC) will vote to finalise these rules.
Euro MP, Arlene McCarthy said:- "This is a key moment in the
global drive for greater transparency. The US Securities and
Exchange Commission must come out with strong rules including a
clear definition of project level reporting. Project-level
disclosure allows local communities in resource-rich countries to
expose any corruption and hold their governments accountable for
using revenues towards development. There is a strong majority in
the European Parliament to overturn the 27 member state proposal for
weak rules and weak reporting requirements. Those companies lobbying
for weaker rules or play of the EU against the US should take note
that we are united in our commitment to bring in strong global rules
on transparency. It is clear that with the current lack of
confidence in today’s global markets, investors are demanding more
transparency and information on companies’ activities.”
"Transparency is essential to good governance wherever you live on
the globe. The U.S. shares a commitment with our E.U. partners to
support local citizens and level the playing field for all companies
by harmonizing requirements to decrease corruption through greater
transparency in resource-rich countries" said Senator Ben Cardin
(MD).
Congress voted through in July 2010 and the European Parliament will
vote in September on stronger transparency laws for oil, gas and
mining companies.
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Work starts on
city’s first dementia centre
DIGGERS will start work on
Thursday, 19 July 2012, on the purpose-built facility which is being
constructed as an extension to Sedgemoor Care Home in Norris Green.
It will be used by up to 30 people per day and include a ‘Telecare’
suite where staff will be able to fully assess people and identify
the most suitable types of technology which can be fitted at home to
help them stay safe; such as sensors and warning alarms.
The centre will also be used for respite and include a sensory room,
hobby space where people can take part in arts and crafts and a
mini-cinema which will be used to show old film reels to help with
cognitive therapy.
It is part of the council’s ‘Transformation’ plan for
day care services which is seeing 6 Health and Wellbeing ‘hubs’
created across the city to provide help and support for people.
Assistant Mayor and Cabinet member for adult social care, Roz
Gladden, said:- “This is going to be a superb facility which
will offer state-of-the-art support and care for people with
dementia and their families. We have an ageing population in
Liverpool and all of the evidence shows there is going to be an
increased need for this type of facility to help assist those who
have dementia. This is a significant investment in a new kind of
care facility which will completely change the way in which we
deliver services. We are moving to a system where we are focused on
meeting people’s individual needs, rather than having to choose from
a fixed menu of social care services.”
Outside there will be a fully enclosed sensory garden including
allotments and raised beds where people who are interested in
gardening will be able to practice their horticulture skills in a
safe space.
The centre is being specially designed so that each area flows in to
another so there are no dead ends allowing people to wander freely
which means they will not get frustrated by feeling trapped.
The ranges of colours and textures used in the building have been
specifically chosen to stimulate the senses and memory.
There are more than 4,000 older people with dementia in Liverpool
today and it is estimated the figure will grow to around 5,300 by
2025.
About three quarters of people live in the community and are
supported by carers who are family or friends.
The project is being backed by Alzheimer’s Society Liverpool, an
organisation which works to support people affected by dementia.
Support Services Manager, Dermot O’Connor, said:- “We are
delighted to support this exciting scheme at Sedgemoor which will
provide valuable services for people affected by dementia.”
Work is also underway improving Lime Court Day Centre in Kensington,
where around £500,000 is being spent to make it a community hub open
12 hours per day, 7 days a week as part of the Transformation
proposals.
Summer holidays mark new chapter for youngsters
CHILDREN in Liverpool
are encouraged to let their imaginations run wild this summer with a
special reading challenge. Youngsters, from 4 to 11, are asked to
flex their reading muscles and read 6 library books of their choice
during the summer holiday as part of the Story Lab task. There are
incentives along the way to keep those pages turning, including
bookmarks, keyrings and bags. The free project begins on
Saturday, 21 July 2012, when children can sign up to take part. And
if they complete the challenge by 1 September 2012, certificates and
medals will be awarded to the well-read youngsters. Throughout
the 6 weeks, kids can go
online to share their thoughts
on the books they have read, encourage others to read their
favourite and also have the opportunity to hear from published
authors and illustrators. If anyone’s struggling with what book to
choose, the ‘Book Sorter’ section will suggest
something that suits your taste. Liverpool City Council’s
cabinet member responsible for libraries, Councillor Wendy Simon,
said:- “The great thing about this project is not only will
young people discover lots of new adventures through reading, but
it’s completely free which is fantastic news for parents and carers.
Children will be able to develop their reading skills throughout the
summer holidays and it also gets them used to spending valuable time
in their local library and as a result we hope they will become a
regular library user in the future. I’d like to encourage as many
youngsters as possible to take up the challenge and be inspired by
all the fantastic literature which is on their doorstep.”
The Summer Reading Challenge is run by independent charity The
Reading Agency and is a national campaign. It’s expected around
780,000 children will join.
They can read any books they like;
fact books, stories, joke books, picture books and audio books; as
long as they’re borrowed from a library. |
