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Youth Charity
Album raising money for Hospice
STUDENTS at King George V
College Southport have composed and recorded 8 original songs on
their 'Minutes' Charity Album in aid of the local Queensbrook
Hospice, in Southport, Merseyside, England.
"This Charity Album is a collaborative release combining all of the
creative talents of the second year students supported by BTEC Music
Technology staff" said John Brindle, Course Coordinator for Music
Technology, King George V College, Southport, Merseyside.
The students compose and record their original songs as an
integrated part of their music education working towards their BTECs
in Music and Music Technology.
Teachers inspire and motivate their students to achieve and excel in
their learning at King George V College, Southport. Working towards
producing an Annual Charity Album of original music helps them
towards their music qualifications; and then the Album being sold to
raise funds for such a worthy local charity is just one of the
innovative methodologies used at the College.
Young people in Merseyside do not always get the credit they
deserve. It is fantastic to see these youth musicians supporting
their local community.
This year the Charity Album and singles are available for digital
download worldwide to raise money for the Queensbrook Hospice and
can be heard at:-
youthrecordlabel.com.
Public welcome
at Trust board meeting
SOUTHPORT and Ormskirk
Hospital NHS Trust will hold its next board meeting on Wednesday 27
February 2013 at 9am.
The meeting will be held in the Board Room in the Corporate
Management Office at Southport and Formby District General Hospital.
Members of the public are welcome to attend and observe the meeting.
Anyone with a special requirement should contact the Trust in
advance on:- 01704 704714.
The agenda will be available on the Trust website in advance of the
meeting. Supporting papers will be made available on the day.
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LABOUR PROMISE
TO FIGHT NEXT ELECTION ON LIVING STANDARDS
ROUND-UP shows that the
number of councils in England and Wales now paying or committed to
pay a living wage has risen to 37 with all 32 councils in Scotland
doing so says GMB
GMB, the union for public services, commented on the announcement
today that Labour will go into next election promising to introduce
a 10p tax rate and will seek to reverse falls in living standards.
See press reports of his speech.
This co-incides with a GMB round-up which shows that the number of
councils in England and Wales now paying or committed to pay a
living wage has risen to 37. All 32 councils in Scotland now pay or
are committed to pay a living wage.
Recent additions are Barking and Dagenham (£9 per hour minimum),
Deal, Greenwich and Harrow. This is in addition to Ashfield,
Blackpool, Birmingham, Brent, Brighton and Hove, Calderdale, Camden,
Cardiff, Carlisle, Chorley, Croydon, Dartford, Derby City, Ealing,
Enfield, Gloucester City, Hackney, Hounslow, Hyndburn, Islington,
Lambeth, Lewisham, Newark and Sherwood, Newcastle, Norwich, Oxford
City, Preston, Sheffield, Southwark, Swansea, Wirral, Wolverhampton
and York.
GMB last month launched a campaign to win a living wage of £7.45ph
(£8.55ph in London) for 280,000 low paid workers in councils across
England and Wales.
GMB has secured the support of Labour leader Ed Miliband for higher
pay for low paid council staff. See notes to editors for Ed Miliband
comment.
Typical council jobs which pay £6.30/£6.38ph are home helps, school
dinner staff, teaching assistants, cleaners, grave diggers, admin
assistants, sure-start workers, refuse staff, caretakers, meals on
wheels staff, care workers and school crossing patrols.
Brian Strutton, GMB National Secretary for Public Services, said:-
"GMB welcome Ed Miliband announcing today that Labour Party
deplores the falls in real living standards under this government
and him saying that people need higher incomes to support economic
growth. His bold vision of fighting the next election by pledging to
improve living standards is great news. It needs to be pointed out that such a view are incompatible with
the Labour leaderships previous support for the public sector pay
freeze.
Probably the most significant contributor to the wage stagnation he
so obviously deplored has been the freeze on pay of over 6 million
public sector workers.
In the past both Ed Miliband and Ed Balls have said they support
public sector pay restraint to the dismay of low paid GMB members
like school dinner ladies, refuse collectors, street cleaners,
hospital porters and school classroom assistants.
We now look forward to both Eds making it clear that as part of the
drive to improve living standards they will no longer support the
public sector pay freeze.
They should commend Labour councils now paying or committed to pay a
living wage." |
