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High Sheriff of
Merseyside visits local children's charity
WIRRAL-based children's
charity, Stick 'n' Step, welcomed the High Sheriff of Merseyside,
Ian Meadows OBE DL, dressed in his full regalia, to its centre at
10am on Wednesday 11 December 2013.
During his visit, the High Sheriff had the opportunity to look in on
a session, where he was able to see first-hand the benefits of
conductive education for children with cerebral palsy. The visit
also included a tour of the specialist facilities at the centre,
including the Sage Room, Sensory Room, the main session spaces and
the Parents' Room.
Stick 'n' Step is a children's charity based in Merseyside that
provides free specialist conductive education and support services
to children with cerebral palsy and their families and carers across
the North West of England and North Wales. There are currently 70
children attending sessions at Stick 'n' Step, which costs
approximately £350,000 each year to fund. The charity relies
entirely on grants and the generosity of donations from the
community to remain a free service.
Commented Kerry Roe-Ely, Community and Events fundraiser at Stick
'n' Step:- "We were introduced to the High Sheriff a few weeks
ago at a charity event. The Sheriff expressed his eagerness to come
and see for himself the work that we do, which we were more than
happy to arrange. Having the High Sheriff of Merseyside visit our
centre is a huge honour and we are extremely grateful for his
extended support and commitment to help us. His business, local
manufacturing company RS Clare and Co, has also joined our 50/50
challenge and we are thrilled to have a well-known local
organisation fundraise for us."
Commented Ian Meadows OBE DL and High Sheriff of Merseyside:-
"Volunteers appear in all walks of life. They seek no reward, but
they do deserve recognition, and if part of my role can be to
recognise the benefits they bring to others and recognise them as
individuals, I shall be more than happy to devote much of my time to
visiting volunteers throughout the County and personally thanking
them for all that they do."
Albert Dock in Liverpool to host
The Masquerade Ball
ON Boxing Day (Thursday, 26
December 2013) the Revolution, at the Albert Dock will be presenting
Hidden Agenda's:- 'The Masquerade Ball'. The venue will be charging
£15 advance entry and the event will run from 7pm to 3am (with last
entry 2:30am). The promoters, Hidden Agenda, have said that:-
"We will be putting on a night of magic and mystery in Liverpool
this Boxing Day, as our Masquerade Ball descends on the Albert Dock
for a spectacular party. We will have resident DJ Lewis Jardine
providing the soundtracks to this stunning show, which will see the
iconic Liverpool venue transformed into a decadent dream, filled
with like minded party people looking to celebrate Boxing Day in
considerable style. We will be having live entertainment from angle
grinders, stilt walkers and fire breathers throughout the night.
Also Lewis’s trademark takes on party music all night long. So if
your readers want to finish Christmas festivities and get ready for
the New Year festivities, we hope they will join us and enter a
different world at Revolution, this Boxing Day. Expect the
unexpected and much more!"
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SOUTHPORT'S
VULNERABLE REMINDED HELP IS AVAILABLE AS BIG FREEZE HITS
WITH the Met Office
predicting months of freezing winds and heavy snow, a warmth scheme
in Southport is urging local residents to seek help if their heating
is broken.
In the next week, temperatures are expected to plummet to as low as
minus 4°C in parts of the country, while bitter northerly winds have
already left many areas of Britain feeling the chill.
Given the predicted cold conditions, npower Health Through Warmth is
encouraging local residents to repair or replace boilers or heating
systems that are no longer working. The scheme helps eligible,
vulnerable homeowners to access funding and arrange the installation
of heating and insulation measures that they can't afford
themselves.
Elaine Midwinter, npower Health Through Warmth scheme manager,
said:- "As the Big Freeze hits, we are expecting residents to
experience more boiler breakdowns and we would encourage people to
get in touch with us – we may be able to help.
From helping to fix or replace broken heating systems, to ensuring
homes are adequately insulated, npower Health Through Warmth may be
able to help vulnerable residents with long term illnesses to
improve their levels of comfort and warmth."
Help from npower Health Through Warmth may be available to any
vulnerable homeowners who have a long term, cold-related illness, a
low income with little or no savings and who are unable to fully
fund measures, such as a new boiler or heating system. You do not
have to be, or become, an npower customer to benefit from the
scheme.
Since the scheme was founded in 2000, more than 81,000 vulnerable
residents in England and Wales have been referred to npower Health
Through Warmth for aid with heating and insulation. More than
£65million has been levered to help fund the work required, which
includes £1.8million from charitable organisations. In addition,
over £8.8million has been contributed from the npower Health Through
Warmth Crisis Fund.
For more information about npower Health Through Warmth's
eligibility criteria, or to apply for help, please visit:-
healththroughwarmth.com.
CLA calls for
sky lantern ban through stricter entertainment licences
 THE
CLA in the North is appealing for local authorities in the region to
ban the use of sky lanterns through stricter controls on
entertainment licences. With
the festive season, and New Year's Eve in particular, inviting an
upsurge in use, the CLA fears that it is only a matter of time
before there is a serious accident.
The Association is urging local Councils to amend their
entertainment licence policy so that all new licences granted for a
venue or an event include a clause prohibiting the use of sky
lanterns.
CLA North Regional Director Dorothy Fairburn said:- "Sky
lanterns are serious fire hazards, they also endanger the lives of
grazing livestock as well as other wildlife, and create unnecessary
litter. Those releasing lanterns often have no idea of the hazard
they pose, nor do they consider the implications of releasing a
naked flame with absolutely no control over where it will land.
Lanterns that land in fields can get chopped up when farmers mow for
silage or hay, resulting in fragments of wire in the forage. Cows,
which naturally tend to chew things to check them out, get the wire
trapped in their gut, resulting in an agonising, slow death."
The Vale of White Horse District Council in Oxfordshire has added a
condition to its entertainment licence policy prohibiting the use of
sky lanterns. This has been backed up by a ban on Council-owned
land.
Councillor Robert Sharp told the CLA that adding the banning clause
meant the process is then implemented automatically upon licence
renewal at no additional cost; with the whole district eventually
being covered.
The Royal Parks have a similar ban in place; they search for, and
confiscate, sky lanterns brought in by those attending events on
their property.
Many countries have already banned the use of sky lanterns,
including Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, New Zealand, Spain
Germany and parts of the USA. |
