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Liverpool schools net £10m Christmas gift
LIVERPOOL schools have hit the lotto jackpot after landing a Christmas windfall of £10 million for new sports facilities. The Big Lottery Fund will provide cash for ten cracking schemes at schools across the city. They include new community leisure facilities, sports halls, changing rooms, sports pitches, running tracks, a cricket centre of excellence and an indoor tennis
centre.
Councillor Paul Clein, Liverpool City Council's executive member for education, said:-
"This is a wonderful Christmas present for our schools.
It is so important that our youngsters take part in a wide range of sporting activities, to broaden their horizons and make sure they stay fit and healthy.
I hope that by providing top class sporting facilities, we can make sure that Britain's next Olympic hero or Wimbledon champion is from Liverpool."
One of the biggest projects is the creation of an indoor tennis centre with four courts at Archbishop Beck Catholic High School in Walton.
To celebrate, 2 Santas will take part in a festive tennis match at the school this Thursday. They will be put through their paces by 10 year old Chloe Murphy, one of the top 8 tennis players in the country in her age group.
Headteacher Tony Hardman said:- "This is fantastic news for the school and also for the local community because this will be the only tennis
center in the north of the city.
I hope the tennis center will help to dispel the misleading myth that tennis is an elitist sport. It is not. This excellent facility will make sure that tennis is accessible to all youngsters in the community.
We want people to get involved in the sport and we are determined to produce champions."
Liverpool City Council will approve the building plans -which will be completed over the next 18 months - next week.
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Northwest green businesses urged to enter region's premier awards event
NORTHWEST
businesses and professionals are invited to enter The Northwest Business Environment Awards 2005 as long as they have made a significant contribution to enhancing and protecting the region.
The only regional award scheme celebrating the environmental achievements of businesses in England's Northwest, Now in its 3rd year, is calling on candidates to submit their entries before the closing date of February 2005.
This premier awards event Hosted by the Mersey Basin Campaign and the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA), is open to all companies in the Northwest that have made the environment a part of their business success.
Following the success of last year's event, which received more than 200 applications, the scheme has now been extended with two new categories - community regeneration and environmental leadership.
The awards are:-
Regeneration Awards
Recognising outstanding waterside developments, business support for community environmental projects and green social enterprises.
Environmental Technologies Award
Recognising innovation and excellence in environmental technologies and services.
Best Environmental Practice Award
Recognising improvements in business performance achieved through good environmental management.
Environmental Champion Awards
Recognising both environmental leadership and media reporting in the areas of sustainable business, regeneration and environmental improvement.
The NWDA, Environment Agency, Envirolink Northwest, ENWORKS, CBI Northwest, Groundwork Northwest and the Institute of Directors (IOD) support the awards. The winners will be announced at the award luncheon, which will be held at Manchester United Football Stadium on
3 June 2005.
Steven Broomhead, NWDA Chief Executive, said:- "The NWDA is pleased to support the Northwest Business Environment Awards reaffirming the importance placed on sustainable development, a key priority of the Agency.
At the NWDA we recognise that the region can only grow and develop if economic progress is achieved with high regard for long-term consequences. We are committed to helping businesses improve their profitability whilst contributing to the long term protection of the natural environment."
Information about the award and entry details can be accessed by logging on to
www.merseybasin.org.uk, emailing
info@merseybasin.org.uk
or telephoning 0161 242 8208
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