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YOUNG
PEOPLE GET CREATIVE WITH LOTTERY CASH
YOUNG people will be encouraged to tap into their creative
minds as the Big Lottery Fund today announces over £696,000 to be
shared among 5 projects in the North West of England. The
Lottery good causes money comes from the Young People's Fund
programme, which runs local projects with and for young people. The
Fund will distribute £40 million of lottery cash to groups working
with young people in England.
A youth project aimed at 14 to 18 year olds focusing on film, art
and multimedia has scooped a £120,000 grant. Manchester-based
Cornerhouse
will use the award for their free and informal 'LiveWire' project,
that will allow young people to explore the creative areas they are
most interested in, be it sound recording, film making or web
design. Young people will also be able to make a positive
contribution by organising events and promoting their work to the
local community.
Cornerhouse's Education Director, Sarah Perks said:- "The
Young People's Fund grant is fantastic news for LiveWire and the
hundreds of young people that will benefit over the next 3 years.
LiveWire builds on Cornerhouse's reputation as a leader and
innovator in 14 to 19 education and we fully believe in and support
the creative potential of today's young people. LiveWire works
by offering young people a variety of access points and ways to get
involved and the extremely motivated will end up running LiveWire
though its Management Team. The Management Team members will lead
their own projects that engage with contemporary visual arts and
film at Cornerhouse and beyond. In addition to acquiring practical
skills, the Management Team will learn business and enterprise
skills such as budgets and marketing. There's also Critics - a group
of young people who review art and culture for their peer group,
posting reviews online at
www.livewire-manchester.com - and LiveWire Studio - an
in house production company."
Also getting creative with a £144,947 grant is the Fylde Coast
Y.M.C.A. for their Count Me In Project, which will develop a
programme of arts, IT, volunteering and a social club for young
people.
A variety of programmes will encourage young people to reflect upon
who they are and where they fit within society and their community,
resulting in improved community cohesion and a positive image for
young people in the area.
John Cronin, Executive Director of Fylde Coast Y.M.C.A. said:-
"The support from the Young People's Fund for this project will
generate a
fantastic opportunity for young people in Fleetwood and empower
disadvantaged young people to make a real difference to their
community."
The confidence, self-esteem and social skills of young people with
neurological disorders such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder, Asperger's Syndrome and Tourettes Syndrome will also be
improved thanks to a £149,998 grant from the Young People's Fund.
The ADD Action Project, based in Manchester, will provide a
motivational
programme of personal, social and physical development activities
for young people, enabling them to mix with their peers in a safe
environment away from the bullying and discrimination they may
experience in a mainstream setting.
The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation will run an anti-tobacco youth
campaign with their £148,106 grant, providing free and accessible
health education for all young people to tackle the issue of
smoking. Young people will form anti-tobacco youth groups and
will deliver messages to others on the dangers of smoking and the
tobacco industry
by facilitating discussions and debates, performing short plays and
raps, and through role play.
And finally, YWCA England and Wales will receive £133,737 for their
two-stage 'Girls Action Project'. The first stage involves
youth workers making contact with other young women to recruit them
to the project. These young women will continue to act as buddies to
those new to the project, providing peer mentoring support and
encouraging
their participation. The second stage is a 20-week informal
education programme will be run by and for young women, enabling
them to take part in a wide range of indoor and outdoor activities
such as outdoor pursuits and competitions such as football, netball
and swimming.
Commenting on this weeks funding news Big Lottery Fund Head of North
West Region, Helen Bullough said:- "Our Young People's Fund is
about engaging young people in society and ensuring that they have
the opportunities to realise their full potential. These new awards
show how we are supporting young people and I am confident that
these excellent projects will bring very real benefits to local
communities across the North West." |
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OF LIFE CARE PROGRESS REPORT PUBLISHED
THE Government drive to improve care for people at the end of
their lives is making significant improvements to patient care, an
NHS progress report published this week confirms.
The £12m programme aims to skill up all NHS staff who provide end of
life care so that wherever a person dies - in hospital, in a hospice
or at home - they receive good care and are treated with dignity.
Training will better equip staff to discuss end of life issues with
carers and patients, leading to improved communication and higher
levels of satisfaction.
The joint report from Professors Ian Philp and Mike Richards, the
National Directors for Older People and Cancer, charts the progress
the NHS has made during the past year since the End of Life Care
Programme was launched.
Key achievements are that already nearly a third of GP practices
have introduced new ways of working and that two thirds of hospital
Trusts have implemented the recommended Liverpool Care Pathway in at
least
one ward. This means taking the best of hospice care - such as good
communication with the patient and family and symptom control - into
hospitals and other settings such as care homes.
National Cancer Director Professor Mike Richards said:-
"Around 500,000 people die in England each year in hospitals, care
homes or at home. We need to ensure that all of these people receive
high quality care and that wherever possible they are enabled to
live and die in the place of their choice. The End of Life Care
Programme will help to make this a reality. Good progress has been
made in the first year, but we must now maintain the momentum."
National Director for Older People Professor Ian Philp said:-
"This report highlights examples of innovative work across the
country to improve end of life care and ensure patients die with
dignity. It underlines the importance of key partnerships with both
statutory and voluntary organisations to achieve results. For
example, Waveney PCT are working to ensure that patients who wish to
die at home are being offered this option. They recruited a nurse
co-ordinator who planned care for patients based on their wishes and
provided patient and family support through the journey."
The recently published 'Our health, our care, our say' set
out a programme of action to deliver the Government commitment to
improve choice for all patients about where they live and die. Part
of this
strategy will include extending the current end of life care
programme to cover the whole country and develop 'rapid response'
services.
The End of Life Care programme is led by Strategic Health
Authorities is coordinated by a small national team who support
local implementation.
A
Truly Scrumptious Opportunity at the Liverpool Empire!
CHILDREN'S Auditions for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
on Saturday
29 April 2006.
The London Palladium Production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang comes to
the Liverpool Empire from Monday 18 September to Saturday 18
November 2006 and the producers are looking for local children to
play various parts within the show!
On Saturday 29 April, the producers of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang will
be at the Liverpool Empire holding auditions for their
fantasmagorical show. Several children will be required to rehearse
for various parts within the show and perform during the run at The
Liverpool Empire, between September and November 2006.
The production requires boys and girls aged between 8 to 11 years
old, strictly no more than 4’ 10 ft tall and with no fixed braces.
They will need to be “under nourished looking”, boys with
unbroken voices and girls undeveloped, with the ability to sing and
dance. All children must live within commutable distance of the
Liverpool Empire.
Children will be required to sing ‘Truly Scrumptious’ from
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and are advised to wear comfortable
clothing, bring a passport sized photograph along to the audition
and must be available on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 April 2006.
Children will be seen strictly in the order in which they arrive and
only a limited number of children will be able to be seen.
If your
child was born to perform and would be suitable, then come along to
the Liverpool Empire on Saturday 29 April at 9am. |
