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TREVOR SINCLAIR HELPS SCORE THOUSANDS
MANCHESTER City and ex-England star, Trevor Sinclair helped
inspire over 1,400 people to give their all at the Greggs Children's
Cancer Research Run, when he kick started both the 5 mile race and 1
mile family fun run last Sunday at Heaton Park, Prestwich.
A staggering £35,000 is expected to be raised for children's' cancer
research and the money will be donated to the Royal Manchester
Children's Hospital and the Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital.
Spokesperson for Greggs North West, Natalie Hopper says:-
"It's the 4th year Greggs the bakers has organised the event which
not only helps raise money for such a worth while cause, but is also
a great family day out. Everyone had a fantastic time and we were
delighted with the turnout. We were so pleased that Trevor and
his family came to support the run, he has worked really hard
helping us to promote the day and he even completed the 1 mile fun
run with his family. Representatives from the Army and DJ's from
Galaxy 102 were also on hand to help warm up the crowd and we are so
grateful to everyone who gave us their time and
support on the day."
The winner of the 5-mile run was Andy Partington, 14, who lives in
Swinton. He completed the course in an impressive 29 minutes.
13-year-old Steven Christy, who lives in Failsworth, was the winner
of the 1-mile family fun run, completing the run in just over 6
minutes.
Trevor says:- "I am delighted to have been able to support the
Greggs Children's Cancer Research Run. Having visited the Royal
Manchester Children's Hospital and spoken to the doctors, parents
and children suffering with cancer, you realize how important it is
to raise money that will directly fund research into Children's
cancer. My family and I all had a really good day and it was great
to meet and see so many people all running to raise money for the 2
hospitals."
HAVE A DRINK IN
MERSEYSIDE TO HELP DROWN DISABLISM
SCORES of disabled and non-disabled
people from all over the North West will be descending upon pubs,
clubs and leisure venues to highlight the prejudice and disablism
they face everyday when trying to access services that non-disabled
people take for granted.
Until Wednesday 31 May 2006, Scope North
West is asking the people of Merseyside to have a “Big Night Out”
- to go out and survey pubs, bars, and clubs on their accessibility.
In a recent Scope survey, it was found 2/3rds of leisure venues were
still inaccessible to disabled people so, with the support of
Britain’s most famous landlord Al Murray, the disability charity is
challenging the people of Merseyside to see if their area fares any
better.
Whether you are disabled
or non-disabled, visit
scope.org.uk/bignightout or ring 0161 688 1021 to
ask for a survey form, and then it’s up to you to go out on the
town. Cathy
Elliott, Scope North West regional appeals manager, added:-
“While one object is to go out and have some fun with your mates,
this will be a real eye opener for many people – armed with Scope’s
survey we want revellers to feedback to Scope on those places that
are still shirking their responsibilities to disabled customers.
Scope NW is calling time on venues that are giving people a raw
deal. It’s Time to Get Equal”
Scope’s Time to Get Equal campaign aims
to end disablism, and is supporting disabled people to achieve
equality in England and Wales.
www.scope.org.uk. |
‘celebr8 (don’t discrimin8)’ - The North West Celebrates Diversity
ENGLAND'S North West will be buzzing from 1 to 9 June 2006
thanks to the launch of celebr8 (don’t discrimin8) is the
first ever pan-regional festival demonstrating and celebrating how
equality and diversity benefits our region.
The aim of the 8 day festival, organised by North West Regional
Assembly is to highlight the positive impact the eight diverse
communities, race and ethnicity, gender, sexuality, disability,
age, transgender, faith and beliefs and refugees/emerging
communities, has on the cultural life and economy of the region.
Equality is not a minority concern as the majority of people in
England’s North West are in one or more of these categories, or will
be at some time in their life.
There will be a whole host of activities and events happening in
Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Greater Merseyside, Lancashire &
Cumbria under the themes: Music, Community, Poetry, Wealth Bringers,
Sport, Schools and finally Occupation/Employment.
The festival will commence on 1 June with a 1 day, whistle-stop
regional tour by the celebr8 (don’t discrimin8) Choir. The 50
strong ensemble, made up of singers from diverse choirs including:
Knotty Ash Schools Signing Choir, The Pyramid Sound Choir from
Warrington and The Sing Out Project from Manchester, will perform
at key city-centre sites in Manchester, Liverpool, Preston and
Barrow-in-Furness under the expert musical guidance of the world
famous Chethams School of Music.
A specially commissioned celebr8 (don’t discrimin8) poem,
written by celebrated Liverpool poet Levi Tafari, has also been
penned. Each of the 8 verses is dedicated to 1 of the diversities
with the over arching themes of tolerance, love and, of course,
celebration! During the festival, Levi will also be holding a poetry
workshop for young people Toxteth, illustrating how they can express
themselves and their feelings about their own communities through
the medium of the written word.
For the Community theme, we will be looking, in conjunction with
local media and employers, for celebr8 (don’t discrimin8)
Community Champions. Those are people from all diverse communities
who have made a real and tangible difference to the community
through their voluntary work.
For those people not lucky enough to experience the events and
activities first hand, there will be a celebr8 (don’t discrimin8)
film. The exclusive 3 minute production, funded by ACAS,
encapsulates the core themes & messages of the festival and will be
shown at a variety of locations including The Orient at The Trafford
Centre and The PrintWorks in Manchester.
Siddika Ahmed, chair of the North West Equality and Diversity Group,
a forty strong stakeholder forum working with the NWRA on celebr8
(don’t discrimin8), said:- “There is real excitement in
the region about the campaign. We want it to be a celebration
showing how diversity helps, not hinders, our region to realise its
economic potential and improves the quality of life for all,
culturally and socially.”
Kevin Meagher, regional public affairs manager, from United
Utilities - key sponsors of the festival - said:- “As an
organisation, we are committed to championing diversity, both within
our workforce and the wider North West community. There is real
anticipation about the festival throughout the region and I’m sure
it will help people from all backgrounds realise and celebrate the
rich and varied contributions made by people from all sections of
society.”
A full breakdown of all the events and activities taking place
throughout the whole region will be released in the weeks prior to
the festival. Anyone wishing to stage their own event can find more
information by logging onto
www.celebr8.org or by calling the
celebr8 hotline on 0161 817 6608.
Statistics.
By 2010 only 20% of the workforce will be white, male, non disabled
and under 45 (source: LSC)
There are only 6 countries in a world of 174 nations not represented
in the North West (source: Census)
If we were able to remove discrimination in the labour market, the
North West economy could be functioning up to 25% more effectively.
Instead of being 10% below the UK average, the North West would be
more than 10% above it! (source: SQW Consulting Ltd). |
