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SOUTHERN CROSS GIVES EXTRA DRIVE TO MERSEYSIDE CHARITY
SOUTHERN Cross
Healthcare has handed over a special mini-bus to Merseyside football
charity, Everton In The Community (EITC).
The company, which has 11 homes in the Liverpool area, has backed
Everton Football Club’s affiliated charity for the past 6 years and
is currently into the 2nd year of a further 3 year sponsorship
package.
Baroness Morgan of Huyton handed over the keys to the specially
adapted vehicle which will be used by EITC to take disabled
footballers to and from training and league matches. Some of
the funds from the sponsorship package have paid for a full-time
coach to work on EITC’s disability programme which tours special
needs schools to give coaching lessons.
Everton In The Community’s disability officer, Steve Johnson, said:-
“Southern Cross Healthcare have been a great supporter of this
charity for number of years. Once again I would like to thank them
for their generosity of donating this mini-bus which will make a big
difference to a lot of people.”
As well as reaching schoolchildren the charity also has strong links
with elderly people. Every year coaches from EITC visit
Southern Cross Healthcare homes in Merseyside to act as referees in
the early rounds of an annual table top football competition, with
the quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final played at Goodison
Park.
Sue Ashcroft, operations manager for Southern Cross Healthcare,
said:- “We are very proud to be giving a mini-bus to Everton
In The Community on top of the sponsorship deal. They work extremely
hard throughout the year and all the staff are well known by all our
residents. By providing this new mini-bus they will be able to
continue with this marvellous service to the people of Merseyside.”
WANTED:LIVERPOOL LADIES WHO LUNCH FOR CHARITY EVENT
TICKETS are
selling fast for a ladies luncheon in aid of leading children’s
charity NCH being held at 60 Hope Street in Liverpool on Wednesday
25 June 2008. 100 women, including some of Liverpool’s most
prominent business women are invited to the lunch which aims to help
raise awareness and funds for the vital work NCH provides in
Liverpool and promises to be a fantastic networking opportunity.
In Liverpool NCH works with over 7,000 children, young people and
families through a range of support services including the Liverpool
Young Runaways Project, Youth Mentoring Scheme, Liverpool Family
Intervention Project which works intensively with families to help
them break free from anti-social behaviour and the Liverpool Family
Centre, which works with children at risk.
Helen Noble, from NCH, said:- “We would be delighted for more
ladies to join us at the event and escape the stresses of daily life
to enjoy the delights of 60 Hope Street. This event will greatly
assist our work in reaching out to vulnerable children, young people
and their families across Liverpool that needs support.”
Tickets are £30 per person. The event starts at 12.30pm and includes
a champagne reception, 3 course lunch and guest speaker. Contact
Helen Noble on 01925 715 385 or
email them for more details. |
CALLING ALL BUDDING FILM MAKERS TO CELEBR8 DIVERSITY
ASPIRING
scriptwriters and film makers are being given the opportunity to
pitch their ideas and concepts to some of the region’s leading film
experts, with a winner from Greater Manchester, Merseyside,
Cheshire, Cumbria and Lancashire having their film produced
professionally and premiered across the region.
The celebr8 competition launched on Cultural Diversity Weekend and
is open to individuals, community groups, students or anyone who
feels they could be the next Richard Curtis, Russell T Davies or Ken
Loach.
The competition is part of the celebr8 (don't discrimin8)
festival of diversity and will highlight the cultural, social and
economic benefits diversity brings to the North West.
The winning films will be shown at a regional premiere in September
2008 and then screened at cinemas across the region. The deadline
for entries is 23 July 2008.
Entrants are asked to submit a script or piece of creative writing
which can be turned into a short film, lasting no longer than three
minutes, illustrating ‘What diversity means to me’.
The
entries will be judged by a panel of experts from the world of film
and TV as well as key diversity and equality champions. Five
finalists will be chosen: one from each of the region’s counties of
Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire, Liverpool and Cumbria,
with one overall winner.
Christine Burns MBE, Chair of the North West Equality and Diversity
Group, commented:- “The North West has always had such a rich
and diverse cultural heritage and is famous for its vibrant creative
community.
This competition is a platform to explore people’s
thoughts and feelings about diversity, stimulate debate and raise
awareness of the benefits equality and diversity brings to our
region.
I can’t wait to discover what people within the region have
to offer us, and to see the responses this competition will
generate.”
Celebr8 and Stockport Arts Team will host workshops across the
region in June for budding film makers offering first class tips and
guidance from professionals on scriptwriting, acting and production.
Further details can be found at
www.celebr8.org. or by contacting
the Stockport Arts Team on 0161 474 4453/4454, via
email or
www.stockport.gov.uk/artgallery.
Also celebr8 on the Silver Screen information and entry packs can be
downloaded free of charge from www.celebr8.org, or to can be
requested by calling 0161 238 9422 or via
email.
Further information
on equality and diversity is freely available
online. |
