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Issue:- 21 February 2013

Youth Charity Album raising money for Hospice

STUDENTS at King George V College Southport have composed and recorded 8 original songs on their 'Minutes' Charity Album in aid of the local Queensbrook Hospice, in Southport, Merseyside, England.

"This Charity Album is a collaborative release combining all of the creative talents of the second year students supported by BTEC Music Technology staff"
said John Brindle, Course Coordinator for Music Technology, King George V College, Southport, Merseyside.

The students compose and record their original songs as an integrated part of their music education working towards their BTECs in Music and Music Technology.

Teachers inspire and motivate their students to achieve and excel in their learning at King George V College, Southport. Working towards producing an Annual Charity Album of original music helps them towards their music qualifications; and then the Album being sold to raise funds for such a worthy local charity is just one of the innovative methodologies used at the College.

Young people in Merseyside do not always get the credit they deserve. It is fantastic to see these youth musicians supporting their local community.

This year the Charity Album and singles are available for digital download worldwide to raise money for the Queensbrook Hospice and can be heard at:- youthrecordlabel.com.

Public welcome at Trust board meeting

SOUTHPORT and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust will hold its next board meeting on Wednesday 27 February 2013 at 9am.

The meeting will be held in the Board Room in the Corporate Management Office at Southport and Formby District General Hospital.

Members of the public are welcome to attend and observe the meeting. Anyone with a special requirement should contact the Trust in advance on:- 01704 704714.

The agenda will be available on the Trust website in advance of the meeting. Supporting papers will be made available on the day.

LABOUR PROMISE TO FIGHT NEXT ELECTION ON LIVING STANDARDS

ROUND-UP shows that the number of councils in England and Wales now paying or committed to pay a living wage has risen to 37 with all 32 councils in Scotland doing so says GMB

GMB, the union for public services, commented on the announcement today that Labour will go into next election promising to introduce a 10p tax rate and will seek to reverse falls in living standards. See press reports of his speech.

This co-incides with a GMB round-up which shows that the number of councils in England and Wales now paying or committed to pay a living wage has risen to 37. All 32 councils in Scotland now pay or are committed to pay a living wage.

Recent additions are Barking and Dagenham (£9 per hour minimum), Deal, Greenwich and Harrow. This is in addition to Ashfield, Blackpool, Birmingham, Brent, Brighton and Hove, Calderdale, Camden, Cardiff, Carlisle, Chorley, Croydon, Dartford, Derby City, Ealing, Enfield, Gloucester City, Hackney, Hounslow, Hyndburn, Islington, Lambeth, Lewisham, Newark and Sherwood, Newcastle, Norwich, Oxford City, Preston, Sheffield, Southwark, Swansea, Wirral, Wolverhampton and York.

GMB last month launched a campaign to win a living wage of £7.45ph (£8.55ph in London) for 280,000 low paid workers in councils across England and Wales.

GMB has secured the support of Labour leader Ed Miliband for higher pay for low paid council staff. See notes to editors for Ed Miliband comment.

Typical council jobs which pay £6.30/£6.38ph are home helps, school dinner staff, teaching assistants, cleaners, grave diggers, admin assistants, sure-start workers, refuse staff, caretakers, meals on wheels staff, care workers and school crossing patrols.

Brian Strutton, GMB National Secretary for Public Services, said:- "GMB welcome Ed Miliband announcing today that Labour Party deplores the falls in real living standards under this government and him saying that people need higher incomes to support economic growth. His bold vision of fighting the next election by pledging to improve living standards is great news. It needs to be pointed out that such a view are incompatible with the Labour leaderships previous support for the public sector pay freeze. Probably the most significant contributor to the wage stagnation he so obviously deplored has been the freeze on pay of over 6 million public sector workers. In the past both Ed Miliband and Ed Balls have said they support public sector pay restraint to the dismay of low paid GMB members like school dinner ladies, refuse collectors, street cleaners, hospital porters and school classroom assistants. We now look forward to both Eds making it clear that as part of the drive to improve living standards they will no longer support the public sector pay freeze. They should commend Labour councils now paying or committed to pay a living wage."

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