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Issue:- 21 February 2013

China in your hands

LIVERPOOL'S Lord Mayor is asking local residents to check their cupboards for china or clear their kitchen of kitsch in a bid to give a new Veterans Centre a bit of a lift.

The Veterans Welcome Centre will be based at the Port of Liverpool Buildings, which has been kindly loaned to the Battle of Atlantic 70th Commemoration Organising Committee courtesy of Downing Developments free of charge. It will be open on
Saturday, 25 May, Sunday, 26 May 2013 and Monday, 27 May 2013 from 12 noon to 4pm, to coincide with the Battle of the Atlantic commemorations weekend.

Lord Mayor, Councillor Sharon Sullivan, will launch the appeal for china cups and saucers at at the Town Hall on, Friday, 22 February 2013.

Councillor Sullivan said:- "This is a great idea, and will hopefully give the veterans somewhere to go during this fantastic weekend to rest their legs, enjoy a cuppa and have a chat with fellow veterans. I hope to encourage as many people to go through their cupboards and root out all their old china cups and saucers; they don't have to be matching just in good condition and able to hold a strong cup of tea!"

Battle of the Atlantic veterans Jack Brotheridge and Frank Holding will be at the Town Hall on Friday, 22 February 2013, to hopefully take collection of the 1st of many donations.

Jack was involved in 22 Atlantic Convoys, Malta Convoy, Secret service operations and every invasion except D-Day being otherwise engaged in the Anzio bloodbath. While Frank Holding, 91 was onboard ships that were both sunk during the Battle of the Atlantic. Joining them will be current serving Liverpool Sea Cadets and Arctic Convoy Veterans, Arthur
Micklewright and Frederick Orme.

Anyone wanting to donate their old crockery can simply drop it off at the Town Hall, High Street, Liverpool up to and including Monday, 8 April 2013, Monday to Friday from 9.00am to 5.00pm.

It is hoped that by having such a facility available veterans will be encouraged to come into the City and enjoy the celebrations while having somewhere to go, with their families, and take a break.  Liverpool Sea Cadets will be on hand for the weekend serving tea, coffee and biscuits to veterans and their families from 12noon until 4pm each day.

The Veterans Welcome Centre is sponsored by the Seafarers UK, Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity and The Royal British Legion. Once the Centre closes after the Battle of the Atlantic weekend, all crockery will be given to the Liverpool sea cadets for them to donate to local sea faring charities.

County Council cuts threaten future of Lancashire's only professional orchestra!

17 years of high quality, innovative music making and education could end if Lancashire County Council (LCC) reduces Lancashire Sinfonietta's current funding grant. The Sinfonietta is the county's only professional orchestra, created to enable top classical players and stars from Lancashire including Alfie Boe (tenor) and Amanda Roocroft (soprano) to return and take great music into local communities. It has also been a vehicle for inspiring a passion for music in thousands of children and young people. LCC has had the imagination to establish and sustain this unique orchestra as a major part of Lancashire's cultural landscape over the past 17 years. Since becoming an independent charity 6 months ago the orchestra has been encouraged by LCC to seek other sources of funding. However, the news has come that it could now face a 50% plus cut in its funding from LCC, and the speed and severity of this cut means the Sinfonietta could face closure by the end of June. Lancashire County Council has significant pressure on its budgets arising from central government cuts and the entire amount they have to distribute to the Sinfonietta, and an estimated 20 other applicants, is roughly the same as the orchestra received on its own last year.

Fiona Sinclair, General Manager at Lancashire Sinfonietta, said:- "The Sinfonietta is a unique and precious resource. We support the Council's strategic objectives in a special way; effectively delivering a cultural, educational and social agenda for the people of Lancashire through our activities. Although we appreciate the County Council's support in establishing us as a company, there is no way that we could set up alternative sources of funding in the short time we have been given."

The Sinfonietta is a cornerstone of the brand new Lancashire Music Education Hub, which is an important development for music education in the UK and places the orchestra at the centre of musical learning in Lancashire. The orchestra's family programme, The Sound Playground, is also going from strength to strength, helping to develop children's early learning and building audiences of the future. This is all over and above the superb performances it brings into the heart of communities in Lancashire; where no other orchestras go; championing talent and inspiring audiences. 

The Sinfonietta is appealing to its valued supporters and members of the public to contact Lancashire County Council and urge them to reconsider this decision. To lend your support to this campaign, please contact:- office@lancs-sinf.com or call:- 07967 091327 for more details.

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