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Issue:- 27 March 2015

Spice up your specs in Southport

EMMA Bunton launches the annual search for the Spectacle Wearer of the Year 2015. Former Spice Girl and Heart Radio DJ Emma Bunton has teamed up with Specsavers in Southport and anti bullying charity Kidscape to launch this year's search for the Wannabe Spectacle Wearers of the Year. The overall winner of competition will be presented with Ł10,000 in cash and a dream stay at the Atlantis Paradise Island, Bahamas. The prize will be presented later this year at a star studded event in Central London. Emma is the face of this year's Specsavers' Love Glasses campaign and the associated Spectacle Wearer of the Year competition, now in its 20th year.

Emma says:- "I've been wearing glasses for years, even before I needed a prescription. I wore them without lenses because I think they're a great way to accessorise! Glasses should be fun. I love the variety, from dark frames to tortoiseshell and 2- one. I also like being a bit out there and wearing white or vintage glasses. I think the good thing about the range available now is that you can have so much fun with them."

Stuart Roberts, store director at Specsavers in Southport, says:- "We want to celebrate the specs-wearing superstars in Southport. The Spectacle Wearer of the Year Awards offer the perfect opportunity for men and women of any age to show how fabulous they look in glasses and to wear their specs with pride."

For every eligible entry Specsavers will donate Ł1 to Kidscape, which is celebrating 30 years of helping vulnerable children in 2015. The money raised will help to support them in providing training, support and advice for children, parents, schools and those who may be affected by cases of bullying and abuse in the UK. Emma continues:- "It's so important to make sure there's lots of support for children who get bullied. It's an awful thing to go through and heart breaking for kids and parents. As a mother I'm proud to be part of this campaign and help spread the word."

There are 5 age categories:- 16 to 24, 25 to 34, 35 to 44, 45 to 59 and over 60s plus a Facebook favourite voted for by the public.

A winner from each category will win a VIP makeover and will mingle with celebrities at an awards ceremony in London on 6 October 2015.

To be in with a chance of scooping the biggest accolade in the specs wearing world, glasses wearers can enter the competition online, via Facebook or alternatively at your nearest Specsavers store.

Schools book in for reading prize

MORE than 20 schools across Liverpool have received an award for their work in getting young people to read for pleasure.

The Liverpool Reading Quality Mark (LRQM) was launched in 2014, in partnership with the National Literacy Trust and encourages schools to adopt innovative and creative practices to promote reading for pleasure. It also forms part of the City of Readers campaign which aims to make sure every child leaves primary school able to read.

A total of 23 primary and secondary schools have now receive the LRQM as they have fulfilled the following accreditation criteria:-

Leadership and management
Workforce development
Reading promotion
Reading events and groups
School-wide opportunities for reading pleasure
Involving family, communities and the library service

Pupils and staff from the schools have taken part in a special celebration event that was held on Friday, 27 March 2015, at Liverpool's Central Library where Councillor Lana Orr, Mayoral Lead for Reading, present their plaques. Councillor Orr said:- "I'm delighted that we are in the position to present a large number of schools with this prestigious award. Research by the Institute of Education found that children who read for pleasure are likely to do significantly better in school than their peers by developing stronger literacy skills and generally improving their life opportunities. These schools have grasped this concept with both hands, exhibiting excellent practice when it comes to encouraging youngsters to get in to the reading habit. It's encouraging to see our schools continuing to embrace this initiative, and as a result, we're sure to see improving standards of literacy across the City."

The schools receiving the award are:-

Rice Lane Infants, Blackmoor Park Juniors, Dovedale Junior, Rice Lane Junior, St Cecilia's Catholic Junior School, St Oswald's Catholic Juniors, Barlows Primary, Belle Vale Primary, Blessed Sacrament Primary, Emmaus Primary, Holy Cross Primary, Kirkdale St Lawrence CE Primary, Mosspits Lane Primary, Northway Primary, Our Lady Immaculate Primary, Rudston Primary, St Anthony of Padua Primary, St Finbar's Primary, St Gregory's Primary, Our Lady of the Assumption, Archbishop Blanch CE High School, Broughton Hall High School and West Derby Academy.

Did you know that this is the 2nd successful cohort of schools to have achieved the Reading Quality Mark? Last year 20 schools achieved the Liverpool Reading Quality Mark, the 1st award of this type in the North West.

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Deceased estates notice - Lilian May Jackam

Pursuant to the Trustee Act 1925, any persons having a claim against or an interest in the Estate of Lilian May Jackam (also known as Lillian May) Jackam (Deceased), late of Birch Abbey Rest Home, 55 Alexandra Road, Southport, Merseyside, PR9 9HD, UK, who died on 04/10/2018, are required to send particulars thereof in writing, to the undersigned Solicitors, on or before 24/05/2019, after which date the Estate will be distributed having regard only to claims and interests of which they have had notice. Churches Solicitors, 12 High Street, Fareham, Hampshire, PO16 7BL, UK. Ref:- 'T553015.'

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