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Charity Easter
Fundraising Event
MERSEYSIDE Society for Deaf People
(MSDP) was established as a charity in 1864 in order to address the many
barriers and inequalities experienced by Deaf people. The Charity celebrated
its 150th Anniversary in April 2014 and follows the same vision as when it
was founded. The Charity exists as a guiding hand to support and promote
independent living and also as an ambassador for change that allows Deaf,
Deaf Blind and Hard of Hearing people to access the services and career
prospects they desire without barriers to hinder their development and
contribution to society.
The last 5 years have been very challenging for MSDP and the existing staff
have gone the extra mile to ensure the Charity survives, not just for the
present generation of Deaf, Deaf Blind and Hard of Hearing but also for
future generations because this disability will always exist and will always
require support. We will continue to campaign for organisations and their
staff to have an understanding of deaf awareness and how to break down those
barriers for people that are Deaf, Deaf Blind and Hard of Hearing.
We are currently in the middle of a 3 year budget review in which our
Local Authorities are trying to save £156 million, on top of the £173
million they had to save over the previous 3 years. This is having a
significant impact on the Charity.
MSDP are facing very challenging financial times ahead. Without the support
of local and wider reaching organisations like yours, the Charity will
struggle to continue. Thousands of individuals who rely so heavily on the
services offered by the Charity will not only no longer be able to access
the opportunities MSDP allows them to explore, the potential it allows them
to fulfil or to go about their day to day life unhindered.
Schoolchildren commended for anti
scrambler bike posters
SCHOOLCHILDREN from Sefton who designed posters for a
Merseyside Police anti scrambler bike campaign were commended in a
presentation ceremony at Bootle Town Hall.
The Year 6 group; who are pupils at Bedford Primary School in Bootle, Lander
Road Primary School in Litherland and Rimrose Hope CE Primary school In
Seaforth; were invited to design posters that reflected their feelings on
the antisocial and illegal use of scrambler bikes and off road bikes in
Sefton.
Over 100 entries were received from schoolchildren and the winning entries
were selected by a panel of judges.
The 10 winners were presented with an award certificate and a
framed copy of their winning poster by Assistant Chief Constable Ngaire
Waine, Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner Sue Murphy, Councillor Paul
Cummins from Sefton Council and former Everton player Ian Snodin. They
also won a PGL adventure weekend at Winmerleigh Hall in the forest of
Bowland.
Bootle neighbourhood inspector Ian Jones said:- "We had
over 100 posters designed by schoolchildren and the winning posters are a
reflection of their artistic talent or thought that went into the wording.
They all have great messages and what is clear is that the kids do not like
scrambler bikes and they want the issue to stop. By bringing all the primary
schools together in the area; and sending them all off together on their
adventure weekend; we hope that we can build bridges in the community and
break down barriers. We also hope that by engaging children at such a young
age and working with partner agencies we can work together and stamp out the
problem of illegal scrambler bike use once and for all."
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Southport mathematician
takes his research to Parliament
DR Stewart Haslinger, 34, a postdoctoral research
associate at the University of Liverpool, hailing from Southport, is
attending Parliament to present his mathematics research to a range of
politicians and a panel of expert judges, as part of SET for Britain, on
Monday, 7 March 2016.
Stewart's poster on research about controlling elastic waves by patterning
plates with a structured array will be judged against dozens of other
scientists' research in the only national competition of its kind. Stewart
was shortlisted from hundreds of applicants to appear in Parliament.
On presenting his research in Parliament, he said:- "I heard about the
SET for Britain competition from colleagues and felt it was a great
opportunity to showcase the exciting research I am looking into. I am using
mathematics to model elastic metamaterials; artificially engineered
super lattice materials designed with periodic arrays so that their function
is defined through structure rather than being limited by their chemistry.
In particular, a thin elastic wave is patterned in specific ways to control
the direction of flexural waves; there are potential applications in the
design of shielding systems to redirect waves in earthquake vulnerable
areas. The details are quite complicated but a poster is an excellent way to
communicate the ideas and concepts".
Stephen Metcalfe MP, Chairman of the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee,
said:- "This annual competition is an important date in the
parliamentary calendar because it gives MPs an opportunity to speak to a
wide range of the country's best young researchers. These early career
engineers, mathematicians and scientists are the architects of our future
and SET for Britain is politicians' best opportunity to meet them and
understand their work."
Sir Adrian Smith, Chair of the Council for the Mathematical Sciences (CMS)
said:- "The CMS is delighted, once again, to showcase the importance
of the mathematical sciences to a wider audience. It is paramount to
encourage early career research scientists, engineers, technologists and
mathematicians and the SET for Britain event is a very effective way of
doing this. We have been encouraged by the enthusiastic response from early
career researchers in the mathematical sciences and feel sure this will this
continue in the future."
Stewart's research has been entered into the Mathematical Sciences session
of the competition, which will end in a gold, silver and bronze prize giving
ceremony.
Judged by leading academics, the gold medallist receives £3000, while silver
and bronze receive £2000 and £1000 respectively.
The Parliamentary and Scientific Committee runs the event in collaboration
with the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the
Institute of Physics, the Royal Society of Biology, The Physiological
Society and the Council for the Mathematical Sciences, with financial
support from Essar, the Clay Mathematics Institute, Warwick Manufacturing
Group (WMG), the Institute of Biomedical Science, the Bank of England and
the Society of Chemical Industry.
An evening with Katy Manning
LIVERPOOL'S St George's Hall is proud to welcome
legendry Doctor Who actress, Katy Manning for an evening of conversation
about her extraordinary life and varied career, featuring inside stories and
anecdotes.
On Saturday, 19 March 2016 in the slender of The Concert Room, Katy will be
speaking about how her career has spanned over 40 years and three continents
so far. Daughter of writer JL Manning OBE, Katy's innumerable stage and
screen roles started with John Braine's Man at the Top, Armchair Theatre,
Target, and Casualty followed. She also hosted her own Arts and Crafts
programme Serendipity and her own chat show.
Katy won the undying love of legions of fans playing Jo Grant; one of the
most iconic Doctor Who characters ever alongside Jon Pertwee's and returned
to great acclaim in spin-off series, The Sarah Jane Adventures written by
Russell T Davies.
Doctor Who and The Sarah Jane Adventures actor, Matt Smith said:-
"Working with Katy Manning has been wonderful. She's a lovely person. Mad as
a box of fish but totally dynamite!"
Amongst award winning performances Katy has penned her own one woman show
Not A Well Woman complete with 26 voices and her vocal versatility has
featured in a staggering range of audio dramas.
Katy's twins are thrilled that their mother is now available
in 2 plastic figurines as Jo Grant!
Join Katy for an evening of inspiration and gossip for 1 night only at St.
George's Concert Room, a must for all Doctor Who fans. For further
information, please visit:-
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