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Formby Village Christmas Lights Switch On 2018
Photographs by Patrick
Trollope.
ON 25 November 2018, the Formby Christmas Lights were turned on in
the Village Centre. The Switch On was extremely well attended, with around
3000 people packing out the main street to watch the fantastic build up. On
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Outstanding work by
paramedics helps North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust achieve Good rating
NORTH West Ambulance Service has been
rated as:- 'good' following its latest Care Quality Commission (CQC)
inspection, after receiving:- 'requires improvement' 2 years ago.
The most recent inspection took place in June 2018 and resulted...
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Exclusive pre-apprenticeship
programme launches in Liverpool City Region
WORKING in partnership with the
University of Liverpool and 1 Ark, St Helens College along with Knowsley Community
College, are set to launch an exciting new pre-apprenticeship programme that is aimed at
young people aged 16 to 17. This unique opportunity, offering only 10 coveted...
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Top results for local community mental
health services
LOCAL NHS Trust CWP has been recognised
as a top performer nationally following the publication of results for the 2018
Community Mental Health Survey. The survey, which is based on the views of local
people accessing community mental health services and published by national
healthcare regulators the Care Quality Commission (CQC), identifies Cheshire and
Wirral...
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Lancashire Care ranked number 3 in NHS
Trust's Top 50 UK employers!
LANCASHIRE Care NHS Foundation Trust
has been listed within the top 3 NHS Trust's in The UK's Top 50 Employers, for
its work in demonstrating a diverse and inclusive workplace.
For the third year in a row, the Trust has been listed within:- "The Inclusive
Top 50 UK Employers." This...
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Club 'ledgend'
secures grant from Housebuilder’s Community Champions scheme
AN amateur football club, that once
boasted the longest serving manager in football history, has secured funding
from a leading housebuilder to invest in new kit and facilities. Waterloo Dock
AFC has received a ₤1,000 donation from Persimmon Homes North West, as part of
the Housebuilder’s Community...
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Southport Stroke Fundraisers raise
₤18,000 for the Stroke Association
A group of Southport fundraisers have
raised more than ₤18,000 for the Stroke Association, by hosting a Golf Dinner at
Southport Convention Centre, that took place on Friday, 23 November 2018. Sandra
Unsworth from Southport, was a Speech and...
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Schools to take over Tate
Liverpool
EDGE Hill University and Tate Liverpool
are to deliver a ground-breaking educational programme that uses iconic artworks
in new ways. From spring 2019 the institutions will begin their Schools in
Residence programme. Hosted in Tate Liverpool's art display Ideas Depot it
invites children, staff, and students from City Region schools to use the
gallery...
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Care Home residents ride to
victory
STAFF and residents at a Care Home
involved in a project in which residents cycle a virtual bike ride around
Liverpool have won a top award. Stapely Care Home in Mossley Hill received a
specially adapted bike linked to a digital screen which projects a route of
local landmarks, including Anfield and Goodison Park football...
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Ainsdale Village Christmas Tree Switch On 2018
Photographs by Patrick
Trollope.
THE Ainsdale Civic Society held its Christmas Tree Switch On, on 27 November 2018, outside Ainsdale Village
Church. The event stretched down the Village
Centre, also known as Station Road. Father Christmas also attended, passing out
gifts...
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Smartphone tech transforms
home care in Liverpool
LIVERPOOL is leading the way in the use
of smartphone technology to deliver and monitor better quality care in people's
homes. The City is the 1st to introduce a digital system with almost all
domiciliary care providers; giving instant information about 9,000...
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Liverpool Companies Breaching GDPR
DESPITE GDPR legislation having come
into effect over 5 months ago, the majority of Liverpool based businesses are
now risking penalties by failing to adhere to some of the rules. According to a
survey of 1,002 UK workers in full or part time employment, carried out by
ProBrand, the majority (73%) of businesses within Liverpool failed to wipe the...
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RMT says shocking new figures on
disabled access reinforce case for rail staff
RAIL Union RMT said that shocking new
figures on disabled access to Britain's railways reinforce the case for Station
and Train staff and are a shameful wake up call for the whole industry.
More than 1,000 Railway Stations, within Britain, cannot be used by some disabled
passengers...
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Hugh Baird College's Ellie wins
national 'Apprentice of the Year' award
A Hugh Baird College andAintree
University Hospital apprentice, has been named:- 'Apprentice of the Year'
at the national Association of Colleges, Student of the Year...
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Lend An Elfing Hand in the North West
LOOKING for a way to give something
back this festive season? This December, the British Heart Foundation is
launching Project Elf, its latest volunteering campaign encouraging the public
to 'lend an elfing hand' over the Christmas period.
This December the BHF is calling on the general public to take some time out of
their busy lives...
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Bike and Go launches FreeWheel Tuesdays
BIKE hire scheme Bike and Go is bringing
Christmas early to its Ormskirk and Southport customers; by giving them free
bike hire every Tuesday between 4 December 2018 and 15 January 2019.
The offer, which covers every Tuesday except Christmas Day and is open to all
subscribers, is worth almost ₤23, and provides an opportunity to escape the...
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Choir raises ₤1,800 for Hospital
leukaemia patients
A choir raised ₤1,800 from a concert to
support people with leukaemia being treated in the Medical Day Unit (MDU) at
Southport Hospital.
It was presented by former patient Colin Pompfrett, a former patient, with his
wife Brenda, who are members of the choir.
The community...
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Disney Princess helps young patient
celebrate end of treatment at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre
A Disney Princess was on hand to help a
little girl celebrate her final radiotherapy treatment at The Clatterbridge
Cancer Centre. Layla Hackney, from Appleton in Warrington, was being treated at
the Hospital in Wirral after being diagnosed with a...
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The Production Guild of Great Britain
partners with Edge Hill University
THE Production Guild of Great Britain
is pleased to announce its 1st University partnership with Ormskirk's Edge
Hill University, as part of its ongoing work to channel new talent into UK film
and TV drama production offices.
Edge Hill University's BA (Hons) degree in Television Production...
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Young interns start work
LIVERPOOL City Council has taken on
young people with learning disabilities as part of a programme to help them into
work. The Council has offered placements in a children's centre, a respite
centre and in its short breaks team as part of its Supported Internships
programme.
Just 6% of young people with learning disabilities are in employment, and the...
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₤14.9m to fund North West trial for
green
energy
PLANS to use hydrogen to help heat UK
homes; and massively cut the country's carbon emissions; took a big step
forward with a ₤14.9 million funding boost. The money will fund 2 field trials
on public gas networks, blending hydrogen with natural gas to heat around 750
homes in each of the year long trials.Over the course of the 4 year programme,
starting in 2019, the team behind...
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Book to that lets women know it's 'OK'
not be
okay is an instant hit with readers
A new book published to help women
achieve their true potential has proven an instant hit with readers. 'It's
OK! (We're not sh*tting you, it really is!)' was officially launched, by
authors Jo Howarth and Ali Gill, at a special event within Write Blend...
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Post rock legends Mogwai at
the Liverpool Olympia
Photographs by Sean Taylor.
ON
Thursday, 22 November 2018 we headed
over to the Eventim
Olympia, on West Derby Road, Liverpool, to see the Scottish post rock band,
Mogwai, who formed in Glasgow during
1995, along with special guests The Twilight Sad.
Upon arrival the ominous lighting set the
scene for the 1st of the 2 bands of the night, the
Twilight Sad. Their
music was brooding and moody, and the....
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St Luke's, the "Bombed
Out" Church, Liverpool, has been transform into a Winter Wonderland
WORK has been completed at St Luke's
"Bombed Out" Church, in Liverpool City Centre, to transform
the former church interior into a Winter Wonderland this festive season; Elves
have been busy working away in the much loved Liverpool landmark and its
grounds, in a way which has...
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Give something special to charity this
festive season
THIS month we celebrate, for many of us the festive season is a time for giving and sharing and I'd like
to take a moment to share ways on how in choosing to give to the Revitalise Charity,
on Giving
Tuesday.'
If you can, you'll be making a real difference to the lives of the disabled people
and carers that they support. "As a charity we know that spending time
with the people we love and care for is something so simple, but can mean so
much to disabled people and carers who have little opportunity of a break.
Imagine not being able to take time away when it is needed the most. While for
many of us...
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Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram and Bus
Alliance Provide Free Bus Tickets to Foodbanks
METRO Mayor Steve Rotheram will
announce that the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, along with bus
operators Arriva and Stagecoach, will provide 3000 bus tickets; 500 for each of
its 6 local authority areas; for the City Region's foodbanks to use...
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WLLR 2018 Santa Specials
Booking Up Fast!
THIS the West Lancashire Light Railway
are running full steam Santa Special, starting on Sunday, 9 December and then
also running on the weekend of 15/16 December and the final runs over 22/23
December 2018. The rides are not long, but bring a smile to
the faces of young and old. What's more, Children will not only have a ride on
the steam train, but they will also meet Santa and receive a present! Don't
worry, adults also get a Christmas treat, a...
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Record low number of children in
workless homes
NEW figures from the Office of National
Statistics are reporting that the number of children living in workless
households is at a record low since comparable records began, decreasing by
85,000 over the last year. In addition, the number of workless households has
fallen by almost a million, 964,000, since 2010, as more people are in work than
ever before. The new statistics come of the back of other data which
revealed that after London, the North West has seen the greatest fall in the
proportion of children living in workless households since 2012. The proportion
has fallen from around 18% to less...
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International Day of Persons
with Disabilities 2018
THE United Nations International Day of
Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) will be globally observed, on Monday, 3 December
2018.
The theme for this year's IDPD is:- "Empowering persons with disabilities and
ensuring inclusiveness and equality." This theme focuses on the empowering
persons with disabilities for the inclusive, equitable and sustainable
development.
The Day aims to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilise
support for the dignity, rights and well-being of persons with disabilities. It
also seeks to increase awareness of gains to be derived from the integration...
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A cherry on top for Croxteth Park
AN AVENUE of beautiful trees will
welcome visitors to Liverpool's Croxteth Hall and Country Park as a planting
project gets underway, on Tuesday, 4 December 2018. Youngsters from Emmaus
Primary School will join members of the Croxteth Park Volunteer Group (CPVG) to
plant 18 Wild Cherry Trees, which will provide a stunning pink blossom gateway
along the driveway leading to the green space in the spring. The tree lined
route will stretch from Muirhead Avenue Gates to the park, and has been made
possible thanks to the dedication of the CPVG and funding from The Mersey Forest
and the Community Forest Trust. This is the 1st phase...
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Christmas boost for
Liverpool families
MAYOR of Liverpool Joe Anderson has
announced plans to help hundreds of families this festive season. Around 900
families with a child under 1 in receipt of Housing Benefit or Council Tax
support will be able to claim a ₤20 voucher to help them with their fuel bills.
A further 150 care leavers who live independently will get a ₤30 voucher.
The funding is coming from the Mayor's Hope Fund and the LECCY, the City
Council's not for profit gas and electricity company. In addition, the Mayor is
working with Trussell Trust, Fans Supporting Foodbanks and Food For Thought to
produce festive hampers that will help some of our most vulnerable families...
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Those from the North West admit to
having no rainy day fund
THE poll of 2,000 adults revealed 66%
also worry about how they will cope if they lost their job or received an
unexpected bill. In the North West, 25% admitted they would struggle if they
faced a long period of unpaid or statutory sick leave and 22% wouldn't be able
to cope with the expense of a broken boiler. Others are concerned about how they
would pay for an unexpected car repairs bill (26%), a large utility bill (23%)
or even Christmas (16%), which is close to the national average of 17%. In the
survey, commissioned by Salary Finance, it also emerged that...
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