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Issue 122
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| 9 - 15 June 2015
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NEWS
BRIEF
Inspiring the
next generation
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Nottingham’s hospitals have become the first in the UK to
launch their own free maternity app for mums-to-be, funded
by Nottingham Hospitals Charity.
The Pocket Midwife is written by Nottingham midwives,
for Nottingham women and can be downloaded in the App
Store or on Google Play.
See page 2
See page 9
Strength for Survivors
Nottinghamshire’s leading charity for
survivors of sexual abuse is bringing
the therapeutic power of drumming to
Nottinghamshire.
Incest and Sexual Abuse Survivors has
been working in the county for over 24
years, providing specialist confidential
counselling and therapeutic groups to
men and women affected by assaults in
childhood.
See page 2
Justice for Shanay?
See page 12
Price 20p
CHARITY
BONUS
A law firm is raising funds for a
Nottingham-based charity that supports
orphans and vulnerable children in the UK
and abroad.
Rothera Dowson has named Operation
Orphan as its chosen charity of the year.
There are plans for the team to help with
packing clothing and aid next month and a
fashion show in the summer.
The firm raised £5000 through donations
and event sponsorship for its chosen charity
for 2014, Cure Rett. There are high hopes to
bring as much to the table for another
worthy cause.
Brad Moore, managing director at Operation
Orphan is thrilled with the support from
Rothera Dowson, saying: “It is important to
us to have local businesses helping us.
Every penny that is donated goes directly to
projects at home and abroad.
We are working hard to help with
the current crisis in Nepal, as well
as campaigns to help vulnerable
children in Africa, the Middle East,
Europe and at home.
We aim to give targeted relief and items
that have practical uses such as nappies
and warm clothing.”
Brad Moore, managing director at
Operation Orphan is thrilled with the
support from Rothera Dowson, saying:
“It is important to us to have local
businesses helping us.
Every penny that is donated goes directly
to projects at home and abroad.
“We are working hard to help with
the current crisis in Nepal, as well as
campaigns to help vulnerable children
in Africa, the Middle East, Europe and
at home.
We aim to give targeted relief and items
that have practical uses such as nappies
and warm clothing.”
To find out more about Operation Orphan,
visit www.operation-orphan.org.
For further information on Rothera
Dowson, visit www.rotheradowson.co.uk.
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Strength for Survivors
Nottinghamshire’ leading
charity for survivors
of sexual abuse is
bringing the therapeutic
power of drumming to
Nottinghamshire.
Incest and Sexual Abuse
Survivors has been working
in the county for over 24
years, providing specialist
confidential counselling
and therapeutic groups to
men and women affected by
assaults in childhood.
Since early 2015 the charity
has ran beginners drumming
workshops in Nottingham
and is now expanding
this service to Mansfield,
Newark, and Worksop. In
these sessions the group
learn to play a mixture of
African hand drums and
other rhythmic instruments.
Dan McKay, Percussion
Specialist said, “I’ve been
teaching drumming for about
20 years now and I’ve seen how
learning a new skill like playing
a djembe ultimately improves
overall self-confidence, inspires,
and is a real boost to a person’s
well-being. Drumming groups
are great fun too and they’re
often very warm and happy
sessions.”
Roy McPartland, Group
Facilitator with the charity
explained, “We’ve seen how
uplifting these drumming
workshops have been in
Nottingham and we’re excited
to be able to do the same for
clients in the rest of the county.”
He continues: “Research
suggests that drumming may
enhance recovery through
inducing relaxation and
making changes to the way the
brain works. Along with the
satisfaction gained from building
new musical skills drumming is
a really pleasurable experience.
And it can potentially release
emotional trauma too. For
example, we have seen that these
workshops helped people by
reducing shame, isolation and
alienation, and created a sense
of connectedness with self and
others.”
The two-hour long drumming
workshop will run weekly for six
sessions and are free to
survivors of sexual abuse.
Classes start in early July. Drums
are provided and the sessions are
suitable for beginners.
For more information please
contact Roy or Dan at ISAS on
0115 824 0314 or visit
www.isas-notts.org.uk
Family Fun
Mansfield District Council is
preparing to kick-start the holidays
with three summer festivals.
The events will be at King
George V Park, Mansfield, on
Monday, July 27, Titchfield
Park, Mansfield, on Wednesday,
August 12, and Carr Lane Park,
Warsop, on Thursday, August 27,
and will be packed with fun, free
entertainment for all the family even the dog!
Details available at http://www.
mansfield.gov.uk/summerfestival
So Munch More!
Motivated entrepreneur
Ralph Shepherd has launched
his own catering company So
Munch More, following his
success catering for Willmott
Dixon’s
site team at
Nottingham’s
Southglade
Food Park site.
November 2014, working as a
sole trader from his own kitchen
– delivering homemade meals
and snacks to workers across
Nottingham.
Ralph, founder of So Munch
More, said: “I have always
“
like So Munch More. The
positive response I received
was better than I could have
imagined and this helped me
to realise there was potential to
grow my business and make it
into a real career.
“I have always aimed to
produce good quality, honest
and tasty food for local people who
So Munch More works
to provide home cooked are too busy to prepare their own
food at affordable
lunch time meals. The success of
prices to workers in the the business is remarkable, and now
city centre.
it is my full time job
All of the company’s
and I own my own
ingredients are sourced premises.”
locally when possible,
helping it to support other
small businesses in the
region.
Ralph opened his business in
Chris Henning, director
of economic development
at Nottingham City
Council, said: “We always
try to ensure that largescale developments in
Nottingham benefit our
local businesses while
under construction, as well
as when they’re complete.
“
been passionate about
cooking, but it was not until I
had the chance to work with
Willmott Dixon that I found the
confidence to build a business
So we welcome the news
that this vital scheme has
also inspired a new, thriving
catering business. Projects
like this can have far-reaching
benefits for the local community
that we are keen to maximise.”
A Midwife in Your Pocket
IF YOU’VE GOT A STORY
Nottingham’s hospitals have
become the first in the UK to
launch their own free maternity
app for mums-to-be, funded by
Nottingham Hospitals Charity.
The Pocket Midwife is written
by Nottingham midwives, for
Nottingham women and can be
downloaded in the App Store or
on Google Play.
It is thought to be the only
maternity app in the UK produced
by a hospital. Others available are
produced by large commercial
organisations, and not necessarily
by midwives. As a result they
often do not reflect local practice.
The Pocket Midwife has been
developed by maternity matron
Julia Gudgeon and other members
of her team, with support from the
hospital’s Better For You change
Programme and funded by the
Hospital Charity.
It contains general pregnancy
information that is useful to all
prospective parents and their
families, but also contains
information specific to NUH, such
the Trust’s own maternity leaflets
and useful contact telephone
numbers.
Other features include a pregnancy
calendar, which describes the
baby’s development and changes
to the woman’s body. A contraction
counter supports women and their
birth partners in early labour. And
there is even a ‘selfie gallery’,
which was requested by women in
Nottingham who want to log the
progress of their growing bump.
The Pocket Midwife was
developed with feedback from 100
pregnant women, who were asked
what information they would like.
The app contains all of NUH’s
maternity information leaflets – on
everything from breastfeeding
to the signs of labour – so that
women and their families have
them in their pockets.
It can also send a birth
announcement to everyone in
your address book.
The app is free to download
and women will not be asked
to register or give personal
information.
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Rogue Landlords
Breaching Safety
Two rogue landlords who put profit
before safety have been fined a total of
£16,400 for safety breaches which put
their student tenants at risk.
Landlords Mr Irfan Tariq and Mrs
Sajadah Tariq of Elm Bank, Mapperley,
were taken to court by Nottingham
City Council’s Safer Housing Team
for failing to licence student flats in
Corporation Oaks, St Ann’s and for fire
safety failings.
The couple, who claimed the property
was mostly unoccupied despite housing
a dozen students, failed to appear at
Nottingham Magistrates Court on
Wednesday June 3rd and the case was
heard in their absence.
They were found guilty of failing to
licence a HMO (House in Multiple
Occupation) under Section 55 of
the Housing Act 2004, as well as
contravening the Management of
Houses in Multiple Occupation
(England) Regulations 2006, in
particular around fire safety.
living at the address, seven of whom
were from overseas. Hazards found at
the property posed a serious risk to the
health, safety and well-being of these
citizens, including:
They were each fined £5,000 for
failure to licence the property, £2,500
each for breaches of the management
regulations and full costs of £1,403.30
were awarded to the Council and a
victim surcharge of £120 each - a total
fine of £16,403.30.
• Fire doors having been removed from
door frames and left leaning against
walls
• Service pipes going through walls and
ceilings/floors, compromising fire safety
• A rear exit door which was a
designated fire escape having been
screwed shut
• A fire alarm not being maintained and
on two separate visits not operating
at all.
At the time officers entered the
property, 12 students were found to be
living at the address, seven of whom
were from overseas. Hazards found at
the property posed a serious risk to the
health, safety and well-being of these
citizens, including:
At the time officers entered the
property, 12 students were found to be
Anyone who wants to report a rogue
landlord can do so by calling
0115 915 2020 or emailing
environmental.health@nottinghamcity.
gov.uk
Doddington Hall &
Gardens Exhibition
Voices from the Inside A fascinating exhibition of quilts and
needlework, exploring what it means to be ‘inside’ and the power if
stitch work to communicate, rehabilitate and heal.
14th June- 31st August
Visit www.doddingtonhall.com for more information.
The House and Gardens are 11am (House 12noon) to 4pm. Adult
£9.50 - Family £26.00 - Child £4.75.
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VOX
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HAVE YOUR SAY
“I do understand
what the Vegan
Society is saying
but I wouldn’t eat
dog meat myself,
our culture is completely different to
that of China.”
Debbie Taylor,
Cotgrave
“I’m not against
eating anything but
I am against the
cruelty that these
animals face, especially the dogs
in China, animals
here are killed in a
humane way.”
Tim Curnwood,
Cotgrave
“Dogs are domestic
animals, you can
get far more from
a cow or a sheep
but with a dog it
would just be the
meat. I’d only eat
it if I didn’t have a
choice.”
Kevin Beard,
East Bridgford
“Dogs are not
bred for food so
I don’t agree with
the statement, we
breed farm animals
purposely to be
eaten and used for
milk etc…we breed
dogs as pets.”
Mick Ellis,
East Bridgford
Breaking Down the Barriers
A hostel for some of the
most challenging homeless
people in Nottingham will
welcome visitors this week,
as residents and staff seek
to explain its life-changing
work and vital role in the
community.
The Forest Road
accommodation service,
operated by homelessness
charity Framework with
funding from Nottingham
City Council, provides
a temporary home for
homeless men and women
with multiple needs – who
may also be living with
drug and alcohol addictions,
mental ill-health, learning
difficulties, and a history of
offending. The service will
be welcoming invited
three storey villa in Forest
Road West and can house
up to 15 people. Residents,
who are referred by the city
council,
The people we are
stay for a
maximum of
working with every day
four months,
are very much at the
during which
their
beginning of that journey time
long-term
and are living with multiple needs are
thoroughly
additional
assessed by
professional
problems.
support
workers and
guests between 1pm and 3pm
a clear path
on Wednesday, June 10.
to independent living
Opened in May 2014, the
identified. Service Manager
service occupies a Victorian
“
“
Iain Ross said: “Framework
exists to help homeless
people to live independently
and contribute positively
to their communities.
That makes our work very
difficult, but also brings an
extra degree of satisfaction
when we succeed in moving
people out of the service
and into less intensive
accommodation.”
Over the last year the service,
which also allows residents
to move in with their pets,
has housed 64 people, 34
of whom have moved on
successfully to alternative
accommodation.
Dog Eating Festival Outrage
It is generally accepted
that eating dogs is
wrong, but it is no
different to eating
any other animal, say
The Vegan Society in
response to the global
outrage of news that
the annual dog-eating
festival in China will
go ahead later this
month.
Hundreds of thousands
took to social media to
express their disgust
with an event in which
10,000 dogs could
be eaten in Yulin, in
Guangxi province in
southern China. A
petition to end the
activities received over
200,000 signatures.
“While The Vegan
Society is glad to hear
of the widespread
revulsion to this
dog-eating festival,
please also consider
the millions of farmed
animals that are killed
and subsequently eaten
by so many people
every year, often
without a moment’s
thought.” said Jasmijn
de Boo, CEO of The
Vegan Society.
“Dogs share the same
feelings, emotions and
individual personalities
as cows, chickens, pigs
or any other animal.
It does not matter if we
invite them to share our
homes as companions,
all animals are sentient
beings with a right
to life and freedom,
entitled to the same
respect and treatment
regardless of species.”
de Boo added.
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National Blood Week 8th14th June 2015 NCoattll for people in
NHS Blood and Transplant
asks whether you could be the
‘missing type’ during National
Blood Week
NHS Blood and Transplant has
revealed that 40% fewer new
volunteers came forward across
England and North Wales to give
blood last year compared to a
decade ago. The organisation is
calling for more people to help
fill the gaps by starting to donate
in Nottinghamshire.
To mark the start of National
Blood Week (8-14 June 2015),
which culminates with World
Blood Donor Day on Sunday,
has explained that 204,000
new volunteers need to come
forward this year across
England and North Wales to
keep the nation’s blood stocks at
a safe level for the future.
Regular donations are crucial to
saving and improving the lives
of patients with cancer, blood
disorders and those suffering
medical trauma or undergoing
surgery 3,853 new volunteers
came forward to donate blood for
the first time in Nottinghamshire
last year, about 6 per 1,000 of
the estimated number of people
between the ages of 17 and
70 living there. 26 per 1,000
people are
active donors in
Nottinghamshire.
19,898 people
living in
Nottinghamshire
donated blood at
least once last
year, saving or
improving up
to three lives
each time they
inghamshire t
o
start donating
blood
to help fill the
gaps
did so.
During National Blood Week,
is working with partners
including businesses, media
and celebrities such as
Jamie Oliver, Jorgie Porter
and Claudia Winkleman to
promote blood donation.
They have been removing
the letters A, O and B (the
letters that make up the blood
groups) from their names,
raising awareness of the need
for new blood donors with all
blood types.
This ‘Missing Type’ campaign
highlights that if not enough
new people donate blood
and these ‘types’ were to go
missing in years to come,
there wouldn’t be enough
blood available when patients
need it.
needs new donors to fill the
gaps left by existing donors
who are not able to give blood
at this time and to ensure that
we have the right mix of blood
groups to match patients’
needs.
A number of misconceptions
still exist about donating;
almost half (48%) of the
people responding to an NHS
Blood and Transplant survey
said they think that the NHS
asks friends and family to
donate when a patient needs
blood and 13% think that
synthetic blood is created to
meet the national demand.
However, 8 out of 10 people
knew that unpaid volunteers
are the way that blood stocks
are maintained.
In 2015, 204,000 new
volunteers need to attend a
session to donate to ensure
that the nation’s blood stocks
continue to remain at a safe
level in the future. When a
survey asked for the reasons
why they don’t give blood,
respondents gave a range of
reasons. The top three given
were a fear of needles (22%),
knowing it’s a good thing to
do but not getting around to
it (27%) and health problems
so they don’t believe they
are eligible to donate (21%),
which may not be the case.
In contrast, 86% of
respondents who had given
blood felt that it was as
expected, or easier than they
expected it to be.
Jon Latham, Assistant
Director for Donor Services
and Marketing at NHS Blood
and Transplant, says: “We
simply can’t ignore the fact
that there has been a stark
reduction in the number of
new donors coming forward a trend seen across the world.
While we can meet the needs
of patients now,
it’s important we strengthen the
donor base for the future. If we
don’t attract new people across
England and North Wales to
donate it will put more pressure
on the ability to provide the
right type of blood the NHS
needs for patients in the future.
“We know that people’s lives
have got busier over the last
decade. People are working
longer hours, commuting
further, spending more time
online and have less time of
their own, despite more options
of how to use it. Good causes
are also competing increasingly
for people’s attention and time.
Travel to more exotic places,
tattoos and investigations such
as endoscopy are becoming
more common and these lead
to short term deferrals from
donation. These are just some
of the reasons why we’ve seen
a decline in new people starting
to donate.
“Giving blood is an amazing
thing to do. If you live in
Nottinghamshire and haven’t
donated before, please help
us reverse the decline in new
donors. We run a number of
sessions in the area. Please go
to www.blood.co.uk, find out
if you’re eligible to donate,
register as a donor and book
an appointment today. Giving
blood is simple and easy to do
and will only take about an hour
of your time. It could literally
be a matter of life and death for
somebody else.”
There are a number of ways
you can support National
Blood Week and the Missing
Type campaign:
• If you are 17 or over, visit
www.blood.co.uk or call 0300
123 23 23 today to find out
if you are eligible to donate,
register as a blood donor and
to book your appointment
• Download our app by
searching ‘NHSGiveBlood’ in
the App store. It’s available
for Android, Windows and
Apple Smartphone and tablet
devices
• Show your support for
blood donation on social
media during National Blood
Week by posting about blood
donation and removing the As,
Os and Bs, using #missingtype
• Twitter @givebloodnhs
#missingtype
• Facebook: www.facebook.
com/NHSBlood
• Instagram @GivebloodNHS
• Youtube: /www.youtube.
com/user/NHSGiveBlood
Help ensure we can provide the
right type of blood for patients
in the future. Do something
amazing. Give blood.
Keeping
You Active
Breaking Through
the Glass Ceiling
Nottingham’s top performing
junior school have kick off
a whole month’s worth of
events that focus on exploring
the fascinating side of
STEM (science, technology,
engineering and maths)
subject study.
The Junior School at
Nottingham Girls’ High
School will show how they
put the fun into physics and
imagination into maths on,
giving visitors insight into the
tried and tested techniques
that see its all-female cohort
bucking the trend for women
in STEM and consistently
achieving high scores.
Sue Gorham, Head of
Nottingham Girls’ High
School, said: “The first years
at school are so important.
It’s a time to develop each
girl’s confidence and give
her the chance to explore
new subjects and develop an
appetite for STEM or indeed
any subject.
“
Free swimming will be on
offer in Broxtowe
Borough this
summer as
Broxtowe
Borough Council provides
free swimming for those
aged 17 and under for the
7th year.
Free swimming will be on
offer to all holders of a valid
junior Broxtowe Leisure
Card from Thursday 23 July
to Tuesday 1 September
at the Council’s Bramcote
and Kimberley Leisure
Centres. Cards are available
completely free of charge.
Cabinet Member for Leisure,
Councillor Jill Owen said:
“Encouraging young people
The offer is
open to Junior
Broxtowe
Leisure Card
holders
only.
incredibly important and the
Council is delighted to offer
this
fantastic initiative again.
We are extremely proud to
be the only authority in the
area to be offering a free
swimming programme this
year.”
“
to stay fit and active is
The free swimming
initiative, which will run
throughout the summer
holidays, will encourage
newcomers to swimming to
take to the water alongside
those who have not swam for
a while.
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At a single sex school like
ours, girls are more likely
to go on to pursue STEM
subjects so there’s real
opportunity to ignite that
passion at a young age.”
In 2014, WISE – a national
campaign promoting women in
STEM - reported that although
women make up nearly half of
the UK workforce, they make
up only a fifth of those working
in science, technology and
engineering industries.
Despite this underrepresentation,
women are starting to break
through STEM’s glass ceiling.
In the last year alone, Megan
Smith was named as the first
female chief technology officer
of the U.S.; Italian physicist Dr
Fabiola Gianotti was selected
as the first female directorgeneral of CERN; and Iranian
mathematician Maryam
Mirzakhani became the first
woman to win the Fields Medal,
often referred to as the “Nobel
Prize of math.”
Sue comments: “There’s
still a gender gap in STEM
industries and women are
underrepresented, so that’s
why we engage our girls in all
subjects from an early age to
give them the best chance to
develop a love of any subject.”
Boosting Local Economy
Chancellor George Osborne was
in the East Midlands recently to
unveil his vision for creating a
‘Midlands Engine’ for growth in
the UK.
Mr Osborne visited rail
engineering firm Garrandale,
in Derby, where he announced
proposals to increase the
personal tax free allowance to
£12,000 during this Parliament,
to create a further 600,000
apprenticeships and to make
£60m available for a new
‘Energy Research Accelerator’
in the Midlands.
He said the increase in tax
free personal allowance would
benefit four million people in
the Midlands.
The Energy Research
Accelerator (ERA) would
build on the expertise of six
leading Midlands universities,
the British Geological Survey
and the surrounding industrial
base to deliver a step change
in energy research and
development, helping to secure
the UK’s leadership position in
the sector.
East Midlands Chamber
(Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire,
Leicestershire) generated an
audience of more than 130
regional business leaders, all
keen to hear the Government’s
plans to boost the local economy.
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Recognition for
Mansfield Reservist
A Reservist from Mansfield
Woodhouse has received a
medal at Buckingham Palace in
recognition of his support to the
Armed Forces.
in the Force’s Phase 3 training
programme.
Explaining how he felt to receive
the QVRM award Mick said:
“I am truly honoured to receive
Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) the award and believe this
Mick Hancock, aged 54, was
demonstrates that if you work
successfully nominated for a
hard all of your efforts will be
Queens Volunteer Reserve Medal recognised and appreciated by
(QVRM) in the 2015 New Year’s your fellow colleagues.
Honours list, and was invited to
a formal medal presentation at
“Prince William presented me
Buckingham Palace recently.
with the award and took the time
to congratulate me on receiving
Mick, who works as a lorry
the medal, as well as asking me
driver in his civilian career
more about what my Reserve role
for Norbert Dentressangle,
involves exactly and how long I
has served with the Army
have served for. Being awarded
Reserve for 30 years completing at Buckingham Palace was a
operations in Bosnia, Iraq and
once in a lifetime experience,
Afghanistan as well as more
and something I will remember
recently coaching other soldiers forever.”
as a Course Specialist Instructor Mick explained that the
presentation event was both
thrilling and rewarding: “I
attended the presentation
event with my wife and two
daughters and can say that we
all enjoyed having the chance
to visit the palace and meet
other people being awarded.
“As well as meeting Prince
William my family talked to
Sheridan Smith, a famous
actress, who was also being
awarded at the same event.
Looking back on my time in the
Army Reserve I have enjoyed
every minute, I have had the
opportunity to travel, take part
in world-class training exercises
and meet some fantastic people.
I would recommend joining the
Reserves to anyone looking for
a new challenge.”
Keep Summer Enjoyable
Streaming eyes, runny nose,
can’t catch your breath? No
it’s not the latest cinematic
weepy but the onset of hay
fever season.
The warmer temperatures
mean spending more time
outside, which usually means
feeling brighter, better and
fresher. But for some it can be
the start of months of misery
caused by allergic disorders
such as hay fever, asthma and
eczema.
Hay fever is the most common
allergic disorder and can make
everyday life tough, affecting
social plans, emotional
wellbeing and performance at
work or school.
So, what’s the best way to cope
with endless sneezing, streaming
eyes, stuffy nose, persistent
cough or the intense itchiness
caused by hay fever? Well, your
local pharmacy can help.
Dr Hugh Porter, Clinical Chair
of NHS Nottingham City
CCG, said: “Summer can
be a difficult time for those
suffering from respiratory
allergies but there are many
over-the-counter remedies that
your local pharmacy can offer
to help ease the symptoms and
get you through the summer
months.”
For more information about
treating allergies or to find
your nearest pharmacy and
opening times visit www.nhs.uk.
Asthma, hay fever and
eczema are on the rise and
are reported to have trebled in
the last 20 years, with one in
two of us having one or more
allergy before the age of 18.
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A Clean Green City
Giant topiary-like sculptures have been
installed in the Old Market Square for
the summer - an eye-catching artwork
to celebrate Nottingham’s clean, green
credentials and to encourage shoppers to
help keep it that way.
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Inspiring the
next Generation
The sculptures, made by Nottinghamshire
company Shipshape Arts, have been
commissioned by Nottingham City Council
and the Nottingham Business Improvement
District (BID), a business-led organisation
that aims to make Nottingham city centre
the shopping and leisure destination of
choice in the Midlands and beyond.
Providing
Quality
Special guests, head
teachers, schools cooks and
midday supervisors from
forty local schools visited
Greenfields Community
School to celebrate the City
Caterers achieving the Soil
Association’s bronze Food
for Life Catering Mark; a
guarantee that the food
served across the city is
freshly prepared, locally
sourced and high in animal
welfare.
The Food for Life
Partnership’s national award
scheme brings together
the whole school,
making lunchtimes
a positive feature of
the day, encourages
schools to visit local
farms to understand
where food comes
from. Nottingham
City Council has
commissioned support
and training to
local schools for the
next two years.
They depict a grandmother and grandson
sweeping and encourage people to consider:
“If every man would sweep his own
doorstep and look after his local green
space, the city would be even cleaner and
greener.”
The sculptures celebrate Nottingham’s
official status as the Cleanest City in
Britain along with a hat-trick for the
Parks, Grounds and Horticultural Service
team in the Association of Public Service
Excellence (APSE) awards.
The figure of the grandmother stands
at 3.2m tall (10ft 6ins); her grandson
at 1.5m (5ft). They are made of timber
and metal, dressed with wire mesh and
artificial topiary matting, and will be lit at
night. They will stay in situ for about three
months.
These sculptures are based on larger figures
made by Shipshape Arts in 2013 for the
Southbank Centre in central London.
They became iconic pieces and were
re-sited at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic
Park, set in the centre of the redeveloped
Olympic village.
Motivated sixteen-year-old Dan
Miller is planning to inspire
other students in Nottingham
during a business event
set up through his own
business forum: Inspiring
a NEW Generation (ING),
later this month at Antenna.
Dan has now set-up his own
business Young Professionals,
however, the aspiring entrepreneur
struggled
“
Frustrated by the lack of
information available to young
people about businesses, Dan
decided to set up his own
event and contact business
professionals from across
Nottingham to speak at his
event - providing his peers with
a tangible insight into the world
of business.
independently search online.
Networking will also be
encouraged during the event
- and food and drinks will be
I worked really hard
supplied throughout the evening.
to establish Young
Aspiring entrepreneurs will have
Professionals, however I am the opportunity to network with
growing increasingly aware business professionals during
of others, who like me, are
the event allowing them to
learn more about the potential
unable to access the right
business opportunities available in
information about setting
Nottingham.
up a business.
“
to come across
the right kind of
information through his school –
instead having to
The event will be free to attend,
however young people are being
encouraged to secure a spot through
the Young Professionals website:
http://young-professionals.uk
Turning your Waste into Our Energy
Nottingham start-up waste
business Bio Dynamic UK Ltd
is to turn 150,000 tonnes of the
city’s waste into energy, thanks
to the initial funding it received
from First Enterprise Business
Agency.
With two brothers, Maxwell
Bagnall and Billy Jay, at the
helm of the company Bio
Dynamic UK Ltd is to double
its output by more than 50 per
cent after the council passed
plans to see it increase from
dealing with 50,000 tonnes of
waste a year to 150,000.
Maxwell Bagnall, director at Bio
Dynamic UK Ltd, said: “We are
really grateful to First Enterprise
for all their support.
They were the first organisation
to believe in us and give us the
backing we needed to open the
door to other funding opportunities
to help us start the business.”
Serving the entire East Midlands,
First Enterprise is a not for profit
organisation providing loans and
free business advice to start-ups
and existing businesses from all
backgrounds and sectors.
The plant, situated on Colwick
Industrial Estate in Netherfield,
used to be a maggot farm.
It turns waste food into energy
with waste coming from either
retail outlets that has typically
reached its sell-by date or display
date and can no longer be sold or
agricultural waste which has been
damaged or misshapen vegetables
deemed unacceptable to the main
supermarkets.
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Challenge
Yourself
You could take on the challenge
of a lifetime this summer – and
help raise money for patients at
Nottingham Hospitals at the same
time.
Daredevils could descend from
the roof of the magnificent
Lincoln Cathedral on 8th August
or take in stunning scenery while
abseiling in the Peak District on
25th July, while keen cyclists
might like to take on the London
to Paris or London to Brighton
cycle ride in September.
Nottingham Hospitals Charity is
organising these and a whole host
of other challenge events, such
as skydives and treks, to raise
money for the hospitals. As the
charity works with all areas of
Nottingham University Hospitals
NHS Trust, people can support
whichever area of the hospitals is
closest to their heart.
Daniel Craggs, Senior
Community Fundraiser at
Nottingham Hospitals Charity,
said: “We’re really excited
about the challenge events we’re
holding over the summer – they
will be great fun and will also
raise money for really important
causes.
“We hope lots of people from
across the East Midlands will
sign up to enjoy some of these
once-in-a-lifetime experiences,
while raising money for the
charity at the same time.”
For more information on the
activities or to take part in any of
these challenge events, please call
Naomi Walters or Ruth Brady at
Nottingham Hospitals Charity on
0115 962 7905.www
H2O is the way to
go! Nottinghamshire
Healthcare’s Oral
Health Promotion
Team has been
getting out and
about during
National Smile
Month, visiting
schools all over
the County to
encourage children
to swap sugary
drinks for water.
Muhammad and
his school friends
had a visit from
the Tooth Fairies
of Nottingham
recenty as the team
promoted their ‘H2O
is the Way to Go’
campaign.
National Smile
Month is from
18 May – 18
June. For more
information, follow @
OHPtoothfairies and
visit
www.smilemonth.org.
Praise
for Ellis
Guilford
Strong leadership has been praised
for turning around Ellis Guilford
School and Sports College which
had serious weaknesses two
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A Big
‘Thank
You’
The volunteers who give up
their time to help policing
in Nottinghamshire have
been personally thanked by
PCC Paddy Tipping to mark
national Volunteers Week.
Mr Tipping is sending a
signed certificate to each of
the people who volunteer
to help his Office to show
his appreciation of their
contribution.
Thirty four individuals are
currently undertaking a
number of different roles
including custody visitors,
animal welfare lay visitors and
mystery shoppers.
Here is the Trust’s Oral Health Advisor, Rebecca Soong-towell, with four-year-old Muhammad Noor and his Mum, Ibtisam Salim,
at Scotholme Primary School in Hyson Green.
years ago.
Standards of teaching, behaviour,
achievement and attendance are
now all rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted.
The school slipped to ‘Inadequate’
after an Ofsted inspection in 2013,
before it was re-assessed last
month and given the improved
‘Good’ rating.
Inspectors said the school helped
and supported students who
were falling behind and worked
with disadvantaged students,
disabled students and those who
have special educational needs to
support and help them make good
progress.
The report found students’
attitudes to learning changed
significantly, which was
highlighted in a rapid fall in
exclusions and absence.
Inspectors also said the City
Council’s work to improve the
quality of teaching and learning,
and the effectiveness of leadership
and management was effective
and led to higher achievement
for pupils.
The report stated: “The head
teacher leads the school well.
She receives good support
from senior leaders, governors
and staff, who all contribute to
creating a culture of learning and
higher expectation in the school.
Effective behaviour management
has led to a sharp decline in
exclusions. Students’ attitudes to
Anyone interested in
volunteering with either the
Commissioner’s office or
Nottinghamshire Police can
find out more by visiting the
Force’s site at
www.nottinghamshire.police.
uk/volunteer.
learning are improving.”
Dr Sally Coulton, Head Teacher at
Ellis Guilford School, said: “We
are proud of our Ofsted report
and will continue to go from
strength to strength to help give
pupils the best possible education.
The grading reflects the hard
work, dedication and ambition
from pupils, staff, governors and
parents. No matter what a child’s
background, ability or culture,
children do well in our school.”
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Police Appeal
for Witnesses
British Transport Police (BTP)
officers are appealing for
witnesses after a man exposed
himself to carriage full of
passengers, including young
children, on board a train
travelling between Nottingham
and Aslockton.
The incident took place on
Saturday 23 May, 2015 on
board the 5.44pm Nottingham to
Skegness service as it travelled
between Nottingham and
Aslockton.
PC Rebecca Rushton said, “A
group of between six and eight
men, who we believe were under
the influence of alcohol, boarded
the train and began chanting and
singing. One of the members of
the group then exposed himself
to the whole carriage, including
a number of families and young
children. The same man then
became verbally abusive and
aggressive to the train conductor,
who contacted police.”
The train was met by BTP
officers at Aslockton, and the
man, who is aged 18 and from the
Grantham area, was arrested. He
has been released on police bail
pending further enquiries.
PC Rushton added: “Unwanted
sexual behaviour of any kind
will be not tolerated anywhere
on the rail network and we
take all reports of this nature
seriously.”Anyone with
information should contact British
Transport Police on 0800 40 50
40 or text 61016 quoting MSUB/
B5 of 8/6/2015. Alternatively,
contact the independent charity,
Crimestoppers, anonymously on
0800 555 111.
Track to the future
Civil engineers from The
University of Nottingham are
helping to develop the railway
track of the future which will be
cheaper and quieter, last longer
and be lower maintenance for
rail network operators.
The £8.5m research programme
links four universities
(Nottingham, Southampton,
Birmingham and Huddersfield)
with industry partners including
Network Rail to address the
challenges of future railway
infrastructure.
The programme is called Track
to the Future (T2F) and will
run for five years from June 1
2015. It is funded primarily by
a £5.2m Programme Grant from
the Engineering and Physical
Sciences Research Council
(EPSRC), with the remainder
coming through industry support
and from the partner Universities.
Track to the Future will address
some of the completely new
questions being asked as we
push expectations of railway
infrastructure performance to the
limit. Railway track is being used
more intensively as the frequency
and speed of trains continue to
increase. The time available for
maintenance is decreasing and
pressure is growing to reduce
cost and environmental impacts,
including noise and vibration. At
the same time, climate change
is imposing new pressures on
old infrastructure, sometimes
with major impacts on exposed
coastal railways and vulnerable
earthworks.
T2F aims to help infrastructure
operators and owners develop
low-maintenance, low-noise track
to underpin the continued increase
in train frequencies, speeds and
operating hours.
The key research challenges that
T2F will address are to develop lowmaintenance, long-life track systems
with optimised material use; to
design crossings and transitions that
improve vehicle behaviour through
them and reduce damage; and to
design and develop low-noise, lowvibration track.
Justice for Shanay
The trusted aunt and
grandmother of a seven-yearold girl have been convicted of
cruelty towards her.
Shanay Walker was found dead
in her home in Beckhampton
Road, Bestwood, on Thursday
31 July 2014.
On Thursday 4 June 2015,
following an eight week trial
at Nottingham Crown Court,
Kay-Ann Morris, Shanay’s
paternal aunt and guardian,
was found guilty of cruelty
towards her. The 24-year-old
of Beckhampton Road was
acquitted of her murder.
Juanila Smikle, her paternal
grandmother, was also found
guilty of cruelty towards Shanay
and three other youngsters. The
54-year-old of Easegill Court
was acquitted of cruelty towards
a fifth child.
During the trial, Morris did not
give evidence but flatly refused the
charge, and had claimed to police
Shanay had accidentally fallen
downstairs and had been okay.
When she went to check on her
later, she could not wake her.
The court heard that the
investigation into Shanay’s death
uncovered a disturbing history of
abuse carried out by both Morris
and Smikle.
The court heard Morris’
guardianship of Shanay had been
very strict. She regularly punished
her to the extent that her school
made several referrals to social
services. Each time Morris had a
response for the injuries Shanay
had sustained.
Witness evidence also revealed
Morris regularly hit Shanay with
a hair brush or shoe, force fed her
food she didn’t like or dragged her
along the floor. Smikle behaved in
a similar manner towards Shanay
and other youngsters. Slapping,
beatings, ice baths and physical
assaults were common forms of
punishment.
Following conviction Morris was
sentenced to 8-years in prison
while Smikle was jailed for four
years.
More than 350 students from
Nottingham Trent University
and The University of
Nottingham have provided
25,000 hours of support in local
schools and colleges in the
current academic year.
The Students in Classrooms
initiative run by a team within
the university’s Schools,
Colleges & Community
Outreach Department in
collaboration with The
University of Nottingham’s
Widening Participation Team
– enables students from both
universities to become either
‘mentors’ or ‘associates’.
Mentors offer one-to-one guidance,
support and personal direction to
13 to 17 year olds who have the
potential to progress onto higher
education, whilst associates work
alongside an established classroom
teacher to offer support in a
wprimary school, secondary school
or college.
Alternatively, Nottingham Trent
University students can become
‘student ambassadors’.
They help to support the university
at a wide variety of events and
activities taking place for pupils
from primary school age through
to post-16 year-olds, as well as
mature students, parents and
carers.
In the current academic year
(2014-2015) 101 mentors –
including 70 from Nottingham
Trent University - worked with
over 400 pupils in 19 schools,
colleges and academies and
166 associates – including
135 from Nottingham Trent
University - worked in 37
schools across Nottingham and
Nottinghamshire, whilst 94
Nottingham Trent University
students were recruited as
ambassadors .
Students
inClassrooms
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Alternative Giving
Tackles Begging
“
When you hand some change begging in the street.
alcohol and drugs.
to a beggar in the street,
Launched this week, the
you probably
Alternative Giving scheme has
The aim of the Alternative
think you’ve
been set up by the Nottingham
Giving scheme is to highlight
just helped to
Crime and Drugs Partnership
what good work can be done
provide that
if spare change is donated
person with
directly to a homelessness
The City Council and the
the means to
charity like Framework,
Police through the Community which is dedicated to helping
buy a warm drink or
Protection service have taken vulnerable and excluded
some food.
Chances are, without
people with nowhere to go.
action against a number of
realising, you’ve
perhaps instead fuelled persistent beggars
through the courts.
a drink or drug habit
of someone who is not
homeless and maybe
(CDP) in association
not even from Nottingham
with Community Protection, a
either.
partnership between Notts Police
and the City Council.
Now, a campaign has been
launched to encourage people The aim is make sure that all
funds given by kind-hearted
to change the way they give
Nottingham people get spent on
by donating money directly
charitable work to help those in
to a homelessness charity,
need, instead of going towards
rather than to someone
“
Keep Your Business Safe
The Chamber of Commerce for
Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire
and Leicestershire is urging
businesses to take steps to
protect themselves online after
a new report revealed that cyber
security breaches could leave
even small firms in the East
Midlands with bills running to
tens of thousands of pounds.
The 2015 Information Security
Breaches Report, unveiled
recently by Digital Economy
Minister Ed Vaizey, showed
that the average cost of the most
severe online security breaches
for big businesses (500+
employees) now starts at £1.46m
(up from £600,000 in 2014),
while the cost to SMEs was
between £75,000 and £311,000
(up from £65,000 to £115,000).
Its findings were based on a
survey carried out by PwC for
the Government’s Department
for Business, Innovation and
Skills. It found that 90% of large
organisations reported they had
suffered an information security
breach in the past year, while
74% of small and medium-sized
businesses reported the same.
And while attacks from outsiders
have become a greater threat for
all firms, 75% of large businesses
and 30% of small business have
suffered staff-related security
breaches. However, the survey
also found that more firms
have taken action to tackle the
cyber threat, with a third of
organisations now using the
Government’s “Ten Steps to
Cyber Security” guidance, up
from a quarter in 2014.
And nearly half (49%) of all
organisations have achieved a
“Cyber Essentials” badge – a
Government accreditation
indicating they have taken steps
to protect themselves from
common internet threats, or plan
to get one in the next year.
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ISSUE 121 ANSWERS ACROSS
1 Boys in blue 6 Border 11 Aroma 12 Draughts 13 Stingray 16 General 18 Gaffer 19 Writ 20 Truce 22 Label 24 Coo 25 ETA 26 Diagnose 28 Throw 29 Fume 30 Eerie 31 Spin doctor 35 Candy floss
39 Slums 40 Oust 41 Terra 42 Etcetera 43 Rot 44 Rum 45 Preen 47 Piece 49 Exam 50 Roller 51 Oversea 54 Prisoner 57 Cram-full 58 Gloss 59 Oldest 60 Heaven-sent
ANSWERS DOWN
1 Boss 2 Swing the lead 3 Near 4 Lady 5 Exaggerate 6 Bag of bones 7 Disgrace 8 Rain 9 Moor 10 Wallflower 14 Tarantula 15 Air 17 Era 20 Tea leaf 21 Underfoot 22 Lotto 23 Beret 27 Stipulate 32
Deserve 33 Cook the books 34 Obstinate 35 Cut up rough 36 Nerve 37 Yearn 38 Speed limit 39 Sleep rough 42 Embraced 46 Ear 48 Car 52 Eros 53 So-so 54 Plea 55 Isle 56 Raft
1 Deep cleft or gorge (5)
4 Thorough examination
by a doctor (7)
9 Merely (4)
10 Measure for petrol (5)
11 Good luck symbol (6)
12 Direction indicator (5)
14 Colour of envy (5)
15 Weblike network (4)
16 Long-stay hotel guest (8)
17 In need of company (6)
19 Translucent gem (4)
22 Walks along leisurely (7)
24 The finale (3)
26 Solid piece of wood (5)
27 Surplus to needs (5)
29 Cupboard for odds
and ends (5,4)
32 Playhouse (7)
35 Socks and tights (7)
37 Of actual fact (2,7)
39 Devoid of content (5)
41 Broken beyond repair (5)
43 Very small (3)
44 Ragged shreds (7)
47 Grape plant (4)
48 A fruitful result (3-3)
51 Trade like for like (8)
52 Tree dwelling (4)
54 Deceive in cards (5)
55 Small role played by a
top actor (5)
56 Apparition in a dream (6)
57 Gander’s mate (5)
58 Fabricated story (4)
59 Ghastly or ashen (7)
60 Jeans fabric (5)
1 Lifting machine (5)
2 Intoxicating liquor (7)
3 Car driver (8)
4 Of stories without factual
basis (8)
5 Blind alleys (4,4)
6 Allowed by statute (6)
7 Large cider bottle (6)
8 Fresh and windy (6)
13 Bring back the ball (8)
18 Lion zodiac sign (3)
20 Young seal (3)
21 Snow slope traveller (5)
22 Portion of orange (7)
23 Rowing paddle (3)
25 Round speck (3)
26 Sleep time for baby (3-4)
28 Sadly (4)
30 Layer of eggs (3)
31 Untruth (3)
33 Animal snare (4)
34 Tremble with fear (5)
36 Churchyard tree (3)
37 Cornet filler (3-5)
38 Auction item (3)
40 Number (3)
42 Podded vegetable (3)
44 Kitchen towel (3,5)
45 Determination not to
give up (8)
46 Booked in advance (8)
47 Deer meat (7)
48 Bed cushion (6)
49 Out of tune (3-3)
50 Compelled by physical
means (6)
53 Strong wind with rain (5)
Beef and Bean Salad
This is a lovely Italian salad and is lovely if the beef is slightly rare. The cannellini
beans also make it a really hearty meal
SERVES: 4
INGREDIENTS:
• 2 garlic cloves,
peeled and crushed
• A pinch of dried chilli
flakes
• 1 red onion
• Extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon
balsamic vinegar
• Basil or oregano
• Salt
• black peppercorns
• 400g leftover beef cut
into strips
METHOD:
• Put the cannellini
beans, garlic clove,
chilli flakes and red
onion into a baking
dish.
• Cover with foil and cook at
200°C (400°F) mark 6 for 25
minutes.
• Remove and cool slightly.
Drizzle over olive oil, a good
slug of balsamic vinegar
and sprinkle over a few basil
or oregano sprigs, salt and
pepper.
• Slice the left over beef
into slices and serve with the
warm bean salad.
Veolia, (Nottinghamshire
County Council’s
waste contractors),
are encouraging
Nottinghamshire residents
to make the most of their
leftovers with the help of
the Love Food Hate Waste
campaign. Cutting down on
food waste could save the
average family with children
£700 a year.
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Record breaking
facilities at Harvey Hadden
THURSDAY 11TH JUNE 2015
AT HART’S UPSTAIRS
(ABOVE HART’S RESTAURANT)
£60 PER PERSON (TO INCLUDE TASTING WINES,
SUPPER AND WINES
THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF TUTORED WINE TASTINGS AND SUPPERS IN HART’S
UPSTAIRS. HOSTED BY TIM HART AND DOMINIQUE BADUEL
THIS MONTH OUR THEME IS WORTHWHILE CLARET COSTING
LESS THAN £20 PER BOTTLE
TO BOOK EMAIL [email protected]
OR TELEPHONE ON 0115 9881900
The athletics track at Harvey Hadden
stadium has achieved a category
A classification for the first time
following certification by UK
Athletics.
with cerebral palsy from across the
globe to complete against oneanother.
The International Paralympic
Committee (IPC) have given their
The highest grade has been achieved
approval that the track and pools
thanks to the additional eighth lane and meet the requirements for the World
infield improvements like relocation
Games Competition.
of long and triple jump pits, upgraded Nottingham City Council’s
pole vault
Portfolio Holder for Leisure and
facility, shot
Culture Cllr Dave Trimble
putt and
discus area.
We are ambitious for
The existing
track has
Harvey Hadden and its
also been cleaned and
re-lined.
“
The Amateur Swimming
Association also recently
undertook a site visit to
certify that the 25m short
course and 50m pools
meet the required length
criteria for world records
to be broken.
future in being able to host
world class events and meet
the expectations of athletes
who come to the city to
compete in their
chosen field.
This means both the
stadium and pool
can accommodate
competitions at all levels; from
international to grass roots events.
Ahead of its official opening to the
public in September, Harvey Hadden
will host a number of test events, the
most significant being the return of
the Cerebral Palsy International Sports
and Recreation Association’s World
Games.
courts and the extended athletics
track facility.Works to refurbish the
athletics track have been carried
out as part of the re-development
at Harvey Hadden following a
successful bid to Sport England’s
Iconic Facilities Fund.
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PARK ROW,
NOTTINGHAM,
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Nottingham City Council was
awarded £1.94m to develop iconic
facilities at Harvey
Hadden and the
surrounding
area – in addition
to the £13.5m
already committed
through the
council’s Leisure
Transformation
Programme.
Additional funding
totalling £480,000
was also secured as
part of the bidding
process, including
contributions from
England Athletics
and Notts Athletics
Club, bringing the
total investment to
over £16m.
“
welcomes the
news.
The works have
been undertaken by
Carillion Plc as the main
construction contractor
onsite.
The new build includes the
construction of a new 50
metre swimming pool, new
Taking place from 6-16 August the
event is a platform that allows athletes fitness facilities, squash
Revolutionising Bad Habits
Student Rebecca Garner was
so repulsed seeing shoppers try
lipsticks in an unhygienic way
she wanted to start a revolution
in makeup retailing.
So, as part of her BA Product
Design degree at the 21-year-old
created Perfect Pout, a casing for with other people.
lipstick testers which minimises
the potential spread of germs.
Shoppers simply put the
shaving on their fingertip and
The product works by shaving
apply it to their lips – giving a
off a slice of the lipstick to
truer representation of how the
prevent the rest of the product
colour would appear against
coming into direct contact
their complexion.
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FOSTER CARE
FORTNIGHT
1ST - 14TH
JUNE 2015
Foster Care Fortnight is the UK’s biggest foster
care awareness raising campaign, delivered by
leading fostering charity, The Fostering Network.
Established for almost 20 years,
the campaign supports fostering
services to highlight the need
for more foster carers; 8,370
are needed in 2015 alone to
care for a range of children,
with the highest demand for
foster carers for older children,
sibling groups and disabled
children specifically.
The Fostering Network is
fortunate to receive the
backing of celebrities and
politicians from across the
UK. Author of Tracey
Beaker, Jacqueline
Wilson, star of stage
and screen and son of
foster carers, Gareth
Gates, and ministers
across the UK lend
their support to our
campaign.
Foster Care Fortnight is
also a great opportunity
to showcase the
commitment, passion and
dedication of foster carers,
and campaign to improve
foster care for all.
Nottingham foster carers use
social media to find the next
generation of carers.
Carers in the city will take
to Twitter and Facebook for
two weeks in June to share
their experiences. They
want to reach out to people
who may have thought
about fostering but aren’t
sure how it would fit into
their lives.
Carers and fostering teams
in Nottingham are giving
potential new carers all the
information they need to
decide whether fostering is
for them.
This recruitment campaign
runs alongside the national
Foster Care Fortnight (1-14
June), which is promoted
by The Fostering Network
charity.
More carers are needed to give
loving homes to brothers and
sisters and children over 11 –
especially to older teenagers.
There are nearly twice as
many boys age 12 and 13
requiring care compared to
From the eyes of
a foster child...
Carla, 23, was taken into
care at the age of 12 and
had around eight foster
homes before moving in with
the Randall’s: “My most
poignant memory of being in
care is probably the first day
I went to the Randall’s house.
I compared the house to a
palace and I literally jumped
up and down when no one
was looking. I can remember
exactly what everyone was
wearing, my foster mum’s
smile and what we had for
dinner, which I was allowed
to choose. “My foster mum
was kind and she knew I
was scared. That night she
came into my bedroom in the
middle of the night where I
lay on top of the bed awake
and reassured me that I could
get under the covers and
make myself comfortable.
From then on it wasn’t all
rainbows and smiles, it
took a lot of hard work and
understanding on their part
to make me feel secure and
trust that things would
work out.
“Looking back now I realised
that the Randall’s saved my
life. I never understood the
extent of the neglect and
abuse I had endured until I
came to live with a ‘normal’
loving family. They were
just always themselves, the
smallest details meant so
much to me. They nurtured
a young, angry, untrusting
teenager to become a positive,
empathetic and successful
young woman.”
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girls of the same age.
The City Council is the
agency that provides for the
needs of children coming into
care in Nottingham.
There are currently around
490 children and young
people who need foster care.
People can follow the social
media conversation during
Foster Care Fortnight on
MyNottingham Facebook and Fostering is looking after
@mynottinghamTwitter, use
someone else’s child in your
#FCF2015.
own home; this could be for
a few days or several years.
Teenagers need to be looked
rs
age
after for many reasons. It
Sheila has been fostering teen
has been widely publicised
and siblings for nine years.
over recent months that
some vulnerable teenagers
have been targeted by
“I think everyone should do it, It
those who want to cause
is nerve wracking and you need
them harm. We need safe
to be a good listener and showing
environments for those
love and affection are important.
teenagers, to provide
I give lots of praises and hugs and
positive family life, where
can be silly with them too.”
they are no longer feeling
She currently fosters three
at risk of harm.Teenagers,
siblings and says it’s important to
just like young children,
keep families together: “I come
require care and nurturing,
from a family of seven. If they
fairness, clear guidance,
were still at home they would be
the need to feel safe, and
together. It’s sad that they’ve had
experience fun. Fostering
to leave their home so why should
teenagers is different to
they be split up? “Even if they
fostering young children,
don’t always show it when they’re
but this due to the ‘normal
with me, they often come back
challenges’ adolescence
and tell me what a difference I’ve
brings, and not because
made. You get to reminisce and
they are fostered. Teenage
see how far they’ve come. That’s
years are a crucial time,
why I keep on fostering.”
and as a foster carer
Why should you consider being a Foster Carer
for Teenagers for Treehouse Care?
A lovely piece of artwork painted by one the children looked after by Tree House Care.
you need to be able to provide
guidance, reassurance, a
listening ear, understanding,
and be a positive role model.
You need to be able to promote
and encourage a young person’s
independence skills, so they
have their own ‘toolkit’ to
survive in the adult world.
We have a high number of
teenagers requiring carers
in the Nottingham area, and
are looking for those who
have patience, perseverance,
tolerance, understanding, a
sense of fairness and fun. This
might be the right career for
you! Our carers state that they
feel 100% supported, 365
days a year. We offer excellent
training for all our carers and
staff who are dedicated and
skilled in supporting foster
carers, with an emphasis
on therapeutic behaviour
management.Formal
qualifications are not required,
it might be that you have raised
your own children or have work
related experience.
Do you care
to foster?
Seeing someone flourish before
your eyes thanks to the support
you’ve given them is one of the
most exciting and fulfilling things
life can offer. However currently,
there aren’t enough foster
carers in Nottingham to give
young people the shelter,
support and guidance
they need.
This is why Foster
Care Associates, an
organisation that
has been providing
care and support
to children for 21
years, is appealing
for individuals with
a sense of humour,
a big heart and
plenty of patience
to consider a move
into fostering.
If you have the
time, skills, space
and inclination
to become a
carer you have
the opportunity
to make an
enormous
difference to a
young person’s
life.
Staff from Foster
Care Associates
(FCA) in
Nottingham
will be out and
about in June
as the nation
celebrates Foster
Care Fortnight.
This year’s theme is
Fostering: make a connection
and the FCA team is planning
to host a range of events to give
people the opportunity to chat
face-to-face with advisors and
meet foster carers, so that they can
learn first-hand about the rewards
of fostering and how they can get
involved. For a full list of events
near you visit www.thefca.co.uk.
Sarah Hewitt from Foster Care
Associates said: “We need lots of
new carers in Nottingham
for all kinds of placements
including vulnerable teenagers
and parent and child placements
as well as sibling groups. We are
actively looking for responsible,
nurturing adults who have a spare
room and can give children in need
of a foster home, the support they
need to thrive and grow.
“There are many factors that make
up an ideal candidate – everything
from being adaptable, resilient and
nurturing to being
a good listener
and flexible in
response to a
young person’s
needs.
“Fostering is
an incredibly
rewarding
experience.
We have some
amazing people
caring for children
and young people
across the area
and our regional
offices ensure
those local to the
area benefit from
the support we have
to offer whenever
they need it.”
FCA foster
carers Simon and
Rosemary Heyes
have been fostering
for the last two years
after spotting an FCA
appeal for carers in
a local newspaper.
Simon said: “FCA
prepared us very well
about the realities of
fostering from the
very start. Between the
two of us we have five
children who are all grown
up and we found we had the
space and time to give to a young
person who needed it. We spent
two and half years doing up our old
farm house and were struck by how
beneficial the peace and quiet might
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be for a young person who has faced a
difficult start in life.”
FCA has fully trained support staff across
the region, ready to work with new
carers, guiding them through the process
and providing them with all the necessary
training and support to change a young
person’s life. Foster carers are supported
every step of the way with regular
training, a financial allowance, access
to carer support groups and organised
family activities.
To discover upcoming events in
Nottinghamshire visit
www.thefca.co.uk/our-events or call
0800 022 4012.
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Will this be the year you
decide to foster a child?
Our foster carers are people just
like you. They are everyday
people from all walks of life and
bring with them their own unique
skills, experience and cultural
heritage.
Some of our foster carers already
have their own children or young
families and want to help another
child experience the kind of
everyday life activities, play and
sense of belonging they deserve
and which being part of a family
group provides. Many of our
carers also tell us how beneficial
having a foster child has been to
their own children.
A number of our foster families
have children who are in
their teens who can provide
companionship and role models to
older foster children. Many carers
have families who have grown up
and moved away and who miss
the buzz of having children around
the home. Some couples, single
carers and same-sex partners
haven’t had children of their own
Sheila Richards is a Nottingham City Council foster carer
and often choose to foster to have
the family they long for.
To find out how fostering
as you take on this important and
What unites all our foster carers
a child would suit you and your
rewarding
role.
is that they are people who are
lifestyle call
If
you
are
over
21,
have
a
spare
willing to take on the challenge of
one of our friendly team between
caring for someone else’s children room in your home and share
9am and 5pm Monday to Friday
our passion to give our children
and have the room in their home
on 0115 876 3335.
to offer stability to a child or
in care loving, active, fun and
You can also email us at fa.info@
siblings in need of care.
positive experiences, come and
nottinghamcity.gov.uk or visit
You really don’t need any special
chat to Nottingham City Council
www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/
experience to become a foster
about the introductory training and foster .
carer and we’ll provide all the
on-the-job support we’ll give you
Thank you.
training and support you’ll need
in return.
Park Foster Care:
Welcomes New Foster Carers
Interview
with a Carer
Colin and his wife Paula
were your average family
who, after raising their
own children decided to do
something really remarkable,
they decided to become foster
carers and help children in
care. They are now in their
third year of fostering and
making a real difference to
children’s lives.
Colin and his wife spent
almost fifteen years thinking
about becoming foster parents
but they thought it would be
best to wait for both of their
children to grow up and flee
the nest first. Their children
are now in their twenties
which had left Colin and
Paula in an empty house with
a few spare bedrooms which
is one of the many reason as
to why fostering suits them
both so much.
The couple recently fostered
a group of young siblings,
three brothers and sisters
between the ages of 2 and
5. Colin said: “We had the
siblings for about a year
and we absolutely loved it,
of course it was really hard
work but seeing the results
and the improvement in them
was so rewarding. Fostering
is a brilliant thing to do and
with so much to gain, I don’t
mean financially, you should
never do it for the money, but
providing a child with a safe
Foster Care Fortnight 1st -14th June 2015
If you are new to fostering and
have wondered about becoming
a foster carer or you’re already
an existing carer looking for a
supportive and
family feel
agency, then
NOW is the
time to find out
more and talk
to Park Foster
Care. Demand
for carers is
increasing
and there
are more
and more
young
children,
sibling
groups and
teenagers
needing
a safe, supportive and
positive family home in the
Nottinghamshire & West
Midlands area.
Providing excellent care and
support to carers and children
for over 11years Park Foster
Care is one of only a few
agencies achieving a continuous
‘Outstanding’ Ofsted rating.
Our training programme sets us
apart from the rest and the Park
Parenting Approach gives carers
the tools & insight into what
children in care really
need from us.
Who can
foster? You
need a spare
bedroom or two
if you would
like to help
keep siblings
together. You
need to be 21
or above, there
is no upper age
limit, and people
from any ethnic, cultural
or religious background
are encouraged to come
forward. Whether you’re
single, married, retired, widowed
or a couple in a same sex
relationship/ civil partnerships
we would urge you to contact us.
Take a look at our website www.
parkfostercare.com and see our
forthcoming events, request a
brochure or even better give us
a call!
Just imagine the difference you
could make to a local child!
family home in order to make
their lives better is the best
reward a person can get.”
I asked Colin why he
chose Park Foster Care, he
explained: “Nobody offers the
support that Park does, their
approach, the training and
their personal support is just
brilliant. When children leave
us, we do feel very emotional
but the team at Park are there
on your doorstep making sure
that you are ok, so it’s not just
about the children, it’s about
everyone involved.”
“Jump in with both feet. If
you are even thinking about
it then you have the mind to
do it. Fostering is so much
better than I could ever have
imagined, if you are thinking
of it, you should definitely
give Park Foster Care a call.”
whats on
near you
West Bridgford
Open Gardens in Lady Bay
Start from any garden and
look out for the yellow
balloons information points.
This year includes plant sales,
refreshments, kid’s stuff,
entertainment, gardens, live
music and fundraising.
Saturday
When? 4th and Sunday 5th July 2015
2:00pm – 6:00pm each day
It costs £2.50 per adult and this
covers all gardens.
For more information please visit
www.ladybayopengardens.org.uk
Mansfield
Mansfield District Council is
asking people to dust off their
trainers and get active with
an exciting new event for the
summer.
Walk in the Park is a five mile
sponsored walk suitable for
families and people of all ages even the family dog is welcome
if kept on a lead.
Taking place on Sunday 12th July
2015 at 10am, the walk starts
and finishes in Titchfield Park
and passes through three of the
district’s Local Nature Reserves
(LNRs).
The event is a great way to
improve your fitness and
explore the wonderful parks and
nature reserves we have on our
doorstep. It is also an opportunity
to raise some money and
awareness for the British Heart
Foundation (BHF).
You can download a sponsorship
form at www.mansfield.gov.uk/
walkinthepark or you can set
up your own JustGiving page
or pay money directly to the
charity at www.justgiving.com/
britishheartfoundation.
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Rejoice In Our Freedom
The Nottinghamshire Branch of
The ROYAL SOCIETY OF ST.
GEORGE was formed in the
millennium year 2000, by Tom
Butcher and has held Dinners
and Concerts every year since to
celebrate various events.
This year’s Concert is to
celebrate the 800 years of the
signing of the Magna Carta
by King John. It initially gave
freedom and democracy to
England but through the spread
of its Empire and influence in
other countries worldwide it has
become the basis for Freedom
throughout the World where
Democracy holds Sway. As the
Name suggests our Patron is
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
and we hold a Royal Warrant.
Therefore we are a NON
Political organisation.
We have much to celebrate at
the present time. This week was
the Queen’s
Birthday and
in the week
we held our
concert to
Celebrate
Magna Carta;
it is also
the 200th
Anniversary
of the Battle
of Waterloo
where
Wellington
put an end
to Napoleon
Bonaparte’s
ambition to
be a world
Dictator, 200
years since
the Gurkas
became part
of the British
Army and 70
years from
the end of the 2nd world war that
saw the end of two other would
be Dictators. So why not come
and join in these celebrations
and rejoice in our Freedom by
listening and singing to English
Music produced by The Carlton
Male Voice Choir, The Notts.
Police Band and St. Mary’s
Church Choir. How long will it
be before we again have such
good reasons to Celebrate and
whilst we are celebrating let us
remember those less fortunate
than ourselves, particularly
those in the Gurka homeland
of Nepal that has suffered such
devastation.
For more information visit the
Royal Society of St.George
Website.
Tom Butcher Founder and
Chairman. Royal Society of St.
George (Notts)
Email [email protected]
or call 0115 9532140.
Great Music. Great
People. Great Place.
Stainsby Festival is a wellestablished, intimate and family
friendly event in a beautiful rural
setting, held in large marquees
on a greenfield site in the
picturesque hamlet of Stainsby,
Derbyshire
It’s a registered charity and
a not-for-profit event run
entirely by unpaid volunteers,
not some faceless corporate.
Stainsby is all about live music:
hearing, playing, writing,
performing and learning. All
proceeds go back into the
event. Period.
Stainsby has everything:
great folk and world music in
traditional marquees, crafts stalls,
children’s entertainment, music
workshops of every kind,
a singers competition,
storytelling, film, theatre,
poetry, philosophy walks and
walkabout events throughout the
weekend with camping thrown in.
To cap it all there’s
a real ale bar
featuring local
sourced beers from
microbreweries
around Derbyshire.
You can chill out by day with
superb views across Stainsby
Pond to Hardwick Hall and live
it up by night when the festival
runs firelight sessions late into the
evening.
What more could
you want?
Visit www.stainsbyfestival.org.uk
to find out more.
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Peak Truck Show has been at
Uttoxeter Racecourse since 2003
and is hosting it’s annual event
there again this year on 13th &
14th June.
The show is orientated around
drivers and their
trucks which they take
great pride in, as for the majority
of them, their trucks are their
home during the week.
A special exhibit at this years
event is the Princess Diana
Tribute truck called “Queen
of Hearts” which depicts the
beautiful princess in the form
of air brushing on one of the
trucks. This was painted in 1998
as a memorial to her but was
used as a working truck for upto
6 days a week until a couple of
years ago. It was in a ‘Fly on the
Wall’ documentary on ITV many
years ago in a programme called
Motorway Life which showed
the then driver
– Sarah McGregor driving
up and down the country with her
daughter Melissa who was only
3 at the time. Sarah and Melissa
are the organisers of this event
and will be at the show.
Other attractions include
Recovery Trucks, which will be
doing a demonstration both days
to show people how technical it
is to uplift overturned vehicles –
including very large ones. There
Gardens
of Delight
Deene Park is a beautiful country
house owned and lived in by the
Brudenell family for 500 years. Like
the house, the garden has undergone
many changes during that time
but has never looked better than
it does today. The formal gardens
on the south side of this beautiful
historic house give way to a vista
of parkland and lakes
linked by a
canal; at its
narrowest
junction
the canal
is spanned
by a fine
stone bridge
reminiscent
of pictures
in fairy tale
books.
The red brick
walls of the old
kitchen gardens
are the oldest
feature having
been built in the
early 18th
century. Although no longer used
to raise fruit and vegetables, its
outer wall provides the backdrop
for the long mixed borders filled
with scented Philadelphus, Roses
and other shrubs masses of
herbaceous plans and spring bulbs.
The walls themselves are clothed
with climbing roses to show them
off beautifully. The long borders
are separated by a circular hedged
garden dedicated to the four seasons
statues contained
within, the focal
point in this garden
a large, central,
stone urn planted
with tender perennials for summer.
At the far end of the long borders
is the stone summerhouse built by
the 7th Earl of Cardigan,
who together with his
wife Adeline, used the
building to entertain
their respective friends.
The most striking
feature of the gardens
at Deene
is a small funfair with Dodgems,
Funhouse and Inflatables to
entertain all age groups too.
Trade stands orientated around
the industry are displaying their
latest products as well as hot food,
speciality
coffees and
ice-creams
to keep
everyone
from going
hungry.
Peak
Truck
Show are
kindly
doing a
‘Discount
Voucher’
for
readers
which
must
be cut
out and
taken
along
with
them
to the
Public
Gate to
redeem against admission.
For further information on
Trade Bookings, Truck Entries
or General Enquiries please
contact either Sarah or Melissa
on 07876 357 000 or go to the
FaceBook page www.facebook.
com/peaktruckshow and don’t
forget to give it a “Like”. On this
page you can have a look at the
many different vehicles that have
attended in the past – some of
which are true works of art.
Because tea was the late Mr
Brudenell’s favourite drink. As with
all gardens, those at Deene Park
never stop evolving and this year
saw the renovation of the White
Garden, so named because the
planting is predominantly shades
of white and cream and contains
white lilac, roses, fox gloves, iris
and a whole variety of summer
flowering plants. Other
features of the gardens at
Deene Park include a topiary
garden, and a herb garden. The
collection of named snowdrops
and acres of wild snowdrops
that surround the formal gardens
are spectacular in early spring,
whatever the season the gardens
at Deene Park are a delight to
behold.
For further information or to find
out about a visit to Deene Park
please contact: The Administrator
Park is the box
01780 450 278 or visit
hedge parterre designed by David
www.deenepark.com
Hicks and planted out in the early
1990’s containing clipped lavender, Open to visitors on Sundays and
Bank Holidays from Easter until
perennials such as Geraniums,
the end of August and Wednesdays
Salvias, Iris, Nepeta, and spring
bulbs including Hyacinths & Tulips. throughout September gardens
and tea room are open from 12pm
A quirky feature of the parterre,
– 5pm. House is open from 2pm –
and not in the original design, are
5pm. Last admissions 4pm.
four topiary teapots. Why teapots?
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Get half a million people
cycling this June
Over half a million people are due
to take part in Bike Week (13 – 21
June), the biggest cycling event in
the UK. Packed full of events and
helpful tips on how you can make
the simple switch to cycling, Bike
Week 2015
demonstrates that cycling is a really
convenient way to get around.
Originating from the Cyclists’
Touring Club (CTC) in 1923, this
annual opportunity to promote
cycling shows how getting on your
bike can easily be a part of everyday
life.
Whether it’s for fun, as a means of
getting to work or school, to get to
the shops or just to visit friends,
Bike Week provides a one
stop shop of events and
inspiration to get you
onto the saddle.
With cycling
becoming more
popular than
ever, more
and more
people are
taking up
cycling
as an easy
and efficient
way to travel.
According to the
National Travel
Survey, over 4.6
million people cycle three or more
times a week. With hundreds of
events planned throughout the UK,
Bike Week events span leisure rides,
cycle to work ‘buddy’ rides, and
bike breakfasts, with this year’s lead
theme being ‘ride to work’. Bike
Week will feature weekend rides
to help inspire new commuters and
get them feeling comfortable with
the prospect of cycling to work.
There will be Dr Bike maintenance
events, bike breakfasts to reward
those cycling to work and ‘cycling
buddies’ to help people find routes
to work and provide encouragement.
To support those already cycling or
new to riding a bike, Bike Week
are
partnering with the
Love to Ride
National Cycle
Challenge
where you
can log
your trips,
set goals,
compete
against
others and
win amazing
prizes!
Register today
to start taking
part at www.
bikeweek.org.uk.
Missing
Teenager
Found
Hanged
Nottinghamshire Police have
confirmed that the body
discovered in Mansfield on
Tuesday evening (2 June 2015)
has been identified as that of
missing teenager Amber Peat.
The cause of death has been
confirmed as hanging.
C&L Mobile bicycle repairs is
a family run business set up to
provide a bicycle repair service
to everyone that has a bicycle in
need of some TLC.
NO more having to try and get
that bike in the back of the car.
NO more having to drive
miles to the nearest
bike shop to drop
off and pick up
again days or
weeks later.
NO more
wondering
if you bike
as been
fixed
to your
standard.
Because we
COME TO
YOU.
Our work
involves servicing
and repairing all
makes of bicycle at a
place and time to fit in with your
selves this also gives you
the chance to watch so as to
learn some basic bike skills.
We also supply small parts from
tubes to brake blocks and cables
We run a Dr Bike mobile bicycle
repair service which caters for
bicycle events. We have over 30
years in the bicycle world as a bike
builder and quality control for TI
Raleigh Industries back in the 1980s.
We currently work as Dr Bike for
sustrans at QMC, CITY
Hospital, and Colleges
around Nottingham
and also Ridewise.
If you would like
your bike to
see the Doctor
then call
Dr Bike for
a HOME /
ROADSIDE /
WORK
visit.
To book us for
your next biking
event contact
me or go to our
website for info.
27 Victor Crescent,
Sandiacre, Nottingham
NG10
Tel: 01159 171 037
Mob: 07831 509 629
www.bicyclerepairnottingham.co.uk
Email: info@
bicyclerepairnottingham.co.uk
Amber was found by two police
officers searching an area off
Westfield Lane, Mansfield.
Her body was out of sight and
would not have been apparent to
anyone in the area nearby.
Specialist officers are with
Amber’s family at this difficult
time.
On behalf of the force and
Amber’s family, Superintendent
Matthew McFarlane would like
to thank everyone for their help
in our search to find Amber.
Amber’s mum and stepdad,
Kelly and Danny, would like to
say that they were particularly
touched by the amazing
support they received from the
community.
They have paid tribute to their
daughter, saying: “We will
always remember Amber for
her love of singing and dancing.
She was never happier than
when reading to her younger
sisters and being surrounded
by her family. We will always
be grateful for our last family
holiday with our beautiful
daughter. We will always miss
her."
Trade Fair
Success
Some 80 delegates flocked to a special trade
fair in Sutton-in-Ashfield recently to find out
how to win contracts in the public sector.
The event, at Kings Mill Hospital Conference
Centre, was organised by Ashfield and
Mansfield District Councils through their
Invest Ashfield and Mansfield (IAM) project
to help local firms find out more about the
range of opportunities available to private
sector businesses with the public sector in
Nottinghamshire.
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Delegates were given information and tips
on how to trade with the public sector and
revealed details about opportunities in the
public sector and how to win contracts.
Delegates were welcomed by Cllr Don
Davis, Portfolio Holder for Economic
Growth at Ashfield District Council, who
said: “Ashfield and Mansfield councils
are very pleased to have been involved in
putting this event together.”
Field of
Dreams Gets
Green Light
A ‘visionary’ project which will help re-home
two cricket teams and boost football in the
Nottingham community moved a giant step
further this week – with the announcement of a
£150,000 Sport England grant.
The project is the vision of the Trent Bridge
Community Trust to leave a true legacy from
the Ashes Test Series at Trent Bridge 2013-15.
The new club house will drive the trust’s aim
of bringing cricket back into the heart of the
city of Nottingham.
Work is expected to start on site this month
on the brand new clubhouse which will
create four changing rooms, toilets, showers,
disability access, rooms for officials, kitchen
area, and external viewing area.
The build is expected to take 24 weeks with an
official launch as part of the Ashes Test Match
Series in early August 2015 by England and
Australian players.
The total project cost is £517,000.
£388,000 of this being made up grants
from Sport England – along with
£125,000 from the England and Wales
Cricket Board (ECB), £80,000 from
WREN and £28,000 from Nottingham
City Council. An additional £5,000 will
be met by the fundraising efforts of the
Trent Bridge Community Trust.
The original plan had been to refurbish
an original pavilion at the embankment
which had been in a state of disrepair for
two decades.
wBut because the pavilion was so
dilapidated, and because it would not
have met disability access requirements
nor governing body specifications, it had
to be demolished.
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A Day of
Celebration
By Gemma Allen
Father’s Day falls
on Sunday 21st June
and although it is
traditionally a day
to celebrate one’s
father, it has more
recently become
a day to celebrate
grandfathers, step
fathers or any other
man that has been
a strong and caring
father figure.
This year will be
different for me
as I recently lost
my grandfather
so it will be our
first father’s day
without him
but he will still
certainly be with
us in spirit and
looking over his
two wonderful daughters with a
huge smile, proud as punch. As
you sit around with the ones you
love, do remember how lucky you
are to have this person in your life
as many people no longer have the
privilege which makes it all the
more important to tell your dad,
granddad or whoever else you are
celebrating, just how much you
man that has shown you so
much love for so many years.
It may be the simple things that
make this year’s Father’s Day
enjoyable, perhaps you could
make him breakfast in bed and
take him a newspaper. Make it
a family event so that everyone
can enjoy the time together and
if you do something with it like
having a family picnic or BBQ
then it just adds to the fun!
Whatever you do to celebrate,
all that matters is the people that
are there and that the father that
you are celebrating. Get together
love
and appreciate
them.
Father’s Day
doesn’t have
to be a day of
expense and extravagance, all you
need is yourself to show someone
how much you care and how much
gratitude you have towards the
as a family and make him smile
but more importantly make sure
he knows just how special he is to
you and how much he is loved.
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CLASSIC CARS SET
TO TAKE OVER THE
TOWN CENTRE!
Loughborough town centre’s Car
Father’s Day - especially as
Show is back for the third year,
this year we are celebrating our
and it’s going to be the biggest yet! 40 year anniversary! Back in
1975 the club started with just
Love Loughborough has teamed
five members and used to meet
up with local car club Charnwood once a month at the Royal Oak
Cruisers to bring an even bigger
pub before cruising through the
Car Show to the town centre on
town. Today the club meets
Father’s Day, Sunday 21st June
twice a month and has grown
with Charnwood Cruisers are
to over 40 members, but the
celebrating their 40th Anniversary. enthusiasm is still the same!
We love to display our vehicles
The town centre will be taken over at shows across the year but we
with Hot Rods, Customs, Race
are excited to share our passion
Cars, Choppers, Classic Scooters
with the public back where it all
and buses! The show is absolutely started in Loughborough Town
free – even the parking at Council Centre!”
owned car parks (excluding
Browns Lane).
Councillor Hilary Fryer,
Charnwood Borough Council’s
The show will be open from
Cabinet Member for Open
10am until 4pm and there will
Spaces and Leisure, said:
be entertainment from DJ Dave
“We’re really excited to
Shepherd and live music from 50’s welcome the Car Show back to
Rock n Roll band the Wonderers.
Loughborough after its success
Local businesses will also be open last year.
including shops, cafes, restaurants
and bars.
Where there’s a Will,
there’s a way!
Why is it
important to
make a will?
If you die without a will, there are certain rules
which dictate how the money, property or
possessions should be allocated. This may not be the
way that you would have wished your money and
possessions to be distributed.
Unmarried partners and partners who have not
registered a civil partnership cannot inherit from
each other unless there is a will, so the death of one
partner may create serious financial problems for the
remaining partner.
If you have children, you will need to make a will
so that arrangements for the children can be made if
either one or both parents die.
It may be possible to reduce the amount of tax
payable on the inheritance if advice is taken in
advance and a will is made.
If your circumstances have changed, it is important
that you make a will to ensure that your money and
possessions are distributed according to your wishes.
If you are in any doubt as to whether or not you
should make a will, you should consult a solicitor or
a Citizens Advice Bureau who can give you lists of
solicitors.
Who are
executors?
Executors are the people who will be responsible
for carrying out your wishes and for sorting out
the estate. They will have to collect together all the
assets of the estate, deal with all the paperwork and
pay all the debts, taxes, funeral and administration
costs out of money in the estate. They will need
to pay out the gifts and transfer any property to
beneficiaries.
Who to
choose as
executors…
It is not necessary to appoint more than one executor
although it is advisable to do so, for example, in case
one of them dies. It is common to appoint two, but
up to four executors can take on responsibility for
administering the will after a death.
Lez Cope-Newman, Love
Loughborough Vice Chair, said:
“This very successful show has
fantastic cars for all tastes on
display and it’s a great treat for
Father’s Day. Whilst visiting, why
not indulge yourself in one of our
eateries and a spot of shopping to
round off a special day.”
Kim Lillie, Charnwood Cruisers,
said: “We are really looking
forward to bringing the classic
car show to Loughborough on
“The show will be a great
draw for all the family. Make
sure you bring Dad along for a
Father’s Day treat and with all
the other wonderful attractions
in Loughborough including
the outstanding Queen’s Park,
Carillon and Charnwood
Museum it will make a great
day out. Loughborough really
is the place to be this summer.”
Full details can be found at:
www.loveloughborough.co.uk
Getting a
copy of the
will when
probate has
been granted
When someone dies, the person who is dealing with
their estate (for example, money and property) must
usually get authorisation to do so from the Probate
Service. If there is a will, this authorisation is called
a grant of probate. When probate is granted, the will
is kept by the Probate Service and any member of the
public can get a copy.
Where there’s a Will,there’s a way!
What Will You Do?
Making a Will is one of those things that most people
do not want to think about but all know we should
have. Having a Will can be so important to your
family and loved ones so that provisions are made in
case the worst should happen.
Excellence award, we pride ourselves on providing
outstanding service while guiding you through your
legal options.
For more information or to instruct DBS Andersons
to write your Will, call Dawn White on 0115 988
We also know that some believe that making a Will is 6704 or email [email protected].
something that can be done at a later date. However,
to be sure that it is you who decides what happens
to your assets, who looks after your children and
ensures your wishes are met then you need to make
a Will.
There are many misconceptions that surrounds what
happens to our estate when we die, and about writing
a Will. For example, it is a common misconception
that a Will is expensive and it is another to feel that
you are not wealthy enough to make a Will.
Another misconception is that when you die, your
estate simply transfers to your partner, however the
law does not automatically recognise cohabitants as
having the same right as husbands, wives and civil
partners so it is particularly important to make a Will
if you find yourself in this situation.
A Will also comes highly recommended if you
have children or dependants who may not be able
to care for themselves. Without a Will there may be
uncertainty about who will look after them and care
for them if you die.
At DBS Andersons, we put you and your family first.
We know the importance of ensuring those we care
about are protected in all circumstances. By making
a Will we ensure you have peace of mind for your
loved ones in the event of the unthinkable happening.
Our solicitors are specialists with a high level of
knowledge and experience. As the first recipients of
the Government Cabinet Office’s Customer Service
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CATERING FOR YOUR NEEDS
The Grand Care Centre on
Greythorn Drive in West
Bridgford is now fully
registered with the Care Quality
Commission (CQC) and
officially open with a number
of residents already settling in
to their new home.
Amber Strike, Hospitality Assistant
“We offer a five star
service here at The
Grand, residents have
a sit down breakfast
with table service or
bedroom service if they
wish. There is a set menu
for lunch and dinner but
with options included
and there’s also light
bites and snacks
throughout the day as
well tea and coffee on
offer permanently at the
café. We all go out of
our way to do anything
for the residents, even
if it is outside of our
department. If I see that
a resident needs help
with something then I
will go and help them
without question.”
The Grand is a
friendly place where
Elders can live
in a community
where kindness,
compassion,
knowledge,
skill and
confidence
combine
to offer
respectful and
dignified care.
It is a place where
relationships matter;
relationship and sense
of belonging is at
the core of The
Grand, between
residents and
those who
work there,
between
all those
who visit,
including
friends and
relatives, and
those who have
daily business
there.
It is a recognised fact that
quality, person centred care
should be at the heart of every
care environment. At The
Grand, this quality is enhanced
with other services such as
purposeful and meaningful
activities provided by our in house
activity and therapy teams.
It’s not just the residents settling
in…
The residents already have a new
pet that clearly liked the look of
The Grand enough to make it
home to not only a duck but six
eggs as well, a
welcome addition
by all and
certainly one
that has
month now and is residing
with his wife of 35 years
in the next bedroom. Mark
came from a home in
Hampshire in order to be
closer to his family who live
locally to West Bridgford
and is happy with what he
has seen so far.
He says: “It’s a very big job
that they have on their hands
but they are all doing well
with it, working extremely
hard and clearly succeeding.
All
of
the
Moya Bridle, Receptionist
carers
are
become
extremely nice and work
quite the
awfully hard to make sure
conversation
the residents are seen to
point!
properly.”
There is always
New Care Projects has
something
selected a care team with
happening at
all the necessary skills and
The Grand to keep
qualities that ensure a kindly
residents busy and entertained
and safe place for Elders to
and with a dedicated team of
activities and hospitality staff,
the service being delivered is
certainly of the highest standard.
Mark Gode, 96, has been a
resident at The Grand for a
Sandy Thomas, Activities Manager
“We have activities on
seven days a week, from
natter with a newspaper
to the ever-popular fit
+ well class and flower
arranging to daytrips out
to the garden centre.
When a resident moves
into The Grand, we
take the time to find
out what their hobbies
and chosen activities
were previously and we
try our best to integrate
this into our activity
programme to suit
each individual need.
For residents who may
not be able to come
out with us or don’t
want to take part in a
group activity we offer
alternative activities
such as hand massages
and one to one time.”
live. In addition to the care team,
The Grand also carefully employs a
wider staff team to ensure all needs
are met.
Peter Henderson comments on the
Mindfulness Programme at The
Grand Care Centre: “It is to keep
in mind what is important, to be
aware of the needs of others, to let
go of our judgmental mind so that
awareness, attention and natural
compassion is in everything we
do. All staff at The Grand are
undergoing Mindfulness training
to help preserve and express
compassion to Elders in their care.”
NOW
OPEN
The Grand
Care Centre
Arthur, 94, West Bridford.
“I’ve been here for a
couple of weeks and
everything is perfect,
I’m struggling to find
anything wrong with it
in fact. My friend of 65
years is also here in the
next bedroom which
is very comforting. The
carers really do care
about you and the days
out are wonderful. We
recently all went out to
the local garden centre
and it was like going out
for the day with friends.”
Whether
you require
Residential,
Nursing or
specialist
Dementia Care,
the team are
ready to
welcome you
Call in to meet the team or contact Dawn Collett for further details
Tel: 0115 828 4099 | Email: [email protected]
Greythorn Drive, West Bridgford NG2 7GG
www.newcarehomes.com
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8TH - 14TH JUNE 2015
Lottery Of Support Proves
Damaging For Carers
Huge variation in the support received
by those looking after an older,
disabled or seriously-ill loved one
is having a damaging impact on the
health of carers and their ability to
look after the person they care for,
according to new research launched
today for Carers Week 2015.
Two-thirds (65%) of carers
characterise one or more of their local
services as not being carer-friendly as
it fails to recognise and support them
in their caring role. As a consequence
six in ten (61%) carers say this lack of
support is having a negative impact on
their health.
What’s more, two-thirds (65%) of
carers say the experience of local
services that fail to consider or
support them has made it more
difficult to look after the person they
are caring for. The support provided
by the UK’s 6.5 million unpaid carers
saves the country £119bn a year;
a saving that is at risk if a lack of
carer-friendly communities continue
to make it hard for carers to look
after their partners, relatives or
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friends.
Over the next five
year Parliament
it’s estimated that
148,600 people in
Nottinghamshire
will become carers
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Career training, progression and regular supervision
Subsidised restaurant and café
We are a modern, well equipped,
adult nursing environment, caring
for people between the ages
of 18 and 65 years who have
complex physical conditions.
Free parking and uniforms
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5.6 to 7 weeks annual leave per year
Choice of days or night shift
Contributory pension
Professional fees and Indemnity insurance paid
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Nottinghamshire has over
90,000 carers
The support carers get from their community
and local services varies greatly throughout
the country, as the research for Carers Week
shows:
• 39% of carers say their local high street, in
terms of layout, shops, parking and public
toilets, is not carer-friendly, yet 20% say it is;
• 25% of carers say their hospital is not carerfriendly, but 36% say it is;
• 20% of carers say their GP practice is not
carer-friendly, however 56%
say it is.
This lottery of local support
has driven the six charities
behind Carers Week 2015
to call on individuals,
organisations and services
to build more ‘carer-friendly
communities’ to improve the
lives of local carers.
Carers Week Manager Diana
Walles said: “It can make a
huge difference to the lives of
carers when they are supported
by their local services and
communities; whether it is
a GP surgery being more
flexible with their appointment
times, employers creating and
implementing carer-friendly
policies, or a local supermarket
training their staff to better
identify hidden carers and signpost
them to information about support
services in the local area. Despite this,
the variation in the quality of carerfriendly services across the country
is putting the health of carers, and
their ability to support the people they
care for, at risk. This Carers Week,
we’re trying to change this reality.
We’re calling on individuals and
organisations to think about what they
can do to improve the lives of carers in
their community.”
Carers Week is made possible by
Carers UK joining forces with Age
UK, Carers Trust, Independent Age,
Macmillan Cancer Support and MS
Society.
Thousands of events are taking place
across the country this week, and
thousands of people have already
pledged their support for carers online.
Individuals and organisations can get
involved and pledge their support to
the campaign at www.carersweek.org
Heart of the Home
Rose Lodge is a truly wonderful
place to be, it’s filled with friendly
carers and lovely residents who
all have a story of their own
story to tell. Speaking to the
residents is inspiring, they are
all very forthcoming about how
relaxed they are and all of them
enjoy being able to have their
independence as and when they
wish.
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time very
nearly
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There’s always
someone on
hand at Rose
Lodge whether
Norma, 91
“I like to keep myself
to myself here and the
carers respect that,
they are very polite
and allow me to live
how I want to. If I ask
them to do things like
painting my nails they
are always happy to
do it which is good.”
you require assistance with something or you just
want a nice chat, the residents are at the heart of this
residential home and it is all about what they want
and what the staff can to do accommodate it.
Abi Brennan has been a senior care assistant for a
year at Rose Lodge and loves going to work every
day. She explains: “It’s all about the residents and
what they want and we support them every step
of the way.We build a strong bond with both the
residents and their family which makes me love
it even more, it’s a great place to be.” If you are
looking for somewhere for your loved one to stay
where they can get the help they need but without
losing their independence then you should certainly
try calling
Rose Lodge
Residential
Home in
West Bridgford.
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Kesteven and Grantham Girls’
School is a selective 11-18 academy.
Situated on high ground overlooking
the Lincolnshire market town and
within striking distance of towns
and villages in Leicestershire and
Nottinghamshire, it inevitably
attracts students from both the local
area and further afield. Student
entry to the school is currently based
on by the Lincolnshire County
Grammar Schools' 11+ examination.
The brick and stone of the original
building still stands, although
the school has developed and
extended its site over the years to
accommodate the growing numbers
of girls seeking to become part of its
tradition for academic excellence.
Originally a boarding residence for
girls who lived some distance away,
Harrowby House - an imposing
Victorian house within the grounds
of the school - is home to the Sixth
Form and offers both study and
communal areas as well as its own
kitchen area.
Both Harrowby House and the front
of the original building are Grade
II listed.
KGGS celebrated its centenary in
2010 and still draws considerable
interest from all over the world
owing to its association with
Margaret Thatcher, who was
educated at
the school
and
became
Head Girl
in 1943.
The aim of
the school
is, and has
always
been, to
provide a
learning
environment
which is
stimulating,
challenging
and
supportive;
one in which
the students
are able to
develop their
intellectual and personal qualities,
as well as achieving academic
success.
Its record of academic excellence
at the highest levels saw the school
recently placed in the top 4% of
all schools in the country. This
high level of attainment ensures
that students are able to meet their
educational and career aspirations.
Indeed, many of the sixth form
students go on to attain places at the
most selective universities.
As well as academic study,
the school
also aims
to bring out
the best in
the girls by
providing a
wide range
of extracurricular
activities.
There are
exchange
programmes
with French,
German and
Japanese schools and a number of
girls also go on expeditions as part
of the Duke of Edinburgh Award
Scheme. The school believes that
providing the girls with a wide
range of opportunities like these
help foster and develop their
self-esteem, independence
and a consideration for
others.
A distinctive and popular
feature of the school is
the House system. It is led
and run by the students
themselves and the
positions of House Captain,
deputies and secretaries are
highly prized. As well as
encouraging interaction and
promoting co-operation and
collaboration across the year
groups, the House system
gives students the opportunity
to take on responsibility and
leadership roles in many
aspects of school life.
Since its founding over a
century ago, the school has
expanded to accommodate
its growing numbers. From
its original intake of 102
in 1910, the school now
educates nearly 1200 girls,
with over 300 in the Sixth
Form. Consequently, a series
of more recent buildings
now sit side by side with the
original school. A purposebuilt Sports Hall was added
in 2003 and most recently in
May 2014, a new Creative
and Expressive Arts Centre
containing new Art rooms,
a second
Drama Studio,
and extra
classroom space
(including a
purpose-built
Photography
and Media
teaching
room), new
Science
rooms and
an extension
to the Sixth
Form
Common
Room. The
project
was made
possible by
a capital
grant of
£450,000 from the
Education Funding Agency.
Although a large secondary school,
the site offers pleasant surroundings
with landscaped features and garden
area. The Centenary Garden is
maintained with the help of the
PTFA and always proves popular
during lunchtimes to eat and relax
in the summer months. The school is
proud of the environment it provides
for the girls, and makes a deliberate
effort to create a calm and peaceful
areas for students to pursue selfdirected study.
In 2011, the school was judged
‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted commenting
that the girls “make good and often
excellent progress".
More hearteningly, their key praise
was for the personal development
of the girls: "What impresses any
visitor, however, are the highly
developed inter-personal, social
and civic skills of the students.
They are unfailingly polite, support
each other exceptionally well and
forge excellent relationships with
the adults responsible for their
education and care."
The current Headteacher, Graham
Burks, arrived at the school in 2007
but will retire this summer. He will
be succeeded by David Scott, one of
the current Deputy Headteachers.
If you have any questions, or require
further information about the school,
please contact the school or visit
their website at www.kggs.org .
Where
You
Are
Sneinton
Nottinghamshire Fire and
Rescue Service (NFRS) will
be hosting a community
safety day alongside partners
in the Sneinton area of
Nottinghamshire. The event will
focus on safety awareness and
safer cooking practices in the
home. Members of the public
will have the chance to engage
with Risk Reduction Officers
from the Service to learn about
fire safety and how they can
minimize the risk of fire in their
homes.
Fire Protection Officers and
Community Safety Officers at
NFRS have seen a rise in the
amount of fires in the home and
an increase in the amount of
prohibition notices being issued
to local business in Black and
Minority Ethnic (BME) and
emerging communities.
The community safety event is
open for all to attend and will be
held at The Muslim Community
Centre at Beaumont Street
Sneinton, on Saturday 13th June,
11am – 2pm.
Broxtowe
Parks in Broxtowe Borough
will see some welcome
improvements thanks to over
£98,000 funding for two projects
in Watnall and Attenborough
from Broxtowe Borough Council
and WREN.
At Watnall Green £14,000
funding has been awarded by
WREN with a further £10,000
from the Council to improve
site access and paths, as well
as wildlife features and seating
following a consultation with
local residents last summer to
identify what improvements they
wanted to see at the site.
In Attenborough, Long Lane
Recreation Ground will benefit
from a complete refurbishment
of the play area thanks to
£50,000 worth of funding from
WREN and £24,000 from
Broxtowe Borough Council. The
project has been developed in
partnership with Groundwork
Greater Nottingham after
extensive consultation with local
residents and will include new
modern play equipment to be
enjoyed by children of all ages
and abilities.
Work on Watnall Green is likely
to start this summer, with Long
Lane commencing later in the
autumn.
St Ann’s
Patients of the NDU Surgery
based at St Ann’s Valley Centre
are being supported to register
with a new GP practice. Their
current surgery is to close on
Wednesday 1 July due to the
retirement from General Practice
of Dr Chris Udenze.
NHS England and Nottingham
City Clinical Commissioning
Group have written to patients
to let them know that services
provided by the NDU Surgery
will be phased out from 19
June, with the surgery closing
on 1 July 2015, and ask them
to register with an alternative
practice close by.
Patients who need help in finding
or registering with a new doctor
can contact the Nottingham
City CCG Patient Experience
Team on 0115 883 9570 or
email patientexperienceteam@
nottinghamcity.nhs.uk.
An acoustic amplifier
which requires no
electrical input has
been developed by a
student in Nottingham.
Direct has been
developed by Adam
Russell, as part of his
final project for this
year’s NTU Degree Show
week.
Manufactured through
3D printing, Direct
follows the traditional
‘gramophone trumpet’
shape, a design proven
to provide the best
acoustic sound. The
model is adaptable
to various models of
smartphone and MP3
players, allowing it to
be used by a wide
variety of users.
Adam Russell said:
“It’s been great to see
Direct develop over
the past few months.
The key focus was
to help improve the
user experience with
handheld devices
whilst maintaining
functionality. By not
using a power source,
the product is unique in
its approach to sound
amplificatio.”
Calls for Clarity
Over Cuts
Chancellor George Osborne
recently announced an
additional £3bn of Government
spending cuts for this year,
including £450m from the
Department for Business,
Innovation and Skills
(BIS) and £545m from the
Department for Transport
(DfT).
businesses, particularly here in
the East Midlands, have done
much of the heavy lifting to
get the economy back on its
feet. They stand ready to do so
again and take on the challenge
of helping to achieve the
Chancellor’s vision of making
the Midlands the UK’s ‘Engine
for Growth’.
He also announced plans to sell
the Government's remaining
30% stake in Royal Mail,
expected to raise an extra
£1.5bn to help decrease the
nation's debts.
“With this in mind, the
Government should, without
delay, provide additional
clarity on exactly where the
axe will fall, particularly in
relation to the planned cuts to
the BIS and DfT budgets, in
order to minimise uncertainty
and create the stability
businesses need to thrive.”
George Cowcher, Chief
Executive of East Midlands
Chamber (Derbyshire,
Nottinghamshire,
Leicestershire), said: “Many
businesses were expecting a
further round of cuts to public
expenditure in the wake of
an election which returned a
Conservative majority. This
will put even more pressure
on the private sector to expand
and create the jobs, wealth and,
in turn, tax revenues required
to fund the public services the
UK wants and needs.
“Over the past five years,
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