£150,000 Funding Boost For Cadishead Rhinos
Salford City Council has secured £150,000 of funding from Sport England to build a new base for Cadishead Rhinos Rugby League Club. Cadishead Rhinos use the changing rooms and play matches and train on the two pitches next to the former Fit City Cadishead, which closed to the public in 2012. But the building is in very poor condition with structural problems and does not have enough changing, shower and toilet space to meet league requirements and the current and future needs of the club. Now thanks to the funding boost, a fit-for-purpose modern facility can be built to keep the club thriving for future generations. Councillor David Lancaster, Lead Member for Environment and Community Safety at Salford City Council, said: “This funding announcement is fantastic news for the club and the community. “The new facilities and flexible changing rooms will also make it possible to establish female only teams and get more young people interested in local rugby league. “Nearly 12,000 people used the facility in the past 12 months and we expect nearly 42,000 people to visit in the next three years now the future is secure.” Paul Elliott, Club Secretary of Cadishead Rhinos, said: “The award is a dream come true for the club and will give us and the local community in general a massive boast! I would like to publicly thank everyone involved in the partnership and look forward to seeing the new building in its full glory!” The success of the application in what was a highly competitive funding scheme is the result of a strong and committed partnership between the council and Salford Community Leisure, Urban Vision, Hamilton Davies Trust (who are contributing £250k in match funding to the project), the Rugby Football League Facilities Trust and Cadishead Rhinos, who worked closely together to develop the masterplan for the building and secure the funding that will enable the new purpose-built facility to become a new reality. The council is among 148 local projects to secure a share or £9million National Lottery funding from Sport England’s Inspired Facilities fund.
LAUNCH OF MY HEALTH GUIDE DIGITAL APP
A new app which aims to improve the quality of life and health outcomes for adults living with learning disabilities has been designed and developed by software firm Maldaba LTD. Having been inspired by the heart-warming story of “Matthew’s Book”, people from the Humber and East Riding region will be the first in the UK to trial it. A total of 200 patients will take part. “Matthew’s Book” is an iPad-based, multi-media guide that accompanies Hull-based Matthew Prosser wherever he goes. Matthew has profound and complex needs and his book allows carers and healthcare professionals to understand essential aspects [...]
Salford’s Ceremonial Mayor Launches New Charity
Salford’s new Ceremonial Mayor Councillor Karen Garrido has launched a new charity as she begins her year of office. The Ceremonial Mayor’s Community Chest will provide grants of up to £500 for local people and groups alongside plans to refurbish a new family room at Salford Royal hospital and raise funds for Salford kidney patients. Each year the Ceremonial Mayor chooses a number of local charities to support and carries out a series of fund raising initiatives during their year of office. The Ceremonial Mayor is supported this year by her husband and consort Councillor Robin Garrido and friend Mrs [...]
New Market For Eccles
One of Britain’s most famous market towns is to have a new market. Eccles, home of the famous cake, will host The Makers Market once a month starting from Saturday June 11. The town already has two permanent markets and the popular Farmers Market and Crafts Market every third Saturday in the month. The Love Eccles Makers Market, which offers everything from art and crafts to vintage stalls, currently trades in Manchester’s Spinningfields and Northern Quarter, Didsbury and at locations across Cheshire. The market will run along Church Street where James Birch first sold Eccles Cakes from his shop in [...]
Inclusive Leaders Recognised At Golden Globes Of Diversity
ITV News Presenters Charlene White took centre stage on 12th May to host the Excellence in Diversity Awards, celebrating Inclusive Employers and Diversity Champions COMPANIES and charities were honoured nationwide at Thursday's ceremony at The breathtaking Queens Hotel, Leeds, rewarding the best of British diversity across all UK industries. Throughout the year, there are some individuals who work tirelessly to remove barriers and put diversity at the very heart of everything they do. The Excellence in Diversity Awards once again celebrated those who go above and beyond the call of duty to improve the lives of others in their communities [...]
Mental Health Awareness Week Set To Highlight That Good Relationships Are Fundamental To Our Mental Health And Wellbeing
Now in its 16th year, Mental Health Awareness Week which began today and runs up to 22nd May focuses on the theme ‘Relationships in the 21st Century’ - the forgotten foundation of good mental health. A new survey of over 2,000 UK adults commissioned by the Mental Health Foundation and conducted by YouGov has found that nearly half of UK adults (46%) regret not investing more time in the relationships that matter to them, with men more likely to feel regret than women (50% compared to 42%). It emerged that more people identified maintaining healthy relationships as ‘most important’ to [...]
Perkins School For The Blind Launches BlindNewWorld, A Campaign Promoting Blind Inclusion In A Sighted World
Perkins School for the Blind has launched BlindNewWorld, a social change campaign aimed at helping the sighted population be more inclusive of people who are blind and make the world more accessible to them. The campaign was created by BrightMark Consulting and features two public service announcement mini films (PSAs) by award-winning commercial and film director Tom De Cerchio. There are approximately seven million blind Americans who frequently find themselves excluded from society both socially and professionally. This contributes to massive unemployment, making it extremely challenging for people who are blind or visually impaired to achieve independence. BlindNewWorld aims to [...]
Alan Henning Memorial Garden To Be Officially Opened
A permanent memorial to Alan Henning is set to be officially opened in his home town of Eccles. A circular garden at Eccles Recreation ground will be opened in a special ceremony on Tuesday 17 May at 6pm. The Ceremonial Mayor of Salford Councillor Peter Dobbs will open proceedings and thank everyone for taking their time to remember Alan. He will be joined by Reverend Dr Anne Louise Critchlow, Chair of Churches Together who will lead a few prayers and Alan’s wife, Barbara, will say a few words. Paul Dennett, the new City Mayor of Salford, will close proceedings. Eccles [...]
Anti-corruption summit: the economic and moral case for tax havens
Corruption must be stamped out but there is an economic and moral case for tax havens that is often, perhaps conveniently, overlooked, affirms the boss of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations. The observation from Nigel Green, founder and CEO of deVere Group, comes as British Prime Minister, David Cameron, welcomes delegates from countries worldwide for a major anti-corruption summit in London. It follows last month’s leak of millions of the so-called Panama Papers from law firm, Mossack Fonseca. Mr Green states: “In the run up to this summit there have been repeated calls to clamp down [...]
