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Post by MikeMusic on Feb 25, 2020 11:27:52 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Feb 25, 2020 15:37:42 GMT
One of our young students, a 13 year old girl, had a very serious Polo accident less than two weeks ago. She broke her neck, with the horse falling partly over her, and was airlifted to hospital with, at the time, no news on whether she would be paralysed. It turned out that she still had lower body senses and there ensued medical discussions on how to proceed. She was taken into care by a specialist consultant and ambulanced to another hospital where surgery was performed, a plate was fitted and a brace put in place to aid her recovery. Quite remarkably, she was home just a few days later. Today she walked into school, still wearing her brace, and was most concerned that she had fallen behind in her work.
Not only a very courageous young girl but a good news story for us all.
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Post by MikeMusic on Feb 27, 2020 14:24:06 GMT
Only recently cottoned on to Speedo Mick 'Speedo Mick' finishes charity walk at Land's End"Mick Cullen - known as 'Speedo Mick' - strode through wind, rain and storms Ciara and Dennis, after starting at John O' Groats in December. The Everton fan has raised more than £300,000 for disadvantaged people." Top man Everton.... sorry Paul  |
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Post by Slinger on Feb 27, 2020 16:06:23 GMT
Speedo Mick has become a legend, Mike. Club enmities have been completely forgotten on social media as far as Mick is concerned. Many Liverpool supporters have been retweeting him and supporting him all the way. I've certainly been retweeting his videos etc. to my " followers" of whom probably 75% are Liverpool fans. Of course, the whole of Everton Football Club got behind him too, and helped raise awareness. He was "live" on telly last Friday, on "The Last Leg." They arranged for a brass band, playing the theme from Z-Cars (Everton's official theme tune, and not a patch on "You'll Never Walk Alone") to meet him when he arrived at Lands End the following day. The general opinion is that although he's an Everton supporter he's from Liverpool, and that's what counts when you're doing something to help other folks. Josh Widdecombe said about the interview, " It looks like the start of a dodgy porno."  As you can see, Mick is no youngster. He's 55 years of age if I remember rightly. |
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Post by MikeMusic on Feb 27, 2020 16:18:51 GMT
and harder than nails He's out, virtually naked in weather I wear about 3-4 layers, coat, hat, scarf and gloves when I walk the dogs. Even cross country runners have way more clothes on than that and they are only out for a couple of hours, running so keeping a lot warmer Saw him on The Last Leg. Discovered more about him later Speedo Mick for PM ? |
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Post by Slinger on Feb 28, 2020 17:47:18 GMT
Now for the red half of Liverpool. Nowhere near Speedo Mick's achievements, but nice all the same. The annual celebration of the city of Liverpool is held every year on February 28 and sees people in the local area – and around the world – celebrate food, music, art and cinema from across the region. To mark the occasion, Red Neighbours invited 12 youngsters from four primary schools in the Anfield area to the club’s training ground to learn how to make Scouse, the famous Liverpool stew. The pupils – from Blackmoor Park Junior School, Anfield Road Primary School, Pinehurst Primary School and New Park Primary School – were taught how to prepare the ingredients and create the dish by club chef de partie, Tom Anglesey. Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Joe Gomez also stopped by to chat with the youngsters and pose for photographs, before the children were given a tour of the training facility. Lucy Cushion, teacher at Blackmoor Park Junior School, said: “ I’d like to say a big thank you to the Red Neighbours team for inviting us all to Melwood today. “ We had a brilliant time celebrating Global Scouse Day and it was great that the children were given the chance to cook the Scouse dish themselves. “ It’s such a memorable occasion and our pupils are going to remember it forever – it’s a fantastic thing to be a part of.”  Ususal disclaimer: I have no reason to doubt that each Premier League club performs similar community-based acts, but I only know about the one I've supported for 55 of my 66 years.. |
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Post by Slinger on Feb 29, 2020 15:10:21 GMT
Meet the disabled performers battling back against vile trolls to spread message of positivity
The Shout Your Mouth Off group was targeted by vile trolls in a viral meme, but haven't let that stop themAn award-winning troupe of disabled performers is taking its message of positivity into schools - after being targeted by vile trolls. For over a decade, Shoot Your Mouth Off (SYMO), in Hartlepool, has provided movie-making and song-writing activities for local learning disabled people. Their performances are uploaded to the group’s highly successful YouTube channel, watched by more than 44,000 subscribers. But in 2015, the cast fell victim to vile trolls who took a clip from one of their films and manipulated it into a malicious meme, which went viral. It exposed the ensemble to a torrent of online abuse and the scale and toxicity of abuse forced them to suspend their YouTube channel for a year. But after countless comments of encouragement from viewers who, ignoring the vitriol, were turned onto SYMO's performances. They enjoyed them so much the performers relaunched the channel.  Now, the troupe is celebrating after being awarded nearly £90,000 from The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK. SYMO has won numerous awards from the British Film Institute and the Royal Television Society as well as several national and international festivals. Now, guided by their mission of “ putting disabled people in the picture”, and with £89,766 raised by players of the National Lottery, the troupe are turning their attention to tackling disability hate crime across the North-east – and they’re taking the fight right into local schools. With recorded disability hate crime rates rising across the country, SYMO’s cast bring with them their own personal stories of bullying, harassment, and social exclusion. Grateful company director Stephen Carolan said the grant “ will help keep our service running for years to come.' Duncan Nicholson, head of funding for North-east and Cumbria at the National Lottery Community Fund, said: “ We use our funding to help create stronger, more connected communities, so we were delighted to help this talented troupe to forge better links between disabled and non-disabled communities and raise awareness of the issues that many learning disabled people face." The funding from The National Lottery Community Fund will enable SYMO to produce and perform a presentation - drawing on their lived experiences and complete with sketches, skits, and songs - directly to young people in as many as 30 local schools. For some students, this will be their first real introduction to learning from disabled people and an opportunity to become familiar with and hear directly from members of a marginalized minority, potentially preventing negative attitudes from forming. SYMO cast member Dave Lodge, from Hartlepool, said: “ Getting this grant is a dream come true. It's great to get new equipment, but the most important thing is that we get to spread SYMO's message.” The cash boost will also enable the group to purchase a mini-bus - helping it to expand the number of schools it can reach - and to buy new equipment, much to the excitement of its members. Dave continued: “ With this grant, we can get out of the building and into the world. We plan to visit more than 30 schools in the next two years, and we're all really excited.” SOURCE
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Post by Slinger on Feb 29, 2020 17:20:51 GMT
You'll like this pair of Tweets, Mike.
I avoid that sort of TV show, but it would be great if they really did make it happen. For charity, obviously.
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Post by MikeMusic on Feb 29, 2020 17:23:05 GMT
Brilliant !
Get him on there
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Post by John on Feb 29, 2020 18:27:40 GMT
I have organised a concert for a person I support at a open mic night. He has also recorded his own music.
I am just setting up a micro gardening business for a person I support
I also recently managed to get a person into paid employment He is now working 4 days a week without support
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Post by Slinger on Mar 3, 2020 22:39:11 GMT
Bon Jovi Opens Third Restaurant for People in Need to Eat for Free
You don’t have to worry about the check if you aren't able to pay.Jon Bon Jovi and his wife Dorothea, a couple with heart and soul, officially opened the third of their volunteer-run restaurants. JBJ Soul Kitchen opened at Rutgers University in Newark on January 22 of this year. The on-campus restaurant’s goal is to cater to students facing food insecurity. More than 75% of the 36,000 undergraduate students receive financial aid, according to the university’s website. JBJ Soul Kitchen offers a freshly prepared three course meal and patrons don’t have to worry about the check if they aren’t able to pay. To avoid patrons being stigmatized by the issues surrounding food insecurity, servers at the restaurant won’t know whether patrons paid for their meal thanks to the “pay it forward” and volunteer system used. Bon Jovi explained the logic behind opening a restaurant at Rutgers to NBC Nightly News: “ We opened our first Soul Kitchen ten years ago in Red Bank, New Jersey after Super Storm Sandy. And the second one on Toms River, because those were the people most impacted by it.” “ Now what we realize is that there were kids in colleges that were hungry,” he continued. “ And this was a—logical progression. And Rutgers really embraced the concept.” “ People had this romanticized version of the starving student. It’s not as romantic as we would like to think it is,” Dorothea added. The TODAY Show’s January 27 episode aired footage from the interview in which Bon Jovi talked about the partnership, “ We were approached by the food service provider here, and we had been aware of food insecurity on college campuses, and it was just a natural fit,” he said. MORE
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Post by MikeMusic on Mar 4, 2020 11:08:13 GMT
Great. Top man
Proven that you cannot learn, or operate efficiently if you are hungry so perfect for students with little or no dough
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Post by Slinger on Mar 14, 2020 23:00:39 GMT
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Post by Slinger on Mar 16, 2020 14:40:21 GMT
Here's a rarity, in fact, I can't think of another example, COVID-19 has occasioned some good news... The BBC is to delay TV licence fee changes for the over-75s until August in light of the coronavirus situation. Free TV licences for up to 3.7 million people had been due to be scrapped on 1 June, but that has been put back to 1 August. On Monday, amid the growing spread of the coronavirus, the BBC and the government issued a joint statement saying they "do not want anyone to be worried about any potential change" at the current time. " The BBC's priority over the coming period will be to do everything we can to serve the nation at this uniquely challenging time," the statement said. " As the national broadcaster, the BBC has a vital role to play in supplying information to the public in the weeks and months ahead." " Recognising the exceptional circumstances, the BBC board has therefore decided to change the start date of the new policy. Our current plan is to now bring it into place on 1 August. We will of course keep the issue under review as the situation continues to evolve." There was an outcry in 2019 when the broadcaster announced it would end the scheme for all but those receiving the pension credit benefit. On Monday, Age UK welcomed the delay as " a victory for common sense", but questioned whether an eight-week delay " will be anything like long enough". Charity director Caroline Abrahams said: " Unfortunately many over-75s will have already received a letter suggesting they get their pension credit letters photocopied at the local library or corner shop. " This runs counter to the public health message the government seems likely to be giving older people very soon about staying at home to reduce their risk of infection, so it's important older people are informed that there's no need for them to take this action for now." MOREGood start, BBC, now make it permanent. |
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Post by Slinger on Mar 18, 2020 21:42:54 GMT
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Post by Slinger on Mar 19, 2020 0:42:15 GMT
I keep trying to find some good news among the doom and gloom... BrewDog begins making hand sanitiser amid shortages in UK
Brewer says product will be given away for free to those in need during coronavirus crisis
 The independent brewer BrewDog has begun making hand sanitiser at its distillery in Aberdeenshire amid shortages driven by coronavirus fears. The firm said it would be giving away the “punk sanitiser” for free to those that need it. BrewDog’s founder, James Watt, announced on social media that the company had started producing sanitiser to help with shortages. “We are determined to do everything we can to try and help as many people as possible stay safe,” he said. The company said it was “working around the clock on producing the first batch to have it available for next week”, and the sanitiser will be given away to local charities and the community rather than sold. It comes amid shortages of hand sanitiser, which has been flagged as an important tool in combating the coronavirus. MORE |
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Post by Slinger on Mar 20, 2020 14:12:45 GMT
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Post by Slinger on Mar 25, 2020 15:43:26 GMT
Liverpool FC is continuing its work supporting the local community during the coronavirus outbreak with the launch of its new LFC Connect initiative to help people stay connected. In a bid to reduce social isolation among older and vulnerable neighbours in the north Liverpool and Kirkby communities, the club’s Red Neighbours, LFC Foundation and Fan Experience teams have been busy contacting people to chat on the phone and have a virtual cuppa with them. Taking place on weekdays between 9am and 4pm, the weekly calls offer a friendly chat to help reduce feelings of isolation among those most vulnerable within the community, currently having to remain at home. The club will also be sending out postcards as an additional way of reaching out to the local community and letting fans know the Reds are committed to providing support during this difficult time. The postcards will include a friendly message to promote positive well-being and will include details on how fans can register for the LFC Connect service. The initiative is open to anyone in the local community of north Liverpool and Kirkby who would like to receive the regular call. Supporters interested in signing up can do so by contacting Christine Mounsey from the Red Neighbours team on 07701 320 455 or RedNeighbours@liverpoolfc.com. As an alternative, for those who wish to email rather than chat on the phone, this service can be accessed by contacting RedNeighbours@liverpoolfc.com or lfcfoundation@liverpoolfc.com. SOURCE=================================================== Come on guys, you must be fed up with reading about what a brilliant club I support, try and find some good news yourselves, because we could certainly do with some. |
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for peace in the world
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Post by blackman on Mar 25, 2020 20:31:21 GMT
about the good news my brother was born today
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Post by Slinger on Mar 25, 2020 20:44:04 GMT
My mum rents her home from the local housing association. She was quite chuffed today when one of their representatives rang her up, just to see if she was OK, and to find out if she was being looked after during this crisis. I was surprised, and quite impressed.
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@bbcstrictly & i don't need a costume 
