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Doe Lea Neighbourhood Watch scheme wins award
Doe Lea Neighbourhood Watch has been named as a finalist in the national Neighbourhood and Home Watch awards. The group received the Outstanding Achievement award for their fund-raising efforts which have led to projects to benefit young people in the village. They submitted a successful bid to the National Lottery and were awarded more than £8,000 to undertake work with young people in the village. They also applied to the Midlands Co-operative Community Fund and received more than £6,000. The lottery funding was used to pay for floodlighting on the hard court sports area at the Doe Lea Centre, which enabled youngsters to play football in the evenings during the winter. They also successfully set up an OZBOX style satellite gymnasium. The funding purchased gym equipment which is used for well-attended young people’s sessions. The group used the Co-operative funding to purchase film-making equipment, a laptop and editing software, together with lighting and sound equipment. They are in the process of setting up a group of people to work with youngsters to make a film about the effects of anti-social behaviour. Once the film has been produced the equipment will be a resource for use by others in the village. The citation says: “As a result of these projects, dozens of youngsters have benefited from physical exercise and used their energies in a healthy and positive way. The film project will also give youngsters an opportunity to develop skills around all aspects of film-making and communication as well as encouraging them to think about all aspects of antisocial behaviour and what can be done about it.” The award was presented at a ceremony in London on Friday June 20.
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Derby On Shortlist Of Four to House New National College For High Speed Rail DERBY is one of four locations across the country on a shortlist to become the home of the National College for High Speed Rail. The shortlist was announced by Skills and Enterprise Minister Matthew Hancock and the city will be lobbying hard to be chosen as the venue for the new College which will train the country’s next generation of engineers working on the HS2 project and beyond. Birmingham, Doncaster and Manchester have also made the final four. To get to this
stage bids were assessed on a number of key areas including the size and availability of a suitable site, accessibility, and the potential to develop strong links with employers and providers already operating in the sector. Skills and Enterprise Minister Matthew Hancock said: “I was extremely encouraged by the level of interest that has been shown by areas across the country in being part of meeting the high speed rail skills challenge. We received a number of very strong proposals, and not all can be taken forward
to the final stage. However, it is clear that there is already some excellent partnership activity taking place between education providers and the rail industry across the country which is resulting in the delivery of some outstanding provision. “For the college to be a success, it will need to bring together this expertise so we can achieve high quality skills provision in this important sector. We hope that all those locations that responded to the consultation will develop strong links with the main college site, so that as many
Appeal for information on whereabouts of teenager missing from Stapleford home Police are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of a teenager who went missing from her home. Sandra Gazikova was last seen at an address in The Vistas, Stapleford, Nottingham, and has links to Derby. The 14-year-old is about 5ft 4ins, of slim build,
with shoulder length, wavy black hair. She left her Stapleford address on the evening of Saturday, June 21, and has not been seen since. It is thought she could be in the Derby area as she has links to the city. Police are appealing for anyone who might have information on her whereabouts to contact them immediately on 101.
learners as possible have access to the opportunities that HS2 and other rail engineering projects will create.” Representatives from the four shortlisted cities have given presentations about their bids to an Advisory Group on June 27 and the final decision will be made shortly. The High Speed Rail College is the first specialist National College to be developed and plans are in place to create more including in nuclear, coding and energy, in the coming years. Transport Minister Baroness Kramer said: “HS2 is a vital part of
our long-term economic plan, providing and safeguarding tens of thousands of jobs. The new College will equip the engineers of the future with the skills they need to secure these jobs and similar ones in the UK and across the globe. “This new national college will operate with a ‘hub and spoke’ model, so there is huge potential for towns and cities across the country to benefit from the opportunities it will bring.” To ensure the success
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