Turkey Burgers

50 Turkey Burgers

Ingredients

Burgers 250g turkey breast mince ½ red onion, diced 2 garlic cloves, grated 1 egg, beaten 1 small apple peeled and grated 1 tsp smoked paprika Salt and pepper Olive oil (to cook) Brussels Sprouts Coleslaw 125g Brussels sprouts, trimmed ½ red onion 1 carrot, peeled 50g Greek yoghurt 30g mayonnaise 1 tsp Dijon mustard 1 tbsp lemon juice Salt and pepper ¼ tsp ground cumin Handful of chives, chopped Handful of parsley, chopped Rolls, lettuce and cranberry sauce, to serve

Fed up with the usual turkey recipes? Try these delicious turkey burgers topped with cranberry sauce and a Brussels sprout coleslaw.

Serves 2

Method

1. Place the mince in a bowl with the remaining ingredients for the burger and mix well. Shape the mixture into two burgers about 3cm thick. Chill for 30 minutes.

2. Preheat the oven to 190C/170C fan/gas mark 5. Place the burgers on a lined baking tray and brush the tops lightly with the olive oil. Bake in the oven for 20-25 mins, turning halfway through cooking, until cooked through.

3. To make the coleslaw, grate the Brussels sprouts, onion and carrot in a food processor. Place in a bowl. Mix together the yoghurt, mayonnaise, mustard, lemon juice, salt and pepper and cumin. Pour the yoghurt mixture over the vegetables and coat thoroughly. Stir in the herbs.

4. Serve the burgers in buns with lettuce, a spoonful of cranberry sauce and the coleslaw.

New era of broadcasting

The Old Courts, a successful not-for-profit multi-arts centre in Wigan, want to hear from residents of St Helens about their plans to host and support up to 24 new digital radio stations for the St Helens and Wigan areas. The group are proposing to operate a Small-Scale (SSDAB) multiplex for community benefit - to support the development of local and community radio in our area, and therefore increase the amount of volunteering, skills, and social impact opportunities available for people in St Helens and Wigan. Small-Scale DAB represents a more affordable opportunity for broadcasters to reach a high percentage of the population across St Helens and Wigan. Jess Rotherham, Head of Development at The Old Courts, told Local Life, “We are proposing to bring the UK’s most listened to platform into our area and manage it in a way that encourages more local people to create and listen to locally-led content. “Making digital radio more accessible for all is important and doing it in a way where all profits are reinvested into the local area means that broadcasters and listeners in St Helens and Wigan will benefit long-term.” The approach to supporting local has already been met with praise from people and organisations who already run internet-only stations and want to expand onto DAB, or who are keen to start something new in their local area.

In their proposal, the group outline what Small-Scale DAB is, the communities that stand to benefit and how they propose to establish the service. Comments and feedback are invited to support the application for a licence to Ofcom.

For more information or to leave your comments please go online to www.theoldcourts.com and search for broadcasting under the projects tab.

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Faith on the Streets

By Nicola Gray

When people say, ‘charity begins at home’ they often mean that you should look after your own circle first and then extend your kindness to people in the wider community. St Helens Street Pastors work on a much larger scale though; their mission is to rescue vulnerable people on the streets of St Helens and make their whole community safer. I caught up with co-ordinator Hayley Harrison to find out more about this group of good Samaritans and how they are helping to make St Helens a safer place. Hayley told me, “Street Pastors is basically the Church in action on the street, responding to a crisis. It is about volunteers rolling up their sleeves and practically responding to the problems of crime and safety in their area.” The group’s role is to provide a calming presence, a listening ear and practical help to vulnerable people in the night-time economy of St. Helens, showing God’s love to anyone and everyone they meet. Being a street pastor can look like so many things, but what does this help look like in a practical sense? Hayley added, “We often find ourselves being a listening ear for someone who in that moment really needs it; or just providing some practical help by giving out water, flip flops and space blankets to help keep people warm. “We are often able to signpost people to services that can really help them; and other times we are just making sure that people get home safely. Ultimately it is a tool that we use to be the hands and feet of Jesus; to show kindness and compassion and the love of God to those around us.” The St Helens faction is a growing team of volunteers from local churches, the group currently stands at 10 active members and is growing all the time. Helen added, “Our first team undertook their first patrol on 23rd December 2016 and here we are almost five years later, with 3 teams and looking to expand even further to reach more people in a vulnerable position. Up until last year the team had been patrolling the town centre streets from

10.30pm to 3.30am on the first Saturday and second Friday night of each month. The group were getting closer to starting a third patrol on the fourth Friday of each month and then COVID hit, and everything stopped. Hayley added, “The pandemic obviously stopped us from going out as we couldn’t put our volunteers at risk. We are now in the process of starting our re-training and are hoping to be back out on the streets at the end of this year or the beginning of January. “We run largely on donations from the church and with services being stopped and starting to come back slowly we have felt a real financial hit, any donations or financial support would be greatly appreciated.” The aim for the future is to recruit and train more volunteers, so the team will be able to increase their patrol to go out every weekend. The group is also looking to launch their school initiative and are in talks with local schools to be able to work in schools and provide a similar support service to pupils. If you would like to learn more about the Street Pastors and their initiatives, become a trustee or if you would like to donate, please get in touch and see how you can help.

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