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worked extremely hard to gain a BTEC
qualification or certificate for Fire and Rescue
Services within the Community.
“It was also a fantastic opportunity to bring
together the cadets, their families and their
instructors and we want to make this an
annual event.”
FORMER FOOTBALLER INSPIRES
PRINCE’S TRUST TEAMS
A VISIT from former Manchester City and
England star Earl Barrett provided a
motivational morning for members of GMFRS
Prince’s Trust teams.
At the event, cadets were presented with
awards and certificates by GMFRS’s County
Fire Officer Steve McGuirk and High Sheriff of
Greater Manchester George Almond CBE,
who was County Fire Officer at GMFRS when
the cadets scheme began.
CADETS AND VOLUNTEERS AT DALAI
LAMA EVENT
THE Dalai Lama was the guest of honour at
an event attended by GMFRS cadets and
volunteers from Stretford and Eccles recently.
They joined thousands of other young people
at the Century of Dialogue – Stand up and be
the Change event at the Manchester Arena on
Saturday, June 16.
Adam Tormey from GMFRS’s Children and
Young People’s department said: “It was a
great event for our young people to take part
in, because the whole idea of it was to
encourage young people to avoid violence
and conflict to change the world for the
better.
“It was particularly poignant after the violence
last summer and a fantastic opportunity for
our Community Fire Cadet units from
Stretford and Eccles to learn from an iconic
figure such as his holiness the Dalai Lama.
“His aim of encouraging young people to
peacefully resolve disputes, personally, locally
and globally through compassion,
understanding and dialogue was great to hear
and had an impact on all the young people
who attended.”
FORMERFOOtBALLERINSPIRESPRINCE’StRUSttEAMS
On Monday, June 18, the former defender –
who hails from Rochdale and also played for
Oldham Athletic – delivered a rousing
presentation to 24 members of GMFRS’s
Prince’s Trust teams from Manchester East
and Wythenshawe at the Training and
Development Centre.
Manchester East Prince’s Trust Team Leader
George Hayden said: “It was fantastic to have
Earl down to talk to the teams because he’s a
really inspirational figure.
“As a former England defender he brought his
caps and medals down and the young people
were able to learn all kinds of things from Earl
about hard work, dedication and motivation.”
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