Citylife in Lichfield February 2020

LOCAL NEWS
Lichfield Waterworks’
Future Bright Sparks
The Lichfield Waterworks Trust is delighted to
be working with apprentice electricians from
Dudley Technical College. The joint venture will
be an opportunity for students to work with
the Trust's technical teams to learn new skills in
a real world setting, whilst helping to renovate
one of the country's most important Grade II*
Listed industrial sites, Sandfields Pumping
Station, located in Lichfield.
David Moore, Chair of the Lichfield
Waterworks Trust, said: “This is a fantastic
opportunity for the students and a great
example of how our industrial heritage can
offer educational opportunities for young
people that will bring benefits and enjoyment to
the whole community.”
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Engineering Firm’s
Boost for Canal Trust
Lichfield’s canal restoration volunteers can
make progress on an important part of the
project after a local company generously
donated two lorry loads of building materials.
Chasetown Civil Engineering delivered bricks
and concrete blocks for the work being carried
out by Lichfield and Hatherton Canals
Restoration Trust (LHCRT) at its Fosseway
Heath site.
The valuable donation will allow the Trust’s
volunteers and South Staffs College students,
who are receiving on-site work experience
supervised by their tutors, to extend the
curved wall taking the canal from the Fosseway
Heath basin via a sharp turn into the Falkland
Road section, and to add to the towpath wall
below Lock 18.
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Autism Sports and
Soft Play
Freedom Leisure’s Active Communities team
has joined forces with BLAST (Burntwood and
Lichfield Autism Support Together) to offer an
autism specific sports and soft play session in
February Half term at Friary Grange Leisure
Centre.
Based in the sports hall, sessions are very
informal and children can free play with soft
play equipment and a bouncy castle. For
children wanting a bit more structure, there will
be sports coaches on hand with lots of kit to
play games which are tailored to children with
additional needs.
Parents must stay with their child, however
there is plenty of seating around the hall. No
need to book a place, just turn up before 11am
and join in on Friday 21st February. Price is £2
per child.
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St Giles is Officially
Outstanding!
Staff and volunteers at St Giles Hospice are
starting the New Year on a high after receiving
an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the Care Quality
Commission (CQC) – the independent
regulator of health and social care services in
England.
The Whittington-based hospice, which provides
individually-tailored care both on-site and in
patients’ own homes, is one of just a handful of
hospices to have ever been awarded the highest
possible accolade.
Helping more than 7,000 people a year facing
the challenges associated with a potentially
terminal illness, St Giles was commended by the
CQC for its “compassionate” range of speciality
services, as well as aiming to “make every day
meaningful for people who used the service.”
The hospice was also noted for going “over and
above what was expected of them”, having
previously hosted several weddings and
arranging for a patient’s pet horse to visit, with
one member of staff spending three days of her
own time writing family ‘goodbye letters’ for a
patient who was unable to.
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Festive Dash for
Shining Stars
Lichfield’s annual Festive Dash, held in
December last year, raised money for local
charity Shining Stars, which provides safe social
events for the adult disabled community.
Organisers, KP Events and Beth Toovey of Sauce
Supper Club, presented a cheque for £1,000 to
Charlotte Aspley of Shining Stars, along with
event sponsors A-Plan Insurance, St John’s
House and Alpha Sports.
Shining Stars has, once again, been selected as
the beneficiary of the Festive Dash 2020.
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Junior Football Kit
Sponsorship
Lichfield City Lions Under 11s football team has
been sponsored by Vision Express who kindly
donated a total of £300 to pay for a new red
away kit. The team of dedicated youngsters play
every Sunday, come rain or shine!
Pictured are some of the players thanking Sue
Sanghera and Pav Mehta from the Lichfield
store.