NG3 Sept/Oct 2020
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council launches<br />
#honourourheroes<br />
campaign<br />
by Gedling Borough Council<br />
Gedling Borough Council is launching a new<br />
campaign to create a permanent tribute to our<br />
NHS, carers and key workers and wants residents<br />
to submit their ideas.<br />
The council plans to create a permanent fixture,<br />
sculpture or installation in a prominent area of the<br />
borough that will be there to honour the sacrifices<br />
made in response to the Coronavirus outbreak.<br />
The council is calling on residents to submit their<br />
ideas, concepts, drawings and illustrations, which<br />
will be used as part of the process to select an<br />
appropriate tribute. Inspiration and themes can be<br />
based on the symbols and icons of hope that have<br />
come about from the outbreak such as the rainbow<br />
symbol, the clapping for the NHS or the colours of the<br />
Union Flag, red, white and blue but ideas, suggestions<br />
and concepts for the permanent tribute don’t have to<br />
include these elements.<br />
The council will allocate funding to kick start the<br />
project and will also be working with local groups,<br />
including local Rotary clubs, to look at ways to raise<br />
additional funds for the project, which could include<br />
a potential crowdfunding option once the plans have<br />
been finalised.<br />
Deputy Leader of Gedling Borough Council Michael<br />
Payne said: “We’re calling on residents to come<br />
forward with ideas that will help shape a long-lasting<br />
tribute to our NHS, carers and key workers that will be<br />
placed in a prominent part of the borough.”<br />
More information about the campaign can be found<br />
at www.gedling.gov.uk/heroes Ideas can be<br />
emailed to communications@gedling.gov.uk or<br />
you can tweet your suggestions using the hashtag<br />
#HonourOurHeroes and including the council’s<br />
Twitter handle, @GedlingBC. You can also post ideas<br />
to: Honour Our Heroes, Gedling Borough Council<br />
Civic Centre, Arnot Hill Park, Arnold, Nottingham,<br />
NG5 6LU<br />
for the love of scrubs still<br />
going strong<br />
by FTLOS<br />
When we agreed to be the central hub for<br />
Nottingham - For The Love Of Scrubs group, little<br />
did we know we would still be going strong in<br />
August!<br />
Four months of making and the requests are still<br />
coming in. We have hit over 28,000 makes so far,<br />
these include scrubs, headbands, scrubs caps,<br />
laundry bags, ear savers and face masks for the<br />
NHS, community workers, frontline key workers and<br />
vulnerable groups around Nottinghamshire.<br />
We have only been able to do this with the hard work<br />
and commitment of hundreds of volunteers giving<br />
their time to help with sewing, sharing information to<br />
their contacts, delivering requested items, running<br />
local hubs, coordinating distribution, managing<br />
supplies, admin of the facebook group and all the<br />
other things needed to ensure the smooth running of<br />
a group of over 1700 supporters .<br />
We also wouldn’t have been able to get this far<br />
without the ongoing support of the managers of the<br />
Urban Room at 38 Carrington Street.<br />
With talk of a second wave it looks like things aren’t<br />
going to slow up any time soon. We are therefore<br />
putting plans in place so that we can continue to<br />
operate over the next 6 months, allowing us to<br />
continue responding to requests for help.<br />
To make a donation - no matter how small please go<br />
tohttp://tiny.cc/FTLOSdonations<br />
If you would like a purchase one of our face coverings<br />
and support our project please visit:<br />
www.tigercommunitystore.co.uk<br />
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