Citylife in Lichfield August 2021

LOCAL NEWS
Businesses Asked to
Support LHCRT
An award-winning example of environmental
improvement made by LHCRT
Lichfield's Canal Trust is seeking cash pledges to
back its application to the Big Give Christmas
Challenge - an online match-funding appeal
which aims to realise 'an environment for the
future created by everyone'.
The Big Give, the UK's top match-funding
platform, specialises in bringing charities,
philanthropists and the public together to
multiply their impact, and the Christmas
Challenge is an annual match-funding campaign
which raises millions of pounds for good
causes.
To successfully join the Christmas Challenge,
charities must secure match-funding pledges
before the deadline of August 27th.
The Trust must receive a minimum of £1,000
pledges before the August 27th deadline and is
hoping that local businesses will lead the way in
promising donations.
The pledges, which will not be paid until the
Christmas Challenge ends on December 7th,
are conditional funding that the Trust will
redeem according to how it performs in the
campaign.
Prospective pledgers can make their promises
of donations at
www.lhcrt.org.uk/news/pledge.html
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Rotary Duck Race
Raises Money
Lichfield Rotary Club last week donated £500
to Saxon Hill Academy in Lichfield. The funds
were raised by a duck race held on the Hopwas
section of the Coventry canal which saw some
2,000 plastic ducks launched along the canal,
each with a number that had been sponsored
by members of the public.
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The event was in conjunction with the South
Staffordshire Association for Deaf Children to
whom the Rotary Club also gave a donation
from the proceeds raised.
The monies donated to Saxon Hill will go
towards the costs of constructing a sensory
integration room, which develops some of the
pupils’ five senses from touch to balance. The
school has 191 pupils of varying special teaching
needs, ranging from the ages of 2-19 years.
Pictured is the cheque presentation from
Rotary President, Mike Castree (left), to Saxon’s
Hill’s Business Manager, Wes Morris, watched by
some of the Academy pupils and several
members of the Rotary Club.
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Councillor Local
Community Fund
Launches
To help local community
projects and activities,
groups can now apply
for a small funding boost
from their district
councillor.
Lichfield District
Council has launched a
Councillor Local
Community Fund, which is Richard Cox
a two-year pilot scheme that will see each of its
47 district councillors distribute £300 each
year to support community projects in their
area.
Community groups based in Lichfield District
can apply to receive from £50 to £300 until
30th November 2021 for projects and activities
that will have a positive impact on their local
area. Individuals can also apply for funding,
provided they can show the application is on
behalf of a local community project or activity.
The payments will be made by the Community
Foundation for Staffordshire. Find out more and
apply for funding at
www.lichfielddc.gov.uk/councillorfund.
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New Ways to
Collect Recycling
Lichfield District Council’s Cabinet agreed the
principle of switching from single-stream to
dual-stream recycling
when it met on 6th July
this year.
Lichfield District
Council works in
partnership with
Tamworth Borough
Council, through the
joint waste service, to
deliver waste and recycling collections across
the partnership area.
As the disposal contracts come to an end
across Staffordshire, it is clear that co-mingled
recycling collections no longer provides waste
of sufficient quality to be economically
reprocessed.
To improve the quality of the recycling the joint
waste service collects, the proposed new
system will see residents across both areas
recycle their waste paper and card in a new bag,
or in some cases an extra bin. Glass, cans and
plastics will continue to be recycled in blue
bins.
The collection of dual-stream recycling involves
increased costs, as it means collecting two
containers from each household in new
vehicles that separate the waste. Responsibility
for collecting and disposing of waste is shared
between Lichfield District Council, Tamworth
Borough Council and Staffordshire County
Council. As a result, the Cabinet agreed any
changes would depend on splitting the
additional costs fairly with the county council.
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Captain Tom Inspires
Lichfield Fundraiser
Five Spires Academy pupils & St Giles Regional
Fundraiser Jo Murch (right)
Lichfield primary pupils inspired by fundraising
hero Captain Tom Moore have raised an
amazing £3,295.15 for St Giles Hospice with a
sponsored walk.
After Captain Tom walked 100 laps around his
garden before he turned 100, Five Spires
Academy, in Cherry Orchard, gave pupils an “11
before 11” challenge, encouraging them to
complete 11 personal challenges before their
11th birthdays.
One of their goals was to raise money for
charity, so pupils walked 100 laps of their
playground in aid of St Giles, which supports
patients and their families who are living with a
terminal illness.
The pupils did their sponsored walk as part of
‘Miles 4 St Giles’ – a fundraising initiative set up
in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which
encourages supporters to run, cycle or walk
their own distance over 30 days to raise
sponsorship for the hospice.
Visit www.stgileshospice.com/miles4stgiles to
find out more or to take part.