Citylife in Lichfield November 2021

LOCAL NEWS
Local Dancer Chosen
for Professional
Development
Lichfield-born Natalie
Haslam has been
selected from
hundreds of hopefuls
for the famous
c h o r e o g r a p h e r
Matthew Bourne's
New Adventures
Overture Professional
D e v e l o p m e n t
programme.
The programme is for emerging dance teachers
and community dance practitioners from a
variety of genres who have been working in
community or education settings for less than
five years.
Over the course of the programme the
selected artists meet for residential weekends.
Each residential comprises of practical
workshops, class and skills-sharing as well as
inspirational guest teachers from a variety of
dance backgrounds sharing their practice.
With workshops in areas such as personal
development, advanced community dance skills,
business development and networking, we aim
to provide the cohort with a range of skills to
support them in reaching the next level of their
careers as community dance artists.
Natalie Haslam is a dance artist working with all
ages and abilities across theatre, education,
youth and community settings. In recent years,
Natalie has worked with many different
organisations and companies, and she is
currently involved in being a Support Worker
for DanceXchange’s Critical Mass 2022 (for the
Birmingham Commonwealth Games); a teacher
and social media creator for Ascendance
(Dance with Parkinson’s); teacher and founder
at Dance! With Natalie (Dance classes for
Adults); Workshop Facilitator for Cherwell
Theatre Company; Area Creative Coordinator
for People Dancing’s Live Well and Dance with
Parkinson’s; and Operations Manager at
Lichfield Festival.
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COGS’ Carbon
Neutral Fundraiser
In today's climate, being carbon neutral is a best
way forward for a small firm to make the
biggest footprint. As part of its goals to move to
being carbon neutral, Cherry Orchard Garden
Services (COGS), based in Burntwood, is
crowdfunding for solar panels for its new
classroom. This, combined with the onsite
10
The new classroom
carbon savings that COGS currently partakes
in, will see the organisation closer to its goal of
becoming carbon neutral.
Because COGS works with learning-disabled
gardeners, it has found that teaching about
carbon neutrality is difficult, so showing how to
achieve this is a much more effective learning
tool.
The crowdfund page can be accessed by visiting
www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk and searching
for Cherry Orchard Garden Services or the
term Sustainable Solar.
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Bypass Opening Boost
for LHCRT
A drone's-eye view by Colin Ablitt
The restoration of the Lichfield canal has taken
a huge step forward with the opening of the
city's Southern Bypass extension.
A section of the canal runs parallel to the
bypass alongside a housing development, and
Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration
Trust is hoping for permission in the next few
weeks to begin work.
A great deal of preparation of the site has been
completed, courtesy of Persimmon Homes,
who are constructing St John's Grange housing
development, and Amey, who constructed the
bypass, including the installation of two bridges
over the line of the canal connecting the estate
with the bypass.
LHCRT volunteers will build a new Lock 22 and
restore a modified Lock 23 in this section,
which has been named St John's Reach.
The restoration of this section of the Lichfield
Canal will take it close to another major
obstacle, the Cross-City railway line, which the
canal has to go under, and an appeal to raise the
huge amount of money needed to build the
tunnel has been ongoing for several years.
More information can be found at
www.lhcrt.org.uk.
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Community Lottery
Helps Litter Legends
A local good cause is putting the money raised
through Lichfield Community Lottery towards
its goal of a litter free Lichfield.
Lichfield Litter Legends, the group that carries
out regular litter-picking around Lichfield and
its outskirts, is one of Lichfield Community
Lottery’s most popular good causes.
This is the weekly lottery where 60p of every
£1 spent goes towards causes that benefit
Lichfield District. With a jackpot of £25,000 and
other cash prizes up for grabs, it is a fun way to
support the local community while being in
with a chance to win a prize.
Lichfield Litter Legends has been using the
money raised by their lottery supporters each
week for new equipment and promotional
material. The extra funds are also helping the
group of volunteers to take their message to
local schools, to raise awareness of the
problems associated with litter, including the
impact on society and local wildlife.
Find out more about Lichfield Community
Lottery at
www.lichfieldcommunitylottery.co.uk.
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