Citylife in Lichfield January 2022

LOCAL NEWS
Crematorium Donates
to Charity
that will delight young people and grandparents
alike. A huge illuminated seven metre replica of
the Earth will be on display, to remind everyone
that the time is ‘now’ to do all we can to change
habits and to protect the world. Both of these
events will be offered free to view for everyone.
Sarah Finnigan, Regional Volunteering Lead,
Sands, receiving the cheque from Jo Walker
Crematorium Manager and the rest of the team at
Cannock Chase Crematorium in the children’s
memorial garden.
Cannock Chase Crematorium is delighted to
announce that a cash donation of £15,000 has
been made on behalf of the crematorium to
Sands. Sands works to save babies’ lives and
support anyone affected by pregnancy loss or
the death of a baby.
Cannock Chase Crematorium is a member of
the Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium
Management’s (ICCM) metal recycling scheme,
whereby residual metal items such as
orthopaedic implants or metals used in the
construction of the coffin are retained,
following the cremation process, and recycled,
with the written consent of the bereaved family.
The national ICCM scheme, introduced in 2006,
has raised over £7 million since its inception to
help fund bereavement related charities.
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The Hub
Receives Funds
The Hub at St Mary’s has recently been
awarded funding from the Culture Recovery
Fund, ensuring that the venue will still be able to
welcome audiences for a year full of
performance, exhibitions and music.
The 2022 programme of events kicks off with
‘May The Toys Be With You’, a wonderful Star
Wars Exhibition complete with Stormtroopers,
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Photo by Natural Environment
Research Council (NERC)
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Electric Street
Cleaner Unveiled
Shaun Watton and Cllr Ashley Yeates
The launch of a new electric street cleaning
vehicle ensures the district council is on the
right track to creating a cleaner and greener
Lichfield District.
Residents, shoppers and visitors will see a new
fully electric street cleaning vehicle when out
and about across the district.
Lichfield District Council has bought its first
electric truck to help with its street cleansing
operations.
The vehicle will be used to transport the street
cleaning team and their equipment across the
district so they can work to keep the district
tidy. This includes litter picking, emptying bins
and removing fly-tipping from local roads and
parks.
The zero-emission vehicle is a Nissan EN200
EV and will run for around 150 miles on a full
charge. It will be charged at the council’s
operational services depot in Burntwood.
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TreeCycle this Winter
Lichfield, Burntwood and Rugeley people are
being urged to help make St Giles Hospice’s
annual TreeCycle campaign next January (2022)
the most successful yet.
Since 2016, local families and businesses have
been disposing of their real Christmas tree in a
clean, convenient and eco-friendly way by
signing up to have their trees collected by the
hospice’s army of volunteers in return for a
small donation.
In January (2021), 76 volunteers took part in
TreeCycle. They picked up 4,428 Christmas
trees, raising over £65,000 for the hospice,
which cares for local people and their families
living with a terminal illness.
This will be the seventh year that St Giles has
been running TreeCycle to raise funds for the
hospice, and teams will collect trees from
around Lichfield, Walsall, Sutton Coldfield,
Tamworth, Burton, Rugeley, Burntwood,
Uttoxeter, Swadlincote, Stafford and
surrounding areas.
TreeCycle will be collecting trees from
Wednesday 5th until Wednesday 12th January
2022. The suggested donation for trees up to 8ft
is £10 and the donation for trees up to 10ft is
£12. For trees over 10ft, please call 01543
432538.
For more information or to book a collection
visit www.stgileshospice.com/treecycle.
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Tree Boost for LHCRT
A Lichfield group whose national organisation
celebrates its 40 anniversary in 2022 is marking
the occasion by donating £1 for each of its 680
members to the city's canal trust's tree fund.
Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration
Trust (LHCRT) will benefit from the generosity
of the local branch of u3a, which is a UK-wide
movement of locally-run interest groups
providing learning and leisure activities for
retired people.
For more information about Lichfield u3a, visit
www.u3asites.org.uk/lichfield and to find out
more about Lichfield and Hatherton Canals
Restoration Trust, visit www.lhcrt.org.uk/.
Judith Thorpe, chair of Lichfield u3a, joined
Peter Buck, engineering director of LHCRT,
at the Falkland Road canal site to help plant
the donated trees.