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Celebrating an outstanding year
Burton Albion’s renowned Community Trust has held its annual awards event at the football club’s Pirelli Stadium. The event, attended by more than 250 people,
was aimed at celebrating and showcasing the work it has done throughout the local community during the year. Staff, partners and associates of the Trust
made up the audience, along with club chairman Ben Robinson, manager Nigel Clough and academy director Dan Robinson. This year’s hosts included Burton Albion
Community Trust (BACT) staff Joe Green, Dani Coltman and Reece Brown, all of whom have graduated from an apprenticeship scheme with the organisation. During the evening, nine awards were handed
out, which included video and photo presentations to give the audience an insight into the hard work that takes place on a day–to- day basis for all involved with the Trust. Categories included ‘Volunteer of the Year’,
‘Project of the Year’, ‘Awareness Campaign of the Year’, and others about education and learning, health and inclusion, and football and education. Nigel Clough said: “The community trust is
absolutely vital to Burton Albion, the football club and the success of it then enables the
Club chairman Ben Robinson (left) and manager Nigel Clough (right) present an award
‘Burton Albion Community Trust is a fantastic organisation, a real asset to the local community’
community to go out and do more good work than they already do.” BACT boss Andy Taylor said: after: “It has
been a fantastic evening, I am absolutely delighted to see smiles on the winners faces,
College shows commitment
throughout the whole of the evening we’ve really been able to showcase what we do, with our partners, with our funders and we are very grateful to all our sponsors. Chris Plant said: “Burton Albion Community
Trust is a fantastic organisation, a real asset to the local community, having a real benefit that goes way beyond the successes of the club on the pitch. The Chamber has been delighted to celebrate their achievements over the last 12 months, including some inspiring individual examples of how the trust has improved lives. “The Chamber has worked with the Trust on the
Workplace Health Program - most people spend a considerable amount of their waking hours at the workplace, making it a location that can make a real difference to health and wellbeing. By getting workplace health right, employers can make a significant contribution helping to reduce levels of disease and illness in the UK. “The Trust have been integral to the success of
the program and we have already seen some local success stories in a short period of time.” BACT is a registered charity and an award
winning organisation, which delivers community- based programmes across five main themes: participation, social inclusion, disability, education and health.
Charity cyclist
raises awareness A Burton disability consultant who is aiming to raise £50,000 for St Giles Hospice and the Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children has taken part in a TV debate on the problems posed by lack of accessibility. Richard Shakespeare,
Partnership: representatives from Army West Midlands and Burton and South Derbyshire College celebrate their partnership
Burton and South Derbyshire College recently became the latest organisation to sign the Armed Forces Covenant during a business breakfast event at the college’s Mulberry Bistro. The Armed Forces Covenant is a promise by the nation ensuring that those who serve or who have
served in the Armed Forces, and their families, are treated fairly. The signing took place alongside a successful business breakfast hosted by the Deputy Commander
from the 11th Signal and West Midlands Brigade and the College. Major Marvin Bargrove of the Royal Logistic Corps, officer commanding the Burton Army Reserve
Centre, said: “The signing of the Army Covenant is the culmination of a long-standing and successful affiliation that we have had with Burton and South Derbyshire College for the past few years. “The college’s commitment to the Armed Forces is mirrored by our own to them and the wider local community.”
33, joined MP Richard Halford, Network Rail's access and inclusion manager, Margaret Hickish, and David Pearson from the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, on Channel 4’s ‘No Go Britain’ to debate the issue. Richard, 33, whose disability consultancy is
Ride of his life: Richard Shakespeare
based in Burton-on-Trent, said: “I was thrilled to be asked to take part in the debate – I always welcome the opportunity to raise awareness about what it’s like to live with a disability and how we can create a culture of inclusion.” Richard is currently preparing to cycle 4,030
miles in 11 weeks next summer. He will need a specially-made trike for the ride, and is currently training with two-time world champion paratriathlete Steve Judge.
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