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A boost for screening programme


Burton Hospitals’ prostate cancer screening programme has received a £1,586 boost after businesses came together for a fund-raising quiz night at the Pirelli Stadium, home of Burton Albion FC. The screening programme is one of three


causes that will benefit from the event, which was organised by Burton firm Alexander Accountancy and Burton and District Chamber. The total raised was £4,746, with the other beneficiaries being Burton YMCA and Due Life.


‘Every penny raised will go to the charities and it was a very successful evening’


David Alexander, of Alexander Accountancy,


said: “The initiative started four years ago when the Chamber of Commerce held the first quiz night and we picked it up as a company as part of our corporate social responsibility and this year we asked the Chamber to do it as one of their events again. “We got sponsors on board to cover all costs,


so every penny raised will go to the charities and it was a very successful evening.” Chamber divisional director Chris Plant said:


“David is a great ambassador for supporting community causes and it is testament to him


Fighting cancer (from left): David Alexander, Jyoti Shah, Chris Plant, Sarah Minns and Simon Chapman


that we are able to donate this cash to such a fantastic cause. The Pirelli Stadium is always a fantastic venue and Burton Albion did a great job hosting it and the night was well supported by Chamber members.” Burton Chamber president Simon Chapman


added: “The work that is being done on prostate cancer by the hospital staff here in Burton is amazing. We should applaud them for their efforts on the screenings and the Chamber


Football club inspires sixth formers


Burton Albion Football Club has hosted an ‘Inspiring your Future’ event for 100 sixth form female students. Held at the Pirelli Stadium, the event took


place as part of International Women’s Day. The football club’s commercial director, Fleur


Robinson, said the original idea was to bring together a group of local businesses and stakeholders to inspire the students to focus on their personal development, as they begin to think about further education, work and their future. A highlight of the event was an inspirational


talk from 28-year-old England and Olympic level football player Sophie Bradley-Auckland, who shared her personal experiences, including recovering from a serious knee injury. Alan Irwin, of the Professional Footballers’


Association, who sponsored the event, said: “This was a wonderful opportunity to demonstrate the power of sport in promoting gender equality and opportunity for all young people to follow their dreams and ambitions and be successful in whatever career they pursue in life.” Baroness Sue Campbell, head of Women’s


Football at The Football Association, added: “This was a great opportunity for the students to seek out information and build their knowledge as part of the day.”


Inspiration: Abbot Beyne School students Wiktoria Myslicka and Iqrah Imran with Burton Chamber’s Pam Wallis and Karen McElroy of FCM Associates


The students took part in four interactive


workshops held by experts including making the right choices around finance, how to make a positive impact and keeping active through sport to support mental wellbeing. Fleur Robinson said: “International Women's


Day is a great opportunity to celebrate and make a positive difference for women and I am delighted that we have been able to unite these 100 young women to focus on their future.”


wants to support local charities and good works that are making such an important contribution.” The money will now help support further


prostate cancer screening initiatives in the Burton area. Jyoti Shah, consultant urological surgeon at


Queen’s Hospital in Burton, said: “Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in this country and the recent media attention has highlighted the growing awareness of the dangers.”


Vital work to


begin on bridge Plans for the next phase of vital work to safeguard two Burton bridges have been confirmed. Work on Burton Bridge will start in June, to allow it to fully reopen for the start of the new school year in September. The funding for the project is part of the multi-million pound Highway Challenge Fund by the Department for Transport. Nineteen projects across the country received a share of £75 million of government investment for essential road maintenance, to refurbish bridges, improve junctions and boost flood defences. Although a full closure of the bridge was planned, engineers have now managed to schedule the work to allow one lane to be kept open. Details of how this will be managed are still being finalised. The duration of the scheme has also been


reduced by three weeks by deploying extra crews to work a twilight shift. Overnight working is not possible due to the noise impact on nearby residential areas, the local authority says.


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