18 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, January 3rd, 2008


A better deal for patients


PATIENTS across the Kibble Valley will be offered better, faster booking facilities when arranging their hospital outpatient appoint­ ments. This has been made


possible thanks to a new centralised booking sys­ tem based at Burnley General Hospital. Previously there had


been two separate call centres at the Royal Blackburn and Burnley General Hospital sites. However, the two have been brought together to form the East Lancashire Hospitals Booking Cen­ tre. The move is designed to enable better commu­ nication with patients as well as the chance for staff to broaden their skills. Telephone numbers on


patients’ letters will change to ensure that the patient gets through to the most appropriate per­ son. This allows them to be dealt with quickly. Mrs Jacqui Booth,


outpatient administra­ tion manager for East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, said: “As we now have a large, dedi­ cated team in the one place, we are able to extend opening times, allowing people who work or have other commit­ ments during the day to call at a time more con­ venient. The equipment will allow us to monitor the busiest times of day to ensure there is enough staff to cover demand.” Opening times for the


booking centre are Mon­ day to Thursday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Fridays.


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Plans are awaiting approval


A PLANNING applica­ tion has been submitted to Ribble Valley Borough Council for the proposed construction of a front entrance canopy; alter­ ations to create games room and bedroom over existing garage and utili­ ty room; rear extension to provide garden store/domestic workshop with study above; a l^ - ations to morning r c ^ r * window to form garden doors; and associated external works. Comments on the pro­


PUPILS at Bowland High School were given an insight into life in the armed forces during Army Day. Our photograph shows pupils taking part in some of the various activities. (B271107/la)


Scouting volunteers can tick all the boxes


THREE days into 2008 have you made a New Year resolution... and have you


broken it yet? From getting fit or keeping fit, to giving


something back to the community, to spend­ ing more time with your family, to trying something new and challenging, all these goals could be met by becoming a volunteer with The Scout Association in East Lan­ cashire. It is always looking for new volunteers to


help run its Beaver Colonies, Cub Scout Packs and Scout Troops. Locally, there are young people between the ages of six and 18, boys and girls, on waiting lists, who cannot join because of the lack of volunteer leaders. Volunteers can give as much of their time as possible and The Scout Association has a flexible programme which enables volun- • teers to fit in their involvement with their lives. Becoming a volunteer for The Scout Asso­


Cups of cheer...


VOLUNTEERS from the Clitheroe St John Ambulance Brigade branch hosted a special fund-raising event. The aim of “A Drink With St John”


was to raise funds for the organisation which supports events across the Ribble Valley. Special guests at the event, held at the


Mayor’s Parlour in Church Street, included the Mayor and Mayoress of Clitheroe, Coun. David Berryman and his wife Maria. With just a handful of volunteers, the


local St John Ambulance Brigade covers cycle cross events, horse trials and vin­ tage rallies among others. All the money raised at the special event will be used to support the service locally. • Anyone interested in becoming a


volunteer, or finding out more about the organisation, can contact Mr Ted Peel on 01254 822839. Our photograph shows the Mayor and


Mayoress of Clitheroe with Ted Peel, Sgt Phyllis Cooke, Shelagh Peel and Assistant County Commissioner Cath Miller at the event. (A011207/1)


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ciation has a number of potential benefits such as: • Lead an active lifestyle - lose weight,


get fit • Meet new people of all ages • Help young people to achieve some­


thing new O Try out new activities ® Give something back to your communi­


ty. If you are prepared to give it a go and


become a volunteer with The Scout Associa­ tion, you can find more information at the East Lancashire Scouts website on www.eastlancashirescouts.org.uk To become a volunteer, contact The


County Office via the website or by phoning 01254 877573. Adventure is at the core of Scouting and


the Movement passionately believes in help­ ing its members fulfil their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potentials


by working in teams, learning by doing and thinking for themselves. More than 200 activities are offered by


Scouting around the UK, made possible by the efforts of 100,000 voluntary adult lead­ ers. This has helped make Scouting the largest co-educational youth Movement in the country. One of the challenges that the Scout


Movement faces is finding more volunteers to plug the current gap. At present there are nearly 30,000 young people on waiting lists. Adults working in Scouting contribute in


excess of 364 million hours of voluntary work each year to their local communities. The number of volunteers working for


Scouting is bigger than the combined work­ forces of the BBC (24,000) and McDonalds (67,000). Worldwide Scouting has 28 million mem­


bers, both male and female, and operates in nearly every country in the world.


posal at Witton Lodge School Lane, Simonstone (numberll62) must be made to the council by January 11th. Other plans submitted include: BoUon-by-Bowland:


Proposed orangery exten­ sion to existing house at Skirden Hall, Forest Becks (1145). Chatburn: Replace­


ment of existing store and rear conservatory with garage and garden room to rear at 22 Dark- wood Crescent (1160). Cow Ark: Erection of


agricultural building for livestock, fodder and machinery at Lees House Farm, Whitewell Road (1147). Mcllor: Proposed


kitchen extension to rear and bedroom extension to side at 11 Barker Lane (1156). Ribchester: Proposed


replacement of rear lean- to extension with two storey extension and additional separate garage and minor modifi­ cation to site entrance and installation of new septic tank at Stydd Lee, Stoneygate Lane (1166). Certificate of Lawfulness for the continued use of the land tor domestic purposes and the station­ ing of a caravan for occu­ pation as a permanent independent dwelling at The Caravan, Parsonage Cottage, Riverside (1168). Whalley: Two storey


side extension at 12 The Crescent (1170).


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LOCAL people can their say on crime-related issues when a Lancashire Police Authority meeting takes place at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, January 23rd, at Longridge Civic Hall, in Calder Avenue. Senior police officers, rep­ resentatives of the Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships and mem­ bers of the Police Author­ ity will answer questions on policing matters.


CHILDREN in Year 5 and Year 6 at Grindleton Primary School have been taking part in a “mini enterprise” proj­ ect. After being given a budget to work


to, they made Christmas products to sell at a special Christmas fair, put on for parents and friends of the school.


The project was a great success and


the children managed to make a profit of more than £100. The money raised will be donated to


Cancer Research UK, the charity cho­ sen by. the children. Our picture shows the enterprising


children, (s)


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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, January 3rd, 2008 19 Young show enterprise... by Rachael Thompson


WITH a mixture of enthusiasm, hard work and original products. Accent, Clitheroe Royal Grammar School’s Young Enterprise company, has won the East Lancashire Young Enterprise Dragons Den competi­ tion, making it two years in a row for a CRGS company. To succeed in the competition. Accent


had to produce a full business plan and then “pitch” its product to the “drag­ ons”, whose probing questions tested every aspect of the plan and product. The “dragons” proved to be just as


ferocious as their BBC2 counterparts, but the hard work of the team paid off, with Accent coming out on top by beat­ ing oft fierce competition from other local schools.


BUDDING entrepreneurs at a Clitheroe high school are accel­ erating towards a greener future with their latest prod­ uct. A celebration of enterprise


was held a t the Shirburne Hotel, Hurst Green, where Accelero, the Young Enterprise team from Ribblesdale High School Technology College, launched its products. The launch was attended by


130 guests, including Young Enterprise company directors, past directors, parents, staff and members of the Ribble Valley business community. This year the Ribblesdale


team is concentrating on a global warming package main­ ly aimed at primary school pupils, but, hopefully, this will have a knock-on effect for adults as well. The package includes a


board game, worksheets and schemes of work, all highlight­ ing the problems of global warming. The board game will raise awareness about recycling and the benefits this can bring. The aim of the product is to get to the middle of the earth. The talented group of Year


11 pupils are also producing a school-leaver’s book.


m The winning products are aids to


learning languages and included an inter­ active language CD aimed at KS3 and “Key Notes” vital vocabulary for GCSE language students, all on a keyring. Both products are available in French and German. Accent will use the £150 prize money


to further develop and market these products which were described by the “dragons” as “innovative” and “excit­


ing”. To obtain further details about Accent


and its products, visit the website ^vww.accent-ye.co.uk or send an e-mail to accent@live.co.uk. Pictured are the four members of


Accent who pitched the product to the "Dragons" with the trophy. From the left, Mushtaq Quarshi (finance director), Rachel Clarkson (sales director), Clem- mie Brown (managing director) and Andrew Hu ( IT director), (s)


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the products designed by the firm can be obtained by log­ ging onto www.acceleroweb. co.uk Our picture shows the Accelero team, (s)


School’s boxes of cheer for the homeless


A SMILE was brought to the faces of homeless people at Christmas, thanks to the kind efforts of Year 10 pupils at St Augustine’s RC High School. The teenagers put together boxes


for Nightsafe, a charity based in Blackburn which supports home­ less people aged between 16 and 24. Pupils visited the charity’s cen­


tre, which is called The Fusebox, where they left their gifts before returning to school. Representatives from each of the


eight Year 10 forms at the Billing- toii'school are pictured: with some of the.bpxes they collected.'.; > Eachphe; contained^


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