12 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, June 5th, 2008
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start, Trinity now with confidence
: A FTER an uncertain ■ : ZA months, the future of j;he .
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jC^Chtheroe-based Trinity Com-- munity P artnership is looking brighter-and financially better. : ^ The start of 2008 marked a period,
of^major financial uncertainty for the development tru s t which has served the Ribble:Valley for more; than four decades. ’ However, the TCP board and its.‘
staff have pulled together to secure.;, the medium and long-term future of - , the organisation.'
’ ' Board, member -Ian -'Brown-.,
* In the first ofTtwp-part fea-J/^ |«ture on the Trinity Community-^? Partnership, reporter NA'TALIE j
[( COX’takes a look at the people es I involved and talks to project managers to get arfidea
of.theV; work in which it is involved _
then looked at all its projects and consolidated th e organisation’s financial position.
explained:.“Trinity could not have., gone on as it was, losing money.-At ; - the end of last year and early this', ; year i t could have all gone very wrong. For a time it was very worry ing as the organisation was on its way towards folding which .would .' . have been a great loss to the commu- nity, but with sensible measures we have managed to turn the comer and .: ■: now the future is looking a.lot more . positive.
; Said Mr Brown: “Since then we have moved our headquarters from the Trinity building to. Fern Court to save on rent and made some sen sible economies, looking at the part nership as a-business rather than a charity.” ..Taking a lead role in decision mak
ing a t T r in i ty , is th e board of trustees,
under.the leadership of chairman Barry Swarbrick. The board is made up of around a
: “The period of uncertainty was.' due in the main to the situation : regarding the St Mary’s Centre ■ around Christmas. It was a serious .' ; situation and we had to do some thing and that is what we did.” . ' TCP decided to withdraw its sup- . port from the St Mary’s Centre and
dozen people, some who have been appointed to serve by outside bodies such as Ribble-Valley Borough- Council and Lancashire County:
; Council. The full board meets every six weeks, with an executive commit-. tee meeting.weekly.with project managers. / i Said Mr Brown: “.The short-term
future of Trinity w^yery bleak, but now we have secured the medium
The Little"Gfeeh Bus THE students of
. Jigsaw , Environmen tal are pic- ; tured with • •
. project man- ager Ellen
■ Pope,' third '.
■ from'the left; . on site in,:. ' Gisburn
;, (B070508/lc) PROJECT managers and board members arc pictured outside Database (B070508/la)
and long-term future by taking a range of sensible business measures. The decision-making process has gone from one person to a handful.”
. He added th a t close attention is currently being paid to project fund ing to ensure the board is fully aware of where the money comes from and how'long i t has been secured for: “We are much more pro-active about
funding now rather than re-active,” said Mr Brown. He added: “Trinity has gone,
through the mill and we are trying to turn it round. “We are just normal people, we
don’t get paid for what we to but a lot of people do rely on Trinity to pay their bills, apart from the people . that use the services.
“I am proud of the way the board
has worked together for the past six months.'"^. “We have-taken the bull by the
horns and got to where we are now. : “The staff have rallied round and been magnificent. They have been kept aware of the whole situation and they have got behind the board and have been tremendous.”
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BOARD member and transport chairman John Ormcrod, pictured with project man ager Donna Atkinson, volunteer driver Barry Halstead and Trinity board member; : ,' Ian Brown at thcUpbrooks base of Little Green Bus (8070508/11)). - .
' THE transport side of Trinity’s work: has gone green. Formerly known as “Ribble Valley :
-. Community Transport”, the brand has; been given an eco-friendly overhaul and is now known as Little Green Bus. Project manager Donna Atkinson-
explained: “The-name-fits with our -, ethos and the rurality. of the area we -: serve.” She added: “Funding has come from
: . Clitheroe the Future, Groundwork Pen-: . nine Lancashire, the masons and from' :: the sale of an old bus. Our aim is to : refurbish the fleet as one of our buses on ' the road saves five and a half tonnes of .
' . C02 emissions each year. We are tack- -' , ling town centre and village congestion . . - and helping’to create a sustainable envi- . ' ronment. Little Green Bus is more than ■ just a bus service.”
' : . Since 1997.-the organisation has pro-'
•■vided door-to-door demand responsive, transport acroK the Ribble' Valley. In ; : the last 12 months there has been a rad-v-:
:■ ical change within the management and; - coordination team. Said Donna: “We: ‘ have gone back: to the values of-the . organi^tion and looked a t the purpose; of community transport.”
- - As well as continuing the door-to-
- door transport,: the scheme has seen ari'- increase iri the youth side of its work and the use of the vehicles by schools, and for group hire.
, seater and a nine seater. ■ - . For more information about Little -Green-Bus email lisa(
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gconnelly@rvct.co.uk; or ring 01200 . 444484. , •
Jigsaw Environmental project
. SIX acres of the Ribble Valley countryside is being transformed -into an oasis of fruit and vegeta-.
bles by the Jigsaw Environmen tal team. - Project manager Ellen Pope is
:-'a former paramedic who studied ;-for a PGCE and taught at Myer- -'scoughCollege. .' ; ' -
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ff She has been involved with Jig saw since its launch more than ; three years ago.
" Every Monday and Wednes-
. The Little Green Bus has a fleet of - - five vehicles - three 16 seaters, a 13
■ ‘ ■ . qualifications, while on Tuesdays
: day 10 students travel to Gisburn to work and study for a variety of
• and Thursdays several individu als have on-site therapy sessions. ; Over the past 18 months they -
have been working with clients at Calderstones NHS Trust in ■ - - Whalley as well.
Every year the project’s stu
dents work towards a nationally recognised qualification, as well as undertaking Skills for Life
numeracy and literacy courses, with the curriculum built into '
. the varied actmties they are ' involved in.
•to attend, with the courses sub sidised and supported by
I t costs students £10 per day Accrington and Rossendale Col
lege. Therapeutic sessions cost - £41 per day. The site, which is open five ■ days a week, employs four mem-
bers of staff, three working full time. Produce grown in the fields and polytunnels includes black currants, gooseberries, strawber ries, cabbages, leeks, kale, onions, tomatoes, cucumber, herbs and
squash. They are supplied to Stirk
House, La Locanda and Growing with Grace a t Clapham, as well as being sold on Clitheroe market J t g ’IP or direct from the si te. .
Said Ellen: “Through coming .
to Jigsaw Environmental our stu dents not only see it as going to work, they also benefit from improved self-confidence, from working as part of team and they gain a range of skills.
Don t miss next week’s Clitheroe Advertiser and times when Natalie goes behind the scenes to look at more of the employment opportunities aided by Trinity.
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