14' Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, 'niursday, June 26th, 2008 Nature’s way


IT was a warm, dry d ay when mem­ bers of Clitheroe Naturalists' Society set off from th e viaduct a t Lihdley Wood Reservoir, following a woodland track past the weir and along th e side of the River Washburn. After passing a trout hatchery.the


group went into more open country where three herons were seen looking for a meaL T h e walk continued to Leathley MiU, crossing the road to the fish ponds and over to Leathley. Hall before reaching the picturesque ham­ let of Leathley where lunch was taken. The walk continued to Leathley


Bridge and down to the banks of the River Wharfe. Ne ar ly 60 different flowers were seen, including soapwort, catchfly, wood speedwell and sanical. Many butterflies were also seen along with damselflies and dragonflies, r. Plenty of birds were both seen and


heard, including blackcaps, grey and pied wagtails and many finches. The group continued through fields of com to Otley for a refeshing cup of tea. The next walk has changed and will


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Ciitheroe 422324 (Editoriai), 422323 (Advertising),' Bumiey 422331 (CiassHied)' to axe it fails to secure funding while we are still solvent means we ' • • by Natalie Cox


SIXTEEN jobs at Trinity. Com- - munity Partnership are to" go by -


the summer. As a re su lt of th e redundances


three of i ts p ro jec ts will cease to operate - Database, Jigsaw.Pantry.' and Jigsaw Employment.' , In a situation which has changed.:,


almost daily, th e charitable t ru s t ’s board members have fought a des- .: perate. battle to keep as m m y proj- . ects afloat as p o ^ b le . ' But with changes being made to •


the way funding is handed out, the.: p a r tn e r sh ip h a s been, un ab le to • secure the long-teiin future of some, of the schemes i t has been involved with. - ' Next Th u rsd ay board members will be asked to r a t i fy decisions = which will mean an end to Trinity’s involvement w i th th re e schemes which will result in some jobs being lost. • However, Trinity will continue to


exist and the partnership will contin­ ue to have an interest in Jigsaw Envi­ ronmental and Prosperity Recycling, while Ribble Valley Community . Transport looks set to go i t alone as a Community Interest Company. For almost a year those involved


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i'Timispbrt‘li&*proidded.a'Sc»r-toJ<^^ D ^ for D^bl^ People con- 'dbblF'^‘‘™s^‘i ’resnnnRive:service.ra‘tract;across!EastLanc^lure^,M


•behind the scenes a t T r in i ty have


:been looking a t its financial situa­ tion.'


V * Around Christmas a decision was r taken to withdraw support from the St Mary’s Centre and other savings, were made to reduce overheads. • Since the finances were critically


• reviewed and the dynamics of the operation changed, th e board has been fighting to keep Trinity afloat. Board member Ian Brown said:


“Matters were brought to a head in December and from then the board started to try and get a clear picture of . th e overall situation a t Trinity. : Over subsequent months as th a t pic­


ture has unfolded it became apparent th at i t was a lot worse than we had previously thought.


. - ^ “I t was never our intention to mis­


lead the people of Clitheroe about what was happening and even a few weeks ago we did believe th a t we could turn most of it, if not all of it, around, but as time went on other things came to light such as the fail­ ure to secure funding and th a t really was the death knell.” He added: “'We knew i t would


have been remiss of us to carry on because we would have run out of cash and th a t would have been worse. By doing th in g s th is way


. can do right by everybody. ■ “We have taken these decisions to


:: meet our obligations for the current' academic year and as far as possible to meet our obligations to our staff who have been magnificent.”


; Coun. Terry Hill, another of the •. Trinity trustees, said: “This has been a culmination of many factors and the end result is not for the want of trying, we have been desperate to find alternative options.


■ > - “What we would say is that we bit­ terly regret having to take these deci­ sions. Both the board and the staff have worked tremendously hard to t ry to keep T r in i ty going and its


. operations afloat, but we had to face . up to .th e fa c ts . T h e community . transport and environmental opera- • tions will carry on and Trinity Part-


: nership will continue to exist as a . ch a r itab le b ody from which may come a new beginning in the Ribble


• Valley. “We have h ad to face up to our


. responsibilities. We have been very concerned about the dedicated staff and for the board i t has been a drain­ ing experience to close down charita­ ble organisations, but we were faced with a ‘force majeure’ or taking deci­ sions which would give us some form of control.”


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