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The Grand wins prestigious award for fund-raising show


BY Du ncan Smith duncan.smithl@jpr8ss.co.uk • Twitter:@clilhadvertjser


Clitheroe venue The Grand has won a national award in recognition of its inter-school talentshow, “GRAB: The Event".


GRAB featured children from Ribble Valley’s four high


schools and money raised from the event helped to pro­ vide school meals for poor children in Africa through The Grand’s Solomon Project, and other good causes. The Grand landed the . award for best fund-raising


■ event at the Big Issue in the North Social Impact Awards in Manchester, where thejudges included radio presenter Alan BeswickandMPHazelBlears. They praised The Grand


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Event will boost charity’s fight against cancer


By Er ic b e a rd sw o r th - enabeardsworth@jpress.co.uk ,;Twitter:@:clithadverUser


MusicfanAnnaSouroullas aims to rock Clitheroe with a


gig she has organisedsingle- handedly. <


Anna (15) has booked the ven­ ue, The Grand, hired the acts, organised the publicity post--


: ers and fliers and has even gone round local high schools'


_ selling tickets for the event on Friday, Mayiyth.'


; The Year 10 pupil at St Au­


gustine’s RC High School, Bil- lington; has organised the event as part of her work for


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the Duke of Edinburgh bronze award.


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, beensoldinClitheroe. - .- Arnie the African grey, - theman’s companionfor 20 years, is on Parrots ; - Magazine’s stolen regis-; . terrunbyex-detectivein-: spector JohnHayward.- He said: “We’ve received r- information recently • - . - aboutitpossiblybeing sold on the auction car • - - parkin CUtheroe. The.. s :.; owner is distraught, and: thereisareward offered.” :


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a three-piece rock band from Essex who have supported top


' chart act McFly on tour. ' ■ ■ Also appearing will be vo­


calist Kelsey Gill, Burnley rap­ per Eskichild, Manchester - rapper Jae Swift and singer-


- songwriter Ashley Sherlock. , Anna’s event, called “Fu­ sion”, will also help a good


cause, raising money for YOU, the Young Oncology Unit at


the Christie Hospital, Man­ chester.


■ Anna has organised the gig for the voluntary work '


: element of the Duke of Edin­ burgh award.


She said: “I wanted to do something adventurous,


something that I could go and enjoy.” Anna was encouraged by “ ; Positive Solutions, a market-


ingfirmatPadihamwhereshe went from school on work ex-


■ perience. • 1. “I’d love logo into event or-


- ganising as a career,” she said. .-“I’ve really enjoyed getting


; intouchwitheveryone-book- ing the artists and putting it all together." . ' Anna made a video about


: some of the acts on the bill and about the cancer charity, and has taken it to assemblies at her own school and others. - Doors open for “Fusion” at 6.30pm, and the first act is on


. at Tpm. Tickets are £6. ■ The Facebook site is WWW.


: facebook.com/fusionatthe- grand and there is an on­


line competition for the best smoothie, which will be made and sold on the night at the Grand in aid of YOU. .


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Free course to help older drivers stay safe


PLACES are available on a


popular and free-of-charge course which helps older peo-


: pie to keep driving safely for. longer.


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Thecoursehasbeen devel­ oped by Lancashire County


; Council as a way of boosting ■ confidence and improving safety for people aged 65 and


,over who are.keen to keep driving.


■ v -For many people, being- able to keep driving is essen­


tial to theirindependence.'':- .-In Lancashire, there has


“been a considerable reduc­ tion in road user casualties ■ among people aged under 65


over the past five years, but


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older casualties'. •■ .5 ■ There are 100 spaces left


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The first choice College for a career-focused education. ^ .OSSj ''j* -r. t ' " •2 1 3 fm ^ l i Garden equipment stolen


Thieves broke into an outbuilding at Whins House, Sab- ' den, between Thursday and Monday and stole a £1,000 Karcher power washer with Honda engine, a StUil vacu- ^ urn blower worth £370 and a Stihl leaf blower worth£240. Anyone who saw any suspicious vehicles or activity in the area is asked to call police on 101.


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charitable awareness and the willingness to help.” ;The Sociallmpact Awards


. recognise countrywide ini­ tiatives and campaigns, indi­ viduals and teams as well as


businesses that have helped communities. - Gemma Vaughan-Heys, The Grand’s marketing and


• communications manager, said: “It’s really important to


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the panel said: “GR/^ helped Gemma Vaughan-HeysandRichardWilsonarepresentedwithbestfundraisingawardfor“GRAB-TheEvent" young people build incredible


us that people are seeing the Importance of music and the - arts, and the positive effects ithasonyoungpeopleandthe community. Itwasarealhon- . our to share a room with so


many committed individuals” - The Grand’s director, Ste-


.ven Lancaster, said: “This is ■ a nice recognition of ‘GRAB: The Event’. We are really proud of everybody’s efforts.”


‘Electronically enhanced’music


AlexBarnes(ceUo)and. \ : Anna Croad (violin) wlU :


, include Kodaly,Mussorg- sky and original “electroni- caUy enhanced” work for Clitheroe Concert Society on Wednesday, May 29th, . at 7-3opm at Ribble Valley Council Chamber. No entry fee, donations welcome. .


American hawk lost in the Valley Somewhere a falcon enthu-


. siastinmissingaHarris ' hawk. The stray bird was photographed at Langho by resident Mr Brian Taylor.


: Hesaid:“It’sanAmerican . • bird of prey, so it must be an escapee from a collec-" tion. It has a ring on its leg.” The stray Harris hawk


. Classical duo Barnes and Croad


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We know.most of you are extremely busy during the week, so we’re holding an Open Day bn Saturday 11th May . T ,


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where you can visit our outstanding campus, meet the staff and find out more about the courses, febs and financial, help a v a i l a b l e . ; ^


We will have fun activities on the day for people to try their hand at and visitors can enter into a prize draw to win a Nexus 7-tablet." So come along to the Coppice Centre off Sandy Lane, Accrington, BBS 2AW.


For more details on courses or to book an appointment fpr an interview or advice, contact us on 01254 354354. t"


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