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Local Samaritans branch appoints Judith as its new director


Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Samaritans are delighted to announce the ap­ pointment of a new director to manage their branch.


Judith Houghton was nomi­ nated byherfellowvolunteers to lead the teamof 78 at Samar­ itans’ Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley branch in Blackburn and has 37years ex­ perience as a Samaritans vol­ unteer answering calls from people struggling to cope. Judith has also taken on


the responsibility of regional representative for the North West and most recently has been the national functional lead for volunteering. The married mother of one


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became a volunteer in 1977 af­ ter the birth of her son and has been continuously involved with Samaritans ever since. Blackburn, Hyndburn and


Ribble Valley Samaritans have 55 listening volunteers who answer more than 26,000 calls a year from people going


through a tough time. They support people by phone, e- mail, letter or by meeting face to face at their branch at 105 New Park Street, Blackburn, and have been helping local people since 1968. Judith said: “I’m honoured


to have been chosen as Direc­ tor at my local branch and see my mission as increasing our volunteer numbers, support­ ing and valuing our team and working together to improve our quality and consistency to achieve our vision that fewer people die by suicide. “On behalf of everyone


at the branch, I’d also like to say a huge thank you to Chris Ashcroft for all his hard work as director over the last three years.” • Anyone going through


a tough time can contact Sa­ maritans around the clock for' confidential support on 01254 662424, emailjo@samaritans. org or visit and meet face to face at 105 New Park St, Black­ burn, BB21DF.


J L - -T ! U r " V v A marvel in marble at college


Worshippers at St Peter’s Church at Stonyhurst College are admiring an ornate mar­ ble altar, donated and specially refurbished to replace a timber one. It was gifted by John and Bridget Weld Blundell, from nearby Leagram Hall, and Alber­ ti Lupton’s of Manchester carried out the specialist cleaning and polishing and added a horizontal marble plinth. The altar is seen as more befitting of the impressive Grade I-listed building, and has been described as “marvellous” by St Peter’s Parish Priest, Fr Peter Griffiths S J. The project was commissioned by Stonyhurst College, the Soci­ ety of Jesus and the Parish, and followed a recent mqjor restoration of the church by Preston-based architectural and planning consultancy Cassidy and Ashton. Director and specialist conservation architect Michael Hartley said: “It was a privilege to again work on this important and beautiful church and to provide the finishing touches to the restoration work we recently undertook.”


Touch rugby series is in full swing at Clitheroe!


Clitheroe Rugby Club’s annu­ al touch rugby series is'in full swing at Littlemoor on Tues­ day evenings.


More than 50 players of all


ages and abilities are currently playing this high energy non- contact sport in mixed teams.


The series comes to a grand fi­ nale this Saturday (July 11th) with the annual Touch Rugby


Tournament, which kicks off atipm. The tournament is open to


all and to keep a level playing field, the teams are decided on the day in order to pro­ duce teams of roughly equal experience. Therefoi'e, no one should feel overawed or un­ certain as to whether to join in - the club saying: “Just rock up and play”. So, with a tasty barbecue


on offer and, of course, thebar being open, a great afternoon of fun and sport is in store. Anyone can sign up via the


Clitheroe Touch Rugby Face- book page and a warm wel­ come is extended to all. Age need not be a factor, with some players 16 and over and some, shall we say, consider­ ably older!


VALLEY EDUCATION


Queen’s award winner returns to Stonyhurst


A former Stonyhurst College pupil who hasjust received the Queen’s Young Leader Award from the Queen, re­ turned to hisschoolthisweek as a guest of honour.


Edmund Page presented the prizes at Stonyhurst’s prep school’s annual prize-giving and talked about his charity work in Africa. Edmund left Stonyhurst


in 2004 and, after graduating from St Andrew’s University, travelled to Kenya and Uganda where he founded the Xavier Project, which offers educa­ tion to refugees and currently supports over 600 children. Edmund now lives and works in Kenya full-time. Hehasseen the project expand to include refugee adults, who acquire relevant skills to help them thrive in urban areas of East Ain his address, Edmund told parents and children that the project’s work transforms lives through education:


“The refugees we work with have experienced all sorts of trauma in their lives, but they are empowered by edu­ cation, and by collaboration - however bad things are, they help each other to overcome many different problems.” The Head Girl at Stonyhurst Mary’s Hall, 13 year-old Char­ lotte Watmough from Old Langho, presented Edmund with a donation of £3,000 for the Xavier Project, raised by pupils at school over the year. Edmund said: “This extremely generous donation will help to


provide books for our library, and will enable us to employ more teachers to support our work.” Edmund was among 58 people from 35 Common­ wealth countries who received the award, which was set up in honour of Her Majesty’s serv­ ice to the Commonwealth by the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, in partnership with Comic Relief and The Royal Commonwealth Society. The project is named after St Francis Xavier, the sixteenth- century Jesuit missionary who travelled to Asia.


YearlO pupilsfrom Oakhill Collegeat Whalley complete the expedition section oftheirBronze DukeofEdin- burgh’sAward.(s)


Two day trek for pupils


Students at Oakhill College, Whalley, trekked their way to tick off the expedition sec­ tion of their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. After undertaking ex­


pedition training in the Ribble Valley over the past few months, Year 10 pupils headed to the Yorkshire


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.vnies from Clitheroe and 'land District were among ) young Girlguiding mem- 5


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cashire. Vaddington Brownies . Grindleton Brownies cended on Girlguiding’s vity centre in Clitheroe ier this month for “Magic Mayhem", aweekend-long 'avaganza exclusively for i aged five to 10. ’he open-air event gave s the opportunity to try


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