A video interview with Brenda Morris about the Amanda Unit at Broad Green Hospital which provides care for teenagers with Cystic Fibrosis.
Paula Morris died in 1990, aged only 21 years old from Cystic Fibrosis. During this interview her mother Brenda Morris talks about her daughter and fundraising for the Amanda Unit at Broad Green Hospital in Liverpool.
Brenda Morris at Cystic Fibrosis Fundraiser in Maghull
The video interview was recorded at the Amanda Unit fundraiser at St. George's Social Centre in Maghull on Friday 2nd March 2012. The event raised £1029.
If you want to find out more about Cystic Fibrosis, please visit http://www.cftrust.org.uk/ Do you have some community news to share or a story to tell? Yes!
Interview with Councillor Martin Forshaw, Portfolio Holder Planning and Transportation West Lancashire Borough Council responsible for the Local Plan.
A question and answer session specifically relating to housing develpment in West Lancashire as part of the 2012-2027 Local Plan, using Yew Tree Farm in Burscough as a working example.
4,650 houses need to be built in West Lancashire. 500 of which are to be built in Burscough, West Lancashire.
The proposed Yew Tree Farm Development in Burscough serves as the example in this interview with the locally elected official responsible for planning.
Councillor Martin Forshaw is asked many of the questions which have come to the fore during the last six weeks of public consultation.
Councillor Martin Forshaw provides categoric reassurances in some areas and points to the future Master Plan in others.
This is how the planning process works throughout the country, not just in West Lancashire.
If you're a West Lancashire resident keen to see your elected officials held to account and answering questions, watch this video. If you don't like or disagree with the answers and have a better plan, comment below, let your elected officials know. Better yet, stand for election yourself!
If you're resident elsewhere in England and interested in how housing is developed in your area, use this interview to become acquainted with the terminology in use in councils right across the country.
Video interview with Ormskirk resident on the set of Dickinson's Real Deal at Edge Hill University Feb 2012
Watch the video below of John Abraham being interviewed after his moment in the lime light on the set of Dickinson's Real Deal.
The Television programme "Dickinson's Real Deal" came to Ormskirk on Saturday Feb 11th 2012. David Dickinson and the tv production filmed on location at the Wilson Centre on campus at Edge Hill University.
Many local fans of Dickinson's Real Deal came to the campus and queued for an opportunity to get a Real Deal.
Local fan and Ormskirk resident John Abraham was one of the lucky one's as he showed off a Napolean figurine to Jan in the hope of getting a real deal.
Did John get the deal he wanted? Who knows?, we'll have to wait and watch the programme on TV later on during the year.
MS Society Fundraiser Ormskirk Video Interview with Malika Lahsen-Bradley
The MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Society West Lancashire was established twenty years ago. The West Lancashire branch of the MS Society covers Banks, Burscough, Ormskirk, Rufford, Skelmersdale, Tarleton, Upholland and everywhere in between. This local branch of the MS Society has over forty members and help anyone in the local area affected by Multiple Sclerosis.
MS Society Fundraising
Malika tells us during the interview how the Multiple Sclerosis Society has supported her and her family and tells us about the range of activities that are provided locally to suport fellow sufferers.
The Craft Fayre at St.Anne's Parish Social Centre in Ormskirk, West Lancahire looked to be very popular going by the activity around the various stalls. Malika hopes that the craft fayre event will raise £500. This money will all be used to fund local MS Society activities.
WRVSOrsmkirk Hospital Shop Interview with manager Deborah Brown
The WRVS (Women's Royal Voluntary Service) is a charity which originated back during the second world war. Today the motto of the WRVS is "Positive about age, positive about life"
Through more than 40,000 volunteers WRVS helps older people all over the country to stay independent at home and active in their community. It is that practical little bit of help that makes all the difference -- whether at home, getting them to where they want to go, bringing people together through social activities or supporting them in hospital or in an emergency.
The WRVS hospital shop in the Ormskirk District General Hospital donated in 2011 £41,000 to the hospital. This donation was made to fund a new heart scanner. The money was raised from the profits made by the hospital shop.
During the video interview Deborah Brown, the shop manager, gives us an insight into the shops activities and those of the WRVS in West Lancashire.
Community Heartbeat: Supporting Community Defibrillation.
West Lancashire Mayoress Sue Murrin Bailey explains why she, as Mayoress, is advocating the support of community defibrillation.
The Community Heartbeat Trust provides life saving equipment which in the event of someone having a heart attack will dramatically increase their chances of survival.
What is a defibrillator? A defibrillator is a life-saving machine that gives the heart an electric shock in some cases of cardiac arrest. This is called defibrillation and can save lives.
Part 3 in the series How faith and religion play a part in the community
The Ormskirk Street Pastors are a group of local Christians from many different local churches.
The Street Pastors are there to help the young local partygoers and students of the community, who, out and about the bars and nightclubs of the town centre on a Friday night, might at some time some need non-judgmental help.
During the interview the Street Pastors explain their motivation to go out on the streets of Ormskirk, late at night, often in the cold and wet, to be of service to the youths in their community.
"Soup Stop" New Church House Ormskirk - No preaching, just soup and a smile! Tuesday lunchtimes
The second in a series of interviews discussing faith and religion in the community of Ormskirk.
The Soup Stop group talk about the motivation behind this outreach initiative and how Parish Church fits into the Christian patchwork quilt in Ormskirk.
Soup Stop Parish Church Ormskirk
Thank you to Val Smout, Karen Somerville, Mary Burke, Keith Bainbridge, Gloria Ronald, Rev Mike Smout and Dr Murray Steele for their being patient and retaining a sense of humour, when they found Soup Stop gatecrashed by a pushy community news reporter and his camera, on a cold and wet Tuesday afternoon :-)
Interview with Father Boniface Moran OSB at St. Anne's Roman Catholic Church in Ormskirk, West Lancashire, England
How faith and religion play a part in the community of Ormskirk
The first in a series of interviews with people of faith and religion in the community of Ormskirk. This is an not a intellectual discourse between academics, it is a broad chat, which answers questions you might think you know the answer to, but.....
The discussion covers areas such as; What is the role of a Catholic priest in the wider community? What is the role of a hospital chaplain? What is Service? Can people who aren't Christians be good people? What's the difference between a monk and a priest? What is a Benedictine Monk?
CNN PRODUCER NOTE MJWRIGHT shot this video interview with Labour councilor John Davis of Burscough, U.K (and local residents Michelle Blair and Gavin Rattray) about a controversial planned farm development project. 'I empathise with these local people, upset at the potentially huge, change and growth, which they worry will change the character of their village and damage their local environment,' he said. 'However, I also take a pragmatic view to these developments. Nationwide the country needs a million or so new homes, they have to go somewhere! It's up to local people and the local media to hold their political representatives to account and ensure the best deal is struck. Done right, this growth will bring economic benefits for local people and their children.'
- jmsaba, CNN iReport producer
Part 2 of 2
Matthew Wright, in a frank and unedited interview, continues the discussion with Burscough West ConservativeCouncillor Jason Grice
the need for additional utilities
the need for improved roads infrastructure
the problem of increased traffic congestion
the need for additional amenities
the choice of location
the use of green belt land
what are brown site alternatives
what are the benefits to of new jobs, economic regeneration etc.
In response, what do you think of the case made so far by those interviewed?
Are the protesters a vocal minority, trying to hold the tide back? Yes, No?
Three years on down the consultation path, Is there an element of inevitability to the final outcome?
Should we be negotiating hard for further guarantees, not trying to turn our backs to the metaphorical builders lorry hurtling down the road towards us.
Where does the argument go next, what further questions should be asked and to whom?
Or, is it all completely irrelevant as the nearby impending Fracking projects, will in future just cause the ground beneath our very feet to just part and swallow us up?
Part 1 of 2
Matthew Wright, in a frank and unedited interview, discusses with Burscough West ConservativeCouncillor Jason Grice
the need for additional utilities
the need for improved roads infrastructure
the problem of increased traffic congestion
the need for additional amenities
the choice of location
the use of green belt land
what are brown site alternatives
what are the benefits of new jobs, economic regeneration etc.
In response, what do you think of the case made so far by those interviewed?
Are the Burscough Yew Tree Farm protesters a vocal minority, trying to hold the tide back? Yes, No?
Three years on down the West Lancashire Local Plan consultation path, Is there an element of inevitability to the final outcome?
Should we be negotiating hard for further guarantees, not trying to turn our backs to the metaphorical builders lorry hurtling down the road towards us.
Where does the argument go next, what further questions should be asked and to whom?
Or, is it all completely irrelevant as the nearby impending Fracking projects, will in future just cause the ground beneath our very feet to part and swallow us up?
A video interview with Ormskirk Rotary Club veteran Rotarian David Roberts;
What is the Rotary Club?
Does your local fundraising ultimately result in benefits for local charities?
An insight from a long standing member of the much respected Ormskirk Rotary Club into the activities of this local charitable organisation in Ormskirk, West Lancashire, England.
Event: Ormskirk Rotary Club 75th anniversary of charter night celebration dinner. Location: The Old Printworks Restaurant, Ormskirk,West Lancashire, England Date Friday 20th January 2012
Burscough Yew Tree Farm development Interview with local residents Michelle Blair and Gavin Rattray who are against the proposals. Michelle and Gavin are members of Burscough Action Group
The interview was recorded outside the meeting room of the West Lancashire Borough Council "Meet the planners" session at Burscough Wharf on Saturday 21st January 2012
Burscough Yew Tree Farm development protest. Interview with Labour Councillor John Davis 210112
About the Yew Tree Farm Development
West Lancashire Borough Council (WLBC) are holding a consultation on the Local Plan Preferred Options between 5 January 2012 and 17 February 2012. West Lancashire Borough Council (WLBC) are holding a consultation on the Local Plan Preferred Options between 5 January 2012 and 17 February 2012.
The plan outlines proposed development of housing and employment land for the whole of West Lancashire until 2027. Proposals for Burscough include a development site at Yew Tree Farm to provide 500 homes and 10 hectares of employment land using Green Belt release.
The plan outlines proposed development of housing and employment land for the whole of West Lancashire until 2027. Proposals for Burscough include a development site at Yew Tree Farm to provide 500 homes and 10 hectares of employment land using Green Belt release.
Interview with Martin O'Looney, steward at the Aughton Institute, Aughton, Lancashire. Claire-House Children's Hospice Charity Fundraising evening with former world champion snooker player John Parrott, Friday 13th January 2012. About Claire-House Children's Hospice
Located in Bebington on the Wirral, Claire House is a bright, vibrant place of hope. In addition to caring for our babies, children and young adults, we also focus on the needs of the whole family, providing bereavement and other support for as long as it is needed. With no guaranteed government funding we need to raise in excess of £2.5 million each year to maintain our present levels of service.
Our specialist nursing team also work in the community through our ‘Hospice to Home’ programme which offers paediatric palliative care in the family home. With a hospice to home service also operating from our Liverpool office we are now reaching more families than in previous years and hope to see this grow in other areas too.
Claire House opened its doors to children in December 1998 providing a service for babies, children and young people aged 0 - 23 years with life limiting conditions and their families from Merseyside, Cheshire, North Wales and the Isle of Man.
Since 1998, Claire House has gone from strength to strength and is now providing leadership and focus for its many children, families and staff and also for supporters. In 2006 we opened our teenage extension which provides the facilities for young people, we now provide care for over 200 families.
The facilities are such that at any one time we can accommodate up to ten children and their families. Our building was originally designed in the shape of a ‘C’ and is set in 3.5 acres of beautifully landscaped and adapted gardens, with swings and a play area designed for wheelchairs.
Claire House has been built to the highest standards, while still maintaining a homely environment. All of the children’s bedrooms have doors that open onto their own patio area with a view of either the garden or our spectacular glass and stone water feature. We offer a home from home environment offering a place where families can relax, recharge their batteries and have fun with their children. Expert care is on hand to help them make the most of each day and live life to the full.
Claire House is not a sad place, it is a place for living. It provides an opportunity to share concerns and worries with people who understand. It is a place of fun and laughter, enjoyment, love and support.
Interview with League of Friends & Father Christmas Ormskirk Hospital Christmas Day 2011.
The Ormskirk League of Freinds have raised money to buy hospital equipment and volunteered at the Ormskirk Hospital for the last fifty years. Each year on Christmas day, several of the League volunteers accompany Father Christmas around the wards and give out presents to the patients.
Ormskirk hospital developed from Ormskirk Workhouse. Two workhouses were in fact established in Ormskirk in the 1730s, in Aughton Street and Moor Street. The former was sold and the institutions combined in the Moor Street premises around 1838-39. A new workhouse was built in 1853 on what is now the site of Ormskirk Hospital, in Wigan Road.
Known in the 1930s as the County Hospital and Institution, in the 1950s as Ormskirk County Hospital, it is now Ormskirk and District General Hospital.
Administered by the Guardians' Committee until absorbed into the NHS in 1948, the hospital then came under the aegis of the Ormskirk and District Hospital Management Committee, subsequently the Ormskirk Health District of the Lancashire Area Health Authority, and later the West Lancashire Health Authority.
