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April 25, 2019

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Nurse Recruitment Event

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This will be at Southport hospital, in the Clinical Education Centre.

The Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust will be hosting another nursing recruitment event on Saturday 11th May from 11am-3pm.

Roles are available for band five registered nurses, or student nurses soon to qualify.

Teams will be on hand to answer questions about different departments and what it is like to work here. Advice will be available about career development and training. NHS Professionals will also be on hand for anyone looking for temporary roles with the nursing bank.

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Southport Flower Show

Time to buy your tickets

Happy May Day

Seems a shame that Formby hasn't got it's own local May Day celebration.

Any suggestions?

Get closer to nature

Help with Cancer

FHS Mundo Afika Tribute

Formby High School award-winning Mundo Afrika choir has recorded a special version of 'You Got The Love' at Parr Street Studios in memory of School Business Manager, Miriam McQueen, who sadly passed away in February 2019.

Be Prepared

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Be careful today

A timely reminder from Sefton Council

Southport Debenhams To Close

Mobile Matrix Signs

Are these a much needed, even if partial solution to our peak visitor traffic jams?

"You don't pay love back; you pay it forward."

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The concept is old, but the phrase may have been coined by Lily Hardy Hammond in her 1916 book In the Garden of Delight.

“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”
Winston S. Churchill

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Pay It Forward in Sefton with acts of kindness

To mark Pay It Forward Day (April 28), Sefton CVS are hosting two Year of Friendship themed community events at Strand By Me in Bootle Strand Shopping Centre, Friday, April 26, 10am – 1pm and Southport Community Centre, Saturday, April 27, 11am – 4pm.

Each event will see volunteers come together, share ideas, stories and create friendship bracelets to mark the occasion.

For more info, visit MySefton

Local Election Candidate Faces Investigation

Enjoy your Easter Break

The sun is shining, there's no wind to speak of and the weather forecast is good. Let's hope it stays this way.

I hope you all have a good weekend and Bank Holiday. I'm planning to take a few days away from the screen.

Bluebells Galore

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“A fine and subtle spirit dwells
In every little flower,
Each one its own sweet feeling breathes
With more or less of power. “

(Opening lines of a poem by Anne Bronte celebrating ‘The Bluebell’)


I can still recall a childhood memory of walking through a vast, seemingly, everlasting bluebell wood. It was sunny, and my parents had decided on a ‘Mystery Trip’ one Sunday afternoon.

I’m sorry to say we picked armfuls of the flowers to fill vases on getting home. Nowadays, and rightly so, you can look, but not touch or pick.

What started this line of thinking was a small valiant patch of bluebells I spotted thrusting outwards from beneath an adjacent garden fence while walking the footpath from Green lane towards Paradise Lane........

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The Atkinson Bank Holiday Times

Given the weather why not venture into Formby Village, meet up with friends and enjoy a coffee or drink.

It's time for a spot of Easter conviviality, don't you think?

Climate change really ought to be addressed now

Climate Change may seem to be far removed from Formby, but we will experience the effects as much as the rest of the planet.

My questions: ‘What can I do?’, ‘What should our local Councillors be doing?’,

The NHS in Sefton is changing and it needs your help

NhssurveySefton residents are being asked for their views about how local services could be improved. They will also be asked to share their ideas on how people can live healthier lives and what improvements they think could be made to help people access services quickly.

With growing pressure on the NHS – people living longer, more people living with long-term conditions, and lifestyle choices affecting people’s health – changes are needed to make sure everybody gets the support they need.

Share your views via the ‘what would you do?’ online surveys here and help make care better.

Read more about why you should take part here.

04/18/2019

Good Friday Walk of Witness

Sefton Festival of Golf May 4-12

Golf BallSefton Council is hosting a fabulous festival of golf to coincide with the British Masters tournament at Hillside Golf Club.

As the borough prepares to welcome thousands of golf fans for the British Masters tournament, a week of golfing activities is taking place at Southport Golf Links and Bootle Golf Course from May 4-12.

The festival is to appeal to both beginners and existing golfers, of all ages and ability and is supported by the European Tour and former Southport Golf Links junior member, Tommy Fleetwood......

(Source: My Sefton)

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Sefton 'Pay it Forward' Event

April 25, 2019

"You don't pay love back; you pay it forward."

Pay it Forward Image
Pay it forward is an expression for describing the beneficiary of a good deed repaying it to others instead of to the original benefactor. The concept is old, but the phrase may have been coined by Lily Hardy Hammond in her 1916 book In the Garden of Delight.

“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”
Winston S. Churchill

The Pay it Forward Movement and Foundation was founded in the USA helping start a ripple effect of kindness acts around the world. The newly appointed president of the foundation, Charley Johnson, had an idea for encouraging kindness acts by having a Pay it Forward Bracelet that could be worn as a reminder.

Since then, over a million 'Pay it Forward' bracelets have been distributed in over 100 countries sparking acts of kindness. Few bracelets remain with their original recipients, however, as they circulate in the spirit of the reciprocal or generalized altruism.

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In the spirit of the day, Sefton CVS are asking individuals and organisations to take part in and organise events across the weekend from Thursday, April 25 – Sunday, April 28.

Activities may include:

  • A community meal
  • Sowing a Wildflower meadow
  • Giving books away
  • Giving away planters and bulbs
  • A free music concert
  • Giving away bunches of flowers
  • Buying a coffee for a stranger
  • Free cakes in the cafe
  • Free car wash
  • Paying for someone’s parking

For lot's, more ideas have a look at this list of 45 ideas - Let’s continue with some really beautiful and selfless ways you can pay it forward. Enjoy the following pay it forward ideas!

45 ideas for pay it forward

“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.”
Charles Dickens

 

 

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