BRINGING THE GOOD OUT OF PENNINE LANCASHIRE

ELCAP NEWS
V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1 8 : J A N 2 0 1 2

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Baroness Sayeeda Hussain Warsi a lawyer, politician and co-chair person of the Conservative Party visited Pendle on Thursday 17th November 2011.

New Year Celebrations Quaid-e-Azam Day VCFS & Partners Update Introduction to Place2Be Charity

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The Baroness also visited MWF (Minhaj Welfare Foundation) offices in Nelson and PCR (Pendle Community Radio). She participated in a live radio interview on how she started in a working class town to having a major role in a major political party. The Baroness also discussed how she rose from being a Muslim female from a BME background to the co-chair person of the conservative party. Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson participated in the live interview. He discussed how the current government wants to empower communities and make them stronger. The interview was conducted by PCR presenter Shahida Ahmed, a ceramic artist and community worker.

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The Baroness visited a number of organisations and spoke with various people to discuss the work that was being done in the community and the issues people were facing due to the economic situation. People also expressed their concerns about the cuts the government was making in the voluntary sector. She interacted with students from various schools to see some of the work they were doing to make the community a safer and better place.

To listen to the interview with Baroness Warsi and Andrew Stephenson, visit our website: www.pendleradio.org

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Christmas & New Year Celebrations

The management, members and volunteers of East Lancashire Community Action Project (ELCAP) and Minhaj ul Quran Nelson (MQI Nelson) visited a number of places in Pendle to wish people a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and Seasonal Greetings.

Ghulam Mustafa from MQI Nelson visits Marsden Primary School in Nelson to wish all the students and staff a Happy Christmas and Seasonal Greetings.

Sagheer Akhtar & Ghulam Mustafa visit Christ Church in Nelson to wish everyone a Happy Christmas.

The arrival of the New Year often puts us in the mood to evaluate - to look back over the previous year and think about where weve been or to look forward to the coming year and consider where were going. Each time the New Year arrives; we always aspire for something new to happen, and we can feel that. The change in the year is just part of a much bigger change. The real change has to come from within ourselves. Even if the environment changes, it will not likely bring happiness or peace to our lives. Our inner realm has to change for the better if we are to accept situations in life with proper understanding.

Ghulam Mustafa and Imam of MQI Nelson visit an Old Peoples Home to wish everyone there a Happy Christmas and Happy New Year.

Ghulam Mustafa and other members of the community visit McMillan Nursery to wish everyone there a Muhammad Yousaf, Muhammad Ismail & Ghulam Mustafa visit Lancashire Police in Nelson to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Happy Christmas, Happy New Year and Seasonal Greetings. All the kids were very happy when they received sweets from Ghulam Mustafa.

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On Sunday 25th December 2011, Pendle Community Radio (PCR) remembered and celebrated Quaid-e-Azam day. Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was born on 25th December 1876 and was the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam which means Great Leader and Baba-e-Qaum which means Father of the Nation. To celebrate Quaid-e-Azam day, Pendle Community Radio dedicated the whole days programs to a Cultural Day to Quaid-e-Azam. Live shows started from 11:00 hrs to 13:00 hrs where boys and girls aged 16 and under read poetry and shared stories about Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Everyone enjoyed the day with a fantastic turnout for this programme. PCR Team would like to thank everyone who participated and made the programme a success. Pendle Radio will continue to remember the great Quaid, Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Picture on the left taken inside PCR studios, where our guests from Blackburn are participating in a live show regarding the life and legacy of the great leader Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Two of the guests actually met Quaid-e-Azam in person and they shared they experience with the listeners of Pendle Radio. They also mentioned what a great man and human being Quaid-e-Azam was. They said he loved Pakistan and the people of Pakistan and all he wanted was the best for the nation and its residents. Pendle Community Radio invited four distinguished and well respected guests from Blackburn. From left to right: Afzal Qureshi (77 yrs) Doctor Awan Akhtar (70+) Abdul Hameed Pracha (86 yrs) and Mudassar Khan (78 yrs). Presenting the show was one of PCRs longest serving and favourite presenters Allama Shams-ur-Rehman Assi. Far right, Sadaqat Khan (a close friend of the 4 guests). The management of PCR would like to thank all our guests for participating in the Quaid-e-Azam show.

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Over the past 6 months, Pendle Community Radio (PCR) has been promoting the work and services of organisations in voluntary and faith sector. After launching a new project in July 2011 called VCFS & Partners, ELCAP has focused on promoting VCFS groups by allowing them to come onto the radio and share best practices and at the same time promote themselves. We are currently running a number of different shows to cater for organisations and VCFS groups. The first show is called LCC Hour and is presented by Amina Iqbal on Wednesdays from 14.00 hrs to 15.00 hrs. The second show is the Community Hour which is presented by Faz Patel and Myra. This show takes place every Wednesday at 15:00 hrs to 16:00 hrs. The third is the CVS Show which is presented by Edward Lee, Christine Blythe and Paul and takes place every Thursday at 13.00 hrs to 14.00 hrs. The fourth show is called Aap ki Sehat and is presented by Shakil Salam, every Thursday from 14:00 hrs to 16:00 hrs.
Taleem Q Presenter: Amina Iqbal

Some of the organisations that have already been on the radio, shared their practices and promoted their organisations or voluntary groups are Pendle Group Riding for the Disabled Association, Communicars, Memory Assessment Service, Whizz Kidz, Pendleside Hospice, McMillan Nursery School, Making Space, Help Direct, Pendle Borough Council, Bradley Primary School, Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, Jinnah Development Trust and Agapao International. Many more organisations and voluntary groups lined up to appear on the radio, so keep listening to Pendle Community Radio on Awaz 103.1FM.

Daniel & colleagues from SALUTE

Janet from Guide Dogs for the Blind Association

PROMOTE YOUR VCFS ORGANISATION ON PENDLE COMMUNITY RADIO

If you are a VCFS (Voluntary, Community & Faith Sector) organisation or group and would like time on the radio to highlight and discuss your work and the services you can offer the community, then please get in touch with Moazzam Ali (Project Co-ordinator) on 01282 723451 or by email: m.ali@pendleradio.org

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Award-winning charity The Place2Be helps children achieve more and lead happier lives. Where would we be without The Place2Be in our school? asks Glyn Ellis, Deputy Head, Rossendale Primary School. We would be emotionally poorer, achieving less, smiling less, celebrating less success, seeing gaps of attainment grow, seeing teachers unable to meet the needs of their children, more frustration in the school staff, more anguish, pain and suffering in the children. The Place2Be is an awardwinning childrens charity that works inside 170 primary and secondary schools across the UK providing easily accessible emotional and therapeutic support to 58,000 children and their parents, carers and teaching staff. The Place2Be also delivers a range of training programmes to build the skills of staff in schools and childrens centres. In Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale, The Place2Be is based in six schools and supports nearly 2,000 pupils. There are 25 Place2Be Counsellors who volunteer their time and expertise in these local schools: Cherry Fold Primary School, Haslingden Primary School, St Marys RC Primary School Bacup, St Marys RC Primary School Burnley, St Peters C of E Primary School and Walter Street Primary School in Brierfield. The Place2Be is in school at the invitation of the Head Teacher. The charity offers one-to-one counselling for pupils who may be unhappy, anxious or disruptive, plus a lunch time self-referral service where children can discuss their worries. In the East Lancashire Hub this is available to children as young as four. The Place2Be also runs group work in all six local schools on themes such as bereavement, self-esteem, friendship and transition to secondary school.

For adults, The Place2Be offers counselling to parents and families and support for teachers. Each Place2Be school has a drop-in service for school staff called The Place2Think where teachers have the space to discuss a child who is causing concern or a particular classroom dynamic. The charity also supports the parents of children who are in one-toone sessions. Benita Refson, OBE, Chief Executive of The Place2Be says, The Place2Be is committed to helping children at a very early age so they go on to make healthy choices in life. We recognise that children who are happy and settled, both in East Lancashire and across the UK, are better able to concentrate and to succeed at school.

Keith Harvey, Regional Manager for The Place2Be adds, Every day we witness the value of working with children in Burnley, Pendle and Rosendale. We are an integral part of six local schools and their communities locally. The Place2Be is extending its reach in East Lancs, offering four days of training for school staff in Pendle schools in spring 2012 funded by the Pendle Childrens Trust. We are looking for interested schools to host training days and to send their staff. Anyone interested should contact us, Keith says. We are also looking to build a transition project in a Pendle high school, as we know that children benefit from additional support as they make the move from primary to secondary school. For further information, please visit: www.theplace2be.org.uk, or contact Keith Harvey via email: keith.harvey@theplace2be.org.uk

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PCR Listenership throughout the World.

PCR Listenership Statistics

Pendle Radio is being listened in over 60 countries including France, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Russia, Japan, China, America, Canada, Alaska, Brazil, Argentina, India, Pakistan, South Africa, Tunisia, Egypt and Australia.

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NHS 111 Service

NHS 111 is a new service being introduced to make it easier for you to access local NHS healthcare services. If you live in Luton, County Durham and Darlington, Lincolnshire, Nottingham City, the Isle of Wight, parts of Derbyshire (the Bakewell, Bolsover, Chesterfield and Matlock areas) and Lancashire (excluding West Lancashire) you can now call 111 when you need medical help fast, but it isnt a 999 emergency. NHS 111 is a fast and easy way to get the right help wherever you are, and whatever the time. You can call NHS 111 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and all calls from landlines and mobiles are free.

When to use it?

You should use the NHS 111 service if you urgently need medical help or advice but it's not a lifethreatening situation. You should call 111 if: you need medical help fast, but it's not a 999 emergency you think you need to go to A&E or another NHS urgent care service you don't know who to call, or you don't have a GP to call, or you require health information or reassurance about what to do next

For less urgent health needs you should still contact your GP or local pharmacist in the usual way. For immediate, life-threatening emergencies, continue to call 999.

How does it Work?

The service is staffed by a team of fully trained advisers, supported by experienced nurses, who will ask you questions to assess your symptoms, give you the healthcare advice you need and direct you to the right local service as quickly as possible. This can include an out-of-hours doctor, walk-in centre or urgent care centre, community nurses, emergency dentist or late-opening chemist. When you call 111, you will be assessed straight away. In an emergency, an ambulance will be sent immediately without the need for any further assessment. For any other health problems, the NHS 111 call advisers will be able to direct you to the service that is best able to meet your needs. If a health professional has given you a specific telephone number to call when you are concerned about your condition, please continue to use that number. NHS 111 is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Calls from landlines and mobile phones are free.

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Lessons should continue to be learnt after Stephen Lawrence Murder. A leading Lancashire charity assisting victims of racism insists supporting victims of racism and hate crimes should be a priority for all. The Race Hate Awareness and Prevention project continues to assist victims of racism and says increasing numbers of individuals and agencies are approaching the service for assistance. Over the years, the project has supported victims of verbal and physical assaults, victims of property damage and threats to kill, it provides free confidential advice and practical assistance and helps navigate victims through the criminal justice system. Nafysa Patel, project manager says the death of Stephen Lawrence and subsequent MacPherson inquiry are the reasons why services like ours are vital in ensuring the public have the confidence to report incidents to the police and that justice prevails in such cases. This recent justice received by the Lawrence family albeit partial and delayed has opened up debates about the need for speedy responses to such cases. The police and other agencies have made significant improvements to service provision for victims of hate crimes but we can never be complacent, striving for continued improvements in this area is vital. As a charity specialising in this field, our thoughts are with the Lawrence family and all other victims of hate crimes. The Big Lottery funded project works closely with the police and other agencies to ensure resolutions are found quickly to peoples problems and also claims clear demands are being places on the free service for its awareness raising activities. We are receiving increasing requests to go into schools, community groups and other agencies to highlight the human cost of racism and other identity based prejudices, sometimes its off the back of actual incidents taking place but often its because such organisations are proactively working on the prevention of hate crimes taking place. Our awareness raising and prevention packages are effective in demonstrating how racism can affect people from all different backgrounds and also highlights why early intervention is vital. Any one can access the service for free on 0808 8087398 or by emailing admin@prestonrec.org.uk

Pendle Community Radio is now offering local businesses the opportunity to advertise or sponsor programmes on the radio. Pendle Radio is very popular amongst the local community & is also available on the internet, as such it offers a great opportunity for businesses to advertise their products to this growing consumer demographic. The expense of advertising on other types of media can be a restrictive factor especially for smaller businesses and this is precisely where Pendle Radio can help. Ad spots can be bought by the second and as such offer great value for money. The science of advertisement suggests repetition and simplicity are the key to a good radio advert, the cost of ads on Pendle Radio means even smaller businesses can now purchase repetitive ads. Pendle Radio can also author and produce your advertisements for you. If you would like to advertise on Pendle Radio please contact us via email; info@pendleradio.org.

ELCAP would like to thank all the readers of this e-newsletter, listeners of PCR Radio and the wonderful Volunteers who make it all possible. You are all an important part of ELCAP and we hope that you continue to enjoy the various services we endeavour to provide through ELCAP e-news, PCR Radio and on www.pendleradio.org. We always welcome your comments, whether they are good or bad - we would love to hear from you. The articles in this e-newsletter do not necessarily reflect the views of ELCAP.

ELCAP is committed to providing a variety of services to the local community in the East Lancashire area. Contact US Our mission is to enrich the lives of the local community through the provision of education, information and training through modern art, media and digital technologies. One of our key projects is the Pendle Community Radio station which provides an invaluable service to the East Lancashire community.
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