Oswaldtwistle Community Action News

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The popular Annual Stanhill Fete will take place at 2pm on June 27th. Get there early for games, good food and book bargains.

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Julie Hesmondhalgh who plays Haley Cropper in Coronation Street will start the 4th Great Charity Walk for the Rotary Club of Church and Oswaldtwistle. The 7.5 mile sponsored walk will take place along the banks of the Leeds to Liverpool canal and the surrounding area of Accrington. The walk will follow a circular route and will start at Junction 7. To raise money for your favourite charity or good cause use the contact details below to register.

Fred Pickering 01254 243965
email: fred.pickering.t21@btinternet.com
www.rotarycharitywalk.org.uk

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The North West Air Ambulance is the region's only air emergency service and needs funds to keep this vital life saving service airborne. The registered charity receives no mainstream funding and relies entirely on donations. Hyndburn Council will donate 75 pence of every pound generated by your donated textiles directly to North West Air Ambulance.

Hyndburn Council are currently collecting your unwanted textiles along with its fortnightly recycling collections.

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Margaret Jones runs sequence dancing to support the local church and other charities. She runs dance lessons on Saturday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 8 to 10 at Stanhill Methodist Church.

The dancing lessons have proved to be so popular that the Saturday lesson is fully subscribed but there is room at the Tuesday lesson and some at the Wednesday lesson. It is not surprising they are so popular because the charge of £1.50 also includes tea, coffee and biscuits.

Friends of Rhyddings Park have received £9,100 lottery funding from Breathing Places to develop an exciting bird box project.

The project will involve working with all the local schools around the park and will create exciting and unusual new bird boxes.

The project will start in September through to Spring. The full project will bring ornithologists into the park who will conduct walks and workshops.

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Councillor Pam Barton The new Hyndburn lady mayor started the Rotary charity walk. She was accompanied by Sue Johnson who is her mayoress.

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Calm Zone has arrived in Hyndburn. Around three young men kill themselves each day in Britain. CALM, the Campaign Against Living Miserably, is all about helping these young men when they hit a wall. If you are worried about exams, relationships, drink or drugs or you are worried about someone else visit www.TheCalmZone.net

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I took this snap of Colette McCormac, councillor for Immanual ward, as she took part in the Rotary walk to raise money for Crossroads. She was accompanied by Bernard Dawson councillor for Peel ward. She had already raised £500 for the charity.

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Accrington Stanley cheer leaders the Cherubs were waiting to cheer on the charity walkers as they arrived at the finish line.

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Sarah Shard and Stacy Kinsley, both defenders in Accrington Stanley ladie's football team, arrive at the finishing line. Sorry about the dodgy photography!