SUNSET DAWN

Friday 22 June 2012

Putting New Brighton at the forefront

of a global vision

The Sunset Dawn is a global arts and media festival connecting the midsummer sunset over New Brighton with dawn breaking over Tokyo, Shanghai and Sydney. Join us through a White Night of world music and entertainment and celebrate the dawn breaking over Liverpool as the sun sets over California…

Fort Perch Rock: 7pm – 8pm: doors open to visit Fort

8pm – 10.30pm stage show of world music, dance, comedy and poems into the sunset featuring China Pearl and our regular fireside bards. (Tickets £5 available from 1 June via www.ticketswirral.com)

Floral Pavilion: 9.30pm – 11pm: music and poetry for the sunset in the

Panoramic Lounge. (Free entry)

4.00am – 6.00am (Saturday) music and poetry for the dawn

with coffee and breakfast at the cafe. (Free entry)

Grosvenor Casino: open 24/7 with themed music and entertainment

from around the world and food and drink to keep the party going! (Free member only entry – pre-registration advised via www.grosvenorcasinos.com)

Light Cinema: Friday – Sunday (24 June): Koyaanisqatsi Life on Earth seen through the prophetic wisdom of the Hopi elders, with a soundtrack by Philip Glass. (Pay on the door or pre-book via www.lightcinemas.co.uk)

A Sunset Dawn exhibition with photographs, poems and an exposition of the thinking behind this visionary festival will run from Monday afternoon 18 June to Saturday afternoon 23 June at the Floral Pavilion.

Visit: www.sunsetdawn.com

Contact: info@sunsetdawn.com tel Tim Kingham 07828 392788

Volunteers of the Future Visit Station

On Sunday 22^nd April we had a visit from 35 children aged between 5 and 11 who were members of the RNLI’s childrens club called Storm Force. After talks and viewing of the stations lifeboat and hovercraft they were treated to a launch and high powered display of the lifeboats capabilities and a ‘man overboard’ rescue. Wallasey Yacht Club gave them boat trips around the Marine Lake where there were further rescue demonstrations. A great day was had by all the children, parents and our volunteers.

Changes to Senior Staff

Mike Jones our Senior Helmsman for the last 6 years and a volunteer with New Brighton for 32 years has handed over the reins of Senior Helmsman to Dave Lowe himself a volunteer for 24 years and of great experience. The RNLI has age limits for the operation of its various craft – in the case of the rapid response Atlantic 85’s the maximum is 45 with a possible extension to 50. However this is far from the end of Mike’s lifeboat career – he will continue to maintain the lifeboat and also to serve as crewman on our hovercraft where the maximum age limit is 55.

During his career Mike has been involved in innumerable rescues, responsible for the saving of many lives and in the last 18 years has spent over 1200 hours at sea on exercises and rescues. On his last exercise in charge of the lifeboat Mike’s intuition resulted in averting a potentially serious incident for the crew of a small fishing boat and towed them to safety.

These changes follow on from the retirement of Cliff Downing after 4 years as Lifeboat Operations Manager and a long career with New Brighton where he has served as crew and as senior helmsman. Graham Sale a Deputy Launch Authority volunteer at the station and with experience with the Coastguard took over from Cliff at the end of last year.

UK first for New Brighton’s Cinema

The Light Cinema New Brighton is offering a pioneering immersive learning offer to Wirral Schools and youth groups.

Cinema Park has an international reputation for creating multi-sensory educational programmes, which have been adopted as compulsory curriculum in Israel, Poland and Florida.

The half-day programmes are suitable for pupils from Key Stage 2 upwards (ages 7-15) and cover a range of themes from animals & habitats, science & nature, to alcohol & drug prevention.

Pupils enter different screens to experience 3D and interactive technology, as they absorb information and engage with educational content through a familiar and enjoyable format that entertains as well as educates.

Bernard Cassidy, Headteacher of Mount Primary, said: “Our children thoroughly enjoyed the Edu-tainment experience at the Light Cinema. They learnt a lot and had a great deal of fun. We will definitely be using this again as part of our curriculum plans”.

For more information, please contact Jane Woodason, Education Programme Manager on 07866 871275 or jane.woodason@cinemanext.co.uk

www.cinema-park.com

www.lightcinemas.co.uk

UK first for New Brighton’s Cinema

The Light Cinema New Brighton is offering a pioneering immersive learning offer to Wirral Schools and youth groups.

Cinema Park has an international reputation for creating multi-sensory educational programmes, which have been adopted as compulsory curriculum in Israel, Poland and Florida.

The half-day programmes are suitable for pupils from Key Stage 2 upwards (ages 7-15) and cover a range of themes from animals & habitats, science & nature, to alcohol & drug prevention.

Pupils enter different screens to experience 3D and interactive technology, as they absorb information and engage with educational content through a familiar and enjoyable format that entertains as well as educates.

Bernard Cassidy, Headteacher of Mount Primary, said:  “Our children thoroughly enjoyed the Edu-tainment experience at the Light Cinema. They learnt a lot and had a great deal of fun. We will definitely be using this again as part of our curriculum plans”.

For more information, please contact Jane Woodason, Education Programme Manager on 07866 871275 or jane.woodason@cinemanext.co.uk

www.cinema-park.com

www.lightcinemas.co.uk

‘Rock For Africa’ started as a small idea to raise money for my upcoming trip to volunteer in Africa in 2013. It has since grown into something involving hoards of local talent all wishing to showcase themselves for the enjoyment of the community, and to help me on my journey.

So far the amazing acts include: The Blackhand, Guardians, White Heat, Sunday’s Reason, Esme Higgins, Niccolls & Moroney and ‘Seven and a Guy’. Set to be a fantastic day full of sun, sounds and superb talent. Hope to see you there!

An independent local charity offering quality day care for older people

and respite for their carers

• Specialist service in dementia care and/or physical needs
• Extended days and bathing available
• Respite for carers
• Structured re-enablement service after illness/hospital stay
• Self-referral or via healthcare professional
• Recognised providers for personalised budgets
• Best value for self-funders
• Serving all Wirral year round Monday to Friday

www.lonsdaletrustwallasey.org.uk

0151 630 4017 www.yell.com

THE GORSE MILLENNIUM GREEN TRUST

The Gorse is a piece of land adjacent to the Water Tower in New Brighton originally owned by North West Water. In 1995 they declared the land surplus to requirements and put it up for sale for building.

Local community members set up the Save the Gorse campaign and, over a period of 5 years we collected money, applied for funding and negotiated with North West Water – now United Utilities – to purchase the land for the New Brighton community and to develop it as a pocket Park.

We became a charity – reg no 1071166 – with 7 trustees who maintain the Park on behalf of the community. The Trust has a membership with a small membership fee amongst the community. This helps to cover general running costs.

With the help of Groundwork Wirral the Gorse was developed as a park and opened to the public in May 2000.

Groups of volunteers keep the Gorse tidy and each year we raise funds to have a professional horticultural tidy up in the spring.

The Trustees are holding their Annual General Meeting this year on Saturday 9^th June at 11 am at Vale House Café. All are welcome.

To join the Trust or to renew your Membership please complete the form below and return with your subscription to:-

THE GORSE MILLENNIUM GREEN TRUST

Name:______________________________________________

Address:_____________________________________________

^{______________________________Postcode:______________}

Tel. No: _______________________Date:__________________

Annual Membership renewable on the 1^st October annually .

Fees :- Group £6.00

Please Return to; Family £4.00

Miss Rusty Keane Individual £2.50

92 Vaughan Road Concessions (Single) £2.00 Wallasey Concessions (Couple) £3.00

CH45 1LP Fees include postage

Cheques payable to:The Gorse Millennium Green Trust

Operation Christmas Child Update

As the days grow longer it may seem strange to be thinking about Christmas! But I would like to encourage you to do just that, and specifically to think about putting together a shoebox filled with gifts for Operation Christmas Child (OCC).

OCC started in 1990 in Wrexham and was the brain-child of Dave Cooke and his family. The idea caught the imagination not only of the people of Wrexham but of the wider area including Merseyside. They had hoped to raise £5000 and take two trucks; the public response was such that when the convoy set off it consisted of 7 donated vehicles carrying over £500,000 of aid and gifts, including gift-filled shoeboxes.

Why shoeboxes you may ask? The original idea was to give a “Christmas stocking” to the children of Romania who were living in unimaginable conditions, and who may have never received anything, even love. The idea of putting the gifts into a shoe-box was a practical solution as transportation of stockings was so un-practical. Dave Cooke and his family wanted to share the love of Jesus and the joy of Christmas with children who had never been loved or experienced joy. Last year over 1.1 million shoeboxes were donated by the UK and given to children in 14 countries. OCC is now a global charity and in total over 81 million boxes have been given to children in 29 countries since 1990.

We continue to collect and distribute shoe-boxes to children who are in dire poverty. The only criterion that a child has to fulfil to receive a shoebox is that they are in need; all boxes are given unconditionally irrespective of nationality or beliefs.

Christmas may seem like a long way off but it really is never too soon to start collecting items to fill a box. If you have a school-aged child can I encourage you to ask if the school will be “doing boxes” this year? Often the first that parents hear about the campaign is when they find the OCC leaflet scrumpled up in the bottom of their child’s school bag during the Autumn half-term. This results in a mad panic to find and fill a shoebox!

Do you want to know more? Please contact our Area Coordinator, Margaret on 07708037969. You can also leave a comment or question on our “Wirral OCC” Facebook page. We are always happy to answer questions and we have trained CRB-checked speakers who are more than happy to speak to groups, small or large, about OCC. Please get in touch!

Contributed by Patricia Hardman

The choir of St James’s Church has been invited to sing at two major English cathedrals this summer. They are to visit Hereford Cathedral in May and in June, on the day before the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, they will be singing at York Minster. “To the best of my knowledge, this will be the first time that a choir from Wallasey has sung at York Minster, and we’re very excited about it”, said Geoff Adams, choir manager. The choir regularly sings the service of choral evensong at St James’s church, Albion Street, New Brighton each month, and is conducted by Dorothy McIlhagga, organist of St Andrew’s Church, Rowson Street.

VALE PARK BAND FESTIVAL 2012

SATURDAY CONCERTS

APRIL

7^TH The Talismen

14^TH PIFFLE BROTHERS

VALE PARK BAND FESTIVAL 2012

SUNDAY CONCERTS 2012

New Brighton Community Centre

1a Hope Street

Wirral

CH45 2LN

www.newbrightononline.org.uk

Art Classes

Every Monday afternoon 2pm till 4pm.

Accent on enjoyment rather than talent.

Tuition at all levels.

All materials provided – 2 hour class.

For more details phone Iris on 0151 638 8472.

Yoga

Every Friday: 9.45am – 11.00am.

Spaces limited, ring Chelsea 0151 630 0864 to book.

www.ChrysalisYoga.co.uk

Mucky Pups

Every Monday 10.30am – 11.30am.

Art & Craft for Pre school Tots. Come & join in all the fun!

Ring Philippa for details 0151 345 3490 or 07729 303 538

Luncheon Club – Open to All

This is open every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at the Community Centre. Served at 12:30 local pensioners, unemployed members of the community and people on low incomes can have a three-course meal and a cup of tea or coffee for just £3.50