All posts tagged "young people"

  • Prescot Red Box Project Aims to End ‘Period Poverty’ in Schools

    A Prescot couple are on a mission to end period poverty in local schools. Clare and Karl Duvall have set up a local branch of the Red Box Project, an initiative that places constantly stocked boxes of...

    • Posted September 19, 2018
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  • Knowsley Apprentice Scheme Now Recruiting

    The Knowsley Apprentice programme is once again recruiting, with job and training opportunities for school and college leavers preparing for the workplace this summer. Since 2008, the programme has helped 1,126 young people into apprenticeships with organisations...

    • Posted June 15, 2018
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  • Prescot Festival Ushers in New Generation of Musical Talent

    The Prescot Festival will showcase young, rising musical and artistic talent in June this year. Primary and secondary school children from across the borough of Knowsley will once again perform live in pursuit of the title of...

    • Posted May 9, 2017
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  • Prescot Leukaemia Survivor Is First Ark’s Young Person of the Year

    A girl from Prescot was named Young Person of the Year at the First Ark Community Achievement Awards earlier this month. Twelve-year-old Leah Whitehead spent Christmas 2015 in Alder Hey Hospital after being diagnosed with leukaemia, a...

    • Posted November 22, 2016
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  • £19m Cuts to Social Services in Knowsley

    Knowsley Council have announced cuts to social services in the borough, to the tune of £19 million in the coming year. The council acknowledge that investment of £7 million over two years has seen an improvement in...

    • Posted January 4, 2016
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  • Prescot Student Helps Raise £1.1K in Charity Run

    A Prescot teenager ran 10 kilometres in memory of a fellow student on 10 May. Zwe Pyae Sone, 17, of Elm Grove, dusted off his running shoes to join thousands of others in the Bupa Great Manchester Run....

    • Posted May 28, 2015
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  • Campaign Raises £3.2K for Family of Terry Hall

    Almost 300 people from Huyton, Whiston, Prescot and beyond have raised £3,205 for the family of Terry Hall, the Knowsley Park student who died last month, aged 13. Organiser Alicia Duff said that “nobody should plan their son’s funeral at that...

    • Posted February 9, 2015
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  • Knowsley Schoolchildren Bullied over Explicit Photos

    Merseyside Police have warned parents in Knowsley of bullying incidents involving posting explicit pictures online. Detective Chief Inspector Steve Cox told parents and guardians that some students were using Facebook and Instagram accounts “with no other objective than...

    • Posted February 4, 2015
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  • West Park RFC Supports Willowbrook Hospice

    West Park RFC has a thriving Charity Partnership with Willowbrook Hospice – a partnership that sees the Willowbrook logo across 300 rugby shirts worn by players from age 5 to 50. The new kit has also been...

    • Posted November 13, 2014
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  • After 40 Years of Knowsley Youth Orchestra, the Music Stops

    Knowsley Youth Orchestra will rehearse for the last time on 26 November 2014, Knowsley Council have announced. Citing increased pressure from funding cuts, arts and music head Angela Ball told members the group was no longer sustainable. The orchestra...

    • Posted November 11, 2014
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