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Nurse scoops NHS award for work supporting dementia patients in Gedling borough

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Nurse scoops NHS award for work supporting dementia patients in Gedling borough

A mental health nurse has been honoured at a prestigious award ceremony for her work in supporting people in Gedling borough with working age dementia.

Lisa Chadwick scooped the outstanding care and compassion award at last night’s Nottinghamshire Healthcare’s OSCARS Awards evening.

The 37-year-old from Mansfield works as a Community Psychiatric Nurse (CPN) in Mental Health Services for Older People, and has a role within the Gedling and Hucknall community mental health team.

She supports patients at Hazelwood House at Highbury Hospital, which provides outpatient facilities for older people who have mental health issues as well as patients of any age diagnosed with dementia.

Lisa was praised for her kind, honest and caring nature with her patients, especially with Dan, a patient who was referred to the service following a diagnosis of Alzheimers at the age of just 31.

Lisa has supported Dan to achieve his own goals following his diagnosis, one of which was to have some memories with his two young twins before his illness became worse.  Lisa suggested crowd funding to Dan to help with the financial cost of a dream trip to Disneyland aiming to raise £10,000. This snowballed into Dan being offered an interview by a national newspaper to talk about his condition and raising awareness about Alzheimers on a TV show and how it can affect young people.

PICTURED: Lisa Chadwick is pictured with her award for outstanding care and compassion (PHOTO: Nottinghamshire Healthcare)

Dan’s wife, Jordon, who contributed to Lisa’s nomination, explained just how much Lisa’s support and compassion means to them as a family.

She said: “From the moment we met Lisa we knew she was a kind, compassionate and motivating person.

“Before going public about Dan’s diagnosis to raise awareness, Lisa suggested a few ways we could stay proactive and talk about Dan’s condition to open up a few support networks and help us meet others alike.  From this experience, we are now in touch with others who have been affected and have also helped the Alzheimer’s Society raise vital funds for a cure.

“We are so happy to be assigned Lisa as Dan’s CPN.  She’s a perfect match for our needs and she shows us light in our darkest times. We are thankful to have her helping us.”

Lisa’s support doesn’t stop there. She has set herself a 365 day challenge, taking part in 40 5k park runs, a 3k night run and a water wipeout event to name just a few.  She hopes the money raised will make a difference to those with working age dementia, not only today but for generations to come.

Lisa said: “I am really humbled to have won and hearing Jordan’s comments made me cry.  To share this [award] with everyone made it a very special night.

“I have always enjoyed working with older adults as they have such a vast array of life experience, life lived and stories to tell and can teach us all valuable lessons about life. However, over the 15 years that I have been qualified there has become a more apparent increase in diagnosis of working age people with dementia.  Being able to just make ‘some difference’ to their lives is better than them fighting the terminal disease alone.”

The outstanding care and compassion award recognises those who go that extra mile to ensure their service is caring and compassionate and makes a difference to the lives of patients, service users and carers.

Nottinghamshire Healthcare hold the Outstanding Service Contribution and Recognition Scheme (OSCARS) Awards each year. They recognise and rewards staff and volunteers who have gone the extra mile to deliver high quality healthcare services across the City and County. There were nine award categories including outstanding care and compassion, team of the year and lifetime achievement.

Mapperley student gets taste for success after working alongside MasterChef:The Professionals finalist at city event

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Mapperley student gets taste for success after working alongside MasterChef:The Professionals finalist at city event

An aspiring chef from Mapperley got the opportunity to pick up culinary skills from one of the UK’s rising stars at an event in Nottingham earlier this month.

Amy Challoner was given the chance to work alongside MasterChef: The Professionals finalist Louisa Ellis during a restaurant takeover event held at Nottingham College’s commercial training restaurant in the Lace Market.

For the restaurant takeover students from Nottingham College helped to prep, cook, plate and serve an impressive five-course gourmet tasting menu which Louisa created especially for the event. The modern menu included: crayfish bisque with chervil and apple and a dry aged sirloin with artichoke and aniseed sauce.

Amy helped supervise the other trainees as part of the takeover, and has also been lucky enough to work alongside Louisa in her spare time whilst studying the Level 3 Professional Chefs Diploma at Nottingham College.

Amy said: “I first had the opportunity to meet Louisa last year at College when she did another Adams Restaurant takeover with other finalists from MasterChef: The Professionals, then in October I volunteered to help her with a pop-up event she was running in Hockley, at Cotton Mouth. From there I helped her with some private dinner parties, and I’ve continued to do this ever since.

PICTURED: Aspiring chef Amy Challoner from Mapperley
RISING STAR: MasterChef: The Professionals finalist Louisa Ellis

“Louisa is so amazing to work with and I’m really grateful for the experience she has given me. I’ve learnt so much from her as a person and from the way she thinks about different ingredients and her style of cooking.

“Going into people’s homes and cooking in their kitchen, right in front of them, can be daunting, and to be honest I wasn’t sure I’d enjoy it, but it’s so nice to interact with the client, and even though it can be a lot of pressure, I really enjoy it and it’s helped so much with my confidence.”

Louisa thinks Amy has a bright future ahead of her in the kitchen.

She said: “Amy is a dedicated student who I took a liking to straight away. She reminds me of myself when I was her age – passionate, ambitious and hard working. She often helps me at events and is a great chef to work with. She’s a quick learner and has a good sense of judgment when under pressure in the kitchen. I predict great things for her in the future.”

24-year-old Louisa has been working professionally as a chef for the past eight years, working in Michelin star kitchens, including Birmingham’s Adams Restaurant and more recently Nottingham’s Restaurant Sat Bains. Louisa is now based in Nottingham and is busy following her dream of becoming a Private Chef – offering dining experiences in clients’ homes.

She said: “I really enjoy working with the students and passing on my skills – this is our next generation of chefs and I feel it is important to give them as many opportunities and restaurant experiences as possible.”

If you are interested in speaking to Louisa about a private chef event please email her at: cheflouisaellis@outlook.com or visit www.cheflouisaellis.com

A weekend to remember for young Phoenix ABC boxing champs

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A weekend to remember for young Phoenix ABC boxing champs
Phoenix ABC had a weekend to remember with two of their talented young boxers being crowned national champions.
Both fighters took part in the England Boxing Junior National Championships at the Magna Centre in Sheffield over two days.
14-year-old Sinead Willbye boxed in the semi-finals against Tilly Hymers from heart of Portsmouth ABC. Sinead who had previously lost to Tilly put in a great performance and got the points win.
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PICTURED: Champion Sinead Willbye
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VICTORIOUS: Marcus Ellis
The next day Sinead faced Rosie Boyton, of Danson ABC, in London. Sinead put in one of her best performances to date and boxed with a lot of confidence and winning on a unanimous points win.
15-year-old Marcus Ellis boxed in the semi-finals against Shay Johnson,15, of Orme ABC in stoke. Marcus started off slow but grew into the bout and came on very strong in last half to take the points win.
In the next day’s final Marcus boxed Kian Taylor, of Westree ABC, in Kent. Marcus was much the shorter boxer and started fast. It was then all out war between two very strong boxers. Marcus took the win on points decision.
Both boxers will now represent England in Cardiff for the Tri-nations tournament against the winners of Wales and Scotland.

Ernehale Infant School in Arnold raises ‘staggering’ £2,000 for Comic Relief charity

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Ernehale Infant School in Arnold raises ‘staggering’ £2,000 for Comic Relief charity

Staff at a school in Arnold say they are ‘staggered’ by the amount raised by young pupils taking part in a sponsored event for Comic Relief.

Children at Ernehale Infant School organised a ‘Street Dance-a-thon’ to raise cash for the BBC charity and when staff totted up the sponsorship money, they said they could hardly believe their eyes!

Head teacher, Emma Johnson said:“The children had prepared well for the dancing event and even before we began, they had been working hard to get sponsors.

“In total we raised a staggering £2025.95 for this worthy cause, and when you consider that we only have 210 pupils, it demonstrates not only the perseverance of the pupils to complete their dances with smiles on their faces, but also their determined fundraising efforts and the outstanding generosity of the Ernehale community.

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PICTURED: Pupils dance non-stop to help raise cash for Comic Relief

“The school’s friends, families and wider community are always great supporters of the events the children take part in, and it is something we are always grateful for. That being said, we couldn’t believe the generosity they had shown to raise money for Comic Relief!

To raise the funds Foundation children danced non-stop for 30 minutes, the Year 1’s for 45 minutes and Year 2’s for 60 minutes.

The children were taught how to street dance before the event by Laura from Premier Arts, part of the Premier Education Group, who introduced lots of new and exciting dance routines to pupils.

Emma added: “All of the staff and children want to say a big thank you to everyone who supported us in this fundraising effort.”

Man arrested after being seen ‘searching vehicle’ in Mapperely street

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Man arrested after being seen ‘searching vehicle’ in Mapperely street

A man has been arrested on suspicion of ‘trying car doors’ in Mapperley.

Police received a report that a man was behaving suspiciously and trying to access vehicles.

He was also seen to be searching a vehicle in the Grosvenor Avenue area of Mapperley.

A spokesman for Nottinghamshire Police said: “A 33 year old male was arrested yesterday evening after reports of a male acting suspiciously and trying car doors.

PICTURED: Grosvenor Avenue

“Thanks to a call from a concerned resident the male was located along with a bag of property that had been hidden behind a wall. On searching, this bag was found to contain items stolen from a vehicle in the Lenton area.

They added: “The male remains in police custody and will be interviewed later today.”

£100,000 cash boost to give Arnold play area a new lease of life

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£100,000 cash boost to give Arnold play area a new lease of life

£100,000 of funding aims to give one of Arnold’s play parks a new lease of life.

The Muirfield Road Recreation Ground in Arnold will be improved thanks to funding from WREN, a not-for-profit business that awards grants for community, conservation and heritage projects from funds donated by waste and resource management company FCC Environment through the Landfill Communities Fund.

WREN will be providing a grant total of £89,250 and the Warren Action Group, a local residents group, will providing the required match funding of £10,750 making a total of £100,000.

The funding bid was made jointly by Gedling Borough Council and the Warren Action Group, a local residents group. The group have been working to revitalise the playground area and previously received £48,000 from WREN for a multi-use games area which was opened in 2017.

Cheryl Raynor, WREN’s local grant manager said: “We are delighted to be supporting the Muirfield Road Recreation Ground Development project and pleased that our funding will provide such a fantastic facility for young people.

“WREN is always happy to consider grant applications for projects that make a difference to local communities and we’re really looking forward to seeing this one take shape soon.”

Sue Jablonskas, from the Warren Action Group said: “It’s fantastic that WREN has awarded us this money and we’re really looking forward to our new play facilities taking shape over the next few months. It will encourage children and young people in the area to be physically active.

This is the third and final phase of our project to improve the facilities available on the Muirfield Road Recreation Ground and will provide a real boost to the people in the area. We are grateful to the officers of Gedling Borough Council who have supported us with this joint application and we are continuing to work closely with them to achieve the best value possible for the money that has been awarded. ”

Gedling Borough Council Parks Development Officer, Jane Richardson said: “This is fantastic news and I’d like to thank the Warren Action Group for all the work they’ve done alongside the council officers to get this funding and, of course, to WREN who have granted the funding.

“The money will make a huge difference to the place and the refurbishment and extension will be fantastic for the people using the park and we hope it will encourage more people to use the facilities and improve their fitness and health.”

New tram bid could include funding for route to Netherfield and Gedling

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New tram bid could include funding for route to Netherfield and Gedling

Funds to extend the tram route through Netherfield and Gedling could be found if an ambitious new bid for government cash to pay for a link to Derby and East Midlands Airport is accepted.

Plans have been sent to the Government by Derby and Nottingham city councils, showing the proposed route from Nottingham to Derby, taking in Toton and Long Eaton, as well as a separate arm to East Midlands Airport via Castle Donington.

A provisional application for the start of the extension has been shortlisted for approval, meaning the councils can now submit a full bid to the Government.

Nottingham City Council has also been given £50,000 to prepare the main bid, which is expected to be submitted in the summer.

Under new designs which have been produced as part of the bid, the line to Toton park and ride would be extended to the yet-to-be-built HS2 station at Toton sidings.

PICTURED: The potential new route to Toton and Derby

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After this was completed, and if more funding can be found, the line could then split with one route going south and another continuing west.

The southern line would go through Long Eaton, going under the M1 near Junction 24a before stopping at the new Strategic Rail Freight Interchange, and then heading on to East Midlands Airport.

The western line would go under the M1 at Junction 25, before passing by Breaston and Borrowash and finishing in Derby city centre.

Shorter extensions were also being considered to be included in the main bid. These include to the yet-to-be-built 3,000 home development at Clifton pastures, and a second through Netherfield to Gedling

A Nottingham City Council spokeswoman said: “There is a long term aspiration to improve connections to East Midlands Airport, which is being explored regionally through the HS2 Growth Strategy.

“Our focus at the moment through Transforming Cities is on exploring the feasibility of short extensions such as in Clifton and to the HS2 hub. The results of these studies will determine whether tram network extensions form part of our bid.”

Extra officers on patrol in Arnold following reports of man approaching children

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Extra officers on patrol in Arnold following reports of man approaching children

Extra police officers will on patrol in parts of Arnold ‘to reassure the community’ after reports of children being approached by a man over the past two days.

A local school issued an alert following a report yesterday morning (March 26) of a girl being approached by a man in Edison Way.

Police say they also received a report of three children being approached a man earlier this morning (March 27).

Nottinghamshire Police have said “they do not believe either of the incidents is malicious or suspicious”.

A spokesman for Nottinghamshire Police said: “Officers received a report of an incident of three children being approached by a man at around 8am in Ramsey Drive in Arnold on March 27, 2019.

“This follows another incident where a man has approached a girl on March 26 at 10.15am on Edison Way in Arnold.

“We do not believe either of the incidents is malicious or suspicious.”

They added: “There will be extra officers on patrol to reassure the local community.”

Police have appealed for information with anyone with any details of the incident being asked to ring 101 and quote incident number 124 of 27 March 2019 or 204 of 26 March 2019.

Man from Arnold due in court charged with firearm possession with intent to cause fear of violence

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Man from Arnold due in court charged with firearm possession with intent to cause fear of violence

An 18-year-old man from Arnold is due to appear before magistrates in Nottingham today charged with affray and possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.

The charges against Ross Hedley, of Duke Street are in relation to a confrontation involving a group of people in Flatts Lane, Calverton, on the evening of March 23. No one was hurt.

A 15-year-old boy has also been charged with affray and possession of an offensive weapon in relation to the incident and released on police bail to a court date to be set. He was also arrested in connection with a robbery in Flatts Lane, Calverton on March 21 and has been released on police bail pending further enquiries in relation to that incident.

A 17-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy have also been arrested on suspicion of affray in connection with the March 23 incident and released on police bail pending further enquiries.

Inspector Chris Pearson, Neighbourhood Policing Inspector for Gedling, said: “We treat incidents of violence extremely seriously and have stepped up patrols in the area.

“If anyone has concerns please let us know because we will not tolerate violence on our streets and will do everything we can to ensure Gedling remains a safe place to live, work and visit.”

Anyone who witnessed the incident or has any information that could help the investigation, is asked to call 101, quoting incident number 666 of 24 March 2019.

Swimmers across are being asked to make a splash in charity Swimathon taking place at Arnold and Carlton leisure centres

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Swimmers across are being asked to make a splash in charity Swimathon taking place at Arnold and Carlton leisure centres

Swimmers in Gedling borough are being asked to make a splash in the world’s biggest charity Swimathon.

Taking place from Friday, March 29 to Sunday, March 31, swimmers of all ages and abilities are being encouraged to take part in Swimathon 2019 at two local pools and raise vital funds for Marie Curie and Cancer Research UK.

Arnold Leisure Centre and Carlton Forum Leisure Centre have signed up to take part in the scheme.

Designed intentionally so people of all swimming abilities can participate, there are a variety of distances available as individual challenges – 400m, 1.5k, 2.5k, 5k – while the 1.5k and 5k distances are also available as team challenges for family, friends or colleagues to take on.

More experienced swimmers can participate in the Triple 5k challenge, which is specifically designed to test experienced swimmers, challenging them to swim 5k, three times.

Last year, Swimathon raised £2.1million, and is aiming to raise further vital funds this time around.

This year Team GB swimming heroes Mark Foster and Duncan Goodhew, pictured, above are getting behind the scheme and encouraging local people to sign up.

Since Swimathon started 33 years ago, over 700,000 swimmers have dived into over 1,000 different pools across the UK, raising more than £50 million for different charities

For more information and to sign up now, visit www.Swimathon.org

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