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TARLETON HIGH SCHOOL UKRAINE CHALLENGE

06/05/08

A group of six pupils from Tarleton High School are working with International Aid Trust to produce a video on the disadvantaged children in the Ukraine. The aim of the trip is to produce a video to help promote the work of International Aid Trust and inform people of the rescue work they do in the Ukraine. The video will be shown to a range of audiences.

International Aid Trust is a UK Charity, based in Much Hoole. It has charity shops throughout the UK and helps underprivileged people, in Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia. Much of the work International Aid does is in Eastern Europe; they have created orphanages for street children and rehabilitation centres for adults. Tarleton High School’s student Council decided to adopt International Aid Trust as one of the two school’s charities. Previously the school has provided shoeboxes for the charity, created publicity material and helped out at the local warehouse.

More recently there has been a rigorous selection process from 320 years 9 and 10 pupils. 21 pupils applied for the trip with a letter addressed to the Head teacher who together with Mrs Sides (senior at Tarleton High School), Mr Bernard Cocker (IAT Founder) and Mr Stringfellow (Chair of Governors) whittled it down to just 6 members of the team, and further roles were decided with an interview process. The six selected members were:

Joel Briscoe – selected candidate to go to the Ukraine
Rachel Goulding – selected candidate to go to the Ukraine
Chris Meadows – reserve to go to the Ukraine
Ruth Malcolm – reserve to go to the Ukraine
Claire Tetlow - press officer
Natalie Firth-Cook – press officer

Tarleton High School is working with International Aid Trust to create a video to highlight the plight of European countries trapped in extreme poverty. The two pupils will travel to Kiev to film the footage and talk to families in desperate need of help, children living in orphanages and also children living on the streets.

All six members will be working as a team to create the video when the chosen two candidates return from the trip. The edited video will then be used by International Aid Trust to show people of all ages the work International Aid does helping the children of Ukraine.

POST OFFICE CLOSURE VOTE
Dear Editor,

This week the local press printed my letter calling on South Ribble ’s current Labour MP David Borrow, to "do the right thing" and vote to stop the Post Office closures that are doing so much damage to our local communities.

Sadly, last night (Wednesday 19th) both David Borrow and his colleague Mark Hendrick the MP for Preston decided to ignore this call. Both have decided to put blind loyalty to Gordon Brown above loyalty to their constituents.

In a vote called by the Conservatives, 20 Labour MPs defied their Party, and if just another 11 had done the same, the closures would have been halted. Mr Borrow and Mr Hendrick had the chance to save the Post Offices that are earmarked for closure in, Mere Brow, Leyland , Hutton, Much Hoole, Eccleston and Preston. They decided not to do so!

Having spent the last six weeks telling local people that he wanted to save the Post Offices, David Borrow proved again last night why it is time for a change!

As both Mr Borrow’s Conservative opponent at the next General Election, and one of his constituents, I am sad that he has effectively conned his constituents. He pretended to support our local Post offices, but when put on the spot by last nights vote in Parliament, he totally failed to put his constituent’s interests first.

I have no doubt that when the Prime Minister finally summons up the courage to call a General Election, the residents of Mere Brow, Leyland, Hutton, Much Hoole, and Eccleston will remember just who it was that betrayed their trust last night!

Lorraine Fullbrook, 20th March 2008
Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for South Ribble

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