Lache Park Newsletter 13/10/10

LACHEun LIMITED

a partnership of possibilities

Edition 1 . October . 2010 .

NOW IS THE TIMELet’s get together, come on, come let’s get together as the

old song says. Times are hard and getting harder. We

can either roll over and give up or get together and

fight for a better deal for Lache. There is an ancient

saying, if not you then who, if not now then when?

See inside for more details

lACHE

IS COMING TO LACHE COMMUNITY CENTRE

EVERY THURSDAY

UNDER 12’S ONLY 5-6PM

12-18’s ONLY 6 -7PM

FROM 23rd

SEPTEMBER

£2 per session

SPORTINGCHANCE

LACHEun LIMITED

a partnership of possibilities

and finally...........This is an open invitation to every group, community organisation, club, sports team and local business on Lache to come together in our own partnership to do something about improving our village and to set ourselves some new horizons.

With cut backs to benefits, investment and government spending we are going to be hit hard in the near future. If we do not stand up with a united front and fight our corner we are unlikely to attract our share of a dwindling pie.

The partnership will be built up from active groups in Lache so if you are involved in anything related to Lache in an active way then this is your natural home.

As this is self organising in action an initiating group will kick things off and if you want to be part of this exciting initiative then call us up on 677 721 or drop in to Hawthorn House on Hawthorn Road in Lache.

Whatever happens next is up to you.

yes we can

LACHEfM‘The Seals Podcast’

in association with LacheFM

The Seals Podcast (in association with Lache FM), a fortnightly magazine programme designed especially for the supporters of Chester FC. The podcast is recorded at Lache Park Studios and run by Chester FC supporters.

The podcast will include interviews with players, managers and supporters of Chester FC, plus other surprises throughout the season.

To listen to the podcast, all you need to do is take a trip to www.lache.org.uk.

The show will also regularly feature music from a local unsigned band.

If you would like to be involved as part of the panel in an episode of The Seals Podcast, send us an email at [email protected] and we will try to include as many people as possible.

Support your

Download it Now!

Community Radio Stationand your local team!

www.lache.org.uk

mediagroup

Ed’sBitsThe Editor’s Comments

Welcome to the first edition of y o u r n e w c o m m u n i t y newsletter.

Just so you know this is all put together and delivered by people from Lache who want to change our fortunes for the better.

There is an old proverb that say ‘if enough people get together they can even mend a crack in the sky’.

Lache currently resides at the bottom of the list for poverty and deprivation. It is our intention to do something about this through community action. If you want to make a difference then let’s get together and be responsible for the changes that need to be made.

Stefan NichollsTemporary Editor

www.lache.org.uk

The Editorial team is made up from local people and workers. We would love to have you on board if you are interested in shaping the future of Lache and like being creative. We need people to edit, distribute and report issues of local interest or concern. So either pop in to Hawthorn House and have a chat or contact us by: tel: 01244 677 721 or [email protected]

disclaimer: the views expressed in this newsletter are not necessarily those of Lache Park Limited or the editing team but those of the individual authors.

newwebsiteThis our new super star, Stephen Williams, who started recently as a volunteer. Stephen has transformed our website adding in video, pictures, online ordering and the radio link live from Lache FM. Who knows what he will add by the time he has finished with building the site. Check it out!

Stephen has been nominated for a Digital Hero Award and we say YES to that!

If you haven’t been on the website yet then log on to and see what’s going on in Lache.

www.lache.org.uk

superstarmediagroup

If you have any ideas you would like to see on the website please get in touch on:tel: 01244 677 721 or Contact: [email protected]

www.lache.org.uk

http://www.lachepark.org

http://www.lache.org.uk

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nominate your for a local hero

‘celebrating awards’peopleto be presented at

Lache Community Centre

26 November 2010th

6:30pm

Nomination forms can be obtained from:Hawthorn House . Lache Community Centre . Local shops and the Library

Lache media workshopsgroup

mediagroup

Under 25? Live on Lache?

Like music / radio?DJ, singer, musician or

MC?

Come along to our music technology and radio production workshops at Lache Park Studios, Lache Community Centre!

Create your own beats with proppellor heads reason software!

Record your voice or instruments!

Plan, produce and perform your own podcast or radio show for Lache FM!

Or just come and hang out and see what’s happening!

Fridays 3pm-6pm

THE WORLD IS YOURS!

LACHE PARK STUDIOS LACHE PARK STUDIOS

Listen at www.lache.org.ukcreate your own show

contact: [email protected]

t. 01244 677 721

have your say

music . recording . performance . production

get involved

LacheFM

Lache FM Your Community Radio

Station!

Lache FM Community Radio Station based at Lache Community Centre. Our aims are to promote positive aspects of and bring together the communities of Lache and surrounding areas through the magic of radio!

We provide training in radio presenting / production for local people and offer community groups, smal l independent businesses, musicians and bands the opportunity to promote their work and / or services and activities through their community radio station.

Would you like to get involved? Why not present, engineer or produce your own show on Lache FM.

We have listeners from as far and wide as Canada and Australia so this is your chance to show the world what you are all about!

What would you like to hear on Lache FM? Maybe a talk show or podcast discussing the issues that

affect you and your community. Maybe a music show or sports

show. The Choice is yours!

LACHE PARK STUDIOS

Listen at www.lache.org.ukcreate your own show


t. 01244 677 721

have your say

music . recording . performance . production

get involved

LacheFM


t. 01244 677 721

Lache Giants need you!

A ‘ invitationGiant’

The Lache Giants need:

?arms?hands?new costumes?a team of musicians?a group of dancers

And that’s just to get them ready for the 2011 Funday

2011 and 2012 is also about getting the Lache Giants involved in the Cultural Olympiad so we need you......

Please get involved: Get in touch: Contact: Kristinet: 07789 425 468

e: [email protected]

SoapOperawanted

script writersradio technicians

play actorspromotorsanybody

Lache Park Limited mediagroup presents an attempt at a great radio play starring you. Yes you!

If you ever fancied being a thespian, or writing a witty line for a play, or twiddling with technical stuff, then this crazy venture is for you. The first meeting of the ‘let’s write a play for radio’, group will be held at 10 o’clock Thursday 21st October 2010 at Hawthorn House, Hawthorn Road, Lache. Call us on 01244 677 721 or email to book your place. The event may be an all day experience so bring your creativity and passion and let’s get on with the show! Lunch provided.

[email protected]

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L PAALACHE ADVENTURE PLAY ASSOCIATION

As many residents know we have not

had any permanent premises for a

while but this doesn’t mean we have

been resting on our laurels or forgotten

about the young people of Lache.

We have been very busy bringing new

ideas from a pipe dream to a reality.

These include the brand new play area

behind Lache Primary School and

employing Adam Post as manager for

the Chilaxing Juniors 8-13 youth club.

The new play area, in partnership with Lache Primary School, has a

giant tyre swing, a zip wire, trampoline mushrooms, rope bridges and 2

play houses. We are hoping to also have a climbing system in there as well

to add to the fun.

LAPA also payed for the Lache Rhino which was brilliantly painted by

the children in the Saturday and Chilaxing. The Rhino is being auctioned

off and all proceeds will be coming back into Lache. This money will help us

to continue supporting projects such as sports, the Christmas panto for local

School children and trips to the climbing wall.

For further information contact Jane Mercer at Hawthorn House (during

working hours).

It has been another successful year down at the allotment. We have completed 43 raised-bed growing areas, taken delivery of a large greenhouse and gained three more project members. Our next big step is to construct an eco-friendly log cabin so that all of us " wannabee gardeners" will have somewhere to meet, socialise, swap gardening tips and take shelter from the rain.

Although we are officially open every Tuesday and Thursday morning, for local residents who join the project, there is a "key - scheme" which allows access seven days a week - from dawn to dusk! The project is run by three local volunteers - Ester, Steve and Bob - who are always ready to offer help and advice about what to grow, when to grow it, and how to grow it. (If we don't know, we'll find out!). So whether you are an expert or a complete beginner, why not drag yourself away from the TV, fill your lungs with fresh air, grow tasty fresh vegetables and make new friends. You can find out more by contacting Hawthorn House on 675818 or, alternatively, turning up at the allotment on a Tuesday or Thursday 10.00 - 12.00. Autumn Tip : Autumn is the best time to mulch (cover) planting areas with a 50mm (2 inches) layer of compost or manure. If you do it now the worms will work it into the soil over the winter months. (Helpful little creatures, aren't they). This will improve the overall quality and moisture-retentive capability of your soil. Bob McCombe Supported by

Lache Garden Villagea growing community

Lache ResidentsAssociation

ADVERTISINGreaching the people

If you want your to reach out to people across then your very own community

is just the ticket.

For more on advertising rates give us a

on

business

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newsletter

information

call 01244 677 721

01244 677 721

business

The Lache Community Safety Wardens (Sharon and Peter) for Cheshire West and Chester would like to take this opportunity to let you know some of the activities which we have been involved in. These include the Community Safety Roadshow which took part in June at the Community Centre. We were also involved in the successful planning and execution of the Lache Fun Day which took part in June. We have continued working in the Chilaxing Juniors on a Tuesday evening and in the Saturday Club every Saturday morning.

We have also been successful in getting a dog bin placed on Green Lane/Boundary Lane which has had problems with dog fouling for quite a while. We have also been successful in extending a barrier on the Redrow Footbridge to protect the local communities which live in close proximity to this bridge.

Just one of our local success stories during a routine patrol in Lache, the we noticed a youth's bike abandoned in an alleyway behind some houses. On closer inspection the bike was discovered to belong to a local youth, this bike had previously been reported to ourselves and the Police as stolen approximately one year ago. Efforts had been made to locate the bike, however these efforts were not successful.

However a year on this bike was returned due to the fantastic work of a local volunteer, who co-ordinates a local project that engraves bikes for local residents with post codes and with the owners details if they wish to do so, making it easy to identify and return stolen bikes to there rightful owner.

on ya’ bike Lache WardensLache Residents Association

Jason Stiles

‘HANGING by A THREAD’

Hanging baskets are a beautiful way of saying we care about Lache. Our baskets hanging from the other lampposts on Cliveden road next to the shops are their as part of our commitment to improve the local environment. We have contacted local businesses for sponsorship / placing a charity box within their shop and will be contacting the local authority about liability insurance as this is the main cost involved. If we are unable to raise sufficient funds we will sadly have to remove them.

Improving the local environment was one of three priorities the LRA set itself, the others being improved public transport and public safety (a particular concern due to the reduction in the Community Warden Service).

To continue with these activities we need your support. The residents association can only be effective in pushing for a better Lache if it has a thriving membership. It is free to join and is open to everyone within the Lache Ward. To be on the contact list for meetings and events pass on your details to.

Chas Williams, 29 Guildford Close, CH4 8EU. 01244 671413

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Come down to Lache Community Centre on Saturdays and enjoy yourselves.

Open between 10am and 12noon

Adult Volunteers Needed

All 6 to 13 year olds welcome

footballsnookertv gamesarts craftssnack bar

tel. 01244 678 646

www.lache.org.uk

morning munch

full english with tea £3.50

Wednesday morning Cafe


drop the kids off and let someone else look after you

from 8:30am till 11:00am

lunch munch

Three course meal £4Thursday afternoon lunch


we look after you and serve great food at good prices

from 12noon till 1pm

What a wonderful idea!

Breakfast, served with

loving care and attention.

All you need to do is turn

up and enjoy.

If not enough people turn

up however the service will

end.

Use it or lose it!

Lunch munch is our old

favourite. Where else

can you get a three

course meal for £4?

What great value!

So come on down to the

Community Centre

and tuck in. See you

there.

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Thursday 3rd November 7 - 9pm More information available nearer the date from posters and on www.lache.org.uk Contact PCSO 20372 Rachael Mckevitton 0845 458 6375 (Answerphone)

Lache Community Action Meeting

have your say!

allsortsa page for bits and pieces

If you want to let local folk know what you do then send us your advert or call in to Hawthorn House and ask us to create one for you. Editor

FROSTIESsupport your local shops

Hello to all our customers

We love serving the people of Lache from our General Store. We have some great new ideas starting this October and these include bread, pies, cakes, sandwiches, children’s lunch boxes along with new opening hours:

8:30am till 7:00pm Monday to Friday 9:00am-7:00pm Saturday 10:00am till 12:30pm Sunday 10:00am till 1:00pm Bank Holidays

Some exciting news for Frosties customers is the arrival of the National Lottery which will be installed in the very near future.

So come along and see the changes we have made and if we don’t have what you want then please just ask any member of staff and we will help you where we can.

bread . pies . cakes . sandwiches

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WHAT’SONMonday Time

Sixty Plus Club 10.00am-1.00pmGentle Mobility (over 55's) 1.00pm -1.30pmSinging Together(over 55's) 2.00pm-3.00pmCredit Union 7.00pm-8.00pmBingo 7.30pm-9.30pm

Tuesday

Pilates Class 1.30pm-2.15pmBalmoral Dance Troupe 5.30pm-7.30pm

Wednesday

Exercise 9.30am-10.30amComputer Drop In 1.00pm-3.00pmCheerleaders 6pm-8pmNinjitsu 7pm-9pm

Thursday

Strength & Balance 11.00am-12.00noonCommunity Centre Lunch 12.00noon-1.00pmTea Dance (fortnightly) 1.30pm-4.00pmArt &Craft(alternate fortnight) 1.00pm-3.00pm

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nsp reiinnovation . enterprise . motivation . ideasInspiration is truly the mother of invention. A number of local people have taken a large room we have called ‘The inspire room’, to develop a culture.

We invite anyone from Lache who has an idea about improving things locally to come down and share it with us and we will help them get their project off the ground. ‘Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it’. (Goethe)

There is access to the internet, wi-fi, hot desking and sharing ideas with positive people. In addition to working in a great atmosphere we have the Lache Enterprise Coach, Stefan Nicholls, based in the room to offer support, networking and coaching.

So if you have a burning idea you have always wanted to explore then call in and get started.

For more information call us on 677 721 or call in to Hawthorn House

in Hawthorn House ‘can do’

Tel:677721

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PRIMETIME“Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.” Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966)

Monday Time

60+ Monday lunch club 10.00am-1.00pm

Gentle Exercise 1.00pm-1.30pm with Sandra

Singing Together 2.00pm-3.00pmwith Louise and Georgina

Thursday

Strength and Balance 11.00am-12.00noon

Community Lunch 12.00noon -1.00pm

Art and Craft 1.00pm-3.00pmwith Nicola

Over 55? then come along and join in

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Come and join us at the launch party of the newly re-named icentre formerly known as

the Community Learning Centre. The centre has 15 internet ready computers and help and support from computer buddies.

So, if you have never used a computer before, are daunted by the world wide web, want to keep your children safe when surfing the web but not sure how then come on

down to the icentre during National GET ONLINE WEEK from 18th to 22nd October

and talk to our computer buddies. With support from West Cheshire College tutors there has never been a better time to conquer your cyber fears.

For more information contact Lache Park Limited on 01244 675 820.

information . inspiration . interaction . innovation

re-branded

GET ONLINE WEEK

18th to 22ndOctober 2010

So what do we do?by Dennis Smale

Chair of Lache Park Ltd

Hello from Lache Park Limited. It’s time to inform you of what Lache Park Limited does in the area. We have been in Lache for the past 8 years and were formed out of two organisations, Lache Project and Lache 2000.

We are a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee and currently awaiting Development Trust status.

We have a board of trustees/directors and operate through Theme Groups including: Community Health and Wellbeing; Cleaner Greener Safer; Children and Young People and Community Learning. Added to this are a couple of sub-groups, PRIMETIME (60+) and Events and Festivals.

Lache Park Limited also has a number of developing initiatives including vegout@lache, mediagroup, icentre, inspire room, enterprise coaching in addition to running our own centre at Hawthorn House which houses Lache Wardens, our Enterprise Coach, the inspire room and our meeting room for hire.

LPL employs 6 dedicated members of staff who work tirelessly for the people of Lache.

We are currently setting up an Events Group to co-ordinate Funday/Panto/Haloween Party/ Xmas Party/Social Evenings etc.

You can join Lache Park Limited as a member and have your say on what goes on within Lache (Details on our new website www.lache.org.uk).

www.lache.org.uk

Who do we work with?

Hawthorn HouseLache Park Limited In Partnership with.........C.W.A.CC.D.H.TP.C.TChester Voluntary ActionL.A.P.ALache Garden VillageChester The Giant CityBlacon Community TrustLache Children’s CentreUniversity of the Third AgeCheshire & Warrington Youth FedHealthy Living Centre (Chester)Healthy Living Centre (Ellesmere Port)Cheshire PoliceLache Residents AssociationSt.Marks ChurchChilaxing JuniorsChester Football ClubNorth West Development AgencyCheshire & Warrington Enterprise Commission (Cheshire Employers)

Although Lache Park Limited has paid staff so much of what we do is inspired and carries out by volunteers. So if you want to make a difference to your community and have some time to give then come and see what you could contribute.

Lache Park Limited are here to help and to facilitate people’s aspirations for Lache turning them into a reality. So if you want Lache to change come and tell us what changes you want and we will see what we can do to move things along.

To avoid endless meetings get involved in a Theme Group of your choice. A little effort goes a long long way.

Dennis Smale

Lache Funday Facilitated by Lache Park Limited

by Dennis Smale

Lache Park Newsletter 13/10/10

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