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L.I.V.E.S,
PO Box 911, Lincoln LN5 7YB Tel/Fax 01522 575620 E-mail: neilwilkinson@liveshq.fsnet.co.uk
Since
the First Meeting in June Metheringham and Dunston First Responders has
gone from strength to strength. We now have eight trained first
responders and several more volunteers to be trained. We have had some
generous cash donations, held a Garage sale which raised £170 and are
planning a 70s night and several other fund raisers in the near future.
Various
people have offered help in other ways, for example :-
Cement
mixer and trailer hire booked through us - 50% to Metheringham and
Dunston L.I.V.E.S First Responders
A telephone service with 30% discount and free local calls - £10
donation per customer
An
electric golf buggy for sale with £150 of the sale price of £1650
coming to us
For
any of the above please contact Sue Nunn (01526) 323200
We
recently ran a competition with Metheringham and Dunston schools to find
a logo for our posters and the winners are Metheringham:Over 8 - Sarah
Dean, Under 8 Cody Knight; Dunston:Over 8-Victoria Holden, and Under 8
Oliver Holden.
A
First Responder scheme is run by local people for local
people. We have only six minutes to get there to provide basic life
support. Someone you know will need our help and it may even be you.
For
every 1000 people in the
area, 1 person will die each year of a heart attack and two more will
need help for other life threatening emergencies.A first responder scheme can change this horrific statistic.
Could
you help this charity by either becoming a volunteer first responder, making a donation or holding an event such
as a coffee morning for us. We
must raise £4500 of the £7000 it costs to establish a first responder
group; including the defibrillator, basic medical kit, mobile
communications and the training.
Contact Sue Nunn (01526 323200)
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WANTED! WANTED! WANTED! – Old
photos of Metheringham and the surrounding villages.
It
has been suggested that a “Then and Now” feature would be popular on the
website, especially with the Metheringham exiles. We agree. So, if you’ve any
old photos, perhaps tucked away in a corner, of somewhere in the Metheringham
area and the way it used to be that
you would like to make available to people who visit the website, then dust them
off and pass them to any member of MACLA.
Don’t forget to include your name and address, and
we’ll make sure that we get them back to you. If you prefer, you can visit our
stall at the Metheringham Fayre and Feast in October, or simply contact Jeff on
(01526) 323436.
We
have just won our second Website Award!
As
a result, we are included in a national list of “MY HOME TOWN Quality Websites”. This award is open to people from
the whole of the UK who have their own local website about their home town.
New Look
The
site has been given a makeover, making it look a little sleeker and a whole lot
more consistent. If you haven’t visited us for a while, why not take another
look? People are tapping into the
site from all over the world……..
Foreign
Visitors
Finally, last month a couple from Vancouver, Canada, who had
discovered Metheringham through the website, paid our village a visit as a
result! (The lady’s maiden name was “Metheringham”, hence the initial
interest.) As part of a UK tour they made a special and unannounced daytrip from
London, managed to find Sandra Metheringham and then had a whirlwind
introduction to the village and its history by Pauline, our librarian (who just
happened to be doing some work in the library on a “closed” day), Heather
from the History Group, and Jeff our Website manager. It was just by chance that
Pauline was able to get in touch with Heather and Jeff on a busy weekday!
Anyway, the whole thing turned out to be a huge success. And
all because we’re on the Web!
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