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Free Shuttle Bus to the Knowsley Flower Show
Bee Your Butterfly – Law of Attraction Workshops at Prescot Town Hall starting 4th April 2020
Mayor of Prescot raises over £575 at Tesco Bag Pack event
The Mayor of Prescot held a bag pack at Tesco Prescot on Saturday 1st February 2020 to raise money for the Mayor of Prescot’s Charity. All funds raised at the end of the Mayoral year are distributed to the Mayor’s nominated charities and local community organisations.
The Mayor of Prescot, Cllr Pat Cook would like to extend her thanks to those who supported the bag pack:-
Tracey Murray, Thomas Smith, Jean Fletcher, Lyndsay, Geoff Conway, Tom Large, Ste Pickering, Ste Henry, Phil Cook, Peter, Michael, James and Ethan Cook, Jo Burke and Neil Murray.
Thanks also go to Tesco Prescot Manager Karen Ellis and Community Champion Carol Reid-Evans.
Over £575 was collected on the day and the Mayor would like to thank all of the Tesco Prescot customers who donated. Cllr Cook says “this was an amazing amount and I am so grateful to you all. Once again, a very sincere thank you.”
Mayor of Prescot Charity Fundraising Bag Pack – Sat 1st February
The Mayor of Prescot along with volunteers will be raising money for the Mayor of Prescot’s Charity by holding a bag pack event in Tesco, Prescot on Saturday 1st February 2020 between 10am – 6pm. Please give generously. All proceeds will go towards specially chosen local volunteer community groups at the end of the Mayoral year.
FACE Forward with Flowers
Support a Blade Free Merseyside – Campaign Launching January 2020
Merseyside’s Police Commissioner Jane Kennedy needs your help in supporting an important new campaign being launched in January – #BladeFree Merseyside.
Knife crime is an increasingly serious issue in our communities. To help raise awareness about the new #BladeFree campaign, we are inviting colleagues to pledge their support for #BladeFree.
All you need to do is follow the link and complete this quick 3-minute survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/WYBWXYT
The Police Commissioner is fully behind the #BladeFree campaign. In fact, we were involved in co-creating it and the new social movement ‘Our Merseyside’, along with other councils, Merseyside Police and other public agencies.
All the #BladeFree supporters’ (first) names will be shown on the campaign website launching in the new year.
On the website, young people and their families will be able to find activities in their local area, real life stories and other information to help them make the right choices when it comes to knives and other risk-taking behaviours.
Please pledge your support by completing the survey before 20th December 2019.
Let’s tell everyone we’re right behind this important campaign.
Thank you for your support.
PS – you will be able to see the website for yourself when it’s live on 7th January 2020 at www.ourmerseyside.org
To show your support, please use the links below to follow the various new social media channels which have been created for the campaign:
Wherever you live – Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, or Wirral – we need you to get behind ‘Our Merseyside’ and support #BladeFree Merseyside. Please complete this survey and your first name will be shown under the list of #BladeFree supporters on the Our Merseyside website.
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/WF9GKNP
If you are a group or club that offers activities for young people, promote them for FREE on the Our Merseyside website by providing details via this survey. Young people and families will be able to search the website to find activities they can get involved in close to where they live.
Coming Together Group
The Coming Together group is run by Jim Inglesby and they meet up every Wednesday from 12pm – 4pm at Prescot Guild Hall. Everyone is welcome including anyone feeling isolated, alone or is suffering with a long term illness such as dementia or parkinson’s. No booking required just turn up.
Pictured below is the Mayor of Prescot, Cllr Pat Cook and Jim Inglesby at the groups Christmas Party.
Mayor of Prescot’s Charity Christmas Concert a great success
Prescot Festival and the Mayor of Prescot would like to thank everyone who helped make this year’s Christmas Concert an unforgettably festive time. As well as providing some spectacular entertainment, the event attracted an audience of almost 500 people and raised a brilliant £1,419.96 for the Mayor of Prescot’s Charity, to be distributed among specially selected local causes.
What a ‘Christmas Cracker’
Prescot Residents were given the ‘White Christmas’ effect on Saturday as they were treated to another fantastic Christmas event.
Prescot Town Council’s new Christmas Cracker Event certainly went with a bang as those in attendance enjoyed a completely free afternoon of fun as the ‘snow fell all around them’. Attractions included entertainment from Local artists such as, Jamie Cushion (Prescot’s Got Talent Under 16’s Winner and Kids Voice UK), the amazing Prescot Primary School Choir, Jan Williams Theatre School, and Christmas supremo Keiron Kenny. Prescot Army Cadets were also on hand to provide a drill demonstration worthy of the changing of the guard, whilst other activities included an incredible Rodeo Reindeer (not a real one obviously) an alpine inspired snow board simulator provided a test of balance to any budding Billy Morgans or Jenny Jones’es of the future, whilst our younger residents enjoyed the tea cup ride and everyone got the chance to meet a few heroes as what felt like the entire cast of Disney were on hand to welcome everyone to the party, there were also some real super heroes around from world of Marvel and DC Comics helping to ensure we had no Jokers or Grinches at this event.
Town Councillors and staff were literally run off there feet providing roughly 500 free tea, coffees or hot chocolates along with mince pies to everyone one who wanted one and of course the Mayor of Prescot Cllr Pat Cook and Citizen of the Year Clare Duvall were on hand to carry out the annual selection pack giveaway, this year being supported by the youngest ever Mayor’s Consort her grandson Ethan Cook.
The Town Council would like to thank Prescot Parish Church, the Deans House, Imaginarium and especially Prescot Shopping Centre for fantastic loan of 8 gazebos.
Preparations for next year’s event are already under way !!
Totally Locally Fiver Fest comes to Prescot again
PRESCOT’S INDEPENDENT SHOPS AND BUSINESSES ARE JOINING IN WITH THE TOTALLY LOCALLY NATIONAL FIVER FEST – A HIGH STREET SHOPPING CAMPAIGN
PRESCOT IS PART OF THE TOTALLY LOCALLY NATIONAL FIVER FEST 15 – 29 FEBRUARY THOUSANDS OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES ARE COMING TOGETHER TO HIGHLIGHT THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE GREAT BRITISH HIGH STREET AND PRESCOT IS TAKING PART.
To show the importance of supporting our high streets, Prescot is joining in with thousands of independent shops and businesses across the UK, in over 100 High Streets, to put on very special £5 offers across two weeks in February, in the TOTALLY LOCALLY FIVER FEST.
Cath O’Grady of The Dance Shop said “The independent shops and businesses are what makes our town special and unique. We appreciate it when our community support us, so these offers are to say thank you for that support, and to show just what great value our local businesses are.
” FIVER FEST is a free to join campaign, devised and run by Totally Locally, a grass roots High Street organisation that has been helping businesses and High Streets to help themselves since 2010 with incredible results.
Fiver Fest is based around the now famous Totally Locally £5 message:
“If Every Adult in Prescot spent £5 per week in their local shops and businesses, instead of online, at a national chain or at the big supermarket, it would be worth £5.6 million going directly into our local economy. Which means more jobs, a better high street, a stronger economy & a nicer place to live. Makes you think doesn’t it?!”
Spending just £5 a week in Prescot makes a big difference to our High Street, the “Fiver Fest” promotes this message.
Fiver Fest has been running successfully in towns in the UK and abroad over the past 7 years, and last October 63 towns (including Prescot) from all over the UK to promote themselves AND each other on the same week. The result was phenomenal with reports of new customers, people rediscovering shops they hadn’t been into in years and huge sales of £5 offers.
Fiver Fest Offers have been imaginative and varied; from £5 massages, to a £5 local meat packs, £5 best-selling book offers to £5 lunch deals.
“We know Fiver Fest isn’t going to change the world”, said Chris Sands of Totally Locally, “But small changes in spending habits can really make a difference to our high streets. Just by diverting £5 of our weekly spend to local independents we give them a fighting chance to thrive. It’s a conversation worth having!”
It is for this reason, that the third Fiver Fest is taking place. This time with over 100 towns and High Streets on board! For any independent business wishing to participate in the Fiver Fest in Prescot, please contact Louise Gillespie at louise@jessieandco.co.uk or 0151 538 2541
Here are some examples of the great Fiver Fest £5 offers in Prescot:-
Aphrodite Hair & Beauty £5 for make up, braiding or eyebrow shape
B P Devlin £5 for 3 sirloin steaks, 4 chicken fillets or 2 quality cook in sauces
Designer Kidz Boutique £5 for all socks
Down In Albion £5 for soup & a ciabutty or Breakfast Muffin with tea or coffee
Gracies £5 for 6 small personalised strip banners with a picture
Honeycomb £5 for dry cuts, blow drys with apprentice or Quick Fix Facial
Jessie & Co £5 on all necklaces
Natural & Gorgeous £5 for an eyebrow wax
Party World £5 for a personalised foil balloon
Poco Loco £5 for doubles from a selection of gins, vodkas & other spirits
Renaissance £5 for an eyebrow shape or eyebrow tint with Courtney
The Bard £5 for large wine or double Whitley Neil gin & tonic
The Brazilian Waxing Studio £5 for an eyebrow wax
The Dance Shop £5 on all dance tights
The Hair Shack £5 for a dry trim or an eyebrow wax
The Deanes House £5 for 2 cocktails
The Old Mill £5 for Breakfast & a pint
The Oven £5 for a 12” Margarita Pizza
The Vestry £5 for a box of 4 cupcakes
Urbano Chiringuito £5 for a small plate with bottle of San Miguel or glass of sangria
For further information please see www.totallylocally.org
Totally Locally was founded in Calderdale, West Yorkshire in 2010 by award winning brand and marketing expert Chris Sands. There are now over 60 towns in the UK who have gone ‘Totally Locally’ with the full ‘Town Kit’ and has reached as far as New Zealand, USA and Australia. Chris decided to give away the campaign, after he was inundated with towns after the success of the campaign in Calderdale, where he lives. “I just wanted to see what would happen!” he said. Totally Locally is a marketing kit for any town to use to promote their independent businesses using key marketing messages including ‘The £5 Message’, ‘The Magic Tenner’, ‘Fiver Fest’ and to encourage a new way of working together for independent businesses. Fiver Fest started as part of this, but has now become its own event. Totally Locally Towns have won High Street of The Year Award in Crickhowell in 2019, Hebden Bridge in 2018 and Belper in 2014. Other Totally Locally towns have won national and regional awards. In 2015 Chris received an Honorary Doctorate from Staffordshire University for his work helping in the grassroots led regeneration of towns across the world.
To arrange an interview with Chris Sands, founder of Totally Locally please contact:
Phone: Chris Sands 07879 473125