BPP Pro Bono Centre is a free legal advice clinic run by students of the BPP Law School in Manchester. I interviewed two of the students for the Hulme Tune radio show on ALL FM 96.9
All the details are in the video, so listen carefully and hopefully you’ll save loads on legal costs & messing about.
Video about a living room that was put in Hulme Park
- won’t need air fresheners.
Why?
Watch and see!
That is the question that has been on people’s minds - not another English Literature lesson, but what is the future of the Adult Learning Centre, Stretford Rd, Hulme (above the library)?
I’ve spoken to reliable sources and they have informed me that over the past few years there has been job loses at Hulme’s Adult Learning Centre, run by Manchester City Council. At the moment there are moderators from Ofsted checking that each department is functioning to the set standards for local adult education.
If you remember back in the 1990’s, Hulme people were promised that Chevassut Street Primary School would not close. In 1999, guess what.. it closed. So, can we believe what officials now tell us?
I spoke on the phone to Martin Hellewell, Press Officer - Manchester City Council, about the future of the ALC, Hulme. He asked me to reveal my sources. I did not and they remain confidentially anonymous. Mr Hellewell went on to say that the merger of MANCAT & City College Manchester doesn’t effect the ALC and that in the near future it will..
..and you’ll have to tune in to ALL FM 96.9 from 10-11am 24th April for the answer.
Don’t worry I’ll post a podcast after.. for all those that miss it.
Also on the show: how to see a lawyer for free and I interview artist Camilla Lyon who is exhibiting her architectural delights at Cube Gallery on Portland St. This would be a YouTube video on these pages this weekend.
I am fed up of the red tape involved in CRB checks. Every time I volunteer where children or vulnerable adults are involved the organisation has to spend more money and more of my time in obtaining another CRB check.
I join a charity - CRB check… 3 months later help a youth project - CRB check… help a school holiday club - CRB check… and so on. One should be enough for it’s duration. If another one is needed then the charity/organisation/school concerned should have that option.
I believe it’s over cautious and is waisting charities time and money and putting off volunteers. Now we can ask the Priminister to just have the one.
Please pledge your support at:
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/SingleCRBcheck/
NOTE: This is not a secure site to be giving private info out online. The British Government should know better. The risk is yours!
By changing the system so that the information from one enhanced CRB check is held in one central location, with copies available,this would create a more cost-effective and efficient way of updating information to ensure the safety of children and adults that CRB checked individuals are working with.
Why make life difficult for work that isn’t paid?
I’ve just had a couple of text messages to my ‘3′ mobile phone saying:
FreeMsg: We have you listed as a In-active user, Please text ‘Live’ back to us on ‘81456‘ or your service will be suspended.
Notice the poor English “.. a In-active..” and “… user, Please..” a capital letter after a comma. In the from bar, they put your service provider like ‘3′. And because this is in your contacts as default, it’s easy to presume it’s from your mobile phone service provider. IT IS NOT.
Replying to this text will cost £3.50 each text, it is a premium rate text service. They will send a second message:
You are now Live! details have been forwarded to your email account, thankyou once again. Full T & C apply, please see your email for detials.
Again, very poor English grammar and poor spelling.
Then they send you another like the first saying that the user,
..must respond only to ‘81456‘ with the text ‘Live’ failure to do so..
So, in effect you are sending a second premium rate text to 81456. Now they have charged £7.00 to your mobile phone account bill.
If you have been a victim of this scam, you need to contact your phone’s service provider immediately. If you do get one then ask your provider for advice.
MANCHESTER 2015 VIDEO REPORT pt 1
I was invited by Manchester Partnerships to go down and report on the Manchester 2015 event on Saturday March 15th. This is the first part of my report and in this I talk to Sir Richard Leese, Head of Manchester City Council (MCC), and Anne Morgan from the Planning Strategy Team from MCC.
Part 2 coming soon… where I chat to some of the public, meet more of the organisations and see a guy take a run and jump. You might just get a glimpse of Darren Campbell signing autographs.
While some people scratch their heads and wonder, “Can Manchester get any worse?”. One local family event coming soon says - YOU can make it better.
“Me?” - you reply.
Manchester is a great city, and it will be even better by 2015. You can find out how, and have your say, at a free family event on Saturday, March 15 from 1100 until 1530 at Manchester Central - next to the place formerly G-MEX in the city centre.
There’s great entertainment and activities to join in - like the laughter, dance or drumming workshops. Olympic sprint athlete Darren Campbell will talk about career dreams and how to make them happen. There will be films, prize draw, surveys and information about living in Manchester.
To have a great life there are things you need to do. It’s not just a matter of chance and this event will give you some ideas - and you can give Manchester Partnership, the organisers, your thoughts about how you feel about Manchester and your area.
To register - click the logo!
Look out for my special community reporter’s video blog on this event, right here on THE HULME TUNE page - bookmark it !!
Here is a link to The Scarman Trust Manchester website, where they have put a YouTube™ link on their page to a video I did at the recent City of Manchester Stadium conference.