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WHAT
IS PRIORY VIEW COMMUNITY TOOL HIRE COMPANY?
They're
a low-cost, community based, tool hire company which offers a wide
range of high quality DIY, gardening and home decorating tools.
Residents of the Windmill Hill Estate benefit from the service which
also works with other local groups to reclaim wasteland in the area.
On
Monday, 28th April 2003 - 150 people came along to an Open Day in
the Windmill Hill Community Centre. It was a day long opportunity
to find out what activities are available at the centre including
the Pensioners Club, and Mums 4 Mums, a support group for local
parents who are at the moment busy organising their summer activities
list.
ACTIVITIES
AVAILABLE IN THE AREA - call for more details of how to get
involved. 01928 588528 - there's more information about how to get
in touch below.
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A
family affair. Joe Orme, his wife Trish and their two children
work hard to make the community tool hire company a success.
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These
three ladies work very hard to give older people in the community
a good time at the weekly social - there's lunch, good conversation
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Mums
4 Mums - Meet every Thursday morning between 9.30 and 11.30.
Share stories, experiences of motherhood, make new friends.
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Sue
Edwards and friends! Sue helped organise the Open Day with BBC
Radio Merseyside and the local landlord Liverpool Housing Trust.
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| Tony
Snell interviews Joe Orme |
HOW
CAN YOU HELP THE COMMUNITY TOOL HIRE COMPANY?
Take a look at the list of tools below. It's their wish list! Can
you help to provide these vital tools? Ranging from carpet cleaners,
tree pruners, petrol mowers, tile cutters, multi purpose ladders,
cable reels, concrete mixers and floor sanders.
Click
here to see full list
Listen to Tony Snell speaking
to Joe Orme
They also need volunteers. Can you paint and decorate? Do you have
a clean driving licence? Is gardening your forte? Can you spare
a few hours a week to help others in this community?
You can write to them at their offices at the Old Police Station,
Mersey Road, Runcorn, WA7 1DF Telephone: 01928 588528 They're open
Monday to Friday 9.30am to 3pm. You can also find out more from
the "A Team" here at BBC Radio Merseyside at (0151) 794
0984.. or email them ateam@bbc.co.uk.
Hear
regular updates on the Tony Snell Programme which is broadcast between
8.30am and 11am each weekday morning.
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