SARA Table Sale & Poppy Appeal Raffle

Our October Table Sale, as with previous years was our focus for a raffle to raise funds for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal. The table sale was very well attended and the SARA stall also sold books in aid of the SARA Youth Recognition Awards. Total funds raised from the Raffle were £288!

The raffle winners were as follows:-

1. One month gym membership - L.A. Fitness (Rose Lane) Ticket 43 Blue - Joan (Post Office)
2. Famous Grouse whisky - Bargain Booze Ticket 2 Red - Dot Caples
3. Full Valet - Nissan Liverpool Ticket 44 Red - Tel No. Provided
4. Meal for 2 - Steve’s Chippy Ticket 53 Blue - Diane
5. Dad & Lad Haircut - Iain’s Barbershop Ticket 20 Blue - Tony Mc
6. Dad & Lad Haircut - Iain’s Barbershop Ticket 176 Red - Marion
7. Five Star car wash - Top Gear Hand Car Wash Ticket 157 Red - Dot Blacklee
8. Car wash & Vacuum - Renault Liverpool Ticket 80 Blue - Flo Hughes
9. Cirque du Soleil “Love” Goody Bag - Ken Devine Ticket 19 Blue - Tony Mc
10. Matrix Shampoo & Conditioner - Salon One Ticket 131 Red - Stan
11. Two, Seven day gym passes - David Lloyd Ticket 5 Blue - J Chapman
12. Single Malt Whisky - R Monaghan Ticket 42 Red - Tel No. Provided
13. Baileys - R Monaghan Ticket 145 Red - Linda (History)

A special thanks to all who bought tickets and donated the generous raffle prizes!

SARA Youth Recognition Awards

We received one application for ahead of our 31st September closing date for the SARA Youth Recognition Awards. The application was from a local youngster who SARA has previously helped with her fundraising to compete at international level in trampolining.

Sophie Singleton will shortly be travelling to Russia to compete for Great Britain. The Youth Recognition Awards panel were delighted to be able to award the maximum amount of £200 towards Sophie's fundraising.

Good Luck Sophie!

Sudley Cinema Club - Bewitched

A producer remaking the classic sitcom "Bewitched" unknowingly casts an actual witch for the lead role!Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell headline this hilarious romantic comedy based on the beloved sitcom starring Elizabeth Montgomery.

Day Trip to Mold & Llandudno

Mold & Llandudno are also two of our favourite locations for day trips. We combined the two today and a coach of very happy residents travelled for a day of shopping and sightseeing.

Sudley Cinema Club - Lilies of the Field

Sidney Poitier won an Academy Award for best actor for his standout performance in this modest, beautiful 1963 film. Lilies of the field is directed tenderly and with restraint by Ralph Nelson from a light-handed yet deeply effective screenplay by James Poe, based on a novel by William E. Barrett. Poitier plays the role of Homer Smith, a journeyman labourer, who is roaming the countryside, drifting and working. One day he stops at a farm encountering five impoverished nuns. Lilia Skala is formidable and endearing as Mother Maria, the highest-ranking sister, who is convinced that God has answered her prayers and sent Homer to fix the roof. Staying and working in the peaceful calm of the Arizona desert, Homer learns more from the nuns than he ever could have anticipated.

Day Trip to Morecambe

This morning a happy coach of residents set off for a day in Morecambe.

SARA Coffee Morning & Recruitment

This morning, SARA held its annual coffee morning and recruitment session to showcase new classes for the Autumn. The morning wasn't as well attended as previous years but we are hopeful that recruitment of classes will be sufficient for all to commence week beginning Monday 14th September 2009. For further details, please contact SARA on 0151 726 0805.

Sudley Cinema Club - Becoming Jane

Jane Austen lit up the world with her words, wit and wisdom. But her life, too, was stoked by passion and romance. In Becoming Jane Anne Hathaway is Jane Austen, a woman who believes in Love but is destined, via her parents wishes, to marry for money. But then Jane meets the dashing young Irishman, Tom Lefroy (James McAvoy). His intellect and arrogance ignite Jane's curiosity and her world spins head over heels! In Becoming Jane a young lady, on the first rung of literary greatness, risks a romance that was to shape her life and her work!

Day Trip to Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury was our latest day trip destination and with a coach full of residents we set off for a day in Shropshire. The town centre is packed with timber-framed black & white buildings, steep narrow streets and alleyways. In fact it boasts over 600 listed buildings including the Castle, now a regimental museum and the world-famous Shrewsbury Abbey, home of the fictional Brother Cadfael. The River Severn forms a loop around the town centre offering gentle riverside walks or you can enjoy a trip on the new pleasure boat Sabrina.

Sudley Cinema Club - Some Like it Hot

Our film tonight was the Oscar winning "Some Like it Hot". As well as being acknowledged as one of Marilyn Monroe's finest performances, Some Like It Hot is a comedy which presents sharp satire and zany slapstick from acting talents led by Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon. It's Billy Wilder's film as much as anything else, as the comic genius manages to offer plenty of laughs in this cross-dressing classic. Some Like It Hot bridges a gap between traditional Hollywood screwball comedies and the dawning of a saucier, more permissive era. For Monroe it's her sexiest and funniest role. As well as looking great, she shows natural comedy talent while Curtis and Lemmon have rarely bettered their performances. From the opening scene to the classic closing line of "nobody's perfect", this film is an absolute joy.

Day Trip to Trentham Gardens

This morning a coach of 41 travelled to Trentham Gardens, the weather was kind considering the mixed bag we're currently experiencing! It was unfortunate however that some areas that were previously free now had admission charges.

Health & Wellbeing Day at SARA Hall

SARA, in association with Kelton Park Residents' Association and Contour Homes are hosting a Health & Wellbeing Day at SARA Hall on Saturday 30th May 2009. The day will begin with a number of Market Stalls in SARA Hall between 11am and 1pm, these will have information on health provision in the area, along with details of Active City, The Million Pound Challenge, The Libraries Service, Silver Surfers and a whole host of what's available in the local area. Our resident holistic therapists Ann and Anita will be on hand as will our neighbourhood policing team. Refreshments will be sold in aid of the SARA Youth Recognition Awards.

After lunch, there will be a number of demonstrations in SARA Hall. 2pm - Yoga, 2:30pm - Tai Chi, 3pm - Hip Hop Dancing and 3:30pm - Belly Dancing.

The whole event is free and all are welcome to attend.

Sudley Cinema Night - Chicago

Tonight we screened the musical Chicago. Sexy stars Catherine Zeta-Jones and Renee Zellweger heat up the screen with Hollywood favourite Richard Gere in a dazzling spectacle that glides between the intrigue of rivalry and betrayal to sensational fantasies of music and dance!

Annual General Meeting of Sudley Area Residents' Association

Following our Passport to Liverpool, we held the AGM of SARA.

The AGM report can be downloaded from the link below:-

http://www.sudley.org.uk/SARA Annual Report 2008-09.pdf

The following Trustees had indicated their willingness to stand for re-election and were voted in en bloc: Brenda Brown, Ray Brown, Jean Browne, Dot Caples, Edna Charnock, Barbara Fielding, Carol Hemmings, Steven Kearney, Eileen Rich and Peter Urmston.

Nominations for the Officer posts were as follows:

Chairman: Steven Kearney
Secretary: Dot Caples
Treasurer: Ray Brown

All three officers were elected unopposed.

Residents had an opportunity to address questions to SARA as well as to the Police and the local Councillors. No questions were raised but there were a couple of contributions from the floor praising and thanking the Trustees for the efficient manner in which the association is run.

Passport to Liverpool

As part of Adult Learners' Week, we held a special screening of the film "Passport to Liverpool". The event was sponsored by the Workers' Educational Association and included a Q&A session with Dave Cotterill.

Passport to Liverpool is a 50 minute film with an interesting take on what is unique about Liverpool and its people. Using interviews with ex Dockers, ex seafarers, academics, retired street traders and Joe public, it explores various the characteristics that have contributed to forming Liverpool’s identity. A strand running through the film is the river pilot John Curry bringing an ACL container ship into Gladstone Dock. The film keeps cutting back to observe its progress and it brings home to the audience the highly dangerous waterway that is the River Mersey and highlights the skills needed to navigate it. Given the city’s history as a major seaport second only to London at one point in its history, it is surprising to know that it is such a difficult place to berth.

We were particularly pleased to have one of the film’s producers, Dave Cotterill, with us who, for half an hour, took questions from the floor. The reaction to the film was very positive and discussion could certainly have gone on a lot longer.

Miniature Gardens at Sudley Infant School

Children from Robins, Woodpeckers and Sparrows have been working very hard to design and create miniature gardens to bring into school. I was asked to come along to school this afternoon and pick a winning garden out of each of the three classes. The garden designs were excellent, clearly a lot of thought and creativity had gone into each and every one which made it all that more difficult to pick three winners! A special assembly was held and each of the winners were presented with a mini gardening kit and certificate. Everyone who brought a miniature garden in will also receive a certificate.

Refurbished Tearoom at Sudley House

The tearoom has now reopened at Sudley House with an extensive new menu and a larger seating area. It is located on the ground floor and is open 10am - 4.45pm daily. The new menu includes sandwiches, soups, 'posh pies' and homemade cakes.

A selection of hot and cold drinks, including cappuccinos and other artisan coffees is also available.

SARA Cinema Night - Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Tonight we screened the much awaited "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day", A sophisticated and heartfelt comedy. In the 1939-set romantic tale, Miss Guinevere Pettigrew (Frances McDormand), a middle-aged London governess, finds herself unfairly dismissed from her job. An attempt to gain new employment catapults her into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse (Amy Adams). Within minutes, Miss Pettigrew finds herself swept into a heady high-society milieu ' and, by the end of the day, discovers her own romantic destiny. A great film enjoyed by 43 residents.

Community Crime Fighters in Liverpool

A new Home Office initiative arrived in Liverpool today when 150+ local community activists were invited to attend a Community Crime Fighters Conference at a city centre hotel. The day of activities was introduced by Roger Philips from Radio Merseyside with keynote speakers, Assistant Chief Constable Helen King and Director General of Neighbourhood Crime and Justice Louise Casey.

Various workshops in Anti-social behaviour, total policing, local council and the justice system. There were also market stalls from various agencies with information from Neighbourhood Management, the CPS, the Probation Service, Witness/Victim Support and the Magistrates Service.

I was asked to attend as representative of SARA and also in my capacity as Key Individual Network Member for Merseyside Police, the event was well managed, with very positive keynote speeches and interesting workshops. It is hoped that a follow-up event will take place later in the year. For further details, please visit http://www.communitycrimefighters.org.uk/

SARA Table Sale

Today we held our monthly table sale at SARA Hall. At 10:30am there was quite a crowd waiting outside our new accessible door, the morning was a great success raising £26 from the sale of books and videos for our Youth Recognition Awards and £29.70 from the SARA "Bric-a-brac" stall.

SARA Access for All Project - Phase 1 Completion

After months of planning and fundraising, phase one of our access project is now complete. The level access door for SARA Hall is located on the side of the building in Milner Road. This will be our main entrance for fundraising events, social evenings, table sales and cinema nights. For regular sessions, the door will be available to use but must be opened from inside.

SARA Day Trip to Bury Market

Today was our first day trip of 2009. A coach of local residents travelled from SARA Hall to Bury Market. The weather forecast for the day wasn't great but apart from a bit of rain while on the coach, the weather was dry. Bury Market has been voted a "Top Ten UK food market". It is a popular destination and has gained the reputation of 'Bury's World Famous Market' from the many customers all over the world who keep coming back to visit. A raffle was held on board the coach and raised £45 for the SARA Youth Recognition Awards.

New independent classes at SARA Hall

BELLY DANCING FOR FUN AND FITNESS
Want to burn fat, build lean muscle and really improve your confidence levels? Then come along to the new Belly Dancing for Beginners class, each Tuesday evening (starting 21st April 2009) from 8pm until 9pm.

Each session costs just £4. Class tutor Kathy welcomes women aged 16 and over, whatever their shape or size - all you need to bring is a yoga mat or a blanket and a bottle of water. Wear something comfortable, such as a t-shirt and leggings or tracksuit bottoms (after a few lessons you'll be wearing a jingly belt and a swirly skirt!!). For further details, please call SARA Hall on 0151 726 0805.

MUSIC FOR PLEASURE
The ever popular Music for Pleasure class will resume for ten weeks on Wednesday 29th April 10.30am - 12.30pm before it takes a break for the summer. Betty Roberts, former Principal Cellist with R.L.P.O. will widen your musical horizons with background knowledge of composers, their music and the performing artists.

The programmes are carefully chosen and varied to suit most musical tastes and will include orchestral music, ballet, opera and lighter music. No musical knowledge is required.

Fee is £40 for the 10 week course. For further details, please call the SARA Answerphone on 0151 726 0805

KARATE FOR ADULTS
Following the success of the Junior Karate (Monday and Thursday 5:30‐6:30pm), Karate Instructor John Oʼeill is introducing Shotokan (KUGB) Karate for Adults.

The class starts on Monday, 20th April 2009 6:30 –7:30pm at a cost of £4 per session.
All are welcome regardless of experience. Karate is an excellent way of staying in shape as well as getting rid of the stresses of daily life and is a useful form of self defence.
For further details, please contact John OʼNeill on 07590 309462.

New WEA classes at SARA Hall

WEA Classes - Week commencing 20th April 2009

PAINTING AND DRAWING FOR ALL

Tutor: Gordon Brown
10 meetings on MONDAYS 1.45 - 3.45 pm
Starts 20th April 2009

CAKE DECORATION

Tutor: Julia Taylor
10 meetings TUESDAYS 10.00 - 12.00 noon
Starts 21st April 2009

ACRYLIC PAINTING

Tutor: Steven Strode
10 meetings on THURSDAYS 2.30-4.30 pm
Starts 23rd April 2009

LOCAL HISTORY

Tutor: Heather Butler
10 meetings on FRIDAYS 1.30 - 3.30 pm
Starts 24th April 2009

PLEASE NOTE these courses are Key Skills Communication Level 1 courses and as such students will be required to produce a short portfolio of their work. The courses are FREE. To join a class just turn up on the day. For further information on content contact the WEA on 0151 243 5340

MARIE CURIE DAFFODIL FIELD OF HOPE WALK 2009

Marie Curie Cancer Care invites you to sign up to take part in the charityʼs annual Liverpool Daffodil Field of Hope Walk which will take place on Sunday April 5 this year.



This popular circular walk will begin at the Sunflower Centre, next door to the Marie Curie Hospice, in Woolton village. Walkers will follow a scenic route through the parks and woodlands of south Liverpool, taking in the beautiful daffodil Fields of Hope in Sefton Park, Clarkes Gardens and Mossley Hill which will all be in full bloom.

The walk is approximately 10 miles and will take about 3-4 hours to complete, depending on your pace. For those less energetic, there is the option to finish the walk in Sefton Park after five miles.

Refreshments will be available for all those returning to the Sunflower Centre. To receive a registration form call 0151 801 1412.

Money raised from events is used to support the Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool which provides specialist medical and nursing care, with the expert help of multi-disciplined healthcare professionals, to 3,500 local cancer patients each year. This care is provided through In-patient, Out-patient and Day Care services, and a more recently developed community outreach service, giving more people affected by cancer access to Marie Curie Services. Marie Curie Cancer Care focuses on providing the best possible quality of life for people with cancer and all services are provided free of charge to patients and their families.