Pensioners at a Teesside care home have become firm friends with pre-schoolers through an experiment that brings the age groups together. Inspired by the popular Channel 4 TV programme Old People's Home for Four-Year-Olds, the weekly visits have brought youngsters together with elderly residents of Sand Banks Care Centre in Redcar . The 'Bridging the Gap' the sees 10 children and their parents matched with 10 older residents to take part in playing puzzles, craft activities and dancing in a bid to discover what the very old and very young can learn from one another. One of those taking part in the project is 98-year-old Margaret Dalgleish, who described her regular meetings with three-year-old Pixie Joel as "a breath of fresh air". "It has made me feel young again," she said. "I love telling my family all about the children and lovely afternoons we share." Sand Banks Care Centre opens doors to toddlers View gallery The 77-bed Sand Banks, was chosen to take part in the … [Read more...] about Channel 4 TV show inspires care home to open doors to toddlers
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Long exit opens door for Maguire
Long exit opens door for Maguire Independent.ie Seán Maguire is in pole position for his first competitive start for Ireland after Shane Long was forced to withdraw from the Euro 2020 double-header with Gibraltar and Georgia. https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/international-soccer/long-exit-opens-door-for-maguire-37932325.html https://www.independent.ie/incoming/article37932257.ece/b4ca6/AUTOCROP/h342/1668692.jpg Email Seán Maguire is in pole position for his first competitive start for Ireland after Shane Long was forced to withdraw from the Euro 2020 double-header with Gibraltar and Georgia. A groin problem has ruled the Southampton player out of the equation with Millwall's Aiden O'Brien taking his place in the 23-man squad that will fly to Gibraltar tomorrow. O'Brien is the only striker available to McCarthy that has scored a goal at international level - his header in last September's friendly with Poland. The other options are Maguire, David McGoldrick … [Read more...] about Long exit opens door for Maguire
‘Opening Doors’ for performers in Mid & East Antrim
All across Mid and East Antrim people have been making new music and art together as part of ‘Opening Doors’. On Saturday, March 9, at 7.30pm in the MacNeill Theatre Larne local performers the Whitehead Orchestra, Island Voices and MusicYard Larne will come together with soloists and members of the Inter-Ethnic Forum in a celebration of all of their creative work.The performance will feature the premier of a new work called Opening Doors by composer Sarah Murphy and librettist Colin Hassard alongside the premieres of newsongs written by young people and a soundscape composed by Feargus Murphy. All of the works are inspired by words and music gathered over the past year by Wall2Wall Music from people across Ballymena, Carrick and Larne.The evening will be full of local flavour with references to Slemish, the Rhinka and the Black Arch.Rosalind Lowry, Arts Development Officer for Mid and East Antrim Borough Council said: “Mid & East Antrim is a very creative … [Read more...] about ‘Opening Doors’ for performers in Mid & East Antrim
Wales an ‘open door’ for illegal tobacco
Wales 7 January 2019 Share this with Facebook Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share this with Email Share this with Facebook Share this with WhatsApp Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share Share this with These are external links and will open in a new window Email Share this with Email Facebook Share this with Facebook Messenger Share this with Messenger Messenger Share this with Messenger Twitter Share this with Twitter Pinterest Share this with Pinterest WhatsApp Share this with WhatsApp LinkedIn Share this with LinkedIn Copy this link https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-46522438 Read more about sharing. These are external links and will open in a new window Close share panel Organised criminals selling illicit cigarettes target Wales due to a lack of investment in enforcement, a senior investigator has said.Powys … [Read more...] about Wales an ‘open door’ for illegal tobacco
The changing face of Japan: labour shortage opens doors to immigrant workers
One by one, Mohammad and Munadi thread scallop shells on to thin metal rods, breaking the monotony with quiet chatter in their native Javanese. The shells will soon be used to cultivate oysters, a speciality in this region of western Japan. Neither of the men, crouching on the floor of a shed overlooking Japan’s Inland Sea, had even seen an oyster before they came to Akitsu, a tiny port town in eastern Hiroshima prefecture, in April this year. They are part of a growing foreign workforce that policymakers see as a solution to Japan’s shrinking, ageing population and a stubbornly low birthrate. Under pressure from businesses battling the tightest labour shortage in decades, Japan’s government has finally been forced to relax its tough immigration policy. Last week, the administration of prime minister Shinzo Abe approved legislation that will open the door to as many as half a million foreign workers by 2025, in what some are calling the end to Japan’s … [Read more...] about The changing face of Japan: labour shortage opens doors to immigrant workers