A growing North West-based children’s charity with big plans to expand its services UK-wide is seeking Directors and Trustees from the Business sector.

If you are looking for a new challenge and to ‘give something back to the community’, why not see how your skills could help Chamber member Legacy Rainbow House to develop its services and improve its performance.

The Legacy Rainbow House specialises in providing services for children with brain injuries, disabilities and life limiting conditions. We are currently creating and implementing new innovative services to meet the needs of children, young people and other families, through rehabilitation, therapy, education and recreation, built on a philosophy known as Conductive Education.

If you have skills or contacts that could benefit our charity please get in touch.  We are seeking advisors in the areas of business management, finance, health & medicine, human resources, education, sport, law, marketing and more.  The commitment is not onerous as Directors meet only four times a year.

For information on becoming a Director contact Tracy Daglish on 01704 823276 or email t.daglish@thelegacy-rainbowhouse.com or visit our website, www.thelegacy-rainbowhouse

Public Access Workshop classes
from 13th February 2010 

Free taster session
Monday 8th February
6pm

• Do you ever visit the theatre and think ‘I wish I could do that’?
• Would you like to speak with more confidence in public?
• Do your inhibitions ever hold you back?

If you answer ‘yes’ to any of these questions, then the new season of workshops
from Lodestar Theatre Company, the producers of The Liverpool Shakespeare Festival are for you.

Acting for Everyone
Tuesdays from 16th February 6pm – 8pm

No experience necessary – all you need is a passion for performance. You will learn how  to build a character,  take control of your body and voice and develop your own ‘method’. Along the way you will receive regular,  in-depth feedback, advice and direction from Lodestar’s key creative team.

Shakespeare for Everyone
Mondays from 15th February 6pm – 8pm

If you would like to develop your confidence, improve your speaking-voice or simply learn more about  Shakespeare  then  this course  is  for  you. Using entirely practical methods you can learn how verse works, how to approach it in performance and a whole  range  of  practical  techniques  designed  to make  performing  Shakespeare  easy and fun.

Impro’ for Everyone
Saturdays from 13th February 11am – 1pm

This class is for anyone who would like to lose their inhibitions, be more spontaneous or  improve  their confidence  in an entirely  fear-free environment.  Starting with  the simplest games, you will quickly and effortlessly develop your  skills until before you know it, you will be improvising the blues, inventing terrible jokes – which get laughs!

Any single session £15
Ten sessions (one course) for £125 (£12.50 / session)
Twenty sessions (two courses) £200 (£10.00 / session)
Thirty sessions (all three courses) for £250 (£7.50 / session)

Places limited to 20 per session.

All sessions will be held at the Contemporary Urban Centre, Liverpool.

To take part please email learning@lodestartheatrecompany.co.uk  or call CUC Box Office 0151 7083529

Tuesday 16 February 2010
1730h for 1800h
European Suite, Anfield Stadium
Anfield Road, Liverpool L4 0TH

You are invited to the launch of the 2010 World Corporate Cup Of Soccer, to be held at Anfield.

An exceptional event in business life, sport and tourism, the cup, hosted by Liverpool Football Club, brings teams together from across the world.

The oficial party will be joined by the founder of Worldwide Corporate Sport Community and representatives of Liverpool’s leading businesses and institutions.

Invitations are limited so be sure to RSVP by Wednesday 10 Feb to (Tel) 01733 380 888 or (E) invite@worldcorporatecup.com
Drinks & Canapés
Dress-Smart Business

Married couples are being invited to renew their vows at a special Valentine’s Day service at Liverpool Cathedral.

As St. Valentine’s Day 2010 falls on a Sunday, the Cathedral has organised an intimate service at 5.30pm. Couples can renew their vows in the intimate setting of the Lady Chapel, which is often used for weddings. They can then opt for a special candle-lit dinner prepared especially for them.  

The service, taken by the Dean of Liverpool Cathedral, and with specially chosen music, will be one of celebration to give thanks for marriage, and it will also be an opportunity for couples to recommit to each other.

After the service, couples will have the option to wander through the ‘Icons in Transformation’ exhibition (as the Cathedral will be closed to the public) before going to the Western Rooms for a candle-lit Valentine’s Day Supper, which begins at 6.30pm. Couples opting for the meal will also receive a personalised home made heart cake to take away.

Dean Justin Welby, who will be leading the service said, “Perhaps to some people, religion and the romance associated with Valentine’s Day are not obviously linked. However, Liverpool Cathedral is hoping to change that. On St Valentine’s Day, there will be a short service to renew the promises and hopes of marriage, simply and without embarrassment. There will be beautiful music, a wonderful setting - the Cathedral’s Lady Chapel - and moving words. There is also an option to continue the celebrations with a candle-lit dinner. This is unique event, not to be missed.”

To register for the Service of Celebration for Valentine’s Day, please contact Clare Kerrigan on 0151 702 7220 clare.kerrigan@liverpoolcathedral.org.uk�
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To book a meal and see the full menu (£25 per couple) please see www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk

‘Tell us what you love about your City’ – Liverpool Shanghai Photo Mission

If you had a chance to show millions of people ‘your city of Liverpool’ what would you show them?

English Heritage are inviting people living in or around Liverpool to enter a photo competition where the winning images and ideas will be shown at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai. You don’t have to be a fantastic photographer or have any experience at all! You don’t even have to have a camera! It’s for anyone with an idea of what represents their city. This is for anyone over the age of 8 – right up to 108!

You can enter in a number of ways; you can send us one digital image of something that for you represents the city, you can e-mail us up to 100 words telling us what is most important to you about the city or you can write a letter to us telling us what you think is most important about your city.

A specially formed group of people from local creative organisations will choose 10 people’s ideas from the entries. Those 10 people will be invited to work with professional digital storytellers to create short digital pieces including images and voice recordings to represent ‘their city of Liverpool’.

The finished 10 pieces will be shown in the Liverpool pavilion at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai. Liverpool is the only city in the UK to be represented at the World Expo 2010 later this year and many millions of people – mostly families – will attend the show during the 6 months that it is being held.

What do you do next if you would like to enter the competition?

Think about how you would represent Liverpool in photos.

Either; choose one image which for you represents ‘your Liverpool’ or write down not more than 100 words about what is most important to you about the city.

E-mail your digital photo or your 100 words to; liverpoolshanghaicompetition@english-heritage.org.uk  

If you would prefer to write your 100 words in a letter, please send it to:

Louise O’Brien
Historic Environment of Liverpool Programme Manager
Planning and Building Control
Liverpool City Council
Millennium House
Victoria Street
Liverpool
L1 6JF

This competition is open to anyone over the age of 8. If you are under 18 and you win one of the places in the workshops you will need the permission of your parent or carer to take part and you will also need to be accompanied by an adult at the workshop sessions.  

The closing date for this competition is Monday 22nd February 2010. The 10 winners will be chosen by the 26th February 2010. The workshop sessions for the winners will take place in the first week of March 2010.

The decisions of the panel as to who will win the 10 places at the workshop will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.

Chamber charity member W.I.R.E.D are looking for a business development manager: 

Business Development Manager

Salary range for the post is £32,000 to £38,000 dependent on skills and experience.

Inclusive Access UK Ltd was formed in 1998 as the W.I.R.E.D. trading arm and is a leading social business providing advice, consultancy and training in a range of areas.  We have recently become an accredited learning centre for City & Guilds Qualifications and are expanding our workforce to take full advantage of this exciting development. 

Do you enjoy working in a busy, challenging environment?  Do you have experience in developing new business leads and increasing sales, particularly in the training, advice and consultancy fields?

Closing date for applications is 12 noon 18th February 2010

To apply you must complete an Inclusive Access Application Form.�
CV’s will not be accepted.

Please visit the following website for full person specification, application form download and competencies framework http://www.wired.me.uk/jobs.html

Interviews will take place Tuesday 2nd March 2010

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Peel Holdings recently submitted an outline planning application to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council for their Wirral Waters scheme.

Wirral Waters is a major mixed use development on the cleared site adjacent to East Float, Dock Road Seacombe. The application seeks permission for:

    * 422,752 sq m of office space
    * 13,521 residential units
    * 100,00 sq m of cultural, education, leisure, community and amenity space
    * 60,000 sq m of retail and food uses
    * 38,00 sq m of hotel and conference facilities
    * A further 485,000 sq m of space within any of the above classes
    * Associated parking, landscaping, public space and infrastructure

Further details are available the Wirral Waters website or from Wirral MBC (Application number OUT/09/06509)

Peel Holdings are also progressing proposals for Liverpool Waters – a similar major mixed use scheme of approximately 60 hectares along the North Liverpool Docks.

Liverpool City Council has asked the Chamber for views on the Wirral Waters scheme. We will be responding to both Liverpool City Council and Wirral MBC, and are therefore very keen to hear views from members.

For any comments, please contact Esther Sumner in the Policy Department – esther.sumner@liverpoolchamber.org.uk or 0151 227 1234 x2236. You may also submit comments directly to Wirral MBC.

Chamber member Liverpool Lighthouse, the UK’s first dedicated Urban Gospel Arts Centre, would like to let you know about an upcoming concert they will be hosting:

Love Uganda

Featuring the colourful and energetic harmonious sounds of: Watoto Children’s Choir, Wesley College Dublin Choir & All Saints Children’s Choir.

Venue: Liverpool Lighthouse, Anfield;
Friday, 12th February, 7pm; £4(Adult) £2(Child)

Tickets available from: Liverpool Lighthouse (0151 476 2342) www.liverpoollighthouse.com; Liverpool Cathedral Bookshop (0151 702 7255); Pauline Books & Media (0151 709 1328)

The Merseyside branch of the Chartered Institute of Marketing is inviting Chamber members to come along to its next event in Liverpool, which takes place this Thursday, 4th February at the Liverpool University Management School.

The event on Loyalty Marketing features guest speaker, Richard Dutton, the man who brought you the 08 card - the exclusive membership card for Liverpool’s Capital of Culture. Richard is also responsible for the merging of this card with the LIVEONE20 membership card - the smart access to city life – and has rebranded the 08 card as the 08 VIP card.

Whilst at Livesmart, Richard oversaw the launch of four card schemes including the first contactless smart visitor city card in the world - Yourticketfor Liverpool - which is still the official visitor card for Liverpool.

Come along to the event to hear about how these loyalty schemes, and many others, were generated and the infrastructure to support them.

Chamber members are eligible for discounted rates, click here for more information and booking for this event on the CIM website or see below:

Event details
Thursday 4th February 2010
18.00 Registration
19:00 Start
20:00 Close

Venue
University of Liverpool
Management School
Chatham Street
Liverpool
L69 7ZH

Price
CIM Members £ FREE
Non CIM students £4.90
Non Members £25.00

The Department of Energy & Climate Change administers applications from developers seeking consent to build national energy infrastructure projects. This includes power stations, onshore and offshore renewables, overhead power lines, onshore underground gas storage and onshore pipelines. They also manage compulsory access arrangements through wayleaves and compulsory purchase orders (CPOs).

Important regulatory changes are being introduced from 1 March 2010:

Due to legislative changes introduced under the Planning Act 2008 the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) will take over responsibility for processing new consent applications for the following nationally significant infrastructure energy projects from 1 March 2010 (consent applications received by DECC before 1 March 2010 will remain with DECC until a decision has been taken):

• Electricity generating stations generating more than 50 megawatts onshore and 100* megawatts offshore
• Electricity lines at or above 132 Kilovolts
• Certain nationally significant gas infrastructure (see the Communities and Local Government: Planning Act 2008[external Link] web page for details)
• Cross country oil and gas pipelines at or above the threshold of 16.093 kilometres/10 miles in length and certain licensed gas transporter pipelines

As a consequence of these regulatory changes developers will in future have to submit applications to the IPC under the Planning Act which replace the provisions of existing legislation.

More details can be found on the DECC website here