Month: March 2012

Wisbech Town Team and the Portas Initiative

17:50 Thursday 1st March 2012
Drive BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

CHRIS MANN: Business people and town councillors in Wisbech, despairing at what they see as its decline, have launched a regeneration intitiative called Wisbech Town Team. It’s bidding for Government money to give the market square and town centre a boost. The Chairman of Fenland Chamber of Commerce, Jaqui Fairfax joined me earlier and got it going. (TAPE)
JAQUI FAIRFAX: The Wisbech Town Team are a group of residents, traders and landlords, members of the public, who have just come together to try and improve Wisbech Town Centre, and Wisbech in general.
CHRIS MANN: What’s wrong with it at the moment? Continue reading “Wisbech Town Team and the Portas Initiative”

WaterAid Peterborough

08:22 Thursday 1st March 2012
Peterborough Breakfast Show
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

PAUL STAINTON: How much water have you already used this morning? .. Well we are the lucky ones, because 884 million people in the world this morning do not have access to safe water. That’s roughly one in eight of the world’s population. The charity WaterAid tries to raise funds to lower that number, and it’s now setting up a branch in Peterborough. Victoria Rose is the Community Fundraising Manager for WaterAid. Good morning Victoria.
VICTORIA ROUSE: Good morning Paul.
PAUL STAINTON: It’s a frightening statistic, isn’t it? Things that we take for granted. Continue reading “WaterAid Peterborough”