All About Magazine - Issue 17

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News in Brief
A selection of local news snippets.
More news stories can be found
online at allaboutnewport.co.uk.
Edgmond Village Hall
Raised £927 for the upkeep of the village hall. A big
thank you to everyone that attended.
Lilleshall Monumental 10k
Newport & District Running Club proudly present
the Lilleshall Monumental 10k to be held on Sunday
17 April 2016 – Fun Run starts at 10.15am;
10K race starts at 11.00am. Prizes and refreshments
available. This year’s event will be chip-timed for
further information regarding the race visit
Celebrating
Sarah and Tosh Morase, recently celebrated their
10th Anniversary running the Wheatsheaf Pub at
Chetwynd Aston. May you have many more.
New Parlour
Shampoochi, in St. Mary’s Street, Newport should
be opening their doors to this new dog grooming
parlour, early February.
Newport’s Nova FMNeeds You!!!
Newport’s community radio station Nova FM is
looking to raise funds using Crowd Funding. This
project aims to raise £5000.00 for essential day to
day running costs which include rent, insurance,
licenses to play music (PPL and PRS), equipment
repairs and more.
Read the full story, watch the video and decide
how much you might wish to pledge. What are
the rewards for those who pledge, well there are
various from a mention on our website to being a
sponsor of a programme.
For those people who would be interested in
pledging money to Nova FM, just visit www.
Newport to benefit from Pride In Your
High Street fund
Telford & Wrekin Council is set to award 21
projects a share of its £1m grant fund to help
boost business and attract more people to the
high streets in nine key areas of the borough.
The fund is split into different pots - £800,000
for applications to the Revitalise Fund aimed at
increasing the prosperity of specified High Streets
and Local Centres and a £200,000 Innovation Fund
for new activities and cultural events.
Revitalise Fund: • Newport Town Team –
Innovation & Enterprise Centre. Encouraging
start ups, developing tourism offer, renovation of
derelict Toll House building: £88,500, • Good2Great
business support package for retail traders in
Newport: up to £11,500.
Innovation Fund: • Newport Town Team –
An Eventful Town collaborative projects for
community and voluntary groups: £20,000.
New Chairs
New charis are starting to appear at The Barley in
Newport, nice and comfy.
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