GOOD NEWS FOR GREENLIFE BOAT !!!

[Roger t' Bodger]

I am pleased to announce that the Leicester City Council's Riverside Ranger's project, the Geenlife Boat, was granted £46,500 towards a 'raft' of improvements for the River Soar in Leicester.

 

 

Here's the Community Cash Back press release statement :-

• The Green Lifeboat - awarded £46,500 to expand their existing project to clear up the river and canals of Leicester, removing rubbish and tackling the anti-social behaviour which leads to it through education and awareness raising. This successful scheme has already been running for 15 years but has lacked the funding to undertake widespread awareness raising and to tackle some sections of the river and canals which are worst affected and most difficult to clean.

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Here is Adrian Lane's email announcing the award;-

 

Hi everyone,

 

Just a quick note to say thank-you to all of you who voted for the GreenLife Boat project as a response to my email some time back and to let you know it has been announced today that we have been successful.

We have gained £46,500 which will be spent on boats to allow us to get into new areas and educational support items to help us spread the message to stop the problem before it occurs.

 

What we have gained is not the solution but a means to enable us to tackle areas of the problem we have never been able to address and start to solve it (much more work to do for the volunteers who are the most important element).

 

Thanks again for everyone's support.

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So whoever sat through my videos and took the trouble to vote, pat yourself on the back as you helped win nearly half of the cash available through this scheme to which 70 project applied, which is an astonishing achievement!!!!!!!!!!

 

See them in action here :- http://www.vimeo.com/6793020

 

Who says that Crime doesn't pay!

Edited October 15, 2009 by Roger t' Bodger

[Pie Eater]

Thoroughly deserved and well done

 

Steve

[soldthehouse]

I am pleased to announce that the Leicester City Council's Riverside Ranger's project, the Geenlife Boat, was granted £46,500 towards a 'raft' of improvements for the River Soar in Leicester.

 

 

Here's the Community Cash Back press release statement :-

• The Green Lifeboat - awarded £46,500 to expand their existing project to clear up the river and canals of Leicester, removing rubbish and tackling the anti-social behaviour which leads to it through education and awareness raising. This successful scheme has already been running for 15 years but has lacked the funding to undertake widespread awareness raising and to tackle some sections of the river and canals which are worst affected and most difficult to clean.

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Here is Adrian Lane's email announcing the award;-

 

Hi everyone,

 

Just a quick note to say thank-you to all of you who voted for the GreenLife Boat project as a response to my email some time back and to let you know it has been announced today that we have been successful.

We have gained £46,500 which will be spent on boats to allow us to get into new areas and educational support items to help us spread the message to stop the problem before it occurs.

 

What we have gained is not the solution but a means to enable us to tackle areas of the problem we have never been able to address and start to solve it (much more work to do for the volunteers who are the most important element).

 

Thanks again for everyone's support.

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So whoever sat through my videos and took the trouble to vote, pat yourself on the back as you helped win nearly half of the cash available through this scheme to which 70 project applied, which is an astonishing achievement!!!!!!!!!!

 

See them in action here :- http://www.vimeo.com/6793020

 

Who says that Crime doesn't pay!

Just watched it again well done

[andywatson]

Well done.

 

It's us that should be thanking you guys.

[denboy]

result

[Roger t' Bodger]

I've just spoken with an elated Adrian who said that there was £96.000 in the pot and 70 organisations bidding for it. The Greenlife boat got 530 votes and just under 50% of the funds with £46.500!

 

Thank you everyone who voted (which accounted for much of the total)

 

Can anyone work out what each vote brought in?

3 years ago by Echo Bridge where the pennywort was trying to take over

Edited October 15, 2009 by Roger t' Bodger

[Cosmic]

If 530 votes brought in £46500, that's £87.75 per vote!

 

Well done! :lol:

[Theo]

If 530 votes brought in £46500, that's £87.75 per vote!

 

Well done! :lol:

 

I am surprised that we did not get more than 530 votes. I reckon I did 40 of those myself...

 

Well, praps not quite that much, but lots anyway.

 

Fantastic result!

 

Nick

[Chagall]

Way to Go Roger!

 

Gosh!... with Carls Superman stunt, this community success, and Lady Mucks dog rescue, I reckon we should haul Canal World Forum up to the UN Summit?

 

We Have Power!!

Edited October 15, 2009 by Tanis

[carlt]

I am surprised that we did not get more than 530 votes. I reckon I did 40 of those myself...

yes I voted 3 times a day (broadband and 2 mobile accounts) so maybe you were only allowed 1 vote, after all.

 

Now Greenlife have got £46,500, they're worth suing, for my RSI.

[Roger t' Bodger]

Adrian and I thought about that, and came to the same conclusion that you only voted once. So you each raised £87.75!!!

[Roger t' Bodger]

yes I voted 3 times a day (broadband and 2 mobile accounts) so maybe you were only allowed 1 vote, after all.

 

Now Greenlife have got £46,500, they're worth suing, for my RSI.

 

 

RSI ?

[Morphyous]

RSI ?

Repetative Strain Injury ( keyboard related voting!)

 

Way to Go Roger!

 

Gosh!... with Carls Superman stunt, this community success, and Lady Mucks dog rescue, I reckon we should haul Canal World Forum up to the UN Summit?

 

We Have Power!!

I second this a great week for boating and boaters

[Tillerpin]

That's really good news - I am chuffed. Hope we get to see some pics of the work being done. Well done everyone.

[Roger t' Bodger]

RSI ?

Oh! er... sorry about that Carl. Normally every word that Adrian utters is the Truth but then again this is the world wide web and not the cut!

 

That Carl is such a nice person....

 

How does Sir Carl of Bilge Pump sound?

[maggie-y]

Thanks for the update Roger - Wonderful news.

[Roger t' Bodger]

Thanks Maggie - your photos of the trip under the Bowstring Bridge were great - I've got some good ones too I'll try and get them all onto a DVD for you.

[reg]

Congratulations Well deserved for the hard work you put in

As an Ex Leicesterite I know some of the locals like to set you a challenge at times.

Again good work

[Roger t' Bodger]

Yes those locals do like a good splash, as another shopping trolley is chucked in.

 

On the rare occassion when there is thick ice in the cut, it is interesting to see what they have found to throw at the ice to break it! I'm sure that some of the objects have been brought a considerable distance in a failed attempt to break the ice. The crap sits there until the weather warms and it then sinks to the bottom. But no more, as the Rangers and volunteers will have the resources to be raking it in and collecting it before it fouls the water.

[Roger t' Bodger]

If all of this is new to you then go here and see the first video made about the Greenlife Project.

http://www.vimeo.com/6375880