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AN application has been submitted for the demolition of a garage and building of a single storey side extension and part single part two storey extension to the rear of a property at 7 Grange Avenue in Rawtenstall. An application has also been submitted for the construction of a single storey and rear extension at 22 Grange Avenue.
ROSSENDALE’S Relay for Life presentation night will be held on Saturday, September 10, at Rossendale Rugby Club, on Newchurch Road in Rawtenstall, from 7.30pm.
The theme of the event will be race night and will include a pie and peas supper. Tickets are £5 and under 11s go free with an accompanying adult. All proceeds from the event go to Cancer Research UK. For more information or to book tickets contact any of the committee members or call Jacqui Kemp on 07872 348363.
ROSSENDALE Rays Special Needs Swimming Club will be hosting family fun special needs swimming sessions every Sunday at Marl Pits from 3.30pm. New visitors are welcome for a taster session.
THE Village Wool shop on Burnley Road in Crawshawbooth will be holding lessons in crocheting and knitting. Knitting lessons will be held on Saturday, September 3 and 10. For more information call 01706 222116.
GOODSHAW Band has a training band which meets on Monday evenings at 6.30pm at the band room below Rakefoot Methodist Church.
The band are encouraging children and families, and also professional people looking for a hobby, to make contact with the band.
For more information or enquiries about the band’s music training programme, please call Keith Harrison on 01254 677936 or email info@keithharrison ents.com. A COOK at a Rawtenstall care home has made it through to the finals of a national cookery competition.
Suzanne Corless, a local caterer at Heightside House on Newchurch Road, has made it through to the finals of the Premier Foods Dysphagia Chef of the Year Competition on September 1.
Dysphagia is the medical term for swallowing difficulties and affects roughly 8 per cent of the world’s population.
While it can affect individuals of all ages, it is estimated that approximately 60-75 per cent of people in care homes and 22 per cent of the world’s population over the age of 55 years are affected by dysphagia and require a puréed diet.
Suzanne, who will be one of five finalists competing said: “Patients at Heightside House have many varied dietary needs, including ●● Suzanne Corless, caterer at Heightside Nursing Home in Rawtenstall, and her steak and onion steamed pudding dysphagia, and our emphasis is on providing a delicious and nutritious menu to cater for all.”
In its mission to reappraise catering solutions for healthcare caterers, Premier Foods (makers of Bisto, Homepride and Ambrosia) launched the ●● The Rossendale Hospice ‘penny pinching’ boxes first ever ‘Dysphagia Chef of the Year Competition’ this year to test the culinary skills and creativity of chefs and caterers working in this specialist area.
The competition tasked them to develop two recipes, one main and one dessert, suitable for a dysphagia sufferer using at least one Premier Foodservice product.
Recipes had to meet specific requirements based on current UK standards developed by the National Patient Safety Agency, and two courses for one diner had to cost no more than £5.
Suzanne added: “I am delighted that the Premier Foods Dysphagia Chef of the Year Competition is highlighting the importance of this in our industry and I am thrilled to be a finalist.”
Suzanne was due to create her Steak and Onion Steamed Pudding at the live final on Thursday, September 1 at Premier Foods’ headquarters in Hertfordshire.
The five finalists will be competing for a chance to win £1,000 worth of kitchen equipment for their workplace.