Becoming part of the community from the first click at Queen Ethelburgaâs Collegiate⯠The challenges of 2020 and beyond brought about a swift need for Queen Ethelburga’s Collegiate to find new and creative ways to reach out to prospective QE families looking to choose their children’s educational home. Acting Principal, Daniel Machin, shares how, as the global and national situation with COVID-19 has changed rapidly, QE has adapted and remains connected to families online through their Virtual Open Days and webinar series. Whilst nothing can replace meeting someone in person or visiting our impressive 220-acre campus in the North Yorkshire countryside to experience the facilities on offer, what we have done at QE and will continue to do as we move through 2021, is to maintain that important connection from the first virtual click with all our prospective families.
The homeless pods at Shadsworth A HOMELESS man who had been provided with a pod at Shadsworth leisure centre found himself back on the streets after being arrested for being drunk and disorderly at the facility. Blackburn magistrates heard Daniel Machin was warned by police when they first attended the homeless centre where he was causing problems for staff. He was told to stay in his pod but the police were called back shortly after and he was arrested for being drunk and disorderly. Machin, 37, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly in Shadsworth Road. He was fined £40, which was set against the time he had spent in custody, and ordered to pay victim surcharge of £32.