Launched today,
Cradle to Career aims to boost literacy standards, support families and create opportunities for residents for up to 20 years. The programme follows a major consultation which found that although residents are proud to live in the area they feel a lack of opportunities and jobs are holding the community back. Research found that, in Birkenhead as a whole, there are only 0.62 jobs for every person aged between 16 and 65 - the third lowest of 162 areas nationally. Around half of children in North Birkenhead live in low-income households, three times the national average. Cradle to Career aims to tackle the inequalities and is one of the most ambitious public-private partnerships ever launched in the UK.
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A woman adjusts notes from children before a memorial service and prayer vigil for the Lesslie family at Fountain Park, Sunday, April 11, 2021, in Rock Hill, S.C. Dr. Robert Lesslie and his wife, Barbara Lesslie, their grandchildren Adah Lesslie and Noah Lesslie, and two men working at the Lesslie home, Robert Shook and James Lewis, were fatally shot last week by former NFL player Phillip Adams. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)
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People listen during a memorial service and prayer vigil for the Lesslie family at Fountain Park, Sunday, April 11, 2021, in Rock Hill, S.C. Dr. Robert Lesslie and his wife, Barbara Lesslie, their grandchildren Adah Lesslie and Noah Lesslie, and two men working at the Lesslie home, Robert Shook and James Lewis, were fatally shot last week by former NFL player Phillip Adams. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)
Vigil honoring S. Carolina shooting victims draws hundreds
By MICHELLE LIUApril 12, 2021 GMT
ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) Hundreds gathered Sunday at the vigil for the prominent South Carolina physician, his wife and two of their grandchildren all dead at the hands of former NFL player Phillip Adams, authorities said to reflect on the lasting impression they made on their communities.
People settled on camp chairs and picnic blankets for the service at a park in downtown Rock Hill, dressed in a gamut of bright shades, from vivid green and orange to robin blue. Mourners cried and laughed in equal parts at shared memories of Robert and Barbara Lesslie, and two of their grandchildren, 9-year-old Adah Lesslie and 5-year-old Noah Lesslie.
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People participate in a memorial service and prayer vigil for the Lesslie family at Fountain Park, Sunday, April 11, 2021, in Rock Hill, S.C. Dr. Robert Lesslie and his wife, Barbara Lesslie, their grandchildren Adah Lesslie and Noah Lesslie, and two men working at the Lesslie home, Robert Shook and James Lewis, were fatally shot last week by former NFL player Phillip Adams. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)
ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) Hundreds gathered Sunday at the vigil for the prominent South Carolina physician, his wife and two of their grandchildren all dead at the hands of former NFL player Phillip Adams, authorities said to reflect on the lasting impression they made on their communities.
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