#AmazingAccrington - Summer 2018

#AmazingAccrington magazine is written and produced by Scott Dawson Advertising Ltd. Dawson Court, Billington Road, Lancashire, BB11 5BW. 01282 426 846. Printed by CONTENTS 4-5 Readers picture: Accrington Viaduct 7-9 Reece Bibby – local lad to pop sensation 10 What’s on in Accrington 12-13 #AmazingAccrington Live! – Family music festival 14-15 ‘ Walk 4 Your Charity’ 16-17 Annual #AmazingAccrington Food Festival 18-19 Rally Challenge, Chocolate Festival and Soapbox Challenge 20-21 Accrington are leading the way with new playground 22-23 Belthorn Village 24-25 Elmfield Hall 26-27 Frederick Steiner 28-29 Lyndsey Sims – CEO of Hyndburn Leisure 30-31 2BR – an interviewwith Simon Brierley 32-33 #AmazingAccrington Business Leaders meet 36-37 The Cardboard Box Company – interview with Ken Shackleton 38-39 HML Recycling – urging businesses to step up! 42 Accrington and Rossendale College celebrate Ofsted report 44-45 Scientists bring weight-loss programme to Accrington 46-47 1200 school children made history at Accrington Stanley 50 WIN! A family theme park break This page was held from print until the morning of the 18th April 2018 – because all of us here at #AmazingAccrington knewwe would have something great to shout about! After a night of no sleep, with the Stanley songs still playing in his head, publisher Murray Dawson, Managing Director of Scott Dawson Advertising and Clayton lad at heart, is on top of the world. “This page was reserved to bang the drum for the whole town. Last night Accrington Stanley Football Club gained promotion to League One for the first time in history and that needed to be in here! Everything we are doing in this magazine is to shout from the rooftops about #AmazingAccrington .” Murray Dawson was on the board for Accrington Stanley in 2012 and was one of the driving forces after persuading Andy to go on the front of the shirt with his PlasticBoxShop brand and to rename the stadium the ‘ Wham Stadium’. “We have a fabulous, incredible town and it’s getting better. We lost a whole generation of football fans to neighbouring towns, until 1968 when the club reformed, but the new generation is now being reclaimed! Andy Holt picked up the mantle and hats off to him, we couldn’t have asked for more. He has passion, drive, enthusiasm and commercialism, its exactly what Stanley needs. With a brilliant manager, Coleman, and a fabulous teamwith players such as Billy Kee, the sky is the limit. The whole stand was jumping last night, I can’t explain how proud I am to be an Accrington lad.” The #AmazingAccrington initiative seeks to bring the community together, to instil civic pride - giving the youth of today a reason to stay in the district tomorrow. In this summer edition of #AmazingAccrington read about all the great things happening in the area - 1200 school children walking around in their free Stanley shirts, Accrington and Rossendale College celebrating after a recent Ofsted inspection, #AmazingAccrington Live! – a free family- friendly music festival and all the businesses that are thriving in the area. There are 85,000 residents in Accrington and Districts, #AmazingAccrington wants to engage and support all of them. Murray added: “Part of our initiative here is to shout out to local businesses in the area, they have a responsibility to give back to the community. Take Stanley for example, there are more sponsors than ever before, we are also very close to having a new sponsor for the cricket club! Now is the time to engage with the community, for business purposes and for civic pride. You can read more about joining our business leader’s meetings in the magazine.” The magazine has something for everyone, from exclusive interviews and historical articles, to a family short-break giveaway! We want this to be a magazine from the community, for the community. Please send us your stories, your pictures and any editorial ideas to editor@amazingaccrington.co.uk For advertising enquiries email: advertising@amazingaccrington.co.uk Above: Pure joy as Accrington Stanley celebrate their win