BOOTLE
30 October 2019
CELEBRATING
25 YEARS
Vol 26 l Issue 44
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MUM’S CHARITY CHALLENGE TO HELP HOSPITAL LIFESAVERS Report by Tom Martin
Getting up close and personal with the creatures
Scary encounter! ADULTS at a Netherton day service for adults got up close and personal with some colourful creatures to celebrate Halloween! Staff from ‘animal encounter’ company Zoolab dropped into the New Directions South Hub, on Park Lane, to present their Halloween roadshow and introduce people who attend the service to their cast of creatures. These ranged from giant snails, millipedes and cockroaches to lizards, snakes and friendly rats. Some of the audience were understandably a little hesitant at first, but Zoolab’s local ranger soon put them at ease and
before long everyone was keen to get up close and personal with the animal characters with the corn snake from North America and leopard gecko from Asia proving particularly popular. Julie Jones, manager of South Hub, said: “Zoolab believe this type of animal therapy brings people together and helps them to see things from a different perspective, and this was certainly true at our event.” The South Hub is run by Sefton adult social care provider New Directions. l Two-foot long lizard found in docks container see report inside Ann (right) with daughters Catherine and Caroleann
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A BOOTLE mum who nearly died after suffering a brain haemorrhage is to take on a charity challenge so that she can ‘give something back’ to the hospital that helped save her life. Ann Adlen wants to complete a sponsored walk just ten months after she collapsed with the lifethreatening condition. Her ‘moment of terror’ happened in January when Ann woke up with a headache. But after meeting up with her daughter at a local cafe, the pain quickly escalated and Ann collapsed. She had to go through a major operation and ‘lost two-and-a-half weeks’ before she eventually came round and was able to start her long road to recovery. The mum-of-seven was treated at The Walton Centre, which specialises in brain injuries - now she is determined to give something back to the staff who helped save her life. Continued inside
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