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COVID-19 TEST CENTRE AT EDGBASTON STADIUM CAR PARK
Warwickshire County Cricket Club has donated its Edgbaston Stadium to the Department of Health to create a drive-through COVID-19 testing station, to regularly test NHS staff who are working in Birmingham and the wider West Midlands region. The NHS staff testing centre is within Edgbaston’s main on-site car park. NHS staff will drive in through the Edgbaston Road entrance, be tested while remaining in their vehicle and exit the grounds onto Pershore Road. Neil Snowball, Chief Executive of the Club, said: “With our county cricket programme and conference and events business closed until 29 May, our staff have been exploring various options which enable the club to keep supporting our local community during these difficult times, whether that be through making calls to our elderly members and ex-players, volunteering and by offering Edgbaston Stadium for use in the wider civil contingency effort. “Whilst it is a small part to play in the grand scheme of things, we are pleased that our stadium can be utilised to support the fantastic efforts being made by all of our NHS staff in response to the coronavirus crisis. We are also very grateful for the support that we have received in delivering this project from Patrizia and Homes England, our development partners” The NHS staff COVID-19 testing station will remain at Edgbaston Stadium until further notice to support the measures that have been implemented by the Government to counter the virus. Warwickshire CCC has also outlined plans to show thanks to the NHS by providing free entry to its staff at a Birmingham Bears fixture later this summer. Details of this will be revealed as further information about the 2020 season and schedule are released. MOSELEY FESTIVAL 2020 CANCELLED The organisers of Moseley’s annual Summer festival have confirmed the 2020 event won’t take place this year saying : “With heavy hearts we’ve taken the decision to cancel this year’s community Moseley Festival, which had been due to take place in early July. “While some restrictions may or may not be in place by then, we couldn’t be sure. We are completely run by volunteers and do not receive any public funding. It was coming up to the time when we would have needed to book the stalls and entertainment for the street fair and other events and pay overheads. “As we can’t currently guarantee that it would be safe to hold the event in early July, we decided that it would be best to cancel this year’s festival. Moseley Festival has been going for many years and we have no plans to end that tradition. We will be back in 2021 and hope we can hold at least one special one-day event before then.” 4
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