Local Author, Maggie Jeffrey, writes book to raise money the Rosie

Mark Cooney — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 14:51:05 +0000

The Colour Fairies Christmas Book ‘The Colours of Christmas’

By Maggie Jeffrey
I have been writing the Colour Fairies series for two years now and they are all finished – all 30 of them. I had a wonderful illustrator from South Africa, Angela Warren, but unfortunately in May this year her health became a lot worse and she became unable to work.
I have now managed to find two good illustrators who, I hope, will stay with me until I finish the series. It has not been the best of years for me because as well as losing my illustrator, I had to undergo brain surgery in June to improve the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. I knew it was going to happen and dreaded it for months but now it is over and things are looking up I feel I would like to ‘give something back’.
Book 8 of the Colour Fairies tells the story of how Christmas started and why Santa does his rounds as told by Father Christmas himself to Scarlett, the newest fairy, when he comes to be measured by her for his new suit. All the fairy books continue from one book to the next but each contains a complete story.AT the back there are colouring pages and activities. They usually have information in the story about how to mix colours and where the fairies get their ingredients.

I have decided that once this book is published which should be within the next month that I will donate £1 for every copy sold to the Rosie Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit who saved my grandson’s life when he was born nearly 11 years ago. The book will be available from Amazon for approx. £7.50 but I will also have some copies available myself. I usually produce a Kindle version and an Audiobook which is beautifully read by Leanne Yau.
My illustrators are Janene Pike, who is a talented local artist, who works in mixed media and digital and Joey Wood, an artist from the North East who does a more traditional form of image.

I moved to Ely 6 years ago, with my husband when we retired to be nearer to our family.

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Letter from Anna Bailey, County and District Councillor regarding Minor Injuries Unit

Mark Cooney — Sat, 22 Oct 2016 11:55:59 +0000

At at time when the future of the Minor Injuries Unit (MIU) at the Princess of Wales (PoW) Hospital in Ely still hangs in the balance, it may be confusing but I hope exciting to people, to hear that the NHS is looking at ways to redevelop the PoW site to improve the buildings and facilities.
East Cambs District Council has been working closely with Cambridgeshire Community Services (CCS) NHS Trust, the main provider at the PoW, over a number of months now, to consider how the site can be revamped to provide the modern healthcare facilities that Ely and the wider district so desperately needs.

In the meantime, I was encouraged at the last public meeting in Ely held by the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to hear that the CCG seemed to be in agreement with a number of principles about a future minor injuries service for our area, namely, that it needed to be a ‘walk in’ service, it must have back up diagnostic services, (such as x-ray), and that it needs to be kept local. The only real remaining question would be about how the service is staffed, and that really is an internal debate for the CCG themselves and their NHS colleagues. If these principles are embraced in their recommended option when it comes forward, I think we can all get behind it.
I have attended a number of meetings with CCS and the wider NHS and am really excited by the possibilities for the future of the PoW site, which is so well located for health facilities. We wait to see the detailed plans which CCS has said they will be in a position to share with the public in the spring next year, but I believe this is a massively positive step. I am also reassured that CCS in their guise as property owners are working closely with the CCG who is responsible for the commissioning of health services on the site, and who is working on their important Sustainability and Transformation Plan. I believe the two plans will come nicely together in the early part of next year to present to the public what the future health care provision for our area will look like.
Like many people, I am nostalgic about the halcyon days of our beloved RAF Hospital, but I am also really excited that our Hospital has a bright and important future.
Anna Bailey
Cambridgeshire County Councillor, Ely South & West
East Cambs District Councillor, Downham Villages

M: 07850 521 590

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Letter from Anna Bailey, County and District Councillor regarding Minor Injuries Unit