DUNGANNON PARK NEEDS YOUR CALL - VOTE NOW!
Publish Date: Friday, 07 December 2007
Strictly Embargoed: 00.01 hrs Friday 7 December 2007
Make you calls count - phone line open for People's £50million giveaway
Dungannon Park needs your call
As the competition for the largest publicly decided Lottery competition reaches its finale local people have another chance to bring some of that £50 million Big Lottery Fund grant to Dungannon Park and make it easier for people to get around the area on foot or by bike. The lines for telephone voting open at 9 am Friday 7 December and the number to dial for the Sustrans' Connect2 project is 0870 24 24 602** Voting closes at midday on Monday 10 December.
** Typetalk users should dial 18001 before the number they want to vote for.
Maximum call charge 10p from a BT landline, calls from mobiles and other operators may be higher. No profits are made by ITV or BIG from your calls. Or vote online, www.thepeoples50million.org.uk. There is no charge for online entry but service provider charges may apply. Lines open at 9am Friday 7th December 2007 and close at midday Monday 10th December 2007. Phone entries made before lines open or after the closing time will not be counted but may still be charged. For terms and conditions visit itv.com/terms
There are three ways for everyone to vote for Sustrans' Connect2 - a telephone vote, from landline and mobile or by going to www.thepeoples50million.org.uk can help bring new local travel routes to the doorstep, making it easier for millions of people: both locally, and across the UK to walk and cycle for everyday journeys.
Comedy actor Rob Brydon from the award-winning "Gavin & Stacey" will be voting for Connect2: "I fully support not only my local Port Talbot route but the 79 projects all over Britain. It seems a brilliant scheme to create new pedestrian and cycle routes in communities where they are most needed - in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This would make it so much easier for people in these areas to walk and cycle locally for the journeys to schools, shops, workplaces and for leisure.
"I sincerely hope people all over the country take part in the television vote on the 7th December and look forward to riding my local path myself with my family".
79 communities around the UK, including Dungannon Park, would benefit from the sustainable transport charity winning the £50 million grant in the Big Lottery Fund's: The People's £50 Million contest.
Nationally Connect2 would build bridges, foot and cycle paths, and even reinstate a ferry, giving people easier and healthier access to their schools, workplaces, shops, parks and countryside. Connect2 is competing against 3 other organisations, with the winner being decided by public vote.
Sustrans' Chief Executive John Grimshaw says, "Now's your chance to make sure some of that £50 million Lottery money benefits people here in INSERT YOUR CONNECT2 SCHEME'S NAME HERE. Log on to www.thepeoples50million.org.uk and vote for Sustrans' Connect2, and get your friends, family and colleagues to do the same. A vote for Connect2 is a vote for a healthier more sustainable future, for us - and our children: just a minute of your time could make all the difference".
TV presenter Lorraine Kelly is leading the Connect2 bid, she says "Forget the gym, Connect2 is the answer to our obesity problems" she is joined by former minister Charles Clarke, author Bill Bryson, designer Wayne Hemingway, actor Alistair McGowan and journalist Jon Snow among others.
Each of the bids have been highlighted in programmes on ITV1 this week, and can be seen on the People's Millions website. The winner will be announced on 12 December.
For more information about Connect2 visit www.sustransconnect2.org.uk or call 0845 058 13 73.
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For further information please contact the Press Office:
Telephone: 0117 927 7555; Fax: 0117 930 4149; E-mail: press@sustrans.org.uk
Press and PR Manager - Gill Harrison (0117 915 0108)
For Connect2 - Clare Benjamin (0117 915 0123)
Photo Librarian - Jonathan Bewley (0117 915 0120).
Notes to Editors
*ITV reserve the right to change programme schedules.
Sustrans is the UK's leading sustainable transport charity. Its vision is a world in which people choose to travel in ways that benefit their health and the environment. It is achieving this through innovative but practical solutions to the UK's transport challenges. Sustrans' flagship project, the National Cycle Network, is now around 12,000 miles and runs within one mile of over half the UK population. During 2006 over 338 million trips were made on the Network. It is maintained by a team of 2,400 volunteer Rangers.
The Big Lottery Fund rolls out close to £2 million in Lottery good cause money every 24 hours, which together with other Lottery distributors means that across the UK most people are within a few miles of a Lottery-funded project.
The Big Lottery Fund, the largest of the National Lottery good cause distributors, has been rolling out grants to health, education, environment and charitable causes across the UK since its inception in June 2004. It was established by Parliament on 1 December 2006.
Big Lottery Fund Press Office: 020 7211 1888 Out of hours: 07867 500 572
Public Enquiries Line: 08454 102030 Textphone: 08456 021 659
