Sentences with phrase «run by community groups»

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Set in a ramshackle, hilly village run by a group of white - hatted snobs more devoted to cheese - tasting than serving the community, «The Boxtrolls» is a 3D romp about the collision between the village and the subterranean - dwelling Boxtrolls, who scavenge for trash but have been targeted for extermination by a nefarious baddie named Snatcher (voiced by Ben Kingsley).

Good thing, too, considering labour action by the nearly 30,000 workers represented by both groups would have thrown a wrench into daycare, community centres, pools, city - run museums and other services.

In the tense atmosphere of the city council meeting the night of the vote, Presbyterian minister Paul Miller acknowledged that emotions were running high but told the overflow crowd he spoke from «deep pastoral concern»; he then read a prepared statement signed by 18 members of the clergy who decried «the recent efforts to single out a given group... and to seek to castigate them as being unworthy and unfit to belong to our community.»

o Spa and Salon Treatment blocks, up to 30 treatments per hour, which includes a personalized welcome flier for the group o Fitness Activities and Classes, such as Fun Run, outdoor meditation or Yoga, and Zumba o Ten - minute Chair Massages, ideal for groups, particularly upon arrival o Biometric Health Screenings and Wellness Fair, up to 32 guests receive confidential health screenings followed by fun, interactive demonstrations o Tennis — Tournaments, CardioTennis, or round robins for larger groups o Gift Baskets filled with spa wear, shoes, healthy items and supplements from the Well & Being Community Market

The Cambridge Community Breastfeeding Group is arguing that in the long run this decision would add to hospital costs, an argument backed by at least one study which found each baby who isn't breastfed costs the health system on average $ 1500 more than a breastfed child.

, a community group in East New York run by Andre Mitchell, a political associate of the Barrons.

All parties believe in wider community involvement, in local decision - making and that some services are best run by neighbourhood groups, as long as there is no self - interest.

Free schools are tax payer funded, free from local authority control and are run by teachers, parents and community groups.

With state budget negotiations making rapid headway towards a final agreement, a proposal that initially would have diverted $ 165 million from a fund meant to help welfare recipients is running into resistance from a scattered group of health care and community activists, according to information obtained by The Record.

The prime minister launched the initiative in Liverpool today in a speech confirming that money from dormant bank accounts will be used to fund projects run by social enterprises, charities and community groups.

Pirozzolo, who lives on Staten Island and was president of the borough's community education council (largely parent advisory groups organized through a process run by the city Department of Education), said parents should be able to choose between district and charter schools, and that both have faults.

Could have convinced the party that blue Labours view on Immigration and socially conservative views on communities such as religion, working with the state to subsidise locally run charities, was something, that could bring into our party working class people not already connected, by the groups associated with our movements (Trade unions, the Co-op, retired union affiliates) after the disaster of the World cup, owl gate and then the Ill prepared speech at the IPFF on social change and trying to deflect attention from it by rushing out the «well make unemployed teenagers work for their dole» plan, it's hard to see us being able to be taken serious on welfare reform.

«This measurement has been of great interest to the heavy - ion and high - energy physics communities for several years, as calculations from several groups showed that we might achieve a significant signal by studying lead - ion collisions in Run 2,» says Peter Steinberg, ATLAS Heavy Ion Physics Group Convener.

Hundreds of community - based organizations and activist groups had sprung up, most run by women.

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Currently, federal funds flow directly to local Head Start centers, which are run primarily by community - based groups.

Some are run as start - ups by parent or community groups that do not associate themselves with a particular strategy or curriculum.

New York City has only had scattered groups of community schools in the past, run by nonprofits like the Children's Aid Society and Harlem Children's Zone.

Here's a more immediate benefit: Under a resolution sponsored by Yolie Flores Aguilar, vice president of the L.A. Unified school board, charter operators, along with unions and community groups, could submit proposals to run any of more than 50 new campuses that will open over the next three to four years.

They are usually created and run by teachers, parents, a community - based group, or a charter management organization (CMO).

The Katha School works to improve the surrounding community, which is highly impoverished, by running self - help groups for community members on a variety of topics.

Free schools are tax payer funded, free from local authority control and are run by teachers, parents and community groups.

That philosophy of quiet and order as a foundation for learning is a trademark of educators at Veterans Memorial and the other eight charter schools run by the Chicago - based United Neighborhood Organization, or UNO, a Latino advocacy group with a history of community organizing.

Besides teachers and parents, charter schools can also be created and run by non-profit groups, universities, and community groups.

Typically, they are not community - based but are run by charter school management companies, backed by hedge fund groups and other powerful sectors of American society.

New Braunfels Community Cat Coalition is a nonprofit group who is run entirely by the generous donations of individuals like you, grants, and thousands of volunteer hours.

Your statement «This community of Spring Valley Lake is run by a group of homeowners that feel they are better than everyone else in the high desert, the city of Victorville wonâ $ ™ t even incorporate them into the city limits.»

But unlike a stand - alone TNR program in a community run by a private 501 (c)(3) rescue group, this program partners directly with the municipal shelter.

We were told Kanawa Island is privately owned by a group of Europeans and an Indonesian, and they've done some great work setting up solar power, running community projects and initiating reef preservation activities.

Founded in 1995 by Joseph «Rev. Run» Simons of the legendary hip - hop group Run - DMC, along with media mogul Russel Simmons and visual artist / community builder Danny Simmons, the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation began with the goal of filling the gap that «disenfranchised and people of color face in both accessing the arts and exhibition opportunities.»

With support from Croydon Council and Arts Council England, Turf's exhibitions and events will continue within Croydon Arts Store — a four - floor unit in the shopping centre transformed into an artist and community led arts space run collaboratively by a group of local arts organisations.

Our students and faculty - from all over the planet - meet each year for a few weeks in the summer in Berlin and winter in New York as we continue to work wherever we live supported by advisors, student - run critique groups and the Ti community.

«I think that Curaçao has been really lucky so far,» we were told by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, a marine biologist who did her doctoral research on fishing practices around coral reefs on the island and now runs the Waitt Institute, a conservation group helping Caribbean islands develop «Blue Halo» marine zoning plans designed to allow communities to «use the ocean without using it up.»

Ideablob is run by Advanta, a group that offers credit cards and loans to small businesses and communities.

In the long run, a lack of community support for developer changes and «executive decisions» by a relatively small group of people can be a coin's undoing.

Web platforms run by nonprofit and community groups, which serve as invaluable outlets for free expression and knowledge sharing, would be equally at risk.

«As one of the European leaders in crypto - finance, we have a responsibility to lead by example; and as a group, we believe that the crypto - finance community should seek more regulation, not run away from it; this London office is a proper step in upholding that belief,» Radloff details during the announcement.

A yearly conference, the Charities@Work summit is run by a group of the same name, which is composed of four organizations: America's Charities, Community Health Charities, EarthShare, and Global Impact.

About Blog Ontario Federation of Teaching Parents (OFTP) is a non-profit group run by volunteers that provides information about home learning, enables networking among its members, and serves as an advocacy group and link between the homeschooling community and the provincial government.

The Federal Governments» «Developing the North» economic development agenda, which has clearly been influenced by business lobby groups and will have severe impacts on Aboriginal land rights law, employment, and in the long run the wellbeing of communities.

We also list a wide variety of groups, meet - ups, classes and workshops run by and on behalf of the Lambeth community.

It was about more than just numbers now; it was about acceptance and inclusion by a nation that for so long treated the AAPI community as the «perpetual foreigner,» someone who never truly belongs to the group (a running joke among some in the community is asking, «No, where are you really from?»

Smartly, iStar has also plowed money into local community groups to prop up Asbury Park's social infrastructure, like the local Boys and Girls Club run by Douglas Eagles.