CLIVIGER Guides held a coffee evening on Thursday in support of the Macmillan Nurses appeal.

A good number of parents and friends enjoyed coffee or tea and cake and biscuits, with the entrance fee of £1 going to the charity.

There were also cakes for sale and the usual meeting subscriptions from the girls were added to the donation.

A BOOK Fair is to be held at Cliviger School on ThursdayOctober 2, Monday and next Tuesday, from 3pm to 3.45pm.

There will be books for sale for children of all ages.

THE Cliviger Challenge Steering Group held a meeting on Friday to hear the initial assessment of the community consultation exercise.

A draft copy of the report introduction was issued to each member and comments invited.

The full result and statistical analysis should be available week commencing October 6 and will be presented to the Parish Council at its next meeting on Friday October 10.

The meeting also heard a presentation from Steve Turner, of the Community Renewables Initiative, and Andrew Lloyn, of the Claren Project on the Lancashire initiative to encourage communities to consider renewable energy sources for projects in their area.

Other than wind farms, the energy source could be hydro-energy, solar power or 'biomass' wood-burning.

In each case the project belongs to the community, with a number of options for ownership arrangements.

'BRATS' will present a fashion show and sale at Cliviger School on Tuesday, October 7, from 7pm to 9pm.

Clothes will be on sale with discounts of 50 to 75% off normal prices.