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Parish Council Meeting on March 4th 2009
Leicestershire Waste Partnership are offering residents the chance to find out just how useful composters and
food waste digesters are.
Workshops are being held at the following locations to show what units are on offer. Experts will be on hand
to give advice about the different units available and which would suit you best.
Friday 8th May
7pm-9pm
Syston Community Centre,
School Street, Syston
• Tuesday 12th May
7pm-9pm
The Coplow Centre,
Uppingham Road, Billesdon More »
• Saturday 16th May
2pm-4pm
The Samworth Centre,
Burton Road, Melton Mowbray
• Saturday 23rd May
10am-12noon
Hinckley Leisure Centre,
Coventry Road, Hinckley
If you are interested in attending any workshop
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On Sunday 19th July 2009, The Big Lunch is inviting you and all 61 million people across the UK to simultaneously sit down to eat lunch with your neighbours, in the middle of your street as a simple act of community.
A new initiative run by the Eden Project, The Big Lunch encourages communities to come together through growing food and flowers; creating street music, art and theatre; dressing the street and, of course, cooking and eating together.
The day after the Big Lunch, people will walk down their street and know someone in most windows. However, the legacy of The Big Lunch is much bigger than just the day after... The aim is to give people the tools to strengthen their communities through activities such as neighbourhood-watch; improving local amenities such as youth centres; taking care of the elderly or disabled; making imaginative improvements to the local environment; sharing resources from lawnmowers to cars; and supporting local charities both with money and volunteering time. More »
Organising a Big Lunch in your area is really easy. Available from April, The Big Lunch website and printed Ideas Booklet will take you through the process step by step, giving you the tools, templates and resources to make it as simple as possible. You’ll find inspirational ideas and top tips from our ambassadors on the website and you can find others planning a Big Lunch in your street or area by simply entering your post-code on our Big Lunch map.
To find out more: visit www.thebiglunch.com or call 020 7636 8152 « Less
Charley Heritage Group is putting the final touches to the Exhibition to be held this coming weekend. The venue is the Oaks Storer Hall, Oaks in Charnwood - next to St James' Church. Light refreshments will be available.
The Charley Heritage Group is working flat out to make sure that the exhibition planned for 18th and 19th April will have something to interest a wide section of the public. How did local farms fare during the Second World War? Who are these young faces in the school play? Where were these long lost houses? All the answers will be found in the Exhibition in the Oaks Storer Hall from 10.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. on both days.
Mr. Les Cook of Drybrook Farm died on 23rd March after a long spell of failing health. Les retired from Charley Parish Council in 1999 having served the local community for over thirty years. The Phyllis Cook Cancer Relief Fund was founded by Les and his sons after the death of Phyllis in the 1980's and over the years many thousands of pounds have been raised to help those suffering from cancer in the local area. Our condolences go to Jill and to his sons and their families.
Attention all Youth Leaders!!
Environmental Action For A Better Leicestershire (ENABLE), the County wide environmental partnership, is launching a new scheme to loan renewable energy resource kits. This resource will add to the eco-school objectives to deliver sustainable education through schools in Leicestershire.
The resource includes a miniature wind turbine, PV cell and solar water heater for use as a teaching resource. We will be also providing a set of lesson plans that helps teachers to link applications of these kits to the National Curriculum. More »
The kits will be available to all the schools in Leicestershire for the term starting 20th April 2009.
Why?
We are witnessing climate change and the Government is encouraging us to pass the message to our next generation – School Children.
What you can use it for?
You will be provided briefing notes with lesson plans integrating to Science, Geography, ICT, CARE, PSE, etc. showing their links to the National Curriculum.
How much does it cost?
You can borrow these kits for free, there will be a small delivery charge or you could collect and return them yourself. You can also spread the delivery charge by borrowing other items from the Resource Box Scheme.
How long can we keep the loans for?
Schools can borrow up to 25 items from the Resource box including these kits for a whole school term. Non-school borrowers can borrow at any time for a fixed agreed time.
ORDER NOW!! There are only 20 sets available on first come first serve basis. To reserve your renewable energy kit, contact Resource Box Officer on 01455 552834 or sherrier@leics.gov.uk
For further information, please contact Hetal Patel on 0116 3057068 or enable@leics.gov.uk « Less
The new Leicestershire Looks, a directory of Independent Fashion Retailers is now available.
This directory has been compiled to make it easier for the customer to see the wide and diverse range of jewellers, independent fashion retailers, shoes and accessories that are available in Leicestershire’s Market Towns and Rural Centres.
By purchasing locally not only do you get a unique item
but it helps to support the local economy and reduces carbon emissions through less use of the car! To complete your new look why not have a new hairstyle and beauty treatment at one of Leicestershire’s many salons. More »
The directory is arranged by town and then by category, enabling you to find what you are looking for easily.
To complete your day in one of the towns, each offers a unique selection of eating places,
from cafés through to restaurants. Should you welcome a change from shopping, then most towns offer quality museums - especially Snibston in Coalville, which has a new and exciting
Fashion Gallery where you will find pleasant or unpleasant memories!
Copies of these will be distributed to all the shops included in the directory as well as the following,
Car Dealers
Doctors
Dentists
Hotels and other accommodation
Café’s
Tourist Attractions
District Councils
Libraries
If you have any comments or you are interested in a future directory then please contact Nicola Lees on 0116 305 7986 or email betterplaces@leics.gov.uk « Less
The death is announced of Mr Norman Hall of Moult Hill, Charley. Norman served on the Parish Council from 1983 to 1999 and was a life-long resident of Charley and he had a wealth of local knowledge which he was always ready to share. He was a familiar figure on the Abbey Road/Oaks Road bench sitting, always accompanied by his little dog, and chatting with walkers passing by. Our condolences go to Norman's daughters, Janet and Gillian, grand-daughter Louise and his great-grandchildren. He will be sadly missed.
Charley Heritage Group's Exhibition entitled 'Charley: Domesday to 21st Century' will take place at the Oaks Storer Hall, Oaks in Charnwood on Saturday, 18th and Sunday 19th April 2009 from 10.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. on both days. Light refreshments will be available. This promises to be an exciting event with many new and interesting items on display. Easy car-parking and wonderful setting for a family visit to round off Easter week.
The newsletter is now available and you'll be able to download it from this link:
Charley Heritage Group's Exhibition proposed for October 2008 will now be held in April 2009. More later.
The Charley Heritage Group was delighted to be awarded over £4000 from the Awards for All Fund for several projects to take place over the next twelve months. One major task is to make a DVD of a Year in Charley and the group hopes that many of the features and events of Charley can be recorded. Individuals will be approached for permission before any filming takes place which could identify their property.
An exhibition of 200 Years of Enclosure is scheduled for April 2009.
Weddings
Happy occasions for John and Pene Oakland, married at The Oaks; Les and Gill Cook, also married at the Oaks and believed to be the oldest couple to be married in the church (they don’t mind that being public knowledge!); and Richard and Charlotte (Charlie) Froggatt who were also married recently.
Best wishes for health and happiness to them all.
Mount St Bernard Abbey
On 8th March Brother Lawrence, Guestmaster, was ordained priest in a most colourful and joyous ceremony. There was a large, mainly African congregation who sang, danced and clapped their way through the ceremony and the reception afterwards in the garden in great contrast to the traditional Cistercian solemnity of such occasions. More »
Less than three weeks later there was solemnity and sadness for the funeral of Brother Peter Odlum on 27th March. Brother Peter had been one of the early participants in the abbey’s Bamenda foundation in Cameroon and more lately community gardener at Mount St. Bernard providing fruit and vegetables for many years. He had been frail but his death was unexpected.
General
The Parish notice board was demolished in a traffic accident but amazingly the driver incurred no serious injury despite needing to be cut from the wreckage of the car. Insurance has provided for a new notice board which should be in place by the time this is circulated.
Senior Citizens should have been advised about transport facilities using either a free bus pass or the provision of taxi tokens for those who do not have access to a bus route. The cash value of the taxi tokens is on the whole insufficient as they provide only three single journeys into Loughborough for example, but we would urge those eligible to apply for and use the tokens so that a demand is established and that the need for a higher value can be argued.
Planning applications for this area can now be viewed on line at www.nwleics.gov.uk
Bulky Household Waste. Arrangements can be made for collection of bulky household waste by telephoning the Recycling Hotline on 01530 454572 where specific information can also be given. Up to 6 items can be collected at a cost of £15 for the first 3 and £5 per additional item up to a maximum of 6. Further information can be obtained from the North West Leicestershire web site.
Philip Bell-Young of Abbey Road is due to go to Honduras in July on a scientific expedition organised by Operation Wallecea, an international conservation organisation active in six less economically developed countries (Indonesia, Honduras, Egypt, South Africa, Cuba and Peru). This expedition places young people with a team of scientists to advise the local government about the preservation of the rain forest and also to record the quantity and viability of local species of wildlife. Philip will spend one week in the rain forest and another week scuba diving to search and record marine life. He is one of twenty students chosen by Hind Leys Community College for this project because of his excellent progress in the sciences. In addition to school work and preparation for A levels, Philip had to work in a variety of ways to help raise the funds, about £2000, to enable him to take part in this exciting programme. Our congratulations to Philip on this achievement.
Richard Froggatt of Charley Knoll is Senior technician at Apotex Scorpio Motorsport based in Swithland who run a team of four cars in the British Formula Renault Championship. So far this season, after three meetings, they gained 2nd, 7th and 10th places in the first of two races at the wet meeting at Brands Hatch but in the second race, only 8th and a 10th places. The next event at Rockingham was not much better as the best was 7th in the first race and 10th in the second with two non finishers. The third event was at Donington Park. Unfortunately due to relatively poor qualifying, the best was 8th, 11th and 13th plus one non finisher. These results are from a grid of over 25 cars.
Richard also prepares and runs a single car in the British Automobile Racing Club’s own Renault championship using last year’s cars and so far Ollie Hancock in the car prepared by Richard, has gained a 1st and 6th at Brands Hatch on a day it was snowing; then at a wet Rockingham they came away with two wins. Now much work is going on to improve the teams’ results as the season progresses. The Froggatt family took part in the Charnwood Caper road run to Belvoir Castle which is organised by the North Leicester MG Car Club and sponsored by Luffield cars. This is a non-competitive event in some of the most picturesque country roads in Leicestershire and Rutland. The Froggatts had a successful day at MG Silverstone. Richard’s brother-in-law gained a class first, Charlotte took the Ladies Award and Richard and Mike each gained a Second in Class.
Then the entire Froggatt family plus Richard’s brother in law took part in a round of the MG Car Club’s sprint and hill climb championship which is also sponsored by Luffield Cars at Silverstone on the 15th June during the MG Car Club’s Silverstone International meetings from the 13th to 15th June. The Froggatt family have a collection of no less than 10 MG’s of various types although some are not running at this time.
Our thanks for these contributions from individual residents.
The accounts for Charley Parish can be viewed on 28th, 30th and 31st July between 4 and 7 p.m. by telephoning the Clerk, Mr. Brian Duncombe on 01530 831383
Dates of Meetings:
3rd September 2008, 5th November 2008
at 7.30 p.m. in the Oaks Storer Hall.
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