Category: Clubs and Societies

The 100^th edition of the ‘Foxton Folio’, the local village newsletter, was published this autumn. It was the idea of Julia Bedford and was formed from the amalgamation of the Residents Association and the Foxton Heritage Group. It was nearly 25 years ago, in spring 1996, that the first Folio came through the Foxton villagers’ letterboxes.

Foxton Choir is really pleased to announce that we will be singing Christmas carols in the village this year but not quite as usual. Rather than the Choir coming to your front door, this time we hope that we can tempt you to leave your snug front rooms, wrap up warm and join us to sing some of your favourite carols, as well as some other lovely festive songs that you may not be quite so familiar with.

Harborough District Council agreed, on 7 December, to allocate funding of more than £20,000 to a number of worthwhile projects across the Harborough district aiming to boost community wellbeing.

Kibworth Golf Course Head green-keeper Martin Anderson is not only a Champion Green-keeper but he is the County Matchplay Champion too! 

 Before Lockdown

We were looking into the possibility of having socially distanced band rehearsals. Unfortunately the current lockdown restrictions effectively put paid to these plans.

In the last two years Kibworth & Fleckney Rotary Club has raised awareness of those living with dementia. This disease, which is indiscriminate, can, in some cases be debilitating and isolating. The Club has been raising funds for Admiral Nurses (Specialist Dementia Care Nurses) for Leicestershire. Two years ago there were none in Leicestershire (apart from one in a teaching capacity). Now there are two at Leicester Royal Infirmary and one at LOROS. In addition there are also two Community Admiral nurses, working out of GP practices in Charnwood, Lutterworth and Blaby. These community nurses are part of a pilot, funded by Admiral Nurses for Leicestershire (www.facebook.com/dementiaUKforLeicestershire). Hopefully more such nurses will be appointed across the county.

Unfortunately our annual Art Exhibition could not be held this year. However some members have been able to show their paintings locally.  Market Harborough Building Society kindly invited our members to display their work in its Kibworth branch.

Walking is an excellent form of exercise. As ramblers we have been pleased to see good numbers of socially distanced walkers using the network of local footpaths. This is great to see given the lockdown restrictions. If you are new to regular walking and have enjoyed seeing more of our local countryside you might consider joining a rambling group such as ours once Covid-19 is under control and things are back to ‘normal’.