Category: Community

We are pleased to report that the four electric vehicle (EV) charging points situated in the Co-op car park are now operational. The work to attach them to the electricity substation on School Road began on 17 August. It was scheduled to take three weeks — the exercise took only seven weeks!

We are pleased to announce our winter Welcome Kitchen season will be weekly starting from Monday 26 October. It's from 12-1:30pm at Kibworth Community Hub: £5 per person. This covers a bowl of delicious homemade soup, bread, cakes and a hot cup of tea or coffee.

After what seemed a social whirl during the last two months, things are pretty quiet here in Smeeton Westerby. However, as we head towards Christmas, the events really start to ramp up again.

MHBS has launched a new ‘Rent to Own’ initiative that will help local renters build a pathway to homeownership. Eligible tenants living in one of five newly renovated flats in the heart of Market Harborough will, when they are ready to buy their first home, receive 60% of the rent they have paid for up to three years back towards their housing deposit.

VASL Community Champions has a ‘new old’ recruit in the form of Hannah, who has moved across after 14 years of supporting unpaid family carers at VASL.

As the Summer holidays draw to a close and we head into Autumn, there is plenty happening at The Well as we look towards the months ahead.