Category: Community

In the run up to Christmas the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Road Safety Partnership is reminding people that buying an e-scooter as a gift will be tempting, especially as you can get them from many popular retailers.

It has come to light after much research by my brother Neil that an eminent family once lived a quiet existence in the villages of Slawston and Glooston.

The following is inspired by a viral video advert for Charlie’s Bar in Enniskillen 

November and December are proving to be busy months for the Hub, with Mish Mash Markets, the production of For One Night Only, and the Kibworth Band all proving to be very popular. We are also hosting a lot of birthday parties. The Welcome Kitchen is continuing to run on a Monday and, in January we look forward to Last Minute Theatre’s annual pantomime.

We are currently undergoing a revue of our storage space with a view to making better and fairer use of what we have and we will be liaising with our regular users about this soon. We are also hoping to upgrade our kitchen facilities and be able to provide better equipment for functions.

We would like to wish all our users a very Happy Christmas and I would like to take this opportunity to say a special thank you to our employees, Kelly, Alison and Eric for all their hard work in keeping the hall running.

Chair: Martyn Wyburn

Adolf Hitler and Shi Huangdi share, at least one belief. Who is Shi Huangdi? He was the first emperor of all China and the first of the Qin dynasty, (BC) uniting the hitherto warring provinces into one country, politically and legally – China. He was responsible for the creation of the Great Wall of China.

On the 9^th of December, all over the world, people will have been taking to the streets to show the fossil fuel industries and their governments that urgent action really is needed now. 

South Leicestershire has a woodland coverage of 3-4% (Surrey’s coverage is 25%) and it is decreasing with Ash dieback. Harborough Woodland is a not for profit community group set up in February 2020. Its aim is to increase woodland cover by planting trees and hedgerows and to reduce the risk of flooding through natural flood management (NFM). NFM schemes use vast numbers of trees and hedges. The roots, soil and fungi of one metre of mature hedge is a live sponge that can hold and slowly release 3 to 5m3 or tonnes of potential flood water (hedgelink.org.uk)

“Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world” - Desmond Tutu

Things are pretty quiet at the locks now we are into the winter months. Except when the odd bright sunny day brings out the walkers and visitors.

Have you been watching ‘The Repair Shop’ on television? Did you know we have our own Repair Shop in Harborough?