Category: Community

As a result of this summer's drought, the locks closed to traffic on 29 July and remained closed until 27 October. Canal & River Trust (CRT) made a considerable fanfare of the reopening. This included a substantial piece on BBC East Midlands TV.

On Wednesday 26 November, the Kibworth Harcourt Post Mill volunteers assisted SPAB employee, Chi Wei Clifford-Frith to install lights on the Mill in preparation for the Christmas season. The lights were installed last year in the customary + formation and could be seen from as far away as Gumley. The Society for the Preservation of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) are the legal owners of the Mill.

A well researched bias in thinking, that to a greater or lesser extent many people hold, is known as the just world hypothesis. It links to ideas like karma and sayings like “what goes around comes around.” Essentially, it is the belief that people get what they deserve. Such thinking can help to give life meaning, it can help us to cope with hardship, it can promote prosocial behaviour, and we might feel a bit better if we believe those who wrong us will get theirs one day. It can encourage the belief that those (including ourselves) who are doing nicely must deserve to. It can encourage the glorification of leaders or those perceived as successful, and it can promote trust where none is due.

Ludger’s final service at St Wilfrid’s Church took place on Advent Sunday, 30 November, when a full church had the opportunity to say farewell to him and Ruth. A shared lunch followed in the Church Hall, attended by about 100 people. 

At our October meeting Karen Atherton talked about her career as ‘One of the First Female Airline Pilots’.

A group of businesses/shops formed the Kibworth Business Forum last year calling ourselves ‘We Are Kibworth’.  The group is made up of businesses with a ‘shop front’ either on the High Street or elsewhere in either of the Kibworths. e.g. Fleckney Road, Station Street, Harborough Road.

Leicestershire Wildlife Hospital will be holding a Christmas table top sale on Saturday 13 December in Kibworth Village Hall, LE8 0LN. 10am to 12.45.

At 5pm on Saturday night, 1 November, everything was ready for our annual bonfire and fireworks. The bonfire had been built with wood from the golf course and numerous pallets collected over the previous weeks. Crowd barriers had been put in place. The Guides, from Kibworth & Fleckney, were organised with their glow sticks, hot dogs and drinks for sale. An array of other hot food and wine & beer were available. Kids fairground rides had also been erected. Bright Spark Firework company had been setting up since late morning. The weather was clear, almost not a cloud in the sky, you could see the stars and the moon was rising, perfect, all we needed was a crowd!

Working in partnership with the South Leicestershire Medical Group, a new employment drop-in is being launched for residents living with a disability or health condition. 

We did it! After being runners up last year, we received the award for 'Voluntary and Community Group of the Year' at the second annual Harborough District Council community awards, in a ceremony held at Lutterworth College on October 9^th 2025.