Category: Community

“Morning has broken like the first morning, blackbird has spoken like the first bird” ― Cat Stevens.

Once again Home-Start South Leicestershire, based in Market Harborough and helping families with young children across the whole Harborough District, are looking for new volunteers to join their friendly team. The next training course starts in May 2023.

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Three families, all from Kilby, met up for lunch in Bell Tower Square, Elizabeth Quay, Perth Western Australia.

The weather out there is pretty chilly, but things are hotting up for the Spinners with membership topping the 40 mark, including four ten year old players, three dragging their dads along to swell our membership.

Twin Zip Wire

Sometimes it’s easy to overlook the lovely local places that are worth a visit. If you’ve not been to Foxton Locks recently then you may not realise there is now a second-hand bookshop inside Top Lock Cottage. This was set up by staff and volunteers in March 2022 and it has proved to be a great success. 

Such a lot seems to have been going on in our village that I am not sure where to begin – but here goes.

On Friday 3March the annual skittles match was held at The Horse and Trumpet in Wigston. Thirty six people took part. The overall winners were the men, narrowly beating the ladies.

The trustees of the hall and the library had a successful meeting on the 15 March to discuss progress on the plans for developing the new Kibworth Hub which will incorporate the library and the hall. There is currently a lot of hard work going into writing applications for funds.