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The Warm Welcome initiative was set up to support organisations to open their doors and provide a warm welcome for those struggling to heat their homes this winter.

With the deadline for applying for a state school place for Reception recently passing, we know that School choices are fresh in lots of parents' minds.

It’s been a steady December with runners taking part in winter races as well attending club runs – including a Christmas lights tour of Leicester city!

The Great Glen Gardening Club will next meet on Thursday 2 February, at 2.30pm in Great Glen Methodist Chapel Hall.

Since the Kibworth Tip closed in November 2021, contractors Willmott Dixon, working on behalf of LCC, have been busy redeveloping the site and transforming it into the new facility that we will soon be able to use. Back in June they reached out to share with us what they were doing, inviting the cubs and scouts to the site to take a look at what was going on and learn about construction methods and waste recycling plans.

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Happy New year from all of us at Kibworth Ladies’ Choir!

This year 2023, there is a Diamond Jubilee celebration-in June (early notification!) What is the reason? It is the 75th anniversary of the first arrival of the Windrush generation from the West Indies; so named because the first newcomers travelled to the United Kingdom by sea aboard HMT (His Majesty's Transport) Windrush; they were invited to come and settle, by the then Labour government, for there were many employment vacancies. The year was 1948; they continued to come under this government scheme until 1951. To meet the requirements of the post war recovery, particularly, the needs of the newly created NHS adults and children travelled on one passport. The Second World War in Europe had only ended in May 1945.

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No longer in full-time work and finished raising a family? Join the Kibworth & District u3a, our vibrant social hub for learning and fulfilment whilst making friends and having fun.

The cost-of-living crisis is already having a dramatic impact of the lives of so many. Particularly vulnerable older people. New polling from Age UK found that 94% of older people (15.4 million) are worried about the cost-of-living increases. 44% of older people (7.2 million) have already reduced or expect to reduce spending on things that they need.

An 18th-century watermill, two iconic London cab shelters, a 1920s sunken garden in Brighton, First World War training trenches in Norfolk and two shipwrecks off the Isle of Wight are among the many historic sites listed by Heritage England this year. In total, 240 historic places were added to the National Heritage List for England over the past 12 months. This includes the Kibworth lych-gate which was given special  mention during a recent BBC Radio 4 Today programme as being of particular merit.

Following the abandoned attempt by the Community Speedwatch Team (CSW) to run a training session with limited warning back in September, it is proposed that a two week slot for this project to measure passing traffic speeds at several locations for Kibworth, is run between: Saturday 22 April to Friday 5 May.

(Starting this January)

Kibworth Books is proud to announce that comedian, actor and writer Robin Ince will be visiting us for an exclusive event on the 25th January 2023. He will talk to us about his brilliant book, Bibliomaniac. Robin will also be signing copies of his book purchased at Kibworth Books. Two sittings are available for this event.
Further details and ticket info at: kibworthbooks.com/collections/events. Tel: 0116 279 1121.