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GEMS Charity & Leicestershire Hospital Charities are seeking to raise 500k to fund a Chemotherapy Treatment Suite Extension at Leicestershire Royal Infirmary. This will increase the number of people receiving live-saving treatment. This article updates you on the great progress on the Fundraising Appeal so far.

My son Ellis passed away on the 12 February this year. Before his funeral was even arranged, a group of his best friends said they intended to honour him, cycling from John O’Groats to Land's End. Ellis worked for Sigma Sports in Oakham. He was a keen cyclist himself, hoping one day to take part in the transplant games.

The Parish Council’s Annual Walkabout on 1st July started at Jubilee Green, and then went to the Lychgate at the Cemetery. & visiting areas off Marriott Drive where there were concerns about roots damaging the pavement and a large ash tree. Councillors also visited the Larkswood and Rookery park areas.

Money Max is a holistic money support service launched in July 2021 by Citizens Advice LeicesterShire (CitAL). It operates in all Leicestershire districts except Charnwood. The service is funded by Leicestershire County Council. 

Over the summer, Kibworth Beauchamp Parish Council met on 22 June, 13 July and 24 August.

What a great summer we have had here in Smeeton! It started off with ‘Brass on the Grass’, our annual band concert on the allotments. The Oddfellows Brass Band came in force again to entertain us with renditions of music and songs old and new. What a talented band they are! Even the clouds parted and the sun decided to come out to listen. Although this is a free event, the donations raised were for GEMS and came to £650.

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As the country has moved progressively out of Lockdown we have more or less succeeded in reinstating our full programme of short, half day and all day walks and both existing and new members have been turning out with growing confidence. I personally recently sampled one of our Thursday morning walks; this was a shade less than 6 miles. The expectations that I had for this walk, from Ab Kettleby in this case, were all met including being well led by one of our many experienced walk leaders Paul. The bonus on this occasion was the prospect of sharing a well earnt lunch at the villages Sugar Loaf Inn with fellow walkers. A timely reminder that quite apart from the obvious health and fitness aspects that the sociability and camaraderie of Rambling remains intact! We continue to experience and indeed welcome newcomers to our ranks, many new faces have come across us via our Facebook page. Here you can find out a little more about us and find more detailed information about our walks programme.

The Practice have recently paused the use of Social Media channels. For the foreseeable future, all communications will be posted on the Practice website.

Anyone is welcome to come along and learn the basics of table tennis, all ages and abilities are welcome, especially people who have never picked up a bat. Why don’t you try it? What’s the worst that could happen?

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Barbara Smolicz, who has been teaching Tai Chi in south Leicestershire villages (Market

It’s not been the finest month for Skipper Daz and his boys. But, it would be fair to say that luck hasn’t been on his side. The brightest spark was a monster victory over Lutterworth 3s with both Archie Brown (101*) and Samit Kanji (104) notching their first hundreds for the club. We’ve also seen some decent bowling performances from the pack too. But the rub of the green hasn’t been forthcoming; the promotion push has become something of a mid-table forced acceptance. There are still a few more matches to be played; so a positive finish is hoped for. This is especially as some of the younger 2s are being blooded into the mix. The future is bright boys, the future is bright.

The Kibworth Art Lovers are emerging from the latency imposed by Covid restrictions with an exhibition of their work to be held, by kind invitation of Roger and Nan Whiteway, at their venue opposite the Kibworth Co-op. The exhibition will take place on Friday 24, Saturday 25, and Sunday 26 September and will feature original paintings for viewing and for sale.

Kibworth resident and regular Blood Platelet Donor, Alan White, decided to have some fun with his 700th donation at NHS Blood Donation (Birmingham) this week by dressing up as James Bond!