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Early last year, when Covid-19 struck, Leicestershire & Rutland Federation of Women’s Institutes had to cancel the ever popular Annual Council Meeting just one week beforehand and the WI, like everyone else, faced a challenging year. Many of us have kept in touch through phone calls, texts and FaceTime, keeping spirits up and supporting each other. We have also learned to ‘Zoom’ and were delighted to learn that the ACM would be held this year, via Zoom, on Saturday 6 March, albeit with a reduced programme. 

Age UK Leicester Shire & Rutland in partnership with Unique Wine Safaris is holding an online Charity Wine Tasting Night and you are invited.

We held our public Zoom meeting on 23 February and were pleased to welcome four members of the public.

Are you responsible for fencing off the small green on Weir Road , Kibworth and planting it with a few very young saplings? Presumably it is a Leicestershire County Council Department?

A local care company is urging former employees from the hospitality and retail sectors to bring their valuable skills to the care sector.

Announcement from The Society for The Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB).

It is exactly one year ago on Tuesday March 23, when all our lives changed. A new language emerged. Below are some of the words and phrases which have shaped our thought processes and understanding over the past 365 days.

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We are re-opening our karate clubs at both Smeeton Westerby and Arnesby from Monday 12 April.

It was amazing to see this Common Buzzard  (Buteo buteo) performing his territorial display over farmland just outside Kibworth in February. 

After nearly 3 months of being in lockdown tennis is back at the Kibworth Tennis Club on from 29th March. This includes all of the weekly group coaching sessions, team matches and social play. It will be interesting to see how rusty everybody will be after such a long break.

The Grammar School Hall remains closed at this time due to the Covid situation. However we are hopeful of a re-opening as soon as the government gives us the go ahead. Kelly, our hall officer, has already contacted our regular users to discuss their potential needs and we aim to hit the ground running.

The woods at the side of St.Helen's Church in Gumley have a few surprises in store. If you follow the yellow post footpath, accessed from Gumley Road and also from next to the church, through the middle of the woods, you'll be sure of a "Big Surprise".