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Charnwood Community Lottery reaches 10,000 tickets
Over 10,000 lottery tickets have been sold and around £6,000 has already been raised for good causes since Charnwood Borough Council launched the lottery in September 2018.
For every £1 ticket purchased, 60p goes towards helping good causes in the borough and people are able to choose which good cause to support when buying their ticket.
Charnwood Community Lottery helps raise money for good... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 14:32 by Phil Laughton
Charnwood Borough Council is proposing to raise council tax for band D Properties
Charnwood Borough Council is proposing to raise its share of council tax by 9p a week for a Band D property.
The proposed increase would see the annual charge for an average Band D property rise £5 (4.27 per cent) to £122.09 from April 1, 2019.
It is also being proposed to keep the Loughborough Special Rate, paid by residents of Loughborough and the equivalent of a parish precept in villages,... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 14:27 by Phil Laughton
Get involved in re-designing community health services
Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, the people who plan and buy health services, have started a conversation with people asking them about their experiences of community health services including community nursing, intensive community support services and therapies.
Over the last three months they have been gathering people's real experience of community services... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 14:23 by Phil Laughton
LCC School Crossing Patrol Vacancy
Location Duty Times: Outside of the school gates
AM: TBC & PM: 15:05-15:40
Are you a parent or carer who currently escorts your child/children to and from school each day? Have you ever considered that by dedicating around 35-40 minutes of your time twice a day, you could help to make the routes to and from school safer for our school children by helping them to cross the road, and be paid whilst... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 13:59 by Phil Laughton
Queniborough conservation area boundary review
Charnwood Borough Council are seeking the public's views on the proposed changes to the conservation area boundaries in the villages.
The consultation period will run from Monday January 21, 2019 to February 11, 2019. You can give your views by completing our online survey.
If you require a paper copy of the survey then please contact built.heritage@charnwood.gov.uk or pick one up from the Council offices.... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:39 by Phil Laughton
Be careful of cold callers
The Parish Office has received a report of suspicious cold callers in the area, who are calling on people even though they have 'No Cold Callers' cards in their windows. Please be cautious.
Posted: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 15:14 by Phil Laughton
Snow Wardens wanted
The Council have 3 snow wardens who, if there is a long spell of cold weather, come out and salt and grit the footpaths in the centre of the village. There is a small payment for this.
If anyone is interested, please contact the Parish Office so we can arrange training and clothing.
Posted: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 14:14 by Phil Laughton
Community Speedwatch: Update
Thank you for everyone who has volunteered to help with a Community Speedwatch campaign. You will be contacted shortly about plans for next year. If anyone is interested in giving a few hours to help reduce speeding traffic in the village, please contact the Parish Office.
Posted: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 14:12 by Phil Laughton
Traffic petition for the Village reaches nearly 700 signatures
The Council would like to thank everyone who signed the petition to ask for the Highways Department to start working with the village to improve the traffic situation in the village.
With nearly 700 signatures the petition can be put forward to be heard at the County Council committee responsible for highways. The Parish Council, the school and the Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group are all working together... Read More »
Posted: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 14:08 by Phil Laughton
Village Awards
Each year the Council makes an award to residents who have given exceptional service to the community.
The Village Awards this year were awarded to Geoff Rudkin for his many years work on the November 5th Committee; Chris Kirkpatrick for even longer service on the November 5th Committee and her years as Assistant Clerk to the Parish Council. Colin McKenzie and Brenda Brayshaw both received awards for... Read More »
Posted: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 13:54 by Phil Laughton
