Parish Council notes Dementia project

It was agreed to award a grant of £316 to Gunns’ Gym for new mats and ropes.

Councillors considered their response to a public consultation exercise regarding the provision of a multi-use games area (MUGA) on the School Lane playing field. 134 responses were received, 123 were in favour of the MUGA, and 11 were against.

Charnwood Borough Council has agreed to award a grant of £150,000 for the project. The council agreed to go ahead with the project and put it out to tender at a total cost of £150,000.

It was agreed to defer a decision about a draft five-year business plan to the June meeting.

It was reported that as insufficient numbers of councillors had been elected at the May elections, it was not possible for the Parish Council to pursue the NALC Quality Gold award. It would be eligible to apply for the foundation-level award.

The council has received a letter from a resident requesting that it organise an event to celebrate the King’s coronation. The council has not organised an event but has tried to find out the location of any Birstall street parties, to report back to the letter writer.

FORGETFUL FRIENDS, Rothley Dementia Project,

will be starting soon, and there is an introductory meet-up on Wednesday, May 24, from 4.30-5.30pm, at Rothley Community Library.

“I have dementia, I’m still me, and I have a meaningful life.” “I want to get rid of the stigma around dementia.” “I want to meet up with other people who have dementia so that we can support each other.”

The group will be part of DEEP, Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project, a UK-wide network which connects groups to each other to magnify the views, hopes and intentions of people with dementia.

If any of these apply to you, or if you’d like to support the project, come along or contact rothley.dementia.project@gmail.com.