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MONDO GNAO1 Charity Night At Spice Lounge Article by Ripon

Spice Lounge Restaurant was proud and honoured on Sunday 12th June 2022 to be a sponsor of a fantastic fundrasing event for MONDO GNAO1.

In total, we donated £420 pounds to help support this wounderful local charity in Shepshed. Everyone who dined, throughly enjoyed this great night for a great cause.

Shepshed Book Group Article by Sue Torne

Do you enjoy reading? Have you ever thought about joining a book group?

If your answer to these two questions is Yes, then consider the Shepshed Book Group. We meet once a month, usually the last Wednesday of the month, at 2 30pm at the Council offices on Charnwood Road. Our reading covers a whole range of different genres, from psychological thrillers to historical novels to political/ spy dramas. In the last year we have read books by authors such as Maggie O’Farrell, Colston Whitehead and Robert Harris. All the books we read are suggested by our members. There is no membership fee just a £1 per session to cover the cost of the room hire. If you would like to know more about this book group please contact Hilary Lambert (01509 504864) for more details.

Shepshed History Society Article by Marjorie Schulz

On June 1th Shepshed History Society heard the fascinating and very sad story of Joseph Merrick the Leicester man who suffered with elephantiasis who went onto suffer with catastrophic swellings of the body that made him become hideously disfigured.

Born in Leicester in the mid 1800's Dr Ann Featherstone gave the society a cruel insight of the stricken man as he struggled to survive as his family disowned him and threw him out of the house. He tried cigar rolling until his hands became too swollen to continue to do so, so he tried being a hawker selling bric a brac on street corners until the council refused to continue with his licence as he was considered to frightening to face the public.

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in the workhouse until a showman who showed freaks in empty shop windows in those days offered him a job. But as he couldn't do anything to entertain the onlookers he was soon sacked. Desperate for work he tried the continent to do the same job but eventually his employer stole his frugal savings so he had no choice but to return to England, penniless and homeless. Whereupon a Doctor in London gave him a room in his hospital in order to study his disease, so for a while at least he had a roof over his head and food to eat but four years later he died at the age of 26 and was buried in an unmarked grave in a London cemetery. It wasn't until 2019 that some kind soul finally showed him some respect and erected a little tasteful headstone to honour the stricken man who had been so unloved in his short and tragic life, ostracized by people who should have known much better.

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Spotlight on Iveshead

July 2022

FUNDRAISING FOR UKRAINE BIKE RIDE - At 8am on the 29th of April, two static bikes were set up in a common area, then 29 students from the Iveshead Rotary Club Interact Group all banded together to make sure the pedals didn’t stop turning for the next 24 hours.

Having seen what was occurring in Ukraine, we felt compelled to get sponsored and keep pushing on for the benefit of those less fortunate than us, with all proceeds going to the Disasters Emergency Committee.

Altogether, we raised a tremendous £2022.50! We’d like to say a huge 'thank you' to everyone who was generous enough to donate anything at all, as well as all the other staff and students that cheered us along - especially Mrs Brentnall, without whom we never could have achieved this.

The Interact Group also recently held a BAKE SALE at Iveshead, raising another huge sum of £232 for the same charity. We're very proud to have been able to raise so much money for such a great cause!

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On Thursday 9th June we held a SUMMER MUSIC SHOWCASE featuring hits from the stage and screen, to raise money for Ukrainian charities. 35 students performed from years 7 to 13.

The Iveshead Singers successfully made their debut singing ‘You Will Be Found’ from the hit musical Evan Hanson, ‘We’re All In This Together’ from High school musical, and their own cover of ‘Stand By Me’ which they performed with the Iveshead Guitar Club. There were also some wonderful piano performances, some outstanding vocal performances and Isobel Osborne (Yr9) played a clarinet solo of ‘Somewhere Over The Rainbow’ from The Wizard of Oz. The evening was a sell out and a great success, raising nearly £500 for Ukrainian refugee charities.

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Shepshed’s Super Slimmers Throw Themselves Into Fundraising Campaign Article by Shepshed Slimming World Slimmers have joined together to spring-clean their wardrobes and donate their clothes to Cancer Research UK in support of the national fundraising campaign ‘The Big Slimming World Clothes Throw’.

Members of the Shepshed Slimming World group’s collected all Photo: Slimming World Consultants, Claire-Lou their unwanted on the left and Christina on the right. clothes, shoes and accessories to donate to their local Cancer Research UK shop to support the campaign. Each single bag collected could raise around £25 for the charity.

The campaign is a nationwide fundraising drive that sees Slimming World members across the UK donating clothes to Cancer Research UK, All profits go to support the charity’s life-saving work to help beat cancer sooner.

Christina & Claire-Lou, who runs the Shepshed groups which meet every Wednesday 9.30am, 5.30pm or 7.30pm, says their members were more than willing to donate their unwanted clothes to help such a worthwhile cause, and jumped at the chance to recycle the clothes they’ve slimmed out of to help raise money.

They said: “Members of our Shepshed Slimming World group’s have really embraced this fabulous fundraising campaign and they have been more than happy to donate their ‘big’ clothes because they know that they’re never going to need them again! They’re looking and feeling fantastic -- we’re very proud! One in three of us are affected by cancer and being overweight increases the risk of developing the disease, so we’re determined to do anything we can do to help fight cancer and help people lead healthier lives.

At group each week we support members to make healthy changes to the way they shop, cook and eat that they can keep up for life. We’re delighted that our members are always so keen to pull together and support local good causes. Cancer touches so many people’s lives so most people are keen to contribute. The money raised will support Cancer Research UK’s research that helps to find new treatments and, in the long term a cure for cancer.”

Christina & Claire-Lou says we feel great!

It’s easy to take your health for granted and we think it’s so important to support causes that help others that aren’t in good health. Thanks to Slimming World we feel fitter and healthier than ever and it’s great to know that the money raised from my donated items will go towards research to find better ways to treat cancer.

The staff that runs the Cancer Research UK shop in Loughborough, says: “We welcome clothes and items of all shapes, sizes and styles and were absolutely thrilled to receive such a huge donation of clothing from the Shepshed Slimming World groups. It’s wonderful to be able to help celebrate the amazing weight losses and the improvements to health that Slimming World members achieve. We’re delighted that they’ve chosen to use their slimming success to raise money for Cancer Research UK – it makes a real difference to our fundraising efforts and it’s good to raise awareness that being overweight increases cancer risk too. ” Anyone who’d like to lose weight and join Slimming World’s Big Clothes Throw is welcome at the Shepshed group’s, which meets every Wednesday at 9.30 at the bowls club across from Asda on Charnwood road or 5.30 or 7.30 at the Methodist Church on Field street. To find out more visit www.slimmingworld.com

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Als Electronic Shepshed Experience Article by Allan Dobb

Al’s Electronic Shepshed Experience leans heavily on people giving me plenty of time to help with their projects. I was contacted by Laura the Landlady from the Bull and Bush at Shepshed, about an attempt on a Guinness world record concerning Darts pairs. This record was Fifty one hours one minute, so to break the record and set a new one, the four lads had to do fifty two hours and one minute.

By any stretch this was going to be a tall order, with long hours without sleep our bodies shut down.

The four lads to take up this challenge were as follows; Kev Bryan,James Hoult,aka Nez, Dave Sloan, and Brad Cave. All chose out four charities; The Shepshed Food bank, First responders,Jakin and MacMillan to which all will benefit from monies raised. A auction took place with some eye watering prizes and some fantastic bids. I suppose you know by now the boys are now Guinness World pairs record holders with a new high of Sixty hours.

Hopefully when they have all recovered I will be able to have a chinwag for the poddy, so look out for that. Congratulation to everyone who contributed to the Guinness record attempt, in any form that took.

It doesn’t stop there, and you can add Ben Norman to the growing list of Shepshed Champions. For those who don’t know Ben has been plotting his career very carefully, and on June 18th won his fight against Liam Dring. This was for the Midlands Area Flyweight Boxing Championship at the Harvey Hadden, Nottingham. For me in Boxing both fighters put not only their reputation, but there different skills they bring the fight game. Our main congratulations go to Ben, but not forgetting the efforts and the team of the opponent.

As I write this I will try and bring you an interview with Ben and his feelings about this achievement. When I started my own Podcasting project, I wasn’t aware of the talent we have on our patch, it keeps giving.

On the horizon and coming around Autumn I will be putting a feature on our local authors, again another rich vein of talent. I selected three and on different journey’s in their writing careers. They say we all have a book in us, not too sure I have, but if you can organise the time factor, then maybe. Just got to finish the background and we can then get to know the mechanics it takes to get a book into the hands of the reading public.

Hope some of you have managed a holiday, or though staying in this country has more of an appeal than it used to. We’ve spent two breaks in Blighty, the last one was in North -West Wales. This was a brilliant week speaking with local residents. If you want to find the best places to eat, then the locals are the best port of call. We were pointed to an excellent place for a hearty breakfast, which set us up for the day ahead. The location was such, we would never have found it without local knowledge. It good to talk.

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Loughborough Flower Lovers' Club Article by Heather Cake

Loughborough Flower Lovers’ Club’s next meeting will be held on Thursday, 21 July, when Marie Bradley will be entertaining members with her demonstration entitled ‘Summer Fun’.

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Hathern’s Big Week was a great success again with a plethora of events.

The library played a big role with activities on the Thursday, including a challenge to the village to read 70 stories out loud. Last time I was in the library, Ann Clark’s lovely mandala with stars to count the stories read was still in the 50s. Please try to help us to reach 70.

Proms in the park was a stonking success with a packed marquee. The Big Quiz attracted a lot of teams and completed the season with the Dew Drop winning the trophy after a hard-fought battle with Hathern Club. This was very impressive as the Americans in the team had to cope with the majority of questions being based in British culture. The new season of bi-weekly quizzes will resume on July 7th, when the pub and the club begin again the quest for supremacy. How about getting a team of mates or neighbours together and taking part? The quizzes take place on the first and third Thursday of the month.

Hathern Open Gardens was spectacular again and showed us once more what marvels lurk behind fences and hedges.

The indefatigable HVA are undaunted by having a good chunk of their site gobbled up by the roundabout. They will be putting the marquee and other structures in a slightly different place. This year’s headliner is Lulu. No, not a tribute act but the real McCoy. Watch out on their Facebook page for new acts to be continually added. Please buy tickets before the event to give these local heroes a bit of security. The outlay for the event is around 90 grand. We endure all weathers to put the thing together and to take it down again. Don’t be put off. The Glastonbury crowd have to endure wet and mud. Let’s make this year’s festival a resounding success. You are indeed very fortunate to have this magnificent volunteer led festival on your doorstep.

The Open Spaces manager is planning to start planting Hathern Wood in the autumn. He has tweaked the plan a bit to account for the shortfall in funding from the Forestry Commission. The majority of planting will be done by contractors because we need their expertise in layout. But there will be plenty of scope for locals to join in as volunteers. I will tell you when I know the start date and find out how you can get involved. If it falls between my deadlines, I will tell the parish council and they will publicise it on their Facebook page.

For several reasons the library sponsored walk has been postponed till the autumn. I would have been sitting tonight with my feet in a bowl of water with a prospect of another 17 miles tomorrow. I will have those joys at another time. Thank you to everyone who has contributed. We will do it, honest. We now have a Go Fund Me page for further sponsors – https:// gofund.me/e14f95ab. (That’s almost as bad as my wifi security code). I know life is tough at the moment with ever increasing bills but if you can spare a few bob, we would be very grateful.

This year’s Summer Reading Challenge is all about gadgets and the science and technology behind our daily lives. It starts on Saturday July 2nd, ends on September 10th and is free to join. You can obtain all the info about this at the library and children will be able to get stuff and a certificate as they read their required number of books. So please encourage your kids to take part.

It is always a pleasure to hand out the goodies to the children.

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At the time of writing this article, it is Armed Forces Week. Every single day, members of the Armed Forces work around the clock to keep the UK and our allies safe, and we salute them for their service. I am proud of the courage and dedication of our Armed Forces, and I warmly welcome this Government’s support of our veterans. Many veterans require support upon leaving the military and it is our duty to ensure that those who served our country continue to receive the very best possible care.

There is much going on locally for veterans. In Shepshed, the Volunteer Centre run veterans' coffee mornings, every Monday (apart from bank holidays), 10am to 12 noon in their heated activity shed. If you are interested in attending, please give them a ring on 01509 508040, for more information.

It was an honour to officially open the Veterans Wellbeing Hub in Loughborough recently. It takes place every Friday between 10am and 1pm at the Loughborough Wellbeing Centre. It is a drop-in event open to all veterans for advice and support. The Charnwood Veterans Breakfast Club is also a great way for veterans and their families to meet up with others.

Organised by the wonderful Vicky Coomber, I visited one of the sessions last year – it was such a great event. More information about the Breakfast Club is available on Charnwood Borough Council’s website, which has information about this and other support available to veterans locally: www.charnwood.gov.uk/pages/support_for_the_armed_forces Charnwood Borough Council has a strong track record in supporting veterans.

The Council’s Armed Forces Champion, Cllr Hilary Fryer, is passionate about helping veterans locally and I speak to her about her work regularly.

Just outside the constituency is the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre at Stanford Hall. I had the privilege in visiting shortly after I was elected. This facility is second-to-none, where injured service personnel can receive the very best care. Facilities include a swimming pool, multiple gymnasiums, outdoor amputee mobility rehabilitation areas and a state-of-the-art research facility. I was amazed that such a facility existed on our doorstep.

In Parliament, I have supported the Government in their efforts to support veterans. The Office for Veterans’ Affairs was created in 2019 with the aim of taking on the challenges faced by our nation’s veterans. The office works with departments to coordinate and drive Government policy on veterans’ welfare, spanning mental and physical health, education and employment.

The Ministry of Defence also works closely with the NHS and service charities to ensure that veterans who have been physically injured have access to appropriate care. For example, the Veterans Trauma Network aims to provide a safety net for trauma-recovering veterans and transitioning Service personnel, to ensure their life-long healthcare needs are met. The Veterans’ Gateway, provided by a consortium of veteran charities, provides 24/7 support and advice to veterans and their families. This includes help with health concerns, housing, employment, and finance, all issues which disproportionately affect disabled veterans.

The number of Covid cases is on the rise again with increases of 40% and 25% in the last two weeks. Hospitalisations are relatively low. Let’s try to keep these numbers down as the last thing we need now is another nasty variant to put us back in square one.

The Veterans' Strategy Action Plan which included specific provisions to help make Britain the best place in the world to be a veteran by 2028. The Government will provide an additional £18 million over the next three years for veterans physical and mental health services as well as £5 million in new funding for innovative health projects. Further £44 million will be invested in creating a single Veterans UK portal, which will put all pension and compensation services online.

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Christine Radford Borough Councillor for Shepshed T: 01509 502974 M: 07796 544817 E: christine_radford@hotmail.com It seems along while now since the jubilee celebrations and hopefully summer is on the way and you have plans. We can be contacted via email or phone, or if you prefer come along to our monthly surgery.

Planning P/22/0897/2 – 7 Brick Kiln Lane – proposed two storey extension to rear of property P/22/0758/2 – 7 Charnwood Road – change of use from Class E to Nail Parlour (Sui Generis) P/22/0592/2 – Cobblers Cottage, 26a Church Street – replacement windows P/22/0572/2 – 53 Glenmore Avenue – proposed construction of two storey rear extension and alterations to create driveway to front of dwelling P/22/0891/2 -39a Leicester Road – erection of 2 storey building comprising 8 flats with associated bin storage facilities, car parking, access and landscaping works to the rear.

P/22/0846/2 - 69 Leicester Road – proposed single storey rear extension to replace existing P/22/0823/2 – 106 Oakley Road – proposed single story rear extension P/22/0664/2 – 3E Jolly Farmers Lane – T21 (Oak) – crown reduction topically by no more than 2m and laterally by no more than 1m removal of dead and dangerous branches P/22/0355/2 – 64B Brick Kiln Lane – change of use of land to create an extended residential cartilage, erection of outbuilding, boundary hedgerow and fence with ecological enhancement management (amended application) Planning applications granted subject to conditions P/22/0338/2 – 148 Conway Drive – proposed erection of conservatory to rear of dwelling Planning called in P/22/0891/2 – 39a Leicester Road - has been called in by the ward Cllr Popley and the Town Council and the County Cllr Christine Radford have also written in to Charnwood expressing their concerns.

Local Plan Examination – update A series of public hearings are currently being held as part of the scrutiny process for Charnwood Borough Council’s Local Plan

which sets out a vision for growth in the area.

back into use for the arts.

It is one of 11 projects Loughborough Town Deal is backing after securing £16.9 million of Government funding.

In total, the projects are worth over £40 million of investment for the town.

The first session was held at Loughborough Town Hall on June 28th and the final session is on Friday July 22nd. The sessions are open for the public to attend but people cannot make representations unless they have already been invited to do so by the Local Plan programme officer.

Next door to the former Generator Hall is a former art and design college building which is also part of the overall Generator project. Its renovation has been funded separately and is no home to creative industries including Ohh Deer, Cotton Clara and Our Neighbourhood. Public, a coffee shop and bakery is on the ground floor.

Last year the Council submitted the Local Plan 2021-37 to Government following several years of development, evidence gathering and consultations.

So far, Loughborough Ton Deal has committed to invest: • £2.6 million to create a Digital Skills |Hub at Loughborough College

The Charnwood Local Plan202137: • Identifies 154 hectares of employment land to support the creation of 8,900 jobs in the borough • Meets the borough’s housing need – the target figure set by Government- by allocating land for the development of 1,111 new sustainable and well-designed homes each year up to 2037 • Focuses development towards intensifying and extending existing urban and suburban areas and larger village, thereby creating accessible community hubs while protecting nearly 279 square kilometres of open countryside • Plans for the critical mass of development needed to secure infrastructure – including five new schools at Loughborough, Shepshed, Barrow, Anstey and Syston – as well as health services, roads and public transport networks • Will bring in an estimated £200 million in Section 106 money to pay for other improvements to facilities amenities At the end of the examination, the inspector will send a report to the Council recommending whether it can adopt the plan. In most cases, the report will recommend some changes and further consultation is needed.

After that, the Council can adopt the local plan.

Loughborough Town Deal confirms £1.6m grant for arts and culture hub The Town Deal Board has confirmed the funding to support the Generator project which will bring a derelict hall in Packe Street

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• £900,000 to create a Careers and Enterprise Hub in Loughborough’s ton centre • £835,000 to help save Taylor’s Bell Foundry, the last major bell foundry in the UK • £1.7 million to support the \ Bedford Square Gateway Project which is regenerating part of the town centre • £885,000 to fund towpath improvements alongside the River Soar.

Combined with the Generator project, that brings committed Town Deal investment in Loughborough so far to around £8.5 million.

Bandstand concerts return to Queen’s Park Throughout the summer months, Queen’s Park in Loughborough will host a variety of exciting concerts for residents and visitors to attend.

The concerts have not been able to take place over the past couple of years due to coronavirus pandemic, but the concerts returned with a fantastic and well-attended performance from the Charnwood Symphonic Wind Orchestra on Father Day, Sunday June 19th.

Further concerts will be taking place during the summer, including the Loughborough Male Voice Choir on Sunday 3rd July and the New Orleans Hotshots |Jazz Band on Sunday July 17th.

Details will be published at www. charnwood.gov.uk/queendspark as more dates/bands are confirmed.

New email checks for electoral register in Charnwood Residents in Charnwood have been asked to look out for an

email as part of an annual check of voter details.

Every year, Charnwood Borough Council sends a letter to all households to check voters’ details are correct on the register.

For the first time, the Council is going to send some voters an email to carry out the check to save time, money and help the environment.

It follows similar moves by other councils which have helped reduce the number of letters being sent out.

The email was sent from the electoral.services@charnwood. gov.uk on Thursday, June 23rd and residents were asked to respond by Tuesday July 12th.

If more than one person in the household receives the email, only one person needs to respond.

If a response is not received or the Council does not hold an email address for anyone in the property, a paper form will be delivered by August 19th.

Where data suggests there have been some changes to the voters at the property, a paper canvass form will be sent by Friday August 19th.

A list of frequently asked questions can be found on the Council’s website at www.charnwood.gov. uk/annualcanvass or contact the helpline on 01509 634546 Councillor contact details Cllr.robin.popley@charnwood. gov.uk, 07909 447105 cllr. john.savage@charnmwood.gov. uk 550508(Shepshed East)cllr. christine.radford@charnwood. gov.uk 502974, cllr.ian.williams@ charnwood.gov.uk 07739 389960 (Shepshed West). We meet the first Saturday of the month, 10-11 am in the Town Council offices, 47a Charnwood Road (opposite Tesco)

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Christine Radford County Councillor for Shepshed T: 01509 502974 M: 07796 544817 E: christine_radford@hotmail.com Summer has started and with very hot days and then rainy days. Jubilee weekend is over and our street party went off well even though it rained all day. The party in Glenmore Park went off with a swing and everybody who attended enjoyed themselves and thanks should be given to the Town Council who put on this free event for the residents of Shepshed.

I have written to county highways expressing my concerns regarding 2 planning applications, the first being the application for a dentist at 84 Leicester Road and the second for 8 flats to the rear of 39a Leicester Road.

By the time you receive this magazine the school summer holidays with have started and parents will be scratching their heads to think of things to keep the children occupied and off of their phones and Ipads. Any ideas as I have my grandchildren living with me would be much appreciated.

Cabinet Friday 27th May There was a full agenda and one of the items was the Draft Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Carers Strategy 202225. I spoke on the importance of carers and the job they do.

Carers can be elderly but also much younger and that the department recognises their value and supports them by keeping them informed and guide them into getting the right support and remind carers that they have a life away from being a Carer.

The department also ensures that they are kept informed of technology solutions that can support them in their caring role.

I also stated that we have a duty to provide adaptations to maximise independence.

Cabinet Friday 24th June Items discussed were the Medium Term Financial Strategy Update, Charnwood Local Plan (20212037) Highways and Transport Matters, Leicestershire County Council Community Safety Strategy 2022-206 Annual Treasury Management |Report 2021/22, Recommended change to the annual investment strategy and investment in Christofferson Robb and company’s capital relief fund, Annual report of the commercial strategy 2021/22, Public Health strategy 20222027 – delivering good health and prevention services Summer reading Challenge – Gadgeteers Leicestershire libraries are calling

for all children aged 4-12 years to take part in this year’s Gadgeteers Summer Reading Challenge.

The challenge is fee to join and runs from Saturday 2nd July until Saturday 10th September in all Leicestershire Libraries including community managed libraries.

For this year’s challenge, The Reading Agency has partnered with the Science Museum Group to create ‘Gadgeteers’, inspiring children to use their curiosity and creativity to discover the science behind the everyday, and celebrate the role of the imagination in both reading and the sciences.

Children will set their own reading targets and collect rewards as they work their way through their books over the summer holidays.

Children can sign up for the challenge at any time throughout the summer at any library or on line https:// summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/ Electric vehicle (EV) charging points After receiving several enquiries regard EV charging I contacted officers and a new webpage has been created which can be viewed here: www.leicestershire.gov.uk/roadsand-travel/cars-and-parking/ electric-vichles-ev The webpage also includes a link to Zap-map which displays a map with locations and providers of available charge-points, the type of charge, its availability and utilisation fee (if applicable) As you may be aware the issues arising with growing demand for Electric Vehicles and the associated infrastructure are still being understood by the authority as county are very keen to support but there are some practical issues and liabilities we are still working through. Unfortunately at this time the Highway Authority cannot currently approve or authorise trailing cables across the highway or footpaths.

Homes for Ukraine update County have, at the time of going to print, reached 1,000 mark for the number of visa applications relating to sponsor addresses in Leicestershire. Of these over 500 have arrived in the county and 71 are in Charnwood.

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out accommodation checks on sponsor properties.

A small number of sponsors/guest arrangements have broken down.

The Children and Families Service has worked with schools to facilitate the provision of school places for children arriving from the Ukraine. School transport will be provided for Ukrainian children who need support to get to their allocated school (if not in walking distance). Please email UkraineTransport@leics.gov.uk if you are a Guest seeking help with school transport.

The County Council has established a welcome desk at EMA which is staffed every day from 8am until the last flight has arrived each evening or until 2am as needed.

Further information is available at www.leicestershire.gov.uk/supportfor-ukraines and queries should be direct through HomesforUkraine@ leics.gov.uk I sit on a charity (Thomas Harley Estate Charity) which has just agreed to set aside some monies to support refugees. This could be towards books or school uniforms, please contact sur.stevenson@ charity-link.org for help.

Temporary Traffic Regulation Orders (TTRO) A TTRO is required on Springfield Road from 26th July for 3 days.

The road will be closed between Charnwood Road and The Meadows.

Access will be maintained for residents and emergency services.

The TTRO will be implemented for public safety to allow Severn Trent Water to undertake pipe works in the carriageway.

The works can be viewed at https://one.network/?tm=GB 128694913 A TTRO is to be made for the following location: Kirkhill. The purpose is to allow Severn Trent Water to safely undertake works to replace a manhole cover and frame.

The duration is not anticipated to exceed a period of 1 day commencing Sunday 04th September.

The works can be viewed on httpds://one. network/?tm=GB128876487 A TTRO is to be made for the following location: Shepshed Road, Hathern. The purpose is to allow Centurion Traffic Management on behalf of T-Mobile to safely undertake the installation of a Telecoms Mast and associated Cabinets.

The duration is not anticipated to exceed a period of 4 nights, 20.00 till 06.00 each night , commencing 08th August.

The works can be viewed on https://one. neywork/?tm=GB129123965 Your help and support – my contact details Without your help in keeping me informed regarding issues around Shepshed, I would not be able to do my job. For help and advice on County matters, I can be contacted on 01509 502974, or 07796 544817 or e mail christine_radford@hotmail. com or christine.radford@leics. gov.uk my monthly surgery, is held on the first Saturday of the month in the Town Council Offices, 47a Charnwood Road, (opp. Tesco) You do not need an appointment; I will be there from 10-11am.

Hathern Parish Council Next Council Meetings Mon 22 August 19:30 - Mon 26 September 19:30 Clerk: Maureen Spencer Tel: 01509 842813 Email: clerk@hathernparishcouncil.org.uk www.hathernparishcouncil.org.uk Like us on Facebook: @hathernparish Councillor: Roy Dann rdann@hathernparishcouncil.org.uk Councillor: Martin Clayton mclayton@hathernparishcouncil.org.uk Councillor: John Boyes jboyes@hathernparishcouncil.org.uk Councillor: Ben Murdoch bmurdoch@hathernparishcouncil.org.uk Councillor: Rachel Bennett rbennett@hathernparishcouncil.org.uk Councillor: Dave Neville dneville@hathernparishcouncil.org.uk Councillor: Shona Farmer sfarmer@hathernparishcouncil.org.uk

Iveshead School Interact Club - 24hr Sponsored Static Bike Ride For Ukraine Beginning at 8am on the 29th April, two static bikes were set up in a common area at Iveshead School. From that point on, 29 students from the Iveshead Rotary Club Interact Group all banded together to make sure the pedals didn’t stop turning for the next 24 hours.

Having seen what was occurring in Ukraine, we felt compelled to help in any way we could, and so decided to organize this event and get sponsored to keep pushing on for the benefit of those less fortunate than us, with all proceeds going to the Disasters Emergency Committee. Altogether, we raised a tremendous £2022.50!

We’d like to say a huge thankyou to everyone who was generous enough to donate anything at all, as well as all the other Staff and Students that cheered us along – especially Mrs Brentnall, a teacher at the School without whom we never could have achieved this.

The Interact Group also recently held a Bake Sale at Iveshead, raising another huge sum of £232 for the same Charity.

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Shepshed Lions Fantastic Yearly Report Article by Lynn Jackson

It is the end of the Lion year in July. I have had a good year as President this year, compared to the previous two and I’d like to think we have managed to almost get back to our pre pandemic ways. Our activities have grow over the year and our membership has grown too, 4 new members have joined us and The Fossl’s (Friends of Shepshed Lions) membership has grown too.

The Fossl’s help has been invaluable to us and many of our activities would not have been successful without them. The involvement of their children has been wonderful. I would like to say a massive THANK YOU to them all.

THANK YOU also to the residents of Shepshed. It is your support that helps us to help each other.

RECIPIENTS OF DONATIONS : July 2021 - June 2022 • Providing a local resident with a mobility scooter • Warmer streets crafters (local group of knitters/crocheters who make items for the homeless and other groups, eg refugees etc.)

• Young girl attending Girl Guide Jamboree in Switzerland July 2022.

• Charnwood Senior Citizens Group for travel to their Christmas Meal Coach.

• Donation given to family (within hours or our knowing) in desperate need of food.

• Gentleman with metal health problems visited and given a fridge.

• Annual Salvation Army given donation for local use only.

• Shepshed Food bank • Toy library - stationary costs • Persons displaced by the war in Ukraine - via Lions Clubs International Fund • Money set aside (continuously) to help Shepshed residents who ask Salvation Army for help.

• Victims of Tonga Volcano - via Lions Clubs International fund.

• Help offered to a resident to pay for counselling • Belton Buzzards kids football team kit provided.

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES : July 2021 - June 2022 • Fossl’s WhatsApp group active throughout the year • Active CFR member throughout the year • SHEPSHED LIONS ANNUAL CARNIVAL. Aided by the Fossl’s • Elderly person’s Afternoon tea delivered to 55 recipients. Aided by Meet’n’Eat and Fossl’s. (Oct 21) • Santa sleigh and Santa at Market Traders Christmas event • Poppy wreath laid at Town’s Remembrance Service • Provided PA equipment and personnel at Remembrance Service.

• SANTA SLEIGH - 2 weeks touring as much of Shepshed as was possible, aided by the Fossl’s.

• Christmas hamper raffle placed in 8 pubs.

• Attended volunteer Fair in library • Easter egg raffle placed in 11 establishments.

• Elderly persons tea party, with entertainment + some delivered. Aided by Meet’n’Eat and Fossl’s (May 22) • Tea tent provided at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Picnic in the park • Tea tent provided at the Fire Station Open Day. • 2 members visited Lion’s HQ in Birmingham to hand over approx.3000 pairs of used spectacles collected over the last year.

MEMBERS EVENTS/ACTIVITIES : July 2021 - June 2022 • Meetings conducted in person (for 1st time in 2 years) + zoom throughout the year • One of our members 80th birthday recognised by the club.

• Social event as a thank you to the Fossl’s at Bull & Bush.

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• 3 members enjoyed Loughborough Lions 50th anniversary me • Barbecue held to hand over to the new President in coming committee.

(All same as last year) • Social event - pot luck supper with talk from the woodland trust about trees for the Jubilee.

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Shepshed & District Camera Club Article by Kevin Moore

Shepshed & District Camera Club had a varied programme over the last few months with talks, Club practical evenings and competitions. Talks were given by Tal Chohan on Zoo Photography from when he started through to the present showing examples of his photos and which Zoos he visited.

Ashly Franklin gave an interesting talk on “The Wider World of Photography Pt1” and “One Year of Wildlife” presentation was given by Gianpiero Ferrari, Sileby Photographic Society, which contained some stunning photographs.

Two 3-way competitions were held between Shepshed & District Camera Club, Ashby Camera Club and Coalville and District Camera Club. The first was a 3-Way match battle which Shepshed one and the 2nd was a 3-way Print battle in which Shepshed came 2nd. The 2nd round of the internal competitions took place on Tuesday 29th March and again the standard of photographs was good. With much consideration the judge decided the following would receive awards; Sport/Action (Prints) 1st Stephen Hall - Laughing Waterskier.

2nd Garry Rennocks – For the high jump.

3rd Fred Ing – The Instructor.

Highly Commended - Alan Harris - Flying Lap. Highly Commended - Garry Rennocks - 2 People a dog and a Castle.

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2nd Kevin Moore -Two's Company.

3rd Mick Jelly - Lizard Lifeboat Station.

Highly Commended – Alan Harris – Lincoln Cathedral Highly Commended – Garry Rennocks - 2 People, a Dog and a Castle On Tuesday 24th April the 3rd round of the internal competitions took place.

A good selection of photographs was entered in the two categories and with much thought the judge awarded the following; Close Up/Still Life (Projected Images) 1st Vilingekriger - Pete Richardson 2nd Lizard Lifeboat Station - Mick Jelley 3rd Little Owl - Pete Richardson HC Colourful dawn Over Charnwood - Mick Jelley HC Kingfisher Portrait - Nigel Bampton Open Category (Projected Images) 1st 17 Jewels - Pete Richardson 2nd Owl Butterfly - Alan Harris 3rd Potting Shed Flower - Alan Harris Highly Commended Common Blue - Nigel Bampton Highly Commended Knife Angel - Steve Russell The club is now on its summer break returning in September but new members are always welcome and further information, including the programme for this year, can be found on the club’s website. www.shepshedcameraclub.co.uk

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