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KIRBY MUXLOE LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY HUB Kirby Muxloe residents will be pleased to know that, following a week of closure, our Library has now re-opened.

Our many valiant volunteers are actively involved and becoming very proficient in handling Library operations, including checking books in and out, handling new stock, recruiting new users, dealing with reservations, passing requests to other libraries and, very importantly, providing a cheerful and welcoming presence. We have also managed to conquer the workings of the somewhat daunting coffee machine, so you can now have a cup of coffee or tea and a snack whilst browsing our shelves.

Working alongside us in these early days are professional LCC staff who make sure that we are on the right track and put us right when our training deserts us! Do come and visit, have a chat and use the facilities. If all you want to do is sit and browse the books with a coffee, that's absolutely fine and we would love to see you. You can take out up to 24 items at any one time - particularly useful if you have small children. You can also borrow jigsaw puzzles. Donations of puzzles and any books you no longer want are always welcome.

We have remodelled the interior of the library so that it now looks much more bright, light and open. There are comfortable chairs to lounge in and chairs and tables if you want to do some work or homework in a warm and conducive environment. You will find new computers which work much more quickly than the old ones used to do and simpler and less expensive copying facilities. We are always anxious to have feedback and your ideas about what more we could offer.

We will have open coffee mornings on the fourth Saturday morning of each month with homemade cakes. The first of these is scheduled for 27th May, and all are welcome.

One point to note is that, for reasons beyond our control, we have had to delay our opening ceremony, which we had scheduled for 6th May. We will let you know the new date in good time.

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Foster homes needed for babies, teens and siblings BABIES, teenagers and sibling groups are just some of the children who need loving foster homes in Leicestershire.

A new recruitment drive has been launched in a bid to find people willing to share their lives – and homes - with in-need youngsters. Leicestershire County Council is inviting people interested in becoming carers to get in touch and find out more.

Support is available from the council from the very beginning and encouragesbongoing training throughout the fostering journey.

There are lots of different types of fostering for children of all ages, but at the moment there is a particular need for carers to look after babies, teenagers and sibling groups of two or more.

Regular ‘find out about fostering’ events are hosted at County Hall in Glenfield (LE3 8RA) where you can hear from some our carers, chat to staff and find out about the real difference you could make by fostering.

For more on the online campaign check out the fostering team’s ‘Fostering in Leicestershire’ Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/fosteringleicestershire/ and follow the council’s twitter feed @LeicsCountyHall To find out more about fostering call the recruitment team on 0116 305 0505 or come along to the next fostering event. www.fosteringleicestershire.com

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Ratby Library with Crow Pie Cafe Hire fees for periods between 5.00pm and 9.00pm are:

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Youth Trustee: Dan Green Trustee: Adrian Russell (Currently leading on the alterations to the Kitchen)

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Volunteers Applications to join us as a Volunteer s will always be welcome and you will receive plenty of help to gain the appropriate experience and skills to carry out the duties. In addition to this your own experience may provide a fund of activities that would be valuable to the library. The obvious tasks are Library administration and the Café, initial instruction is given for both. We are all volunteers of course and we undertake the cleaning as part of our duties so this might be a way that you can help. Your own interests may be of help to others or you may want to contact people with similar health problems to your own or you are a specialist that would like to meet and help people in groups. So if you find any of these suggestions interesting or are; looking for something to fill the time, keep your hand in or to put in a cv please get in touch.

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Renting space in the Library Space in the Library can be booked for meetings and events with the Café open if required.

The Space shown is flexible and can be increased to include a total of 30 or more seated in any arrangement required.

The next meeting will be held on 15th May at 6.30pm. The book to be discussed is ‘An Uncommon Reader’ by Alan Bennett. Wendy Deeping is the Leader of the Group and can be contacted on 0116 2390 227 if you wish to make enquiry about joining. Membership fee is £1 per meeting and and refreshments will be available to purchase.

Not all volunteers who wanted to attend were able to, so another session will be arranged to which anyone interested would be welcome to join us. Call Ken on the number below.

Easter Activities Name the puppy: The given name was Nigel but no one got it, so all the names that were chosen for him by people taking part were written on strips paper and placed in a container, then drawn by a customer, Minie Borrington.

The name chosen was Fluffy and the winner was Pamela Pollard Our thanks to Sainsbury’s for the donation of the dog.

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Easter Egg Hunt This was a dual activity as it included a quiz with Easter related answers the were to be found in the corner of pictures of Easter eggs displayed in the Children’s section of the library. When completed and random letters also displayed were rearranged to form ‘Easter Egg’ the answer sheet was then taken to a volunteer who swapped it for an Easter egg.

Colouring in Various colouring pictures and bunting was aviailable for children to do and was displayed. Altogether a very colourful time was had by all

Ratby Art Exhibition After a year’s break the Art Exhibition will be held a new venue; the Ratby Library, on Saturday 24th June and Sunday 25th June from 9.00am to 3.00pm on each day.

To accommodate this, permission has been granted to close the library on the Saturday.

As before the exhibition is open to any artists in Ratby or surrounding area.I f you are interested in exhibiting you art work, please contact Alison Graham on 01162387901 with contact details so that she can send you an entry form.

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This film is based on the true story about the romance between Ruth Williams, an insurance clerk from an ordinary background, and Seretse Khama, a nice chap she meets at a dance. He happens to be the heir to the    throne of the Bamangwato   people of Bechuanaland, a protectorate that has been under British rule since the 1880s.

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You now have until 15 October 2017 to use up any round pounds stashed away, after this date, the coin will cease to be legal tender in the UK - and you will no longer be able to spend them in shops or use them in vending machines.

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The Kirby Muxloe Local History Group The Kirby Muxloe Local History Group generally meets 6 times a year, and membership is open to all. Visitors are always welcome to all our meetings, which usually take place in St. Bartholomew’s Church Hall, Main St., Kirby Muxloe and start at 7.30 pm. They are normally on either a Thursday or Tuesday.

Details of the dates of meetings, together with the topics that will be covered, are shown on the notice board in Kirby Muxloe library.

Our next meeting will be on Thursday 18th of May. There will be a talk entitled “Made in Leicester” – companies that started in Leicester and became national and international. Speaker -Local Historian Brian Johnson. This will be followed by a short A.G.M. For members, your yearly subscription becomes due.

A Walk Down Main Street In this series of articles, we take a stroll down Main Street, Kirby Muxloe, and a walk into the past. Each article will feature a shop or business on Main Street. Do you remember it or know anyone who might?

If there is anything else about this, or any other business on Main Street, that you can tell us, please email us at info@kirbymuxloelocal historygroup.org or telephone Judith on 0116 2393767 or Mike on 0116 2386026.

Street. The buses were kept in a large wooden shed with a “Pratt’s Petroleum” petrol pump and storage at the front. However, due to increased competition from the Midland Red, Jack decided to sell the buses a few years later.

In 1931, Miss Lizzie Chesterton purchased a new bungalow built on the other side of the road, on land belonging to a Mr Jacques.

Lizzie, who had run a small grocery business at 39 Main Street, moved across the road, together with her sister and nephew Jack. The new bungalow was called ‘Clacton’. Lizzie also moved her business across the road into the bungalow, converting the right-hand side of the building into a shop with a window display. Early in the 1930’s, Jack established a bicycle sales and repair business there. He built a large workshop at the rear of the bungalow and a glass lean-to at the side, which served as a bicycle accessories display area. In 1939, Jack married Annie, who helped her husband and his aunt in the shops. During WWII as a bicycle dealer and repairer, Jack was classified as having a Reserve Occupation, since cycle maintenance was very important, as other forms of transport were very limited. In 1962, the glass lean-to was replaced by a brick-built extension which provided a larger display area for the grocery business.

However, by 1971 Jack had closed the cycle business.

The grocery business continued for the next two years under different management. For a short while, Annie reopened the shop to sell knitwear and hosiery but it closed within two years. The shop then traded as a greengrocer and florist under E.A. Rawson & Sons. Since 1980 the shop has been a private home and is now called ‘Oak View’.

There have been some very happy memories attributed to the building – during the ‘60’s and ‘70’s Annie Forman used to run regular bingo sessions at the bungalow. Using every single room for the participants and with the caller in the hall, these sessions were very popular and raised valuable money for the Women’s Section of the British Legion. Lastly, but always remembered, the present occupants, who knew the Forman’s have made sure to keep and nurture Annie Forman’s flowering currant bush, which Annie planted in her much-loved garden. It still comes up smiling every year!

Fred Forman, John/Jack Forman- transport and bicycle sales and repair shop, 36 Main Street.

Fred Forman was born in Stapleton in1885. By 1901, he had moved with his family to Yew Tree Inn, Ratby, where his father was the publican. He married Eleanor Chesterton, whose family have a long history in Kirby Muxloe, in 1905. The newly-weds set up home in the village and soon after the wedding, Fred started up his carrier’s business. Initially, goods were transported by horse and cart and then later Fred purchased a lorry, which was used for carrying goods in the morning, and converted to a bus in the afternoon.

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Ratby Primary School News....

On Wednesday 26th April 2017 myself, Mr Barber, Me Barber’s dad, Mrs Newell and some pupils from Year 3, 4, and 5 went to Loughborough College so we could see first-hand what it is like to be at a 6th form college.

Enthusiastic pupils at Ratby Primary School read everything from comics to classics, raising £420.20 to help give brand new books to children in hospital Readathon is run by the UK charity Read for Good, which uses the sponsorship money raised to provide a regular supply of much-needed brand new books and regular storyteller visits for all major children’s hospitals in the UK. Each hospital has a tailor-made, mobile bookcase, which is jam-packed full of the latest best sellers and classic favourites enabling children to choose just what they fancy, without risk of infection.

First we were split into groups, the Year 5’s went with Mr Barber, the Year 3’s and 4’s went with Mr Barbers dad and Miss Newell. Both groups then went to do a Maths, Reading or science activity with some of the A-Level students. We switched activities throughout the day and when it came to lunchtime we could have chicken with chips in gravy or a vegetarian option. After lunch we each did one more activity before we were given certificates and then we got back on the bus and came back to school.

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To encourage its pupils to read for pleasure, Ratby Primary School has just completed a successful Readathon sponsored read. Pupils rose to the challenge, reading over 200 books and raising a fantastic £420.20 for seriously ill children. Their achievement also earned the school free books provided by Readathon in partnership with Scholastic Book Clubs to boost school library stocks.

Summer Fete will take place on 1st July 2017.

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A huge THANK YOU and WELL DONE to everyone that took part, for their continued support with fundraising and promoting reading in school and at home.

Watermead Challenge 2017 This year’s Watermead Challenge charity run is being held at 7pm on Tuesday 11th July 2017.

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County Council Election 4th May 2017 I would like to thank all the residents who have again put their faith in me at the County Council elections on May the 4th. I am truly honoured and proud to be able to continue representing you at the County Council. The result was very humbling. Thank You.

A50 Bradgate Hill Speed Reduction Scheme and Closure Of Gaps Motorists please be aware that the speed reduction scheme came into force during April, The Speed on Bradgate Hill has been reduced to 40mph from the previous 50mph speed limit this brings continuity to the speed limit from Field Head. Previously the speed limit went from 40mph to 50mph and then back to 40mph over a short distance. The gaps have also been closed for safety reasons.

Tourists Targeted By Fake Police Officers There has been a series of recent incidents reported to Action Fraud where a lone fraudster has approached victims whom they believe to be unfamiliar with the local area.

Newtown Linford Gardening Club Welcomes Six Celebrity Speakers to our village The first of these celebrities is a local one, Ady Damon, who is a regular panelist on Leicester Radio. He is a charismatic speaker who displays to his audience a huge range of plants and imparts his knowledge of these plants and how to grow them. We also get a chance to take the plants home for our own gardens. He is with us in June this year.

In October this year we welcome a speaker who will be very well known to all readers of the Daily Telegraph. Helen Yemm has been gardening correspondent for this prestigious newspaper for many years and is highly

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I would like to thank residents and councillors for your continued support Should you need my help or advice on any matter or issue, I pride myself on always making myself available to residents and councillors and getting straight back to you.

Remember I am only a phone call or email away.

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regarded for her skill and knowledge in the horticultural world. She has commented on much of what has been going on at the highest level and mixed with all the main players in the horticultural world, so her insight into modern gardening will be most informative.

Early in 2019 we will have a visit from Matthew Biggs who is one of the leading members of the new team of gardeners at Kew. He has connections with our village and is rapidly making a name for himself as one of the young gardeners who are emerging on the scene.

Bob Flowerdew will be visiting us in April next year. Many people will remember him on television instantly recognisable by his long pigtail. He has been a successful garden designer for many years and has earned his national reputation with his skill and knowledge and the charming way he presents this to his audience.

Finally in October that year we are delighted to announce the return of Chris Beardshaw the many times gold medal winner for show gardens at Chelsea. He came to speak to us around two years ago and made a big hit with our audience and to secure a return visit so rapidly is a great feather in our cap.

Our Autumn celebrity next year is Bunny Guiness. She is a garden designer of great repute with Chelsea successes and often appears on television and radio, being a regular on Gardener’s Question Time and a presence on numerous television gardening shows. She has written for many major gardening publications and also regularly for the Sunday telegraph.

We may be only a small village gardening club but we do pride ourselves in offering our members a programme of very high quality.

We will be inviting non-members and members of other gardening clubs to join us on some of these occasions and further information can be obtained by ringing the secretary on 01530 242452 or sending an e-mail to 01530242452@talktalk.net.

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LOCAL ELECTION RESULT

Volunteer crisis

Glenfields, Kirby Muxloe & Leicester Forests Conservative candidate Richard Blunt was elected.

Conservative candidate Lee Martin Breckon was elected.

Two councillors will be elected for this division. The two councillors can be from the different parties Party

Votes

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Lee Martin Breckon

Conservative

3158

Yes

31.2

Richard Blunt

Conservative

2635

Yes

26.0

Dianne Patricia Esmond

Labour

801

No

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Lynton Ellis Yates

UK Independence Party

685

No

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Marc Wayne Preece

UK Independence Party

662

No

6.54

Thomas Eynon Legrys

Labour

640

No

6.32

Kathryn Sansome

Liberal Democrat

553

No

5.46

Nick Cox

Green Party

509

No

5.03

Mark Jeremy Godfrey-Vallance

Liberal Democrat

474

No

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10,117 Registered electorate: 17555 Spoiled votes: 5 Seats: 2 Turnout: 28.83%

The average time people aged 25 to 34 spend volunteering fell from 15 minutes a day in 2000 to six minutes a day in 2015, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics. This is the age group that were entering the workforce when the recession hit. Many of them are still struggling to get jobs that they really want; meanwhile many are working only part-time and zero-hours. Such stress will have an effect on their ability/enthusiasm to volunteer.

There is some good news: those aged 16 to 24 have increased from nine minutes a day to 17. Experts said this was because teenagers were increasingly being told that volunteering was necessary for them to get a job later on.

Groby & Ratby Conservative candidate Ozzy O'Shea was elected.

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WHEN DID you last see a ‘young’ volunteer in your local charity shop?

Many organisations which depend on volunteers report that young people are less and less willing to give up their free time.

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Conservative

2315

Yes

76.2

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Labour

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Muriel Joyce Crooks

Liberal Democrat

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5.70

Rahaul Paul Sharma

UK Independence Party

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3035 Registered electorate: 9346 Spoiled votes: 9 Seats: 1 Turnout: 32.57%

Village Writers The Village Writers regularly meet 7.30 – 9.30pm: 1st & 3rd Weds. of the month: Kirby Muxloe Free Church, in the rooms located on Church Road.

We all share a common interest in writing, whether it be recording memoirs, creating poetic verse, inventing short stories or writing articles covering any subject.

Our aim is support and encourage members and the evening is always filled with lively discussion and interesting feedback. Each meeting we offer a themed subject to work on but this is entirely optional.

During the meeting on the third Wednesday of February we discussed contributions brought to the table on the theme of ‘a school trip’.

We welcome new membership, whatever level of writing you indulge in. If you have an interest in putting pen to paper, or finger to keyboard, make Spring the time to come along for a visit to meet us. You can bring something to read out at our table, or simply sit in and listen whilst drinking a cup of coffee.

We look forward to meeting you!

Derek by email: mcgauley5948@yahoo.co.uk or call David - 07552 107 461 or Gail 07929 729544

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RATBY OPEN ART Another Great Night at the EXHIBITION 2017 Ratby Open Mic Night We are pleased to announce that this popular Art Exhibition is back!

Our new venue is the RATBY LIBRARY, and the exhibition will be over two days Saturday 24th June and Sunday 25th June

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The April session of the Ratby Open Mic night was another great success. 11 performers came to entertain the audience. The night was kicked off by the trio ‘Goldfish’ followed by Keith, Harry aka ‘H’, Nigel, Stuart, Ian and Graham who had all played before at the seesions. Claire and Wayne came for the first time.

A great night was had by all.

The next sessions will be as always the second Monday of the month, Monday 8th May, 8.30pm and Monday 12th June at the Plough, Burroughs Road, Ratby. Why not come and join in? You can perform or just relax and listen. A PA. is provided or you can play acoustically.

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Beaumanor World War 2 “Y” Listeners Over the two-month period February to March the display, Beaumanor World War 2 “Y” Listeners, has received a considerable amount of footfall in addition to some very kind comments made in the Comments Book. The Display was opened by Francis Ellingworth son of Commander Ellingworth OIC Beaumanor during 1941/45.

In addition, a number of family members of the “Y” Listeners attended the Display and has stated by the Chairman of the Local Studies Library Volunteers, “The families appear to have had a wonderful time exchanging experiences as passed down by their parents, who served at Beaumanor and they all seemed to enjoy the opportunity to meet other families. There was, as they say, a great “vibe”.

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Nearly 2000 pink ladies take to streets of Leicester for annual LOROS Twilight Walk An army of more than 1,800 pink ladies marched through Leicester city centre on Saturday night to raise money for LOROS at the Hospice’s annual Twilight Walk.

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Kirby Muxloe's Local Committee for Cancer Research UK is holding a

SPRING FAYRE on Saturday May 13th from 10.30am – 12.30pm in the Village Hall, Station Road, Kirby Muxloe Stalls include cakes, tombola, plants, raffle, brik-a-brak, cards, jewellery, The Book People, Sarah Hill's crafts, clothes, handbags & Tropic.

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After exhausting the Google database I came to the realisation that there is very little published information on T-Cell lymphomas and everything I did read wasn't very promising. This is why the work of Bloodwise and other charities such as Lymphoma Association are so important.

Ashley has to this date received 3 chemotherapy regimes (CHOP, ESHAP and IVE) all of which have failed to get him into the remission he needs for His Bone Marrow Transplant. He has spent a number of weeks in hospital with life threatening infections and I've had many sleepless nights and trains to be besides his hospital bed. He has also had intensive Radiotherapy and just when we thought we were getting somewhere, results from his scan showed that it had spread to his bones, liver and lymph nodes across his lymphatic system. It took 8 months to get Ashley a diagnosis NHS

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Ashley has always remained positive (even when his beloved hair fell out!) and has been there for me when I’ve not been as strong as he has. His family and friends have been amazing and a big support

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Latest News From Spring has sprung and at Woodside we knew the signs even before we started to notice the new leaves on the trees or the birds singing and getting ready to build their nests! You see we have a problem which seems to get earlier and more dramatic at this time of the year. Kittens! Okay so yes they are sweet... and cute... and lovely.....

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The mum is health checked and monitored during her pregnancy and our fosterers are able to assess the mum and encourage her to be more friendly towards humans – she may have been abandoned and therefore not trust us at this point. Pregnant and nursing cats need to be calm and certainly prefer being in a home as opposed to our more clinical, busy and noisy environment in WKH FDWWHU\ 2I HTXDO LPSRUWDQFH is that mum is able to have her kittens in safety and they grow up being used to household routines and noises and to being handled from a young age. After the vet has said they are ready to go to their forever homes, the feline family are returned to Woodside.

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Dear Residents, Community Safety Partnership Strategy 2017 - 2020.

As Chris is the co-chair of the C.S.P., we want to show you our new strategy for the next 3 years to make your village a safer place to live.

Introduction.

The Community Safety Partnership (CSP) brings together a collection of people and organisations that have a real commitment to do everything in their power to have a positive impact on reducing crime and disorder, protecting people from harm and to work closely alongside local communities in bringing about a sense of safety for all.

Our Purpose.

Keeping everyone safe is at the heart of everything we are striving to achieve. The primary purpose of the CSP is to work together to make people and neighbourhoods within the District of Blaby and the Borough of Hinckley & Bosworth safer.

Our Priority Themes and Focus.

Protecting and Supporting People: • Provide support for victims, witnesses and perpetrators •

Increase reporting of domestic abuse and hate crime and ensure positive outcomes for victims

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Provide support for victims of domestic abuse and children who have witnessed abuse

• •

Provide early intervention and awareness to help protect individuals from harm Work with young people in schools and other settings to ensure they have the knowledge they need to make informed

Cllr Chris Boothby Tel 0116 2388301 or 07880 711 222 Email chris.boothby@hotmail.com

choices and protect themselves from harm •

Deliver prevention work to reduce harm caused by alcohol and substance misuse

•

Work to raise awareness of Child Sexual Exploitation

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Improve links with the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) to ensure better use of community and voluntary resources

Improving Community Confidence.

• Increase customer satisfaction •

Improve how we communicate and engage with people and communities

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Work to improve cohesion within communities and positively promote community strengths

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Promote successes of the CSP

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Give clear messages about the services that are available, how people can report in and what people can expect from the services

•

Deliver local action plans in relation to the anti-radicalisation agenda

Reducing offending and re-offending.

• Proactively tackle and reduce the number of incidents of anti-social behaviour •

Reduce offences in priority crime areas in particular drug and alcohol related offences, domestic burglary and violence

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Reduce re-offending

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Deliver a programme of anti-social behaviour prevention and awareness work for young people

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Tackle Rural Crime and engage our rural communities

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Promote Cyber Safety to our communities and businesses

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Deliver campaigns, awareness raising events and training including seasonal campaigns to halt potential increase in seasonal crimes

The CSP Strategy is available for download at: www.hinckley-bosworth.gov.uk and www.blaby.gov.uk For more information visit the websites above or you can contact your local Community Safety Team at: Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council (tel 01455 238141) Blaby District Council (tel 0116 272 7725) Homelessness Prevention Fund.

H.B.B.C. has been awarded £101'000 by the Government to use in it's homelessness prevention work over the next two years. This is the highest award given out of all the Boroughs and Districts in Leicestershire. A report now needs to go to Council to incorporate these funds into the budget and then decide how best to use these funds.

Top priority in our view is obviously getting rough sleepers off the streets and also priority given to ex-service personnel under the terms of our military covenant. Praise must be given to the housing team at HBBC for their hard work and dedication.

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