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This Months PrioritiesSpeeding: Continues to be one of our priorities and we will continue to undertake speed enforcement operations. We continue to complete patrols in areas which have already been identified to prevent and deter. Vehicle Crime: There have been a number of thefts from motor vehicles across Charnwood. In particularly those around the areas of Bradgate Park, we have also conducted an operation in Bradgate Park car parks to raise awareness on this. Antisocial Behaviour: Last month our priority was deal with complaints of ASB and use of cannabis on a road in Rothley. We have been patrolling in the area and have had no further complaints so we will now be closing this priority. We have also received reports of antisocial behaviour in and around Stafford Orchard Park in Quorn. We have increased patrolling and have identified a number of those involved and are undertaking preventative work with them

Staffing Changes PCSO Tom Barker has now left the beat to join as a Police Constable, we would like to thank him for his help over the past couple of years and wish him good luck in his new role. I am sure we all will still see him around once he is back out on streets. PCSO Barker is being replaced by PCSO Shaheen Abdulla. PCSO Abdulla has been

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a PCSO for thirteen years, mainly in Loughborough and has a wealth of experience. He will be responsible for Rothley and Mountsorrel so expect to see him walking around the village. Stop him for a chat. PCSO Katrina Hallmark will shortly joining us as a new recruit. She will have responsibility for Quorn, Woodhouse, Woodhouse Eaves and Swithland

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Poppy Appeal Concert Mountsorrel Branch Royal British Legion are holding a concert in aid of the Poppy Appeal at the Mountsorrel Memorial Centre on the evening of Saturday 9th November. The concert will feature light popular music from the 30s, 40s and 50s and Musicals. The Compere will be BBC Radio Leicester’s Ben Jackson and the concert will feature Ibstock Brick Brass, Nottingham Military Wives Choir, Quorn Ukelele Orchestra and the Choir of Christ Church & St Peter’s School. There will also be live music in the bar during the interval from “Lippy”. Tickets are £10 and are on sale now through the Mountsorrel Memorial Centre website or at Reception.

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Remembrance 2019 Mountsorrel The Mountsorrel village Remembrance Day Parade and Service will take place on Sunday 10th November. The Parade will leave the Green at 2:30pm for the 3:00pm service at St Peter’s Church and later will return to the Green. Please note that Parade route from the Green along Leicester Road and the Market Place will be closed to traffic during the times of parade movement. There will be a short Field of Remembrance Service at the Peace Garden (junction of Market Place and Sileby Lane) at 11:00am on Monday 11th November. For those wishing to place Poppy Crosses at this service they will be available from Reception at the Mountsorrel Memorial Centre from 26th October.

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Planned Closure of Sorrel Youth Cafe as at 25th March 2020 It is with great regret that as Chairman of Trustees I announce that Sorrel Youth Cafe will close in the Spring of 2020 and the Sorrel Youth CafÊ Charity and Company will subsequently be dissolved. This decision coincides with the end of the site lease, but more importantly is the result of over two years of discussion and organisational forward planning. Given this the decision by Trustees on 7th October 2019 was not one that was taken lightly. At the outset the Trustees would like to make it clear that closure is not due to any lack of support from the charities two key local funding providers, Mountsorrel Parish Council and the Mountsorrel United Charities – Relief in Need Fund, nor indeed is it due to any lack of willingness by our Landlord to explore a future lease. Similarly secondary funding sources are equally supportive of the work of the Cafe.

current needs. In recognising this, the Charity commenced the delivery of outreach youth work through the provision of a Youth Worker meeting with young people “on their own turfâ€?. This has proved successful and alongside the evidence collected from our research, suggests that the methodology for the delivery of local youth work needs to change. Current use of the CafĂŠ building does not justify the cost and commitment to another long term lease. •

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Positively the Charity has met its objectives over its 10 year operation. The identified needs that contributed to its establishment in 2010 have changed and externally the village no longer is seen as a ‘priority area’ for resources. This alongside a general decline in the availability of funding for ‘open youth work’ means that the charity will continue to struggle to identify and secure funding to meet its core charitable objectives.

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A change in youth demand, a point that was highlighted in the Chairman’s Report to the Annual Parish Meeting on 20th May 2019, has been confirmed. After significant research and discussion with young people, the Trustees have concluded that the ‘CafĂŠ environment’ is no longer the best way to serve their

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An opportunity for the village In considering the above the Trustee’s recognise that there is much to celebrate in what, through the hard work and commitment of our staff and volunteers, the Charity has achieved with many of the original drivers, most notably youth anti-social behaviour, having quantifiably decreased. There is acknowledgment that the work has helped a significant number of individual young people to change their life path for the better and provided many more with a safe and supportive environment. The cafÊ has been a place for young people to socialise, gain support and be educated. This work needs to continue, but the way it is delivered needs to change. Whilst our core youth provision objectives have over time perforce changed, other strands of youth related work have been and are still successfully being undertaken, most notably in the provision of: •

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18th century the highest concentrations were in the Nottingham, Leicester and Derby shires. These evolved into power-driven machines which by the 1870’s formed the basis for a factory culture. Here the talk touched on the subject of the role of women in the growth of this industry. Meanwhile boots and shoes were being manufactured chiefly in Northamptonshire, but the industry spread north in the 1860’s, examples being the Wheatsheaf Works and the British United Shoe Machinery Co, both in Leicester city. Charles Bennion, the CEO of British United, was responsible for the presentation of Bradgate Park to the people of Leicester and its shire. Iron works arose at this time; Gimson’s works being a very good example. Its products may still be viewed at the Abbey Pumping station, which originally was designed to pump sewage to Beaumont Leys but is now a museum. To make things involves a source of energy, anything from man or horse power to the introduction of steam, the product of heating water using a coal fire. The next topic in the talk was, logically, about the coal industry. In the north western part of the county the coal measures have a fairly thin overburden and are easily mined. Unfortunately, between

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ANSTEY CHESS CLUB We have reached exciting times for the chess club - the new league season for 2019/20 starts tonight (25/9/19)! We are extremely delighted to be entering two teams into the league this year - wish us luck! We are also excited to welcome a couple of new members to the club, Brian Foreman brings a wealth of chess experience with him, Matthew Connor will play for the first team as and when he can around work commitments and David Buckley - new to league chess but already learning very quickly. This is the start of a new chapter in the history of Anstey Chess Club, which so far involves not finishing bottom of division 5 in our first season! Website - Fantastic news here! We have a NEW website. After much scouring of the internet/looking at other sports clubs and what they do - a considerable amount of research, even if I do say so myself - we have found a new host for our site. www.pitchero.com/clubs/ansteychessclub Feel free to have a browse if you have a spare minute or two. Free Chess Sessions - Sadly, we are not running any chess sessions on Saturday mornings for the foreseeable future. The Stadon wasn't quite right for Saturday morning coaching - it is perfect as a league venue though - so we decided to stop the training/ coaching/practice sessions for now. We will hunt for a new venue and let you all know how we progress.

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