Allegations of failure to observe the Members’ Code of Conduct

Leicestershire Waste Partnership are offering residents the chance to find out just how useful composters and
food waste digesters are.

Workshops are being held at the following locations to show what units are on offer. Experts will be on hand
to give advice about the different units available and which would suit you best.

Friday 8th May
7pm-9pm
Syston Community Centre,
School Street, Syston

• Tuesday 12th May
7pm-9pm
The Coplow Centre,
Uppingham Road, Billesdon More »

On Sunday 19th July 2009, The Big Lunch is inviting you and all 61 million people across the UK to simultaneously sit down to eat lunch with your neighbours, in the middle of your street as a simple act of community.

A new initiative run by the Eden Project, The Big Lunch encourages communities to come together through growing food and flowers; creating street music, art and theatre; dressing the street and, of course, cooking and eating together.

The day after the Big Lunch, people will walk down their street and know someone in most windows. However, the legacy of The Big Lunch is much bigger than just the day after... The aim is to give people the tools to strengthen their communities through activities such as neighbourhood-watch; improving local amenities such as youth centres; taking care of the elderly or disabled; making imaginative improvements to the local environment; sharing resources from lawnmowers to cars; and supporting local charities both with money and volunteering time. More »

Attention all Youth Leaders!!

Environmental Action For A Better Leicestershire (ENABLE), the County wide environmental partnership, is launching a new scheme to loan renewable energy resource kits. This resource will add to the eco-school objectives to deliver sustainable education through schools in Leicestershire.

The resource includes a miniature wind turbine, PV cell and solar water heater for use as a teaching resource. We will be also providing a set of lesson plans that helps teachers to link applications of these kits to the National Curriculum. More »

The new Leicestershire Looks, a directory of Independent Fashion Retailers is now available.

This directory has been compiled to make it easier for the customer to see the wide and diverse range of jewellers, independent fashion retailers, shoes and accessories that are available in Leicestershire’s Market Towns and Rural Centres.

By purchasing locally not only do you get a unique item
but it helps to support the local economy and reduces carbon emissions through less use of the car! To complete your new look why not have a new hairstyle and beauty treatment at one of Leicestershire’s many salons. More »

Leicestershire County Councils Waste Management are promoting Green Cone Food Digesters. These accept both cooked & uncooked food waste including bones,dairy,meat etc. More information can be obtained on 0800 019 2061 or visit www.greencone.com

MASTER COMPOSTER SCHEME

Leics County Council want to raise the profile of home composting and are looking for volunteers to help & encourage people to compost waste. Ultimately reducing organic waste going to landfill.
Anyone interested should contact Laura Neale on 0116 305 5864.

October 2008 edition

More and more people are making use of their Community Forum to try and improve local services and raise issues of local concern.
- Residents in Birstall were unhappy that the swimming pool in Longslade Community College was no longer going to be open to the public outside school hours. Discussion at the local Area Forum meeting resulted in the College working directly with local users to find ways the pool can remain open.
- Following the Government’s shortlisting of ‘Pennbury’ as a potential Eco-town, the ‘Have your Say’ meetings in Kibworth and Tugby were the first opportunity for residents in the surrounding area to find out how the District and County Council were planning to respond to this challenge.
- At the Blaby South Community Forum residents and Parish Councillors from Sapcote, Sharnford, Stoney Stanton and surrounding villages expressed their concerns about the volume and speed of Heavy Goods Vehicles travelling through their villages. In response officers promised to look into a range of measures to reduce the impact of traffic and improve road safety in the short term, while explaining how they were looking to provide longer-term solutions. More »

April 2008 edition

NWLDC are introducing new byelaws for Osgathorpe from 1 April 2008.

Their enforcement officers will be able to issue £80 fixed penalty notices for offences such as:

1. failure to immediately remove dog faeces from any public place or a public footpath across private land.

2. failure to keep dogs on leads in any public area or a public footpath across private land.

3. failure to put a dog on a lead in any area, whether public or not, when instructed by an authorised officer. More »

The incidents of Fly Tipping have increased considerably over the last few months.

The favourite places seem to be field gateways along our beautiful, winding, hedged and verged lanes.

Building waste is dumped most frequently and it seems to be unregistered tradesmen at the end of the day when otherwise it would cost large sums in Landfill Tax to go to a trade waste disposal site.

NWLDC informed the Parish Council that they were taking action on this issue but perhaps it has displaced the activity from the outskirts of Coalville to the Villages.