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LiFE published by Leicester Forest East Parish Council for the residents of Leicester Forest East.
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INFORMATION CHAIRMAN STREET PARTY - QUEENS DRIVE, Contacts Welcome LEICESTER FOREST EAST MISSION STATEMENT WITH PAUL LINNETT, PARISH CHAIRMAN The mission of Leicester Forest East Parish Council Hello and welcome to Autumn is to work towards representing and promoting the A chance encounter between two Queens Drive Jayshree’s famous Samosas). 2019 edition of LiFE. interests and wellbeing of the Parish. neighbours in early 2012 led to the idea of arranging a Procedures for obtaining permission from the Local Quite a lot has happened within Street Party in LFE to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond PARISH COUNCIL OFFICE Authority have occasionally changed over the years the parish council since the last Jubilee. All around the country, parties were being Opening Hours: 10.00am to 12 noon, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and the requirement for proper road signage is & Friday. edition of LiFE in March. As arranged to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of Queen important. If anyone would like to learn more about The Parish Hall, Kings Drive, Leicester Forest East, Leicester LE3 3JE reported last time, Sue Jones Elizabeth’s accession to the throne. this, you can contact us via the Parish Clerk and we will Telephone: 0116 2390039 retired on 31 March. For various Resident meetings were held and much research gladly pass on any information that may help more Email: [email protected] reasons we did not have a clerk Website: www.lfeparishcouncil.org.uk carried out to find out how one goes about obtaining streets to participate. in post until the beginning of Facebook: www.facebook.com/LFEPC permission to close a road for the day. Support was Tonyy Farrant & Jennifer Hempson. PARISH COUNCIL June. This meant that councillors hadh dt to ttry and dk keep sought and received from the Police and the Parish things ticking over for a couple of months. I would like Clerk to the Parish Council: Holly Mann Council. Finally, all the necessary paperwork and ΖQWKHȴUVWLQVWDQFHDOOHQTXLULHVVKRXOGEHPDGHYLDWKH3DULVK2ɝFH to thank Paul Fox and Peter Kitchen who helped with applications were prepared and a Road Closure Order Chairman – this, but special thanks go to Corinne Lawrence who was issued by Blaby District Council. Paul Linnett – 0116 2392123 or email [email protected] spent a lot of her leisure time updating the accounts.
Vice-Chairman – This enabled last financial year’s accounts to be So, on Sunday 3rd June, 2012, we duly closed the road; Peter Kitchen – 07745 455677 or email [email protected] audited and this year’s accounts to be kept up to bunting and flags were put up in the street and on the Councillors: date until our new clerk started. houses; tables were brought out into the road; and lots R Darlison – email [email protected] of food and drink consumed long into the evening (up P. Fox – 07876 193999 or email [email protected] Corinne has continued to provide support to the clerk to 10.00 pm). A great day was had by all, no doubt I.Deacon – 07445 244971 and has done most of the work in setting up a new helped by a gloriously sunny day and highlighted by L. Dracup – 0116 2387604 bank account which will allow the council to pay all the ceremonial entry of our resident Queen ‘Joy’ - C. Lawrence - 0116 2393828 invoices by bank transfers instead of sending out David Di Palma - 07594 419 570 cheques. Corinne’s full time job is Group Financial resplendent in regal robes and crown! PARISH COUNCIL MEETINGS Controller at Catapult Ventures, who have allowed After a gap of two years, we then held another Street Are held on the third Wednesday of each month in the Reg Neal Corinne and one of her colleagues to do some work on Party and there’s been one in Queens Drive every year Meeting Room, Parish Hall, Kings Drive, starting at 7.00pm. our accounts over the last few months at no cost to since. The event is held in June to coincide with a )RUGDWHVWLPHVRI&RPPLWWHH0HHWLQJVSOHDVHUHIHUWRWKH the parish council. Her colleague will also be helping national event called ‘The Big Lunch’ - an annual get SDULVKQRWLFHERDUGVRUWKHSDULVKZHEVLWHZZZOIHSFRUJXN Holly set up the new computerised accountancy together for as many people as possible to have lunch Members of the Public are welcome to attend all meetings where package we have purchased to replace the manual with their neighbours which is organised by The Eden time is made available to raise matters relating to items on the ledger, again at no cost to the council. I would like to Project. Except in 2017 when the party coincided with Agenda. thank Catapult Ventures for this. a different national event called ‘The Great Get OTHER REPRESENTATIVES Together’. This year, the party was held on Saturday, County Councillors: District Councillors: Our new clerk started on 3 June. Her name is Holly
29th June - a very hot day, but we still had a good Richard Blunt 01827 373 111 David Clements 0116 238 6251 Mann and she lives in Desford. She was really thrown email: [email protected] Stuart Coar 07719 997706 in at the deep end. Councillors have helped her and attendance and lovely time together. Lee Breckon Michael O’Hare she has had help and advice from other parish clerks, The parties generally consists of lots of loud music; email: [email protected] but she has had to learn a lot of the day to day duties races for the children (some of whom had never Member of Parliament: of the job for herself. Holly has now been with us for participated in a 3-legged or egg & spoon race); tug of Edward Argar - Email: [email protected] four months and she has settled in well and is doing war; streetwide ‘Pass-the-Parcel’; chalk drawing on the an excellent job. We are pleased to have her working road; paddling pool and water guns; and the freedom PREMISES OFFICER Mrs. B. Bozzoni 07735479938 for us after one or two problems with the recruitment for the children to play ball games and ride their LOCAL POLICING procedure. I won’t go into details, but one of the scooters and bikes in the road without fear of traffic. Please call 101 or alternatively you can email leicesterforesteast@leicestershire.pnn.police.uk people we shortlisted and interviewed for the job is Not all streets lend themselves to closure, but there’s Crimestoppers: Tel. 0800 555 111 now in prison after she admitted to stealing £218,000 no doubt that the holding of an annual street party ABOUT LiFE from a town council in the West Midlands, where she and closing the road has brought together many LiFE is the community magazine published by the Parish Council was employed as a Town Clerk. neighbours, encouraged the mixing of younger and for residents of Leicester Forest East and distributed free of charge On 2 May parish council elections took place. Those older generations and increased the community to all properties within the Parish. All communications should be who stood in Leicester Forest East were elected feeling in Queens Drive. It has also allowed new directed to the Parish Oɝ ce (address above). Leicester Forest East Parish Council would like to thank all contributors to LiFE. unopposed due to the number standing being less arrivals to meet their neighbours and share than the number of councillors we should have. stories/food/barbecues/delicacies (in particular DISCLAIMER: Please note that the opinions expressed by our various contributors are not necessarily those of your Parish Council. We cannot guarantee the veracity or accuracy of any advertisement, which we publish in good faith. www.lfepc.org.uk LiFE 22 LiFE - AUTUMN 2019 www.lfeparishcouncil.org.uk LiFE - AUTUMN 2019 3 LFE LIFE FINAL.qxp_Layout 1 01/11/2019 13:31 Page 4
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Welcome WITH PAUL LINNETT, PARISH CHAIRMAN Old Newtonians' Following the election we have a new councillor, David Unfortunately only 25 tickets were sold but those who Di Palma, who we welcome on to the council. We now attended enjoyed the show. On Sunday afternoon 29 Rugby Football have eight councillors and have two vacancies. If you September the Ratby Co-operative Brass Band was in are interested in serving and helping to make the hall playing music from films and musicals. Tickets improvements to the community, please contact our to this event were free and 100 people enjoyed two Club clerk, Holly, or come and meet councillors at the library hours of great music. or church – details below. Although there was no charge, the audience were For those people unfamiliar with The Old Newtonians RFC I have mentioned in the last two editions of LiFE there asked if they would donate to MacMillan Nurses the “Newts” were formed in 1904 and consequently are are “Blots on the Landscape” in LFE. I am disappointed and a total of £376.20 was raised. I hope we will be the oldest RFC in the county. We are situated on a 12.5 to say that there has been very little progress in these able to have the band back at the hall next year. acre site on the Hinckley Rd in LFE.
areas in the last six months. The conversion of the In August a letter was sent to all residents whose Teams consist of an adult section both male and female former garage on Hinckley Road opposite the Kirby gardens back on to Forest East Park. There had been from the age of 17/18 upwards and a mini section Lane junction to a small supermarket was completed some instances of fly tipping on the park and also one covering ages of 5/11. about eight months ago, but has not yet opened. I or two of the residents on Rushmere Walk had understand that it cannot open until there are Anyone interested in playing rugby or simply wishing to extended their boundaries into the park. Both of these improvements to the junction there. The former get fitter would be made welcome. The minis train and activities are not acceptable and further action to Boozebusters shop onthe ground floor is still not let play on Sunday morning 10am onwards and the senior rectify these and future instances could be taken. but the first floor of this building, which used to be a teams on Tuesday evening from 7pm. Showers and refreshments available afterwards for all concerned. hairdressers, will soon be a learning hub. The former On the evening of 23 September I attended the butchers shop is now an E-cigarette shop, which, licensing service to welcome the Reverend David We have a strong social side with the minis looking although wouldn’t have been my choice of shop to have Hover as the new vicar at St Andrew’s church, on forward to a Xmas party and recently taking part in there, looks brighter and tidier than it used to. The behalf of the parish council. I look forward to working sleepovers at the clubhouse. The seniors recently enjoyed surface of the car park in front of this shop and the fish with him in the future. our 2nd Standup Comedy night and look forward to more and chip shop continues to get worse and the winter Some dates for your diary: in the near future. With the Rugby World Cup looming weather will not improve the situation. I hope to speak Saturday 2 November 10am - litter pick. Meet at the arrangements are hastily being made for the clubhouse to the owners of the buildings again in the near future. parish hall. Come and help us tidy up LFE. and bar to be available to coincide with KO times.
The Parish Hall continues to be well used by both Thursday 28 November 6.30pm - switch on of Christ- regular and one-off hirers. At weekends the hall is often mas lights, St Andrew’s Church hired for parties. Unfortunately some of these hirers Saturday 7 December 10am – have left the hall and kitchen in a mess, and because meet parish councillors at LFE coffee morning Trust, a partnership of 13 primary schools across of this the council may consider asking hirers for a Leicestershire, Leicester City and Rutland, dedicated to deposit, which will only be refunded in full if the rooms Saturday 7 February 10am - meet parish councillors improving learning and teaching to provide the highest are tidy after the event. Since March we have had a quiz at St Andrews Church coffee morning night and a couple of musical events. The quiz night possible educational experience for children in our I hope you all have a good winter and, if is not too early, was well attended and we are looking to have another schools. I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. one next March. In June we had a musical evening Anyone over the age of 18 and living in the UK can
called the Listening Project, with Kel Elliot and her Paul Linnett An exciting opportunity is available for a member of apply. No prior knowledge is required, and a 3 man orchestra – an excellent evening of light jazz the local community to join the school Advisory Board comprehensive range of training and support is music with stories and conversation. provided. Appointments are subject to successful DBS at Fossebrook Primary in Leicester Forest East. clearance. We are seeking to attract volunteers who are enthusiastic about the success of the school and the For more information please contact the Clerk to the wellbeing of its staff and pupils and would like to work Advisory Board [email protected] LiFE as part of a team actively promoting and supporting ADVERTISE IN THE MAGAZINE the school’s vision and values. Typically, the board meets 4 times a year; meetings are approx. 2 hours Full A4 page - £130 per insertion • ½ page - £70 per insertion long and time is also required to read supporting papers in preparation for meetings. ¼ page - £50 per insertion • Business Card - £20 per insertion Fossebrook is part of Discovery Schools Academy For further details contact the Parish Office
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USEFUL INFORMATION St Andrew’s Church Appeal for Directory Leicester Forest East Knitted Poppies
Are you a knitter or crocheter? DOCTORS Sharing Jesus in LFE If so, we would be really grateful if you Forest House Medical Centre, 2a Park Drive, LE3 3FN would craft some poppies for and Warren Lane Surgery, Leicester Forest East LE3 3LW display at the Parish Enquiries: (0116) 2898111 (Not between 12.30pm and 1.30pm) Methodist Minister: Revd Novette Headley (0116 4295269) - Anglican Minister: Revd Dave Hover (0116 2895372) Hall and then at St. Website: www.foresthousemedicalcentre.co.uk
Address: Hinckley Road, Leicester Forest East, Leicester, LE3 3PF Andrews Church. Church Admin Phone – 07961 749215 - Email – [email protected] - Web address: www.standrewslfe.org.uk Opening Hours: We would like as many Both surgeries - Monday to Friday - 8am to 6pm knitted or crocheted Both surgeries are closed from 12.30pm-1.30pm for lunch Church Services and Events for Advent and Christmas 2019 poppies ready for It may seem a little early to be talking about Christmas, but I am sure that some of you are already planning ahead and This closure does not impact on the services delivered or Remembrance Day as looking for gift ideas. At St Andrew’s we are also planning ahead and would like to warmly invite you, your families, your number of appointments that are available at the surgery. possible please. neighbours and friends to the following Advent and Christmas celebrations. Forest House Medical Centre - Saturday Clinic - 8am to 12.00pm (for pre-booked nurse appointments). Many Thanks, Mrs Holly Mann Thursday 28th November 6pm - Monday 23rd December 6:30pm - Parish Clerk Lighting of the LFE Christmas tree. Community Sing Christmas. Come and sing along with this popular TELEPHONE: singing starts in the church at 6pm, tree lighting at Radio Leicester broadcast (7pm to 8pm) and enjoy a Surgery telephone number for both surgeries 6:30pm followed by food and refreshments in the hall. mince pie and a festive drink. 01162898111. The Out of Hours phone number is 111.
The District Nurse phone number is 0300 300 1000. Sunday 1st December 3pm to 5pm - Tuesday 24th December 2:30pm - Visit the Surgery Website for up to date information Messy Christingle. Fun family activities including Christmas Eve Nativity Service. Everyone is invite to Letter From at www.foresthousemedicalcentre.co.uk Christingle making, followed by worship, food and dress up as a Nativity Character and take part in the refreshments. Christmas story. Sue Jones NHS Direct www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk Sunday 15th December 4:00pm - Tuesday 24th December 11:30pm - Telephone: 111 Carol Service with mince pies and mulled wine. Christmas Eve Midnight Holy Communion. I thought it appropriate that after serving for 24 years
as Clerk to the Parish Council, (until April of this year), Saturday 21st December 10:30am to 3pm - Wednesday 25th December 9:30am - CHURCHES that I should take this opportunity to say a few thank Light-a-candle. Come and spend some quiet reflective Christmas Day Family service. St. Andrews Church you's to some of the people who I worked with over time remembering those we love who are no longer Hinckley Road, LFE, LE3 3PF that period of time. with us. Email: [email protected]
So...I would like say a special thank you to, Fred Telephone: 07961749215 Hunter, Reg Neal, Bob Scott and Stuart Coar, for all Revd Novette Headley (0116 4295269) circumstances. Revd Dave Hover 0116 289 5372 and their support during my time as Clerk and who all [email protected] LFE Film Evenings Cast: Judi Dench, Sophie Cookson, Stephen Campbell worked tirelessly throughout their terms as Chairmen Moore, Tom Hughes. of the Parish Council to improve the parish and ensure St Andrew’s Service Times LFE Film Evenings will be showing on Thursday 7 Running time: 1 hour 50 minutes. it is a better place for us all to live in. Main Service - 10:30am every Sunday November “Red Joan”. Venue: The Parish Hall, Kings Drive, LFE, LE3 3JE. Messy Church (for families) - 3.00pm every ȴ rst Sunday I would also like to say thank you to Mrs. Beverley Joan Stanley lives in contented retirement, but her Doors open: 7.00pm; showing starts at 7.30pm. Cost: Bozzoni, Premises Officer of the Parish Hall. Without Beacon LiFE church tranquil existence is shattered when she's arrested by £5. Mrs. Bozzoni, the hall would not be the venue it is. Charnwood Drive. Contact Pastor Ian - 07777677594 MI5. She is one of the most influential spies in living On arrival complimentary hot drink and biscuits are history. I would also like to extend my Best Wishes to Mrs. Church - 0116 2393112 provided. As we have no licence, please feel free to Our Services are: Sunday Gathering with bring your own drinks. You also get a Mann, my successor'. In the 1930s, Joan falls in love with a Russian saboteur, children’s gathering - 10.30am Leo and begins to see that the world must be saved free raffle ticket for a double ticket prize to be used for a future showing. Sue Jones. from itself in the race to military supremacy. Post-war Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church and now working at a top secret nuclear research Gooding Avenue. The Priest’s House: Tel: 0116 285 8795 facility, Joan is confronted with the impossible: Would Services at 6pm Saturday evening then you betray your country and your loved ones, if it one mass at 10am on Sunday. meant saving them? Inspired by an extraordinary true Junior Church at Sunday services story, Red Joan is the emotional discovery of one woman's sacrifice in the face of incredible
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