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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 1:42pm
Don’t miss out on this opportunity… Bring energy and wildlife to your classroom.
Your School’s chance to take part in the Big Switch Off 2010
The Big Switch Off Campaign will be taking place between 11th – 17th October this year. Your school can make a real difference by embracing energy efficiency message through both curricular and extra curricular activities.
Children are the most effective catalyst to pass on the Big Switch Off message to their friends, families and communities. We have developed a Teaching Pack that offers all what you need to deliver an energy efficiency session in your class. The Teaching Pack includes key background information, lesson plans, activity resources and competition information. To download the Teaching Pack visit www.leics.gov.uk/bigswitchoff. More »
Ask your students to design a Big Switch Off Super Hero and they could win some exciting prizes. Primary school children across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland are being invited to design their own caped crusaders to promote this year’s Big Switch Off campaign. Children who take part in the contest will be asked to give their superhero a name, costume, special gadgets and outline their unique super powers. For further information please download the competition guidance note at www.leics.gov.uk/bsocompetitions.
Entries will be judged by a panel, including a graphic designer, and the winning design will be worked up professionally and blown up to full size. The Key Stage one winner will receive a scooter and the Key Stage two winner a bicycle, while the schools they belong to will win a wildlife outreach day by Twycross Zoo. This could be your Super Hero…
To support the campaign ask your students and staff to make an on-line pledge. Visit www.leics.gov.uk/bsopledge
The last date for sending your expression of interest is 8th September 2010. To register your interest or if you have any queries contact Hetal Patel on 0116 3057068 or hetal.patel@leics.gov.uk. « Less
Posted:
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:43pm
Calor FREE
Almost one in six households in some rural parts are classed as fuel poor, according to the first ever heat map of England.
The research found as many as 14 per cent of families living in countryside communities are spending more than a tenth of their household income just on heating their homes.
In Leicestershire & Rutland it would appear that the main areas of fuel poverty occur around the Vale of Belvoir and in parts of North West Leicestershire, but there may be more people affected than have been so far identified. More »
RCC Leicestershire & Rutland are working on an initiative funded by Calor to help tackle fuel poverty and promote energy efficiency in off-gas grid communities. The project aims to highlight the complexities associated with living off mains gas in the county. The RCC will be working with fuel poverty charity National Energy Action (NEA) and Calor to offer independent information and advice to off-gas grid households and communities to help improve energy efficiency and reduce their carbon footprint.
If you live in a rural area that does not have mains gas and spend more than 10% of your income on fuel then the RCC would be interested to hear from you.
For more information contact Diana Cook cook@ruralcc.org.uk 0116 2689706 « Less
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:41pm
Chance to find out more on Transforming Community Services
Members of the public are invited to find out more about the Transforming Community Services (TCS) programme at three meetings being held in September.
NHS Leicestershire County and Rutland and NHS Leicester City are working together on the programme, which will move the responsibility for community health services – currently managed by Primary Care Trusts – to other organisations.
Community health services include:
- Services delivered within the 10 community hospitals in Leicestershire and Rutland, including outpatients, day cases and radiology services
- The walk-in centre at Loughborough and the urgent care centre at Leicester Royal Infirmary
- Community-based nursing services
- Health visiting
- School nursing
- Dental services
- GP out of hours services
- Therapies (eg physiotherapy)
- Podiatry (eg foot care)
- Nutrition and dietetic services More »
Meetings will take place on Wednesday 1 September from 6.30-8.30pm at Voluntary Action Rutland, Rutland Volunteer Centre, Barleythorpe Road, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 6QH, and on Monday 6 September from 6.30-8.30pm at Welland Park Community College, Welland Park Road, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 9DR.
There will also be a meeting on Thursday 23 September from 11am-1pm at the YMCA, 7 East Street, Leicester. LE1 6EY.
During the public meetings there will be a presentation, followed by a question and answer session, and the chance to complete a questionnaire either at the meetings or online, which can be found on NHS Leicestershire County and Rutland’s website at www.lcr.nhs.uk or NHS Leicester City’s www.leicestercity.nhs.uk from 2 September. The closing date for questionnaires to be completed is 24 September.
Cheryl Davenport, executive lead for TCS, said: “Local health care commissioners remain committed to ensuring the best possible provision for community services. Our Transforming Community Services programme is seeking to deliver a number of important benefits, including improvements in the integration of care between providers serving the people of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.” « Less
