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Lubenham Scarecrow Weekend September 2010
Anyone is welcome to make a scarecrow to help the village to celebrate the event. Stalls and events will be on all weekend around the village.
Come along and enjoy a good day out at Lubenham’s 8th Annual Scarecrow Weekend. The biggest and best of its kind locally.
Join the fun on the Village Green where you can have a go on the fairground rides, sample local fare on the stalls, enjoy the live music, snack on a burger, try your luck on the tombola, let your little one’s have fun on the under 5’s play area or watch our gymnastics and baton twirling display.
Vintage Fire Engine, Cars & Tractors will be displayed from 12noon on Sunday.
If you are in need of a rest, hop on the tractor & cart ride around the village and have a look at all the wonderful scarecrows created by the villagers.
After all that excitement, refresh yourself with a Ploughman’s lunch at the Village Hall or treat yourself to cream teas in All Saints Church.
There really is something for everyone.
Come and join us on the Village Green on Saturday 13th September 11am till 6pm or Sunday 14th September 10am till 5pm.
It promises to be a fun filled family day out.
Free Entry and Free Parking.
Learn more about Leicestershire Villages Websites
A number of villagers are trained to use the leicestershirevillages website for Lubenham. If you would like to find out how you could edit your own page on the Lubenham site please register on Leicestershire villages and send us a message.
Lubenham's speedwatch campaign.
Lubenham villagers have been trained to take part in a speed watch campaign. Speed monitoring equipment will be loaned to a group of trained villagers by Leicestershire County Council. Volunteers will monitor the speed of traffic through the village at random times during daylight hours. Information gathered will be returned to the county speedwatch team and letters will be sent to offenders.
Watch out for more information of this project.
The rural village of Lubenham is 2 miles west of the town of Market Harborough on the Leicestershire / Northants border.
Lubenham has a 12th Century church, a village Primary school, a village shop and garage, a village hall, a village green and a playing field. Lubenham won the prestigious Calor Central Region Village of the Year Award in 2001.
Lubenham was invited to represent the Central region in the Calor Village of the Year 10th anniversary awards. Lubenham, winners of the central region prize in 2001 competed against other past winners in the region. Unfortunately Lubenham did not figure among the prizewinners but 2 representatives enjoyed a presigious awards even at the Millenium Hotel in London. Click on the picture to find out more about Calor Village of the Year Competition.
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Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:06
Calling Leicestershire's Snappers
Leicestershire’s amateur photographers are once again being invited to enter a competition celebrating life in the county for the chance to see their work published
Following the success of Leicestershire Through a Lens in 2009, the company behind the competition, Bardon Aggregates, has announced that the contest will run again in 2010, this time with a difference.
Throughout 2009, Coalville based company Bardon Aggregates ran the competition appealing for people of all ages to submit photographs which represented what Leicestershire mean to them. With almost 1,000 entries received over the course of the year, just twelve were selected across three age ranges to appear in a special charity calendar. More »
Simon Taylor, director of Bardon Aggregates said:“We were overwhelmed with the popularity of the contest last year and since producing the calendar, we’ve had so many requests for it to be repeated this year. Although the format of the competition was very successful, we’ve decided to give entrants an additional challenge by adopting the theme of people and portraits.
“We’re therefore appealing for photographs featuring Leicestershire people which portray life in our county.
“The recent weather will no doubt have led to some fantastic photographs of people enjoying the snow, and as the seasons progress, we’re hoping to get some great snapshots of what Leicestershire has to offer”.
All entries must be accompanied by a permissions form signed by the subject, which is available from www.leicestershirethroughalens.co.uk, and must be accompanied by a caption describing the image. A full list of rules can also be found on the website.
Entries for the Winter round are now being accepted until 28th February. The finished calendar will be sold in aid of a variety of Leicestershire causes. « Less
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Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:04
Vacancy
Rural Economy Officer
Leicestershire County Council
£22,218 - £24,576
Chief Executives Department, County Hall, Glenfield
Job Reference Number: 461CE
Closing Date 15th February 2010, Temporary until 30th September 2012
To assist in identifying, developing, promoting and implementing arrangements to enhance the coordination and effectiveness of the rural economy in Leicestershire through the delivery of the Leicestershire Rural Partnership’s (LRP) INSPIRE Leicestershire programme. To support the work of the County Council and key partnerships, in particular the LRP, Leicestershire Together (the Local Strategic Partnership for the county) and the District Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPs). More »
Essential Requirements:
- Educated to degree (or equivalent) level in a relevant subject or significant level of work experience relevant to the essential criteria
- Experience of developing, implementing, managing and evaluating projects
- Experience of collaborative working with others to ensure the achievement of key objectives and the best use of resources, including through project steering groups
- Experience of researching and reviewing specific issues and analysing information and data to inform delivery
For informal enquiries please telephone Matthew Kempson on 0116 3056179
An on-line application form can be found at http://www.leics.gov.uk/index/jobs/job_detailpage.htm?id=184707 « Less
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Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:58
Lubenham Parish Council to Oppose Wind Turbines
At its December 2008 meeting Lubenham Parish Council declared that “it is opposed in principal to the establishment of Gartree Wind Farm” and would inform residents of this.
An article would appear in the January edition of the Lubenham Newsletter and letters would be written to the Harborough Mail, District and County Councillors and the Member of Parliament.
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