MARCH 2016
Mercenfeld Primary School Awarded Bronze For Their Healthy Food Achievements MERCENFELD Primary School has been awarded the Food for Life Bronze award for its healthy and climatefriendly food culture. The school is working with Food for Life to transform the school’s food culture and that of its local community, by connecting the children with climate-friendly and healthy food. As part of the Bronze award scheme, Mercenfeld Primary School serves seasonal school meals, 75% of which are freshly prepared by experienced school cooks, Martine Smith and Lorraine Brewin. The school also gives every pupil the opportunity to visit a farm, cook and participate in food growing activities during his or her time at school, and pupils and parents are involved in making CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 ...>
Letter New Thornton Stroke & Disability Club opens 14th March AS PART OF our Community Capacity Building (CCB) project in Thornton we’ve been successful in gaining funding to start a new Stroke & Disability Club based at Thornton Community Centre. Opening day is Monday 14th of March 1pm-3pm. Thornton Stroke & Disability Club will be run by a local resident Sharon Bee – email: buzzybee58@gmail.com tel: 01530 231301.
Ilir Demaj
Community Development Officer
Scout Group Newspaper Collection is ending UNFORTUNATELY we will no longer be able to continue with the monthly newspaper collections from Markfield, Stanton and Thornton residents.
Mercenfeld School has won an award for Healthy Food Achievements
To BFG or not to BFG BAGWORTH Forward Group (BFG) are beginning to think of the year ahead. We have various events lined up. Some (but not all) include the following:
Live Music on 14th May We have managed to book the ‘STEPHANE GRAPPELLI STORY’ featuring a jazz trio who have made an adventurous tribute to the life and music of the great musician. Expect to hear such greats as “Sweet Georgia Brown”, “It had to be You” and “Honeysuckle Rose” not to mention “Misty”. It promises to be a great night out at Bagworth Community Centre on May 14th. Admission is £6 for adults and £4 for children under 16. When did you last hear live music and at such a reasonable price? (Tickets: Rosemary 01530 230347.)
Eyes Down, Look In Spring Prize Bingo is at 7.30 pm at the Community Centre on Monday 25th April. As usual there will be great prizes to be won.
Bagworth Show is a One-Day Event again Finally, can we mention the Bagworth Show. We have decided to return to having the Show on one day, as opposed to spread over two days. The date is Saturday August 27th – the last Saturday in August. As well as the exhibits, we have inherited the Scarecrow competition from the Allotment Association. The theme for this year is based on any of three events: • the anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare 400 years ago, • the anniversary of the birth of Beatrix Potter 150 years ago and • the anniversary of the birth of Roald Dahl 100 years ago So get your thinking caps on - any of their characters are fair game.
We have been collecting papers for over 20 years and they have provided a valuable source of income for us during this time. There are several reasons for our decision the main one being the difficulty in finding new volunteers from within the group to collect the papers coupled with falling revenues due to a drop in the volume and the price we receive. We are very grateful to all those who have supported us over the years and would like to thank anyone who has donated papers and especially those who have helped with the collections every month.
Margaret Beck Markfield Scout Group
Forthcoming Stanton Events
• Saturday 2nd April: SPRING FAYRE: 2 - 4 p.m A variety of stalls: cakes, tombola, raffle, bric - a- brac, plants, Free admission, Tea & Coffee will be available to buy. • Friday 15th April: MUSICAL EVENING: 7.30 p.m. in St Mary & All Saints Church. A Musical Evening with Stanton Under Bardon Singers and Musicians. Well known songs for you to join in. Entrance £5.00 on the door. Refreshments included. This is a Charity event in aid of the Alzheimers Society.
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