CLEAN FOR THE QUEEN Ella is donating her hair to the Little Princess Trust “SWEEPS” INTO GROBY ELLA is a 7 year old little Groby girl who has decided to donate 8 inches of her beautiful hair to The Little Princess Trust.
CLEAN FOR the Queen has “swept” into Groby with more than a dozen colleagues and customers of The Co-op in Laundon Way, Groby, taking to the streets to tidy the village. Arranged by the Co-op’s Community Pioneer, Kelly Hearn, more than a dozen volunteers carried out the clean sweep earlier this month collecting 14 bags of litter and rubbish from a two mile area of Groby. The initiative forms part of a national campaign, supported by Keep Britain Tidy, designed to clear up Britain in time for Her Majesty the Queen’s 90th birthday. Kelly Hearn, Community Pioneer at the Co-op food store in Laundon Way, Groby, said: “As a community retailer the Co-op is committed to making a difference to local life. Clean for the Queen seemed like the perfect opportunity to roll-up our sleeves and tidy our village. We swapped our shopping baskets for brooms for the day to carry out a clean sweep of the village - it was good fun, and great to see the difference, and we would like to thank customers and members of the community who joined in.” · Photo: Co-op carries out a clean sweep of Groby. L to R: Kenny Hardy (Store Manager), Ross Milankov, Kelly Hearn (Community Pioneer) and Carol Milankov
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The trust is a charity who make real hair wigs for children who have lost their own hair through cancer treatment. She heard about the charity from her Granny as one of her friends had donated her hair in memory of a little girl she had known that had had received a wig but unfortunately died shortly after getting it. Ella then made the claim that she would like to donate hers to help a little girl/boy who had lost their own. Ella is a lovely, bright little girl who is passionate about dance. Her dance school etoile performance academy are backing her as is our local salon Studio J. Jaimee-Lee who owns the salon has agreed to do the cut for her. I have attached a “before” photo for you and will send a during and after photo after the event. People can donate to the charity via our Just Giving page which is www.justgiving.com/fundraising/david-donlan
CAR PARK GRANT APPROVED GROBY PARISH COUNCIL has received confirmation from Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council that their application for a grant from the Borough Council’s PCIF scheme towards the re-surfacing of the Sycamore Drive car park has been successful and that an award of £8,244 has been made. Together with the amount set aside in the budget for this project that leaves only a small amount (approx £2,000) short of the best quote the Parish Council have received to date. There is also a further small amount of Section 106 maintenance funding due for Stamford Park from the Jelson Brant Inn development, which would more than cover any shortfall. (Information supplied by Ted Hollick of Groby Parish Council.)
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