Spotlight Groby & Field Head Mid-November 2020
The Monthly News & Information Magazine For Groby, Field Head & The Brantings
Groby Post Office helps to deliver Magic Boxes for the Charity Steps
I AM THE team leader for Steps Conductive Education Centre. Steps is a registered charity that supports children with conditions that cause motor impairments or delays. We work with children who have Cerebral Palsy, possible chromosome disorders including Down’s Syndrome, or other conditions which affect their motor skills. Our goal is to help every child develop the skills that they need to progress and help them to maximise their potential. We also give parents the knowledge, confidence, and strength they need to understand how to help their child. This Early Intervention is carefully planned for small groups of children and their parents. Our service is completely free for our families. When we were forced into lockdown due to Covid-19 in the Spring of 2020 we needed to completely change our usual face to face service. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 ...>
REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY at Groby’s Leicester Road ‘Tommy’ I HAD HOPED to have a small gathering of people (wearing masks and socially distancing) at the Groby Tommy on Remembrance Sunday this year. The government guidelines that came into place on Thursday 5th November specifically state to stay at home and not to travel except for very specific purposes which does not include this purpose. It goes onto to state that gatherings should not take place. It is with regret but in order to comply fully with these government guidelines I had to cancel the meet at the Groby Tommy for Remembrance Sunday. From the start of the Poppy appeal in 2020 some netting has been attached to the Groby Tommy in order to facilitate people adding a Poppy in Remembrance. Whilst the photograph was taken many days before Remembrance Sunday in order to comply with article submission deadlines a significant amount of people had chosen to do so. Thank you to everyone who placed a Poppy, many with personal messages of loved ones and for all the positive comments received about how good the Tommy looked during this period of Remembrance as a result of the Poppies being placed upon it. At 11am on Sunday 8th November and again at 11am on 11th November it was good to see so many people take to their doorsteps for a minute’s silence.
Thomas Herbert Smith’s Trust Fund
Financial assistance for Groby folk
DO YOU KNOW of anyone living in Groby who might benefit from financial assistance?
Then consider the Thomas Herbert Smith’s Trust Fund. The Fund provides and supports with the object of improving the conditions of life for inhabitants of Groby. It has interests in social welfare by
providing facilities for the aged and poor or those who are sick or in distress. It also considers applications involving recreation and other leisure-time activities. So who was Thomas Herbert Smith? Well, he was a Groby businessman, who died in 1961 after which a charitable trust was set up from his Estate with aims interpreted to
assist individuals or groups who are experiencing hardship in one or more of the ways listed above. So if you know of a Groby resident or group who might benefit from the Trust please let the Clerk to the Trustees, who administers the fund on a dayto-day basis, know by telephoning 01162 835345 or by emailing andrew_york@sky.com or by post at 6 Magnolia Close, Leicester, LE2 8PS and he will help with making the application.
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