New Community Choir! SEE PAGE 13
Mid-October 2016
Over 20,000 reasons to be proud of Bagworth
THE SMALL team, Ken, Glenda, Josie and Anne, organised another successful charity dance at The Club in Bagworth on Friday 23rd September. The impressive sum of £400 was raised and was passed on to Maria to add to the funds which she is raising in order to purchase a defibrillator for Bagworth. The team has now raised over £20.000 for various charities, including Wishes 4 Kids, Leicestershire Air Ambulance, Glenfield Hospital, ProstAid, Cancer Research and many other worthy causes. Although the money was raised over 10 years, for the first four years there was only one dance per year. I am sure that most people
South Charnwood High School Sponsored Walk
Ken presenting the £400 cheque to Maria, for the defibrillator. The photo also shows (l to r) Glenda, Josie and Anne. will agree that this is a phenomenal success story and the four people deserve hearty congratulations. In addition to Charity Dances, they organise monthly Social Dances on a Saturday at 8 pm. The next one is on 22nd October. Admission is £2. They also hold tea dances on a Wednesday afternoon from 2-4 pm. Admission is £1. The next charity dance is on Friday 25th November at 8 pm and is supporting Wishes 4 Kids, a very worthwhile charity that helps children in Leicestershire. Admission is £2.50. This will help to take them towards the next £10,000!
Christmas is coming to Stanton! • DON’T MISS the Stanton Christmas Fayre on Saturday 26th November. To be held in the St Mary’s Church, Stanton Under Bardon, 2 - 4 p.m. There will be several stalls, Cakes, Bric a brac, Raffle and Tombola. Coffee and tea will be available.
• THERE WILL also be a Charity Christmas Concert on Friday 16th December in aid of the Alzheimers Society, with Stanton Under Bardon Singers and Musicians. To be held in St Mary & All Saints Church at 7.30pm. Tickets on the door £5.00.
GETTING over 600 pupils from South Charnwood High School to Bradgate Park is an enormous undertaking, but staff and parents of pupils at South Charnwood High School did just that on Friday 30th September. Luckily, the weather was fine and the 13 mile trip (the pupils do a circuit of the park once they are there) was completed in good time and with no casualties. Traditionally, the sponsored walk raises over £6,000 for the school and this year will be spent on refurbishing the school library with a percentage of the funds raised being donated to charities chosen by the Pupil Voice Team. Can we take this opportunity to thank all those parents, grandparents and friends of the school for all their help in this event which is a traditional highlight of the South Charnwood calendar Our picture shows Heather McDowall, looking tired (tyred), but happy on the South Charnwood Sponsored Walk.
Can you solve the MURDER at The Bricklayer’s Arms? FANCY A ghoulish night filled with fun and murder? Get your detective cap on and come down to the Bricklayer’s Arms and solve the mystery. Someone will be murdered in the Bricklayer’s Arms and it is your job to work out whodunnit! It all takes place on Saturday 29th October 2016, starting at 7pm. Twelve teams of four are needed, and entry fees are £25 per team, with food included. All will be revealed in your character pack. Fancy dress is encouraged to set the mood, and the Bricklayer’s will be decorated. This is a fundraising event with proceeds going towards the provision of a defibrillator for Thornton village. For tickets please see the Bricklayer’s Arms or Elaine Statham.
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