September 2011
SAD ANNOUNCEMENT It is with great sadness that I have to announce the passing of my life partner and business partner Susan Hatton. Susan and I have been publishing local magazines together for around 15 years and many of our advertisers and contributors will have spoken with her regularly on the phone, or met her in person. Susan was a wonderful woman, loving and caring, who always put other people first. She was extremely proud of our publications and worked tirelessly to make them useful and interesting to our thousands of readers. Her sudden passing has left me devastated, and getting this issue out without her help and support has been extremely difficult. It has been put together in a real hurry, and may not be up to our usual standard. I apologise in advance if I’ve omitted an advert or article which should have appeared.
Mike Wilkinson
CRAFTS AT THE GRANGE
Shuttlewood Clarke Foundation Is Holding Craft Themed Open Day
Local needs housing survey to proceed in October
There were delays in circulating the questionnaires last year, but your Rural Housing Enabler, Richard Windley, is pleased to announce that these will now be delivered with your Herald to each household in the Parish in October. The purpose of this survey is to assess the housing needs of the Parish so that plans can be made to meet the needs of locals. This could be by planning for open market homes, quantifying what is required on any large development or providing affordable homes on a Rural Exception Site. Open market homes can be sold to anyone with the means. If a developer brought forward a site for this kind of housing in the Parish then the Borough Council would require a proportion of these homes be made available for households that could not access the open market from their own resources – so-called “Affordable or Social Housing.” This survey will help the Borough Council assess numbers and type of homes needed on such a site. A Rural Exception Site is a small development of affordable homes situated on the edge of the village. These sites are special in that priority is given to households with a strong connection to the Parish and, because there is no Right to Buy, properties remain for the use of local people in perpetuity. The Borough already has two of these sites, one at Sheepy Magna and the other at Congerstone. So, the point of the survey is to enable the Borough Council to plan effectively for the future housing needs of your Parish – your help in completing and returning your form in the freepost envelope, when it arrives with your Herald in October, is much appreciated. If you require more information please contact your Rural Housing Enabler: Richard Windley 01530 276546 or email: richard.windley@midlandrh.org.uk
Based at Ulverscroft Grange Community Support and Wellbeing Centre the Shuttlewood Clarke Foundation is delighted to announce that it will be holding a Craft Themed Open Day on Friday 16th September, 2011 between 10.00 a.m. – 4.00 p.m. Along with the variety of craft stalls, the Foundation’s Tea Rooms, Charity Shop and Wheelchair Friendly Walkways will also be open. Alan Norman, Chief Executive of the Foundation said “we are delighted to be welcoming a number of stall holders from around the county to the Community Support and Wellbeing Centre and hope that many people take the opportunity to come along and support this wonderful, unique charity.” For more information please contact the Admin Team on 01530 244914 or via admin@shuttlewood-clarke.org. Ulverscroft Grange, Whitwick Road, Ulverscroft, Leicestershire, LE67 9QB Fundraising income is extremely important to the long term development of the Foundation and your support in publicising this event is greatly welcomed and appreciated. Shuttlewood Clarke Fou8ndation – Registered Charity Number 803525 www.shuttlewood-clarke.org www.yewtrail.org.uk
The photo above shows a recent development of homes, completed 2011, on a Rural Exception Site at Long Whatton – these homes are occupied by people with a strong local connection and will be available to local households in perpetuity.
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