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Welcome Editor Vanessa Preece 01530 417739 Email enquiries Advertising/Accounts Website/What’s On info@lifemagazines.co.uk www.ibstocklife.co.uk www.facebook.com/ibstocklife @ibstocklife Part of Ashby Life Ltd Rockleigh House 37 Burton Road Ashby de la Zouch LE65 2LF

Welcome to our June issue. It definitely feels like summer is on the way (despite the recent rain). In this month’s issue we have details of upcoming Timber Festival taking place from Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th July. Numbers are limited to ensure safety, so please don’t delay in buying your tickets as they are running low! It promises to be a fantastic family event.

In the latest update from the National Trust we hear from Calke Abbey’s bee-keeper Paul and the advantages of not mowing your lawn for a month – a great excuse if you need it.

Finally, if you simply fancy a stroll in the sunshine why not try this month’s local walk from Liz Roberts and explore Grace Dieu Woods and Priory – it’s one for all the family to enjoy.

Until next month,

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Contents The National Forest ........................................... 10 Ibstock Community College ............................ 14 Local Walk ............................................................. 16

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The National Forest

25% DISCOUNT ON TIMBER TICKETS! Get them now!

Did you know that an award-winning festival takes place in July in the heart of the National Forest? And that living in the Forest, you can pick up tickets for this extraordinary experience at 25% discount?

Postponed from last year, Timber 2021 runs from Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th July and is perfectly timed as we are all now looking for safe, fun, outdoor experiences we can enjoy with family and friends. The festival site at Feanedock extends over 70 acres so there is plenty of space for everyone to relax in the company of great music, fascinating debates, exciting outdoor arts and loads of fun activities for all the family - with delicious local food and drink to enjoy. All recommended COVID safe practices will be in place.

A celebration of trees and forests, where trees have led the transformation of a former mining landscape, Timber is colourful, curious and creative. It encourages audiences to re-examine their relationship with the natural world and invites us all to join artists, musicians, performers and writers, as they respond and react to the forest in bold and exhilarating ways.

Musicians The Unthanks, Snapped Ankles, Erland Cooper and Sam Lee top a diverse bill where music, performance and the arts run wild.

The festival’s family-focused programme is packed with a breath-taking range of activities from magic shows to maypole dancing, tree top adventures to twilight campfire tales, photography to puppetry, woodland workshops to wild walks.

Timber is renowned for explosive outdoor arts and awe-inspiring visual entertainment. This year the festival presents extraordinary artists who explore environmentalism and our relationship with nature. Attendees can contemplate their place in the cosmos as they wander amongst Timber’s giant illuminated planetary installation, ascend

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high into an unforgettable tree-top world with a guided tree climbing experience, connect with nature on a barefoot walk, participate in horse logging, and much, much more.

Timber will also host a reading of Letters to the Earth from Culture Declares Emergency, a book complied of moving and inspiring letters about the climate crisis from the British public, along with authors, scientists and actors including contributions from Emma Thompson, Yoko Ono and Kae Tempest.

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Ibstock Community College

New Year 7 induction Dear year 6, We are excited to meet all of our new students who will be joining us next academic year and welcoming you and your families to our school.

With all the changes we have had to make this year we have had to rethink our traditional induction process and will be introducing a whole new induction tailored just for you.

Before the half term break Mrs Williams, Head of School, and Miss Clements, Progress Leader will come to your primary school to meet with you and talk to you about life at Ibstock Community College – they may even bring a few surprise guests with them.

Following this you will be invited to come and visit our school and bring one adult with you. This will be after school and will be either Wednesday 30th June or Thursday 1st July. You will be able to meet other students in your tutor group and hopefully your tutor; you will be able to look

around our school, order your Ibstock Community College school uniform ready for your first day and you will have the opportunity to meet Mrs Williams again.

Letters will be sent to your home address week commencing 7th June with the date and time of your invitation.

There is a lot of information on our website you could look through at www. ibstockcollege.co.uk/ more/y6-to-y7-2021 There are also a few forms on the website to be completed by a parent / carer.

See you all soon.

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Local Walk with Liz Roberts

Grace Dieu Woods and Priory This is a really pretty walk and there is lots to see and do as you explore the area around the ruins and the stream. The paths are mostly very good but the first bit beside the stream can become muddy after wet weather. Parking is in the car park for the Bulls Head, Loughborough Road, Thringstone, LE67 8LR. The actual walk takes about 45 minutes.

The footpath to Grace Dieu leads off from the left-hand corner of the pub car park, follow this path across the grassy area and underneath an old railway arch. As soon as you have passed under the archway turn right onto a tarmac path that will snake back and forth for a short distance before passing a wooden signpost indicating Grace Dieu Woods to the left. Turn left here onto a grass area with a National Forest sign in front of you and paths splitting off to either side. Take the right-hand path which goes through a clearing and very quickly meets a hard-core path crossing in front of you. Our walk crosses straight over this path to take the narrow track ahead just to the right of the old fence.

Walking down the narrow track you will soon hear the sound of water bubbling over the rocks – keep left where it splits and then follow it with the stream running alongside on your right. After a while the path will bear left, go up a slope and join the wider tarmac path that you crossed over earlier – turn right along this path.

Keep right where the path splits, going through another break in the old fence. Follow this track keeping straight ahead. Pass by a yellow footpath arrow and then bear round to the left where a path coming from an old stone bridge joins from your right. Keep bearing left and you are soon walking with the stream once again on your right-hand side. After a short way you will emerge in front of a series of high stone arches.

Go under the arches and the path will take you down to 2 gates leading into the Priory grounds.

Take the smaller, metal, gate that is straight ahead of you and follow the path past a statue and bench on your right before turning right off it to cross the stream at the stepping stones.

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On reaching the far side of the stream walk across the grass to join the main path around the ruins. After exploring the site leave via this main path which will take you through a wooden gate, along a shady path and then out via a second wooden gate to the path you came in on.

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The National Trust

All about the bees at Calke Abbey

Beekeeper Paul begins the process of requeening the hive ©National Trust Images/ Caroline Icke

As the dandelions begin to take over your lawn this month, you’ll start to see more bees buzzing around your garden – which means it’s the perfect time to lock away the lawnmower for a month!

In May, Calke Abbey supported Plantlife’s ‘No Mow May’ project by letting the flowers blossom on some of the lawns, which provides a vital feast of nectar for bees and other pollinators.

Look out for long grasses in the Walled Kitchen Garden, the Physic Garden and Orchards, and the back sheds where we hope to see lots of busy bees foraging this spring.

If you’re taking part in ‘No Mow May’ (or June, or July…) you might be surprised at how many flowers you can spot among the grass – daisies, dandelions, creeping buttercups, common mouse-eat, cuckoo flowers and white clover, to name just a few. There are also lots of beefriendly plants you can grow in your garden (or even in a window box) to attract pollinators, such as rosemary, lavender, apple blossom, borage, strawberries and tomatoes.

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Bees are one of the most important pollinators, and we rely on their hard work for a lot of what we eat. They pollinate flowers that produce our fruit, nuts and seeds, and are vital in keeping up the health of our ecosystem – so we need to give them the biggest chance possible to thrive.

For Calke’s bee-keeper Paul, that means looking after the hive and occasionally stepping in to give the bees a helping hand. Recently, one hive lost its queen bee after she started laying only drone bees instead of worker bees. A colony cannot survive without its queen, so Paul suited up and began the process of requeening the hive, which involves removing a frame from the working hive and introducing it into the queen-less hive. It’s important that the frame contains newly laid eggs, so that the colony can create a queen cell, which will be fed Royal jelly to ensure a new queen hatches.

So far, the requeening has been successful and a new queen cell has been created, which means we’ll see a new queen leading the hive very soon.

It’s all part of our wildlife conservation work here at Calke – even the smallest creatures matter!

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We are all spending more time online, and cyber crime is increasing. If hackers get into your online accounts, they could access your money, personal or business information.

Here are some steps to help you protect yourself: 1. Use a strong and separate password for your email account. If a hacker gets into your email, they can reset all the passwords for your other accounts using the ‘Forgot Password Feature’ 2. Create a strong password using 3 random words – never use words that can be easily guessed. You could use numbers and symbols also e.g. PinkGolfPotato7 3. Use two-factor authentication, or even better multi-factor authentication. This helps stop hackers from getting into your accounts even if they have the password – you will be asked

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to prove your identity by using a code sent via your mobile device, along with your fingerprint, voice or even retina.

4. Always update your devices. Out of date software, apps and operating systems contain weaknesses and makes them easier to hack.

5. Back up your data – you wouldn’t want to lose it right? Backing up regularly means you will always have a recent version of your information saved. This will help you recover quicker if your data is lost or stolen.

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Pets

Cool For Cats (And Dogs) How to keep your four-legged friends healthy and happy in the heat.

AN INSIDE JOB - While the temptation is to get our pets out of the house, they sleep for well over half the day meaning that desire to stretch their legs is probably less than you think.

It’s also really important to make sure dogs have cool surfaces to walk on as our four-legged friends only sweat through their foot pads or by panting.

A SHADY CHARACTER When you do venture outside, shade is crucially important

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and a portable dog bowl is an absolute must.

Remember too, the sun will move throughout the day so keep a check on the shelter you’ve provided to ensure it’s actually doing its job properly.

CHILL OUT - A casual chilledout stroll with your faithful friend is just about all they need in the summer months, and you should avoid tagging a dog alongside you while you go for a bike ride as they may quickly overheat. Also limit games of fetch or catch.

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EVERYTHING’S GOING SWIMMINGLY - And of course if you find yourself near a lake or river, there’s nothing dogs like more then to take a dip in some cool water. This will immediately bring body temperature back to a safe level.

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In Your Garden

Sundials A sundial is an interesting conversation piece to have in a garden as well as a decorative ornament. I have made gardens featuring both modern armillary spheres and also antique plate dials on decorated pedestals. Sundials make a wonderful focal point in a garden but are of course functional as well as decorative.

A sundial can draw the eye, perhaps one placed at the end of a long path flanked by neatly clipped hedges, or to create height in the centre of a knot or herb garden. I also like a sundial placed informally within a wide flower border to give height and interest throughout the year. For the sundial to work it needs to be in a sun soaked position.

In the 1st millennium man followed the path of the sun through the sky to tell the time. Sundials’ history can be traced back to Babylonian and Egyptian scripts. There were a number of different sundial styles that have been developed, but generally there are four types. The first sundials were just a horizontal plate with upright gnomons that indicated the time by the shadow the light cast.

Second, there were vertical pates mounted on sunny and south facing aligned walls. It was the Romans who first developed these.

The third type are armillary spheres, a much more sophisticated thing; these were developed in the Renaissance period by astrologers who developed them not just for telling the time but for astronomical information too. These armillary spheres are metal rings placed around each other around a rod aligned with the Earth’s access. Lastly, heliochronometers were developed in 1902 and were the most accurate of all the sundials, even used to check the accuracy of mechanical clocks.

Old and antique sundials can be very valuable and often they had very decorative pedestals indicating the status of the original owner.

Few sundials have the original pedestals as the open placement of a sundial meant that they were unprotected from the abrasions of years of weather. The old sundial bases were usually made from marble, Portland stone (particularly evident in London) or sandstone. Modern day replica antique plinths are often concrete and don’t look very old, but the aging process is speeded up with a few washes of manure or coats of watered down yoghurt.

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Health & Fitness Advice

Less is more Over the many years I have been working in the health and fitness industry I have witnessed firsthand how common it is for people to spend their time in the gym ineffectively.

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Ibstock Surgery News Proof of Covid Vaccination Status Demonstrating your COVID-19 vaccination status allows you to show others that you’ve had a full course of the COVID-19 vaccine when travelling abroad to some countries or territories. A full course is currently 2 doses of any vaccine approved for use in the UK. If you have booked a summer holiday abroad and need to demonstrate your COVID-19 vaccination status, this is how you do it.

Via the NHS App You can access your COVID-19 vaccination status through the free *NHS App* from 17th May. Proof of your COVID-19 vaccination status will be shown within the NHS App. We recommend that you register with the app before booking international travel. This is different from the NHS Covid App. (The NHS App can also be used to book appointments at your GP, order repeat medications and see your coded clinical record.)

Calling 119 If you do not have access to a smartphone and know that the country you are travelling to requires COVID-19 vaccination status, you can call the NHS helpline on 119 and ask for a letter to be posted to you. This must be at least 5 days after you’ve completed your course of the vaccine. The letter is

expected to take up to 5 days to reach you.

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Green Play Five ideas for engaging your kids in environmental activities.

Recycle Start at home with the basics: labelling your bins and sorting through your refuse can actually become a fun game for children, as well as creating awareness around how much waste we use in the home.

Then, once your youngsters have grasped the basic concept you can start tackling recycling on a bigger scale. Picking up litter on a dog walk for example, or even partaking on a community clean-up – an excellent way to meet other budding environmentalists.

Reuse Naturally greenminded kids know better than anyone how useful discarded packaging can be: boxes become rocket ships, empty toilet rolls become pirate-seeking telescopes, and jars are transformed into dazzling tealight holders.

Yet beyond play, we can also teach our children how to minimise waste by choosing the eco-friendly option. Some ecocleaning brands, for example, now offer a reusable option whereby you can refill your bottles in-store.

Grow What better way to learn about planet Earth than when exploring the great outdoors?

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through dirt with a beloved parent by their side, a venture made even more rewarding when they eventually get to see the fruits of their labour.

So if you have access to a garden, get planning, then get planting! From easy-to-plant flower bulbs to vegetables

such as tomatoes and runner beans, there are many plants which offer a quick seed-tofruit yield – ideal for impatient children.

Many local councils are now investing in community gardens too, where children can plant, play and learn about all the wormy, muddy joys of composting.

Repurpose A fantastic way to combine environmental fun with

unbridled creativity is to upcycle with your child. Perhaps you’ve an old chest of drawers that needs a new lick of paint or a suitcase that’s begging to be transformed into a unique toybox. Perhaps you want to start smaller by turning a plastic bottle into a birdfeeder, or even a windchime made from used cans.

And for those feeling really creative, why not venture into the world of upcycled clothing? Stained children’s dresses and t-shirts can be tie-dyed using vegetable dye, denim shirts that are too small can become bags or headscarves!

Learn The best part about environmentalism is it’s a journey you and your child can take together. So organise a trip to your local city farm, buy some honey made from local bees, and take a bike ride to school rather than using the car. These are all small steps that will pave the way for the future of your child AND the planet.

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The History of Ibstock Bowling Club Ibstock Bowling Club was founded in 1929.

Originally the land was part of the Miners Welfare Sports ground, purchased from a fund legislated by the Mining Industry Act of 1920, which required the owners of coal mines to set aside 1d for every ton of coal output over the following 5 years.

The fund was to provide recreation facilities for coalminers in the area. The Leicestershire District Miners’ Welfare Committee was formed in 1921 to consider applications and apportioned monies depending on the numbers of miners living in each community.

The application selected was supported by the Parish council and proposed the buying of 7 acres of land for football and cricket pitches, tennis courts, a bowling green and a pavilion for indoor games.

A grant of £3,737 was approved but only for the outdoor facilities. A further application was made in 1928 for £1,300 for the building of the pavilion (The Miners Welfare Club), and the bowls club was founded the following year in 1929 by four men – Charles Smith, Jack Spiller, Bert Foster and George Godfrey.

Initially, facilities were run by the council, who employed a man to take monies for hire of the facilities, and later, the pavilion was extended to provide a kitchen and an area for social hire.

The kitchen was used by the bowls club to provide cooked teas to its opponents, supplemented by home-made cakes, provided by the wives of club members. However, times move on and, in common with many bowls clubs, a cooked meal was replaced with sandwiches and cakes.

Also to change was the membership profile.

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In 2019, the club was able to celebrate our 90th anniversary, with a series of matches against representative teams, as well as our local rivals over those 90 years.

Over the years, our small and friendly club have produced a regular succession of county players Through the two teams that we run, we play bowls on weekdays and weekends, afternoons and evenings, so we can offer a game of bowls at a time that hopefully suits you, whether you are looking for a competitive game or just a social experience.

Any reader who fancies trying ‘Lawn Bowls’ is welcome to join us for a free taster session, on any Wednesday morning at 10.30am or Friday evening at 4pm, when we meet for a natter and a friendly game, all in a COVID safe environment, but subject to the weather of course. All you would need to bring is a flat pair of shoes (no heels).

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Eton Mess Tray Bake Introduction

The classic twist on the quintessential pavlova gets reimagined once more in this mouthwatering traybake - ideal for outdoor summer soirees, classic cream teas or even just your afternoon coffee.

Ingredients

(Approximately 12 servings) For the sponge

• 200g unsalted butter, softened • 200g caster sugar • 180g self-raising flour • 1 tbsp vanilla extract • 4 medium-sized eggs • 100g ground almonds • 5 tbsp double cream • 200g mixed berries (strawberries must be hulled and sliced) For the topping • 250g double cream (whipped) • 4 shop-bought meringue nests (broken up) • 200g mixed berries Icing sugar to decorate

Top Tips • Though the final cake has fresh elements, you can prepare the sponge a few days before: simply let it cool and wrap tightly in clingfilm before storing in the fridge.

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Method 1. Grease and line 20x30cm brownie pan with baking paper.

Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/ gas 3. In a large bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until it is light and fluffy. Add the vanilla essence and then the eggs, one by one, mixing as you go. In a separate bowl, mix the flour and ground almonds. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet until you have a thick batter. Finally, gently stir in the double cream and the berries.

2. Pour the batter in to the prepared tin, distributing the berries as evenly as you can across the cake. Bake for 35• If summer berries are not to your taste, you can adapt the recipe as you wish. Passion fruit, mango and coconut cream would make a delicious tropical traybake, or you could even try a seasonal version in

40 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. Leave your sponge in the pan for ten minutes before tipping out onto a wire rack to cool.

3. Once cool, spoon over the whipped double cream and meringue pieces before decorating with the berries.

Dust with icing sugar before cutting into 12 even pieces to serve. If not eating immediately, the decorated Eton Mess traybake can be stored in the fridge for a few hours, but be sure to take it out of the fridge 15 minutes before serving. the autumn with plums and blackberries.

• Why not get your kids to help decorate the traybake? After all, an Eton Mess is never meant to be perfect.

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Community Board Heather Primary School Fundraising Support Heather Primary School’s fundraising event by having a good clear out. Bag up good quality men’s, ladie’s and children’s clothing, paired shoes, handbags and accessories and drop them off at the school before Thursday 17th June. Donations can be taken into school at any point that week up to 9am on Thursday.

Bag 2 School will then pay the school for the total weight collected. All money raised will go towards the new canopy for the Early Years Foundation Stage classroom.

Walking Football Walking Football has returned to the floodlit court at Ibstock Leisure Complex between 7pm and 8pm every Wednesday. It offers so many health benefits, reduces stress and is a great way to make new friends. It costs just £2 per person per session. Booking is required. Contact Georgia James on 01530 454 735 or email georgia. james@nwleicestershire.gov.uk Enjoy a Gardening Pack from Hospice Hope For so many of us, the pandemic has been isolating and challenging, and receiving things which offer distraction and stimulation can make a big difference. Hospice Hope are offering a ‘Day in the Garden pack’ which will consist of seeds, bulbs, gardening gloves and tea to anyone in North West Leicestershire living with a longterm condition. If you know someone who is living with a medical condition which affects day to day life, it’s really easy to nominate them. All you need to do is email details to liz@hospicehope. org.uk and they will do the rest!

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a host of different activities, including beauty treatments, bingo, play your cards right and yoga sessions. They run every Tuesday from 9.30am to 11.30am and from 12.30pm to 2.30pm at MRC Community Action, Belvoir Road, Coalville, LE67 3PH. To book your place call 01530 832 926 or email hello@enrych.org.uk Ibstock Community Library The team at Ibstock Community Library are excited to announce their re-opening date of 17th July. Initially the library will be open for 2 days each week, with any necessary Covid measures in place. Saturday from 10am to 12noon and Monday from 2.45pm to 6pm. They are urgently seeking more volunteers to help out. If you can spare a couple of hours please email Carol at carolellix@hotmail.co.uk Inclusive Active Play Session Inclusive active play sessions have restarted and will run from 4.15pm to 5.15pm each Thursday at Hermitage Leisure Centre, Silver Street, Whitwick. The sessions will include a variety of multi-sport activities for children aged 5 to 14 with additional needs or disabilities. To book, contact georgia.james@nwleicestershire.gov.uk or call 01530 454 735.

Summer Nature Workshops Are you living with a long term condition and keen to get back out into nature? The National Forest, Wild Minds and Hospice Hope have come together to arrange a series of workshops with the aim of helping to improve health and wellbeing in the stunning surroundings of the National Forest. Workshops will be held at Feanedock near Moira from 10am to 12noon on Saturday 19th June, Saturday 17th July and Wednesday 11th August. To register your interest please call 07591 952 027 or email natureworkshops@hospicehope.org.uk

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The Conservation Volunteers

A wonderful time for butterflies Now is a wonderful time for seeing butterflies in gardens and the wider countryside. But did you know these beautiful insects have become much less common over recent years?

Long term monitoring since 1976 shows massive declines in both numbers and spread of many species, including more common sorts such as the Small Tortoiseshell, down 74%.

So, what is going wrong? Broadly, loss of habitat, and loss of quality of habitat are to blame. Without abundant flowers and a range of caterpillar food plants in the countryside, butterflies cannot thrive. Intensive agriculture and herbicides reduce both the number of flowers and of caterpillar food plants. Weather is also a big factor. Even butterflies benefitting from general climate warming are vulnerable to the extreme weather events that climate change brings.

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• Join a specialist butterfly conservation organisation or your local wildlife trust.

TCV groups are working to help butterflies locally by carrying out habitat work such as making and maintaining sunny areas where woodland butterflies can thrive.

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On The Beat

Your Rural Crime team Rural Crime has a significant impact on our community.

The rural community feel very much targeted and crime figures support this as an area that warrants attention.

Since 6th January 2020, the North West Leicestershire Neighbourhood team have been piloting a Rural Crime Team.

We currently have two dedicated Rural Crime Officers in the North West, who have both been given enhanced training in wildlife crime. The team consists of PC Emma Holmes and PCSO Tony Gallagher.

The aim of the team is to oversee all rural crime investigations, increase community confidence, and develop intelligence (including cross-border). Since the team was first put together, they have worked on a variety of different incidents including the theft of agricultural equipment, worrying of livestock and the disturbance of nesting birds to name just a few.

Although the team have been unable to hold any rural crime events during the pandemic, they have been able to spend time attending hot-spot areas, offering crime prevention advice where possible, and have encouraged members of the rural community to get signed up to Neighbourhood Link, which is a free email messaging service that provides news and updates on police matters relevant to them.

The team have also been holding online meetings with various organisations along with the local Council and cross border Police contacts. This partnership working will continue and hopefully the meetings will become more face to face in the near future.

Moving forward, the team are looking to reschedule the interactive rural event they sadly had to cancel in March 2020. The team are also keen to host some smaller crime prevention events, starting with horse tack marking. Leicestershire Police have recently invested in training 18 more wildlife crime officers, 4 of which are stationed at North West Leicestershire NPA which provides even more opportunities to work together and investigate rural and wildlife crime.

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Introduction to the Rural Crime Team PC 237 Emma HOLMES has been with Leicestershire Police since 2010.

She has been part of a number of teams including Response; child abuse investigations; and Neighbourhood Policing. Prior to joining the Police, Emma has always had a strong interest in the rural community. After undergoing extensive specialist training in 2019, Emma has built upon her knowledge by working closely with the local rural community, businesses and Rural Crime teams in Neighbouring Forces.

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