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LOCAL NEWS
Ashby & Measham Clubs & Groups Do you run a local community club or group in Ashby & Measham? Please send us your details to: communityeye@openboxpromotions.co.uk
Ashby Big Band
David - 01530 458706 07886194993 ashbybigband@aol.com www.ashbybigband.com -------------------------------------------------
Measham Karate Club
07761131043 meashamkarateclub@gmail.com www.meashamkarateclub.co.uk -------------------------------------------------
Ashby Art Club
01530 412116 www.ashbyartclub.org We meet on Monday evenings at 7pm. Smisby Village Hall, Main Street, Smisby, Ashby, LE65 2TY -------------------------------------------------
Ashby Civic Society
Margaret Mabey 01530 412410 kenward.ashby@gmail.com We meet on the 2nd Tuesday in the Month at Legion House, 27a South Street, Ashby, LE65 1BQ -------------------------------------------------
Measham Bowls Club
Sue & Stuart Boothroyd 01530 274104 stuartboothroyd@btinternet.com High Street, Measham, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE12 7HR -------------------------------------------------
Ashby Bowls Club
info@ashbybowlsclub.co.uk www.ashbybowlsclub.co.uk The Green, Bath Grounds, Ashby, LE65 1BJ -------------------------------------------------
Venture Theatre
Ken Ward - 01530 589268 www.ashbyventuretheatre.org.uk North Street, Ashby, LE65 1HS For ticket sales please call Ashby Tourist Office on 01530 411767. -------------------------------------------------
Ashby U3A
Anne Donegan - 01283 760348 secretary@ashbyu3a.co.uk Congregational Church, Kilwardby Street, Ashby, LE65 2FQ -------------------------------------------------
Ashby African Drummers
Kaye Gillanders - 0777 2281699 ashbydrummers@googlemail.com Check us out on Facebook or visit our website: www. ashbydrummers.webeden.co.uk We are a community based group and meet once a fortnight on a Wednesday (next session Wednesday, 28th September) from 7.30pm - 9.30pm, at Moira
Furnace, Furnace Lane, Moira, Derbyshire. DE12 6AT. The first taster session is free and then usually £3.00 per session thereafter. We sometimes have guest teachers visit, so best to contact us prior to coming to secure a drum and check suitability. We welcome people of all ages and abilities although children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult. -------------------------------------------------
Ashby Bridge Club
Ann 01530 458110 www.bridgewebs/ashby Different bridge sessions offered for all levels of bridge player, Monday and Thursday evenings, Wednesday afternoons and Friday mornings, at Hood Park Leisure Centre. -------------------------------------------------
The Ashby Probus Club
Frank Bedford - 01530 467183 For retired professional and businessmen meets monthly in Ashby. We enjoy a pub lunch, speakers, a programme of outings and functions and each others company. The club welcomes new members. -------------------------------------------------
ASHBY & DISTRICT STROKE SUPPORT GROUP
Pat - 01530 413723 A friendly group for stroke survivors and their carers. We meet alternate Tuesdays at Brown Court Ashby from 2pm-4pm. Meetings involve speakers, meal sout,and general chat. -------------------------------------------------
Ashby Meditation
Irene 01530414290 Weekly classes on Thursdays 1st, 8th & 15th Dec (restart 12th Jan) at 7.30 in Legion House, South Street, Ashby. www.tarakmc.org -------------------------------------------------
The Trinity Badminton Club
Secretary - 07801 700 664 The club is a small friendly club of average ability (non league) meeting Monday evenings at Holy Trinity Church Hall, off Kilwardby Street, Ashby from 7.30pm – 9.00pm. We play from Jan to May then Sept to Dec. New members always welcome.
Shire Grant Success For Coalville The Hero Project CIC, the team that delivers Coalville Heroes, has been successful in securing a £9,000 Shire grant from Leicestershire County Council to launch #growlocal ad #eatsocial. This exciting new project will see a wide range of growing and eating events and activities start in January 2017. They will be coordinated and promoted by Julia Burkin and Deana Wildgoose, the creative team behind The Hero Project CIC, who will be working with local businesses, organisations and voluntary groups to ensure there is something happening over the whole year. One of the aims of the project is to use food destined for landfill and develop regular community meals, cooked by local people and served up in different locations in and around Coalville, all at an affordable price. The benefit of #eatsocial dining is huge; it can promote wellbeing, improve health and reduce loneliness, as well as being tremendous fun. There will be plenty of volunteering opportunities too, perhaps sharing existing or learning new skills. Councillor Pam Posnett, cabinet member for communities at Leicestershire County Council, said: “We are extremely happy to have the opportunity to support this inspiring community initiative. Encouraging the local community to get together and join in this important cause is of benefit to local people as well as to the environment. Backing projects such as The Hero Project CIC helps us with our strategy of encouraging communities to help themselves and to promote health and wellbeing.”
Earlier this year The Hero Project CIC was awarded £15,000 by North West Leicestershire District Council as part of its Green Footprints Agenda. They have already engaged hundreds of local children, showing them how fruit and vegetables can be made into nutritious smoothies and soups as part of the Coalville Heroes project. Julia Burkin, Director of The Hero Project CIC, said: ‘’When we see children playing our human fruit machine game, getting to taste new things, and asking lots of questions whilst having fun, we know what we are doing is important. Without the fantastic support of funders, such as district and county councils these activities wouldn’t be happening.’’ Councillor Richard Blunt, Leader of North West Leicestershire District Council, said: “It is projects and initiatives like this #growlocal and #eatsocial that will help bring the already strong community of Coalville together and make it even stronger while promoting healthy eating and the importance of a good meal with friends and family. I am pleased that this council was the first to support The Hero Project CIC, and they are providing some great opportunities for everyone. It will help build confidence in Coalville and get people feeling positive not just about their town but also themselves.” The Shire community grants, issued by Leicestershire County Council, are for projects that will make a difference to a local community in the county and provide a maximum of £10,000. So far, over the past 12 months, £180,000 has been given to organisations which run projects to support vulnerable people. For more information of the Hero Project CIC visit theheroproject. org.uk/coalville-heroes
Chris Lewis Counsellor / Psychotherapist
Chris’s Therapeutic Counselling chriscounselling@mail.com - 07828 463368 www.chrispersoncentred.co.uk 30 Moira Road, Ashby de la Zouch, LE65 2GA Also in Nottingam & Loughborough