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On Saturday 27th January 2018 at the FM Community Café in Coalville Leicestershire the Coalville Armed Forces & Veterans Breakfast Club was officially opened.

The club was opened by the Chairman of North West Leicestershire District Council, Councillor Virge Richichi.

He was accompanied by the club founder Mr Bill Brown.

The club is run by Armed Forces & Veterans for Armed Forces & Veterans. There is no cost to those attending apart from the food and drink they consume. There are no subs or donations. It’s completely free to the members. A massive thank you must go to Jan and John from Hermitage FM Community Radio who hosted the event in their Community Café. Also, a massive thank you to the fantastic staff who, led by Sue, where outstanding.

The service they provided was very much appreciated and very positive comments were made by those attending. To top, what was an already exceptional event, we then had the honour and privilege of welcoming, to our club, the Bishop of Leicester, the Right Reverend Martyn Snow. The Bishop and his visiting party were being hosted by our local church, St David’s at Broom Leys, on the Bishop’s Big Conversation visit. The Bishop and his party were very well received.

We hope to see all the Forces & Veterans again on the last Saturday of February. Thank you to everybody who supported us today. Just in case you weren’t sure yes, I am a Sapper. The club will meet at the FM café at 0930 hours on the last Saturday of the month. For more details contact Bill Brown on 01530 835839, 07876 748 113 or bill.brown940@gmail.com

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Coalville Scam We have had several incidents where a person is ringing up a member of the public claiming to be an Officer from West Mids, they claim to be investigating fraud and that the bank the person is using is handing over fake notes.

They ask the victim to ring 999 to confirm their identity, the person unknowingly then does not hang up properly so when they ring 999, as they believe they have, they speak to someone who then confirms the callers ID.

Whitwick & District The next monthly General Meeting of Whitwick and District U3A will be on Friday 16th February. This will be another opportunity to discover how the U3A can support the wellbeing of retired people who want to keep active mentally or physically. U3A members are involved in a wide range of Interest Groups which are all based on self-help. At the General Meeting, Group Leaders and others will be available to answer questions and pass on information about our U3A.

Redesign Of Marlborough Square Approved A redesign of Marlborough Square in Coalville has been approved by North West Leicestershire District Council’s (NWLDC) Cabinet.

The redesign, which has been drawn up alongside local businesses and organisations that use the square, includes pedestrianising most of the area and creating an open space that can be used for events.

February’s guest speaker will be Pete Russell who will talk on behalf of the Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity. Pete’s presentation will feature the amazing history of one of the world’s leading children’s hospitals which opened in 1852, the first hospital to offer dedicated inpatient care to children in the UK. We will learn about the importance of the Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity; something of the medical breakthroughs and pioneering work at the hospital; and tales of the young patients and their families. It should be a moving and remarkable story.

Part of the council’s Choose Coalville project, which aims to regenerate and build confidence in the town, this development sees NWLDC investing a further £1.1 million in the town.

To listen to Pete and discover more about our thriving and friendly U3A, come along to St. David’s Church Hall, Broom Leys, Coalville LE67 4RL at 1.45 for a 2.00pm start.

Everyone is welcome: the U3A is a non-political and non-religious organisation. Alternatively, visit our website www.whitwicku3a.org. uk where you will find full details about Whitwick and District U3A.

The plan has been developed in consultation with 29 businesses and organisations that are based on Marlborough Square and on the surrounding roads. It has overall support from these businesses, who welcome the plans.

The proposed concept plan creates a high quality public square, with: • Outdoor seating areas • New tree planting • A more pedestrian friendly environment, with vehicles encouraged to slow down using narrower carriageways and alternative surfacing • Improved bus passenger waiting areas • A new taxi rank • Underground power cabling to allow events to take place more easily • A Christmas tree pit • New public art.

• Changes to the traffic flow will mean vehicles can only travel through the square one way – from Jackson Street to Belvoir Road. The free parking spaces currently in the square will be re-provided elsewhere, with a small number of very short stay parking spaces remaining.

Paul Hocking owns 2 Fat Ladies Leisure Ltd which has recently taken over the former Flutters bingo club in Marlborough Square. He said: “We fully believe that the new proposals for the square match our ambition and aspirations for the bingo club and this plan definitely had an influence on our decision to purchase the site. We are totally behind the proposal and believe that this ambitious regeneration of the area can only help our business in the future. It is refreshing to see the local council is like minded and willing to work with local businesses.”

Councillor Richard Blunt, Leader of NWLDC, said: “We know there is a local desire to make Marlborough Square great again. Once a real central point in the town, the square is now cluttered and isn’t a nice place to be.

If you’re going to judge a town, you judge it by its public spaces, and what we’ve got at the moment in Marlborough Square is pretty poor. These plans will put the soul back into the square, allowing the council and others to hold events there and creating a much nicer public space for Coalville.

We’re particularly pleased that businesses and organisations around the square, and others that use it, including the bus and taxi companies, have worked with us to develop this redesign, which we believe ticks the box for most people. I’m looking forward to seeing it take shape.”

Leicestershire County Council has been commissioned to carry out detailed design work, which will include ground investigations and technical modelling, which should be complete by April 2018.

Once the final plans are drawn up, it will take up to six months to carry out the work, with the new square expected to be completed by winter 2018/19.

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Our charity has been operating since 1983. We operate two 70foot narrow boats on the canals and river system throughout Leicestershire. The Trust is completely manned by 45 volunteers. We were awarded the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Services in 2010.

The mission of our trust is to enhance the wellbeing for people of all ages, especially those living with disabilities, mental illness or social exclusion or isolation. The boat trips provided by the Trust can provide learning and recreational opportunities to disadvantaged or isolated people and their carers which will allow them to maintain a healthy lifestyle or discover new experiences or gain skills. This in turn can improve the quality of their life opportunities.

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Toy Joy For Lucky Winners Of Town’s Festive Trail Fifteen lucky children have collected their prizes after conquering Coalville’s Christmas Toy Trail.

With the support of 15 shops and businesses, North West Leicestershire District Council (NWLDC) hid toys all around Coalville in December and asked youngsters to track them all down.

The hidden toys, which included Rapunzel and Fireman Sam, have now been given to 15 of the children that took part. Everyone who completed the trail received a small prize when they handed their finished form in.

NWLDC and local businesses created the toy trail to encourage families to explore businesses and shops in Coalville that they might have never visited before.

Businesses that took part in the Christmas in Coalville Toy Trail were: • Alma’s – 12 Jackson Street • Coalville Library – High Street • Coalville Shopmobility – Belvoir Shopping Centre • Hermitage FM – Memorial Square • Hinckley and Rugby Building Society – 3a Marlborough Square • Lloyds Bank – 20 Belvoir Road • Market Cafe – Coalville Market Hall • Petsworld – 6a Jackson Street • SP Sales and Lettings – 7 Belvoir Road • Sugar and Ice – 24-28 Hotel Street • The Attic – 24 Belvoir Road • The Cob Shop – 8a Ashby Road • The Crafty Treasure House – 22 Hotel Street • The Flower Garden – 12b Belvoir Road • Treat Me Nice – 20 Ashby Road Councillor Tony Gillard, Portfolio Holder for Business at North West Leicestershire District Council, said: “Well done to all the children that took part in the toy trail and to all the businesses that were involved in making this a success. We have a big variety of shops in Coalville, if you know where to look, and lots of great independent businesses. We want people to choose Coalville when they need to shop, and we hope the positive experience of the toy trail encourages families to out into the town again and support our local businesses.”

The trail also ran in conjunction with the Coalville best dressed window and market stall competition, which saw a record people 640 vote for the winners of the two categories. The Attic in Belvoir Road won the award for the best dressed window in the town, while Rock-A-Billy’s Records landed victory in the best dressed market stall competition.

Our two narrow boats are very old. St. Clare was built in 1988 and Dandelion (we think) in 1980. During the last 6 months, mechanical failures have resulted in the cancellation of approximately 35-day trips booked by our service users. This equates to over 400 individuals who were not able to enjoy a day in the fresh air, on the water and accordingly, they would have remained in their care homes or normal accommodation. The condition of the boats will lead to more breakdowns and the replacement of one or more boats is the only option that we have.

The age of the boats is now meaning that spare parts are not readily available thus increasing the amount of non-operational activity and expense as alternatives have to be sought.

The beneficiaries of our work are varied but generally, they are all from within Leicestershire and Rutland or close by. We have served a variety of different organisations, mainly Care homes but also Autistic and Asperger’s organisation, “HITS” homeless teenagers, AGE UK, Women’s Institutes and a variety of centres for the physically and mentally disadvantaged including “Headway” and LCC Child Protection homes. By the end of October 2017, we will have expected to carry more than 1700 people from in and around Leicestershire and environs on 160 trips. We hope that you can see that we do “make a difference” to people’s lives.

At least 70% of our groups contain one or more wheelchair users.

Our volunteers are desperately trying to raise funds to place an order for a new boat. Our project is called “Put a foot in the water for the Baldwin Trust”. Even if we can raise the necessary funding in the next 3 months to place an order, we will not get our new boat until 2019. We have raised 50% of the required funds for the new boat and are applying for more grants and donations. We are also implementing a major refurbishment programme for the two existing boats because, if we fail to take action now, we believe that 2018 will see a continuing heavy drain on our valuable financial resources (due to repair costs), trying to keep our ageing boats operational thus, pushing the possibility of attaining our new boat further away from reality.

Our vision is to operate 4 boats in all providing services to between 4,000-5,000 clients throughout Leicestershire and the surrounding counties. Age Concern UK (Leicester), states in their latest survey that there are over 1 million “lonely” people in the UK and that 3.7 million - people live alone! It is not hard to see that this problem will grow and our believe is that with early, low level interventions from active community projects, such as The Baldwin Trust, will lessen the impact on health and well-being of isolation and exclusion for many.

For more information and to book visit: www.baldwintrust.co.uk Email: web@baldwintrust.co.uk Call: 07923817718 Registered Charity Number 515488 The Baldwin Trust 7, Burns Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 4ND

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Coalville Rugby Club

01530 812090 Memorial Ground, Hall Lane, Coalville, LE67 5PF ---------------------------------------------------

Coalville Town Hockey Club

Matt Howells - 07980449524 King Edward VII Science & Sports College, Warren Hills Road, Coalville, LE67 4UW ---------------------------------------------------

Coalville Town Football Club www.coalvilletownfc.co.uk

Owen Street Sports Ground Owen Street, Coalville, LE67 3DA ---------------------------------------------------

Coalville Heritage Society 01530 833521

coalville.heritage@gmail.com www.coalville-heritage.info

c/o The Secretary, Grace Villas, 48 James Street, Coalville, LE67 3BW ---------------------------------------------------

‘Old 'N' Bold Club’

01530 814718 Classic - Vintage Car and motorcycle meeting every Friday morning 10am till 2pm aimed at retired people and shift workers. The Victoria Bikers Pub, Whitwick Road, Coalville, LE67 3FA ---------------------------------------------------

Coalville Ramblers

Robert - 07510 512446

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where our programme of walks is available to view. You can also join online by following the link.

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Whitwick Methodist Church Drop In Cafe

Deacon Barbara Crockett 07881 408488 We meet every 2nd and 4th Monday of every month for refreshments and a chat, from 10.00 until 12.00 at the Whitwick Methodist Church, The Market Place, Whitwick (bottom end of Hall Lane). Everyone will be made especially welcome for coffee or tea, with home made cakes and good company.

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Alternative Book Club Coalville Helena Lomax

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We meet on the first Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm at The Hermitage Hotel Coalville.

Membership is free! Books are chosen by members plus we have a couple of months where we all read and review a book of our choice. We also have a very popular book swap/share at the end of each meeting. We also have a Facebook page.

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Whitwick & District U3A

Richard Collier - 01530 249377 (Membership Secretary) mem_sec@whitwicku3a.org.uk

1188 (Coalville) Squadron

We meet at the headquarters on Forest Road in Coalville on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7.15pm until 9.30pm.

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Coalville Army Cadets

ACF Hut, Waterworks Road, Coalville, LE67 4HZ Meet Wednesdays at 19:00 - 21:30 ---------------------------------------------------

Hermitage Harriers RC

01530 811215 We meet at the Leisure Centre at 6.45pm for a 7pm run on both Tuesday and Thursday evenings.

Hermitage Leisure Centre, Silver Street, Whitwick, Coalville, LE67 5EU ---------------------------------------------------

The Rotary Club Of Coalville David Beaumont (Membership) davidbeaumont57@hotmail.com

We meet at 7pm on Mondays.

Please check to make sure a meeting is taking place, as sometimes we are visiting elsewhere. The Hermitage Park Hotel, Whitwick Road, Coalville, LE67 3FA ---------------------------------------------------

The Inner Wheel Club Of Coalville

We meet on the third Tuesday of the month (except July and August) at 7:00pm at La Torre Restuarant.

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Coalville Gymnastics Club 01530 811001

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Coalville Male Voice Choir

hermitage recreation ground. You do not have to own a loco to join as the club have there own engines which members can use. We steam on 3rd Sunday and also on other days why not come and join us.

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The Shell Garage. Kids train every Saturday, either at Bardon Road or at Newbridge on the Astro turf.

Give us a call or visit our Facebook page to get in touch.

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We are a friendly bunch of ladies of varying ages and fitness who meet for training on Wednesday evenings 6.30pm-8.00pm at Castle Rock High School Sports Hall. For further details please contact Abby Chambers via our Facebook page, search for Whitwick Netball Club or pop along.

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Les & Sue - 01530 836941 We meet on Wednesdays 7pm to 9pm at Broom Leys School.

All ages and abilities over 16 welcome. We meet through school holidays where possible. Give Les or Sue a call. Exercises and movements are adaptable for individual limitations.

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Whitwick Netball Club

Broom Leys Chinese Wand & Tai Chi Club

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The Coalville Adult School Drama Group

Meet on Tuesday evenings from 7pm to 9pm in Whitwick Methodist Church, Hall Lane.

We are a mixed choir and would welcome new members especially tenors and basses.

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Musical Theatre School (MTS) 07969688215

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Singing, Dancing and Drama every Tuesday at Marlborough Square Church for ages 4 years up to adults. Timetable can be found on the website and contact Steph for further information.

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Christ Church

Coalville Male Voice Choir will be pleased to welcome singers any Thursday evenings 7.00pm at Hall Lane, Methodist Church our practice venue.

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London Road, Coalville. Every Thursday morning the church will be open from 9:30 to 12. Tea/coffee, a snack and chat will be available in the meeting room. Please join us, bring a friend. We look forward to seeing you.

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Coalville & District Photographic Society

We meet every other Monday at 7.30pm at the Marlene Reid Centre, Coalville. All levels are welcome, please visit our website for more details and for the programme of meetings.

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Whitwick Retired People Fellowship

Secretary - Mrs B King 01530 835981 We meet at Whitwick Methodist Church, Hall Lane, Whitwick, every Tuesday 1:30 to 4pm. It is an independent group which meets for social interaction, tea and biscuits, cost £1, first visit free. Outings, which are often subsidised, are arranged at intervals throughout the year and a Christmas lunch is held for the members in December. A mini bus can be organised for attendance with the Marlene Reid Centre, if required, this needs to be booked direct with Marlene Reid the previous day.

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North West Leicestershire Model Engineers

07922692076 We are a model engineering club and run steam trains on our track at

Hugglescote & Donington-leHeath Heritage Society

We meet on the 2nd Thursday of the month, 7:30pm-9:00pm at Hugglescote Community Centre, Grange Road, Hugglescote, LE67 2BR We are actively seeking new members to help run our programme of events, and record the history of the villages.

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Scotlands Bowling Club

Sue - 01530 810026 Steve on 01530 224128 We are a small friendly club we would welcome new players or anyone wishing to have a try at playing bowls. Our new season will begin at the end of April at Scotlands playing fields Forest Road. Our club nights are Tuesdays and Fridays 5-7pm.

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Coalville OAP & Friends Fishing Club

Mr Bancroft - 01530 832740 We meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the season.

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Bardon Hill Juniors Football Club 07983134033

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Coalville Miners Football Club

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We meet at Newbridge High School, Coalville, LE67 3SJ. A family friendly club and would welcome new players and sponsors. Training 7-8 every Wednesday at Newbridge and play on a Sunday morning in Hinckley & District football league.

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Marlborough Square Methodist Church

Elspeth Myles - 07788235573 elspethmyles@aol.com

Every Thursday morning 11am12noon we run a seated aerobics class led by Danny from Hermitage Leisure Centre. The class is open to anyone who is looking for exercise to increase their strength, stability and flexibility for everyday living.

It is fun and friendly. Cost is £3.50.

Access from the back of the building on Owen Street.

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Table Tennis

Sue - 01530-587919 Local club invites new members, 50 years plus, for Monday session 2.00pm till 4.00pm at Swannington Village Hall commencing May. Cost £2.00 per session.

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County Councillor & Labour Group Leader

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In the meantime, the UK

If you are short of a tenner one

Government is pursuing ‘Business

month and have to borrow

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electricity bill. Keep going I the

Rates Pilots’. The idea is to allow areas that build more warehouses and factories to keep more of the

same direction and you won’t be

taxes they generate. North West

rent. From then on it is downhill

to improve the local economy.

able to keep the car or pay the all the way. Too many friends

and neighbours are looking at a

widening hole in their finances. So is the County Council. Within four

years it is going to be £18m short.

Why should you care? Sums like

£18m are too big to think about.

It would take the average person around 16 lifetimes to earn that

Leicestershire is doing its best Leicestershire Councils hoped they would get to be a Business Rates Pilot Area, but this didn’t happen.

That’s another £19m a year the Government won’t be passing on to Leicestershire people.

Cutting Essential Care

much. And what do the County

How is this going to affect you?

anyway?

Thatcherism was still new, ‘I warn

Council do with all the money

As elected Councillors it is our

job to find out where your taxes go and make sure the money is

As Neil Kinnock said when you not to be young; I warn you not to fall ill; And I warn you not to grow old’. As social service

spent wisely. Some of the County

thresholds go up, more people

from the Government who taxed

centres will close. Vulnerable

Council’s money used to come the rich. They gave Councils a

yearly revenue support grant to

spend on roads, schools, children and people in need of care. The current Government doesn’t believe in that. The revenue

support grant has been cut year

on year. By 2019 the Council will get nothing.

Investing Money Abroad The current Government likes cutting corporation tax. Big

businesses like to invest their

profits abroad. The Government thinks local Councils should get

all their funds from local people.

Leicestershire County Council has

been leading a campaign for Fairer

simply won’t get help. Children’s families will be left to struggle.

Older people, who just need someone to pop in once a week to help them with cleaning and shopping, may be told to ask someone else instead.

If you live next to a patch of Council land, expect it to be built on. If you park on-street in a town-centre, prepare to find money for a meter. With Highways improvement money being used to keep the roads repaired, don’t expect traffic problems to get better any time soon.

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M: 07773 341531 E: mikewyatt1@hotmail.co.uk

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“At last things are starting to move forward in Coalville. The Cabinet on NWLDC agree to spend £1.1 Million on this much needed project. It’s

has my 100% support, but like I said to the Chief Executive of the Council at a recent meeting, we must continue to be bigger and bolder in our attempts to regenerate our Town. Only by investing in our Town will it

bring confidence to existing businesses and attract new businesses to the area. Coalville Town as so much potential. Millions have been successfully spent in neighbouring Hinckley which was just as run down as Coalville. £1.1 Million is a start but we need probably 10 times that amount to finally deliver what we deserve in our Town.”

Wyatt Attacks Council Over Poor Christmas Festivities In Coalville Local Councillor Michael Wyatt has attacked the Council for their extremely poor Christmas festivities in Coalville which taxpayers contribute, which is in the region of £8,000.

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M: 01530 417736 E: andrew.bridgen.mp@parliament.uk The pressures on the National

significant notice of deferral,

news in recent weeks. Winter is

with only a few hours' notice, as

Health Service have been in the always a difficult time of year for

health services across the world, and I know that this year is no exception.

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was pledged in December. Over

I was pleased to see the

local hospitals. This money has,

now have a Minister for loneliness.

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amongst other achievements, helped the NHS open more

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power to the system over the next

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