SKtoday Autumn 2016

Autumn 2016

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gravity fields set to hit new heights See pages 11-14

your council working for you

Search begins for new grantham multiplex cinema operator P lans to provide Grantham with a new multiplex cinema moved a step closer when cinema companies were invited to be considered to be the operators of the new complex.

The St Catherine’s Road site is currently used as a council car park and until recently it also housed the Grantham Senior Citizens’ Club which has moved to a temporary home at the Jubilee Church.

Leader of the Council, Cllr Bob Adams, said: “The Senior Citizens’ Centre will be demolished and the agreement of the group to move to the church as a temporary measure was a great step forward for our plans.

“A new senior citizens’ centre is due to be built on land next to the Welham Street car park.

There may be a small amount of disruption for users of the car park whilst building work takes place

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for which we apologise. However the car park will remain open throughout construction and most of the ground floor, and all of the upper floors, will be unaffected.”

In May this year the council’s Executive agreed to consider the opportunity to enhance the original cinema scheme by

creating an attractive pedestrian gateway. This would involve knocking down part of the existing council buildings and creating a walkway into St Peter’s Hill.

Further work is being carried out to evaluate the benefits of this development before a final decision is made.

LOOKING GOOD: An artist’s impression of how the new multiplex could look

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Cover shot: Ockham’s Razor, a critically acclaimed aerial theatre company, will be one of the star attractions at the Gravity Fields Festival.

Full preview pages 11 - 14.

Green light for third Stamford Georgian Festival S

tamford is to host its third Georgian Festival in 2017.

The three-day event is planned over the weekend 22-24 September and the Council plans to build on the amazing success of previous events.

In 2013 and 2015 tens of thousands of people visited the town to enjoy three days of entertainment helping to boost the local economy by over a million pounds.

Leader of SKDC and Executive member for Growth, Cllr Bob Adams, said: “Our Georgian Festivals have been hugely successful and have showed Stamford at its very best to an enormous number of visitors who clearly decided to spend in the town with shops, restaurants and cafes experiencing some of their busiest days on record.”

The features of previous festivals were talks, recitals, shows, tours, rides, a Georgian

ball, a Georgian style cricket match and re-runs of the colourful and famous Stamford Bull Run. Cllr Adams added: “The feedback from local people, businesses and visitors has been excellent and that is why we have decided to do it again.”

England’s most complete stone town Is a perfect backdrop for a Georgian Festival.

“We are very lucky because the Georgian period covers a huge time span from 1714 to 1837 which gives us the scope to cover lots of different subjects.

“Over the coming months we will be talking with the Town Council and other interested parties to make sure the next Stamford Georgian Festival is another huge success” said Cllr Adams.

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Buyback scheme to provide homes in areas of need

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lans are being made to boost the number of homes South Kesteven District Council has available to rent.

The introduction of the Right to Buy Scheme that has been available since the 1980s, which gives tenants the right to buy their homes at a discount, has resulted in the sale of 115 homes in South Kesteven in the last three years alone.

Members of the authority’s Executive have recommended that the Council introduces a buyback scheme so that the

Council can return appropriate properties to their stock.

Executive member for housing, Cllr Linda Wootten said: “The Council wants to make properties available for rent where they are needed and our initial focus would be on two and three bedroomed houses.”

The Council can use money it has received from previous house sales to pay for buyback homes and although the authority is also building new houses the buyback scheme would mean properties would be available immediately.

When a property bought under the Right to Buy Scheme is available for sale the Council has the first right of refusal if it is within 10 years of the original sale on all properties sold after 2005.

Money received from the sale of council houses has to be spent within strict government timelines or any underspends have to be sent back to the Treasury. This scheme means best use can be made of the money and ensures that the investment stays in the area.

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SHOP FRONT IMPROVEMENTS ARE TRANSFORMING GRANTHAM

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£500,000 shop front improvement scheme run by South Kesteven District Council is helping to restore the historic face of Grantham.

Some of the most popular shops in the town’s historic core area have been transformed under the latest phase in an Historic England Grantham Partnership Scheme, encouraging investment and boosting occupancy rates.

The Trickling Tap in the Market Place, Cafe Leo in Wide Westgate and The Picture Cafe all have new, bespoke traditional shop fronts under a scheme overseen by SKDC’s economic development team with guidance from specialist heritage architect Valeria Passetti.

Valeria, an Italian living in Grantham, is the East Midlands Royal Institute of British Architects’ chair and uses

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her considerable experience to produce historically correct designs and monitor contractors.

Gone are the former 1970’s frontages with their inappropriate designs, illuminations and materials, to be replaced by original and historically correct features identified in old photographs of the town.

Traditional canopies have also been replaced, as with the Trickling Tap, and landlords have undertaken to keep new frontages painted and in good condition.

Landlords or tenants wishing to reinstate historically accurate shop fronts can claim up to 80% of costs up to a maximum grant of £25,000. For repairs the maximum claim is 60% of a maximum grant of £25,000.

Funding has now been secured to continue the work until 2019. Under the new

phase SKDC will contribute £200,000, match funded by Historic England (HE). The private sector contribution is £100,000.

It will target specific individual or groups of properties in the conservation core of Market Place, Westgate and High Street, which are deemed to be at risk by Historic England.

It’s a long term project which started in Grantham in 2011 alongside public realm improvements in Westgate and the Market Place. Under the latest phase a further eight sites have been approved, with the next round of improvements already started.

Phase Two started in 2014 after a new scheme secured funding from Historic England and SKDC to deliver a series of further frontage reinstatements in Market Place, Westgate and part of the High Street.

Economic benefits have followed. Two of the properties were vacant before the work commenced, and one is now let to The Picture Cafe which opened a new outlet in Grantham to provide a modern café bistro employing 12 people.

Overall retail occupancy rates in the town centre have been maintained above the national average despite the constant challenges faced by all retailers.

“There is a strong and positive correlation between investing in the fabric and environment of a town centre and the health of its local economy,” said Cllr Bob Adams, Council Leader.

“The scheme has built a real momentum and it’s begun to make a difference in how local people and businesses consider the town centre.”

Over the past three years £383,000 has been committed

by Historic England to the repair and restoration of historic shop premises and work has been completed to date on 17 properties, confirms Clive Fletcher, HE Principal Adviser Historic Places.

He said: “Historic England has been delighted to partner South Kesteven District Council

and local shop owners in the revitalisation of Grantham town centre, a conservation area identified ‘at risk’ in the 2012 Heritage at Risk survey.

“The project is all about putting back into Grantham the ‘specialness’ that has been eroded over time by the gradual loss of historic shop fronts and their substitution with often quite poorly detailed replacements.

“The extent to which local shop owners have embraced the scheme is

extremely encouraging and the transformation has been remarkable, with reinstated shop fronts often heralding the opening of a new business in a previously empty shop.

“This heritage led regeneration has led to significant new interest and confidence in the town centre, and we have therefore committed to extend the scheme by a further three years.”

TEAM SU CCESS: C ouncil Stra Clive Fletc tegic Direc her and Lo tor Steve In uise Brenn gram and an from H istoric Eng land

BEFORE AND AFTER IMAGES: A transformation from the former Bargain Booze premises in Westgate to The Picture Cafe and the old and new look of Grantham Appliance Service and the Trickling Tap

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FUN AND GAMES: Marilyn Taylor, Roger Kingscott, Cllr Bob Adams and Penny Milnes at the Hough on the Hill new ball games facility

Community venues benefit from South Kesteven Community Fund V

enues and groups across the district have been among the successful applicants that have benefited from our Community Fund.

Hough on the Hill Parish Council’s new ball games facility, Grantham’s Jubilee Church Life Centre’s English Language Learning Club and the town’s Grantham Passage cafe have all been among the first groups to receive support.

Corby Glen Christmas Tree Fund in conjunction with Corby Glen Parish Council were also successful with their bid for new play equipment for the play area on Station Road in the village.

They have benefitted from the £300,000 pool of grant funding that the Council considers for projects

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to benefit the district’s residents.

The Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service administers the Community Fund on behalf of the Council. Applications are judged on criteria that seek to support community projects or events that demonstrate wide community benefit.

Applicants can apply for funding to improve community amenities or buildings and can also support community enterprise.

A maximum of 80 per cent of the total cost of projects can be applied for. Applications of between £500 and £10,000 are allowed within this funding stream.

The Fund can also support community celebrations, sports events, street festivals, arts and cultural events. Again, up to 80

per cent of the project costs is the threshold for those wishing to apply for between £200 and £5,000.

Groups or individuals can apply for grants by downloading an application form at www.lincolnshirecvs.org.uk SKDC’s Leader and Executive Member for Growth Cllr Bob Adams said: “Anything that can assist engagement between our local communities and individuals in projects such as these is exactly why the fund was set up.

“We welcome applications from other local groups for funding in forthcoming rounds.

Groups can apply at any time throughout the year with decisions on applications taking place in September and January.”

LEARNING CURVE: Jubilee Life Centre in Grantham were among the groups to receive funding, pictured here with Cllr Bob Adams, Cllr Graham Jeal and Cllr Mike Cook

PLAY TIME: Cllr Bob Adams and ward councillor Cllr Nick Robins at the new play facility at Corby Glen

TASTY AWARD: Grantham Passage volunteers with Cllr Bob Adams - Doreen Bowdey, Jackie Crossland, David Blankley, Mike Monaghan and Paddy Wilson

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Pick up a Message in a Bottle – it could save your life!

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ions International is appealing for anyone who takes medication to pick up a Message in a Bottle to help emergency services.

The Lions scheme directs medics to your medication details using a sticky label on the inside of your front door and another on your fridge, to where the bottle is kept.

The information in the bottle gives your details, your doctor’s surgery, medical conditions or allergies you may suffer from, and the location of any medication in your home should you need urgent medical attention.

The information can then make a big difference to paramedics, friends or family who assist you in your time of need.

Bottles are available to collect FREE from – Bourne and District Lions Club Tel 0845 8332810 The Deepings Lions Club Tel 0845 8337489 Grantham Lions Club Tel 0845 8332796 Stamford and District Lions Club Tel 0845 8334327 If a person wears a Medic Alert or SOS Talisman they should continue to do so even if they also have a Message in a Bottle.

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Save thousands on your property repairs with an EHRA grant

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ore owner occupiers in the private sector have saved thousands of pounds on crucial repairs to their property thanks to a council funded grant.

Essential Home Repair Assistance (EHRA) can provide up to £5,000 worth of repairs to fix large repairs such as leaking roofs, rewiring or structural improvements.

Grants are awarded subject to a survey undertaken by SKDC to assess if residents are eligible for support.

If the survey identifies a serious hazard, SKDC will contact the applicant regarding the assistance available, and if a householder agrees to the work, will then instruct contractors who have been through selection criteria to quote for the works required.

Among local residents to benefit from the scheme include Mr Simon Auchterlonie from Grantham who received support for new electrical wiring that has transformed use of his boiler.

He said: “The work has been amazing and I would encourage those eligible for the scheme to explore where it could help them.

It’s cheered me up and made me a lot more comfortable, really helping me settle into where I live.”

The assistance will not need to be repaid unless the property is sold within five years, in which case an amount will be due back to SKDC on a sliding scale.

Owners may be eligible if: › You are an owner occupier who has owned and been resident in the property for at least three years › You are in receipt of a qualifying benefit › The property to be surveyed was built before 2000 › You have not received a Better Homes Grant or Essential Home Repair Assistance within the previous three years › You agree to a local land charge.

This will be registered to the property for a period of five years from completion of the grant funded work The grant is subject to funding availability.

Qualifying benefits include income support, income related employment and support allowance, income based job seekers allowance, housing benefit, attendance allowance, disability living allowance, industrial injuries disablement benefit, war disablement pension, guaranteed pension credit, working tax credit, child tax credit or incapacity benefits.

ALL SMILES: Simon Auchterlonie who has benefited from the scheme

To find out more or request an EHRA application form by emailing ehs@southkesteven.gov.uk

one team to deal with issues in your neighbourhood T

he Council has a new Integrated Neighbourhoods team that will respond to important issues you raise in communities across the district.

You can report litter, fly-tipping, anti-social behaviour, dog fouling, abandoned vehicles and other environmental crime issues to the team at www.southkesteven.gov.uk The move has seen our Community Safety and parts of our Environmental Protection teams join forces to be able to respond to these issues in more localised teams familiar with issues in their areas.

The team, headed by new team leader Yvonne Ancliffe, now operates with five Neighbourhoods Officers

responding to incidents more efficiently, as they occur.

SKDC’s Executive Member for Environment Cllr Nick Craft said: “Instead of several sections having to send out numerous officers travelling to any location within our 365 square miles, the new multi-tasked team will now provide these services.

“The new team shape will help us be more flexible in how we respond and are proactive to important matters that your community raises.

“Crucially it will give residents better value services as we employ mobile software that will allow officers to respond more promptly to web and phone reports from residents.”

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Local Plan Latest

s part of the Local Plan preparation process the Council held seven consultation events during July and early August, at various locations across the district with over 300 people attending - and some 500 representations being received to date.

In general communities recognised that places need to grow - but many participants also felt that future development should be appropriately linked to local infrastructure improvements.

We would like to thank everyone who attended an event and responded to the consultation – whilst this was an informal part of the plan preparation process we felt it was important to engage with communities regarding the potential sites that were being promoted by landowners in their local areas.

The planning process will continue over the coming months and there will be further extensive public engagement regarding the emerging Draft Plan.

TEAMWORK: Our new integrated Neighbourhoods staff

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£800,000 National Lottery support for Wyndham Park

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rantham’s Wyndham Park has received £818,000 from the Heritage Lottery and the Big Lottery Fund to finalise major plans to refurbish the park’s grounds and buildings.

The Council and Wyndham Park Forum will now begin a project to restore the park to its former glory as a First World War memorial park and build on its reputation as one of the district’s finest assets.

Development funding of £92,500 was awarded in 2014 to help the Forum and the Council progress their plans to apply for the full grant and enable new and improved features and buildings based around the park’s heritage.

SKDC’s Leader and Executive Member for Economy Cllr Bob Adams said: “This is wonderful news for Wyndham Park, Grantham and South Kesteven.

We thank the HLF and Big Lottery Fund teams for awarding such a significant figure towards a

park that will be enjoyed with new facilities and buildings for generations to come.

“To secure this level of investment means the park will have the potential to be among the best in the East Midlands and our thanks go to Forum members who gave valuable volunteer work and park users who gave us great feedback during consultations.”

CELEBRATIOIN TIME: The announcement that Wyndham Park has been awarded £818,000

Chairman of Wyndham Park Forum, John Knowles said: “This is great reward for the time volunteers and officials have put into this effort that will truly transform parts of the park.

“It’s even more poignant that this funding has been secured a century on from the time when the park was built in memory of local people who fought during the First World War.” To celebrate the funding decision, the Council has launched a new website for the park www. wyndhamparkgrantham.co.uk and new social media channels on Facebook and Instagram.

Residents can now also have their say on what they think of the park by visiting https://www.surveymonkey. co.uk/r/WyndhamPark2016 or to request a paper survey call 01476 40 60 80.

On parade for breakfast in Bourne

The Armed Forces and Veterans Breakfast Clubs are groups of veterans and serving members of all arms of Her Majesty’s Armed Forces, who, in short, look out for each other.

A group meets in Bourne every Saturday morning at The Sugar Mill to eat breakfast together and indulge in some good old military banter. And for many, this also leads to meeting socially at other times and networking among the variety of trades the veterans all now work in.

Paul Flight, who runs the club, said: “So far we have around 100 members on our Facebook page

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with an average of 14 people attending on a Saturday ranging from a 15-year-old Army cadet to our eldest member who is a 90-year-old former RAF fireman.

“We are represented by all three services with a handful of former Royal Navy, numerous ex soldiers of all Regiments and Corps and a plethora of former RAF and RAF Regiment.”

The Bourne Breakfast Club

meets every Saturday at 9.45am for tea/coffee, with breakfast ordered around 10am. The only cost is for the breakfast, with each attendee paying for their own. It costs around a fiver for a full English and unlimited tea/coffee.

“If local serving members of the Armed Forces or Veterans wish to attend, please contact me or simply turn up on a Saturday,” said Mr Flight.

For more information contact Paul via: Bourne Veterans Breakfast Club Facebook Page www.facebook.com/groups/590433321121555/ Mobile: 07597 098885 Email: BVBC@mail.com

Festival fever is building in advance of this month’s Gravity Fields Festival in and around Grantham.

The five day event starts on Wednesday 21 September, with a blockbuster Ministry of Science show at the Meres, setting the high tone for the coming days.

The festival is a tribute to Isaac Newton and his local connections – with serious and fun science, world class speakers, outdoor arts from international performers, drama, music and even some hedgehogs courtesy of conservationist Dr Sasha Norris!

Newton’s birthplace, Woolsthorpe Manor, is staging a Gravity minifest, and some of Grantham’s most iconic venues host festival events.

St Wulfram’s has two major highlights – Ockham’s Razor aerial theatre and Red Priest baroque music magicians – with the 19th century majesty of Harlaxton Manor staging a special Sunday tribute to Lincolnshire botanist Sir Joseph Banks.

In Colsterworth, Newton’s home

church of St John the Baptist stages a special Sunday commemoration service at 6pm with guest speaker Professor Rob Iliffe, festival patron and world acclaimed Newton expert.

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agicians, puppeteers, acrobats, flaming apparatus and colourful LED umbrellas projected skywards will transform the centre of Grantham in the festival’s free ‘Ingenious Night Out’ of unforgettable outdoor arts.

From 7pm to 9.45pm, see The Pleasure Garden Experiment outside St Wulframs Church as it evokes Newton’s era of alchemy, fire, flame and stars.

Visit the Angel and Royal car park for some gunpowder action, watch Acrojou’s Frantic Show of acrobatics in the Market Place plus an amazing Industriosity contraption from circus innovators Pangottic.

Back outside the Guildhall is the Helios flame installation and don’t miss the procession of choreographed dancers, hundreds of local participants from schools and community groups, and a colourful wave of LED umbrellas putting on their dancing shoes thanks to spectacle maestros Cirque Bijou.

“I am really looking forward to being at Gravity Fields. I hope it will encourage people to get to know some of Grantham’s amazing venues and learn more about its most famous son. Newton’s legacy is phenomenal and I know that the festival will be a fitting celebration of all his achievements.” Dallas Campbell; Festival Patron: An Evening With Dallas Campbell will be a highlight of the festival. For more highlights see next three pages.

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HOW TO BECOME A GENIUS BBC TVs Dr Michael Mosley appears at Woolsthorpe Manor, Isaac Newton’s birthplace, to talk about the life and work of Galileo Galilei and his big breakthrough thanks to the arrival of a Dutchman with a crude telescope!

A N T I G R AV B O X Fancy a chance to turn the world upside down in the free-entry ‘Anti Grav Box’ - with the results relayed on a screen outside?

Abbey Gardens, off St Peter’s Hill, Grantham Wednesday 21 to Sunday 25 September, 10am-8pm

MINISTRY OF SCIENCE There’s a scientist, engineer or inventor in all of you! This extraordinary show comes with a bang, a whoosh, a hovercraft built on stage…..oh, and a human cannon!

Grantham Meres Leisure Centre Wednesday 21 September, 6.30pm, £12 (£10), family of four £38, ages 7+

OCKHAM’S RAZOR – TRIPLE BILL Exquisite and critically acclaimed aerial theatre company inspired

by Newton’s law of motion creates three dynamic and touching pieces.

St Wulfram’s Church, Grantham Wednesday 21 September, 6.30pm, Thursday 22 September 1.30pm, Friday 23 September 7.30pm and Saturday 24 September 1pm, £12 (£10), £5 children, ages 6+

T H E C AV E N D I S H L A B O R AT O R Y D I N N E R Cambridge’s world famous Cavendish Laboratory and its legendary scientific dinners restaged with leading scientists, great food, dazzling science and spirited singing.

Angel and Royal Hotel, Grantham Wednesday 21 September, 7.30pm, £30 three course meal and welcome drink (book by 19 Sept)

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National Trust’s Woolsthorpe Manor, Woolsthorpe by Colsterworth, near Grantham Thursday 22 September, 4.15pm, £6 (£5), ages 14+

RED PRIEST From its origins as a cutting edge baroque band in the 1990s, Red Priest has grown to be an established and exciting part of today’s musical landscape with high-spirited, rule-breaking interpretation of 17th and 18th century music.

St Wulfram’s Church, Grantham Thursday 22 September, 7.30pm, £12 (£10)

THE SCIENTIFIC SECRETS OF DOCTOR WHO

Dr Marek Kukula and Simon Guerrier, co-authors of ‘The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who’, show how Doctor Who uses science in its unique storytelling.

Guildhall Arts Centre Ballroom, Grantham, Thursday 22

September, 8pm, and Stamford Arts Centre, Friday 23 September, 7.30pm, £8 (£6)

NEWTON’S SCIENCE Festival patron and former Grantham school pupil Professor Valerie Gibson, now Head of High Energy Physics at the University of Cambridge chooses Newton’s top 10 scientific achievements.

Guildhall Arts Centre Theatre, Grantham Friday 23 September, 4pm, and Saturday 24 September, 4.30pm, at Woolsthorpe Manor, ages 14+, £6 (£5)

SIR VENKI RAMAKRISHNAN Nobel prize winner and President of the Royal Society Sir Venki Ramakrishnan on antibiotics and the cell’s protein factory.

Guildhall Arts Centre Theatre, Grantham Friday 23 September, 6pm, ages 14+, £5 (£4)

hedgehogs and other animals, reveals the secret lives of wildlife.

for all the family, £3 per person.

Entry by ticket only.

King’s School, Old Hall, Grantham (enter from Church Street) Saturday 24 September, 9.30am, ages 7+, £5

BUBBLES AND BALLOONS Get excited by giant bubbles and whizzing balloons from blowing them to busting them and amazing things inbetween.

Stamford Arts Centre, 11am, and Guildhall Arts Centre, Grantham, 3pm Saturday 24 September, ages 4+ and their families, £7 (£6), family of four £20

P L A G U E D AY Re-live the Plague as it happened in and round Woolsthorpe Manor where experts, storytellers and actors will entertain you.

Experience the Plague close up and dangerous.

HARLAXTON MANOR EVENTS – S U N D AY 2 5 SEPTEMBER Joseph Banks by Richard Barley, Director of Horticulture at Kew’s Royal Botanic Gardens, relating Banks’ travels with Captain Cook - one of three special Sunday afternoon events on the impact of the Lincolnshire botanist.

12 noon, ages 14+, £6 (£5) 3pm, ages 14+, £6 (£5)

Woolsthorpe Manor, Woolsthorpe by Colsterworth to Colsterworth Church Sunday 25 September, 11am storytelling, 12 noon Plague doctors, 1pm Pepys Diary Readings, 2pm storytelling, 2.45pm Plague doctors, suitable

LIVING WITH WILDLIFE Gravity Fields favourite Dr Sasha Norris, accompanied by her owls,

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F E S T I VA L FAV O U R I T E HELPS C R E AT I V E WORKSHOPS Creative workshops enabling hundreds of volunteers to take part in events are thanks to a grant secured by a Grantham theatrical and contemporary ballet company set to thrill audiences once again.

Festival favourite Chantry Dance, whose performances were a major feature in 2014 and will again be a highlight this year, helped secure a £9,800 Big Lottery Awards for All grant to fund sessions for schools and community groups.

The ‘Genius Community Programme’ sessions have combined dance and movement tuition skills with LED costume making workshops so that participants gain new skills, get

WRITINGS IN THE SAND...

Dutch sandwriters Skryf have joined the Gravity programme to add some novel creativity to the festival. Organisers are busy coming up with appropriate messaging to add a humourous aspect to the streets, with perhaps some of Newton’s words of wisdom.

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involved with the community and get more exercise.

SKDC signed up more than 500 workshop participants onto 25 sessions, with 100 young dancers also being trained to take part in the Cirque Bijou highlight on Saturday night.

Chantry Dance has thrived since its principals Paul Chantry and Rae Piper moved to Grantham from London in 2013 and next year sees the launch of an exciting initiative - a three year diploma in contemporary

and balletic arts expected to draw young dancers from all over the country.

Joining the faculty will be Shannon and Peter Parker, who reached the final of last year’s Britain’s Got Talent competition.

This year Chantry Dance has an international cast performing two major works at the Guildhall Arts Centre and Stamford Arts Centre – Ulysses Unbound and The Stacked Deck, on Wednesday and Thursday evenings.

Thank you to our sponsors:

Better facilities send leisure membership soaring by 30% T

ransformed facilities at 1Life’s Deepings Leisure Centre are being linked to a fantastic 30 per cent increase in memberships since the beginning of the year.

The influx of customers at the centre has coincided with its expansion to appeal to a broader range of users.

Classes are benefiting from the new facilities as well as the Centre’s swim school. Figures have reached a record high with more than 1,000 children attending lessons and now Pilates has been added to the timetable.

The gym’s new equipment includes cardio, resistance and fixed weight machines and new functional training equipment featuring medicine balls, kettlebells and stability balls supplied by Life Fitness.

Leader of the Council, Cllr Bob Adams said: “The investment in new equipment by 1Life and the Council is reaping its rewards.

It’s great to see more residents enjoying the new facilities as we continue to encourage active and healthy lifestyles.”

For those people who are less

regular exercisers, a new health and wellbeing programme that includes weekly walks and a GP Referral Scheme has been set-up to help people improve general health.

Each week around 10 people gather together for the walks and enjoy a coffee afterwards.

Kadee Chester, General Manager at Deepings Leisure Centre said: “We are perfectly positioned at the heart of the community, helping residents achieve their exercise goals.

“Whether residents are regular visitors to the Centre or new starters to exercise everyone who

visits us in Deeping is living a healthier lifestyle.”

SKDC councillor for Market and West Deeping, Cllr Ashley Baxter, regularly uses the facilities with his family.

He said: “I am delighted with the transformation of the gym at Deepings Leisure Centre and with the consequent increase in people using the centre for leisure and exercise.

“The leisure centre is a real asset to the Deepings with thousands of adults and children and dozens of organised clubs using the facilities on a weekly basis.”

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Going up – work to start on new homes

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he Council is set to build another 27 council homes costing £3.1m as part of phase two of our council house building programme.

Planning permission has been granted for 18 affordable homes to be built on Trent Road in Grantham which will be a mixture of houses and apartments.

Phase one, which could start this month, will include 10 two bedroom houses and eight flats, four single bedroom properties and four with two bedrooms.

Further phases are also planned in the area to provide for retail, recreation and community facilities with the potential for additional housing as well.

SKDC’s Executive Member for Housing, Cllr Linda Wootten, said: “With these sites we can now get on with these exciting building projects which will provide much needed additional housing.

“With the success of the first phase of our council house building project which finished last summer providing 33 new homes in Grantham and Stamford, we are confident that this phase will be equally successful.

“We are committed to our

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1 : 100 BUNGALOW BLISS: An artist’s impression of the Westry Close development in Barrowby

priorities to make South Kesteven a place where people want to live work and invest, and investing in our own housing fits with that.”

In addition to the work on Elevation 4 five bungalows are Trent Road, 1 : 100 planned on land at Westry Close in Barrowby village in conjunction with parking improvements in the area.

This work will include two single bedroom bungalows two bungalows with two bedrooms and one wheelchair accessible bungalow. Work is expected to be completed by April 2017.

Residential parking improvements to the existing properties on In accordance with CDM Regulations 7, 11 and 18, any significant risks (as defined in the Approved Code of Practice paragraph 133) relating to the design features shown on this drawing have been identified and are annotated thus:

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Westry Close were completed in May. The Council also plans to build four one bedroom flats on Earlesfield Lane in Grantham.

Cllr Wootten added: “The mix of property typeswilliam will suit tenants saunders of all ages and some will meet the specific needs of people with disabilities.

“As well as providing much needed homes in our district, our plans to build will generate construction jobs and secure many more with suppliers, through the purchase of materials and services.”

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HOME FRONT: An artist’s impression of new homes on Trent Road in Grantham

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If bacteria are mixed into the middle of the burger and it isn’t cooked all the way through, the bacteria can survive and cause food poisoning.

That’s why a burger should be thoroughly cooked all the way through.

Aviation heritage draws coach operators

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group travel operators’ tour of Lincolnshire’s famous aviation sites is being organised by Stoke Rochford Hall with help from SKDC’s economic development team.

The planned October visit follows interest from operators in basing short tours at Stoke Rochford before visits to key sites.

The visits will be co-ordinated by Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire.

The trip is being organised for early October, with hotel general manager Barry Clark keen to

make the most of the district’s position as the gateway to Lincolnshire.

It will also promote Stoke Rochford’s own aviation heritage credentials, with a developing Arnhem collection to commemorate airborne troops staying at the hall before Arnhem in 1944, plus a Lancaster crash site in the grounds.

“There is real and growing interest in aviation heritage and we are delighted to help build a regular programme for coach

operators from here. Obviously they will not only stay here but also visit Stamford and Grantham and local attractions, so it all helps the local economy,” said Mr Clark.

The Lincoln International Bomber Command Memorial will be on the itinerary along with RAF Scampton and the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Visitors’ Centre at Coningsby.

The tour will also visit the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, where the only taxiing Lancaster is on show.

South Kesteven declared ‘Open for business’

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new strategy to boost economic activity across the district is being promoted by SKDC under the banner of being ‘Open for Business.’

An economic action plan is being developed around four key areas: more and better jobs, strengthening skills, encouraging innovation and enterprise and making the four key population centres work better for business.

Recognising the district as ‘the economic jewel of Lincolnshire’, the strategy, approved in July, will build on the fact that South Kesteven has the strongest level of economic performance within Greater Lincolnshire.

It includes support for two new managed business innovation centres in Grantham and Stamford, building on the success of the Eventus Centre in Market Deeping and also looking to support the provision of local move-on

accommodation.

It is intended that stronger links will be developed between businesses and employers, a ‘pitch book’ of key strategic investment sites developed and the tourism offer improved, notably around Isaac Newton and aviation heritage.

In the long term the aspiration is to grow the total number of local jobs from 59,100 in 2011 to 70,600 jobs by 2036, a 19.5% increase, making sure there are enough sites and premises available to meet future employment needs.

It also recognises the importance of housing in delivering economic growth and sets out an associated housing delivery programme (to be included in the council’s Housing Strategy) of around 14,000 new homes to be built by 2036.

Overall it looks to capitalise on the district’s excellent

connections, unrivalled schooling and excellent tourism potential, with the Council seen as leading new initiatives and a strong business community.

There is also a clear focus on growth for Grantham, where work on the southern relief road is under way, rejuvenating the town centre along with a vibrant historic church quarter around St Wulfram’s Church in order to help establish the town as a leading sub-regional centre.

Council Leader Bob Adams underlined the Council’s determination to put the district on the map, both for tourism and business as a whole, saying: “We are a Council intent on supporting economic growth across the whole district and I believe the ambitions and objectives set out in this strategy will deliver that message loud and clear.”

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Grantham Southern Relief Road - phase one complete A

fter just 10 months, a 400m section of road flanked by two new roundabouts has been completed, marking the first section of the four year project to build a relief road for Grantham.

The first of the roundabouts on the B1174 is now in full use.

The new section of road to the west of this roundabout has been extended and leads to a second roundabout which will provide access towards the A1. This section of the road will not be used until phase two is complete.

The first stretch took 20,000 hours of labour, 11,500 tonnes of tarmac and over 3,000 kerb stones to complete.

A contractor for phase two will be announced shortly. It is anticipated work can start by the end of 2016. As well as re-routing the A52 to the A1 via the south of Grantham, the complete relief road will also provide access to development land either side of the B1174 helping Grantham grow in future years.

SKDC’s Leader, Cllr Bob Adams, said: “The completion of the first phase of the road has been done in good time and we are very happy with the result.

“This road is vital for the continued growth of Grantham and to try to remove as many of the heavy good vehicles as possible from the A52 which currently runs through the centre

of the town.”

Lincolnshire County Council’s Executive Member for Highways and Transportation, Cllr Richard Davies, said: “Completion of this first phase of the road signifies the start of Grantham’s much-needed relief road. It has been more than

10 years in the planning, so to finally have made a start is great.

The next phase will provide a link to the A1 which will help divert traffic, in particular HGVs, away from Grantham town centre, reducing traffic pressure on the town’s roads.”

ROAD TO SUCCESS: Phase one is now complete

For more information on this and other major highways projects in the county, visit www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/roadworks

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What’s on

in South Kesteven

STAMFORD ARTS CENTRE

01780 763203 www.stamfordartscentre.com

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GOOD PEOPLE STAMFORD SHOESTRING COMPANY TUESDAY 13 - SATURDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 7.45PM KANDA BONGO MAIN BALLROOM TUESDAY 13 - SATURDAY 17 SEPTEMBER THE DEEP BLUE SEA NT LIVE, CINEMA SUNDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 7PM PHIL MASSEY LECTURE THEATRE 27 SEPTEMBER 7.30PM CYMBELINE NT LIVE SCREENING 28 SEPTEMBER 7PM CHARANDAS CHOR: THE HONEST THIEF DRAMA (INDIAN) THEATRE 29 SEPTEMBER 7.30PM

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LITERATURE AT LUNCHTIME - ANIMAL FARM DR JANE MACKAY TUESDAY 4 OCTOBER TALK 12.30PM FILM THEATRE This talk will examine Orwell’s satire on Russian politics, which has never been out of print since its publication at the end of the Second World War. What is Orwell saying and why does it still matter today?

And why was it so hard for Orwell to get it published?

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THE GOLDEN AGE (GRIGOROVICH/ SHOSTAKOVICH) THE BOLSHOI BALLET CINEMA SUNDAY 16 OCTOBER

4PM LIVE With its jazzy score, this ballet is a refreshing, colourful and dazzling satire of Europe in the Roaring 20s. Only at the Bolshoi!

2 hours 30 mins

STAMFORD GHOST WALK MARTIN TEMPEST FRIDAY 28 AND 29 OCTOBER 6.30PM, 7.30PM, 8.30PM AND 9.30PM (Meet in the Ante Room) £6 PER PERSON Ghost walk on Friday, 28 October Halloween special. Saturday, 29 October Halloween special. And Monday, 31 October Halloween special. The times for the Halloween special are 6:30pm, 7:30pm, 8:30pm, and 9:30pm, for all dates.

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LENDVAI STRING TRIO (CLASSICAL SEASON) SATURDAY 5 NOVEMBER 7.30PM Röntgen: String Trio, No. 13 in A major Schubert: String Trio, No. 2 in B major, D581 Beethoven: String Trio in E flat major, Op. 3 Nadia Wijzenbeek: Violin YlvaliZilliacus: Viola Marie Macleod: Cello

THE COLLECTOR KATHRYN BARKER PRODUCTIONS WEDNESDAY 16 NOVEMBER 7.30PM £14 (£12) £10 SCHOOLS The Collector is a timely tale of murder, evil and betrayal set in occupied Iraq. It was one of the most highly-acclaimed shows at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

CHRISTMAS WITH ANDRE RIEU CINEMA SATURDAY 19 NOVEMBER 5PM 125 mins no interval £18/£16/£15

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TEA WITH DR JANE SPECIAL SUNDAY 20 NOVEMBER Talk 3pm with tea and cake.

A very special opportunity to hear and then discuss Jane’s own, highly personal, spiritual journey through the authors and the great works which have influenced her.

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ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY WITH IBG PRESENTS NICK MIDDLETON WEDNESDAY 23 NOVEMBER 7.30PM £12 (£10) £9 RGS (IBG) MEMBERS AND A GUEST An atlas of countries that don’t exist.

Nick Middleton is an awardwinning geographer, writer, TV presenter, environmental scientist and university lecturer.

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RBM IN ARRANGEMENT WITH IMWP PRESENTS MARTIN HARLEY FRIDAY 25 NOVEMBER 7.30PM BLUES BALLROOM

GRANTHAM GUILDHALL ARTS CENTRE

01476 406158 www.guildhallartscentre.com

FILMS

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FANTASTIC VOYAGE (1966)

THURSDAY 22

SEPTEMBER, 6.15PM

FILM: £5, TALK: £5

FILM AND TALK: £7 Part of the Gravity Fields Festival!

A scientist is nearly assassinated.

In order to save him, a submarine is shrunken to microscopic size and injected into his blood stream with a small crew. Problems arise almost as soon as they enter the blood stream.

Attend the talk ‘Exploring the Molecular Machines within a Fantastic Voyage’ by Danilo Roccatano at 5pm!

Cert U – 1hr 36mins LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962) TUESDAY 11 OCTOBER 2PM FILM: £4/ £3 BOOK FOR THE TALK AND GET THE 2PM FILM FOR JUST £2.50!

The epic of all epics, Lawrence of Arabia cements director David Lean’s status in the filmmaking pantheon with nearly four hours of grand scope, brilliant performances, and beautiful cinematography.

Go to Don Chiswell’s talk on Lawrence of Arabia at 12 noon before the film!

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ROCKY HORROR SHOW (1975) FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER 8PM FILM: £5/£4 CONCESSIONS DANCE WORKSHOP: £2 Dressing up, singing along...and audience participation!

A newly engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must pay a call to the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-N-Furter.

Why not take part in the dance workshop at 7pm?

Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick Cert 15 – 1hour 30mins FLORENCE FOSTER -JENKINS (2016) WEDNESDAY 2 NOVEMBER 2PM AND 7.30PM 2PM: £4/£3 CONCESSIONS 7PM: £5/£4 CONCESSIONS The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.

Rebecca Ferguson, Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant Cert PG – 1hour 50mins

LIVE PROGRAMME

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THE BOY WITH TAPE ON HIS FACE TUESDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 7.30PM

As seen on ITV’s Royal Variety Performance and BBC1’s John Bishop Show.

Tape Face is a character with universal appeal. Through simple, clever and charming humour aimed at satisfying that hunger, he has created one of the most accessible and enjoyable shows the world has ever seen. www.theboywithtapeonhisface.com

THE NICK ROSS ORCHESTRA PRESENT SOUNDS OF THE GLENN MILLER ERA SATURDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 7.30PM £19.50 / £18.50 CONCESSIONS Recapture the sounds of a bygone era as the Nick Ross Orchestra presents ‘an unmissable evening of music and song’ – the Classic Big Band Sound of the 1940s.

SOME ENCHANTED EVENING THURSDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 7.30PM £19.50 / £18.50 CONCESSIONS The show features some of the industry’s most talented professionals performing favourites from Broadway and West-End musicals including songs from Oklahoma, South Pacific, Les Miserables, and many more. This professional musical revue has already been reviewed as a ‘must see spectacular’ by audiences around the country and is touring again this year.

FUNHOUSE COMEDY CLUB THURSDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 8.15PM Vince Atta, Addy Van Der Borgh, Discount Comedy Checkout, Radu Isaac

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JOURNEY’S END IMMERSION THEATRE

WEDNESDAY 5

OCTOBER 7.30PM March 1918. “The war to end all wars”.

Journey’s End is a harrowing insight into the humanity of the First World War based on R. C. Sherriff’s own experiences in the trenches. Utterly compelling, this award-winning classic masterfully brings the courage, valour, humour and inescapable tragedy of warfare to the stage.

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WHERE IS HOME? STATE OF EMERGENCY

WEDNESDAY 12

OCTOBER 7.30PM

£12/£10

CONCESSIONS/£5

UNDER 25’S Where is Home? This is a wonderful new dance theatre show from State of Emergency, presenting great music and dance from South Africa, with urban culture from London and the USA. The story is set in the late 80s and follows the journey of a young South African couple; how they chase their dreams, how they lose and find themselves again.

In this quest for adventure, freedom and love, the characters seek their fortunes, experience war and oppression, fall in love, discover fame, and travel to distant lands only to find that what they seek was right under their noses all along.

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GA GA – A TRIBUTE TO QUEEN

THURSDAY 13

OCTOBER 7.30PM

£15/£13 CONCESSION GA GA are embarking on their 20th anniversary tour with a show packed with massive Queen hits spanning right across the legendary band’s back catalogue.

From numerous Queen Conventions to TV appearances, GA GA have consistently proved why they are so highly rated by critics and audiences alike. There are no wigs, no make-up and definitely no false moustaches but instead a host of massive Queen songs played like they were meant to be.

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DR. FAUSTUS THEATRICAL NICHE

THURSDAY 2O

OCTOBER 7.30PM

SUITABLE FOR

AGES 12+ £12/£10

CONCESSIONS,£5

UNDER 25S Greatness. Is there any price too high?

Exquisite puppetry, physical theatre and circus artistry throw petrol over the flames of Marlowe’s hellish pride tale and the battle for one circus leader’s soul.

Under the straining tent poles of the world’s most famous circus, Dr. Faustus employs the one show tactic not yet undertaken to achieve glory - black magic.

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THE JAMES BROTHERS SATURDAY 29

OCTOBER, 7.30PM

£12/£10 CONCESSION The James Brothers are not really outlaws, neither are they brothers and only one of them is called James.

Performing sets fuelled by flat white coffee (the pair bonded over their shared taste in the Southern Hemisphere’s rival to the latte) that combine the virtuosity for which they’re renowned and the gusto and spontaneity of a pub session.

Drawing from the folk, blues and bluegrass that inspired them, the Brothers’ repertoire includes such songs as The Voyage Of The Buffalo (an up-tempo NZ ballad written in the 1800s about a convict transporting timber ship), Poison Train (a song by Mick O’Rourke about the closure of Australia’s rural railways that James learned from his father), along with self-penned tunes like I Wallaby Free (inspired by a true-life attempt to catch

the bouncing beast; its title the best of a groan-inducing bunch suggested by a concert audience) and even a cover of Six Months In A Leaky Boat by Split Enz. For Fagan and McClennan this is about bringing their distinct Antipodean-steeped folk to a new audience, with songs and tunes brought to life by a fraternal bond between two very silly, but captivatingly gifted musicians.

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FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD

THURSDAY 3

NOVEMBER, 7.30PM

HOTBUCKLE THEATRE

GUILDHALL

PROMOTED/DRAMA

THURSDAY 3 NOVEMBER Spirited, independent Bathsheba Everdene must choose between her three suitors. Will she choose to marry for passion, for obligation or for true love and companionship?

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ROCKY HORROR DANCE WORKSHOP FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER, 7PM – 7.30PM DANCE WORKSHOP £2 FILM £5/£4 CONCESSIONS

It’s just a jump to the left and then a step to the right!

Join us in the ballroom to learn the legendary Time-Warp before watching the Rocky Horror Film and showing off your moves! Film will be screened at 8pm.

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