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Leicestershire Together have made a budget of £20,000 available for each Community Forum area. The budget needs to be spent by March 2011.
This is not a regular Grants application process. It is a new, participatory way of making decisions about funding, with residents and community groups making spending proposals and voting on them.
It starts with residents and community groups sharing their ideas.
What will happen during the workshops?
The workshops are about sharing and discussing your ideas and then prioritising them. The workshops are informal in character. They will take up to 3 hours, although we often finish earlier. A light finger buffet is provided before the start of the meeting. More »
During the workshops you will work with other delegates to: - share ideas in small, facilitated, table groups - prioritise project ideas (to a maximum of 3 projects per table) - pitch the top ideas from your table to the full group - score each project on its relevance and quality and vote for your favourite ideas The end result of the workshop will be a list of projects in the order of preference /priority you and other participants have given them.
How should I prepare for the workshops?
You don’t have to bring a project plan, business case, application form etc. It may help to give some thought in advance to how much money is involved, what the benefits would be and who should be involved in delivering the project. Don’t worry if you don’t know the precise answers to these questions – it’s your idea that counts.
What happens after the workshops?
After the workshops we will work, through a task group, with partners to see how the priority ideas can best be delivered. We’ll check the feasibility, costs & benefits, alternative ways of delivery, availability of other funding sources etc. During this stage we will work closely with the organisations / groups that would be involved in delivering the project. The findings of the task group will be presented at the next forum meeting for the forum to make its final recommendation on how the Forum’s budget should be allocated.
What can the funding be used for?
Funding can be used for new or existing projects, for ideas that involve you/your community group, or for ideas that will be for others to deliver. Projects need to have a demonstrable link to the priorities set out for your forum area. We are looking for projects & activities that will provide some lasting or longer term benefits for the area (or part of it) and that do not rely on further funding to continue once this funding has been used. The following organisations / bodies will be eligible to receive funding: • Voluntary & Community Sector organisations, constituted local groups and charities (including social enterprises, but excluding political groups) • Parish Councils, Local Authorities and other statutory agencies.
What if my project idea doesn’t make it?
We will capture all ideas put forward on the night and we will share these with key partners, who may be able to offer advice on other available sources of funding and support. You may also find that you’ll meet a few people at the workshop that can help you further with your idea, irrespective of the funding from the forum’s budget.
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Following consultation with directly affected stakeholders, the North West Leicestershire Local Strategic Partnership have now revised the Community Forum boundaries of North West Leicestershire.
The review comes from a number of requests received from parish councils and other members of the community.
For Coalville
As a result, the area covered by the Coalville Community Forum now includes the parishes of Ibstock, Heather, Ellistown & Battleflat and Ravenstone with Snibston, and County, District and Parish representatives from this area are now invited to attend the Coalville Community Forum. More »
For Valley
The parishes of Packington and Normanton le Heath are now part of the forum covering Ashby, Measham and Moira, and Ravenstone with Snibston is now part of the Coalville Community Forum.
For AMM
The parishes of Ellistown & Battleflat, Ibstock and Heather are now part of the Coalville Community Forum.
The area covered by the Ashby, Measham and Moira Community Forum now includes the parishes of Packington and Normanton le Heath and County, District and Parish representatives from this area are now invited to attend this Community Forum.
We don’t always know in which village residents on our mailing list live. If you live in one of the above parishes and would like to continue attending the forum covering your village, please contact us so we can amend our records. « Less
Attention all Youth Leaders!!
Environmental Action For A Better Leicestershire (ENABLE), the County wide environmental partnership, is launching a new scheme to loan renewable energy resource kits. This resource will add to the eco-school objectives to deliver sustainable education through schools in Leicestershire.
The resource includes a miniature wind turbine, PV cell and solar water heater for use as a teaching resource. We will be also providing a set of lesson plans that helps teachers to link applications of these kits to the National Curriculum. More »
The kits will be available to all the schools in Leicestershire for the term starting 20th April 2009.
Why?
We are witnessing climate change and the Government is encouraging us to pass the message to our next generation – School Children.
What you can use it for?
You will be provided briefing notes with lesson plans integrating to Science, Geography, ICT, CARE, PSE, etc. showing their links to the National Curriculum.
How much does it cost?
You can borrow these kits for free, there will be a small delivery charge or you could collect and return them yourself. You can also spread the delivery charge by borrowing other items from the Resource Box Scheme.
How long can we keep the loans for?
Schools can borrow up to 25 items from the Resource box including these kits for a whole school term. Non-school borrowers can borrow at any time for a fixed agreed time.
ORDER NOW!! There are only 20 sets available on first come first serve basis. To reserve your renewable energy kit, contact Resource Box Officer on 01455 552834 or sherrier@leics.gov.uk
For further information, please contact Hetal Patel on 0116 3057068 or enable@leics.gov.uk « Less
The new Leicestershire Looks, a directory of Independent Fashion Retailers is now available.
This directory has been compiled to make it easier for the customer to see the wide and diverse range of jewellers, independent fashion retailers, shoes and accessories that are available in Leicestershire’s Market Towns and Rural Centres.
By purchasing locally not only do you get a unique item
but it helps to support the local economy and reduces carbon emissions through less use of the car! To complete your new look why not have a new hairstyle and beauty treatment at one of Leicestershire’s many salons. More »
The directory is arranged by town and then by category, enabling you to find what you are looking for easily.
To complete your day in one of the towns, each offers a unique selection of eating places,
from cafés through to restaurants. Should you welcome a change from shopping, then most towns offer quality museums - especially Snibston in Coalville, which has a new and exciting
Fashion Gallery where you will find pleasant or unpleasant memories!
Copies of these will be distributed to all the shops included in the directory as well as the following,
Car Dealers
Doctors
Dentists
Hotels and other accommodation
Café’s
Tourist Attractions
District Councils
Libraries
If you have any comments or you are interested in a future directory then please contact Nicola Lees on 0116 305 7986 or email betterplaces@leics.gov.uk « Less
More and more people are making use of their Community Forum to try and improve local services and raise issues of local concern.
- Residents in Birstall were unhappy that the swimming pool in Longslade Community College was no longer going to be open to the public outside school hours. Discussion at the local Area Forum meeting resulted in the College working directly with local users to find ways the pool can remain open.
- Following the Government’s shortlisting of ‘Pennbury’ as a potential Eco-town, the ‘Have your Say’ meetings in Kibworth and Tugby were the first opportunity for residents in the surrounding area to find out how the District and County Council were planning to respond to this challenge.
- At the Blaby South Community Forum residents and Parish Councillors from Sapcote, Sharnford, Stoney Stanton and surrounding villages expressed their concerns about the volume and speed of Heavy Goods Vehicles travelling through their villages. In response officers promised to look into a range of measures to reduce the impact of traffic and improve road safety in the short term, while explaining how they were looking to provide longer-term solutions. More »
Community Forums give you the opportunity to discuss local issues with your local Parish, District and County Councillors and representatives from the Police and the Health Service. There are 27 Community Forums across they county. To find out more about forum meetings in your local area, please visit www.leicestershireforums.org
Contact: Derk van der Wardt, 0116 3057581 « Less
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