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After widespread public consultation, the NHS Leicestershire and Rutland are now looking into the responses offered by local residents on the proposals to develop community hospitals and community health services across Leicestershire and Rutland.
By clicking the underlined link below you will be able to view an update on the consultation responses and find out how to become more involved on a voluntary basis in the NHS locally.
If you would like to find out more please send an email to jo.lilley@lcrpct.nhs.uk or give Jo Lilley a ring on 0116 295 7626.
The Rural Community Council (Leicestershire & Rutland) in conjunction with ENABLE (Environmental Action for a Better Leicestershire)are arranging two events to help community groups to find out ways that they might work together in their communities to help to fight rising fuel costs and consider a number of climate change issues.
Parish Councils, Village Hall Committees, Parish Plan Groups and other community representatives are invited to attend one of the two seminars.
· October 22nd at KIbworth Old Grammar School Hall, School Road Kibworth Leic LE8 0EW at 6.00pm More »
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· October 30th at Thornton Community Centre, 175 Main Street, Thornton, Leicestershire
LE67 1AH at 6.00pm
Please find a draft programme below.
Please note that it is anticipated that these events will be very popular and places will be limited so it is advisable to book early.
To book a place, or for further details please contact:
Diana Cook
Project Manager
Climate Friendly Communities
Rural Community Council (Leicestershire& Rutland)
133 Loughborough Road
Leicester
LE4 5LQ
0116 2689706
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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
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The Leicestershire County and Rutland Primary Care Trust are holding a public consultation from 16 June until 5 October 2008 on the future of community health services.
The review covers the future for community hospitals walk-in centres and GP services in Leicestershire and Rutland.
To download the consultation documents, find contact information and a list of consultation meetings, please click on the title of this news item.
Andy Smalley is the Neighbourhood Beat Officer for Lutterworth and the villages of Claybrooke Magna, Claybrooke Parva, Ullesthorpe, Bitteswell, Gilmorton, Cotesbach, Shawell, Swinford, Cathorpe, Walcote, North Kilworth, South Kilworth, Husbands Bosworth, Mowsley and Knaptoft.
To effectively target issues in your community, Andy needs your feebdack and information. You can contact him directly or meet with him during on of the police surgeries in his beat area.
So far, the following dates for beat surgeries have been arranged where you can meet with Andy in the beat bus.
Mon 28/04 16.00 x 20.00 ULLESTHORPE.
Tue 29/04 16.00 x 20.00 SWINFORD.
Thu 08/05 16.00 x 20.00 HUSBANDS BOSWORTH.
Sat 31/05 14.00 x 17.00 MOWSLEY.
Mon 23/06 16.00 x 20.00 ULLESTHORPE.
Sat 26/07 14.00 x 17.00 THE KILWORTHS. More »
The opening hours for Lutterworth Police station are Monday – Friday from 10am – 4pm.
Monthly surgeries in Lutterworth are held jointly with the Town Council at the Town Estate Office on 12a Market Street from 11am - 12 noon Lutterworth on the last Saturday of each month. The next surgery will be held on Saturday 26 April 2008. No appointment is necessary.
The priorities that PC Smalley has put in place for the next six months are:
1. To reduce the impact of underage drinking.
2. To reduce anti social behaviour.
3. To provide an increased Police presence both in Lutterworth and the above villages.
4. To increase community awareness of the need for consultation and feedback in order to effectively target community issues and direct resources.
To contact Andy Smalley directly, please see his contact details below:
PC Andy Smalley
PC 500 Neighbourhood Beat Officer S15.
E-mail: andrew.smalley@leicestershire.pnn.police.uk « Less
Want to talk to your police beat officer but don’t want to go to the police station? Or perhaps you just don’t have the time during the week, when the station is open.
PC Andy Smalley, the beat officer for Lutterworth and surrounding villages was present at the Lutterworth Have Your Say on March 12th. In response to questions from local residents about the possibility of the Police Station opening in the weekend, he announced that he will be joining in with the monthly Councillors Surgery held by the Town Council. More »
These surgeries are held at the Town Estate Office on 12a Market Street from 11am - 12 noon. Lutterworth on the last Saturday of each month. The next surgery will be held on Saturday 26 April 2008. No appointment is necessary.
The opening hours for Lutterworth Police Station are Monday – Friday from 10am – 4pm.
Please find below the contact details for
PC Andy Smalley
PC 500 Neighbourhood Beat Officer S15
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Lutterworth residents spoke out against the completion of the Western Relief Road as a possible solution to reducing the impact of Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) on the Town Centre. More than 50 local residents came to the Lutterworth Have Your Say meeting on March 12th to discuss a presentation by Leicestershire County Council's Highways Department on the results of a Traffic Impact Study.
Lorry traffic through the town centre is currently causing a nuisance and has a negative effect on the air quality. Leicestershire County Council commissioned a study to assess HGV traffic movements in and around Lutterworth and investigate the cost and feasibility of three options for providing an alternative route to the town centre for HGVs. The study also looked at what impact a possible Sharnford bypass would have on the number of HGVs in Lutterworth town centre if quarry traffic from the Croft area was then directed away from Lutterworth. More »
In summary, the findings of the study were:
- Around 50% of HGVs in Lutterworth town centre have their origin or destination in Lutterworth
- Any new route would mean lengthy diversions for those HGVs with business in Lutterworth
- All options for creating a new north –south route in Lutterworth are struggling to meet the value for money criteria for major scheme funding
- A possible bypass of Sharnford could reduce HGVs in the town centre by approximately 20%, but routing agreements to route those vehicles away from Lutterworth would be required.
You can access the presentation by clicking on the title of this article.
Residents were worried that the Western relief road (Bill Crane Way, Bitteswell Road, Brookfield Way) was considered as part of the study. The impact on the residential areas along the way would be detrimental. Issues raised, among others were the negative impact on air quality, noise and safety of crossing the road to get to recreational grounds. They feared that the relief road would only serve to transfer the problems.
Ian Drummond, Assistant Director for Transportation at Leicestershire County Council explained that the Western relief road was included in the study because in the past the relief road was considered the best solution to relieving the traffic burden of the town centre. This is why the completion of the relief road is currently included in the Local Plan for Harborough District. He acknowledged that the situation has changed since then and that this study was intended, among others, to assess whether the relief road was still a viable option. The views of residents would be considered in this assessment.
Residents dismissed all 3 alternatives but did provide a number of alternative options that the County Council will give consideration to.
If you would like to make your views known on this report, please contact:
Joanne Eynon, Team Manager Policy, Programming and Delivery, Leicestershire County Council
Telephone: 0116 305 8249
Email address: tpp@leics.gov.uk.
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