Rural living

Rural living

Are you fed up of slow broadband? Do you think we need better facilities for young people in Ullesthorpe? Would you like to have support in making your house more energy efficient and green? Does your business need more support? Are there other services, amenities or...
Rural Strategy

Rural Strategy

The Rural Community Council is a community development charity working to increase stronger and more connected communities across Leicestershire, Rutland and surrounding Rural areas. We are working on a project for Harborough District Council to develop a Rural...
VISIT THE KING POWER

VISIT THE KING POWER

Do you know that this weekend you can get your covid vaccination (first, second, third or booster) at the King Power Stadium in Leicester? On Friday 12th anyone over 16 years can walk in and get vaccinated. On Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th anyone over 12 can get...
Baldwins AGM

Baldwins AGM

The Annual General Meeting of the Baldwins Charity will be held on Wednesday 17th November 2021 7pm at the Village Hall (Please use side entrance) All welcome Agenda displayed at Village Hall Baldwins Charity is a village charity which was formed in 1874. ...
Wildflower verges

Wildflower verges

Excited to report that members and friends of the Environment Group have now prepared and sown two wildflower areas in Ullesthorpe, near the village signs at the Claybrooke and Lutterworth ends of the village. We are waiting hopefully to see what grows next year! It...
Ginny Davis

Ginny Davis

The Ullesthorpe W.I. held their October meeting  at the Ullesthorpe Village Hall, where our speaker was Ginny Davis, whose entertaining talk was ‘To the Fringe and Beyond’.  Ginny was a former translator and barrister and she is now a writer and...
Canine Partners

Canine Partners

Ullesthorpe WI has at last returned to some form of normality. Members met for an afternoon tea in the garden of a member and then held their first meeting in the village Hall on 12th August. The speaker was Nick Syderham from the Canine Partners Association. He...
Platinum Jubilee

Platinum Jubilee

The Queen will be celebrating her Platinum Jubilee in 2022. The government has announced that there will be an extended bank holiday from Thursday 2nd to Sunday 5th June to mark this event. A start has been made to organise events in Ullesthorpe to celebrate the...
Mobile testing

Mobile testing

Mobile testing for those without symptoms Three county council-run mobile test vans are continuing to move around the county at events and locations where footfall is expected to be high. At the van, people are able to get an on-site rapid flow test or they can...