Local resident Stuart Green has lined up a series of challenges throughout 2020 all with the objective of raising funds and awareness for Prostate Cancer UK.Figures recently released reveal the number of men dying from this awful disease is at an all time high in the UK, with 12,000 cases in … [Read more...]
Gotham pupils learn vital life lessons at Leicester Educational Centre
Year 6 pupils from Gotham Primary School have been on a unique school trip – they have visited an interactive centre in Leicester to help them learn a variety of life skills from internet safety to fire risks in the home.Thanks to sponsorship from local organisations including British Gypsum (whose … [Read more...]
Another successful day of Christmas festivities for East Leake
Saturday 30th November saw East Leake Light up with the Christmas Light Switch on along with an array of other fantastic festivities organised and supplied by local businesses in the community.The village event began at 11am with a Christmas craft fair, a 2k Santa Fun Run, award ceremonies, a visit … [Read more...]
May Day Festival returns
The popular May Day Festival is returning to East Leake after a break of 4 years, and this one promises to be bigger and better than ever before. As many of you may already know, this year’s May Day Festival has been altered slightly from its traditional 1st Monday in May to Friday 8th May. This is … [Read more...]
Recycle for Charity
Recycle your small electrical items at your local Recycling Centre during January, and for every tonne, Veolia (Nottingham County Council’s waste contractors) will donate £5 to Motor Neurone Disease Association, the chosen charity of Nottinghamshire County Council’s Chairman. Veolia have even … [Read more...]
Plans put forward for over 100 new homes in the village
Fresh plans have recently been revealed to build more than 100 homes in East Leake, just months after a large-scale 170-home development for the same site was rejected. Developers went back to the drawing board to come up with a new proposal of 101 new homes to be built on the 21.5-acre site just … [Read more...]
New mum raising money for Mind
Local resident, Beki Mannering is fundraising for the Charity Mind, and she needs your help!I am local girl from East Leake and I have recently been awarded the title of Mrs Nottingham Atlantic. As part of the title I have been raising money for Mind, the mental health charity - the pageants chosen … [Read more...]
East Leake Guides sleepout in cardboard boxes for charity
Wendy, a leader of the East Leake guides recently told the local news about the recent cardboard sleepout event that they took part in aid of charity. Here’s what she had to say:1st and 2nd East Leake Guides decided to do a sponsored sleepout in cardboard boxes in aid of charity. We knew our … [Read more...]
Friends of Meadow Park: December 2019
The heavy rainfall this autumn has seen the park severely flooded. The water reached as far as the Bateman Road entrance and submerged the forest school log circle on 15th October. Things got little better in November and some damage has been done to our new limestone pathways. We arranged to have … [Read more...]
The Leakey Pen’s Yearbook
The Leakey Pens, East Leake’s very own group for writers, have just published their second year book. They are proud of the latest volume, which contains 120 pages of original fiction and poetry, none of which would exist without the existence and encouragement of the group. The Year Book costs … [Read more...]