East Leake Community Action Plan Group are holding their third Meet Your Village event on Saturday 13th April from 9:30am until 1pm in the village hall. The event is run by volunteers and the last two have been very successful, so it is back by popular request. Lesley Way, … [Read more...]
East Leake-based social enterprise supports local charity
An award-winning East Leake-based company is collaborating with a local charity to enable more women, men and children experiencing domestic abuse to rebuild their lives. The public relations and marketing agency Arch Communications gave £10,000 to the charity Living Without Abuse (LWA). Arch … [Read more...]
Residents get walking, cycling and swimming with exercise referral scheme
A new exercise referral scheme will get residents with a long-term health condition moving. With specifically tailored gym classes, walking, cycling and swimming activities. The referral scheme has been launched at East Leake Leisure Centre by Rushcliffe Clinical Commissioning Group in … [Read more...]
New kitchen installed thanks to company’s generosity
Disabled horse riders and their carers can look forward to warming up over a cup of tea after kindhearted tradespeople from Wilkinson's Decorators and Property Maintenance installed a new kitchen at their home riding school in Normanton-on-Soar, near East Leake. Staff from the … [Read more...]
Wildlife Trust celebrates renewed partnership with British Gypsum
“This includes corporate support, but also providing working groups to offer practical hands-on help for the Trust. A day of action at a popular local woodland nature reserve has proved the perfect opportunity to celebrate a third year of partnership between East Leake-based British Gypsum and … [Read more...]
East Leake youngsters compete in mini triathlon
Fifty children from Brookside Primary School in East Leake descended on Charnwood College, Loughborough to compete in a mini triathlon. The event, organised by the Brownlee Foundation, is a project founded by Jonny and Alistair Brownlee to promote the sport and ensure as many children … [Read more...]
East Leake Women’s Institute hold enjoyable talk
East Leake Women’s Institute’s last meeting saw members joined by five new visitors for a very enjoyable talk from Peter Tyldesley, director of the Bradgate Park Trust. Bradgate Park is a site of special scientific interest for its wildlife habitats, geological importance and historical … [Read more...]
U3A’ s visit to British Gypsum Mine
The University of the Third Age (U3A) is a group of retired and semi-retired people who wish to pursue their hobbies or interests. Recently, some of the Soar Valley U3A went down the East Leake gypsum mine and found that it really is as big as they say it is. It stretches for … [Read more...]
Positive Futures programme makes its mark in East Leake
Over the past few years, Trent Bridge Community Trust’s Positive Futures programme has successfully undertaken numerous community pride projects around Rushcliffe and beyond. Primarily, these aim to engage identified young people in physical improvements selected by their local … [Read more...]
Developers commit to give students work placements
Nottinghamshire developers Barratt Homes North Midlands and David Wilson Homes East Midlands have committed to giving 65 local students work placements out on building sites. This comes thanks to a new partnership between the developers, the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and … [Read more...]