Blaby District Council has won a major national award after being shortlisted in the annual LGC Awards for the New Lubbesthorpe development. This is Blaby District Council’s second award in two years. Last year the Council won best Public/Public Partnership at the 2018 LGC Awards for the Lightbulb Project. The Council was shortlisted in the…
Fete Committee invites suggestions
Following on from last year’s highly successful ‘Enderby Fete’, plans are well under way for the 2019 Fete which will be held on the King George V Playing Field, Mill Lane, Enderby, on Saturday August 31st. The organising committee are inviting the local community to make suggestions for entertaining activities to take place in the…
PCC Funding Helps 8 year old
A peer education scheme designed to make young people understand the dangers of knife crime is proving successful. e2 Training, based in Beaumont Leys, has run the scheme thanks to funding from the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), in liaison with Leicestershire Police since November last year. It is working with a range of young…
Growth Plan to Guide Future Growth
Blaby District Council’s Growth Plan, which commits to six key non-negotiable principles for future development, has been approved by Councillors. The eight-page Growth Plan, adopted at an Extraordinary Council meeting in February, will sit with the newly approved Local Plan and the Leicester & Leicestershire Strategic Growth Plan. It sets out the Council’s ambition for…
Running start for Beat the Street in Blaby District!
Beat the Street – Blaby District’s giant walking and cycling initiative – is off to a running start with residents travelling more than the distance between Blaby District and New Zealand within the first few days of the game. More than 8,000 people have walked and cycled 13,000 miles in just five days for Beat…