Anglian Water will be opening a new swimming beach on Rutland Water in the summer of 2014 and they are looking for Life Guards.
They have a number of casual opportunities throughout the summer season (April – November 2014) to join the team based at the recreation centre in Rutland Water as a Lifeguard and Senior Lifeguard.
To find our more about this and our other casual roles go to the Anglian Water careers page.
via Pete Burrows, Homeworkers
For several years the village has been awaiting a housing development on the old woodyard to generate funding to allow the pavement to be extended along Edith Weston Road, from Oval Close to the junction with Pinfold Lane. In the event, there will now be a footpath through the new housing, linking these two roads, between points A and B as shown on the plan below.
If walking from Oval Close towards Edith Weston this route offers a safe thoroughfare to the road junction, although it is some 60m longer than the direct line along Edith Weston Road. Several people have asked the parish council about the possibility of having a pavement alongside Edith Weston Road, in addition to the new footpath.
RCC have indicated that this would be considered only if the parish council were to contribute ‘significantly’ towards the construction cost of approximately £16,000. This might mean a contribution of around £5,000 for there to be a reasonable chance of RCC funding the balance. Any parish council contribution would have to be funded from the parish precept.
The parish council is unlikely to consider the question until after the footpath has been opened through the new housing development, but it would be interested to hear now the comments of anyone who has a view on the matter. (Whilst the immediate question is that of value for money to the village for its potential contribution, the broader question might be whether the total construction cost would offer value for money.)
Do you use this route at present? Why? How often? Will you use the new footpath? etc.
If you would like to comment, please do so using the NLPC contact form.
9/12/13 Update: Commenting on the proposed footpath to the NLPC is now closed
via Syd Overington, Chairman, NLPC
Pre-Christmas Fair at the North Luffenham Community Centre on Saturday, 23rd November from 2 to 4pm.
Home made festive food unusual preserves, chutney, marmalade & mincemeat.
Christmas decorations plus cards, paper and fine handmade jewellery.
In aid of the Church Roof Fund.
Do come & join us without the hassle of the shops, and have a chat together with a cup of tea & cake.
Pre Christmas Fair 2013 Poster
via Janet Whittaker
Just a reminder that our next film is on Wednesday 13th November: NOW YOU SEE ME (a robbery theme, but the thieves are all magicians….). Usual arrangements: Uppingham Town Hall, doors open at 7, film starts 7.30.
Do bring friends, cushions, drink, nibbles. Tickets (£5) either on the door or from The Falcon. We very much look forward to welcoming you.
May I also give you some advance notice about our December film: THE GREAT GATSBY, on December 11th.
In keeping with the festive season, do feel free to dress the part if you feel like it, and to end up in a local hostelry afterwards…
Do spread the word about Film Night: we are delighted with the enthusiasm we have had, and look forward to the second Wednesday of the month through 2014 as well.
via Susie Burrows, The Uppingham Town Partnership
Next meeting will be on Thursday November 14th @ 7.30pm in the Community Centre when the Club will be holding its AGM, followed by a talk on ‘The A-Z of bulbs’ by Johnny Walkers of Walkers Bulbs, Holbeach.
Annual subscriptions of £10 per person are now due, though guests are most welcome to any meeting for £2.
via Katy Ellis, Garden Club
The North Luffenham Bonfire Night is organised by the Parish Council. Voluntary donations are collected on the night to help fund next year’s display.
Video via Pete Burrows, NLCC
Thank’s to all the volunteers so far, it’s getting bigger! This should help keep everyone warm and toastie tomorrow night.
Photo by Andy Stout
There remains a lot of cuttings around the bottom of the Oval if there are any willing volunteers for the remainder of the afternoon.
Currently all the low hanging branches from the trees at the Oval are being cut, but it is turning into a massive task to move all the cuttings onto the bonfire.
If anyone can spare 1 hour today to help drag the cuttings onto the bonfire it would be greatly appreciated.
via Syd Overington, Chairman, NLPC
It was proposed some time ago that the village might establish an area of recreational woodland on part of the 14 acres of Parish Council land next to the allotments.
Although the original proposal was to plant most of this land, the Parish Council now proposes a much less ambitious development, planting an area of just 2.5 acres, to be completed during this winter.
Around 800 trees will be planted (mixed native broad-leaved), but at just 20” tall will take some years to grow to any size. Thinning will be required in future years. Some shrubs will also be planted.
It is proposed, In due course, to establish a footpath through the trees and around the field perimeter, a circular route being made possible by permissive access alongside Edith Weston Road having been agreed by the tenant who farms most of the field.
A sketch map of the site is shown below and you can also download a pdf version if you prefer. From this it can be seen that there are various options for the route of the footpath, particularly in the vicinity of the allotments and Geoff Sewell Close, which details will be considered at a future date.
The arrangement of trees is currently under discussion with our Woodland Trust advisor. Further details of the project will be made available shortly.
If you wish to comment on the proposal, please do so by completing the Parish Council Contact Form.
Alternatively, please forward your comments via any Parish Councillor, or the Parish Clerk, contact details for whom are on the parish notice boards and on this website. It would be helpful to receive any comments by 10 November.
via Syd Overington, Chairman, NLPC
Earlier this year a questionnaire was delivered to each household in the parish and posted on the website, seeking views on what recreational facilities might be desirable in the village – subject to evidence of demand, and availability of funding.
We thank you all for your responses, of which we received 64 in total from the 320 delivered questionnaires issued and website post.
Four specific proposals suggested by the NLPC were exampled in the questionnaire, although other suggestions were invited.
In respect of the four specific items, the number of respondents indicating support was as follows:
Amongst a range of additional suggestions made by respondents, the most popular was for a village hall type facility, separate from the community centre. (16 respondents). A more detailed schedule of the responses is shown below, and you can also download a pdf version if you prefer.
Whilst deliberations continue over which of the suggestions might be both justifiable and affordable, there are few obstacles to proceeding with some form of woodland walk, plans for which are in hand, and more details of which are set out in a separate post, with an invitation for comments. Of some of the more minor suggestions made (and albeit not of a recreational nature), action is already in hand for a bus shelter (at Pinfold Close), and for a defibrillator (possibly to be sited in the telephone kiosk on Church Street).
via Syd Overington, Chairman, NLPC
North Luffenham’s pre-school Christmas gift evening will be on Friday 22nd November, 7pm – 9pm.
Exhibitors will include Swans, The Design Mould, Sarah Harding Phoenix Cards, Tip Top and Norfolk Cordials, to name a few.
Entry is free and 100% of proceeds go to the pre-school, making a lot of little people, very happy.
Join us at the community centre to stock up on Christmas gifts and stocking fillers.
via Sophie Greenhalgh, Pre-school
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Thank you for your past support. Uppingham Town Partnership has obtained the funding to put on a monthly film night in Uppingham Town Hall at 7.15 every second Wednesday in the month at only £5 per ticket, starting in September and carrying on until next summer.
With plenty more support, we hope to be able to make it a permanent fixture! And we aim to keep it as a fun, sociable evening with sweets on sale, soft drinks available and sometimes a quick chat about the film. So, please do bring your drinks (alcohol permitted), nibbles & cushions and come along to enjoy a film evening with us from September 11th.
Tickets will be available from The Falcon two weeks before each film, or take the risk and just turn up and pay on the door! There will be posters around the town.
And do please spread the word by sharing via Facebook or other social media below, and bring some friends along with you.
The films we have planned are:
NOW YOU SEE ME (Official website, reviews: RT, IMDb). A heist movie with a difference – the thieves are all magicians…. – November 13th
THE GREAT GATSBY (yet to be confirmed) (Official website, reviews: RT, IMDb). We think you will have heard about this one – feel free to dress up if we manage to book it! – December 11th
Behind the Candelabra possibly! (Official website, reviews: RT, IMDb, The Telegraph) – the darkly comic biopic about Liberace and his relationships) – January 8th
We will keep you up to date with any additional information, and we very much look forward to warmly welcoming you to as many film nights as you can get to!
➡ Follow Uppingham Film Night Out on Facebook.
Susie Burrows, The Uppingham Town Partnership
via Kathleen Robinson
A special Pet Service for owners and their pets took place at St John the Baptist Church in North Luffenham on Friday 4th October 2013 – photo by Pam Plant
The new season gets under way for the North Luffenham Garden Club next week on Thursday October 10th at 7.30pm in the Community Centre with speaker Ann Bird on ‘A Personal Look at the World of Roses’.
Ann Bird is a past president of the Royal National Rose Society, and is currently vice-president of the World Federation of Rose Societies, so is well qualified to talk to us about this popular British garden favourite!
Fun, informal meetings with a raffle and refreshments. The club welcomes plants for sale at all meetings. No horticultural experience or expertise required – new members and guests always welcome! Cost is £2 per event or join for an annual subscription fee of £10 per person.
via Katy Ellis, Secretary, Garden Club
The next Uppingham Film Night at the Town Hall is on Wednesday, October 9th at 7.15pm.
This month’s film is A Late Quartet (reviews: RT, IMDb, theguardian) a moving drama about a chamber music quartet, directed by Yaron Zilberman & with a strong cast led by Christopher Walken. It has had very good reviews.
As ever, do come along bringing cushions, chairs, nibbles, drink, friends – or just yourselves.
Tickets will be available from THE FALCON (£5), but we are moving towards just selling them on the door as we are confident we can get everyone in.
We very much look forward to welcoming everyone to this increasingly sociable evening!
Follow Uppingham Film Night Out on Facebook.
via Kathleen Robinson
MEETING: Friday 1st November 2013
TIME of FIRST RACE: 8.00pm (be there by 7.30pm)
COURSE: North Luffenham Community Centre
ENTRY FEE: £10 per person (£50 for a table of 6) to include….
FODDER for the PUNTERS: Fish & Chips
COURSE FEATURES: Spacious stable with Real Ale,
good wine and soft drinks.
COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT:
Horse owners needed – £5/horse.
Winning owner for each race wins £10.
Owners needed by 17th October for Racecard.
Contact the Course Steward – Barry Read
or any committee member for tickets and horses
Please come along for a night of fast paced fun with your friends
and support your local Cricket Club
Download Poster: Race Night Flier 2013
On Saturday 22 September members of the North Luffenham Carpet Bowls Club (NLCBC) met in the Community Centre.
The occasion was the Singles Competition which is held every year about this time. It is a prelude to the coming start of the League competitions in which the NLCBC enters two teams, Fourteen players took part in a ‘Round Robin’ and were supported by members of the Club, relatives and friends.
Of course competition was keen, with many cliff hanging moments, Play went on all afternoon. The out come was: Tim Smalley – took the Winners Cup and the Club Shield. The runner up was Thomas Ellis taking the Trophy. Well done and congratulations to them both. The presentation was made by Katy Ellis.
An entertaining and enjoyable time ended with a serving of fish and chips all round.
via Sylvia Lawson, Carpet Bowls Club
The new term started for the Art Group on Monday 30th September in the Community Centre and will be followed by meetings fortnightly – 14th and 28th October, 11th and 25th November, and 9th December.
The first few sessions will concentrate on basic drawing techniques followed by mixed media.
New members from outside the village are welcome to join the Art Group.
All meetings start at 12.45pm and finish at 3.0pm.
Please contact Angela Leather for more information.
A bittersweet evening of romance – with poetry, candlelight and sensual music by galàn.
Specialising in European Renaissance and Baroque music, the group is accompanied by Theorbo and Harpsichord.
A unique opportunity to hear this young & inspiring ensemble prior to recording their first album in North Luffenham Church.
Where: St John the Baptist Church, North Luffenham.
When: Sunday 13th October 2013 at 6pm.
Tickets cost £12 each (Including a glass of wine and canapés) and can be booked online from the Stamford Arts Centre or by telephone: 01780 763203.
Download/Print Promotional Poster: Loves Reflections
via Paul Cummings, Mutual Support
The Chater Community Choir will be giving a seasonal concert to raise funds for a local charity called ‘A Christmas Garland of Song’, featuring the Beaufort Wind Quintet, which will be performed at St Andrew’s Church, Lyddington, on Friday 6th December at 7.30pm.
As in their sell out December concert last year the choir will delight the audience with popular non seasonal favourites along with seasonal songs and readings.
There may even be a mince pie or two!
Tickets are £5 and will be available in November from Tracy Steward.
The concert is in aid of the Rutland Rotaract Family Support Centre based in Oakham. The RRFSC aims to provide social, recreational, educational and therapeutic support to children and young people (0-25) with special educational needs (SEN) or disabilities, and their families. The choir has previously raised over £2000 for charity including Fibromyalgia UK and the Stroke Association since being formed in 2012.