Please see note below from Libby Kingsley, Economic Development and Tourism Manager at Rutland County Council

The Prince’s Countryside Fund – Autumn Round to Open to UK on 7 September

The Prince’s Countryside Fund was established to support the sustainability and protection of farms and rural communities throughout the UK. The aim of the funding is to have a long-term positive impact on rural communities, helping those that live and work there to sustain the countryside by tackling key rural issues.

The Fund is available to not-for-profit organisations, charities, Social Enterprises, Community Interest Companies, Companies Limited by Guarantee, and Unincorporated Associations in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Funding is for a maximum of three years and for a maximum grant of £50,000 per project.

Projects must focus on at least one of the following countryside issues:

*       Thriving Rural Communities – projects that provide innovative solutions to deliver assets and services that keep rural communities together and develop a more sustainable rural economy ie, empowering communities to provide village services or create business hubs and employment for local people.
*       Rural Livelihoods – projects that focus on developing stronger, more sustainable farm and rural enterprises with the aim of halting the decline of the rural economy, ie providing rural businesses with support and advice or supporting farmer led initiatives.
*       Farmers of the Future – projects that help improve skills and increase opportunities of taking up rural careers, in particular in farming, with the aim of remaining within and contributing to the rural economy, ie training opportunities and apprenticeship schemes, inspiring and enabling new entrants to consider a career in farming.

The fund is expected to open on 7 September 2015 and close on 8 October 2015.

Libby Kingsley | Economic Development and Tourism Manager

Rutland County Council

Catmose, Oakham, Rutland LE15 6HP

t: 01572 720 983

m: 0791 761 3252

e: lkingsley@rutland.gcsx.gov.uk <mailto:lkingsley@rutland.gcsx.gov.uk>

www.rutland.gov.uk <http://www.rutland.gov.uk/>

Daphne Stanley is very kindly hosting a Coffee Morning at her home, 4 Johnson Close, North Luffenham between 10 am and 12 noon on Wednesday September 2nd.

There will be Cakes, Home Produce and a raffle.

Proceeds go to 2 very worthwhile charities

FOR RUTLAND IN RUTLAND

BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION

Please see the announcement below from The Electoral Registration Officer at Catmose.

Annual Canvas of Electors

Please see the note below from PC Paul Le Pla of the South Rutland beat

Hello all,

Recently I have spoken to one of our Neighbourhood Watch coordinators regarding door to door sellers.

My advice is that  if door to door sellers descend on us, then please telephone the police on 101 to inform us, so we can check these people out.

They often get dropped off in villages in groups & later get picked up together. If you see them with a car, then discreetly obtain the registration number details.  To legally sell door to door, you require a Pedlars certificate, which the seller must show you.

When speaking to these people, I would suggest that you be polite & just say, “No thanks, I do not buy from people at the door”.

Unfortunately, there are links to criminal activity associated with some of these people.

Trading Standards would also like to hear of such incidents. My contact is Rob EDMONDS & he works from the Peterborough office, but covers Rutland.

He can be contacted on either 01733 747474 (main office) or 01733 453528 (his direct line).

Please feel free to pass these numbers around to local residents?

Regards

Paul

Dear All,

Firstly, apologies for being so tardy in reminding you about our next film in 3 days time…. I’ve been away, and got all behind.  However, the good news is that we are showing NIGHT-CRAWLER on Wednesday, and it has had some terrific feedback. I know it sounds a bit like a horror movie title, but it isn’t – it is a deliciously exciting, quite dark thriller starring Jake Gyllenhaal.  Everyone I know who has seen it has raved about it so grab your chance.  

Usual time and place – Uppingham Town Hall, doors open at 7 for 7.30.  We will as always supply a few home-made goodies to welcome you with and soft drinks if wanted, but do feel free to bring a bottle or anything else that adds to your fun.  Some of us like to have a cushion for the chairs, but most think they are fine. Tickets £5 (always available on the door, but can be pre-booked at the Falcon if preferred).

And don’t forget that you can always check out our website to see what is coming up (& we’ve got some excellent films lined up for the autumn), including trailers: Uppingham Films | Beautiful and powerful films

Looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday.

 Susie Burrows

A gents bike has been found on the outskirts of North Luffenham on Sunday 9th August.

So if you are short of a pair of wheels contact  John on 07815581464.

The UKAHFT English Open is being hosted by local shooting club Misfits HFTC at North Luffenham tomorrow morning.

Hunter field target (HFT) is a target shooting sport derived from the air gun disciplines of field target shooting and hunting. Primarily an outdoor sport, shot with UK legal air rifles, a typical HFT course is made up of 30 lanes, with each lane comprising of a peg and a metal “knock down” target placed in a position to simulate a hunting scenario. The peg marks the shooting spot and the shooter must touch the peg with part of his or her body or gun for the shot to count.

90 entrants from across the country will compete against each other on this new challenging course, which comprises of 30 targets ranging from 8 yds to 45yds distance, in a rural setting.

Misfits HFTC were unable to use their usual venue near Brigstick, Corby and so were offered the use of Station field, just above the Linecross car park.

The competition is due to run from approximately 10am to 1pm. Spectators are welcome in the specially marked areas.

More information can be found here about the UKAHFT https://www.sites.google.com/site/ukahft/

and Misfits HFTC http://misfitshftc.weebly.com/

South Luffenham Village Hall.  Saturday 1st August 2015.  2-4.30 pm.

* New and pre-owned items

* Small pieces of furniture

* Jumble

* Bric-a-brac and Bring & Buy

* Tombola

All donations gratefully received and cheques made payable to St Johns Ambulance. Please drop any contributions or donations to 23 Digby Drive, North Luffenham.

70 year old Rutland runner and villager, Rosemary Dodson will be running in the 2016 London Marathon. Please support her.

Many thanks.

The FR-IR Annual Bottle Tombola 2015 – The Rutland County Show

Firstly, please accept our apologies for this rather impersonal but still extremely sincere thank you to you all, for being so generous with the bottle collection in North Luffenham. The response from you was phenomenal this year, thank you so much for the effort you put into the Bottle Tombola Collection for FR-IR in your community. And a particular thank you to the Fox, for acting as a drop off point!
Our bottles were down this year but we still managed to total £4000, which is a significant sum. But the Tombola gave us an important presence at the Show, therefore increasing the awareness of this still new charity. 
So it was well worth it!
The Rutland Show 2015 meant we celebrated our 1st anniversary and thanks to our wonderful support, FR-IR is already going from strength to strength. We are now funding 2 advisors at the Citizens Advice in Oakham. The demand for this service has far outweighed our expectation and the post is now full-time with 2 advisors sharing the demand.
So our funding is even more vital than before ……….
We hope that in 2016 we will be able to find a sponsor for our marquee and for our trade stand pitch. We estimate this sum to be about £1000 so if any of you have any ideas of who to approach, please let us know!
An extra big thank you to those Collectors who also helped on the day…volunteering in the marquee is such a fun way of spending time raising money….and getting to know the team! Your time and your enthusiasm were much appreciated by the Fundraising Committee.
We hope that we will be able to call upon you again next year for the village collection. It has been so well proved that the personal touch gains more rewards…so please bear that in mind, if you have the time. Also, a number of collectors issue their cards with their Parish Magazines, so if you let me know your deadline date, we can get the collection cards to you, to save your foot work!
This year we failed to have a successful collection in Uppingham, Oakham and South Luffenham…..so any ideas for that, will be really helpful, as well.
Sincere thanks to you on behalf of the Fundraising Committee for your continued commitment and support, helping to increase the profile of FR-IR and to raise such a magnificent sum of money.
Kind regards
Trish Ruddle
On behalf of the FR-IR Fundraising Committee
01572 724400/trish.ruddle@ruddlemerz.co.uk

Janet and Colin Heasell
would sincerely like to thank
all those who helped at
and supported our
charity luncheon on
Saturday 18th July.
Your generosity enabled
us to send £450
to the MS Trust for
much needed research
into Multiple Sclerosis.
Thanks once again.

DON’T FORGET

Janet and Colin Heasell
cordially extend an invitation to all
for an informal charity
lunchtime gathering
at their home
in aid of

Multiple Sclerosis Trust

Come and have Soup and a roll with
coffee or tea, or perhaps something a
little stronger for the boys!

Saturday 18th July 2015
11.30am till 2.30pm

“Stoneway” 9, Church Street, North Luffenham.

Raffle * Bring and buy cakes *
Hopefully some other stalls too!

Your monthly reminder that next week, being the second Wednesday of the month, is Film Night – hurrah!  This month it is that long awaited film, Effie Gray.  Usual place, usual time, usual price, usual welcome.

Uppingham Town Hall: 8th July. Commences 7.30pm. 

I have been advised by our Community Police Officer that there are thieves operating in our area of Rutland and all residents are asked to be extra vigilant about security. This is especially important during this hot spell of weather when we, of necessity, open windows etc.

The Parish Council have been made aware of a number of incidents involving inconsiderate motorists driving too fast on Butt Lane.  The lane, is adjacent to the Oval recreation ground which is used by Children playing, dog walkers and parents taking children to school. Butt Lane itself does not have a pavement so we ask all drivers to take extra care and reduce speed.

On Sunday 21st June (this weekend!) some of our lovely female staff will be taking part in the Pretty Muddy Race for Life at Peterborough Showground. They have been limbering up, exercising hard and rolling in mud, in preparation for the big event and would be very grateful if you could support this worthwhile fundraiser to beat cancer.

Gemma Cutmore has organised the ladies into an excitable group, aptly name the ‘Muddy Misfits’ so joining her are Mrs Lister, Mrs Hart, Mrs Hall, Mrs Stanfield, Mrs Bingham, Mrs Fox, Miss Plant and a few daughters have also been roped in!
The Muddy Misfits have already made fantastic headway towards raising their target goal of £800 but would like to do better…..if you have time, come along and support them at Peterborough Showground at 10.45am, pledge a donation at https://www.justgiving.com/muddy-misfits2015/ or drop in your spare coins at the school office – hopefully they can smash their target! Photos to follow!

Thanks

Amanda Hall.

The annual village trip is to Skegness this year, on Wednesday 24^th June.

We will be leaving from Church street at 9.15am and leaving Skegness at 4.30pm to arrive back in the village at approx 6.15 pm.

This is a free trip, open to everyone in North Luffenham. There are still a few seats left so if you would like to come along  ring Evelyn on 720528

In the next few days the following information will be delivered on a leaflet to each household in the village along with a ‘fridge magnet’.

“We hope that it never happens to us but suddenly a person collapses and perhaps you are the only one there. How to get help?

Actions to save a life:

• In an emergency always call 999 first.
• Read this letter.
• Programme numbers into mobile.
• Programme numbers into home phone.
• Put magnet onto the fridge.
• North Luffenham has a defibrillator sited at the ‘The Fox’ but if you are on your own you cannot leave the person who has collapsed to go and get it.

The village has a Village Emergency Telephone System (VETS) and if you dial

01780 322070

one of the volunteers, who has had training in the use of the defibrillator, will be contacted quickly and bring the defibrillator to you.

When you dial 01780 322070 you will hear the following message:

“Welcome to VETS. In a moment you will be connected to one of the village helpers. Please state clearly the assistance you require.”

Enclosed is a ‘fridge magnet’ with the VETS number.”

Summer is now officially here !!
Have you got your tickets for
the Village Event of the Year ??

North Luffenham Summer Concert and Picnic
Saturday 20th June 2015

Stamford Brass will perform a fun Summer Concert
on the grass outside the Parish Church
Bring your tables, chairs, candles, drinks and a picnic for a memorable fun family evening

(In the event of inclement weather the event will be held in the Church)

6.30pm – 9.30pm (Concert starts 7.30 pm)
Tickets – £10 and £3 (Under 16)

For tickets: Paul Cummings Tel: 01780 – 720124
email: pbgcummings@gmail.com

Tickets also available at The Fox

What better way to spend a summer’s evening than to come along to our next film on June 8th – doors open at 7pm as ever.  Our film this month is the highly acclaimed Birdman, starring Michael Keaton.  Best described as a black comedy, it has won a number of awards and is absolutely worth your £5.  As ever, bring drink, cushions if wanted, friends or not, nibbles if our home-made goodies don’t fill you up and come along and join us in the Town Hall.  I look forward to seeing you all then.  Susie

Susie Burrows