Unfortunately the Village Working Party scheduled for Saturday 12th September has been postponed, a new date will be published as soon as it is known.
Apologies to all those who were planning to take part
The North Luffenham Camera Club begins a new season on Monday, Sept.14th at 7.30pm in the Community Centre.
Our first speaker will be Robin Stewart, who specialises in Food Photography for local and national magazines. Robin showed us some very colourful and mouth-watering photos last year and we are looking forward to welcoming him back.
Members will be bringing along their entries for our 2016 Calendar, showing old and new views of the village.
If you are new to the village, or to photography, do come along- you will be most welcome.
To join for the year – just £10 (starts January) or £2 per session. Further details 01780 720374 or pam1plant@gmail.com
There is an organised trip by coach to UPTON PARK (near Banbury) on Wednesday October 14th.Places are available if anyone from the village is interested. Cost of the coach about £8 (TBC). Entry fee £9 (free if National Trust member). A guided costing £2.50 is also available. There is a restaurant on site and a garden to visit too.
If interested please contact Hilary Smith on 01780 360083 or email hilary.daintith@ gmail .com.
Sunday September 13th – from 2pm at the Community Centre
Tea/coffee & homemade cakes & raffle, with prize giving at 3.45pm
Admission £1 (members/children free)
Katy Ellis with Grenfell Medal
All are welcome to come along and view the fine display of this year’s local produce and crafts – our annual show is a celebration of what people have achieved in their gardens and allotments and a showcase for hidden talents in cookery, flower arranging, painting, crafts and photography!
The show is open to EVERYONE, not just members. Please come and show off your handiwork – there is a wide variety of classes to enter covering fruit and vegetables; pot plants and cut flowers; flower arranging; home produce; arts and crafts; and photography.
Get the children to join in as well (age groups under 8s and 8-12s).
Hall full of entries
ALL CHILDREN’S CLASSES ARE FREE TO ENTER – with CASH prizes to be won!
Schedules are now available, and entry is easy. Choose the classes you wish to enter, fill in the entry form in the middle of the schedule and return it to us with your entry fees by 5pm the day before the show (Sat 12th), bring your entries to us on the morning of the show between 8.30-10.30am then come back in the afternoon to see if you won!
For schedules, queries or advice please contact Katy Ellis on 01780 722173
We’ve got a great film to start off the autumn season (& today does feel seriously like autumn – perfect for thinking of a cosy night watching a great film): Far From the Madding Crowd. As I shall be away next week, I’ve been to see it and thought it was really good.
Usual time and place: second Wednesday of every month in Uppingham Town Hall, doors open at 7pm for a 7.30 start. You can either get the £5 tickets on the door or in advance from the Falcon (but we’ve never turned anyone away yet!). We will do our usual homemade nibbles, but do bring your own plus a bottle of anything that appeals and maybe a cushion or two (though the moulded chairs are pretty OK).
We will tell you what we’ve got coming up for the next few months – all good ones! Have a great evening, and I’ll catch up with you come October. Susie
Susie Burrows
Hi
the Village Working Party day scheduled for Saturday 12th September has had to be postponed.
Apologies to all those who were looking forward to a therapeutic tidy up
Have you ever looked around the village and thought, “I wonder who tidied that up”, or seen an area that was becoming a bit bedraggled and thought “someone needs to sort that out, I wonder who looks after it”
The answer on both occasions is quite possibly the village working party – a group of volunteers who gather when necessary to tidy up some of the less loved corners of the village and maintain some of the nicer spots we appreciate
Next opportunity to take part in this social activity will be on Saturday 12th September, and so if you are happy to undertake some basic maintenance – weeding, painting, litter picking etc to help maintain the look of North Luffenham, and have some time you are willing to donate on the day, then contact Charles Cade or meet at the Cricket Pavillion at 9am on the Saturday morning.
The next meeting of North Luffenham Parish Council will be on Monday September 7th 2015 at 7-30 pm in the Community Centre and the agenda and supporting papers are shown below
Final Scoping Study Report(reduced)
Final Walkway proposals(reduced)
FREE YOGA TALK AND TRIAL CLASS
Ever wanted to find out more about YOGA and have a little go???
Well now is your chance – and what’s more it’s totally free! Next weekend I’ll be putting on a FREE HALF HOUR TALK with some simple demonstrations plus a FREE TRIAL CLASS especially for people who just want to have a little go to see if it works for them. The talk begins at 10.00 followed by the 1 hour class beginning at 10.30. This will take place at Ryhall Village Hall on Saturday 5th September and at Tinwell Village Hall on Sunday 6th September. Booking is essential due to space. Please email deb@do-yoga.co.uk to book in either for the Talk or the Trial Class – or why not come for both? (NB you will need your own mat and blanket to take part in the trial class).
With best wishes, From Deb
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990
Proposal: Remove low level wall. Drop kerbs, tarmac 5m of gravelled area, then bitumen tarmac with gravel so to blend in.
8, Lyndon Road, North Luffenham, OAKHAM, Rutland, LE15 8JZ.
Reference: 2015/0697/FUL
27-Aug-2015
The Local Planning Authority has received an application for the above proposal and you are invited to submit your comments thereon within 21 days from the date of this letter (27-Aug-2015). The details of the application are available to view on the Rutland County Council Website http://www.rutland.gov.uk/planning by entering the reference number 2015/0697/FUL.
Please email any comment you wish to make to planning@rutland.gov.uk.
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/>
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990
Proposal: Fell No. 1 Sycamore Tree.
Boyton House, 10 Church Street, North Luffenham, OAKHAM, Rutland, LE15 8JR.
Reference: 2015/0761/CAT
27-Aug-2015
The Local Planning Authority has received an application for the above proposal and you are invited to submit your comments thereon within 21 days from the date of this letter (27-Aug-2015). The details of the application are available to view on the Rutland County Council Website http://www.rutland.gov.uk/planning by entering the reference number 2015/0761/CAT.
Please email any comment you wish to make to planning@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
Every household in North Luffenham should have received a leaflet from theNorth Luffenham Village Trust explaining the history and expectations of the Trust. In the September edition of the Parish Magazine there will be enclosed grant forms.
Please see the announcement below from The Electoral Registration Officer at Catmose.
The Caribbean comes to
With music from King Don Steel Drums
Sunday 30th August 5pm
(Bank holiday weekend)
Caribbean BBQ, Dancing and Good Beer
‘Dress to impress Caribbean style’
The Fox Pinfold Lane North Luffenham Tel 01780 720991
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/
Paul Cummings, Chairman of the Parish Council, has prepared an information brief concerning a Neighbourhood Plan for North Luffenham. His paper is shown below.