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MOUNTSORREL 2010
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Castle Hill Mural
Charnwood Arts invites you to a free art activity at Mountsorrel
library on Tuesday 16th February between 10am and 12 noon. You can come
along at any time and contribute your ideas to the Castle Hill mural
design. The theme of the mural is 'The Garden'. Artist Paul Gent will
be there with ideas and materials to help you create your own idea of a
perfect garden. We welcome families including kids, mums, dads
and grandparents as we want as many people as possible to have their
say. All of your
ideas will be put together and the final designs for the wall will be
painted up in March.
Jemma Bagley from Charnwood Arts says. "The Castle Hill wall at present
is very austere looking and the project will transform it into a thing
of beauty. We need the people of Mountsorrel to help us with the design
and the theme is The Garden as the wall is the backdrop to the garden
area of the Castle Hill flats." Contact Jemma Bagley on 01509 821035 or
jemmab@charnwood-arts.org.uk
for any further details.
Adult Learning Courses
Several new courses have started at the Mountsorrel Library in the
Spring Term. You can chose from Family History, Drawing and Painting,
Tai Chi, Aeropilates, Photo editing using Photoshop, Discover IT at
your library and CLAIT Certificate. English for Life and Italian Year 2
are continuing from last year.
For more details go to www.leics.gov.uk/golearn
.
New Play Equipment at Halstead Road Playing Fields
Mountsorrel Parish Council is fulfilling to its promise to update all
three of the village's Play Areas. The old play area on the
Halstead Road Playing Fields is to be revamped with new equipment
including toddler swings and a multi play unit with towers and
slides. The existing slide and swings will also get a fresh look with a
good clean and a coat of paint. The other two play areas on the
Memorial Playing Fields and on Loughborough Road have been updated in
previous years.
The new play area is set to cost £65,000 with the Parish Council
paying £55,000 and a SHIRE environmental improvement grant
contribution of £10,000. Installation of the new play
equipment is planned to start on 16th November and be finished before
Christmas 2009. STOP PRESS - Installation is delayed because of the bad
weather but will restart as soon as conditions allow.
Bus Timetables
A new Transport page has been
added to the Directory giving details of the buses that run through the
village. It also covers links to Coach and Train services and getting
to East Midlands Airport.
Mountsorrel Youth Cafe
A group of villagers has formed a charity to promote a local Youth Cafe
and have chosen the former Maltby Insurance Offices as a likely site.
They
held a packed meeting in the Memorial Hall on Thursday 3rd September
2009.
Many residents were in favour but people living in adjacent properties
raised strong objections on the basis of noise and anti-social
behaviour. Several young people attended and spoke about the need for
such a youth facility in the village. For more information visit their
website on www.sycafe.org.
Mountsorrel Women's Running Group
Ever thought about running but not sure how to begin?
If you’re saying to yourself, “I’ve never run before, I’m the wrong
size, shape, age – is this program for me?”, then we want you! Come and
join us with our complete beginners running group, designed to help
women start running in a cheap and fun way.
Beginners Groups meet every Wednesday and Friday at 11:15 am – 12noon
at Soar Valley Leisure centre car park entrance
For further information or other groups visit www.womensrunningnetwork.co.uk/eastmids
or contact Nikki Love on 07782 13 22 33 or nikkijlove@talktalk.net
Mountsorrel United Charities
The Mountsorrel United Charities was set up in 1874 and consists of two
main charities; for the relief of need and the educational fund.
The Relief in Need Fund aims
to provide grants to the residents of Mountsorrel
who are in need, and need help with domestic appliances, decorating,
carpeting,
mobility needs, chiropody, gardening etc.
The Educational Fund offers
grants to the younger residents of Mountsorrel for educational
purposes. See their website www.mountsorrelunitedcharities.co.uk
for more details and how to apply
Recycling and Household Waste Site for Mountsorrel?
Leicestershire County Council is proposing to replace
the recycling and household
waste site in Sileby with a site on Granite Way, Mountsorrel. Cllr.
Tony Kershaw, County Council
Cabinet Member for Waste, said: "We
want to boost recycling in Charnwood
and make it easier for residents by replacing a cramped, outdated site
with a
state-of-the-art facility with excellent access.
We would encourage as many
residents as possible to go along to the roadshows and take the chance
to pick
up the latest information, speak to officers and ask any questions they
may
have." More details on LCC website here
Charnwood Borough Council has now received a planning
application for this Waste Site and residents can make comments on line
or send in written comments. The Closing date for Comments is the
21/09/09 (but this may be extended). To access CBC Planning follow this
link Waste
Site
You can also post your comments on the Village
Forum (Click on the link in the Left Hand Margin), or write to the
Parish
Council.
Please copy any emails to the Parish Clerk (mountsorrel.pc@co-net.com).
New Memorial Hall
Revised plans for the New Memorial Hall have been approved by Charnwood
Borough
Council. There have been some slight amendments to the original plans
that
went on display in the Village, with the Youth Centre and the new Hall
being
combined into one building, which will be moved slightly further north,
away
from the apartments on the south side of the Hall. The new building
will
be built by the Mountsorrel War Memorials Trust Ltd on the site of the
existing
Memorial Hall, which will be demolished. Further details can be found
on
Charnwood's website www.charnwood.gov.uk.