To all who have donated, attended and helped at Souper Saturdays in January and February: £290 raised so far for the church insurance premium
– to Jacky Morrell and her grandchildren for undertaking the RSPB bird watch in the chilly churchyard on 24th January.
– to Margie Wall for refreshing the library and selling some books.
– to Sarah Tyerman for volunteering to be our village correspondent to this magazine.
A Date for the diary! Litter Pick Day!
The annual village litter pick day will be held on Saturday, March 21st starting at 10:30 meeting at 3 Main Street.
Please let me know if you can help as there will be food at ours afterwards and we will need to know the numbers.
Many thanks,
Debra
Join us for a short walk on Tuesday, 10th March. Meet in the church porch at 10:00am.
Light refreshments will be available afterwards – please let Debra know if you intend to come.
Here is a useful guide to know what to put into your Food Waste Collection Bin. However, if you are still uncertain we refer you to the Rutland County Council website – http://www.rutland.gov.uk/recycling or there is more information on page 7 of the Toolkit Food waste toolkit – February 2026
We will have fresh lamb, I will be sorting out the lambs tomorrow, so would like to know of any orders for half a lamb £110, or Whole lambs at £220. Orders are also welcome for any specific cuts or sizes of joints. Please feel free to ring me if you would like to discuss any of the above.
If it is not convenient to visit the shop on this day, please ring me and we can always arrange a mutually convenient time for you to come.
Kind regards,
Sue Scott
Scott & Scott (Ayston) Ltd
Home Farm, Preston Lane, Ayston, Oakham. LE159bl
Tel: 07803 000 465
With referrals up nearly 10% on last year your continued support has never been so valued.
The next collection from the church porch will be on March 4th
The Government is requiring all councils to provide separate food waste collections as part of its UK-wide plans for simpler recycling. These must be introduced in 2026. Rutland’s new food waste collection service will begin at the end of March and there is a lot of information to share, to help residents get ready. With this in mind, the attached toolkit has been produced for Parish Councils, so that you have as much detail as possible.
In terms of the new service itself, Rutland County Council will be providing households with two food waste receptacles: a small kitchen caddy for indoor use and a larger outdoor caddy for kerbside collection. Food waste collections will take place every week on normal black and grey bin collection days. As part of this change and to encourage use of the new food waste service, current 240litre black bins will be replaced with smaller 140litre black bins. Grey recycling bins will stay the same size and we are not introducing any new or different containers that would require people to separate their dry mixed recycling.
Rutland County Council will start swapping large black wheelie bins for smaller 140litre bins from Monday 2 March 2026 onwards. New food waste caddies will start to be delivered to households from Monday 9 March 2026 onwards. Separate weekly food waste collections will start from Monday 30 March 2026.
Please read through the toolkit, (by clicking on the below link) which includes a detailed set of FAQs that cover all aspects of the new food waste service. This information can also be found on Rutland County Council’s website at: www.rutland.gov.uk/recycling.
Food waste toolkit – February 2026
If you have any questions, please email me.
Kind regards,
Mat Waik, Communications Service Manager
Rutland County Council, Catmose, Oakham, Rutland. LE15 6HP
e: communications@rutland.gov.uk
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