Our annual donation to the Smalls for All charity has been made and grateful thanks are extended to all the kind donors
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Our church was beautifully decorated for the harvest festivals and thanks are due to all the talented arrangers as well as to those who donated extra items for the Food Bank collection. The next collection is on 1st November.
Details of the Christmas wish list will be circulated once available.
More mobile Covid-19 and flu vaccination clinics are coming to villages around Rutland as part of the Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland’s Integrated Care Board’s (LLRICB) autumn vaccination programme to ensure the most vulnerable have access to the vaccines before winter.
Mobile vaccination clinics operate on a walk-in basis and no appointment is needed, if you are an eligible adult come along to one of the clinics outlined below. Please note that all residents attending a clinic will now be asked to wear a face mask. To check if you are eligible for the current vaccination programme and for further information about all vaccination clinics available across LLR please go to: https://leicesterleicestershireandrutland.icb.nhs.uk/your-health/vaccinations/.
There are now also specialist vaccination clinics available for children aged from 6 months to 12 and over, for more information about these clinics and to check your child’s eligibility please go to: Seasonal Covid-19 vaccines now available for all eligible children in Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland – LLR ICB
Thursday 2nd November
Friday 3rd November
Monday 6th November,
Friday 10th November
Friday 17th November
As well as these drop-in sessions there are also other ways for eligible people to get their vaccinations. You can book appointments for the seasonal Covid-19 and flu vaccinations using the National Booking Service website. Please note that you may have to travel to the appointments booked over the national booking service and will have to provide your own transport.
To help people that are unable to travel to a vaccination clinic a free resident transport service is now available. The service has been set up to provide eligible residents in Leicestershire and Rutland the opportunity to get vaccinated this autumn by helping them to get to and from a vaccination clinic if they live remotely or have no other means of transportation. To check your eligibility please call: 01530 512456. The service is open Monday – Friday 9am to 5pm. Please note the service provider will check your eligibility and will book you into a suitable Covid-19 and flu clinic. The service will arrange for people to be taken to and from their appointment, all at no cost.
Please find below the link to the Agenda for the RPC meeting to be held on Wednesday, November 8th at 6:00 pm.
The Village Hall Quiz night which was scheduled for Friday, November 3rd has been cancelled due to a shortfall of participants available on this date.
Dave Roome
Dear Fellow Villagers
As you may be aware the Ridlington playground area now has equipment that is upwards of 15 years old and as such, despite remedial works is naturally deteriorating to a point where it is becoming no longer fit for purpose.
The Trustees have been advised by RoSPA that we should consider decommissioning the area before the end of its operating life and in line with our insurance responsibilities and more importantly our duty of care to its users, regrettably, the Trustees have taken the decision that the play area, in its current format, will be dismantled with immediate effect.
If there is sufficient interest in the village to replace this facility, we would be delighted to speak with anyone who would like to form a working party and would be prepared to lead fund raising and project manage this option, obviously with the support and input from the Trustees.
Kind Regards,
Ruth, Julie, Adele and Simon
Email: playingfieldtrustees@yahoo.com
The subject of a question on a recent University Challenge programme, Agatha Christie’s “The ABC Murders” pits Hercule Poirot’s grey cells against those of a serial killer – cleverly plotted.
“The Rules of Engagement” by Anita Brookner is well written – two old school friends with different backgrounds meet after a number of years – were their high hopes met?
The historical novel “Pandora” by Susan Stokes-Chapman set in Georgian London mixes Greek myth with mystery – secrets are slowly revealed.
The first of the West Country Mysteries by Rebecca Tope “A Dirty Death” deals with the demise of farmer Guy Beardon – accident or murder?
In addition to the special Afternoon Tea, Coffee and Cake afternoon on Saturday, November 11th, the Knit and Natter group are hand knitting and selling poppies to help raise funds for the Royal British Legion.
If you would like to see or purchase one for yourself or for a friend, please contact Janet, Ruth or Annie.
