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The Music Festival will take place from Friday 31st July until Sunday 2nd August when a good variety of bands will be playing at different venues in the village. Full programme will be available shortly.
Don't miss this great event.
Great News!!!!!!!
The Scarecrow Festival will be taking place in Heather again this year. It will be held from Sunday 2nd August for one week.
So if you live in Heather, watch out for the application form to make a scarecrow - it should be through your door any time now.
If you don't live in Heather, this is a super event when the village is full of people looking at the varied and imaginative scarecrows that are displayed outside many of the homes in the village. A great day out for families, young and old. Food available at various venues, ice cream and sweets from the village shop and ice cream vans. Picnic places around the village. Come and enjoy!
The telephone box on Main Street is scheduled to be removed by British Telecom due to the lack of use. There are a number of ways in which the box can be kept in the village, one being for it to be sponsored by the Parish Council. The cost of this was considerable and the number of calls made from the box showed that this would be an excessive cost to the village. It can, however, be adopted so that the kiosk stays in situ but with no equipment in it. A resident of the village has offered to adopt it and maintain it so that the village retains the familiar site of a telephone box on Main Street.
Work is progressing with this project following a survey that was completed last year. It is anticipated that we will be able to hold a Public Consultation about this project in the summer. Plans have been drawn up and discussions are being held between the District Council and County Highways to ensure that there are no problems when the Planning Application is submitted. The date for the consultation will be advertised on this web site and on the Village Notice Boards.
Attention all Youth Leaders!!
Environmental Action For A Better Leicestershire (ENABLE), the County wide environmental partnership, is launching a new scheme to loan renewable energy resource kits. This resource will add to the eco-school objectives to deliver sustainable education through schools in Leicestershire.
The resource includes a miniature wind turbine, PV cell and solar water heater for use as a teaching resource. We will be also providing a set of lesson plans that helps teachers to link applications of these kits to the National Curriculum. More »
The kits will be available to all the schools in Leicestershire for the term starting 20th April 2009.
Why?
We are witnessing climate change and the Government is encouraging us to pass the message to our next generation – School Children.
What you can use it for?
You will be provided briefing notes with lesson plans integrating to Science, Geography, ICT, CARE, PSE, etc. showing their links to the National Curriculum.
How much does it cost?
You can borrow these kits for free, there will be a small delivery charge or you could collect and return them yourself. You can also spread the delivery charge by borrowing other items from the Resource Box Scheme.
How long can we keep the loans for?
Schools can borrow up to 25 items from the Resource box including these kits for a whole school term. Non-school borrowers can borrow at any time for a fixed agreed time.
ORDER NOW!! There are only 20 sets available on first come first serve basis. To reserve your renewable energy kit, contact Resource Box Officer on 01455 552834 or sherrier@leics.gov.uk
For further information, please contact Hetal Patel on 0116 3057068 or enable@leics.gov.uk « Less
This play area had a safety inspection during November last year and it was identified that new seats were required for the swings as a matter of urgency. These were fitted shortly after Christmas. There is also a new gate at this play area. It was suggested that it would be better to have a gate as well as a barrier at the previous inspection, but it was not an urgent matter. The council considered that safety of children in that area should be a high priority and so budgeted for a gate to be fitted during this financial year. Having had the swings painted and treated earlier this year, the area is now looking good.
You may have been concerned about the considerable number of mole hills that have appeared at the cemetery recently. The Parish Council have had a Pest Control Officer to examine the area and he has set a number of traps. We hope that the cemetery will soon be clear of mole hills altogether.
Heather Parish Council has produced a Welcome Pack to assist anyone moving in to the village to settle down quickly and to be aware of the facilities and services that are available in the area.
Click on the heading to go to the download page.
Following on from the news item below about the Swepstone Road Recreation Ground, the youth shelter has been vandalised by someone having sprayed red paint on it. If anyone in the village has knowledge of who might have done this, please contact our local beat policeman, PC112 Roy Houghton.
The young people in this village worked hard to obtain this equipment and are very concerned that someone would vandalise it in this way.
Heather Stores now open
Proprietors: Mr & Mrs S Nathu
Telephone 260929
Opening hours are Monday to Friday 6am to 7pm; Saturday and Sunday 7.30am to 7pm.
Stock includes:-
newspapers and magazines
groceries
bread and rolls
confectionery
tobacco
alcohol
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