Recycling Pilot Scheme For 4 City Wards

Read an article in the Leicester Mercury, published on Thursday august 5 2010 about a new recycling scheme in the city.The council wards included in the scheme are: Belgrave, Braunstone Park, Rowley Fields, Evington and Eyres Monsell. The article says:
A kerbside collection scheme aimed at boosting flagging recycling rates will be piloted in parts of 4 city council wards next [...]

Save Aylestone Meadows Campaign

Read an article in the Leicester Mercury published on Monday August 2, 2010 about the campaign in Aylestone to stop a nature reserve being turned into football pitches. The article says:
Yesterday campaigners were out in force at the Aylestone Fair to get more people to join their campaign.
Read the full Leicester Mercury article on the [...]

Community News Cafe Tuesday August 3 At Kona Blue Coffee

There are two Community News Cafe sessions being held on Tuesday August 3 at Kona Blue Coffee in the Highcross, Leicester. The first session is between 9.30 – 10.30 am and the second between 6 – 7.30 pm. Come along to see how you can promote your community project or if you are interested in how to [...]

New Wave for Young People in Leicester Mercury

The latest edition of Leicester Wave, the only newspaper sourced, written and edited by young people, is in the Leicester Mercury today, Wednesday July 28. Buy a copy to see the work young reporters are creating with the support of  Wotbox, Citizens’ Eye, Leicester Mercury, Leicester Libraries and funding from Yoppital Wonga.
It includes articles about the following:
The [...]

Amplified Leicester – Community Driven Social Impact

On Wednesday July 28 2010 from 10 am – 12 noon the Amplified Leicester session organised by Rav Kaur presents the following workshop at Phoenix Square Digital Media Centre, Etc Suite 2/3, 4 Midland Street Leicester LE1 1TG
To register to this event please sign in or sign up if you are a new Amplified Leicester member. This event [...]

Citizens’ Eye And The Big Society

Citizens’ Eye has registered to become a member of The Big Society Network and is now taking RSS Feeds from The Big Society website. The feeds can be found by scrolling down on the right of the Citizens’ Eye page. There is also a link to The Big Society homepage in the Links section of Citizens’ Eye. You can [...]

Recycle Week 21st – 27th June

National Recycle Week 2010 (21st – 27th June)
This year’s theme is ‘Lets Waste Less’ and focuses on showing residents how to recycle their small electrical and electronic items.  These items are a big problem in the UK.  In 2009 over 1.2million tonnes of electrical equipment were sold in the UK of which about 37% was recycled.  [...]

Leicester City Council Cabinet

The Leicester City Council Cabinet is the main decision-making body for the council in Leicester. It is currently made up of ten Labour councillors who have responsibilities covering a particular aspect of the council’s work. The Cabinet is chaired by the council leader and meets every three weeks for most of the year. Members of [...]

Dig In At New Parks

Learn how to grow your own grub at New Parks Library on Saturday 22 May between 10 am and 12 noon.
This is a drop in session to support the BBC Dig In campaign that helps people grow their own grub. The session is being run by volunteers and library staff as part of Adult Learners’ [...]

BBC Dig In On Our Patch

The BBC Dig In campaign visits Leicester on Friday 7th and Saturday 8th May. The BBC campaign that gets you growing your own grub will have a team available  to talk to from 11am on each day. They will be situated in Humberstone Gate. Drop by and you can:
Meet the Blue Peter gardener Chris Collins
Ask an expert about [...]

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