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Choose or Lose YPC Elections

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This month sees the start of the elections for prospective candidates to Leicester’s Young Peoples Council (YPC).
Its only a few weeks away and the voter cards for each area are available below:
The hustings events are as follows:
Area 1 March 16th at Stocking farm Youth Centre 7pm
Area 2 March 17th at Armadale Youth Centre 7pm – [...]


New Parks Library Opens Tuesday

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See Teresa Delaney, the new Senior Community Librarian and Kerrie Noon, the Volunteer and Skills Development worker talk about the new library, their roles and opportunities for local people to get involved in the new Library in New Parks. The library opens on Tuesday 16th March.

New Parks Library Centre is a £1.5 million Big [...]


Short Break Fostering

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Shirley Barnes, of Leicester City Council’s Fostering and Adoption Team, has been promoting the Short Break Scheme at the Central Lending Library in Belvoir Street. Short Break hopes to encourage people to get involved in fostering a disabled child for short periods.
This gives parents or carers the chance to have [...]


Step forward for 2010 Walking Week

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Everyone can look forward to getting healthy, having some fun and meeting new people by putting their best foot forward during the next Leicestershire Walking Week.

After a successful debut year, the dates for 2010 are confirmed as 4th – 12th September.
Over 1000 people participated in walks during the 2009 ‘Walking Week’ last September. The 79 [...]


Opportunities and Upcoming Events

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Museum Goes LEGO Mad

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THE EXCITEMENT is building at Abbey Pumping Station ahead of its LEGO Madness event on Saturday 13th March.
Funded through a National Science and Engineering Week grant, the event will give visitors the chance to make their own LEGO models, take part in a LEGO trail and check out the large scale LEGO masterpieces on display.
The [...]


Check out painful cramps

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WOMEN in the city are being reminded to get any unusual symptoms around their time of the month checked out during an awareness week.

NHS Leicester City is supporting national Endometriosis Week by reminding women in the city to get any unusual changes such as excessive pain and heavy bleeding during their period checked out by [...]


Goverment Adviser To Deliver Prestigious Lecture

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One of the Government’s Chief Scientific Advisers is to give a free public lecture at the University of Leicester focusing on Research in the NHS.
Professor Dame Sally Davies is the Director General (DG) of Research and Development and Chief Scientific Adviser for the Department of Health and the NHS.
She will deliver the Frank May Lecture [...]


As easy as ABC

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PEOPLE can find out more about children’s health and behavioural problems by attending two city talks next week.
Whether you’re a young person who wants to understand more about why you behave in a certain way or a parent or guardian who wants to learn more about challenging behaviour, the sessions will aim to answer all [...]


Exotic Goings On in Thringstone Ahead of International Women’s Day

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It might come as a surprise to many, but 30 plus ladies congregate at Thringstone Community Centre every Thursday evening, complete with enthusiasm and a sense of fun, to learn the art of Belly Dancing.

A negative aspect of modern life is that we don’t take enough exercise to help our bodies stay fit and healthy. [...]


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