City Council Launches Health & Fitness App4Life

A new phone app to help city residents stay fit and healthy will launch today on Monday (June 17).
Leicester City Council’s App4Life will go live on Monday and has a number of features, including a diary to log your daily activity, a place to set goals, as well as a tool to get free help and [...]

Africa Day: LASS Know Your HIV Status Football Tournament

From LASS:
We invite you to another fascinating event: the Africa Day celebrations featuring the LASS ‘Know Your HIV Status’ Football Tournament. We appreciate very much and thank you all for the support you have given us to date and encourage you to participate in what will be a colourful, fun and sporting day.  Please find [...]

Community News in the Press

Community News and information update from Julian Harrison:
Government
Ministry of Justice: Criminal justice statistics quarterly update to September 2012: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-justice-statistics–2
Department for Work and Pensions: Government announces details of post Work Programme support: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-announces-details-of-post-work-programme-support
Department for Education: Edward Timpson speaks about family justice system reforms: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/edward-timpson-speaks-about-family-justice-system-reforms
Department for Work and Pensions: Government welcomes new ideas for supporting separated families: [...]

Reconstruction of Head of King Richard III Reaches Bosworth

The reconstruction of the head and face of King Richard III takes pride of place at Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre from this week.
The replica head – made from detailed scans of King Richard’s skull – will be at Bosworth until July 16 as part of the main exhibition.
The model head relies on pinpoint details from [...]

Friendly Friday with Engage Multimedia

Friendly Friday!
14th June, 10-12
Skills for Enterprise 2-4 Colton Street, Leicester, LE1 1QA See map
10:00 Introduction
10:15 Guest Speaker  – Laura Grant
11:15 Spot light On Sam Houghton from Iridescence
11:30 Open Networking
See more about Friendly Friday:
http://engage-multimedia.co.uk/events/friendly-fridays/?utm_source=Engage+Multimedia+Newsletter&utm_campaign=a9bd0109a9-Get_Engaged_June_2012&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_dacfd947d9-a9bd0109a9-37208897

raDNO Features New Domestic Violence Service for Young Women

Today on raDNO between 12 – 1 pm, Glenys Powell, of New Dawn New Day will be talking about her role and a new domestic violence service for young women in Leicester.
New Dawn New Day’s  mission is to inspire women and their families to change their lives and their communities for the better. It provides information, advice and [...]

Inside ‘n’ Out Editor features on raDNO Frog Island Discs

Hear the the ‘Frog Island Discs’ musical choices of Mark Clark, the editor of Inside ‘n’ Out Magazine for prisoners and ex-offenders, on raDNO today between 3 – 4pm Mark will be talking about his experiences of establishing the magazine and other developing services.
The mission of Inside ‘n’ Out  is to ensure offenders are aware of the opportunities [...]

Citizens’ Eye Community News Hour on 87.7 FM Today

Citizens’ Eye founder and original editor, John Coster, will be presenteing an hour long Citizens’ Eye Community News Hour with current Citizens’ Eye editor, Simon Parker, between 3-4 pm on Panj Pani Radio between 3 – 4 pm today.
Local community radio station, Panj  Pani Pani Radio, will be live on 87.7 FM  between June 6 and July 3 [...]

Prepared to Care?: find out more about The Carers Centre in Leicester

From The Carers Centre in Leicester:
We are a Leicestershire based charity and dedicated to supporting family carers across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland and work with a diverse population with differing needs.
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In Leicestershire there are over 105,000 family carers and we help over 3,000 carers per year. As a highly valued organisation we receive many referrals [...]

Showcase Smoothie in National Men’s Health Week

This year’s National Men’s Health Week, which is currently running (between June 10th and 16th), is led by the Men’s Health Forum and is aiming to tackle stigma in men’s mental health and promote mental well-being and help-seeking in men; concepts that a project in Leicester has been working on for several years.
Showcase Smoothie is [...]

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