Leicester City Council has developed a new website about Children’s Road safety.
Starring characters Togo and Nogo the website is primarily aimed at children aged 4-7 and features games, stories and other activities.
View an article in Leicester Link about the website at: http://www.leicester.gov.uk/link/
or see the website at:http://leicester.childroadsafety.co.uk/
An article in Leicester Link (September 2010) talks about the extension of the Keep Safe Card scheme. The original scheme helped protect adults with learning disabilities and has now been expanded to include children. The keep safe card is designed to be carried in a purse or wallet and contains emergency contact details and other useful information.
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Launch Event:
Date: Thursday 26 August
Time: 10.30am – 3pm
Location: Age Concern, Clarence House, Humberstone Gate, Leicester
Come along and have a great day. There is a comedienne in the morning, and Wii Fit throughout the day, as well as a wide range of information stands and activities – with a singalong in the afternoon planned.
For a full [...]
Leicester Cabinet Lead for Adults Social Care, Eyres Monsell Ward Councillor Rory Palmer talks about Older Person’s Month in the preface to the Older Person’s Month booklet. Councillor Palmer says:
“September is celebrated as Older Persons’ Month for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland each year. A series of events aimed at older people will be taking place [...]
Older Persons’ Month takes place in September each year. There is a wide range of events and activities taking place in Leicester throughout the month, many of them aimed specifically at people aged over 50.
A handy booklet is currently being produced, packed full of things to do, things to see and places to visit in [...]
Citizens’ Eye has been notified of the forthcoming combined AGM and fundraiser for LeicestHERday.
Date: Wednesday 8 September 2010
Time: 6.30 pm to 8.00 pm
Venue: Hansom Hall, Adult Education Centre, Wellington Street, Leicester
Their press release says:
You may recall that our last Annual General Meeting was held at our Conference on 12 June 2009. However due to the postponement of [...]
The following news about a local initiative concerning wills has been issued by Age Concern Leicestershire & Rutland has been issued. It says:
Twenty four firms of local Solicitors have agreed to reduce their Will Writing charges for older people to only £35 + VAT for a single uncomplicated Will – a huge reduction of perhaps £100 with [...]
Citizens’ Eye has received the following information about forthcoming Oh Baby ‘Let’s Talk About Health’ events for women in Leicester.
The press release says:
Lots of new mothers feel down and depressed. This talk is for people who might want to find out more about what is meant by the “baby blues” and learn about the symptoms of [...]
Citizens Eye has received details of this forthcoming event by the LeicestHERday Trust.
Tomorrow’s Women is a unique opportunity for you to explore how to further your current skills and personal strengths to become a decision maker or a Trustee.
Launched by The LeicestHERday Trust and sponsored by Avon ‘The company for women’ the event aims to bring [...]
Read an article published on Thursday August 5 2010 in the Leicester Mercury about a new online anti-bullying project. The article says:
An award-winning teenage anti-bullying campaigner has been selected to take part in an online project to raise awareness of the problem.
Abbi Morrall-Faulkner, from Hinckley, is one of 12 young people from across the country taking part in [...]