Choose or Lose YPC Elections

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 – [...]

Short Break Fostering

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 [...]

As easy as ABC

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 [...]

PE and Sport Make Fitter Happier and More Successful Children

Leicester-Shire and Rutland Sport and Leicestershire County Council are inviting Headteachers, PE Co-ordinators and the media to a local Primary School to see practical examples of how schools are using Physical Education to raise whole school standards and get young people more physically active and healthier.
The National PE target is for all children and [...]

Lets Talk about health

ABC of Children’s Health
Children’s Health and Behavioural Problems- Are you a young person who wants to understand more about why you behave in a certain way?
Or…
Are you a parent/guardian who has a child with what some may call “challenging behaviour”? If so, then this is the event for you!
St Peters Church Hall- Woodshaw Rise, Braunstone, [...]

Today Is World Book Day

Thursday 4th March gives Action Deafness Books the opportunity to support World Book Day – the biggest annual celebration of books and reading in the UK. To celebrate, we’ll be holding a fun session of reading and learning!!!  You’ve got to be there!
Fully interpreted into BSL, we’ll have readings from Jacqueline Wilson’s ‘Hetty Feather’ and [...]

Plus Size Talent Wins Lingerie Student Career Boost

Talented lingerie student Sarah Greenwood has designed her way to the top European  lingerie show in Paris after wowing a panel of judges from big bra specialists Curvy Kate.
Sarah, 20, from Leicester, was one of 37 students on De Montfort University’s Contour Fashion degree course who were challenged by Curvy Kate to design large cup [...]

City Police Take To Twitter With Help Form University Project

Senior officers from Leicester’s six main police stations are using the social networking site Twitter to communicate with residents, thanks to a unique project with De Montfort University (DMU).
The Twitter accounts will provide members of the public with another means to access up-to-date information on local crimes, witness appeals, significant arrests, convictions and neighbourhood policing [...]

Secretary of State visits Launde Primary School Leicester

The Secretary of State for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Ben Bradshaw, visited Launde Primary School in Oadby, Leicester to see the Sport Unlimited funded ‘Dancing on Mats’ project in action.
Sport Unlimited is an integral part of the Government’s five hour offer to enable every young person to have access to five [...]

Secretary of State visits Primary School

The Secretary of State for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Ben Bradshaw, visited Launde Primary School in Oadby, Leicester to see the Sport Unlimited funded ‘Dancing on Mats’ project in action.
Sport Unlimited is an integral part of the Government’s five hour offer to enable every young person to have access to five hours [...]

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