Need help filling out your census forms before 6th April? Help's at hand during each of our Census Completion Events listed below.
Just come along with your forms (and questions) and we'll do our best to help.
If you need more information on individual events, please contact the relevant venue.
What you need to do for Census Day
On Sunday 27th March or the days just after, we need you to complete the questionnaire delivered to your home address.
You just need to answer several questions about you and who else is in your household on Sunday 27th March. These will cover gender, education, marital status, and other areas.
Once you've done that, post back your forms by Thursday 6th April. Or do it all online.
Wednesday 30 March
Adult Education College, Wellington Street (12pm - 4pm)
Afghan Community Centre, Wharf Street South (9.30am - 4pm)
Anatolia Cultural Centre, Kirby Road (2pm - 4pm)
Beaumont Leys Library, Beaumont Way (10am – 12pm)
Belgrave Children’s Centre, Cossington Street (5pm - 7pm)
Central Mosque, Conduit Street (6.30pm - 8pm)
Eyes Monsell Community Centre, Hillsborough Road (10am - 4pm)
Mayfield Children’s Centre, Mayfield Road (10am - 1pm)
New Parks Community Centre (12.30pm – 3pm)
North Evington Children’s Centre, 315 Gwendolen Road (1pm - 3pm)
Northfields Community Centre, Brighton Road (1pm - 4pm)
Pakistan Youth and Community Association, Earl Howe Street (1pm - 4pm)
Peepul Centre, Orchardson Avenue (10am - 4pm)
Rushey Mead Community Centre, Gleneagles Avenue (9.15am - 11.30am)
Woodbridge Children’s Centre, Woodbridge Road (9.15am - 11.30am)
To read the full diary, click here:http://www.leicester.gov.uk/your-council-services/council-and-democracy/city-statistics/census2011/census-completion-events/
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
One Leicester - Cultural Quarter - St. George’s Festival Competition 2011
As part of the St. George's festivities and celebrations a number of venues and organisations within the Cultural Quarter are offering five lucky winners a chance to win one of the following prizes:
Competition prizes
A feast at Chutney Ivy Restaurant and Bar
Party at the Exchange Bar
A Family Cinema Ticket to Phoenix Square
A Limited Edition Framed Photograph (A4 size) of ‘Curve’ Cultural Quarter Leicester, from Jasia McArdle ‘s Urban Landscapes series 2010
Annual Family Membership to Curve
How to enter
Simply answer this question: "What is the name of the main square in the Cultural Quarter?"
A. Orton Square |B. Robin Hood Square | C. Town Hall Square
Enter now - complete the entry form here...
One Leicester - Cultural Quarter - St. George’s Festival Competition 2011
Brief Terms and conditions
Closing date: 5pm, Wednesday 27th April 2011
You must be 18 years or older to enter - due to some of the prizes
One entry per person; all duplicates will be removed
Full Terms & Conditions
All you need to know here
St George's celebrations full details
Back to the main St George's Festival Celebrarions home page:www.oneleicester.com/StGeorges
Any gay parents out there?
Are you a gay parent with grown up children? Would you like to help with a media request we've received? Email gary.nunn@stonewall.org.uk
Home-Start Leicester Trustees Required
Home-Start Leicester is looking to recruit people to join us as trustees and to take an active role in overseeing the work of the scheme.
They need people with a broad range of skills to become members of our Board of Trustees: from managers of small businesses and lawyers, to people with a background in health or social care, business, human resources, finance or accounting.
However, the main qualification is enthusiasm and an interest in the needs of families in Leicester.
They are particularly looking to recruit a treasurer and a Chair of trustees.
Home-Start Leicester is committed to equality of opportunity and diversity.
For further information, please contact:
Elaine Murphy
8-10 West Walk,
Leicester.
Tel: 0116 2540 9937
email: elaine@home-start-leicester.org.uk
Thursday, 24 March 2011
Northfields launches new boxing club
24/03/2011
LOCAL sporting hero Rendall Munroe will be at Northfields youth centre on Saturday (March 26) to help launch a new boxing club.
Rendall will join city councillors and local youth workers at the centre from 1pm to 3pm, to tell young people about the boxing sessions that will be offered there from Thursday, March 31.
The launch will include boxing demonstrations and youngsters will be able to have a go at the sport, with expert tuition from local trainer Kelton McKenzie who will be running both sessions.
The club has received £2,600 from the city council’s ward community fund.
Ward Councillor Paul Newcombe, who first came up with idea of the club said: “This will be a great new activity to offer the young people of Northfields. It will encourage them to take part in sport and get fit, and they can also see what else the youth club has to offer them.
“We are able to offer the sessions thanks to funding from the council’s ward community fund. This is a good example of how these funds are helping to improve the lives of local people.”
Councillor Vi Dempster, the council’s cabinet member for young people added: “We want to introduce a wider variety of activities for young people, and clubs like this that have been set up at a local level to meet local demand are an excellent way of doing this.”
Open to young people aged between 11 and 19, the sessions will offer boxing-fit training for just £1 per session, and boxing-award sessions, running from 6.30pm to 7.30pm, and from 7.30pm to 8.30pm every Thursday.
There will be 20 places available on each session, and these must be booked in advance. To book a place or to find out more, contact city council youth worker Martin Forbes on 221 1444.
For further information please contact Debra Reynolds, Media Relations Manager on 0116 252 6398. Email: debra.reynolds@leicester.gov.uk.
LOCAL sporting hero Rendall Munroe will be at Northfields youth centre on Saturday (March 26) to help launch a new boxing club.
Rendall will join city councillors and local youth workers at the centre from 1pm to 3pm, to tell young people about the boxing sessions that will be offered there from Thursday, March 31.
The launch will include boxing demonstrations and youngsters will be able to have a go at the sport, with expert tuition from local trainer Kelton McKenzie who will be running both sessions.
The club has received £2,600 from the city council’s ward community fund.
Ward Councillor Paul Newcombe, who first came up with idea of the club said: “This will be a great new activity to offer the young people of Northfields. It will encourage them to take part in sport and get fit, and they can also see what else the youth club has to offer them.
“We are able to offer the sessions thanks to funding from the council’s ward community fund. This is a good example of how these funds are helping to improve the lives of local people.”
Councillor Vi Dempster, the council’s cabinet member for young people added: “We want to introduce a wider variety of activities for young people, and clubs like this that have been set up at a local level to meet local demand are an excellent way of doing this.”
Open to young people aged between 11 and 19, the sessions will offer boxing-fit training for just £1 per session, and boxing-award sessions, running from 6.30pm to 7.30pm, and from 7.30pm to 8.30pm every Thursday.
There will be 20 places available on each session, and these must be booked in advance. To book a place or to find out more, contact city council youth worker Martin Forbes on 221 1444.
For further information please contact Debra Reynolds, Media Relations Manager on 0116 252 6398. Email: debra.reynolds@leicester.gov.uk.
Workshops prove fertile ground for novice composters
24/03/2011
A SERIES of free workshops to help people find out more about home composting is proving to be a big hit with city residents.
Three workshops have already been held and the final session – due to be held at the Rookeries Allotment, Paget Street on Sunday 27th March – has just a few places still available.
The workshops, organised by Leicester City Council, offer practical advice for people new to composting as well as expert tips for the more experienced composter. The sessions also explore the range of organic material that can be composted, from fruit and vegetable peelings, to tea bags, cardboard and shredded paper or even old woolly socks.
Jenny May, secretary of Rowlatts Hill Allotment Society, said: “Our event was fully booked and a great success. As well as being informative, the workshops help bring the community together and everyone seems to really enjoy it.”
Cllr Sarah Russell, Leicester City Council cabinet member for environment and sustainability, said: “The recent workshops have proved incredibly popular and there seems to be a really growing interest in composting.
“Over a third of an average household’s waste can be composted and turned into a low cost, high quality plant food. I’d urge anyone with enough room to grow plants outdoors to think about giving composting a try.”
To book place on the Rookeries Allotment Society workshop on Sunday (Mar 27th), call Leicester City Council's waste management service line on 0116 252 7002 or by emailing waste.management@leicester.gov.uk
City residents can also benefit from a 'buy one, get one half price' offer on compost bins by ordering online at www.getcomposting.com or by calling 0844 571 4444 and quoting reference LEC001P.
For more information visit www.leicester.gov.uk/composting
A SERIES of free workshops to help people find out more about home composting is proving to be a big hit with city residents.
Three workshops have already been held and the final session – due to be held at the Rookeries Allotment, Paget Street on Sunday 27th March – has just a few places still available.
The workshops, organised by Leicester City Council, offer practical advice for people new to composting as well as expert tips for the more experienced composter. The sessions also explore the range of organic material that can be composted, from fruit and vegetable peelings, to tea bags, cardboard and shredded paper or even old woolly socks.
Jenny May, secretary of Rowlatts Hill Allotment Society, said: “Our event was fully booked and a great success. As well as being informative, the workshops help bring the community together and everyone seems to really enjoy it.”
Cllr Sarah Russell, Leicester City Council cabinet member for environment and sustainability, said: “The recent workshops have proved incredibly popular and there seems to be a really growing interest in composting.
“Over a third of an average household’s waste can be composted and turned into a low cost, high quality plant food. I’d urge anyone with enough room to grow plants outdoors to think about giving composting a try.”
To book place on the Rookeries Allotment Society workshop on Sunday (Mar 27th), call Leicester City Council's waste management service line on 0116 252 7002 or by emailing waste.management@leicester.gov.uk
City residents can also benefit from a 'buy one, get one half price' offer on compost bins by ordering online at www.getcomposting.com or by calling 0844 571 4444 and quoting reference LEC001P.
For more information visit www.leicester.gov.uk/composting
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
First Out Youth Group
First Out is Leicester Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Centre's social and support group for young people aged between 13 and 19 who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or are questioning their sexuality or gender identity. First Out meets on a Thursday evening at the Centre from 7 - 9pm.
ACTIVITIES
Youth BBQs
Meals Out
Visit with other youth groups Social evenings at the Centre
For more information about the group, please call: 0116 254 7412 or e-mail Alex on alex@llgbc./com
ACTIVITIES
Youth BBQs
Meals Out
Visit with other youth groups Social evenings at the Centre
For more information about the group, please call: 0116 254 7412 or e-mail Alex on alex@llgbc./com
Leicester Parents Support Group Open Day
LEICESTER PARENTS SUPPORT GROUP
OPEN DAY – 26 MARCH
Saturday, 26 March, Leicester Parents Support Group is sponsoring an Open Day at Leicester LGBT Centre from 12 noon until 3pm. Our group offers parents a safe, secure place to meet other parents to chat, discuss and learn from one another in an informal approach. It is better to resolve family issues over the difficult issue of sexuality with people who have gone through the same experiences.
Betty, Founder Member of the Leicester Parents Support Group, will lead a short discussion. The Film, Patrik 1.5, will be shown at the end of the discussion. Come share with each other and help one another to accept your son or daughter. Refreshments will be available. If you have any queries, please contact Dennis on 0116 254 7412 or email him on dennis@llgbc.com for further information.
Goran and Sven have been cleared for adoption and they have a possibility to adopt a Swedish orphan, Patrik 1,5. But when Patrik arrives he turns out to be someone else, not the little boy they were expecting. A comma had been misplaced, and in comes a 15-year-old homophobic with a criminal past
Do you have difficulty coming to terms with your child’s sexuality? .
Do you want a place to meet other parents whose children are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered?
Leicester LGBT Centre 15 Wellington Street Leicester LE1 6HH 0116 254 7412 info@llgbc.com
OPEN DAY – 26 MARCH
Saturday, 26 March, Leicester Parents Support Group is sponsoring an Open Day at Leicester LGBT Centre from 12 noon until 3pm. Our group offers parents a safe, secure place to meet other parents to chat, discuss and learn from one another in an informal approach. It is better to resolve family issues over the difficult issue of sexuality with people who have gone through the same experiences.
Betty, Founder Member of the Leicester Parents Support Group, will lead a short discussion. The Film, Patrik 1.5, will be shown at the end of the discussion. Come share with each other and help one another to accept your son or daughter. Refreshments will be available. If you have any queries, please contact Dennis on 0116 254 7412 or email him on dennis@llgbc.com for further information.
Goran and Sven have been cleared for adoption and they have a possibility to adopt a Swedish orphan, Patrik 1,5. But when Patrik arrives he turns out to be someone else, not the little boy they were expecting. A comma had been misplaced, and in comes a 15-year-old homophobic with a criminal past
Do you have difficulty coming to terms with your child’s sexuality? .
Do you want a place to meet other parents whose children are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered?
Leicester LGBT Centre 15 Wellington Street Leicester LE1 6HH 0116 254 7412 info@llgbc.com
Census 2011: only 6 days to go until 27th Match
This year's Census day is Sunday 27th March - help us make history by completing your forms or doing it online.What is it?
A census is a survey of all people and households in the country. It provides essential information from national to neighbourhood level for government, business, and the community.The Office for National Statistics (ONS) designs, manages and runs the census* in England and Wales. The last census was done on 29th April 2001.
What you need to do
On Sunday 27th March, we need you to complete the questionnaire delivered to your home address during March.You just need to answer several questions about you and who else is in your household on Sunday 27th March. These will cover gender, education, marital status, and other areas.
Once you've done that, post back your forms by Thursday 6th April. Or do it all online.
To read full article, click here: http://www.leicester.gov.uk/census/
Christmas show Peter Pan on Ice go on sale
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Don't forget tickets to our spectacular Christmas show Peter Pan on Ice go on sale tomorrow morning at 10am. Just call 0116 233 3111.
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
See what's on at The Y Theatre, Leicester this March Click here: http://www.leicesterymca.co.uk/y-theatre-whats-on.php?year=2011&month=03
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