Get involved in re-designing community health services

Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, the people who plan and buy health services, have started a conversation with people asking them about their experiences of community health services including community nursing, intensive community support services and therapies.

Over the last three months we have been... Read More »

January's newsletter is a bumper edition with extra focus pages on the forthcoming "Councillor Elections", and our "Community Safety Scheme".

As there will be vacancies on Swepstone Parish Council this May, we are looking for new Councillors to support our Parish. If you're unsure about the role of a parish councillor, please read a brief overview of the role in the newsletter that came through your... Read More »

You may already be aware that the Waste Services team will soon be launching a new campaign - Recycle more... This is to encourage more residents and businesses to recycle more materials, more often making our district greener and a more sustainable place for everyone.

The Waste Services team would like everyone to be part of Recycle more including Parish Councils. There's a short survey on their website... Read More »

Measham Medical Unit & The Surgery Ashby – Merger

Measham Medical Unit and The Surgery Ashby have been working together in response to improvements to be made at The Surgery Ashby requested by the Care Quality Commission, the organisation that reviews quality of care in the NHS.

GPs at the two practices believe the working arrangements have worked well and would now like to make these formal... Read More »

Thank you to everyone who made this fund raiser a success.

Go to our "Community" tab on the left hand menu options, then select "What's On" and go to the 1st September calendar entry, and click on the event title to find the link to the amazing video that has been put together

Chilcote Parish Council have worked hard to come up with the attached templated letters to help us as a Parish Council and for Swepstone Parish residents, with your objections.

They have a sub-committee who have been working hard to fight the proposed development (18/01443/FULM) by IM Properties on the site by Junction 11 of the M42 and A444, they have compiled 3 template documents for us to select... Read More »

Our External Auditors are ready to close our review for Financial Year 2017 -2018.

There is a formal period of 30 days where members of the public have an opportunity to view the Annual Governance and Accountability Return before the Audit is formally closed for the financial period in question.

You may be aware that IM Properties have now placed a formal application for planning permission with NW Leicestershire

Chilcote Parish are in strong opposition to the development (>60% of the village has formally stated their opposition) and they are understandably asking for other councils to support the objection.

Based on the information presented, we will also be objecting to the development—please... Read More »

Superfast Fibre Broadband—all engineering, highways and delivery issues have now been resolved and the fibre broadband cabinet has gone live on Newton Road, Swepstone. This new addition means that more homes and businesses in our parish can now access fibre broadband.

Anyone can check whether they can upgrade to fibre broadband and find out more about the benefits of superfast fibre broadband... Read More »