Category: Community

Citizens Advice LeicesterShire (CitAL) has helped more than 24,400 people during the past year of the pandemic

Fraud Recovery Fraud is when criminals contact victims purporting to be from their bank, a law enforcement agency, solicitors or “specialist recovery” firm. They will already have some knowledge of the victim’s case and will claim to be able to help the victim get their money back, or some amount of compensation, for a fee. This is often because it is the same criminal targeting the victim again, or the victim’s details have been sold on the dark web to other fraudsters.

A year after our Kibworth and Smeeton WI members’ meeting in early March 2020 - just before the first lockdown - we held a meeting on Zoom. Some members had been taking part in online activities organised by the National Federation of Women’s Institutes. But, for many this would be their first meeting. A chance then to see and speak to their W.I. friends, albeit on a computer screen. The committee was looking for something light-hearted and fun. They chose Steve Price, with his, “Virtually Impossible Magic Tricks and Illusions.”

In recognition of the death of the Duke of Edinburgh, the union flag was flown at half-mast at St Wilfrid's Church, Kibworth in accordance with guidelines from the Church of England.

We have two large wooden framed vegetable beds in our garden in Glooston which we either never get round to planting out or have failed in what we have tried to grow (apart from runner beans). If any keen gardener is interested in using them as their own allotment, free of charge, please call us on 01858 545700.

Was it the weather? The sudden thaw? Was it a vehicular accident?

Fed-up with doing the same old walks? Walking in Leicestershire www.walkinginengland.co.uk/ leics is the website for you. 

As we remain for the time being under lock down, not much has changed since November.  Still just essential boat movements. The only  activity is generated by the visitors, who con tinue to come out, even in bad weather, as there  are so few options for people who want to es cape their four walls.  

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel” – Maya Angelou (American poet)

An article last week in an international weekly paper met the experience for many and the human expectations of the present time.