In the heart of our village is our shop that does much more than sell clothes. Our pre-loved clothing boutique is a key part of our charity, and every item donated or purchased plays a vital role in keeping our doors open.
BBC Get Singing is a new national programme to get young people aged 11-14 singing, with Grammy Award-winning artist, composer and producer Jacob Collier as Ambassador and Advocate.
Over two fantastic days, our students and parent/carer volunteers joined forces with Harborough Woodland to take part in an inspiring tree planting project that will benefit our community and local environment for years to come.
Illston Abey Cricket Club has signed Sri Lankan super star Dileepa Wickramasingha as the club’s junior head coach. The Sri Lankan batsman scored an amazing 100 against England at the Oval Cricket Ground in the 1990s. Now he is helping his old club train up future players for Leicestershire.
Our members have just returned from our annual visit to Potters Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, where the World Indoor Bowls Championships took place. As always, we were really impressed by the bowling skills demonstrated and hope we can be as good one day! We thoroughly enjoyed the weekend and were able to partake in a wide range of other indoor activities such as swimming, quizzes, line dancing and a barn dance boogie. Outside we took part in archery and air rifle shooting, and stretched our legs with bracing walks along the coastal path. The evening entertainment was first class and the food plentiful.