Leicestershire County Council has made £15,000 available for community projects in the Broughton Astley, Lutterworth & Rural West area. Want a share? This is your voice, your choice!

You can participate throughout the process:
• Apply for funding for your community
Put a funding proposal (up to £5,000) forward by 26th April 2012 for a community project that will benefit the local area.

• View and comment on projects in the local area
From 27th April 2012, you can see what projects have been put forward for your local Forum area and provide comments and suggestions. More »

If you want to know what been going on in Broughton Astley over the last year, and what is likely to happen during the coming year, please read the Chairman Annual Report.

Broadband speeds across the County can be very different, and we are trying to do something to help. Working together with local residents, businesses and other local authorities we are trying to assess current speeds, uses and demand for super-fast broadband.
You can help by answering some questions which will enable us to gauge where the worst speed problems are and where improvements might make the most difference.
Please complete the household or business questionnaire as appropriate. You may consider it appropriate to complete both – especially if you run a home-based business. If you just occasionally work from home please just complete the household questionnaire. More »

This edition features information on the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, Easter events,an environamental survey, planning inormation, classes at the Village Hall and much more.

Previous editions of Broughton Matters can be found on our Back Catalogue page.

There is an opportunity in Leicestershire to recieve a large amount of funding to invest in superfast broadband, especially in rural areas. As part of that we need as many people as possible to complete the Leicestershire County Council survey.

The next meeting of the Lutterworth, Broughton Astley and Rural West Forum will take place on Thursday 1st March 2012, 7pm - 9 pm, at the Baptist Church, 80 Leicester Road, Sutton in the Elms, LE9 6QF. Please note that the venue will be open from 6.30pm for an opportunity to network and mingle before the meeting begins.

Topics for the agenda are as follows:-

• An update on Community Forum Budget projects
• Improving Broadband connectivity in Leicestershire
• Police and Crime Commissioners - presentation regarding changes to the way policing will be managed in the future

A formal final agenda will be circulated nearer the time but if you have any queries in the meantime, please contact:- More »

Do you have a pond in your garden, or a stream? If so you have a good chance of seeing frogs emerge from their winter hibernation to mate and spawn in the coming weeks. Broughton Astley Naturespot are looking to see who in our village has the first frogspawn in their pond this year and find out how long it goes on for.

Please login and record your spawn and date under Common Frog.

Broughton Astley Naturespot is seeking help from local residents to make a record of sightings of 4 types of wild birds over the winter period.
* Brambling
* Fieldfare
* Waxwing
* Redwing

If you see any of these birds in the village please log on at:http://www.naturespot.org.uk/parish/broughton-astley and submit your record.

Or pick up a form from the Library, Wild About Pets or the Village Hall - complete it and hand it back in.

All enquiries to Ron Stevens 01455 284211. e mail ron.stevens@btinternet.com

COMMUNITY FORUM BUDGET RESULTS:

The results from the Lutterworth, Broughton Astley & Rural West forum are now in. The forum has 6 projects that have been provisionally allocated funds with another project getting part funding. The projects are: -

1 - Arnesby Village hall £1325
2 - Getting Lutterworth Growing £ 593
3 - Theddingworth Play Area £5000
4 - Family Support Project £1307
5 - Small Grants Fund £4000
6 - Hire of Thermal Imaging Camera £ 450

Reserve Project Little Rainbows recieves the balance of £2325 More »

There's still time to' Have Your Say' on the 2013 Review of Parliamentary constituency boundaries will introduce substantial changes. It will reduce the number of constituencies in England from 533 to 502 and make sure that each constituency has a similar number of registered electors.

Should the proposed changes go ahead the four Broughton Astley Wards will move from Blaby constituency to be part of Daventry constituency.

The Parish Council considered its response to the proposals at its meeting on 17 November a has sumitted a formal objection to the proposal. More »

Does your garden have a visit from a Robin, if so, we would like to know. As one of our best loved garden birds we want to know if you see a Robin in your garden between the 19th to the 26th November.

Please go on to the website address below, log on and go to submit records and create your very own wildlife log. The' Help and Information' tag gives details of how to record your Robin.

You can also see photos on the site of what other people have seen around the village.

We have had 9 exciting projects come in for the broughton Astley, Lutterworth & Rural West area and we want you to comment on these ideas and vote for the ideas you support.

So, get your thinking caps on, and let us know what you think. Please be polite and constructive in your feedback, but most of all, get involved - after all, it's your area. Please click on the link above and tell us what you think.

You are all invited to come along, have a snack and vote for your favourite projects on the night. All you need to do is book a place by calling 0116 305 7034 or by click here to book online.

Lutterworth Broughton Astley and Rural West Community Forum Budgeting Workshop

Leicestershire County Council has made funds available to all 25 Community Forums in the county.

The Lutterworth Broughton Astley and Rural West Community forum will have £15k available per year for local communities to invest in local improvements of their choice.

We are looking for projects that can be delivered between January and the end of June 2012.

If you have a bright idea on how £15,000 can improve your local area, please put forward a project proposal by 21st October 2011.
For more information, please click here
From 14th October you can check our website to view & comment on submitted Project Proposals and make suggestions on how the projects could be further improved or developed. More »

A scheme supplying free trees to farmers and rural landowners is available as part of a Leicestershire County Council initiative.

The Free Tree Scheme, which aims to replace trees lost to disorders such as Dutch Elm Disease and Ash Decline, is in its fourth year and has so far seen around 6,000 trees planted in rural parts of the county.

Since the early 1980s, the county has lost over 50% of its single landscape trees from rural areas. This is largely due to the ravages of Dutch Elm Disease and other disorders, such as Ash Decline, in the 1980s. More recently disorders such as Chestnut Bleeding Canker and Acute Oak Decline are adding to this loss. More »