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has a network of Area Organisers who presently take calls for their Volunteer Driver Car Scheme. They can be contacted by anyone who has concerns for themselves (or others, with their permission) if vulnerable, lonely or housebound and we will try to connect them with the help they need.
East Leake Corona Response is a Community Hub registered with Rushcliffe Borough Council to provide help and support to all residents across its community.
Says Mrs Walker: “We have a bank of volunteers to provide you with the help you require to get you through this difficult and challenging time. Our volunteers can assist with doing local shopping, delivering essential supplies and pet care such as working your animals. An approved ELCR volunteer will attend by appointment only.”.
To help those residents who find themselves in undue financial difficulty due to the corona virus, an emergency food bank has been set up by the ELCR in partnership with The Tomorrow Project. But it has not been purely elderly or infirm people or needy ones that have been helped, because at Easter the group arranged for 200 Easter Eggs to be handed to youngsters in the village.
Anyone who are in a position to donate the group encourage them do so at any of our two collection points (Pinfold Vets or the Co-op) or contact ELCR to arrange an approved volunteer to collect from their doorstep.
Says Mr Walker “We are working closely with the Parish Council, The Tomorrow Project, Community Care and other agencies. We will use every possible resource that becomes available to us to assist you all with the best possible support and care”
East Leake has benefited from Nottinghamshire County Council’s COVID-19 Community Funding scheme. and £5,000 from the fund has been allocated to East Leake Corona Response, managed by East Leake Parish Council.
Added Mr Walker: “Again as always thank you to every volunteer and anyone who has donated to the food bank. Remember during this period of isolation you are not alone we are available,” stressing they are open to everyone until the finish of the crisis.
The food bank organised by ELCR has helped various outlets, including Derbyshire House in the village and Manor Farm. And some dated items were sent to the Food Bank at Clifton where there was a heavy call on its resources, to Shelter and the Friary Centre at West Bridgford.
To keep up to date or contact ELCR to volunteer or for help and support for yourself, loved ones or neighbours please like and follow us on Facebook @ eastleakecoronaresponse
Adds the Crisis group leader: “Again as always thank you to every volunteer and anyone who has donated to the food bank. Remember during this period of isolation you are not alone we are available.”
The parish church of St Mary’s at East Leake continues to offer Sunday Services on line during the current coronavirus pandemic situation and are also offering a copy of the service on a DVD, as well as being open following new rules issued by the Government for to parishioners to go into the church for private prayer.
The Rector, the Rev Tim Parker says while many people are able to join them online for worship, they know not everyone is able to. “We are now making DVDs of the services which will be available Monday morning. If you or someone you know isn’t able to get online and would like a DVD, please get in touch.”
SIBLINGS GOING INTO SCHOOL TOGETGHER. East Leake Brookside School headmaster Gary Kenny says parents who have children in more than one of the age groups currently going into school for lessons, it is absolutely fine to take them in together at one of the times stated for the different sessions.
Like at supermarkets, the head says there is a two metre social distancing de-marked on the ground as you enter the school site.
“Please observe the expectations for you and your child to maintain 2m distance as you travel within the school site. Entry to the school site will be from the School Green entry only. The Cromwell Drive gate will not be opened. Use the pathway past the Play Group building as normal, using the 2m distancing as you proceed. Just after entering the gate into the school itself, your child will be collected from you by a member of staff and directed where to safely go.
The expectation is then for every parent to drop off their child and leave the site immediately. This should be communicated to children beforehand to reduce the incidence of ‘clingy’ behaviour. Staff will not prise children away from parents or hold their hands to encourage them into school as staff are social distancing too. If a child refuses to leave a parent, then the advice will be to take the child away from school with you. The journey in and out of school is one-way. Enter via School Green entrance. Proceed to inner school gate. Drop off child. Follow arrows that leads down the school driveway to exit
The advice to parents is that there can be little or no time to stand and converse with staff at pick-up/ drop-off times. The school drive is for pedestrian use only - cars must not be driven up the drive to drop off or pick children up.
Other comments from the school reminds everyone that the play equipment on the playgrounds will be taped up and must not be used by the children. and only one adult within the family is to escort each child onto the school site and wherever possible, siblings not attending school should not be brought onto the school site.
And everyone is being told to Walk, cycle or scoot to school whenever possible rather than having lots of cars congregating near there Collection from school must be prompt, again by one parent and must respect social distancing rules at the following times: Foundation @ 3:00 Year 1 @ 3:15
Key worker children @ 3:30 Year 6 @ 3:45.
MP ISSUES INVITE TO SCHOOLS. New Rushcliffe Conservative MP Ruth Edwards –she took over from Ken Clarke at the last elections after he stood down after 49 years in office – has issued an invite to all schools in Rushcliffe to visit her in the Houses of Parliament when the time is back to normal.
Obviously, the invite includes East Leake Academy and was originally given with the suggestion such a visit could be in the autumn but now that has to be put on hold until the coronavirus pandemic situation is finally over.
Ruth says any visitors will be able to learn about how the country’s democracy works. “It is really important young people become engaged with politics and I look forward to schools getting in touch so we can organise tours, plus the added bonus of a question and answer session with me. I would have liked to invite them all this spring but have decided to delay until the situation with coronavirus and the impact on visitors to Parliament is clearer.”
Schools interested in visiting later this year should email the MP at : ruth.edwards.mp@ parliament.uk
CRIME REPORT. Only four crime incidents were recorded in East Leake in April , police report. The figure was down by at least a half on normal monthly figures.
Local officer Pc Kelly Carlile said that the incidents that were reported were on the first of the month when overnight unknown suspects stole number plates from a vehicle parked on Castle Hill, on March 12 when overnight damage had been caused to fence panels on Beech Avenue by unknown persons and on the same evening damage was caused to a window on St Marys Crescent and then nine days later a theft occurred at the Co-op store in the village by an unknown person.
READY TO RING THE BELLS. Once the coronavirus pandemic problem is over, the parish church of St Mary’s at East Leake bell ringing team will be back in action, and they can’t wait after being prevented from entering the church since mid-March because of the UK’s national situation.
When the ringers are able to be in action, they have ringing practices each Friday evening from 7.30pm to 9pm.
Confirm with Captain: John D. Cooper 01509 853572 being the contact. development would have to avoid the loss of any priority habitats, including woodland and hedgerow, or mitigated, or, as a last resort off set and it should be consistent with other relevant policies in the Local Plan.
The borough say given the proximity of the location to the neighbouring employment site - which currently includes open air waste recycling operationsnew residents should not be adversely affected by noise, dust or odours which may subsequently restrict employment operations and lead to the relocation of these businesses.
Policy 23 therefore requires proposals on this site to include comprehensive avoidance measures in order to prevent adverse impacts on the amenity of neighbouring residents. These measures should include, but not be limited to, a suitable buffer zone.
RECORDING VILLAGE CELEBRATIONS. Bunny’s active Local History Group are planning to record the celebration events held in the village to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day, and are looking forward to have a fine array of photographs to help them do so.
Because of the coronavirus pandemic situation, the planned major event in the village had to be called off, but this did not stop lots of individual families holding their own events, and lots were to be seen at the front of their decorated homes offering a toast - and not always in wine or beer but also orange juice! - to those who played a part in the victory over Germany in the 2nd World War that ended 75 years ago.
Several dozen photographs of what was the norm on the day of May 8 this year - exactly three quarters of a century in years after the famous speech by prime minister Winston Churchill – are being collected by the History Society and will be stored safely in their archives..
And the group say they are still happy to receive more, with electronic ones being sent to jan.eastair@gmail.com or taken to her home at 27 Moor Lane. It is hoped any photograph will include a note to indicate where the home event was held and what it was.