East Leake
GRANT AID. Businesses in East Leake are among the 240 eligible hospitality and selected personal care businesses that have been and are being contacted by Rushcliffe Borough Council with grants of up to £3,000 to help combat those affected by the recent dip in consumer confidence in light of the new COVID variant Omicron.
The authority say they are aware of how some in the local economy have suffered in the last 10 days with bookings being cancelled or postponed including those in customer facing sectors such as cafes, restaurants and bars and beauty salons.
Now business owners will be alerted to the new grants that will see amounts arrive in business accounts from Monday (December 20) as a one-off payment in addition to previous central government funding.
The news builds on the authority having distributed over £40m of previous central government grants or support since March 2020 to over 1,500 eligible businesses.
Deputy Leader Cllr Andy Edyvean said: “We’re acutely aware how consumer confidence has dipped in recent days in light of the new variant and understandable central government advice and therefore we’re placing funding into eligible business accounts to counter an element of this impact.
“It’s aimed at those in the hospitality and some service industries that see customers sit down for longer periods when accessing their services. Everyone will be well aware of the fact that the hospitality industry is suffering in what should be a peak period of trading, as Christmas parties are being cancelled.
“Furthermore premises such as beauty salons and nail bars that require a longer time in indoor premises is a sector that currently needs that extra support.
“Businesses will receive funding in line with the size of business premises they occupy and will be paid as soon as possible.
“Whilst our resources are limited we remain committed to supporting local businesses and the community in the festive season and we appreciate it is a tremendously difficult time for everyone as a result of Omicron.”
For all other COVID related business support, business owners should contact the Council’s Economic Growth team by emailing econdev@ rushcliffe.gov.uk.
WOMEN’S GROUP. Street pastors and their work will be the subject of a talk at the next meeting of St. Mary’s Women’s Group in East Leake on Monday (January 17).
Annual; subscriptions of £10 will be collected at that meeting and the subscription covers all meetings and coffee with biscuits afterwards.
The annual lunch is next Wednesday (January 19) at the Rose and Crown at Zouch.
PLANS. Rushcliffe Borough Council have received a planning application for a proposed single storey front/ side and rear extension, 6 Brickcliffe Road East Leake.
INTERVIEW DATE. Interviews for two newlycreated Associate Minister posts in the enlarged United Benefice of East Leake will take place next Monday (January 17)
The Rev. Tim Parker is to be Team Leader and become Priest-in-Charge of Sutton Bonington and Normantonon-Soar as well as Priest-in Charge of East Leake, West Leake, Stanford on Soar, Rempstone and Costock.
One of the new posts is “a ful-time Transformational Change Appointment”and is funded by Strategic Development Funding until the end of 2025
The Associate Minister will be a key leader within St Mary’s Church as it enacts a vision to become a larger resourcing church in south Nottinghamshire.
They will work alongside the Incumbent to exercise strategic leadership as they share in the oversight of multiple congregations and the management of the staff team, teach the Bible clearly and faithfully and develop discipleship processes, so that the local church is effective in identifying, equipping and releasing new leaders for ministry, both in established settings and for the planting and grafting of new worshipping communities.
It is expected that the central focus of the role will be on developing the discipleship stream within St Mary’s, particularly identifying and training lay leaders who will, in turn, become the main drivers of growth both in St Mary’s and, in time, across the benefice. This requires someone who is gifted in releasing gifts in others, deploying leaders and building teams with the potential to plant new worshipping communities
The principle responsibilities of the post involve sharing in strategic leadership with the Incumbent and other key leaders, growing the ministry to young families, sharing in the preaching and teaching across congregations and overseeing the discipleship stream of church life.
The other Associate Minister will work two days plus Sundays.
This post is identified in the Job Description as “not be a typical House for Duty post.” “House for duty” means part-time ministry with a free house but no salary.
It states: ” The focus of this role is not about simply ‘keeping things going’, managing decline, or plugging gaps. Rather, it is about working as part of a growing staff team to equip and release local Christians to build worshipping communities that are missionally effective in their own villages, with the direct support of St Mary’s and input from the Diocese.”
Principal responsibilities include sharing in strategic leadership with the Incumbent and other key leaders, being active in preaching, leading services and offering pastoral care, including taking Occasional Offices as required, and
aiming to release lay people into these roles and supporting Local Missional Leaders across the village churches in their formation and effectiveness
Specific responsibilities, in partnership with the Incumbent, include helping each of the smaller village churches identify the next step(s) in developing as a disciple-making worshipping community, working with each church to achieve that, and connecting them to local/ diocesan training and resources and advocating for the flourishing of smaller churches within the diocesan resource church vision.
OLDERSHAW TRUST.
Runners-up in the Environmental Project Group of the Year at the annual Celebrating Rushcliffe Awards event was the Oldershaw Trust Working Party in East Leake.
The award was sponsored by Streetwise Environmental. The working party was formed to develop Oldershaw Trust Land into a woodland exploration and nature education for children in East Leake. They have planted over 50 trees and hedging from the Woodland Trust to create a nature trail, mounted Bug Hotels built by local children and installed woodland themed play equipment.
Residents, groups and community heroes took their place in a showcase celebration event with media partner West Bridgford Wire at the Rushcliffe Arena.
It celebrated the Borough’s wonderful volunteers, businesses, organisations, environmentalists and the best of its health and wellbeing and food and drink sectors, mindful of the impact COVID-19 has again played on Rushcliffe communities this year.
Leader of Rushcliffe Borough Council Cllr Simon Robinson led the praise to all those shortlisted for an award and to the many local sponsors who supported the accolades.
He said: “Many congratulations to our winners and to all those who were shortlisted and nominated.
“The event highlighted so many who give so much to their community, group or organisation and particularly in what has been such another tough year for so many of us.
“Whether volunteer, business owner or community hero, they are all making a difference to people’s lives and are hugely deserving of this recognition.
“Thank you to everyone who nominated a group or individual, it was wonderful to celebrate their achievements.”
Media partner West Bridgford Wire Editor Pat Gamble joined the congratulations.
He said: “The awards never fail to amaze me how much people achieve and do for others often for such little recognition, so it’s heartening we have taken another opportunity to highlight just some of those who shine bright in our communities.
NEW COURSE. Christian faith and its message of hope, peace and purpose of life for Jesus is being explored in a new three week course being organised in East Leake and Stanford on Soar.
The course is called “Hope Explored” and it is suitable for “whether you are exploring faith for the first time or just wanting a refresher5 on some of the basics.”
There are on-line and in person options available that are subject to Covid guidance. The Stanford on Soar course started last Saturday (January 8) and the East Leake course started yesterday (January 11).
PLAYER APPEAL. East Leake Rugby Club are looking for new players aged 16 and over, and would welcome anyone interested making contact with them.
The club, reformed in the latter part of last year, say they will welcome experienced players or those new to the game. “Have fun, get fit, make new friends” is the message they put out to anyone thinking of joining, and can offer RFU qualified coaches, a Club physiotherapist and are members of the Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire Rugby Football Union, the governing body for rugby union in part of The Midlands, England. The union is the constituent body of the Rugby Football Union for the counties of Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire and Derbyshire, with each county having also having their own sub-unions with additional club cup competitions. As well as overseeing club rugby, the Notts, Lincs and Derbyshire RFU also administers the county representative teams.
The club are based at the Costock Road Playing Fields at East Leake but also make use of the floodlit facility at the Sutton Bonington campus.
More information on the club is available from Bob on 07849 184927 or Geoff on 07900 190727 or the clubs facebook page.
The question pf a possibility of a junior section being on the cards could be looked at the the future.
Geoff Justice says at the moment they are channeling through Rugby All Stars who train at East Leake academy, adding that at some point in the future we’d like that to evolve, but we’re still focused on setting up the senior team properly at the moment.
The club are on the look out for teams to meet them in friendly games.
COMMUNITY CINEMA. Community cinema will resume at St. Mary’s Parish Church in East Leake on Saturday (January 15), the third Saturday in the month.
Future dates are February 19 and March 19 and filmgoers are asked to note that this is a change to previous years when community cinema was held on the second Saturday of each month.
Doors open at 6.30pm with refreshments available with the film starting at 7 pm.
Copyright restrictions for free-entry Community Cinemas prevent the listing of the titles in the parish magazine and filmgoers are asked to see the posters inside the church and in the church porch for details of this season’s films.
HEALTH GROUP. In a recent three month period patients needing doctors in the Village Health Group providing services to East Leake, Keyworth, Ruddington and Sutton Bonington missed over 1000 appointments.
Says a message from the group: “Missed appointments means wasted time for Doctors and Nurses” saying that in one recent period of 12 weeks no less than 1090 appointments were missed by patients throughout the VHG Group practices.
The group make a plea: “Please cancel any unwanted appointments 24 hrs before the agreed time.”
HISTORY SOCIETY. Stanford Hall and its former owner Sir Julien Cahn will be the subject of the next Zoom meeting of the East Leake and District Local History Society which will be held at 2pm next Wednesday (January 19)
Bob Wildgust will lead the presentation and log-on details will be sent to members a few days before the meeting. Non-members are also welcome to join the on-line meeting by contacting treasurer@eastleake-history. org.uk for details.