East Goscote Parish Council have taken over the old Charnwood Borough Council Recycling site on Merchants Common.
Please continue to recycle your cans, cardboard & paper & clothes with the banks situated there.
East Goscote Neighbourhood Watch will be hosting a presentation evening, where the Chair of Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland NHW and representitives from the local policing unit will talk about the benefit of the Watch and how it helps local communities such as East Goscote.
The meeting will be held at the Village Hall and will start at 6.30pm.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact the office;
0116 260 2202 or clerk@eastgoscotepc.org.uk
Recycling & Refuse Collections
East Goscote’s collection of recycling will move from Friday December 28 to Monday December 31 and the collection of refuse will move from Friday January 4 to Saturday January 5 2019.
Garden Waste collection
There will be no garden waste collections from Monday 24th December to Friday 4th January inclusive.
Real Christmas tree disposal
Real Christmas trees can either be disposed of at a local tip site, or put out and collected as part of our next garden waste collection (even if you do not have brown bin). Please check My Charnwood to find out when your next garden waste collection will be.
2,000 free trees to giveaway
A scheme to give away 2,000 free trees to residents in Charnwood has been launched.
The borough council has teamed up with the National Forest and contractor idverde to run the free tree scheme and people have until November 16 to apply.
All they need to do is email the Council and each resident can request up to two trees.
Cllr Eric Vardy, lead member for the environment, said: “We’re delighted to launch the free tree scheme in Charnwood and I would encourage people to apply soon as I am sure the trees will be snapped up.
“Charnwood is part of the National Forest and we want to make our borough even greener and this is one way to help.”
Residents are eligible to choose two trees and there is a choice of three varieties; rowan, wild cherry, crab apple.
Trees will be allocated on a first come, first served basis and distributed during National Tree Week which runs from November 27 to December 1.
To apply, email freetrees@charnwood.gov.uk
idverde manages the borough’s parks and open spaces on behalf of the Council.
The National Forest is right in heart of the country, embracing 200 square miles of the Midlands. It spans across parts of Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Staffordshire and aims to link the two ancient Forests of Charnwood and Needwood.
A 24-year-old man has been charged on Tuesday 16 October following a stabbing in East Goscote.
A male of Tinkers Dell, East Goscote, has been charged with one count of section 18 grievous bodily harm with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, one count of common assault and one count of possession of a bladed article.
He appeared at Leicester Magistrates’ Court on 17 October and was remanded in custody.
The charges relates to an incident in Lilac Way, in which a 35-year-old man suffered a serious stab wound to his neck on Sunday 14 October.
He remains in hospital where his condition is now stable.
A comprehensive October programme has been put together, which will run from Monday October 15 to Thursday October 25, 2018.
Bookings for October holiday activities will go live from Monday October 1, 2018.
October half term holiday programme
The Leicester Marathon takes place on Sunday 14th October. It starts off from and finishes at Victoria Park at 8.45 am.
Winter opening hours for Leicestershire’s recycling and household waste sites will come into force next week.
From Monday, 1 October, winter opening times will apply, with all sites continuing to open five days a week, but from 9am to 4pm.
The five day pattern of opening is arranged so that sites are open at weekends and a proportion of sites remain open each day for use by the public in the week.
Remember sites at Kibworth, Lount, Lutterworth, Melton, Shepshed and Whetstone are closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Charnwood are delighted to welcome the fourth annual Loogabarooga Festival to our wonderful town of Loughborough.
This year, the Festival is celebrating 80 years of the iconic comic The Beano and is honoured to host an Exhibition of Comic Art by John Patrick Reynolds at the Charnwood Museum.
They are pleased to showcase local and nationally renowned authors, storytellers and illustrators, whose work gives Loogabarooga its unique and charming character and we’re thrilled to have the support of local businesses, who have thrown themselves into the Festival with enthusiasm and imagination.
The next farmers’ market will be on Wednesday October 10.
Producers from across the midlands come to Loughborough’s Farmers’ market to sell a wide range of interesting, organic and healthy food and drink.
We usually have around 15 to 20 traders attending, selling a wide range of excellent local produce such as meat, wine, bread, fruit and vegetables, cheeses, honey, eggs, homemade sauces and preserves.
Opening times:
9am and 3pm (this may change during November due to Loughborough Fair).