MAY 2024 LEICESTERSHIRE BUILDER MAGAZINE ONLINE
Leicestershire Builder is a monthly news and information magazine for the building trade in Leicestershire & Rutland in the UK. It is mailed out to 2,600 building-based companies throughout Leicestershire, Rutland and the immediate surrounding area. The magazine includes local and national news items, details of land and development properties for sale in the East Midlands, recent planning applications and details of local property auctions. The magazine is a cost effective advertising medium for businesses selling to the Leicestershire building trade.
Leicestershire Builder is a monthly news and information magazine for the building trade in Leicestershire & Rutland in the UK. It is mailed out to 2,600 building-based companies throughout Leicestershire, Rutland and the immediate surrounding area. The magazine includes local and national news items, details of land and development properties for sale in the East Midlands, recent planning applications and details of local property auctions. The magazine is a cost effective advertising medium for businesses selling to the Leicestershire building trade.
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12 Leicestershire <strong>BUILDER</strong> Magazine • <strong>MAY</strong> <strong>2024</strong> • Tel: 01530 244069 • Email: info@buildermagazines.co.uk<br />
Construction begins at<br />
Leicestershire’s first<br />
GARDEN VILLAGE<br />
Leicestershire homebuilder<br />
gifts £1,500 to help charity<br />
empower amputees<br />
L-R: Steve Kelly, Director of Growth Management and Steve<br />
Keenan, Construction Director at Cora, Mayor of Charnwood<br />
Cllr Margaret Smidowicz JP, Jason Glover, Operations Director<br />
at Davidsons, Katy Beswick, Area Sales Director, James Wilson,<br />
Managing Director at Davidsons (Credit: S17 Photography)<br />
BARRATT HOMES has made a £1,500 donation to The Sian<br />
Green Foundation, a Leicester-based charity that supports<br />
amputees and helps to fund running blades for individuals<br />
that want to be active.<br />
Through the provision of funding for prosthetics, the charity strives to<br />
ensure that amputees are able to reclaim their independence, mobility, and<br />
quality of life. The contribution from Leicestershire housebuilder, Barratt<br />
Homes, will fully fund a single leg amputee to receive a running blade.<br />
Sian Lord, Charity Director at The Sian Green Foundation, said: “We<br />
believe that no amputee should be denied access to the prosthetics they<br />
need due to financial constraints.<br />
“The work we do is so important to the disability community as being<br />
disabled can be an isolating place, especially if you become disabled later<br />
in life. Our funding enables individuals to join different groups such as<br />
running clubs, the gym and fitness classes. It’s giving them a chance to feel<br />
included.<br />
“From everyone at The Sian Green Foundation, we just want to say a<br />
huge thank you to Barratt Homes for the donation. It will make such a huge<br />
difference in someone’s life.”<br />
Sian founded the charity following her own experience, after a devastating<br />
accident in New York severed her left foot and ultimately resulted in her<br />
getting her own prosthetic.<br />
The charity works in partnership with Levitate, which provides a highquality<br />
range of products and knowledge for the benefit of clients across the<br />
United Kingdom.<br />
Barratt Homes’ donation was made as part of its Community Fund scheme<br />
via The Barratt Foundation, which is run by its parent company, Barratt<br />
Developments. It is designed to support national and local charities, large<br />
and small, across the areas in which the housebuilder operates.<br />
CONSTRUCTION has started at Leicestershire’s first<br />
Garden Village, Broadnook.<br />
Announcing the launch of construction, the developers have unveiled a<br />
new roadside billboard as well as the installation of Hollywood-style 9ft<br />
lettering made from corten steel.<br />
Raising a glass of locally grown Rothley sparkling wine was the Mayor of<br />
Charnwood, Councillor Margaret Smidowicz, alongside James Wilson,<br />
Managing Director of Davidsons Homes, and Steve Keenan, Construction<br />
Director at Cora Homes.<br />
The creation of the<br />
new Garden Village<br />
includes plans for<br />
car-free zones, cycle<br />
paths, village square,<br />
community nursery<br />
and primary school,<br />
enterprise zones,<br />
allotments and open<br />
green spaces that will<br />
connect residents to<br />
the local landscape.<br />
The project is<br />
backed by an<br />
investment of £32.6<br />
million – of which<br />
Broadnook is between Birstall and Rothley<br />
over £17 million is being invested into local schools – creating more than<br />
1,900 homes ranging from one to five bedrooms.<br />
Taking its name from a local ancient spinney that runs through the<br />
site, Broadnook promises tree lined walks, parks, allotments, wildflower<br />
meadows, play areas, landscaped garden spaces and sports pitches. More<br />
than 50 per cent of Broadnook Garden Village will be devoted to green<br />
spaces.<br />
Broadnook Garden Village will offer modern amenities, including plans<br />
for a community primary school, retail shops, care facilities and a new GP<br />
surgery. The village centre and amenities will, it is hoped, minimise the<br />
need for unnecessary use of a car within the Broadnook village.<br />
It is expected that the Garden Village’s first residents will be welcomed in<br />
autumn <strong>2024</strong>.<br />
I just took my car in for a service, and ran over the priest.