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Groby & Field Head Spotlight • MID-JUNE 2024 • Tel: 01530 244069 • Email: info@grobyspotlight.co.uk
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Letter
Constituency change
AS A RESIDENT of Groby, after the Parliamentary Election
Constituency changes in July 2023, Labour Party members
in Groby, Ratby and Markfield became members of the
Bradgate Branch of the Mid Leicestershire Constituency
Labour Party.
I was pleased to hear that Robert Martin from Ratby has now become our
Labour Party Prospective Candidate for the forthcoming General Election.
John Wallace
Tennis courts in city parks
to reopen after £420k
transformation
TENNIS courts that have benefitted from a £420,000
transformation are being reopened at seven parks across
Leicester city.
In total, 28 parkbased
tennis
courts have been
renovated ready
for summer,
spread across
Evington Park,
Humberstone
Park, Monks Rest
Gardens, Knighton Park, Aylestone Hall Gardens, Abbey Park and Rushey
Fields. Improvements that have been made include new asphalt surfacing,
repainting, replacement nets and new entrance gates.
Leicester’s renovation programme has been carried out in partnership
with the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), with funding from the Government,
the LTA Tennis Foundation and Leicester City Council.
A partnership with a UK-wide, not-for-profit community company called
We Do Tennis will ensure the courts are maintained, and will see a range
of activities phased in across the park sites, including tennis coaching and
weekly organised, free sessions for people of all ages, where rackets will
be provided.
Under the new arrangements, We Do Tennis will also run a booking
system for the courts. They will be bookable at a cost of £42 a year
for a family of six, or on a pay and play basis of £6 per session. This
follows a successful pilot at Victoria Park which has seen 382 household
memberships sold and over 2,000 casual court bookings made.
The new booking system is being implemented gradually across the
seven sites from 3rd June, with the introduction of online booking available
through the LTA website. Income from the booking system will go back into
the upkeep of the courts.
The same concessions currently on offer in city council leisure centres will
apply, meaning that city residents with disabilities, or who are on meanstested
benefits, will not be charged to book.
We Do Tennis and the city council will also work together to provide free
park tennis sessions, offering an hour of free tennis each week at each of
the seven sites, with equipment provided. Free sessions will typically be
offered on a Saturday or Sunday at 10am.
Volunteers who would like to support the free sessions can sign up on the
free park tennis website. No previous tennis experience is necessary.
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CHURCH
INFORMATION
St Philip & St
James, Groby
Rector - Rev Ed Bampton
0116 2396520
Curate - Rev Riffat Zamurad
WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Tues 9pm:
Compline (Facebook)
Weds 9.30am: Communion
Thurs 9am: Prayers via zoom
Sunday worship:
8am Communion,
9.30am Morning
worship,
6pm Evensong.
Telephone
church service:
0333 0164 757
Room no. 10336316 Pin no. 1920
facebook.com/StPandStJ
achurchnearyou.com/church/5501
United Reformed
Church, Groby
Minister – Rev Paul Ellis
Tel: 0116 2926218
Church Enquiries - Sue Lawrence
Brooks Tel: 0116 231 2866
susanbeverley46@yahoo.co.uk
Sunday morning worship: 10am.
Our worship includes monthly Holy
Communion.
The church
building has a
loop hearing
system,
wheelchair
access & baby
changing
facilities.
A catch up recording via our
YouTube channel.
If you have any spiritual support or
prayer requests please text your
name to 07807 036944 and we
will call back.
WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Mon 9.30-11.30:
Noah’s Ark, parent & toddler
group, (full)
Churches Together
in Groby
JOINT WEEKLY
ACTIVITIES
St Philip & St
James, Groby
Thurs 10.30am-
12 noon:
Fair Cuppa @ Groby village Hall
Fri 9.30 - 11 am:
CatCH parent & toddler group
@ URC
Alternate Fridays 7.30pm:
Urban Saints, Children in Years
5 - 11 @ URC
Sat 10.00am-12 noon:
Tasters, Coffee, hot cobs and
children’s activities @ URC
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