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🎉 Easter fun at Enderby Leisure Centre
Kick off the Easter holidays with a hop, skip and a jump and join in special family sessions at Enderby Leisure Centre's soft play facility.
The centre, run on our behalf by Everyone Active, is holding two sessions on Friday 11 April, from 4pm to 5.30pm and from 5.45pm to 7.15pm.
There will be Easter activities, disco games, scavenger hunts, music and dancing and of course all the fun of the soft play area.
All ages under 12 are welcome at a cost of just £7.50 per child. Places are limited. To book visit: Enderby Leisure Centre-softplay orcall 0116 275 0234.
For more information on Enderby Leisure Centre and what's on offer use the link below:
✅ Invite to first Community Forum
We're holding our first ever Voluntary and Community Sector Forum on Tuesday 10 June, from 10am to 12 noon at our offices on Desford Road, Narborough.
The event will be a great opportunity to network, learn about our Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) Framework and have the opportunity to shape this.
If you would like to come along please RSVP by Wednesday 28 April to VCSHub@blaby.gov.uk with the following information:
• Your name
• Your role/organisation
• Your top three priorities within your voluntary/community sector organisation
Further details and an agenda for the meeting will follow later.
For more information on our support for VCS organisations use the link below:
🥘 Food hygiene ratings
Here are the latest food hygiene ratings in the District:
Rated 5 - Hygiene standards are very good
- Dales, 5 Leicester Road, Narborough
- Makro, Centurion Way, Braunstone Town
- Jenno's Coffee House, 5 Cooper Way, Enderby
- Mr Rice, 25 Watergate Lane, Braunstone Town
- Burger King, Unit E, Meridian Leisure Park, Braunstone Town
- Welcome Break - The Good Breakfast, motorway services and premises, M1 northbound service area, Baines Lane
- Calor Gas Stoney Stanton TNS, Calor Gas Ltd, Occupation Road, Stoney Stanton
- Jane Brown Buffets, private address, Enderby
- Wild Coffee and Kitchen, 10a Cherry Tree Court, Kirby Muxloe
- Morrisons Daily Glenfield, Station Road, Glenfield
- Leicestershire County Council, County Secretary, County Hall
- Hazel's Cafe, The Pavilion Shakespeare Park, Avon Road, Braunstone Town
We complete many food inspections every year and the frequency of our visits depends on the potential risk to public health.
The time between inspections can be as short as six months for the highest risk businesses, to two years for lower risk businesses.
To find out more about hygiene ratings and to report any concerns about a business that prepares or sells food, please visit the Food Standards Agency website using the link below:
👉 Election deadlines
Here's a reminder about important deadlines which are looming for the Leicestershire County Council elections taking place on Thursday 1 May.
The deadlines also apply to the Sapcote Parish Council, Blaby Parish South and Blaby District Glen Parva Ward by-elections, taking place on the same day.
The first important date is Friday 11 April - at midnight - the deadline to register to vote. For those teenagers born between 5 July 2006 and 1 May 2007 this may be the first time they are eligible to vote so it's important to remember to register.
Visit register-to-vote to sign up - it just takes a few minutes. Being on the Electoral Register can also have other benefits, particularly around your credit score.
Monday 14 April at 5pm, is the deadline to apply for a postal vote if you know you won't be able to vote in person on 1 May. Anyone can apply for a postal vote and you don't need to explain why. Visit: apply-postal-vote
The candidates standing at each election have now been announced. You can find out who your local candidate for the District's seven County divisions here: leicestershire-county-council-election-2025
And the District and Parish by-elections here: district-and-parish-by-elections-on-1-may-2025
For more information use the link below:
🚯 Be inspired by the Great British Spring Clean
We're encouraging people to take inspiration from Keep Britain Tidy and its annual Great British Spring Clean campaign to give up a little of their time for litter picking.
We have equipment available and are happy to support litter pickers, whether as a one off or a regular 'womble'.
To read more use the link below:
🖥️ Watch our Full Council meeting
Our next Full Council meeting is next Tuesday 8 April starting at 5.30pm. You can watch the meeting live on our YouTube channel or watch a recording back later.
See here: youtube.com/@BlabyDistrictCouncil/streams
Among the items to be discussed are our priority actions for the coming year, Local Government Reorganisation and temporary appointments to Sapcote Parish Council.
For our calendar of meetings where you can find access to the meeting details, agenda and more, use the link below:
🚶 Improve your mobility
Do you want to improve your strength, balance and mobility, or know someone who does? Then our local Steady Steps Plus classes could be just the thing to try out. The weekly classes are a great way to keep active in a friendly group setting.
Sessions are delivered at a variety of locations across Blaby District, including
Blaby, Cosby, Countesthorpe, Glen Parva, Whetstone, Enderby, Leicester Forest East, Glenfield, Sapcote, Stoney Stanton and Sharnford. All priced at £4 per session, pay as you go.
For more information use the link below:
📣 Join our Youth Council
Following their successful 2025 Youth Conference our Youth Council has attracted 12 new members. But there's always room for more.
If you know a young person aged between 11 and 19 who lives or attends school in the District, why not see if they are interested in joining.
The Youth Council opens up opportunities to tackle issues which impact young people, working proactively with our Councillors and officers and other local organisations.
Members recently met with the Council's Senior Leadership Team to see how they could support the action plans on this year's priorities - discrimination, vaping and climate change.
For more information and details of how to get involved email VCShub@blaby.gov.uk
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Posted: Fri, 4 Apr 2025