Get Online Week

Get online week is coming! The theme for 2011 is “Give an hour” and the campaign will take place from 30 October – 6 November, with activity taking place throughout the whole of November at the Cooke e-Learning Foundation.

Bliss – For Babies Born Too Soon Small Or Sick

Bliss, the special care baby charity, provides vital support and care to premature and sick babies across the UK. Founded 30 years ago, we offer guidance and information at a critical time in families’ lives. We also fund ground-breaking research and campaign for babies to receive the best possible level of care regardless of when and [...]

Red Cross Want Performers For Refugee Week

                           British Red Cross is holding an event in the city centre and are looking to try to represent a variety of different cultures within our city.  We are looking for performers of any kind to take part in the event, which will take place on Saturday 18th June 2011 at the Town Hall Square in Leicester city Centre. [...]

Leicester City Of Sanctuary Drop-in Centre Opens

A new drop-in centre is in St Martins House, the old school next to the Cathedral in the city centre, and doors open on Tuesday 3rd May. Every Tuesday 6-7pm, starting Tuesday 3rd May – English Language group: for those asylum seekers with limited English who want an opportunity to learn English in a friendly [...]

Free Workshops For 11-19s @ 2Funky Arts

  Fantastic free workshops coming up for young people aged 11 – 19 this Saturday. Music Production with June 25th 4pm – 6pm Are you aged 12 – 19 and want an exciting opportunity to work with a professional producer to make your own heavyweight beats? June25th is a Rap, Hip-Hop & RnB music producer [...]

Victims Of Anti-Social Behaviour Scheme Extended

A SCHEME aimed at helping victims and witnesses of antisocial behaviour in Leicester is being extended for another 12 months. Leicester Anti-Social Behaviour Unit (LASBU) has been working with Victim Support in Leicester to run the service, which offers emotional support and advocacy to victims and witnesses of anti-social behaviour, for over a year already, [...]

Leicester Central Library is now open

LEICESTER Central Library in Bishop Street has opened it’s doors to the public. Central library services were previously split between the Bishop Street site (formally the Reference & Information Library) and the Central Lending Library in Belvoir Street. Now, all central library services will be located under one roof in the 1905 Carnegie library building, [...]

Custom or Crime? Forced Marriage & Honour Violence Course

Custom or Crime? An Insight into Forced Marriages and Honour Based Violence. Full Day Course                 Date:    Monday 13th June 2011 Venue: Leicester Adult Education College, Wellington Street Leicester, LE1 6HL Cost: £60voluntary Sector           £80 Statutory Sector/All other This course is essential for anyone

First Leicester College Saturday Open Day

Leicester College is hosting its first Open Day to be held on a Saturday. On 12 March 2011 visitors will be able to take part in a range of demonstrations and workshops. Science experiments such as making putty from milk and extracting DNA

Council Cuts To Local Museums

Public access to local historical treasures such as the Guildhall and Belgrave Hall will be scrapped from October 2011 due to proposed council cuts. Jewry Wall and Abbey Pumping Station will also be affected. The venues would only open for scheduled events such as school trips. The only way to avoid the closure would be for a private investor [...]