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Struggling businesses in Leicester who have lost trade due to the coronavirus pandemic will be able to access a package of financial help totaling £85 million. The "Small Business Grant" and the "Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant" were formally announced on Wednesday, April 1st. They are the highest grant amounts in the East... 0 comments
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More services to tackle homelessness will be on offer over Christmas and throughout the winter to help ensure that no-one needs to sleep rough in Leicester. Leicester City Council’s Dawn Centre, on Conduit Street, provides 45 temporary bedrooms all year round, and has worked with local partners to make an additional 45 emergency bed... 0 comments
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People in Leicester are being invited to take part in the city’s first climate assembly and help shape the local response to the climate emergency. In February 2019, Leicester City Council declared a climate emergency, recognising that the city needs to work towards becoming ‘carbon neutral’ as rapidly as possible. The... 0 comments
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An ambitious five-year plan that sets out how Leicester and Leicestershire will be positioned as a leading destination for leisure and business tourism has been launched at the Leicester Business Festival. The new Leicester & Leicestershire Tourism Growth Plan will provide a framework for the city and county’s efforts to attract... 0 comments
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Leicester’s award-winning King Richard III visitor centre and flagship tourist information store are set to run from the same site. As part of new plans to maximise tourism and highlight Leicester’s historic Old Town, the city’s Visit Leicester store will move from its current premises in Gallowtree Gate to a new location inside... 0 comments
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Leicester Cathedral is to receive a loan from Leicester City Council for a new Heritage Learning Centre. The Cathedral has raised more than £9million of the £11.3m it needs to carry out the ambitious Leicester Cathedral Revealed project. In addition to repairs to the historic fabric, the project will create a new heritage... 0 comments
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People who want to use their spare time to make a difference in their community can find out about hundreds of opportunities at events due to held next week. Leicester City Council is marking National Volunteers’ Week with information stalls and event where people find out more about the numerous ways they can get involved as a... 0 comments
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This year the city council is aiming to attract more visitors the city by highlighting the best of the events set to run from May to September in a new summer programme. The Summer of Festivals brings together 10 major events taking place across Leicester, ranging from live music to family-themed fun and breath-taking public art... 0 comments
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Two 14-year-olds from Leicester’s Young People’s Council have been nominated for Lord Lieutenants’ Awards. Dev Sharma, from Rushey Mead, and Claudia Osborne, from Knighton, have been nominated for the Young Volunteer of the Year and Young Braveheart of the Year awards. Dev, who is up for the Young Volunteer award, is... 0 comments
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Leicester to Work is part of the council’s wider Economic Action Plan, which helps to put the right conditions in place so that businesses can grow, including supporting employment and skills growth within the city. Over the past two years it has helped more than 1,000 people into employment and more than 695 people in... 0 comments
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People across Leicester are being encouraged to start the New Year by taking part in a citywide crowdfunding campaign to help local good causes. City Mayor Peter Soulsby’s Crowdfund Leicester initiative was launched in late 2017 to support local projects of all sizes by encouraging communities to work together to bring to life new... 0 comments
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Leicester City Council is due to approve investing a total of more than £2.8million on projects to improve and develop two landmark museum buildings. The plans will see £2.644million invested in essential repairs and operational enabling works at the Grade II-listed Jewry Wall Museum/Vaughan College site, which are needed before the... 0 comments
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The city council aims to make more affordable homes available in the city by purchasing around 50 properties to let to families on its housing register. It plans to spend around £8 million on a mix of privately owned properties within existing council sites or privately owned sites; and also on new-build houses being developed on... 0 comments
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Students moving out of their term-time homes for the summer are being given a helping hand to dispose of their waste and get rid of unwanted items. Leicester City Council has teamed up with British Heart Foundation (BHF) to bring the charity’s Pack for Good scheme to some of the city’s most popular student areas. Five temporary... 0 comments
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