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• Four-legged friends in the frame at city art exhibition

  18 September 2026

  2 minute read

  AN art exhibition featuring a wide range of works inspired by dogs is set to open in Leicester this weekend.

• New housing apprentices join the city council

  17 September 2026

  2 minute read

  FIFTEEN new recruits have joined Leicester City Council as housing apprentices – including a care leaver, a former member of the Armed Forces, a participant from the Women In Construction scheme and a candidate from Leicester to Work, which supports unemployed people.

• Leicester launches women's homelessness census

  16 September 2026

  2 minute read

  Women experiencing homelessness in Leicester are set to be counted in a new and more inclusive way as the city takes part in the National Women's Rough Sleeping Census for the first time.

• Support offered to get more people into work

  16 September 2026

  2 minute read

  A major new employment support programme has been launched across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland to help disabled people, people with health conditions and those facing other barriers to find and stay in work.

• Libraries launch free blood pressure monitor loans

  16 September 2026

  1 minute read

  BLOOD pressure monitors can be borrowed by adults for free under a new council initiative launched in libraries across Leicester.

• Try a new activity for free to celebrate National Fitness Day

  14 September 2026

  2 minute read

  FREE gym sessions, swimming, group exercise classes and other activities are on offer for everyone in Leicester to celebrate National Fitness Day.

• Call out for artists to enter Leicester’s popular Open exhibition

  11 September 2026

  2 minute read

  ARTISTS from across the East Midlands are being invited to submit their entries for Leicester’s annual Open exhibition before next month’s deadline.

• Food and craft fair at Abbey Pumping Station

  10 September 2026

  2 minute read

  A WEEKEND of great food, live music and local creativity is coming up, as Leicester's Abbey Pumping Station hosts its popular Food & Craft Fair.

• Kids go free at two heritage attractions this autumn

  10 September 2026

  2 minute read

  FAMILIES can enjoy a great value day out at two of Leicester’s award-winning heritage attractions this autumn, thanks to a Kids Go Free offer. 

• Walk, cycle or volunteer to support Leicestershire's historic churches

  10 September 2026

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE across Leicester and Leicestershire are being encouraged to take part in a ‘Ride+Stride’ fundraising event this weekend and help preserve some of the area's most treasured historic buildings.

• Community event to mark World Suicide Prevention Day

  9 September 2026

  2 minute read

  People in Leicester are being invited to take part in a special community event at Leicester’s Haymarket Shopping Centre as part of this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day on Thursday, 10 September.

• Free festival opens the doors on Leicester’s hidden heritage

  8 September 2026

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S historic buildings will reveal their fascinating stories in a series of open days this month – and they’re all free.