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• Guildhall exhibitions focus on emigration and exile ahead of Refugee Week

  10 June 2022

  2 minute read

  THREE important exhibitions that explore the themes of exile and emigration are now open at Leicester’s Guildhall.

• Work coaches in libraries expands to Belgrave

  6 June 2022

  2 minute read

  WORK coaches are now available at Belgrave Library, to help people get specialist job-seeking support.

• Interest sought in running key city venue

  31 May 2022

  2 minute read

  COMMUNITY organisations are being invited to express their interest in running Leicester’s African Caribbean Centre.

• New online tool aims to help Leicester people be better off

  25 May 2022

  3 minute read

  A NEW benefits calculator and budgeting tool has been launched to help Leicester people manage their finances and minimise the impact of the cost of living crisis.

• £800,000 improvement programme for city’s estates

  13 May 2022

  2 minute read

  NEW car parking spaces, cutting back shrubs and tidying up overgrown green spaces are among the improvements that have been made to a city estate after residents told the council what they’d like to see done.

• New permanent gallery tells stories of city’s people

  11 May 2022

  2 minute read

  A FASCINATING new permanent gallery opens at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery on Saturday (14 May) that will inspire conversations about the city today.

• Street boxes containing vital aid launched as part of knife crime strategy

  3 May 2022

  2 minute read

  EMERGENCY boxes aimed at providing urgent assistance to victims of knife crime have been launched in Leicester as part of the council’s strategy on knife crime and serious violence.

• Innovative scheme to support city’s homeless launches in Leicester

  26 April 2022

  3 minute read

  A NEW initiative has been set up in Leicester to help prevent homelessness.

• Final round of comments invited on emerging plans for Stocking Farm

  25 April 2022

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE who live and work in the Stocking Farm area of Leicester are once again being asked for their input into ambitious regeneration plans for the neighbourhood.

• Trees planted in St Matthews to mark Queen’s Jubilee

  30 March 2022

  2 minute read

  NEW trees have been planted in locations across a city neighbourhood as part of commemorations for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

• Westcotes residents invited to have their say

  10 March 2022

  1 minute read

  PEOPLE living in Westcotes ward in Leicester are being invited to tell the city council about the things that they love about life in the area – and the things that they want to change.

• Jobseeking help in libraries extended

  1 March 2022

  2 minute read

  JOBSEEKERS looking for help finding employment can now benefit from specialist advice at Braunstone’s Brite Centre library.