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• City venues mark Leicester Art Week

  8 November 2022

  2 minute read

  A TEN-DAY celebration of the visual arts gets under way in Leicester this week – and Leicester Museum & Art Gallery is amongst the venues taking part.

• Three new Give Leicester contactless donation points added in the city centre

  8 November 2022

  4 minute read

  The Give Leicester contactless giving scheme helps to address the problem of homelessness in Leicester. So far, it has raised over £35,000 and helped 12 people to find permanent homes.

• Groups invited to apply for anti-poverty community grants

  8 November 2022

  2 minute read

  ORGANISATIONS working to address poverty in Leicester – such as schools, charities, community groups and businesses – can now apply to the city council for a grant of up to £10,000 to support their work.

• Council drops workplace parking levy proposals due to cost-of-living crisis

  7 November 2022

  2 minute read

  Leicester City Council has announced that proposals to introduce a workplace parking levy (WPL) in Leicester in 2023 will not be developed.

• Local Offer Live event for children with special needs

  7 November 2022

  2 minute read

  Families who have children with special educational needs and disabilities are being invited to find out more about services that could help them.

• The countdown to Christmas in Leicester has begun

  7 November 2022

  2 minute read

  WHAT’S 46ft tall, fantastically festive and takes pride of place at Leicester’s Clock Tower? It’s this year’s giant Christmas tree and its arrival means the countdown to Christmas has begun.

• Funding boost for Leicester's museums

  4 November 2022

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER’S museums are in line to get more than £1.2million of extra Arts Council England funding over the next three years.

• 200th heritage information panel celebrates city’s diversity

  3 November 2022

  1 minute read

  THE history of one of Leicester’s most diverse neighbourhoods is being commemorated in the city’s 200th heritage information panel.

• Finale for World Reimagined globes

  2 November 2022

  1 minute read

  A NATIONAL art education project that aimed to transform understanding of the transatlantic slave trade will come to an end this month.

• Gym reopens after major refurbishment

  2 November 2022

  3 minute read

  A NEW sports centre gym featuring state of the art fitness equipment and a brand new studio space has reopened after a major refurbishment programme.

• Academic set to lead review into Leicester disorder steps down

  2 November 2022

  3 minute read

  A HATE crime expert set to lead a review into the cause of recent violent disorder in East Leicester has stepped down.

• Call goes out for pallets for Leicester’s biggest bonfire

  31 October 2022

  3 minute read

  LOCAL businesses can help Leicester’s Bonfire Night go with a bang by donating their broken or surplus wooden pallets.