Uppingham First

Coordinators leading the Uppingham community response to the Covid-19 lockdown have acknowledged the mental health threat posed by the sustained Covid -19 lockdown and the positive contribution to the issue that might be made by the creative arts. They have joined with community partners to launch what is intended to be a number of entertainment […]

Renowned for its campaigning to protect and sustain the countryside, CPRE Rutland, the local countryside charity, has completed the preparation of a local affordable housing survey which will soon be available to all local communities in Rutland. The 12 page survey booklet was prepared in collaboration with Rutland County Council. There will also be an

Locally led Community Land Trust Uppingham Homes, a Community Benefit Society and Exempt Charity registered with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has submitted a planning application to build 6 new first homes at the site of the former Badley Orchard in Uppingham. The site was gifted to the CLT to build affordable first homes for

Uppingham is a super community and it strives to ensure that everyone is looked after and cared for, especially at this time of year when many people feel the hardship of providing for their loved ones. Many residents and neighbours have been helping others with meals and food and reaching out to those who could

Un petit message pour nos correspondants dans notre ville jumelle de Caudebec-en-Caux ! Nous espérons que vous allez tous bien et que Noël vous fera du bien après cette année étrange et difficile. Nous savons que votre confinement a été dur à supporter. Nous avons pensé très fort à vous. Ici à Uppingham nous gardons le

Richard Cole, High Sheriff of Rutland is pictured, centre, visiting the market place pop up shop ‘Window of Hope’ created by community partnership Uppingham First (UF). He is accompanied by UF director and book shop proprietor Lucy Stephenson, left, and Uppingham Deputy Town Mayor Liz Clarke. The Window of Hope was created to symbolise the

The Lord Lieutenant of Rutland Dr Sarah Furness took time this month to visit the innovative Uppingham Christmas Fair organised by the Rotary Club of Uppingham and hosted by The Falcon Hotel. Sarah is pictured, centre, with Rotarians Margaret Simpson BEM and Joyce Marston who were selling home made goods in aid of Rotary charities.

CPRE Rutland, the county’s countryside charity, has responded to the Covid -19 pandemic by moving its annual fund raising quiz online and quadrupling the first prize. See www.cprerutland.uk for full details. The quiz is under ‘events’. Entry is £2.50.

Uppingham resident and housing law specialist Nick Townsend has been appointed to the boards of Uppingham First and the Uppingham Homes Community Land Trust. Nick qualified as a solicitor in 1970. He then worked in private practice for a number of years mainly in his home city of Leicester where he specialised in town and

An empty shop window in Uppingham market place is to be transformed into a pop up shop display in the run up to Christmas. With the blessing of the property owner, Ashdale Pharmacy, community partnership Uppingham First is to work with Uppingham School and a number of local businesses to promote ‘shopping local’ by transforming