Uppingham Town Councillor and Uppingham First Director Ron Simpson BEM is pictured meeting Anne, Princes Royal at the 2019 annual conference of the National Association of Local Councils (NALC). The subject of discussion is affordable housing with Ron being given the opportunity to talk about the Uppingham Homes Community Land Trust and its ‘affordable housing …
Friday November 22nd 2019 9am to 7pm The Falcon Hotel Uppingham Rutland LE15 9PY Cycle to End Polio Now During the week of 16-23rd November, Rotarians around the world are taking part in the ‘Indoor Cycle Ride for End Polio Now’ with the aim of raising $10M for the Rotary ‘End Polio Now’ campaign. On …
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Pictured is Rutland High Sheriff Margaret Miles who recently spent an hour on the Uppingham Hopper learning the route and talking to regular passengers. Commenting upon her experience the High Sheriff said, “What a magnificent service to the community. The Hopper is social, clean, safe, punctual …..and clearly gets lots of happy people from A …
An application to the National Lottery Awards for All scheme has secured a grant of £7988 to support the operating costs of the Uppingham Hopper Community Bus during 2020. Author of the bid David Ainslie, Vice Chair of the Uppingham First Community Partnership and a former Town Mayor, welcomed the outcome and confirmed that regular …
The October meeting of the Rutland Biz Club, held at The Falcon Hotel in Uppingham Rutland, welcomed world finance expert Michael Howell as its after lunch guest speaker. Michael is CEO of CrossBorder Capital, a London-based FCA registered, independent research firm of 15 professionals that he founded in 1996. Previously he was Head of Research …
Uppingham Neighbourhood Forum has been chosen to benefit from the next round of the Co-op Local Community Fund. The funding round will open on October 27th 2019 and run until October 24th 2020. The fund enables shoppers in the town who are co-op members to choose the Forum and its community projects for support when …
Uppingham Homes Community Land Trust has secured agreement with Anglian Water to work together to enable the building of homes for younger people in Uppingham, Rutland. Anglian Water has offered to assess and cost the improvements necessary at Uppingham Wastewater Treatment Plant to ensure appropriate environmental standards can be maintained on the Badley Orchard site …
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Dr Sarah Furness PhD, Lord Lieutenant of Rutland braved the rain in Uppingham on Friday October 11th to help launch the rebranding of local business Castle Car Care Ltd. The company offers technical support and expertise to local community minibus, the Uppingham Hopper and is a popular garage with many residents. It is also a …
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Neighbourhood Forum Nominee Cllr Lucy Lewin has been awarded the prestigious ‘Outstanding female leader in a market town’ award at the 2019 East Midlands Women’s Awards held in Colwick Hall, Nottinghamshire on Friday October 11th 2019 in the presence of the Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. A panel of three judges for the award all selected …
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The Uppingham community is sending a party of supporters to this year’s awards hopeful of repeating its success in the 2017 and 2018 awards. Uppingham Neighbourhood Forum acting on behalf of the Uppingham community has made two nominations to the 2019 East Midlands Women’s Awards, the final judging of which will be announced at Colwick …
