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

Uppingham in Rutland is celebrating an even higher media profile than usual with statutory, business and voluntary sector representatives attracting awards in October. In the 2020 East Midlands Women’s Awards Uppingham based County Cllr Lucy Stephenson, the only female member of Rutland County Council Cabinet and the Portfolio Holder for Transport, was voted best market

Uppingham Homes Community Land Trust has been authorised by the Housing Regulator to move to the final stage of the application process to become a Registered Housing Provider. The Trust hopes to complete the necessary paperwork by the end of the year. RHP status will enable the local affordable housing trust to proceed with its

Uppingham Neighbourhood Forum is supporting residents’ efforts to create a new Residents Association on The Elms, the latest new housing development in the town. A newsletter to be circulated to all households on The Elms invites interested householders to join a local Zoom meeting hosted by the Forum with a view to adopting a simple

Janet Thompson (pictured) Chair of the Uppingham Neighbourhood Forum reports that the three NHS clinical commissioning groups covering Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland are carrying out a public consultation into proposals to spend £450 million transforming acute hospital and maternity services. Engagement has taken place on the future of local hospitals over a number of years

Representatives of Uppingham School, Uppingham Community College and the town’s Community Emergency Plan Committee have met to discuss the implications of the September return to school. The Committee reports to the Uppingham Neighbourhood Forum which is chaired by Janet Thompson (pictured). Both education institutions have undertaken a tremendous amount of work to ensure community safety