LNR County Meeting

With the Government's current plans to change policy on APR & BPR, we are putting together a meeting to on 22 January help you plan for the coming changes and to ensure that you are building resilience into your farming business moving forward.

Date

22 January 2025

Venue & Timings

9.30am at Kilworth Springs Golf Club

For more information, please click here

National Day of Unity

Farmers from across the UK will stage a National Day of Unity in January as pressure builds on the government to halt the controversial family farm tax that will devastate family farms across the country.

Date

25 January 2025

For more information, please click here

Leicestershire, Leicester, and Rutland - Local Nature Recovery Strategy.

Leicestershire, Leicester, and Rutland have announced a public consultation on their Local Nature Recovery Strategy.

The consultation will be open until Friday 28 February 2025.

We encourage members to visit the consultation page here: www.leicestershire.gov.uk/lnrs-consultation

On the page, you will find:

• An online consultation survey to share your views.
• Interactive online maps to explore and comment on proposed areas of environmental importance.
• A 140-page draft strategy document, outlining detailed strategic aims and priorities.
• A 20-page condensed version for a quicker overview.
• Supporting documents and resources for additional context.

A series of events are also due to be hosted where you can find out more and have your say on the strategy.

Have your say on proposed improvements to accessing health services in Rutland

The NHS in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) is inviting people to have their say on proposals to improve healthcare services in Rutland.

The proposals would improve services for people by bringing together two existing local services – the Minor Injuries Unit and the Urgent Care Centre, creating a Minor Illness and Injury Service which would be open 8 hours a day, 7 days a week in Rutland Memorial Hospital.

The public consultation and the proposal reflect the changing needs of local people.

The proposed service, that would treat non-life-threatening conditions, would be provided by nurses, advanced nurse practitioners and other clinicians who have access to and guidance from a GP. If people need it, they would be receiving a prescription for medication.

There is also a short video that summarises the proposals https://youtu.be/Tt54n16QivQ

We would encourage you to visit the website www.bit.ly/rutlandsurvey to view the full consultation document and other supporting information.

Could you also share this email with your colleagues to help spread the word and hopefully encourage more responses.

The public consultation will run from Monday 13 January until Sunday 16 March 2025.

People can get involved by:

Completing the consultation questionnaire online at www.bit.ly/rutlandsurvey

Emailing views to: [email protected]

Coming along to one of our drop-in events:

• Thursday 13 February, 9.30am-12.30pm - Greetham Community Centre, Great Lane, Oakham LE15 7NG
• Wednesday 26 February, 9.30am-12.30pm - Oakham Library, Oakham Library, Catmose St, Oakham LE15 6HW
• Friday 7 March, 9.30am-12.30pm - The Falcon Hotel, Falcon Hotel, 7 High St E, Uppingham, Oakham LE15 9PY
• Tuesday 11 March, 11am-1pm - Empingham Medical Centre, 37 Main St, Empingham, Oakham LE15 8PR

NFU Midlands Younger Member Events

The next Midlands regional event will be on 5 March 2025 for more information and to register please click here

Call for Participants: Advancing Fairness in the UK Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Sector – University of Leicester

Are you into fresh fruit and or vegetable cultivation in the UK? University of Leicester are conducting a study on advancing fairness in fresh fruit and vegetable sector and would love to hear from you!

Participation in the study involves farmers who are into the cultivation of fresh fruits and vegetables in the UK and who are suppliers to large retailers in the UK.

All data collected will be handled with the utmost confidentiality and anonymity based on University of Leicester's guideline and used solely for academic purposes.

To participate or learn more, please Visit https://bit.ly/3L6VQTZ or contact Nike directly through [email protected].

Members support would be invaluable to the success of this research.

Questionnaire for pilot study - https://drive.google.com/file/d/16Ip8UzYPUFmq1UG9FIUnzVaHnAQRUG1V/view?usp=sharing

FREE Health & Wellbeing Clinics

FCN along with Parish Nursing Ministries UK are holding Free Health & Wellbeing Clinics at the following locations:

• Rugby Market
• Thrapston Market

These are on selected dates, for more details please contact [email protected]

Rutland Neigbourhood Mental Health Cafe

Drop in support for when you're struggling to cope, supported by Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland NHS

Times

Thursday - 5.30pm - 8.30pm

Sunday - 4pm - 7pm

Venue

Pepper's - A Safe Place, 2a High Street, Oakham, LE15 6AL

Contacts

Mobile 07955 344126 or email [email protected] 

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You can contact NFU CallFirst on 0370 845 8458 to check if we are doing any calls or promotions.

Read our advice on how to deal with scam callers.