A village in Leicestershire and in the heart of the National Forest, overlooking Thornton Reservoir.
Its Thornton Teas with a Twist – 3Ts – Today, Wednesday 8th May 2 to 4 pm
Hope you will be able to join us at Thornton Community Centre today for a happy afternoon. Tea, coffee, cake, conversation and fun.
Puzzles, games, children’s toys.
Everyone is welcome, including well behaved dogs on leads.
Do join us if you can, even if it’s only for a short while –Drop in at any time.
If you need a lift, please do let me know. Thanks.
Look forward to seeing you.
Love
Shirley and team
The next churchyard working party is planned for this Saturday,
11thMay 10 am to 12 noon.
If you would like to join us, please do, even if it’s only for a short time.
Jobs include
· Gathering fallen branches and twigs and move to bonfire site.
· Remove moss from church walls, Bishop’s walk etc – please leave the Lichen.
· Clear holly, ivy, saplings moss etc from headstones, graves and surrounds.
And anything else you feel needs doing.
Please bring a drink, any tools you might find handy, stout gloves and suitable footwear.
Thanks.
Hope you can join us.
Tomorrow, Saturday 4th MayÂ
from 10 am until 1 pm
at Thornton Community Centre,
LE67 1AH
Many tables of a huge variety of items, and bargains galore.
A happy atmosphere and refreshments including sausage and bacon cobs.
Admission 50p
All profits for St Peter’s Church building
Do hope you are able to support this event.
A Friends of St Peter’s event
Do you have a couple of hours a month that you could spare to help with the running of the Community Centre?
We have the most wonderful village resource at the Centre with two halls available to the local, and wider, community and a large plot of land to the rear, which although owned by the Parish Council is leased by the Trustees of the Community Centre for the benefit of the village.
Over the past two years the trustees have overseen a great many improvements at the centre (these include a new Sports Hall roof, replacement LED lighting throughout, new toilets in the main hall, decorating throughout, new drainage system), but there is still more to do to modernise this old building. The next major project is to replace the Sports hall sound proofing, create 2 extra toilets in the Sports hall and create a new, larger, improved kitchen area for the Sports hall. In recent months this hall has become increasingly popular as a safe space for childrens parties and we wish this to continue by improving these facilities.
Two major projects for the future is the creation of a decked area to run from the patio doors of the main hall, and to increase the size of the parking area by a further 20+ spaces. Whilst planning permission has been granted for these projects, the centre does not have sufficient monies to fund them without donations, grants and fund raising efforts.
We need your help to help make these things happen for the community.
Do you have time to help us raise funds, have any ideas on the type of events you would like to see at the Centre?
Please contact us at thorntonvillage@aol.com or join us at the AGM to have a conversation.
We are a small, friendly group of 7 trustees, but we really do need help and would welcome new members to join us to ensure the future of the Centre for years to come.
The trustees meet once a month at 7pm on (usually) the third Thursday evening of the month.
The trustees have recently agreed to take over from the Parish Council, the responsibility of mowing the grass, to the rear of the Community Centre.
It is hoped that by doing this the grass can be cut on a more regular basis and cut shorter to make that area more ‘usable’ to residents and visitors.
The boundary hedge will also become the Trust’s responsibility and will need attention 2 or 3 times a year.
But this comes at a cost.
Is there anyone local or do you know of anyone nearby that would be prepared to mow the grass on a regular basis for the village and/or trim the hedging when that becomes necessary. Terms to be negotiated.
Contact us please by emailing thorntonvillage@aol.com
Don’t forget to come along and ‘bag a bargain’
St Peter’s church is a beautiful ancient grade 1 listed building.
Built in the 13th century it will always be in need of preservation, maintenance and improvements to ensure its future and continued use.
The aims of The Friends of St Peter’s are to raise money to help preserve, improve and maintain St Peter’s Church.
If you would like to help in a very simple way you are invited to join The Friends. There is nothing arduous about it. Once you have joined just relax in the knowledge that you are doing your bit to preserve local heritage.
However, if you want to get more involved it would really be appreciated. We are always looking for new ideas.
There is a committee (membership is not terribly onerous if you would like to join) which meets about 6 times a year to plan events and exchange ideas.
The subscription for the year (April to April) is £5 per individual.
If you would like to become a member of The Friends please complete an application form, include your subscription and post to the treasurer, Eric Roberts, 23 Main Street, Thornton, LE67 1AF. Or join today in church. (Form below).
Your data will always be stored securely.
Thank you.
If you would like to become more involved with the group either with helping at our fund raising events, or holding an event please indicate this on the form and someone will contact you.
We are currently in need of secretarial help. If you could help in any way with this, we would be very grateful. Again please do let us know.
For more information please contact:
Shirley Garlick on 01530 230422 or
Eric Roberts 01530 230 743
Thank you.
Our next meeting is this Wednesday 24th April 2 to 4 pm.
Another happy afternoon with tea, coffee, cake, conversation and fun.
Puzzles, games, children’s toys.
Hope you can join us even if it’s only for a short while –Drop in at any time.
Everyone is welcome, including well behaved dogs on leads.
If you need a lift, please do let us know. Thanks.
Look forward to seeing you
Love from the team.
Organised by the village for the villagers.
Thornton 
