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Welcome to the final edition of the Rutland Scene for 2010!

In this festive edition we’ve got local Christmas information for you on markets, celebrations and services in your beautiful county. We’ve also teamed up with many local businesses to give you some ideas for gifts either for loved ones or even if you need to leave out a ‘wish list’! See pages 24 & 25.

The Rutland Photographic competition has now finished, with the judges making a decision on the winner any day now, so keep your eyes peeled! We have featured some of the images as a taster of the stunning photography to come. In the New Year editions, we’ll show off some more entries.

For the children, we have teamed up with ‘Buy the Book’ in Oakham and local author Yvonne Barclay, and brought you a drawing and colouring competition. See page 11 for more details.

Local organisation ‘Out of the Rut’ is a great stop for your seasonal fruit and vegetables, see page 21 to learn more. Locally there have been celebrations with the Tourism Awards recognising the hard work and commitment by many Rutland based businesses, which you can read more about on page 34.

We have our popular book reviews in this month, as well as travel, motoring and beauty tips. Finally our useful numbers list has been refreshed – don’t forget to get in touch if your group would like to be featured here.

Finally, have a enjoyable, safe and relaxing festive season and make sure you stay in touch during 2011!

Heidi & Naomi

Contents

Useful NumbersRutland Photographers Kids CompetitionBook ReviewsChristmas TraditionsInterior Lighting IdeasBeauty TipsChristmas GiftsTravel Rutland Business AwardsWhats OnCar Review

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Front Cover Image : Discover Rutland


POLICE

Non emergency(0116) 222 2222 In a non emergency - for example not requiring police attendance - or to report a non-urgent crime, there is one telephone number for the whole of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 Emergencies 999

Childline - 0800 11 11 Parentline- 0808 800 2222 Samaritans - 08457 909090

Citzens Advice Bureau 56 High Street Oakham LE15 6AL0845 120 3705www.rutlandcab.org.uk

Rutland County CouncilCatmose, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 6HP Tel: 01572 722577 Email: [email protected]

Uppingham Town CouncilThe Town Hall, High Street East, Uppingham, Rutland, LE15 9PY 01572 822681 www.uppinghamtowncouncil.co.uk

Rutland Adult Learning Enquiries and Enrolment email: [email protected]/adultlearning

HEALTHDoctorsDr D A J Ker & Partners Cold Overton Road, Oakham, LE15 6NT 01572 722621

Ketton Surgery Geeston Road, Ketton, Nr Stamford, PE9 3RH 01572 823531

Market Overton and Somerby Surgeries, Thistleton Road, Market Overton, LE15 7PP 0844 815 1470

Chemists

Boots The Chemists Ltd 18 High Street, Oakham, LE15 6AL 01572 722024

Day Lewis 21 High Street, Oakham, LE15 6AH 01572 722083

Your Local Boots Pharmacy Cold Overton Road, Oakham, LE15 6NT 01572 770101

Dentists

ADP Oakham The White House, 17 Burley Road, Oakham, LE15 6DH 01572 770579

D S Nadany 2 Market Street, Oakham, LE15 6DY 01572 755002

Dentith & Dentith83 South Street, Oakham, LE15 6BG 01572 755970

J A Gwyther 74 High Street, Oakham,LE15 6AS 01572 755260 Oakham Dental StudioKnight’s Yard, Gaol Street, Oakham,LE15 6AQ01572 771775

West Road Dental Practice71 West Road, Oakham, LE15 6LT 01572 722677 Opticians

Langrick & Coe Opticians 16 High Street, Oakham,LE15 6AL01572 724407

Oakham Opticians 3 Westgate, Oakham, LE15 6BH01572 720072

Simmons Optometrists23 Burley Road, Oakham,LE15 7DH 01572 756434 SPORTS

Vale of Catmose College Sports Centre - 01572 756181www.rutnet.co.uk/vcc

Oakham School Sports Centre 01572 758754

Rutland County Council ActiveRecreation Team 01572 722577www.rutland.gov.uk

AthleticsRutland Athletic Club 01572 757617 / 01572 723606 www.rutlandac.supanet.com

BadmintonOakham Badminton Club [email protected]

FootballRoyce Rangers Junior FC 07800749907/01572821189

Horse ridingRutlandRidingClub 01780 755237 www.rutlandridingclub.co.uk

rugbyOakham Rugby Club 01664 454421 / 01572 770274 www.oakhamrfc.co.uk

runningRutland Running Club 01572 755533 e-mail: [email protected]

SailingRutland Sailing Club 01780 720292 www.rutlandsc.co.uk

tennisOakham Tennis Club 07966 466482 / 07971 457739 oakhamltc.org.uk

Ketton Tennis Club 01780 460501

VolleyballOakham Volleyball Club 01572 812544

LIBRARY

Oakham Library, Catmos Street, Oakham, LE15 6HW 01572 722918

Uppingham Library, Queen Street, Uppingham, LE15 9QR 01572 823218

Ketton Library, High Street, Ketton, PE93TE 01780720580

Ryhall Library Coppice Road, Ryhall, PE94HY 01780751726

Mobile Library offers a fortnightly service to the villages of Rutland

VETS

Best Friends Veterinary Centre Melton Road, Oakham, LE15 6AY 01572 770011 www.bestfriendsgroup.com

Oakham Veterinary HospitalAshwell Road, Oakham, LE15 7QH 01572 722647 www.oakhamvethospital.co.uk

Rutland Veterinary Centre 12a Ayston Road, Uppingham, LE15 9RL 01572 822399

PLACES OF WORSHIP

Oakham Ashwell, Braunston in Rutland, Brooke, Egleton, Hambleton, Langham, Market Overton, Teigh, Whissendine

The Revd Lee Francis-Dehqani 01572 722108

Ryhall, Essendine, Carlby The Revd Patrick McKee 01780 762398

Cottesmore, Barrow & Burley Greetham, Thistleton, Stretton, Clipsham, Exton 01572 812202 (Cottesmore Church office)

St Josephs Catholic Church, Oakham 01572 722308

Congregational Church, Oakham 01733 262086

Methodist Church, Oakham 01572 756946

Baptist Church, Oakham 01572 724990

School Chapel, Oakham 01572 758797

Langham Baptist Church 01572 768386

The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) 59 South Street, Oakham 01780 460454 (voicemail)

Market Overton Free Church 01572 767383

Need a phone number? Police, Health, Sports clubs, Libraries, Vets and Places of Worship Helplines/Advice, Public Services

Then look no further than our useful numbers


The search for the Rutland Photographer of the year 2010, on conjunction with ‘Buy the Book’ of Oakham, is nearing its conclusion as the competition officially came to a close at the end of October. Many local businesses have supported the competition including Rutland Cycling, Barnsdale Gardens, Anglian Water, Oakham School and RAF Cottesmore as well as the local media, all helping to see a huge total of 250 entries. The standard of photographs has been extremely high and the judges face tough decisions to choose the winners for each of the seven categories and one overall winner. In addition, a selection of images will be chosen for the book ‘Our Rutland’ which will come out in Spring 2011. The final aim of the book is to bring the best photographic talent together to help celebrate the county of Rutland and to assist in promoting the area as a tourist destination and a great place to work. The winners will be notified by the beginning of December and the Rutland Scene will feature some of the winning images in the New Year editions.

Hundreds of local photographs


Yvonne Barclay-Firth, grew up in Rutland and after six years as a Para Planner in theFinancial Services Industry, became a full time Mum, where her children’s love of poetic stories and her own love of writing short poems inspired her to write her first book ‘Bertie Boom’s Trip to the Moon’. The book is written under the pen name Lily Mai.

About The Author

Children, get out your pens, pencils and crayons....and draw a picture, no bigger than A4, taking inspiration from this extract. Hand in the picture with contact details to Buy the Book in Oakham, where the winner will be displayed from the 20th December. The book is available to buy from Buy the Book in Oakham and also www.amazon.co.uk

Win A Signed

Copy Of Bertie Boom’s Trip to the Moon

Bertie looked around for signs of alien life,And that is when

he noticed lots of green mice.They all had whiskers and

googly eyes And they were big! Much bigger than earth

mouse size.

The mice were fat and looked well fed.They had all the

cheese that they could eat!They munched the cheese

with goofy teeth As they dug out more, with their spoon

shaped feet.

Little Bertie’s heart beat fast as every mouse he could seeStared at him with beady eyes,Like they might eat him for tea!

Extract


Mobile Library Service in RutlandRutland offers a comprehensive fortnightly mobile library service to local

residents. Services include *Books for loan for adults and children, including fiction and non-fiction

* Books in Large Print, on CD and on Tape for hire* DVDs and a request service for items

For more information about the service available, visit www.rutland.gov.uk/libraries or contact Oakham library on 01572 722918

Hotly anticipated reads


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AdventAdvent is traditionally a time to prepare for Christmas, decorate the house and buy presents and send cards. In the Church it is a time to prepare for the message of Christmas Day. Advent is a Christian festival leading up to Christmas. The name advent means ‘coming or arrival’. When does advent start? Advent starts on the first Sunday after Saint Andrew’s day (November 30th) and continues through the next four Sundays that will lead up to Christmas day. In many churches candles (either red or purple) are lit on these four Sundays, and a fifth (white) candle is lit on Christmas day.

ChristingleChristingle means ‘Christ’s Light’ and it is a symbol of the Christian faith. Many churches hold Christingle services with the custom of giving out lighted candles originating from the Moravian Church in Germany in 1747 and introduced to the Anglican Church in England in 1968. Christingles are made up of different parts, each one being there to remind us of something. The orange represents the world whilst the candle is to remind us of Jesus because Christians believe Jesus to be the light of the world. The red ribbon goes all round the ‘world’ and reminds Christians that Jesus died because it represents the blood of Jesus. The four cocktail sticks could have either of two meanings: the four seasons or the four corners of the world. The sweets (or sometimes dried fruit) is to remind us of God’s gifts to the world including kindness and love.

See pages 36 & 37 for Christingle, Advent & Christmas services in Rutland or contact your local parish church office, contact details on pages 4 & 5.

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Let us try to answer some of the questions you can find yourself pondering and maybe help you to overcome some objections.

It is too formal for me?

This is no longer a problem. Some cruises have retained the more formal approach, but many others have a balance with a percentage of formal nights, theme nights and casual nights in the main restaurant but if you prefer there will be at least one buffet restaurant with casual dress. If neither of those cruise types’ appeals to you, you still have the freestyle option, casual dress throughout all restaurants; no need to book, just turn up and eat.

Will I be bored when at sea?

Whatever your preference, whether you just want to relax and not do a great deal, if you’re in your more senior years and prefer like company, looking for a family cruise or if adventure is your middle name, there is a cruise out there to cover all your needs. The bigger the ship, naturally the wider the choice. A newsletter will be delivered to your cabin every evening, detailing the next day’s programme, so you can join in as much or as little as you like.

What about tips?

This has been a worry for many first time cruise passengers and some cruise lines are now including tips in the initial cost.

Others give you an option when booking to prepay tips. If you sail on a cruise line that still retains the tips system you will be advised what the standard rate is, this is normally for your cabin steward and restaurant waiter.

What money do I need onboard?

None. You will be given your personal identification card on embarkation. This is used for all purchases on board and you pay at the end of your cruise. Most cruise lines will provide a bill about around halfway through your cruise just to give you an idea of how your spending is going.

All those shore visits, paperwork and disembarking sounds like too much hassle.

You are under no pressure to go on any shore trips in fact many people, especially in Europe, have a leisurely breakfast and walk off and take in the local area independently. There will be some destinations where certain formalities are required but, do not worry, if you have booked the tour before boarding much of this will have been done before you even board the ship. Remember cruise ships have been visiting these ports for many years and have vast experience in guiding and assisting you. There are some passengers who never leave the ship, happy to enjoy the onboard facilities.

New to the world of Cruises? Wonder if it’s for you?

Your Family Run Independent Travel Agent Freeway Travel | 1 High Street East | Uppingham | LE15 9PY

Tel: 01572 822702Email: [email protected]


Lighting is one of the most, if not the most, important factor in a room, yet it is often overlooked. Good lighting can make the difference between a dull, dated and unwelcoming room and one that is cosy, welcoming and has a great ambience. It can easily make your home appear bigger, fresher and more unique as well as adding value.

Most rooms need a variety of lighting and it is important to create a lighting scheme before you start to plan and decorate a room. Use light to enhance your surroundings, generate the

correct lighting for the tasks performed in each room and create the correct mood for each area.

Make a plan of where the furniture is going, features you would like to highlight and what kind of usage each area/furniture piece is intended for. Will the room be used during the day or in the evening or perhaps both? Will it be used primarily for entertaining or perhaps for study and work or once again a combination of both?

Hot tip:To make a room appear larger, place an uplighter in a corner. It will create a

feeling of more space.Sol Sunnarvik

Furleys | 51-53 High St Oakham Rutland LE15 6AJTel: 01572 755 170

Should your room feature predominantly table and floor lamps, think about the colour scheme of the walls, upholstery and curtains when you go shopping for lamp shades and bring fabric and paint swatches with you for a good match. For wall and ceiling lights a dimmer switch is a great

option as it will instantly change the lighting from work and study mode to a cosy and relaxing one.

Candles will also instantly change and soften the mood of a room - a must for the dark and cold winter months!

Lighting - a key factor in your home.


Kerry Wells - Barking MadTel: 01775 720382

Email: [email protected]: www.barkingmad.uk.com

Your dog’s daily routine for feeding and walks maintained by our hostsLocal hosts in your area

Suitable for dogs with a wide range of needsRemember, it’s their holiday too

Cosy, loving home environment with very special hostsEstablished 4 years

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Local Home From Home Pet Care

A perfect alternative to dog boarding kennels, Barking Mad provides a home from home holiday for your much loved dog, with locally based Kerry Wells providing this well established sitting service to the area along with her love and passion for pet care. Kerry arranges for dogs to stay with loving host families, matching the sort of environment and routine the dogs are used to from a portfolio of local trusted dog sitters who meet the extremely high standards of Barking Mad. Accommodation is arranged in a warm, friendly home environment similar to your own, with one-to-one dog care. Exercise and feeding routines are maintained just as your dog is used to. To learn more about using the home-from home dog sitting service or to find out about becoming oneof the local host family dog sitters offeringdog holidays.

contact Kerry on 01775 720382 or email [email protected]

In the heart of Oakham, local residents can now benefit from a new fruit and vegetable shop who’s ethos is ‘fresh, local and affordable’.

Run by local business, ‘Out of the Rut’, the purpose of the shop is to provide opportunities for people with mental and/or physical impairments who live in Rutland, to gain employment in a voluntary or paid capacity and to learn greengrocery skills and gain confidence from serving customers. The shop is classed as a ‘social enterprise’ as profits are ploughed back into the company.

Some produce, such as bananas will always have to be bought in, but where they can, Out of the Rut source from within Rutland and on many occasions from Oakham itself. The shop buys surplus allotment and garden produce, most recently stocking seven plum and six apple varieties from the Oakham area. Paying 50p per kilo, it won’t set you up, but supports the fresh, local and affordable ethos, and as ‘Toby’ found out recently, can boost your pocket money!

Shop manager Trish Hudson is also keen to keep selling more unusual produce such as beautiful pattypan squashes grown in Loddington, yellow and round courgettes, cape gooseberries and curly endive.

Out Of The Rut – Greengrocery, Cutts Close, OakhamShop mobile - 07990 551899

Open Monday to Saturday 8.30am to 4.30pmwww.outoftherut.co.uk

Out Of The Rut


Us women have been searching high and low for years to find ways to enhance our natural beauty. Here are some tips that every women should be following to make them glow.

Vaseline. Not many people realise, but Vaseline is nothing short of a beauty miracle. Apply it to your lips and eyelids for a soft, shiny effect and dab onto eye-lashes after makeup removal to prevent them from becoming brittle and break-ing. And those split ends? Simply tie your hair into plaits before bed and apply a small amount of Vaseline to the ends. And voila, in the morning you’ll be split end free!

Rehydrate, rehydrate, rehydrate! You’ve probably heard it all before, but water is the simplest way to a more beautiful you. Drinking 6-8 glasses of water a day will keep your skin looking soft, hydrated and young.

Moisturising twice a day is essential. In the morning and evening, massage moisturiser in upwards, circular motions into the skin. This brings nutrients to the skin’s surface and also helps to boost circulation. Again, this helps to rehydrate your skin and prevent wrinkles.

Natural ingredients can be a life saver. You don’t need to break the bank to look beautiful, as ingredients such as sea salt can be just as good as expensive

brands. Use sea salt to exfoliate the skin and remove dead skin cells in the shower. Alternatively, mix coffee grounds with salt and rub all over the body to exfoliate. Rinse off, moisturise and your skin will be soft and supple.

And finally, sleep! Your body needs time to restore itself and take a rest, so you should aim to get at least 8 hours every night. You’ll wake up feeling refreshed and revitalised

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Monday is Steak Night – 2 x 8oz Nelson’s Rump Steaks - £10

Wednesday is Sausage & Mash Night - £6

£5 Lunchtime Deals - Monday - Friday 12noon - 2pm

Christmas Dinner Bookings2 Courses - £15.003 Courses – £18.50

1st – 24th December


Sarah Harding Interiors 27 High Street East, Uppingham 01572 823389

Snowden flood trees drinking glasses. Pack of

4; £39.

VouchersNot sure what to buy.....gift vouchers available from;

Furleys of Oakham 01572 755539Banyan Tree Too 01572 821556Scarlet Sky 01572 724133Kids & More 01572 771775Flicker of Oakham 01572 724041Wish of Uppingham 01572 823510Twist of Uppingham 01572 821390Essence of Uppingham 01572 822715

Hirst & Hirst18 Church Street,

Oakham07912 408636

Simply stunning lanterns in

various sizes and designs - from

£34.95

Banyan Tree Too9 High Street West, Uppingham01572 821556

Supersoft boxed scarf for the man in your life. £17.50

Patent leather bag £47Patent leather purse £19.50Animal print scarf £15Gloves £7.50Necklace £25Leather handbag trims £3.50

Luxury boxed silk tie and matching cufflinks. £18.50

Wish & Twist of Uppingham01572 823510 / 01572 821390High Street East, Uppingham

Heyland & Whittle rattan reed diffuser and oil £20, oil refill £15

Handbags, available in two sizes, £39.99 small, £49.99 large

Emma Bridgewater Winter Flower Candles £30.00 per box set.

Scarlet SkyMill Street, Oakham01572 724133

A complete and original game.

Scramble the heads, tummies, and legs and

reconstruct, like a puzzle, with the help

of colours. £25

Christmas gift ideas brought to you by your local businesses in Oakham and Uppingham….

A wine lover’s beer glass! Double skin blown design keeps

wine cooler for longer. £16

FurleysHigh Street, Oakham01572 755539

Ladies Stasia Pink Multi Pom Slippers

£35.00

Bulatti Necklace - the ultimate necklace

perfect for to go with that LBD £162.50

Sparrow wall hooks. Pack of 2; £10 a pack.


Sam MoonPersonal Fitness Trainer &

Nutrition Consultant

One to One Personal Training Sessions

Group (of your choice) Training Sessions

One to One Nutrition & Weight Loss advice

Group sessions for Nutrition & Dietary advice

Help with learning to enjoy diet & exercise

Motivation for those who lose interest quickly

Help on improving general health

Rutland based

[email protected] 729273 | 07931 716555

Control your weight the healthy way

Being ‘thin’ may make us feel good but doesn’t necessarily make us healthy. There are many underlying health problems caused by weight control, many of which we are unaware of. Sam Moon has been a stay at home mum for eight years and during this time has developed a huge interest in Fitness and Nutrition. Having recently qualified as a Personal Fitness Trainer and Nutrition Weight Consultant, Sam is now bringing these skills to the area for you to benefit from. Part of this is aiming to make people aware that whilst we all want to be slim, our health is very important too and if we put exercise and nutrition together in the correct way we can be happier with our body at the same time as being healthy and feeling healthier. Sam’s programme concentrates on encouragement and motivation with clients, getting them to understand that exercise can be a lot of fun and doesn’t have to be some-thing they dread doing and end up putting off!

Sam Moon Personal Fitness

5 Crown Walk, Oakham01572 771775

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Rutland County Council is pleased to announce the creation of a new permissive Bridleway in the county thanks to T W Brown and Son Farm in Lyddington as part of a Natural England environmental scheme, which aims to achieve maximum environmental benefits for the area, as well as increase public access to the countryside. The new bridleway was officially opened on Saturday 16th October at 10am by Rutland and Melton MP Alan Duncan.

The bridleway is a 4.5 km circular route that will provide safe, off-road riding in the Lyddington area. Its creation is part of an agreement with Natural England that includes improved facilities for educational access to the farm and the enhancement of wetland habitats next to the River Welland.

For more information about walking and riding routes around the county please visit www.rutland.gov.uk

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If you are the owner of rented accommodation or you run your own business then you are obliged by law to have all your portable appliances tested every year. This includes all office equipment and domestic appliances, even the beloved kettle. This is to ensure the safety of your tenants and your working environment. The Electrics Company can do this for you. Our qualified technicians cover all areas within a 30 mile radius of Stamford and we aim to be very flexible as we know that you are busy!!!

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Rutland will welcome the festive season in style during the early weeks of December as Christmas late-night shopping and Christmas events come to the county. Events will begin in Uppingham, with late-night shopping taking place in the town on Thursday 9th December, including a vintage fun fair in the market place, music, Christmas carols, local hot food and stalls, a craft and gift fayre, Punch and Judy show, not to mention real reindeers. The bi-annual Christmas Tree Festival will also be held at St Peter and St Paul’s Church in the Market Place.

Oakham will then round off the events in style on Monday 13 December, when traders will open their doors for the late night shopping event including; hot food and stalls, a funfair in the Market Place, Christmas carols and a craft and gift fayre at Victoria Hall.

With so many fantastic shops in both towns, it’s the perfect opportunity to find some great present ideas for friends and family.

CHRISTMAS EVENTS IN RUTLAND

25 Main Street, Cottesmore,Nr Oakham

RutlandLE15 7DH

Tel: 01572 898217

We offer a warm welcome and traditional, fresh, home cooked food and real ale. Whether you want morning coffee, lunch, dinner or just a snack, it’s available at The Sun. Our menu changes with the seasons!

2 Main Courses from Our Chefs Specials for £12

Mon-Fri 4pm-6pm

Bookings for Christmas and New Year are being taken now, telephone for details

Monday to Thursday 11am to 11.00pm - food served 12noon to 9pmFriday and Saturday 11am to midnight - food served 12noon to 9.30pm

Sunday 11am to 11pm, Sunday lunch served 12noon to 7pm Sunday supper served from 7pm to 9pm

Weddings, Christenings, Anniversaries, Funerals Contact Carl to view our Rutland

Room on 01572 898217Everything tailored to your requirements

Cottesmore

Tea time offers Book your Event

Opening times

Visit our website at: www.thesuninncottesmore.co.ukContact us by e-mail at [email protected]


Stamford based independent craft group the Stamford Artisans Guild was founded in September 2009. Since then

the Guild has successfully organised four Locally Hand-made craft fairs at the Stamford Arts Centre. Stamford Artisans Guild members are local crafts people who offer goods for sale which are made by them. Local Artists, Designers and Makers will be exhibiting and selling their range of hand-made crafts at the Christmas Market including Christmas Cards & Decorations, Stuffed toys, Textile Crafts, Local Photography, Wood Turned items, Hand bags, Knitwear, Stationary, Lapidary, Wire Sculptures, Jewellery, Christmas Gifts and more. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet the Artisans and talk to them about their crafts.This hand-made Fair is a great Christmas shopping opportunity to buy one off, unique handmade items produced locally. Free Entry and The Stamford Arts Centre Coffee Shop will be open serving up freshly made cakes and sandwiches. w

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Some of Rutland’s top tourism providers got an opportunity to shine at the recent East Midlands Tourism Enjoy England Excellence Awards. The event, held at the Roundhouse, Derby recognises tourism businesses that have excelled in providing a first class experience for visitors. Covering all areas of the visitor economy, the categories include visitor attractions, pubs, self catering, B&B and hotels.

Stretton Lakes was celebrating after taking home the gold award in the Self Catering category of the awards.

Rutland businesses also won five silver and one bronze award including silvers for Rutland Fly Fishing Adventures near Oakham and the British Bird Watching Fair, Egleton.

A number of the gold winners from the regional awards, including Stretton Lakes, will go forward to the national Enjoy England Awards for Excellence in April 2011.

RUTLAND BUSINESSES TRIUMPH AT TOURISM AWARDS

For more information regarding tourism in Rutland visit www.discover-rutland.co.uk

Local businesses recognised in the awards include;

Pub ExperienceSilver - The Horse and Jockey, Oakham, Rutland

Small Hotel/TownhouseBronze - Barnsdale Lodge, nr Oakham, Rutland

Small Visitor AttractionSilver - Barnsdale Gardens, Exton, Rutland

Taste of the RegionSilver - The Kings Arms Inn, Wing, Rutland

Tourism EventSilver - The British Birdwatching Fair, Egleton, Rutland

Tourism Experience Silver - Rutland Fly Fishing Adventures, Nr Oakham, Rutland


Some Of The Advent, Christingle and Christmas

Services in Rutland

Oakham Parish Church

Sunday 28th November6pm Advent Carols Service

Candles, Carols and Readings for the lead up to Christmas

Sunday 12th December4pm Christingle Service

A Magical candlelight presentation of the Christmas

message for Children of all ages

Christmas Eve4pm Crib Service

A Full House for blessing the Crib

11.30pm Midnight MassBeautiful Candlelight celebration of the First Communion of Christmas

Christmas Day8am Holy CommunionSaid Traditional Service10am Parish Communion with Carols Communion and Carols for all the Family

Exton ChurchSunday 28th November4pm, Christingle Service

Clipsham ChurchSaturday 18th December6pm, Carol Service

Stretton ChurchSunday 19th December4pm, Carol Service

Greetham ChurchSunday 19th December6pm, Carol Service

Cottesmore ChurchFriday 24th December11.30pm, Midnight Mass

Greetham ChurchFriday 24th December11.30pm, Midnight Mass

Thistleton ChurchChristmas Day9am, Holy Communion

Cottesmore ChurchChristmas Day10am, Morning Service

Exton ChurchChristmas Day11am, Holy Communion

Clipsham ChurchChristmas Day11.15am, Holy Communion

Stretton ChurchChristmas Day11.15am, Holy Communion

Greetham ChurchSunday 26th December10.30am, United Benefice Service, Holy Communion

There are carols services, events for Children and Christmas Communion services in most Rutland

Villages, please contact your local vicar.

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Uppingham Theatre Company bring Pantomime back to town..........Oh! yes they do...and this year it’s Sleeping Beauty. This traditional pantomime, which has magical fairies and swashbuckling heroes, follows our Minstrel as he narrates this hilarious tale of Sleeping Beauty. Uproarious buffoonery from Bumble the chancellor and side splitting mirth from Dame Cranny, provide ample opportunity for laughter until Beauty’s fateful 18th birthday when she finds the terrible topmost turret and the spinning wheel fulfilling the evil Caraboss’s curse with disastrous consequences. Can our Minstrel find a Prince, brave enough to fight the maniacal malevolence of Carabosse, to wake Beauty from her enchanted sleep with loves first kiss? Will the evil Carabosse ignore your boos and hisses to stop him and seal Beauty’s fate forever…….…. or will they live happily ever after?

Tickets priced at £10 for adults with concessions at £8 available from Uppingham

Sports and Books, 9 High Street 01572 822 211

Live @ the Museum 01572 758441

Belton House Santa FunDecember weekends from 12 noon - 4pmSearch for Santa’ Family Fun Trail in the Garden then meet Santa in the Stables alongside traditional music and decorations, Children’s Craft Activities in Discovery Centre, Festive food & shopping.Younger visitors will love the Search for Santa Trail which will take place over the first three weekends in December. Search for Santa’ Family Fun Trail in the Garden (£1.50)Meet Santa in the Stables (£3.50 incl gift)Sat 4 to Sun 5, Sat 11 to Sun 12 and Sat 18 to Sun 19 December

Christmas Markets in Rutland9th December – Uppingham13th December - Oakham

Winter Wonderland Christmas Cabaret at Launde Abbey Friday 10th and

Saturday, 11th December 2010

Santa’s Grotto at Rutland County Museum Saturday 11 December,

10am – 3pm

Stamford Brass Christmas ConcertSaturday 18th December, 7.30pmStamford Corn Exchange Theatre

Boxing Day walk at Fineshade Woods Sunday 26 December, 2 - 3:30 pm£4 per adult, £2 per child. RSPB members

half price 01780 444920


Nursery and Out of School clubs

Open 8am-6pm.

Quality Care / Education for 2–4 & up to 11 years for the

Out of School Clubs

We follow the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum

Flexible funding of 15 hours per week to suit your

childcare needs

Now taking babies from 3 months at Edith Weston

Contact us on 01780 721234 0r 07872 601219

C/o Edith Weston Primary School

C/o Exton Primary School

At Twist of Uppingham, Fiona & Gill are ready to warm you up with the stunning colours and quality of Falke tights and leggings up to 100 denier. Couple those with big wrap round Fenn Wright Manson cardigans and great patterned Culture tunic tops. For those snug nights in by the fire, velvet slippers with beautiful dressing gowns are a must.

Twist, 30 High Street East, Uppingham01572 821390

Falke Tights

Open Sundays 11.30 - 3.30

OPEN

EVERY DAY

UNTIL CHRIS

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A recent visit by Jem’s Hip Hop from Stamford to the world famous Pineapple Dance Studios in Covent Garden, London gave over 40 dancers to chance to take part in a day of professional classes from some of the best. The team led by Jemma Bacon and Matt Wheatley (directors of Jem’s Hip Hop Ltd) took a coach early morning and arrived just in time for a surprise visit from Creative Director at the Studios Louie Spence.

Once the day was underway all the students had plenty of opportunities to experience the world of professional dance in classes with some of the best teachers in the country. Throughout the day the students all aged 9-17 took part in classes such as Michael Jackson Style, Breakdance, Fusion Funk as well as one of the hardest professional classes available.

Jem’s Hip Hop Visit Pineapple Dance

Studios

Jem’s Hip Hop run classes for all age groups and all abilities in and around Stamford, Deeping, Bourne, Oakham and Peterborough.

www.jemshiphop.co.uk

‘A great day of dancing with the

pros’


JAMES COTTAMTel: 01778 424288

Mob: 07793 488466

[email protected]

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I have been on employment and support allowance for just over a year. I am feeling a little better and would like to try and gradually

return to work. I have been told that I can work for a few hours and keep my ESA. However a friend has told me that because my ESA is based on my National Insurance contributions (because I worked for years), I will lose most of what I earn in reduced housing benefit and

council tax benefit. With the extra cost of getting to work I am worried I could end up worse off working and would I really have been

better off if I hadn’t paid contributions?

A recent change in the regulations means that anyone on incapacity benefit (IB) or Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) doing what is called ‘permitted work’ will now be able to keep all the money they earn and all the money they get in benefits as long as they stick to the rules and limits on permitted work.

The change irons out an injustice in the benefits regulations which discriminated against people like yourself who had worked before becoming too ill or disabled to do so. Under the old rules, people on the means-tested sickness benefits could keep all their earnings from ‘permitted work’ and all their benefit income, while those on the contribution-based versions, but who had no more income or savings than those on the means tested versions of these benefits, were up to £60 a week worse off, simply because in the past they had worked and paid national insurance contributions.

The idea of ‘permitted work’ is to gradually allow people on IB or ESA to get back into work mode. But there are strict rules about how long you can do this for, how many hours you can work, and how much you can earn. You can earn £20 per week on an ongoing basis. You can usually only earn more than this for a year but for that year you can earn up to £93 per week. You must work less than 16 hours per week. You need to inform DWP if you are doing permitted work, (and your local council if you get housing benefit and/or council tax benefit), and it may lead to a reassessment of your work capability. If, after a year, you start working more than 16 hours a week, you may be entitled to the disability element of working tax credit. There is a lot of help available to help you get back into work but it can be quite complex. Get free, confidential and independent advice from your nearest Citizens Advice Bureau – go to www.adviceguide.ork.uk or check your local phone book for contact details.

56 High Street, Oakham LE15 6AL | 0845 120 3705 | www.rutlandcab.org.ukOpen Monday 10am – 6pm and Tuesday-Friday 10am – 4pm

An independent charity


Care. Support. Stimulation.Scalford Court Care Home

Set in its own delightful woodland grounds at the end of an avenue of lime trees, Scalford Court Care Home is a haven for restful care and tranquility, located just outside the market town of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, in the heart of the Vale of Belvoir.

As an independent registered residential care home for fifty nine residents, Scalford Court is proud of its philosophy of providing a

permanent home for residents over 55 with a 24 hour care service, we encourage and welcome all visitors to come and see their loved ones at anytime, giving them a feeling of individuality, security, warmth and belonging in a homely and caring environment whilst supporting the needs of their families wherever possible.

Contact: To arrange an appointment feel free to contact us:Scalford Court Care HomeMelton RoadScalford Melton MowbrayLeicestershire LE14 4UBTel: 01664 444696Email: [email protected] Now O

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