Page 11 - Herald October 2023

OCTOBER 2023
NATIONAL GARDEN
SCHEME LEICESTERSHIRE
OPEN GARDENS
There are some lovely autumn gardens to visit during October.
On the 8th October Hammond Arboretum in Market Harborough, LE16 7JG opens from 14.30-16.00. A fascinating garden originally created by Francis Hammond the Headmaster of The Market Harborough Grammar School, he started planting trees on the site in 1913. Now a mature 3.5 acre wood, the Arboretum contains many fascinating trees from as far afield as America, China and Japan. Trees are labelled and identified on a handout and plan making for an interesting visit.
Our last garden of the year to open is Tresillian House, Melton Mowbray, LE13 0BQ on the 29th from 11-6pm. A secluded and quiet garden on the southern side of Melton Mowbray, it features a wide range of interesting specimen trees, with a pond, natural bog garden and koi carp pond. In addition to light refreshments, stew and dumplings will be on sale as well.
When you visit one of our gardens you also are donating to nursing and cancer charities. In 2022, The National Garden Scheme donated over £3.11 million to our
best-loved charities including Macmillan Cancer Support, Marie Curie, Hospice UK and The Queens Nursing Institute. Full details of our gardens and charity beneficiaries at www.ngs.org.uk
PUMPKIN CARVING
Join us at Cherry Lane (Glebe) this Halloween for a fangtastic Pumpkin Carving event!
Carve some spooky designs in to a pumpkin whilst enjoying a creepy cookie and witches brew!
Arrive in your most frightful fancy dress and take part in a devilishly cool zombie dance off! With prizes to be won, you’ll be screaming with laughter!
Sessions start at 9am on either 28th or 29th October
Tickets cost £7.99 per child with accompanying adults being free. However, we’re sorry but due to space restrictions, we’re limited to 2 adults per child. Advance tickets are available to book online until the day before the event. Remember spaces are limited, so why not click to book sooner than be howlingly horrified at missing out!
https://www.cherry-lane.co.uk/ customer-events-all.html
THE NEW COUNTESTHORPE HERALD 11
COUNTESTHORPE PATIENT
PARTICIPATION GROUP
Do you have a view regarding health care in your community? Are you a patient of Countesthorpe Medical Centre? If so why not join your local Patient Group!
These groups were formed several years ago to promote and support the involvement of registered patients in the provision and monitoring of local health care services.
The group have, due to COVID, not been able to meet for a few years, but are now meeting to continue the work
The meeting in September had a small number of attendees, but would like to encourage new members drawn from people who are patients of the practice. Meetings are held quarterly with representatives from the local surgery to discuss issues raised by patients (excluding comments about personal medical care received).
So back to the first question. Do you have a view regarding health care in your community? And would you like to have an input into healthcare in the future, if so then please contact either Isabelle Wells at the surgery or Elaine Cooke 2774422. All enquiries will be responded to and a member of the group will contact you.
If you require any further information about the group please check the Pation Group section on the medical Centre website where you will find more about our aims and the constitution or contact us for a chat. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 7th November at the Medical Centre starting at 6.30pm and we aim to finish by 8pm.
Look forward to seeing you there Elaine Cooke
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