Peacock’s Meadow: a space in the community.

Posted on 1st December 201918th December 2019 by Littleport Life

Well, Winter is now upon us. Time for gardeners to reflect on the passing year, and to plan for next year’s growing season. That’s what we’ve been doing in the Peacocks Meadow community garden. Summer saw a number of lovely community events in the garden. Our volunteers, together with support from Fenland Spirit Services, have cut the grass all through the year. This regular cutting is gradually eradicating the brambles. Youngsters from the PORT youth…

River View Flowers

Posted on 1st December 201918th December 2019 by Littleport Life

Hello, my name is Jessica. A little about me. I am a freelance florist, wife and a busy mum. I run an independent floral design service from Ten Mile Bank. Growing up in the countryside has been really inspiring, so many beautiful wild flowers all around us in the fens. It truly is a wonderful place to live. With so much nature around it is hard not to feel inspired. The more you look, the…

Littleport Lions Club News!

Posted on 1st December 201918th December 2019 by Genevieve Battey

Littleport Lions Charter Meal On 15th September 2019, The Lions Club of Littleport and their guests, who included New Century Lions, had their Charter Meal at the High Flyer pub in Ely. The Mayor of Ely, Michael Rouse, gave a speech at the meal about the events he has attended during this year. He also spoke about fundraising for the Mayor’s charity. He praised the Lions for all their valuable work in the community. Club…

From the Littleport Society: Your Village Heritage – Can you help?

Posted on 1st December 201918th December 2019 by Littleport Life

The Littleport Society is looking for volunteers to help on Tuesday afternoons at The Barn and/or to join the Committee. We have a fabulous collection of thousands of objects, photographs, film, family history records and an archive, all relating to Littleport. Our volunteers help with cataloguing, exhibitions, social media, admin, databasing, family history research, helping visitors at The Barn, digitising, publications, and looking after the collection. Whatever your interest in your heritage you will be…

Branching Out

Posted on 1st December 201918th December 2019 by Littleport Life

What do we do? We have two contracts with Cambridgeshire County Council to provide day provision services for people who have standard or complex learning disabilities such as autism or a learning disability with other conditions. The wonderful work our team do helps us to provide this for almost 40 people to a very high standard. New team members undertake extensive training lasting 1 year, and then they constantly refresh that training yearly. Typically, a…

Littleport Brass represents all that’s good about Littleport

Posted on 1st December 201918th December 2019 by Lyn Guest de Swarte

Littleport Brass are out there representing the village in many a concert and competition over the course of the year. This autumn they were extremely busy, competing in various prestigious competitions and events such as the ‘own choice’ contest at Leicester on November 24th. And in a world-wide live streamed broadcast on Sunday October 6th they were shown live as they competed in the new Bolsover Festival of Brass in its Second Section category. The…

Christmas at Littleport Leisure

Posted on 1st December 201918th December 2019 by Littleport Life

It’s a Christmas Extravaganza for the whole of December here at Littleport Leisure and we would like to welcome you to enjoy our events. Our Christmas begins on Saturday 7th December with Christmas Party Night for adults. The evening consists of a three-course meal, followed by dancing with Intercity Disco. The cost of the party is £29.95. Great food, great atmosphere and great value! On Wednesday 11th December we would like to invite you to…

Cheerio

Posted on 1st December 20192nd September 2021 by Lyn Guest de Swarte

Saying Cheerio to the editor’s seat at Littleport Life! As the saying goes ‘all good things must come to an end’ and so it is for me as I pass the editor’s seat over to my erstwhile deputy editor David Barker. I have greatly enjoyed my time serving my adopted village over the last few years, but with increasing age thought it best to give way to a younger, much younger, more energetic incumbent. I…

Littleport Rangers FC Update!

Posted on 1st December 201918th December 2019 by Littleport Life

Under 8s The Under 8s are now getting stuck into their second season of football and are enjoying playing football and developing their skills on a weekly basis. The players and parents travel across the county, early on a Saturday morning, playing against teams in the Cambridgeshire mini soccer league 5v5 format. Back in May the players had the opportunity to play on the pitch at the Abbey, home of Cambridge United, against some of…

Learning Matters…

Posted on 1st December 201918th December 2019 by David Barker

I was at a consultation recently and came across a situation that I often see. The student was a very willing, and a very well-meaning student; keen to do well, and keen to please. But she was struggling with learning and school. Something I kept hearing her say was “I don’t like school.” It felt like she was comparing herself to her friends and, in her mind’s-eye, coming off worse. In one particular case, the…

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