Community action/Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the East Midlands. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warwickshire to the south-west, Staffordshire to the west, and Derbyshire to the north-west.
The ceremonial county – the non-metropolitan county plus the city of Leicester – has a total population of just over 1 million (2016 estimate), more than half of which lives in the Leicester Urban Area. W
Leicestershire community action
Sustainability initiatives
- Sustainable Harborough, five year lottery funded project
- Transition Leicester
- Transition Loughborough
- Transition Town Market Harborough
Green Fox Community Energy, Leicester and Leicestershire's sustainable energy co-operative
Cycle City, information from Leicester City Council - Cycling in Leicestershire, information from Leicestershire County Council - Wikipedia: Leicester Bike Park
Maps: Cycling Maps, from Leicestershire County Council
Just... Fairtrade, Leicester
Leicestershire Food Links, information on Farmers’ Markets
Maps: Market Harborough Local Food and Drink Map
Freeuse Leicestershire If you don't use it, Freeuse it!
Leicestershire Rural Partnership - Rural Community Council (Leicestershire and Rutland)
LeicesterSHARE.com, part of the lifstshare network - Transport and Streets, information from Leicester City Council, includes information on cycling, buses and walking in Leicester
News and comment
2016
Lessons from Leicester - how one city is making space for cycling, Nov [1]
Market Harborough tops State of the Town sustainability report, Mar 1 [2]
2015
Lessons from Leicester … the UK's unlikely new poster city for cycling, November 26 [3]
Events
2014
March 22 Greenlight Festival, Leicester’s festival of sustainable living
June 22 Loughborough BIG Family Bike Ride
June 29 BIG Family Bike Ride @ Coalville Picnic in the Park
External links
- Leicestershire W
- b-inspired, "developing successful neighbourhoods in Leicester, and providing the services and support needed to embrace and nurture talent and potential in our exciting and diverse communities."