June 8th. Often carers get forgotten but not in Rutland. Oakham Castle hosted a comprehensive event showcasing the many forms of help available, as a contribution to Carers’ Week .
Carers’ Week
Rutland support for Ukrainian refugees
Thank you to Lands End & Rutland Council for providing a great event to support our Ukrainian visitors & their sponsors. There are now 103 in Rutland. Help provided included language classes, clothing, toys & a small jobs fair. It was lovely to meet our visitors and their sponsors.
Yet more trees for the Jubilee…
More trees for Rutland as part of the Queen’s Green Canopy. Residents of Barleythorpe have planted 700 native tees & whips to create a wildflower meadow that in years to come will become a wood. A great pleasure to meet those who have driven the project forward.
Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee Weekend
What a weekend that was!
And Rutland played its part magnificently. Here are just a few of the highlights that I was personally involved in. There were many more, but I just didn’t have enough hours in the day to visit all of them.
I would like to compile an ‘electronic scrapbook’ of Platinum Jubilee events in Rutland to submit to Her Majesty and to publish online. Please send me your best photographs of your local events, with a short caption, to add to the few I have already compiled below. By email please to ll@rutlandlordlieutenant.org .
With thanks to the BBC for broadcasting this image!
Platinum Jubilee Beacons
Beacons were lit all over Rutland & the UnitedKingdom as a mark of loyalty & celebration of Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee. Pictured here is the one I was asked to light at Oakham, in Cutts Close. Thanks to Oakham Town Council and the Military Wives Choir.
MBE for Barbara Crellin
Congratulations to Barbara Crellin, whose MBE was awarded in the Queen’s Birthday Honours! Pictured here with her fellow Rutland Community First Responders receiving their Platinum Jubilee medal from the Lord Lieutenant. What a well l deserved honour! Barbara has made huge impact on our county’s health and fitness – and beyond.
Vacancies for volunteers?
Rutland’s High Sheriff and I were celebrating Volunteers Week at Rutland Citizens Advice Bureau yesterday. Rutland has a wealth of voluntary organisations. There are more than 69 vacancies for volunteers. Being a volunteer helps others & makes for happier lives.
Marathons for charity
June 1st: Nicki Dutton is walking 5 half marathons over the Platinum Jubilee weekend to raise funds for Wags and Bones, a charity that helps both dogs & humans. Nicki started in Rutland but will also walk around London ending in Rutland on Sunday.
Rutland’s Floral Tribute
May 30th: Celebrating the Platinum Jubilee, Rutland now has a stunning floral horseshoe. It has been made featuring the flowers embroidered on Her Majesty’s coronation robe. All made by skilled florist Jo, it can be viewed at Oakham Castle. The horseshoe surrounds our Rutland poem written by Uppingham resident Henry Dawe.
Rogation Sunday at Brooke
May 29th: Rogation Sunday was marked with well chosen hymns & beautiful prayers and music, reflecting thankfulness for the earth’s bounty. This was at Brooke church in Rutland – the best preserved #Elizabethan church in the country. So beautiful. Thanks to all.
