Worthington Parish Council

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a vacancy exists in the Office of Parish
Councillor for The Worthington Ward of the Parish of Worthington in the District
of North West Leicestershire. Any 10 electors in the said parish wishing to
request an election to fill the vacancy should do so by writing (a form for this
purpose is available on request) to Mrs A Thomas, The Chief Executive, North
West Leicestershire District Council, Council Offices, Coalville, Leicestershire
within 14 days (computed in accordance with Rule 2 of Schedule 2 of The Local
Elections (Parishes and Communities) Rules 1986) of the date of this Notice.

Original notice can be viewed at: https://www.worthington-pc.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Notice-of-Vacancy-Dec-2025-Worthington.pdf

Earlier this year a Facebook post informed you of our desire to install new equipment at the Worthington play area, and we sought ideas from the community including any thoughts regarding prevention of vandalism and anti-social behaviour which has plagued this play area for some time.

There have been some updates since, and this is the latest information.

The plan is to install a MUGA (multi-use games area) which should appeal to a wider age range and make the park more inclusive. This decision came about following ad hoc discussions with youngsters who use and / or simply meet at the park; input from the local police beat team who similarly engaged with the youngsters, and a notified meeting with local residents.

The MUGA is a very significant financial investment and to this end we applied for various grants to fund it. To date we have received £20k from the National Lottery and have applied for similar sized grants from other organisations. To support our grant applications, we received and submitted letters of support from our County and District Councillors, the church, the school, the post office/shop and the police, for which we are very grateful.

We are also applying for a grant to install CCTV. A structural survey has been carried out by the county council on one of the adjacent lamp posts; this will provide power for the CCTV equipment, and we now await funding. Footage from the CCTV will NOT be available to the parish council (thus ensuring compliance with GDPR and other regulations), and will be accessed only by the police. Feedback from the community suggested CCTV would help to reduce or prevent anti-social behaviour, vandalism, and of course littering which is a perennial problem at the play area.

Ultimately we may have to call on parish council reserves to fund some of this work but we are working towards getting as much external funding as possible to maximise the value to parishioners.

As we receive further updates, we will of course post on Facebook and the parish council’s website but in the meantime if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the parish clerk whose email address is clerk@worthington-pc.gov.uk. As Facebook is an informal communication medium, we will usually not respond to comments or questions arising from one of our posts.