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A successful carnival week for The Lions Club of Looe!

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We’re already missing the excitement of Looe Carnival Week!
A huge congratulations to everyone involved, with a special mention to The Lions Club of Looe who worked hard throughout the week to ensure the event ran smoothly for both locals and tourists. As usual, a range of activities happened across the week from the traditional furry dance to a visit from Polperro Fisherman’s choir.
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Looe Pioneers at annual Furry dance

Following the carnival procession,  the winner of the Maddever cup for best performance has been awarded to Sheila’s Dance School, who offer classes from disco to Latin, open to everyone age 3 and upwards.
Overall winners are as follows:
1st Place  Looe Racing Grannies
2nd Place Molly’s Ice creams
3rd Barbican Pre-School – Be Crabtastic
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Sheila’s School of Dancing at Looe Carnival

Until next year!
All the best,
Looe Town Council

Business and Learning Initiatives

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Looe Town Council wants to foster sustainable economic development in our town, supporting town businesses and working with the other town organisations.

In September 2021 the Council successfully applied for funding to pay for research to understand the current situation and what initiatives your Council could take to support the development of the town. This research was completed in August 2022 and can be accessed as an attachment below.

Earlier this year, another successful funding application enabled the Council to undertake a consultation with the community and local representatives of Looe’s business and learning community. This work is now complete, and a report has been produced. The report is included as an attachment below.

The report suggested that the Council start with small interventions focused on business skills initiatives, support and training for young people, cultural events and activities and working with local and sub regional partners. A working group has been meeting to see how we can deliver four pilot projects linked to business and skills and training for young people:

• Mentoring support for all types of local businesses
We know that there are many people in Looe with local, national and global business experience. We think that some of these will be happy to share their knowledge with local businesses on a voluntary basis. Our aim is to bring together ‘mentors’ and ‘mentees’ to help Looe businesses thrive.

• Supplementary training for school leavers and young adults
With no post-16 education in Looe, young people wanting to continue their learning have to travel. This means that some people either miss out on the opportunity or it doesn’t work out for them. We are looking at how we might support local training in key skills to plug this gap.

• Business, creative and professional development through the arts
Many artists live in Looe and our area. We want to see how we can support opportunities for people to create viable arts and creative businesses, adding to the already vibrant culture of the town.

• Training support for local hospitality businesses
Hospitality is central to the economy of Looe. We want to work with existing and new businesses to support training and development to sustain and further improve the great hospitality choices that our town already offers.

These are our ideas so far and we aim to run pilot projects with each of them in the coming months. We will learn if there is a demand, if the ideas make sense and how we can improve and develop them.

Anyone interested please contact enquiries@looetowncouncil.gov.uk

Stroke Community Information Sessions

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Stroke Community Information Sessions – register your interest!
The Stroke Association and Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust have joined together to create three FREE stroke information sessions for community based practitioners. These sessions aim to increase your understanding of stroke, it’s impact for stroke survivors and their carers and to raise your awareness of the support that is available for stroke survivors in your community.Stroke Association Cornwall Emotional Support Service. Summer 2024 Update

David Bryan

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We send our condolences to Annette and the family and friends of David Bryan who died on Monday 29th July.

David served the community of Looe as a Town Councillor and was elected Mayor six times 1998-2000 and 2011-2015. He was also President of the Looe branch of the Royal British Legion.
Annette remembers two particular highlights of David’s time as Mayor, the visit of the then Duke and Duchess of Cornwall to Looe and persuading the Coca Cola Christmas lorry to stop in the town.

In 2022 David was appointed a Burgess in recognition of his significant contribution to the town.

The funeral will take place on Tuesday 20th August, 12.30 Glynn Valley Crematorium, PL30 4AP
All welcome, no flowers, donations to the Royal British Legion Looe Branch.

All at Looe Town Council are saddened by the loss of a man who was so dedicated to our town.

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St Pinnock Band at Traditional Furry Dance this evening!

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Today’s the day of the traditional Furry Dance, a celebration that traditionally celebrates the passing of winter and arrival of Spring.

Nowadays the dance is used as a form of celebration, the word ‘furry’ deriving from the Cornish language fer, fair or feast.

We took the time to catch up with St Pinnock Brass Band who will be present at the event later.

Christie from St Pinnock band said:

‘The band is pleased to take part in any such celebration. The Furry dance in Looe holds a significant place in our annual calendar, marking the countdown to the much awaited carnival’. Our committed musicians invest significant time in rehearsing, performing and competing. The band is like a family to its members. As we look forward, St Pinnock is creating its own Junior band. In September we will bring our Brass Quintet to Looe Primary to show what we do and how the brass magic happens, maybe we find the next generation of players in Looe?’

You can watch the furry dance featuring St Pinnock from 7pm.

Happy Carnival week!

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Commercial Fishing Taster Day

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Commercial Fishing Taster Day on the 29th August 2024 10am until 2pm at Unit 4, New Granite Quay, East Looe, PL13 1DX.

Summer Reading Challenge

Introducing Our Children’s Summer Reading Challenge!

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Summer is finally here and so is or Summer Reading Challenge!

Our library staff have been busy over the last few weeks promoting the challenge in our local schools, and now it’s time to read! The children who sign up for the challenge will receive an activity book, stickers and rewards every time they return books, plus a certificate and free swim voucher when they complete the challenge by reading 6 books.

If they finish the challenge before 10th August, they also have the chance to win four tickets to Flambards theme park!

While the summer reading challenge is ideal for primary age children, our mini challenge can be perfect for pre-schoolers.

If you’re a parent or guardian with a child who would like to get reading, it is not too late to be involved! You can sign up, by heading to our library open Monday & Friday 9:30am – 1pm, Tuesday & Thursday 9:30am – 5pm and Saturdays 10am – 2pm. You can also reserve a space on our Festival Week 5th – 10th August, an event with free activities for children.

 

We hope to see you Soon!

-Looe Town Council

 

Toilet CLOSURE

Important Announcement: Toilet Closure

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Please note that due to essential maintenance both the male and female Guildhall toilets will be CLOSED on 23rd & 24th July.
We are experiencing issues with the toilets at this site and fixing this is an urgent matter. We would like to address that we would not close the toilet during peak season unless it was entirely necessary.
During the period of closure, the closest toilet will be the seafront, which will be FREE OF CHARGE for these days ONLY.
We would like to thank you for your cooperation and apologise for any inconvenience caused during this time.
Any concerns please direct them to our enquiries team at:
Email: enquires@looetowncouncil.gov.uk
Telephone: 01503 262255
Best Regards,
Looe Town Council

Event Order – Looe Carnival Week

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Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, S.16A

The below closure has been approved.   Please click the following link to view a map, the site notice and approved Order:

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Event:            Looe Carnival Week

Date:             29th July 2024 to 3rd August 2024

Times:           19:15 to 20:00 hours

Notices will be displayed at each end of the road / street to be closed.

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Looe Town Council Fund Trial of Town Centre Security Officers

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At Looe Town Council, the safety and wellbeing of our residents and visitors is very important to us. We have been working with the Looe Business Forum, Looe Safety Partnership, local organisations and Devon and Cornwall Police to identify ways the Council can help address increased levels of shop lifting and anti-social behaviour. Councillor Stephen Remington explained that ‘Looe Town Council has listened to concerns and has agreed to fund a ten-week trial of additional security for the town. Highly visible uniformed patrols provide reassurance that Looe is a safe and welcoming environment for those who visit, live and work here’.

From the 12th July patrols will be provided by Poseidon Security who are contracted to provide two security officers for 3 days each week. The security officers are all security trained and accredited and will play a key role in providing a safer environment. They will also be a crucial link to the business community. The trial includes a radio system linking businesses with security officers. Jamie Pearn, Chairman of Looe Business Forum said, ‘We are delighted that this trial is taking place. It gives businesses peace of mind that there is support available and we look forward to working with Poseidon Security to make this trial a success.’

This trial has the support of Devon and Cornwall Police who recognise that the demand on policing throughout Cornwall increases significantly during the summer months. Thanks to funding from the office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, Devon and Cornwall Police will also be providing 20 hours of additional policing for Looe in August.

Looe Town Council believe that this combined action will benefit the town and help everyone to enjoy Looe.