Alex’s Wish is a local charity based in the heart of Leicestershire and was set up in late 2012 by Emma and Andy Hallam, parents to Alex – after whom the charity was named. Alex was just two weeks away from his fourth birthday when he was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, an aggressive form […]
Editor's Letter
And finally – here is a summery of the nudes
It can be exasperating watching television and relying on subtitles for explanation. When  you are hard of hearing, it is occasionally quite funny when words incorrectly captioned construe a totally different interpretation to the one the newswriter intentioned.  But, add it to all the other frustrations that the deaf and those suffering from loss of hearing […]
Girlguiding in the 21st Century
Girlguiding is the leading charity for girls and young women in the UK, empowering nearly half a million girls across the UK to be their best and face the challenges of growing up today. They’ve been doing this through adventure, friendship and fun for over 100 years. In the Soar Valley Life area, Girlguiding has […]
Does the fat composition of a meal influence risk factors for heart disease?
Loughborough University academics are looking for volunteers to take part in a study investigating the impact of a meal rich in saturated (bad) fats compared to a meal rich in monounsaturated (good) fats on metabolic responses in the blood and adipose (fat) tissue. The team from the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences are […]
Shopmobility for Holidays and Hospitals
For the last 16 years, the charity, West Bridgford Shopmobility has provided aids, such as scooters and wheelchairs, to enable people with mobility problems to move easily around the shops and attractions of central West Bridgford – all for an annual fee of just £10. Now they have expanded their sphere of activity… Thinking of […]
Cancer – Help is at Hand
Loughborough Cancer Self Help Group now in its 35th Year! Every Monday evening since 1988 a small group of local folk have attended a meeting at John Storer House on Ward’s End in the town centre of Loughborough. Here they have discussed old and new ways to make the best of a bad situation and […]
Slimming World to Celebrate its Golden Year
Slimming World was founded by Margaret Miles-Bramwell (OBE, FRSA) in 1969. There are now more than 18,000 groups held weekly across the UK and Republic of Ireland via a network of 4,000 community-based Slimming World Consultants, who receive specific training in the role of diet and physical activity in weight management, as well as sophisticated […]
Gang Aft Agley
We laid a few plans in 2018 and put resources in place to see them through… Around this time last year we started to make new plans for Soar Valley Life and hoped our humble little business would be in its own wee bothy by this New Year and all would be running smoothly by […]
Bill Ford 1937 – 2018 Legend
Just a few days after our last deadline I received the sad news that Bill Ford had died. As is so often the case in these modern days, I got the news from a friend on Facebook. I spoke to Bill’s daughter Julia, to offer my condolences to the family; she said he had passed […]
