Tuesday marked the point where the London 2012 Games were exactly two years away. All very exciting stuff with the national papers producing colour pullouts of our prospective champions, including the Leicester Mercury. But did you know that Monday marked four years to the opening ceremony ...

Leicester City Club Secretary Andrew Neville successfully completed his Mount Kilimanjaro climb last Friday after a challenging eight day ascent. Andrew decided to scale the heights of the Tanzanian landmark to raise money for the Harley Staples Cancer Trust, after being inspired by 8-year-old ...

Next week, on 27th, 28th and 29th July, 60 young people will rehearse a 4 minute Glee-themed dance routine at Leicester City’s Walkers Stadium with top West End choreographers. The troop will then travel to Twickenham, the home of rugby, on August 14th to perform during the ...

Thanks for all the nice comments about my first blog last week. I hope you find this week’s and all the subsequent posts as entertaining and informative. People keep asking me why I’m organising a Community Media Hub for both parts of the 2012 Games in London and what ...

The Lumbers Celebrity Rowing team faced gruelling weather conditions in the North Sea and were rescued twice by the Coast Guard after getting into difficulties Attempting to row from Land’s End to John O’Groats to raise money for charity, the four Leicestershire businessmen arrived in Hull on Thursday. They ...

Former Leicester Tigers prop Matt Hampson has added his backing to this year’s Leicester Marathon to inspire runners, volunteers and spectators to get involved. The fourth race since the marathon returned to Leicester in 2007, following a 20 year absence, takes place in the City ...

The summer term’s Foxes Learning Centre graduation evening took place on Monday in the Lineker Suite at Leicester City Football Club’s Walkers Stadium. The achievement of 60 pupils from Coleman Primary School, Soar Valley Community College, Wyvern Primary School and ...

So that time has arrived. The editor of Soar Community needs to sharpen his pencil and join the ranks of Soar Magazine’s finest to produce a blog. After 36 months as the editor of the Citizens’ Eye Community News Agency and six issues of ‘our’ side of the ...

Last week marked the beginning of an exceptional journey as six Leicestershire business men embarked on a never before attempted journey to row from Land’s End to John O’Groats. The journey saw them span the length of the UK; starting at the most southern part of British waters; Land’s End, tackling ...

We all know about the stereotype volunteer; middle-aged, maybe retired and a do-gooder. I don’t really conform to this image. I have some time to go before I reach middle age and I am many years away from retirement. I started volunteering in Leicester two-and-a-half years ago because I hoped it ...