Torn between a trip to the beach and a day at Heckington Show this year? Well, you get to enjoy both with a visit to the District Council stand at the 157th show this weekend.
As a teaser to a much bigger artificial beach that’s being brought to Sleaford Market Place later in the summer holidays, there’ll be sand-based fun in the sun complete with buckets, spades, deckchairs and sandcastle flag crafts across both days of the Show on July 26 and 27.
The pop-up mini beach experience is just a taste of what’s waiting to be discovered District-wide this summer holidays (August 20 to Sept 4 in Sleaford). To discover more of the summertime fun on your doorstep, you can pick up handy guides to local days out – many of them free or low-cost – covering a wide range of interests; also cycle trails in the area and ways to explore Sleaford with a fresh historical perspective.
Come to the stand to find out more about the changes that are coming through Local Government Reorganisation and the roll out of the new food waste collection, find out new ways to recycle and repurpose household items and old paint, and nominate new locations for more orchard trees to be planted and the people you think should win an award for the difference they make through their community volunteering.
Find out more about the investments we’ve been making and the £310m more that’s planned over the next 10 years. And if all that sounds too exhausting, take a rest in the giant deckchair and sip on a smoothie you can make yourself or get the kids to whizz up on a bike.
Council Leader Cllr Richard Wright said the Council was pleased to add to visitors’ big day out at England’s biggest village show by finding fun, engaging and creative ways to showcase elements of important council businesses and its daily operations.
“There’s a lot going on with the Council as always, as we pull together exciting events and activities, run a series of visitor attractions, sports, leisure and cultural opportunities and manage and promote miles upon miles of cycle and walking routes for active enjoyment.
“I really hope that local people, as much as visitors from the wider area, take home with them a sense of that, and a guide or information that helps them to get the most out of their experience living or visiting here – a District at the Heart of Lincs that last year saw 3.45 million people enjoy days discovering North Kesteven.
“Furthermore we will be engaging on the principles behind the Government’s reorganisation of all councils in Lincolnshire, and its introduction of food waste collections across all areas; both of which should be of universal interest to anyone living, working or owning a business in Lincolnshire since these are changes affecting everyone in every area.”
The Council’s stand is at the corner of Ringside and Avenue A, the row that runs the length of the showground.
It’s sponsorship of the ultimate cycle challenge – the Victor and Victrix Ludorum – is a celebration of one of the Show’s most distinct factors and, connecting with its strategic focus, promotes cycling as an active and impactful way to Act on Climate in North Kesteven.
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