More volunteers are needed by a Nottingham service that offers friendship and support for children in care. The Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Independent Visitor Service finds a ‘befriender’ for children who don’t have family contact. The friend supports them and takes part in activities with the young person. The service is run by the National Youth […]
Nottingham City Council has been honoured with 3 prestigious national awards for its innovative work to drive up standards. Frontline services, business support and a campaign to improve school attendance were all praised at the MJ Local Government Achievement Awards ceremony in London on Thursday 18 June. The awards were for: Best Council Service Team […]
Nottingham City Council is warning parents: take your children out of school on holiday and we will take action against you. That’s the tough message being given out as the local authority launches its latest ‘zero tolerance’ bid to drive up school attendance. The city council is asking schools to report parents whose children are […]
Gill and Richard are foster carers for three teenage girls. They live in Nottingham, Gill works full time and Richard is retired, making him the primary carer. What made you decide to foster a child? Richard: We have a big old house with lots of space. I’m a retired Police Officer and the main carer […]
Strong leadership has been praised for turning around Ellis Guilford School and Sports College which had serious weaknesses two years ago. Standards of teaching, behaviour, achievement and attendance are now all rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted. Inspectors said the Head Teacher and governors at the secondary school in Bar Lane, Basford, had overseen huge changes. […]
Foster carers in Nottingham are using social media to try to get more people to look after children in care. Carers in the city will take to Twitter and Facebook for two weeks in June to share their experiences. They want to reach out to people who may have thought about fostering but aren’t sure […]
Nottingham City Council Children’s Centres are gearing up for a host of events to keep the little ones entertained over half term. There’ll be something for all the family including fun days and teddy bear picnics. There are 18 Children’s Centres across the city and they offer a range of free services and activities for […]
Country music superstar Dolly Parton has said ‘Ay up mi duck’ to Nottingham people, and asked them to support a scheme to give free books to children from birth until their fifth birthday. In a special video message to Nottingham, Dolly had a go at the city’s famous style of welcome – before urging everyone […]
Nottingham’s parks will host hundreds of fun and free activity sessions this year as part of a scheme to get city residents up and active in their community parks and green spaces. Nottingham City Council has teamed up with Coca-Cola Great Britain to bring ParkLives – a programme of free and fun activities delivered in […]
The best of Nottingham’s young creative talent will be on show at Nottingham Playhouse on Friday (15 May). Hundreds of people will attend the 7th Nottingham Young Creative Awards, which give people aged 13 to 24 who live, study or work in Nottingham the chance to show off their creative work, network with future employers […]