A residential home run by Nottingham City Council has been praised for the quality of care it gives to older people. Inspectors say The Oaks Residential Home in St Ann’s offers a safe and supportive environment, where people are treated as individuals with dignity and respect. The quality of leadership was also praised following the […]
The £4.8m restoration of Highfields Park gets underway this week. The work will restore the Grade II* Listed park to the grandeur of its heyday as well as adding new attractions for park visitors. The refurbishment of the heritage park is going ahead thanks to £3.2m from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Big Lottery […]
The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) announced today that British No. 1 Johanna Konta has confirmed her intention to play the 2017 Aegon Open Nottingham, as tickets for the event, from 10- 18 June, go on sale. Konta, the World No. 10 and 2016 Australian Open semi-finalist, is a popular and well-known star at the Nottingham […]
Nottingham Green Partnership is developing an action plan to promote the opportunities that Nottingham has to remain at the forefront of sustainable development. The Sustainable Development Action Plan will cover five themes – water, biodiversity, energy, transport and waste and will set out a range of ideas to encourage and inspire sustainable practices for citizens, […]
More employers are needed to create vacancies for jobseekers in Nottingham aged between 18 and 24 who have previously struggled to get into work or training. Over £1m of funding is available for employers who are prepared to take on new recruits. Employers don’t need to be city based, but the new recruits do have […]
Multiple Brit Award winning, indie-rock band, Kaiser Chiefs have been announced as headliners for this year’s award-winning Splendour Festival, Saturday 22 July 2017. The Yorkshire quintet are the first of over 40 acts announced to perform at the city’s biggest summer day out at Wollaton Park, and winner of ‘Best Festival’ at the 2016 Live […]
Up to 50 new apprenticeships are being created at Nottingham City Council over the coming year. The new minimum 12 month-long contracts will be across all areas of the council, including business administration, highways and HGV mechanics. The new vacancies are great for young people starting out in their careers and anyone who is struggling […]
Health professionals at Nottingham City Council are urging more mothers to breastfeed their babies after figures revealed that rates in the City continue to improve. Breastfeeding carries major benefits for both mum and baby, and the recommended advice is that all infants are breastfed until they are at least six months old. While slightly less […]
There are plans to create 10 new Super Kitchens in Nottingham, making the city the UK’s first social eating city. Nottingham City Council is working with the Super kitchen project to create community eating spaces and tackle food poverty using surplus supermarket produce. Super Kitchen was established in 2014 in Sneinton and quickly grew from […]
City residents have the chance to have their say on proposals to make £27m of savings following more Government cuts to the council’s budget. Feedback on the City Council’s 2017/18 budget proposals can be given through an online survey at https://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/yourcityyourservices or downloading a copy of the survey from the page and emailing it to […]