A Nottingham scheme that gives free books to children has reached another major milestone. The 350,000th book has been delivered to a young reader in the city through Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. The book-gifting charity was introduced in the city in 2009 and now has more than 5,700 children registered to have a book delivered […]
Draft proposals for consultation regarding the modernisation of Nottingham City’s Library Service are set to be discussed at a meeting of the Council’s Executive Board on Tuesday 18th January. The draft proposals are being put forward in light of the council’s difficult financial situation and include consideration of closing three libraries that have low usage […]
A Radford contact centre was today renamed ‘Helen’s Place’ in recognition of a senior officer at the City Council who died last year from Covid. Helen Blackman, who was the authority’s Director of Children’s Integrated Services, had been a strong advocate of the Garden Street facility. She died in March 2021. The centre, which supports […]
Inspectors from Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission have recognised efforts in Nottingham to improve support for people with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND). A five-day inspection was carried out last November involving speaking to children and young people with SEND, parents and carers, and City Council and local NHS officers. They also visited […]
Businesses, schools, and residents in possession of poultry and captive birds are being told to keep them indoors where possible to protect their flock and reduce the risk of avian influenza. The UK is facing its largest ever outbreak of bird flu with cases confirmed across the country since the start of November. To help […]
Hockley has been named as one of the 12 ‘coolest postcodes to move to in 2022’ by The Sunday Times Style Magazine. Locals have long known it as an area of the city centre with a cool vibe, with its mixture of independent shops, bars, restaurants and music venues. In the heart of the city’s […]
Just a stone’s throw from Nottingham city centre, a new neighbourhood is starting to emerge from what was once mainly industrial land. A number of new residential developments have already been built in Nottingham’s Waterside, with a steer from the City Council’s planning guidance, which sets out the council’s vision for the area, Now, with […]
City councillors have accepted almost £1m of external funding to expand a project so that even more local businesses and employees can access skills and training. The D2N2 Skills Access Hub was set up in April 2020 with an award of £4.8m and since then has been supporting 888 small and medium-sized businesses to access […]
Almost £90,000 has been handed to food banks across Nottingham to support their work over the Christmas and New Year period. The City Council has allocated £89,000 from the Household Support Fund to help vulnerable residents and families put food on the table. The fund has already been used in Nottingham to provide food vouchers […]
The Midlands Energy Hub has coordinated a bid to secure more than £82m of Government funding through the Sustainable Warmth competition. These grants from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) will be used to carry out a range of improvements on 6,500 homes owned by low-income families in the Midlands – making […]