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Most residents will have received their energy support discount automatically from their energy supplier. However, there are a significant number of residents who are now eligible for the discount and may not realise that they need to apply for this support.

The legacy of a 17th century Mayor of Newark is being honoured this month with a day encouraging foodbank donations at the town’s National Civil War Centre. In a drive led by re-enactment group Colonel Robert Overton’s Regiment of Foote, anyone bringing a foodbank donation to the Centre on Saturday 11th March will receive free entry, enjoying fascinating galleries, fun interactives and games and the chance to meet the re-enactors in full Civil War costume.

Newark and Sherwood District Council is holding a consultation and engagement event to give Bilsthorpe residents the opportunity to voice their opinion on what facilities are of value to them as a community and what else might be needed.

Retailers across Newark and Sherwood have been receiving help from the District Council in a bid to maintain a healthy and diverse high street. Following challenges presented by the pandemic and an increasingly digital economy, Newark and Sherwood District Council is working with local business owners to build and develop their businesses.

Work towards creating a cleaner, safer, greener district continues as the Great British Spring Clean returns to Newark and Sherwood for another year.

On 24 February 2022 Russian forces invaded Ukraine. One year on, Newark and Sherwood District Council will be marking this anniversary by flying the Ukrainian flag on Friday 24 February outside the District Council’s offices at Castle House in Newark.

The District Council tackled fly tipping and fire damage in Boughton last week after a green space was blighted by littering and reckless behaviour.

Newark and Sherwood District Council is committing more than £1million in its continued bid to make Newark and Sherwood greener.  

Newark and Sherwood District Council has once again been awarded with the Park Mark ‘Safer Parking Award’ for its safe and secure car parks around Newark.

Newark and Sherwood District Council has committed to undertake a series of works to ensure the Jubilee Bridge, as an essential pathway across the River Trent at Newark, is well maintained and future proofed for residents and commuters to use in the years to come.