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Businesses in Newark and Sherwood are invited to an online information event on 27 September 2023, 9.30am to 10.30am, to learn more about fully funded support to become more environmentally sustainable and to access specialist research and innovation advice and technologies through the new Accelerator Programme.

Hello residents, What an incredible couple of weeks we’ve had; seeing the Tour of Britain coming through our district and the Newark and Sherwood Community Awards which made me feel very proud. Our residents and communities are wonderful people and seeing the award winners last Friday evening really brought that home to me. And again, seeing how our towns and villages turned out to support Stage 4 of the Tour of Britain was as equally heart-warming. A massive thank you has to go out to you all, our residents, whose support made these events so very special.

Newark and Sherwood District Council’s near £350,000 investment into play park improvements is well underway as work begins at Sconce and Devon Park in Newark.

To support the Regulator for Social Housing’s consultation on standards for social housing tenants, Newark and Sherwood District Council (NSDC) have set up two face to face consultation events and one online event to gather views of tenants from across the district.

On the 5 October, the Sherwood Forest Trust will be formally opening its ‘Sherwood seed-base’ Community Tree Nursery. The tree nursery is located on a site near Sherwood Pines at Forestry Holdings, NG21 9JL

Newark and Sherwood District Council, in partnership with NBV Enterprise Solutions, are offering a series of 45-minute sessions for local businesses who wish to receive free specialist advice and local support to get their business idea off the ground. 

Thanks to funding from Historic England and Newark and Sherwood District Council, the frontage of a Newark town centre business has been transformed to what it would have looked like in the 1940s.

Newark and Sherwood District Council is working with partners to conduct a herbicide-free maintenance trial in Southwell.

A just-launched competition is offering teachers the chance to win a free trip to the National Civil War Centre for up to 60 pupils! Celebrating the release of brand-new Key Stage 2 learning resources ‘Upside Down World’, the contest simply asks teachers to try out the materials and share photos of their class enjoying them, or examples of their work.

The enthusiasm and kindness of local residents, groups and charities, as well as the work of Newark and Sherwood District Council’s Resettlement Team, was lauded at Monday’s Policy and Performance Improvement Commitment.