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Helping hand to increase bird numbers in Worcester

Worcester City Council staff putting up bird nesting boxes at Laugherne Brook Nature Reserve

Worcester City Council declared a biodiversity emergency in 2020, recognising that action needs to be taken immediately to stop the decline of our native species. As part of our work, we've joined forces with the RSPB (Worcester and Malvern branch) to help boost bird numbers in the city. In March RSPB volunteers met up with Darren and Josh – member...

Over 50 Worcester street parties planned to celebrate Platinum Jubilee

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Worcester residents are planning to come together and celebrate Her Majesty The Queen's Platinum Jubilee in style – with 58 applications for street parties received by the City Council to date. Worcester City Council has offered grants to organise community events which mark this historic anniversary. £30,000 has been set aside to fund decorations ...

City Council takes to pedal power to help keep Worcester moving

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Worcester City Council's team of civil enforcement officers are now travelling by bike to swiftly resolve issues at traffic and parking hotspots. The move has been introduced as part of the City Council's environmental sustainability strategy, which aims for Worcester to be carbon neutral by 2030. Officers have been equipped with e-bikes and have r...

Worcester food businesses urged to cut out single-use plastics

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Worcester City Council is encouraging local cafes, takeaways and restaurants to take action now in the light of Government proposals to phase out single-use plastic plates, cutlery, polystyrene cups and food and beverage containers. According to estimates, England uses 1.1 billion single-use plates and 4.25 billion items of single-use cutlery — mos...

Environmental Group digs deep for wildlife feast

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Volunteers from Worcester Environmental Group, Worcester City Council Conservation Team and Nunnery Wood High School Eco Club have been braving the cold this week. They have taken on the daunting task of digging over a thousand holes in which to plant an edible hedge for wildlife, in Aconbury Orchard. Thanks to a grant from Councillor Andy Roberts ...

Worcester communities use green grants to pledge positive action for 2022

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Planting more fruit trees and vegetables, improving recycling facilities and building bird, bat, insect and hedgehog houses are among the New Year actions pledged by the first Worcester organisations to successfully apply for the City Council's new Environmental Community Grant. Grants of between £500 and £1,000 are on offer to community groups, ch...

Aubrey Tarbuck

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The death has been announced of former Worcester city councillor and Mayor, Aubrey Tarbuck. Aubrey Tarbuck was first elected as a Conservative city councillor to the Nunnery ward of Worcester in 1966. After losing his seat in 1971, he re-joined the City Council after being elected to the St Peter's ward in 1998. Aubrey became Mayor of Worcester fro...

Local firm appointed to let refurbished Arches to creatives

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Worcester City Council has announced that the recently refurbished spaces in the Arches Worcester (www.thearchesworcester.co.uk) are to be managed and let in the New Year by the team behind The Kiln, a managed workspace in Copenhagen Street. The Kiln offers office, meetings, hot desking and events space to small businesses and freelancers (thekiln....

Over 2,800 Worcester families to receive food parcels this Christmas

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Families of Worcester children who receive free school meals will be offered a free parcel containing approximately £40 worth of food over the festive period. The cost will be covered by central Government's new Household Support Fund (HSF) grant, designed to help the most in need this winter meet food, energy and water bills.  Worcester ...

Phase one of Arches refurbishment nears completion

Pictured outside the Arches are Cllr Adrian Gregson, Chair of The Arches Steering Group; Prof David Green, University of Worcester Vie Chancellor; Laura Worsfold, Chief Executive of Severn Arts; and Matt Wood, Project Manager at Speller Metcalfe Left to right: Cllr Adrian Gregson, Chair of The Arches Steering Group; Prof David Green, University of Worcester Vie Chancellor; Laura Worsfold, Chief Executive of Severn Arts; and Matt Wood, Project Manager at Speller Metcalfe

The first phase of an exciting refurbishment of several Victorian railway arches in Worcester is nearing completion. The Arches-Worcester initiative, which has received an investment of over £3 million from central government's Cultural Development Fund, aims to create a new cultural quarter for the City. A number of railway arches located between ...

Help is at hand if you’re on the receiving end of controlling behaviour

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Support is available locally for people who experience domestic abuse. We share the story of a brave Worcester resident - she reached out for help and her life has now moved on to a much better place. Break for Freedom "I first met my former husband through friends in Worcester, which is why I thought he would be OK. But he soon became very clingy ...

Worcester’s festive parking offer for Christmas shoppers

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Festive shoppers are being given a cracking deal by Worcester City Council in the run-up to Christmas. From Monday 6 to Friday 24 December 2021 inclusive, parking will be free after 3pm from Monday through to Saturday in all 14 of the City Council-run car parks in the centre of Worcester. Parking will also be free in them all day on Sunday 12 and S...

Worcester’s Victorian Fayre: let us entertain you!

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There's a raft of exciting and uplifting entertainment on offer at Worcester's traditional Victorian Christmas Fayre (2 – 5 December 2021). Everyone is welcome to join in with community carols at Worcester Cathedral on Thursday 2 December at 4.45pm.The Mayor of Worcester will process from the Cathedral to the Cornmarket, where the Fayre will be off...

Zero tolerance for domestic abuse this Christmas

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Worcester City Council is urging people to move from silence to action, in a bid to combat domestic abuse this Christmas. Financial pressures, alcohol on tap, trying to create the 'perfect' Christmas and being cooped up together for long periods all contribute to a regular rise in domestic violence at this time of year. The effects of lockdowns hav...

All the fun of the Victorian Fayre in Worcester this Christmas

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Worcester's Victorian Christmas Fayre is back – and promises to be a truly spectacular event, with over 180 stalls filling the city's streets from Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 December. Now in its 29th year, the Victorian Christmas Fayre is one of the most prestigious street fayres in the Midlands. The event regularly attracts over 100,000 people ac...

Apply for grants to make your area greener

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Grants of between £500 and £1,000 are on offer to community groups, charities and voluntary organisations to help make neighbourhoods more environmentally friendly. Applications are invited to support initiatives which will reduce carbon emissions, improve resilience to climate change, reduce waste, benefit the natural environment or raise awarenes...

Countdown to Christmas celebrations begins in Worcester

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Final preparations are being made for a variety of festive celebrations in Worcester, as the city once again prepares to welcome visitors from across the UK and beyond this Christmas. The fun begins with a festive light switch-on event on Saturday 27 November. Excitement will build in Worcester's Cathedral Square from 2.00pm, with a range of perfor...

New, bigger bins will help reduce litter on Worcester streets

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TT 124 new-look, larger litter bins are being installed across Worcester this week, as part of a £403,000 investment to upgrade current facilities and reduce the amount of litter on the city's streets. Councillor Andy Stafford, Chair of Worcester City Council's Environment Committee, said: "Ensuring Worcester's streets are clean and tidy is on...

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£100 on offer to help bring your street together again

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Worcester City Council is offering individuals, local community groups and voluntary sector organisations the opportunity to benefit from a £100 contribution to help meet the costs of a street party or social gathering over the festive months. The funding, which comes from central government, is designed to help bring communities back together agai...

Exciting opportunity to help secure first tenants for The Arches-Worcester

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A brand new marketing and management opportunity has arisen to help find tenants for Worcester's nearly-refurbished Victorian railway arches. The Arches-Worcester initiative, which has received an investment of over £3 million from central government's Cultural Development Fund, aims to create a new cultural quarter for Worcester.A number of railwa...

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