• Local councils help residents with the spiralling costs of funerals

  30/10/24 - While many people are struggling with the cost of living, two local councils are helping people with the spiralling costs of funerals. 

• Council launches Broxtowe Business Forums to help support local businesses, with UK Shared Prosperity funding

  28/10/24 - Broxtowe Borough Council launched the Broxtowe Business Forums with events in Beeston, Eastwood, Kimberley and Stapleford in October.

• Stapleford Town Council’s History of the Fallen project benefits from Broxtowe Borough Council’s £9,500 UKSPF grant

  28/10/24 - Broxtowe Borough Council has awarded a £9,500 grant for a project to remember Stapleford’s WWII fallen. The Council’s grant has had match funding of £2,000 from Stapleford Town Council and volunteer contributions from local groups.

• Council’s £10,000 UKSPF grant serves up Walking Tennis for Eastwood residents

  25/10/2024 - Broxtowe Borough Council has awarded a grant of £10,000 to Eastwood Tennis Club to resurface their practice court and offer new Walking Tennis sessions.

• New portal to help jobseekers, businesses and charities in South Nottinghamshire

  24/10/2024 - A new portal has been launched to help jobseekers, businesses and charities across Broxtowe.

• Green Doctor’s energy saving advice a hit at the Eastwood Green Festival as part of Broxtowe Borough Council’s £25,000 project thanks to UK Shared Prosperity Funding.

  23/10/2024 -As part of a Broxtowe Borough Council funded project, Groundwork Five Counties’ Green Doctor was offering energy saving advice at the Eastwood Green Festival.

• Plans for new Pencil Works building on show at Stapleford community drop-in event

  22/10/2024 - Plans and architect’s visualisations for a brand-new enterprise building, called The Pencil Works, will be on display to local people on Monday 28 October, 4pm to 6pm at Stapleford Library and Learning Centre, 25 Church St, NG9 8GA.

• Work begins on new Stapleford car park

  21/10/2024 - Construction work on a new car park on the Old Tiles UK site on Derby Road, Stapleford, started today.

• Light up the festive season with us! Christmas is coming to Broxtowe

  18/10/2024 - Save the dates in November for a wonderful start to Christmas. The much loved Christmas Lights Switch On events are returning and are a must for all the family.

• Wall insulation project helps reduce energy expenses for local Broxtowe Homes

  16/10/24 - Works have been progressing to install wall insulation to 84 properties across Broxtowe, with the majority being located on Princes and Wellington Street in Eastwood, an area of conservation known for their Victorian terraced housing.

• Cricket club bowled over by Shared Prosperity Fund grant for new equipment

  15/10/2024 - Broxtowe Borough Council’s grant award of £5,189 to Attenborough Cricket Club means they can expand to meet demand from their women and junior players as well as other club members.

• Eastwood gains £32,000 UK Shared Prosperity funding to expand young people’s football and adult wellbeing sessions.

  15/10/2024 - Broxtowe Borough Council has awarded a grant of £32,000 to Nottingham Forest Community Trust (NFCT) to continue their young people’s football sessions and add adult wellbeing sessions, at Eastwood Town Football Club.

• Brinsley Headstock Restoration Project Reaches First Milestone!

  14/10/24 - Works have begun to create new ponds at Brinsley Headstocks site to benefit local wildlife and the nationally endangered water vole, as part of Broxtowe Borough Council’s restoration project.

• Local bin men star in Broxtowe awareness campaign

  14/10/24 - Three much-loved local refuse collectors are the stars of a new campaign to increase recycling in Broxtowe.

• Council’s Shared Prosperity Fund grant will make Beeston shine for Light Night III in 2025

  09/10/2024 - Mark your calendars! With the theme of ‘Poetry and Fire’, Beeston Light Night III will be on Saturday 25 January 2025 and will be a spectacular way to beat the winter blues and enjoy light installations and performances. It coincides with Burns Night and will have nods to Scotland, beginning with the Address to a Haggis in the Square and a bagpiper playing with Nottingham Samba Band.

• Have your voice heard in Broxtowe’s Budget Consultation

  08/10/24 - Broxtowe Borough Council has launched its annual budget survey, asking local residents, businesses and community and voluntary organisations to share their thoughts on Council services and how they think the budget should be spent.

• Have your say in Broxtowe’s polling place review

  04/10/24 - A review of polling districts and polling places in Broxtowe has been launched.

• Football £1.4m Boost for Stapleford

  04/10/2024 - Works already underway to revamp the football facilities at Stapleford’s Hickings Lane received an additional £1.4 million grant from the Premier League, The FA and Government’s Football Foundation.

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