11 November 2024 / 24 November 2024 by Matthew
Mandy Neill concerned with unsafe children’s play equipment that looked “scruffy and uncared for” decided to take matters into her own hands. Mandy, a local resident and community campaigner, had helped improve the damaged playground surface on Sabrina Avenue after becoming concerned with safety. She feared a child could trip over and fall on the uneven playground surface and noticed […]
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9 November 2024 / 24 November 2024 by Patrick
WARNDON Villages looks set to finally get a new Beryl Bike bay. Councillors had expressed frustration at the lack of bays for the city’s bikeshare scheme in the area. But at a meeting of Worcester City Council’s environment committee on Tuesday (November 5), officers said a new bay would be installed in the coming weeks. […]
A new bike bus initiative is proving popular with families. Bike Worcester has set up a new bike bus at Cherry Orchard Primary School, adding to its network of bike buses across the city. The initiative allows families to cycle together to school, providing safety in numbers and encouragement for more people to ditch the […]
8 November 2024 / 24 November 2024 by Matthew
A LIFT has reopened after disabled people were “denied access to leisure facilities” for months. Two lifts at Perdiswell Leisure Centre that provided access to gym facilities for less mobile users were out of action before reopening this week. One had been reportedly closed for eight months and another had been closed for six weeks. It led Worcester City Councillor and […]
27 October 2024 / 24 November 2024 by Patrick
Food banks have become “normalised” in our society, according to a city councillor. Worcester City Council donated £40,000 to Worcester Foodbank earlier this year, which was used to support 1,052 households. This came from the Department for Work and Pensions’ Household Support Fund. It will provide a further £10,000 to the food bank between October […]
The refurbishment of a community centre has been granted planning permission by city councillors. Worcester City Council’s planning committee backed plans to renovate a dilapidated first-floor flat in Comer Gardens Institute at a meeting on Thursday (October 24). This will enable Comer Gardens Community Centre, which currently occupies the ground floor of the building, to […]
