Green councillors clean Great Oaty Gardens play park 9 December 2024 / 19 December 2024 by patrickvs GREEN councillors rolled up their sleeves to clean up muddy play park equipment because they knew overstretched workers would be too busy after Storm Darragh. Councillors Andrew Cross and Katie Collier decided to clean the dirty climbing wall themselves at Great Oaty Gardens play park in Warndon Villages, Worcester after a complaint was made about […] Read more »
Worcester needs to start better meeting the needs of older people 7 December 2024 / 19 December 2024 by patrickvs WORCESTER needs to start better meeting the needs of older people. That’s the idea behind a bid to make the city an Age-friendly Community. These are places recognised for enabling people to age well and contribute to their communities for as long as possible. The concept was developed by the World Health Organisation in 2007 […] Read more »
£10,000 will help stop gulls ‘swooping on residents’ 7 December 2024 / 19 December 2024 by patrickvs AN additional £10,500 to tackle gulls has been given the final sign-off by city councillors. The spend, which will be used to fund three projects on top of Worcester City Council’s usual gull control work, was ratified by policy and resources committee on Tuesday (November 19). It had previously been agreed by the council’s environment […] Read more »
Councillors work with residents to improve accessibility 2 December 2024 / 19 December 2024 by patrickvs After 15 months of work, a City Councillor and County Councillor have finally seen their efforts to enable a resident to remain independent pay off. Lansdowne Rise resident Rob Houghton was in hospital in February of 2023 when he received a phone call from Citizen Housing telling him that for reasons of fire safety, he […] Read more »
Schools encouraged to join travel scheme 2 December 2024 / 19 December 2024 by patrickvs Worcester schools are being urged to join a scheme which encourages pupils to walk, wheel, cycle or scoot on their daily journeys to school. Parents and teachers are being asked to consider leaving their car at home and use greener travel methods, including public transport, to help reduce carbon emissions around school buildings. Benefits include […] Read more »
Facing climate change reality (letter to Worcester News) 27 November 2024 / 19 December 2024 by patrickvs At time of writing, Worcester is experiencing its second flooding of the season. We have to face the reality that we are living in a climate emergency. The city council recognised this in July 2019 thanks to a motion proposed by my fellow Green councillor in St Stephen ward, Neil Laurenson. This means that urgent […] Read more »
