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Bassetlaw District Council e-Newsletter

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Grand designs for Independent Living

An exciting new project to redevelop and refurbish the Council’s Independent Living Centres, beginning with Larwood House in Worksop, will begin this summer. Independent Living Centres are a collection of self-contained apartments and flats that specifically cater for older residents who wish to live in a community setting. Last year, the Council successfully opened Priory Court in Worksop and is about to embark on a refurbishment project that will bring all of its Independent Living Centres up to a similar standard. The £3 million Larwood project will be led by specialist design and build company Fortem, who were appointed through the EEM Procurement Framework. Read more on Grand designs for Independent Living

Worksop Masterplan Launched

The Worksop Masterplan, a vision and strategy of how Worksop Town Centre can be re-thought, re-worked and transformed has been launched after it was approved at Full Council on 4 March 2021.

The approval of the masterplan followed an 8 week consultation in which local people expressed their views on the plan and the options available to make Worksop the type of town centre people want to use and live in over the coming years.

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Home Test Kits Available in Bassetlaw

Whole families and households with primary school, secondary school and college age children, including childcare and support bubbles, throughout Nottinghamshire are now able to test themselves twice every week from home.

Tests are available to collect from Manton Club, Retford Road, Worksop (S80 2PU) and The Buttermarket, Retford Town Hall, Retford (DN22 6DB), where adults may also complete a fast, free asymptomatic test should they wish.

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Council Tax
2021/22

Following approval at March’s Full Council, from 1st April 2021, Bassetlaw District Council is increasing its portion of Council Tax by £5 for Band D properties, which is equivalent to a 2.80% increase or 10p per week. Almost 51% of properties in Bassetlaw are in Band A, and they would see an increase of £3.33 or 6p per week.

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Bassetlaw Health Bus Hits the Road

Vulnerable residents who live in some of the most rural and isolated parts of Bassetlaw will be able to access vital healthcare thanks to a new Health Bus.

The Bassetlaw Health Bus is designed as a mobile clinical consultation room that will be operating in the district in the coming weeks. This vehicle was created through a partnership between Bassetlaw District Council and the Riverside Surgery in Retford.

Most recently, the Health Bus has been used to support the vaccination delivery programme with patients who are housebound and have not been able to visit their doctors through the lockdown period.

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New Mayflower Play Facility

New play equipment inspired by Bassetlaw’s links to the Mayflower, the ship that transported Pilgrims from Plymouth to America in 1620, will be taking shape Kings’ Park over the next few weeks.

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COVID-19 Roadmap out of Lockdown

Some of the rules on what you can and cannot do will change on 29 March. You will be able to meet outdoors either in a group of 6 (from any number of households), or in a group of any size from up to 2 households (each household can include existing support bubbles, if eligible).

From 1 April, if you have been identified as clinically extremely vulnerable you will no longer be advised to shield. However, you should continue to take extra precautions to protect yourself.

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