Recycle Week 2021 - Step It Up
 This week (20-26 September) is Recycle Week 2021. Recycle Week is Recycle Now’s flagship annual event which is a celebration of recycling across the nation.
Throughout this week we have been posting all sorts of recycling and waste reduction tips on our social media channels and City Hall has also been lit up green to mark the week.
Our Recycling & Waste team have also been out and about with their Recycling Roadshow, talking to residents about all things recycling.
It’s not too late to get involved! Head to our website and keep an eye on our social media channels to find out how you can step it up this Recycle Week.
South Pennines Park
 We are joining forces with other councils and organisations in Yorkshire and across the Pennines to form an ‘alternative National Park’.
The park will cover 460 square miles between the Peak District, Yorkshire Dales, Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire. In our district it covers Addingham, Baildon, Bingley, Haworth, Ilkley, Keighley, Queensbury, Shipley, Silsden and Thornton. It includes urban and rural areas and 660,000 people live within its boundaries.
The scheme aims to raise the profile of the area and pool financial resources for the only upland in England which is not part of a National Park or Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The scheme aims to aid collaboration and cross-boundary working on key projects, such as flood protection, tourism, transport, heritage and conservation. It offers a new model for how non-designated areas can contribute to the government’s objectives on levelling up and restoring our natural environment.
Pennine Prospects has drawn up the blueprint and is working in partnership with local authorities in the park area, Natural England, United Utilities, Yorkshire Water, the National Trust, transport companies and a range of community and conservation groups. Pennine Prospects will also be renamed South Pennines Park.
Bradford scheme to boost literacy to be expanded to five new areas nationwide
A pioneering Bradford scheme, providing two free pairs of glasses for primary pupils, is being expanded to improve reading and writing by tackling poor eyesight in five new areas of the country.
Data shows that 30 per cent of pupils who need glasses have not been to an optician*, alongside disadvantaged children being less likely to get, or wear, the glasses they need. This can hold children back.
Bradford’s ‘Glasses in Classes’ scheme aims to level up outcomes and will be adapted for five disadvantaged areas in England, under the Opportunity Area programme. This will reach more than 9,000 pupils in at least 225 schools.
Marking National Eye Health Week (20 to 26 September), the programme will now be available for pupils in Doncaster, Derby, Durham, Norwich and Breckland, and North Yorkshire Coast.
Bi Day of Visibility
 Yesterday (23 September) we marked Bi Day of Visibility by flying the bi flag in Centenary Square and lighting up buildings across the city centre in the bi flag colours of pink, purple and blue.
Bi Day of Visibility is an annual event dedicated to recognising and celebrating bisexual people, the bisexual community, and the history of bisexuality worldwide. As well as raising awareness of the issues faced by bisexual people, the day also aims to bring an end to bisexual discrimination including bisexual erasure and biphobia.
Discovery Project to connect over 170 years of textile history in the Bradford district
Our Museums and Galleries Service will take a lead role in a major new national project to connect collections from across the UK's industrial heritage and make them more accessible to the public.
The Congruence Engine project is one of the five Towards a National Collection’s Discovery Projects, an ambitious £14.5m five-year initiative, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).
The Congruence Engine project will use the latest digital techniques to connect an unprecedented range of items from collections held in different locations, including Bradford’s own Textile Collection, bring them together to tell their stories and share their secrets with the wider public in museums, in publications and also online.
Digital researchers will work alongside professional and community historians and curators to link the history of textiles, energy and communications together in one place.
It will use computational and AI techniques – including machine learning and natural language processing – to create and refine datasets, provide routes between records and digital objects such as scans and photographs opening up their role in the past for all to explore and enjoy.
Partner Forum Conference - Last chance to book
 The Bradford for Everyone programme is one of five integration areas funded by Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) to test what works and what doesn’t in integration and cohesion. The Partner Forum was set up in March 2019 as a platform which aims to bring together organisations, schools and employers across the district with an interest in integration and cohesion.
The Partner Forum on Tuesday, 28 September is the seventh conference biggest yet. Designed to host over 15 webinars in one day, no longer than 45 minutes each, so you can dip in or out depending on what interests you.
Bradford Council secures two successful prosecutions for failure to comply with COVID-19 regulations
Two businesses in the Bradford district were in court on Tuesday 21 September for their failure to comply with COVID legislation during the height of the pandemic, V Lounge shisha lounge in Great Horton and the Ring O’ Bells pub in Queensbury.
Mr Waqas Hussain of V Lounge was ordered to pay almost £2,500 for failure to cease operating a business between the hours of 10pm and 5am during the emergency period. This was in contravention of The Health Protection Regulations 2020.
Mr Hussain was initially served with a fixed penalty notice of £1000, which he failed to pay. He failed to attend the hearing at Bradford Magistrates Court and was found guilty in his absence. He was order to pay a further £1,500 in fines, £783 in costs and a victim surcharge of £150.
Bradford Council also secured a successful prosecution against Mr Leslie Bradshaw of the Ring O’ Bells public house in Queensbury who also failed to cease operating whilst the same high level restrictions were in place. Mr Bradshaw was ordered to pay £1850.
Mr Bradshaw was also initially served with a fixed penalty notice of £1000 which he failed to pay. He pleaded guilty at the hearing at Bradford Magistrates Court and was ordered to pay a further fine of £1000, costs of £750 and a victim surcharge of £100.
Could you support a local school by being a governor?
 School governors are people who volunteer their time to make a positive contribution to children’s education and school life.
We currently have a number of vacancies in primary and secondary schools across the Bradford district.
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