Hello there,
Welcome to this week's edition of the Your Life Doncaster newsletter, where we round up all of the latest Doncaster news and information from the last week that matters to you.
This week's top stories:
- Work begins to prepare Doncaster Waterfront for future development
- Budget 2025/26 Approved
- Exciting Park Improvements in Doncaster
- Green bin collections return
- Affordable housing development underway in Balby
- Plant a Tree for Doncaster's Covid Day of Reflection
- Mayoral Elections: Register to vote
- Change Lives in 2025: Adopt or Foster
Work begins to prepare Doncaster Waterfront for future development
Work has begun to transform an area of Doncaster City Centre into an open space ready to be used for future development.
The Doncaster Waterfront (East) remediation project – part-funded by UK Government funding and through gainshare funding from South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority - will see the land cleaned up for future development schemes, with potential investment estimated at up to £400m.
Budget 2025/26 Approved
The Capital and Revenue Budgets were approved at Full Council earlier this week.
For further details including on how your council is funded, where the money goes and how much it costs to deliver council services click on the link below and view our thread.
Exciting Park Improvements in Doncaster!
Doncaster is investing in 15 parks to create safer, greener, and more accessible spaces for everyone!
Peacock Park, Stainforth will benefit from upgraded lighting, seating & a new entrance, while Denaby Memorial Park is set to receive new play equipment.
Hexthorpe Park is a flagship project nearing completion, while other parks like Highfields Country Park, Grove Park, Town Field & Thorne Memorial Park are also getting exciting upgrades. Work continues into 2025, making Doncaster’s parks better for all.
Green bin collections return from next week
Green bin collections will resume from week commencing Monday 3 March.
Green bins are collected every two weeks, collecting items such as:
- Grass cuttings
- Hedge clippings and shrub pruning’s
- Flowers, plants and weeds
Check your calendar to find out when your first collections are.
Affordable housing development underway in Balby
Work is well underway at an affordable housing development in Doncaster which is set to see over 50 high-quality homes built in the area.
Working with Together Housing and Wordsworth Properties, City of Doncaster Council is helping to provide energy efficient, affordable homes in Balby. The scheme at Cross Bank has been designed to support a range of housing needs in Doncaster and comprises one, two, three, and four-bed homes built in a considered mix of terraced and semi-detached homes.
Plant a Tree for Doncaster's Covid Day of Reflection
Doncaster will mark the Covid Day of Reflection next week (Sunday 9 March) to commemorate the lives lost and the lives changed as a result of the Covid pandemic and also in appreciation of the tremendous efforts of our key workers.
As part of the commemoration, City of Doncaster Council will be offering residents the opportunity to collect a free tree to plant in memory of loved ones or in recognition of our key workers.
You can either collect a tree whip (60-90cm, 1-2 yrs old) to plant at home, or if you do not have space, plant one at site.
The giveaway and planting event will happen on Sunday 9 March between 10am-2pm at the Covid Memorial Wood, Sandall Beat Road, DN2 6JP.
Any questions, please e-mail sustainabilityteam@doncaster.gov.uk
Are you registered to vote?
On Thursday 1 May 2025, Doncaster will vote for Local Government Councillors, Doncaster’s Elected Mayor and some Town and Parish Councillors.
If you aren’t already on the electoral register and want to vote in these elections you will need to register to vote.
The deadline for your application is midnight on Friday 11 April.
Change Lives in 2025: Adopt or Foster
LGBTQ+ Adoption and Fostering Week returns from Monday, 3 March. The national campaign from New Family Social calls for more people from the community to explore fostering and adoption as a route to build their families and change a child’s life.
Our fostering and adoption teams are hosting a series of online information events throughout the week. Anyone can attend the events, our teams are particularly encouraging those from the LGBTQ+ community to come along to find out more.
One Adoption South Yorkshire will be hosting events on:
- Tuesday 4th March, from 5:30pm - 7:30pm
- Thursday 6th March, from 5:30pm - 7:30pm
You can also join our Foster for Doncaster team online on:
- Wednesday 5 March, from 6pm - 7pm
To book a place to speak with our fostering team email: FosterFor@Doncaster.gov.uk
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