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Notts in numbers

Notts in numbers

It’s that time of year when we unveil our top 10s and fascinating facts of 2021!

From the most popular baby names to visitor numbers to our flagship country parks, these annual stats highlight the range of services we provide to residents and businesses, despite the ongoing pandemic.

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Christmas opening times for Recycling Centres

Recyling Centre opening hours

Our Recycling Centres will be running normal opening hours over the festive period with the exception of Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.

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Thousands of pounds to be given to Notts charities to help support vulnerable people

Councillor Cottee

Almost £900,000 is to be handed out to 39 Nottinghamshire charities and projects which are providing support to vulnerable people in their communities.

The charities will share a fantastic £610,182 from the Covid-19 Partnership Social Recovery Fund and £282,817 from the Community Hub Food Plan Fund.

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Rufford Colliery tree planting scheme gets underway

Tree planting

A major project to plant 18,000 trees on green space at the former Rufford Colliery site has got underway with the planting of an initial two trees. 

Contractors will now finish the job, planting 3,000 trees a day on the land, which sits within Greenwood Community Forest.

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Travelling green in time for Christmas

Eco bus

Council Leader, Councillor Ben Bradley MP has unveiled two new electric buses for Mansfield.

The early Christmas unwrapping of the new ECOnnect buses which will travel the Berry Hill Flyer (240) route are a small step towards the Council’s commitment to climate change alongside providing cleaner, greener travel for residents.

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Great news for Retford families as the first ‘Family Hub’ is announced

Retford children's centre

Retford is to benefit from the council’s first new Family Hub in Nottinghamshire, as Retford Children’s Centre will be transformed to provide more services for families in the area.

The Family Hub will be there to support local families with children aged 0-19 and young people up to the age of 25 if they have Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).

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Telling the story of the county back to the twelfth century

Ruth Imeson - Nottinghamshire Archives

A report to Nottinghamshire County Council’s Communities committee, heard about its responsibility to collect, preserve, and provide public access to the county’s history, how this was delivered during the pandemic and future developments to ensure the people of Nottinghamshire can discover its past.

Nottinghamshire Archives, delivered by Inspire, tells the story of Nottinghamshire and Nottingham from the twelfth century with the oldest document dating back to 1155. 

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