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Get great discounts and prizes when you combat climate change with Green Rewards!
 We're encouraging all to join Green Rewards and earn great discounts, vouchers and prizes at local businesses and projects in their community for playing their part to combat climate change and achieve net zero!
Sign up for free now or download the Green Rewards app on iOS and Android. Search for ‘Notts; Green Rewards’ in your device’s app store.
We and all fellow eight local Councils in Notts have joined forces to fund the app and web platform, building on the success of similar campaigns at local universities.
It means our residents can accumulate points and earn discounts and vouchers at local businesses for many activities they do every day at home or out and about that help lower their carbon footprint, supporting our our Carbon Clever project and Climate Change Strategy.
Read more on our website.
West Bridgford’s Christmas Lights Switch returns on Saturday November 27!
 Our free Christmas Lights Switch On in West Bridgford makes a long-awaited return on Saturday November 27 from 10am until 6pm with live music, food and gift market, street theatre entertainment and a firework spectacular!
The seasonal festivities will take place on Central Avenue in the town throughout the day with entertainment for all the family ahead of the big countdown to the lights turn on at 5pm by our Mayor Cllr Sue Mallender.
The food and gift market will showcase a selection of the region’s and borough’s finest designers and producers, offering a chance to buy a range of seasonal treats to put a smile on the face of a friend or loved one.
From 10am people can enjoy the market and from midday can listen to local djs, singers and performers on the stage in Central Avenue and accompanying performance street art.
All the fun leads to the streets being illuminated with thousands of sparkling lights with a low noise but no less spectacular fireworks finale show.
That’s in line with our wider environmental priorities to protect those affected by louder fireworks. We're operating the event in line with any central government guidelines on COVID-19 and more comfortably distanced features and stalls to allow more social distance for event goers.
Please keep encouraging residents to test this Autumn
 We're continuing to remind everyone to ensure they receive essential COVID-19 and flu vaccinations this winter when they are eligible.
People can walk in for a booster vaccine at selected sites if they receive notification from the NHS to do so.
Those over 16 are being urged to take up the offer of first and second doses if they haven’t already. Anyone can find their nearest vaccination site and book an appointment on the NHS website or by calling 119.
You can find out more about who is eligible and where to get a flu vaccine here.
Don't forget too keep taking a regular COVID-19 lateral flow test at home or at one of our Community Testing sites.
Remember if anyone has symptoms they should book a test.
For all enquiries on Vaccination appointments please visit Nottingham and Nottinghamshire’s CCG website.
For any questions, please email media@rushcliffe.gov.uk.
Shortlisted nominees announced for the Celebrating Rushcliffe Awards
 The shortlisted nominees for this year’s Celebrating Rushcliffe Awards have been announced!
The awards this year are celebrating the Borough’s wonderful volunteers, businesses and environmentalists, clubs, organisations, and the best of our health and wellbeing and food and drink sectors, mindful of the impact COVID-19 has had on every part of the community and local enterprise.
30 groups and individuals have been shortlisted for this year’s accolades and all will in due course be invited to a ceremony at Rushcliffe Arena on Wednesday December 8.
Read more on our website.
Newly revamped Gresham Sports Park now open!
 Newly refurbished sports facilities at Gresham Sports Park are now open for use following £1.2m fresh investment into the local football pitches and playing fields in West Bridgford.
Clubs across Rushcliffe and wider Nottinghamshire can book the community space and sports amenities at: https://bit.ly/3BHfyOU or by calling 0115 9148 553.
We were awarded a grant from the Premier League, The FA and Government’s Football Foundation, to install a new full size floodlit 3G football turf pitch, refurbish the existing 3G pitch and upgrade the existing grass pitches at the Gresham Sports Park facility.
We also worked with the Football Foundation and the Nottinghamshire FA to secure the £458,275 grant towards the project. Further investment of developer contributions secured by local planning agreements for sport and leisure provision meant total of £1.26m funding for the the project.
Players can now enjoy an additional 3G pitch and better quality grass pitches, alongside the Borough Council’s investment in renovated changing facilities and LED flood lighting to the existing 3G pitch.
Read more on our website.
Free bike repairs and security marking session in Lady Bay this Saturday
 Cyclists can get free minor repairs completed and their bikes securely marked on Saturday November 13 at a security event at the Hook in Lady Bay, West Bridgford.
Our Community Safety team and Nottinghamshire Police will host the session at the Hook car park off Holme Road, NG2 5AA adjacent to the skatepark from 10am to 12pm.
The event will be another opportunity to have your bike security marked or registered as a permanent way to mark a bike’s property and ensure it is returned to the rightful owner if it is stolen.
Bike users attending the event will receive advice on how to further protect their cycles from thieves with the use of stronger locks and how bikes should always be locked up in a public and well-lit area.
Weak locks can also be swapped for a ‘D’ lock at the event, whilst stocks last.
The session will also provide burglary prevention advice, 24-hour timers and shed locks to help residents keep their property secure.
First look at new cycle bridge designs as people invited to have their say
  Proposals for an exciting scheme that will see a new pedestrian and cycle crossing built over the River Trent have now been shared.
The new Waterside Bridge, funded through the Government’s Transforming Cities Fund, will offer a huge boost to the routes available for cyclists, pedestrians and runners, providing a quieter, safer option for commuter and leisure trips between the Waterside regeneration area on the north bank and Lady Bay on the south.
In addition, new and enhanced connecting paths and crossing points will connect the bridge to the wider walking and cycling network, providing access to housing, employment and open spaces across the city and beyond.
The project is being led by Nottingham City Council, working in partnership with us and in consultation with Nottinghamshire County Council. Our Leader Cllr Simon Robinson met Cllr Rosemary Healy from the City Council to further look at the site this week.
The need for a bridge was identified in the City Council’s Waterside Supplementary Planning Document in 2019. The City Council secured £9.25m from the Government’s Transforming Cities programme to deliver this scheme as part of a programme to invest in local transport infrastructure that will improve sustainable transport, support growth, and encourage more low carbon journeys.
People can view the proposed scheme and comment at www.transportnottingham.com/watersidebridge until Sunday 28 November.
New opening days and times for Customer Service centres
 Our Customer Service centre and contact points have updated opening dates and times from today (November 8) at West Bridgford, Cotgrave, East Leake and Bingham.
In West Bridgford existing hours opening continues on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays with walk-in services for photocopying and self-scan station.
In Cotgrave enquiries can be answered face to face on Mondays instead of Tuesdays as previously advertised and there are updated hours at the Bingham and East Leake sites:
- Rushcliffe Customer Service Centre, Fountain Court, Gordon Road, West Bridgford, NG2 5LN
Mondays and Thursdays 8.30am-5pm, Fridays 8.30am-4.30pm
- Cotgrave Hub, Rivermead, Cotgrave, NG12 3UQ
Mondays 8.30am-5pm
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East Leake Library, Gotham Road, LE12 6JG.
Wednesdays 8.30am-12.30pm
- Bingham Health Centre, Newgate Street, NG13 8FD
Thursdays 9.30am-5pm
The centres will continue to open in line with central government advice with hand sanitiser available on arrival and any customer welcome to wear a facemask should they wish.
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