Romance will certainly be in the air at a special series of events celebrating Kirkham folk’s love for their hometown. ‘Kirkham With Love’ is a new interactive heritage project launched as part of the town’s status as one of Historic England’s High Street Heritage Action Zones (HS HAZ). The project’s mission is to gather love stories from…

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Almost £1 Million has been allocated to the Fylde Sand Dunes Project from the Environment Agency to improve the sand dune habitat along the Fylde Coast. Partners Blackpool Council, Fylde Council and the Lancashire Wildlife Trust have been undertaking works to implement the Sand Dune Management Plan over the last nine years. The partnership has now received…

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New local businesses have received a total of over £46,000 from the latest round of Fylde Council’s ARG Vacant Premises Grant to help them get off the ground in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant scheme, designed to help new businesses get started in the town centres of St Annes, Lytham and Kirkham, allowed…

Read more Over £46,000 Paid to Local Businesses in Latest ARG Vacant Premises Round

Fylde Council are delighted to announced Green Loop, an exciting new environmentally themed participatory art project which will help Fylde’s communities connect with the coastline. Comprised of three thematically linked strands delivered by the community in collaboration with professional artists and environmentalists, and funded in part by an Arts Council England Grant, Green Loop will explore…

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Fylde Council is undertaking a Housing Survey to help provide an understanding of affordable housing need in Fylde over the next 5 years. A group of people of particular interest are new households seeking a place of their own. These might be young people seeking a place of their own for the first time or families…

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Fylde Council is undertaking a Housing Survey to help provide an understanding of affordable housing need in Fylde over the next 5 years. A group of people of particular interest are essential local workers and key workers. Essential local workers are frontline public sector employees, e.g., NHS staff, teachers, police, firefighters, military personnel, social care workers,…

Read more Housing Survey Seeks Essential Local Worker Opinion

A new round of grant funding aims to provide a vital injection of financial support to hospitality, leisure, and accommodation businesses impacted by the Omicron variant of COVID-19. The Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant, announced by the Chancellor on 21 December 2021, outlines eligibility criteria for one-off grants of up to £6,000 for businesses within this…

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